Belmond Iowa Tornado Devastates Town Killing Six
A mid afternoon tornado left Belmond Iowa a ruin with six dead and up to two hundred injured. About 75 percent of the town including the downtown business district was destroyed. National Guardsmen and local officials searched debris as residents fled and Gov Hughes planned a disaster assessment.
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Belmond
Iowa
UPI
Towa
Harold E. Hughes
Adj
Junior Miller
U.S. 69
Samuel P. Leinbach
Iowa Medical Society
No Police Walkout Averted in Portsmouth Ohio
A policemen strike threatened for midnight in Portsmouth was avoided after police and city leaders reached a four point plan. Police chairman Lewis Hood said most officers favored staying at posts as unity faltered amid wage demands. The council had refused an immediate hike, citing funds, while a special meeting produced partial concessions.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
UPI
Lewis Hood
Citizens Committee
Lonely life blamed for suicide of UN diplomat wife
Olive Mwalilino 19 wife of Malawi’s UN delegate threw her two babies and herself from an 18th floor Manhattan apartment. Police called it infanticide and death by own action as witnesses described a frantic scene in the east side building.
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New York
UPI
United Nations
Olive M. Mwallino
Malawi
70 000 More GIs To Viet Nam
The United States plans to send over 70 000 additional troops to Viet Nam by early 1967 raising total U S manpower in the theatre to about 400 000. Major units include another Army division and a separate infantry brigade with potential ranges to 375 000 400 000 aboard and on ships. Possible further expansion could push past 500 000 before 1967 ends, though not guaranteed. Defense Secretary McNamara said no need to boost deployment rate and commanders did not request increases.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
U.S
Landlord Seeks Arrest of Diggs Over Building Entry
Detroit landlord Russell Y. Harrison asked prosecutors to arrest Rep. Charles C. Diggs for entering a tenant building, reopening a door, and restoring electrical service after turning both off to oust tenants. Assistant prosecutor Hathaway ordered police to question Diggs and review legal angles, with a decision promised Tuesday. Harrison cited unpaid rent as the motive for utilities being cut.
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Detroit
API
Russell Y. Harrison
Charles C. Diggs
D-Mich
Harrison
Diggs
Tennants
William J
Gromyko Seen as Third Man in U S British Talks
In Washington UPI reports the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko is the tacit third man in ongoing high level U S British talks. His presence is felt though he is not physically present, as observers note his image looms over the discussions.
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Gromyko
Washington
UPI
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Miss Malaysia finals feature mini-sarongs amid immodest ban
In Kuala Lumpur eleven contestants faced finals for Miss Malaysia wearing tight mini-sarongs after Moslem customs banned bathing suits. Merlon Mekelvi, aged 18, won with measurements 37 25 38. Separately US Secretary Rusk and UK Foreign Secretary Brown met Gromyko at the UN and the White House to discuss a nuclear treaty and Viet Nam.σης
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
UPI
Merlon Mekelvi
Johnson
Dean Rusk
George Brown
Gromyko
White House
Rusk
Brown
United Nations
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