Floods Drive Thousands From Homes Across Midwest
Rivers burst banks in Iowa Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma forcing thousands to flee and damaging crops. Smithville Missouri faces a second evacuation with 200 residents and schools closed. Grand River and Republican River flood spikes disrupt communities while tornadoes and high winds lash Iowa and Nebraska. National Guard helps rescue 35 in Ottumwa as 50 homes in Wyoming receive floodwater.
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State's Crops Hit by Rain in Wisconsin
The Kickapoo River rose over flood damaged fields in southwestern Wisconsin as a month of downpours left farms from Madison to Prairie du Chien waterlogged. Crops including corn tobacco and vegetables face a potential $200 million harvest loss as machinery struggles in the mud. Continued on Page 12, Col. 6.
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Canadian Is Found Guilty In Drug Case
LAREDO Texas AP Lucien Rivard a French Canadian who directed an international narcotics smuggling ring was found guilty on two federal counts conspiracy to smuggle heroin into the United States and actually smuggling heroin. Associates Gagnon Groleau and Jones also convicted on the conspiracy charge. Sentencing postponed 30 to 40 days. Rivard held in Webb County jail on $500000 bond. Political controversy followed as U S officials sought extradition.
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Webb County
Defense Moves To Draft Medics Starting January
The Defense Department seeks to draft 1,979 health professionals including 1,529 doctors 350 dentists and 100 veterinarians to support a manpower expansion. The call targets those over 26 and under 85 whose deferrals end as military strength climbs by 340000 and nears three million.
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Saigon Seeks Tear Gas Shift In Vietnam War Policy
Saigon asks Washington to re examine policy on nonlethal tear gas for use in special cases in Viet Nam. Viet Cong attacks hit the Mekong Delta while B52s from Guam bombed suspected Viet Cong positions for the 30th time. A Marine commander reportedly used tear gas to drive guerrillas from a tunnel, hoping to spare civilians. Continued on Page 12 Col 2.
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Two Killed On Highways In Washington County
The Washington County judge Lester A. Buckley and Clerk of Courts Lawrence Berend were killed in a two car crash Tuesday night at the Highway 41 intersection with a Washington County road. Buckley, 57, Hartford, had been appointed to the bench in 1959 and previously served as district attorney and Hartford city attorney. Berend, 56, West Bend, was a longtime county official. The 1965 toll rose to 703, up from 786 a year earlier.
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New Pravda Editor Named in Moscow
Mikhail Y. Zimyanin, Soviet deputy foreign minister, was named editor of Pravda, the top Communist Party newspaper, in an announcement Tuesday.
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City dedicates first electronic traffic light in Port Arthur
City officials gathered Monday to dedicate a low cost electronically operated traffic signal, the first of its kind in Port Arthur. The ceremony ran 30 minutes late after an ambulance and a car collided at the intersection, injuring one person. Traffic light operations were described as improving safety and flow.
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UN Ceasefire Reached as Pakistan Threads UN Exit Threat
Pakistan and India accepted a UN cease-fire after a dramatic pre-dawn council meeting. Pakistan warned it may quit the United Nations if a fair settlement of Jammu and Kashmir is not achieved, while India sought a deadline extension to dispatch orders to field commanders.
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Jammu and Kashmir
Senate prepares to pass immigration bill ending national origins quotas
Senate leaders expect approval of a measure to scrap national origins quotas and cap Western Hemisphere immigration at 120,000 annually starting July 1, 1968. The bill's main aim is to eliminate the 1924 system while addressing a potential amendment to bar deportation of Gen Elias Wessin von Wessin.
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Mexico
Trucker Trial Under Way in Wisconsin Picket Deaths
A deputy testified he saw two pickets fall beneath a livestock truck as it moved through an NFO protest at Bonduel stockyards. Driver Ivan Mueller, 39, faces homicide by reckless conduct charges for the deaths of Melvin Cummings, 44, and Howard Falk, 4, during the fall market disruption. Witnesses describe the crowd's reaction as the truck rolled slowly through the gates.
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Two Students Feared Drowned In Lake Mendota
MADISON AP. Richard A. Schlosser 18 of Waukesha is presumed drowned after a canoe mishap on Lake Mendota Tuesday night. A university freshman in electrical engineering, he is one of two men missing after a canoe overturned near Tenney Park. Frances T. Fozekas of Houston was rescued by a police boat. she reported a storm struck quickly, panics ensued, and the other man disappeared with the third studentまだ.
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Lake Mendota
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University of Wisconsin
Anthony Schlosser
Frances T. Fozekas
Houston
Tex
Tenney Park
Miss Fozekas
Cease-Fire Declared in India Pakistan Conflict
New Delhi reported a cease-fire set for 5 p.m. today as India and Pakistan agreed to halt fighting after three weeks of hostilities. Prime Minister Shastri cried as he urged resolve, while Ayub Khan announced the truce in a broadcast from Karachi.
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Karachi
Accident Victim Plunges to Death in Mississippi River
LA CROSSE AP reports Jack Wurm 45 of La Crosse drowned after a traffic collision left him on a bridge. He slipped while climbing from the roadway to a sidewalk and fell 65 feet into the Mississippi River, his body recovered about 100 yards downstream.
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U.S. to Back UN Effort for Pakistan India Peace
President Johnson spoke with Pakistan’s Ayub Khan by phone and pledged full U S support for United Nations efforts to settle the Pakistan India war. He read a statement urging ceasefire acceptance and a quick peace settlement, with the U S backing the UN course in actions and words. Moyers said Johnson would sustain UN-backed diplomacy, while leaders praised the ceasefire accord in Congress. In Berlin, a young East German woman escaped from a barge, jumped into the Spree, and reached West Berlin after hiding aboard in East Berlin.
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Montana
Defense Fund Bill Sent to LBJ for Signature
Congress cleared a 4.88 billion defense bill sending to President Johnson a 1.7 billion Viet Nam war buildup. The measure blocks Pentagon merger of Army Reserve and National Guard for at least a year without new approval and bars use of funds to educate draftees failing aptitude tests. The bill also includes a separate 1.76 billion base and housing construction appropriation.
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