News In Brief Special Help Vetoed Washington D C
The Senate vetoed a $5.2 billion housing bid and provision meant to aid cities ravaged by disaster. In other notes, ALSDORF Germany reports seven officials and scientists challenging the link between thalidomide and defects. William H Crook and Robert F Wagner named ambassadors, and a Spock draft case defense rests after 90 witnesses. Five wounded in a Des Moines tavern altercation are listed with names and ages.
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Oil Slick Reported on Return Course of Missing Sub
Washington AP Navy reports oil slick spotted along the return course of the missing Scorpion nuclear attack submarine and its 99 crewmen. Navy officials say surface evidence could aid rescue efforts though the sub’s fate remains unclear, with fears recalling the Thresher disaster.
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Court hears confession as Crimmins trial drugs on
A tense Queens courtroom heard the defendant recount alleged marital escapades as she faced charges connected to the 1965 abduction and death of her daughter and the later death of her son. Justice Farrell revoked bond and remanded her to Women's House of Detention, with July 12 set for sentencing after conviction. The case rests largely on testimony from a former boyfriend.
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Attack on Saigon satellite center causes light damage
In Saigon battle reports, Viet Cong shelled the U.S. satellite communications facility near the U.S. command post. A spokesman said damage was slight and casualties were light with no Americans among the injured.
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River Stage Readings and Heart Transplant Note
River stage figures for La Crosse Lansing McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Keokuk shown with falls and rises. Britain reports first heart transplant patient under Dr Frederick West observed heart beat during procedure.
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Fragmentary harvest toll misreads show heavy casualties
Readable fragments suggest a disaster toll around 580 deaths and about 000 disabling injuries during a holiday period. The source text is garbled but indicates a large human cost and widespread injuries. Named places or organizations are not identifiable in the fragment.
Gas Fills Baltimore School Cafeteria Injuring Pupils
About 60 students at Booker T. Washington Junior High in Baltimore were overcome by gas in the cafeteria. More than 49 were taken to five hospitals for treatment as they cried out, their eyes burning and throats burning while authorities led them outside.
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Traditional Memorial Day Services At Muscatine Cemetery
Memorial Day observances sponsored by local patriotic groups will be held Thursday at Greenwood cemetery and Riverside park in Muscatine. Rev. Melvin Walton will deliver the Memorial address at 9:45 a.m. at the Greenwood plot, with a 9:30 a.m. procession from the Greenwood chapel. At Riverside park the 11 a.m. service features a flower float launch honoring U.S. servicemen and women who died at sea. If rain or cold, events move to the high school auditorium at 9:45 a.m. A roll call of 50 local veterans who died in the past year will be read at Greenwood, read by Mrs. Louise Butler.}
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Benediction Salute and Firing Squads at Riverside Park
Memorial day program honors veterans with American Legion VFW and auxiliary squads at Riverside Park and Memorial Park locations. David Warner and Craig Stelzner lead firing squads. Central Junior High Band directed by Dertil Gunnell. If rain, ceremonies move to Muscatine High School Auditorium at 9:45 A.M. under Stormer’s Sound Systems.
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Craig Stelzner
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France shatters govt as Peyrefitte resigns in crisis
Paris AP reports Education Minister Alain Peyrefitte resigns amid student protests fueling a nationwide strike. Premier Pompidou will assume duties as a provisional government contemplates elections. The crisis threatens Gaullist rule while unions press for relief measures and wage concessions.
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Louis Joxe
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