Attack near Cambodian border inflicts heavy Viet Cong losses
About 2,500 Viet Cong attacked 800 American infantrymen in War Zone C near the Cambodian border. U.S. spokesmen reported 518 Communist dead, with 9 Americans killed and 32 wounded. The battle followed a larger clash earlier, in a rolling sequence of assaults and air strikes. Concurrently, Saigon signed a new Constitution, signaling a move toward civilian government.
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Lawmakers May Get Pay Increase
Des Moines reports a Senate committee backed raising legislator pay from 40 to 50 dollars per day. The panel approved the measure 10 to 7 to send it to the Senate floor, detailing new daily rates for floor leaders and the speaker, and a higher lieutenant governor pay while in session.
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Explosion at London Airport destroys oil loading bay
A blast at London Airport engulfed 14 tanker trucks in flames injuring 13 and leaving one man missing. Four seriously hurt, 20 to 30 drivers escaped tea break. About 100 firefighters controlled the fire within an hour, with no air traffic disruption.
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UPI
Truckers face strike as contract expires
A nationwide trucking contract expired at 12:01 a.m. EST and the Teamsters Union began polling its members for a possible strike. Negotiators and trucking industry representatives met late into the night, but talks remain about equal to the other side with a three-year deal still far apart. A union spokesman said vote completion is by Sunday and a potential Monday walkout could be set. TEI president M. N. Gordon warned that if pace continues a settlement by Monday is unlikely. He said major carriers could halt operations if a strike is called.
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LBJ hosts Latin envoys at Pedernales River barbecue
President Johnson welcomes 29 Latin American envoys at a Texas fandangel on the Pedernales River near San Antonio. Air Force One brought 27 diplomats to Randolph AFB for a ceremony as Sol Linowitz calls the gathering a warm-up for the April inter American summit in Punta del Este Uruguay.
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Probate Notices for Manussier Quinn Crozier and Thomann
Public notices announce probate of wills and appointment of executors for Vina L. Manussier May S. Quinn and Howard Crozier. Also appears proof of will for the estate of Lester Thomann.
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NFO Signs Dairies in Dubuque for Higher Milk Prices
Na tional Farmers Organization officials report two Dubuque area dairies have signed four month contracts to hold milk off the market and process it into cheese butter and powdered milk. Contracts hinge on NFO signing similar deals with more dairies in the Midwest. Dairy members in about eight counties across Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois began delivering milk to the dairies.
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Humphrey Holds Private Audience With Pope Paul VI
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey met Pope Paul VI in a private audience in the Vatican to discuss peace efforts and a faster truce and settlement of the Vietnam conflict. A Vatican communique praised Humphrey for supporting the pontiff and noted the encyclical Populorum Progressio as a contribution to peace.
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50 Million Year Old Snake Unearthed at Hospital Site
Workers at Washington County Hospital basement excavation uncover fossilized Looflirpa Squamora Ophidia bones. University of Iowa officials confirm a near complete 2 to 3 foot herbivorous snake, dating about 50 million years, extinct due to predators and habitat shifts. The specimen will be cleaned, displayed, then sent to the Museum of Natural History New York.
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Flood fears spread as April showers flood several areas
United Press International reports widespread showers trigger flood threats across the nation. Warm south and east contrast with snow in the mountains and bitter cold in the northern plains. Red Cedar River floods drive residents from Colfax and Bad River areas, while Chicago suburbs see rising streams and O Hare logs heavy rainfall.
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Traffic Toll Rises With Iowa Crashes Across State
A fatal early morning crash on a Black Hawk County road killed two youths, raising Iowa’s 1967 traffic toll to 149, with additional deaths in Burlington, Des Moines, DeWitt, and nearby areas. The spate includes a 9-year-old girl struck near Des Moines and a multi-vehicle U.S. routes collision near Clinton County.
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Black Top
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Jerry Comer
la Porte City
Robert Bailey
Maude Coad
Danville
Bailey
U.S. 34
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Burlington
Highway Patrol
Jack Engle
Engle
Lynda Bevine
Flora
Des Moines
Donna Lynn O’callaghan
NFO vows stage two dairy protest in Dakota
Hartford South Dakota NFO leaders pledge a hard fought stage two in a milk price protest. Leonard Eichacker says 3000 to 4000 milk cows will head to slaughter plants, cutting state production by 30 million pounds yearly. He calls federal anti trust action a direct slap at collective bargaining.
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Weather Iowa Iow a Partly Cloudy With Rain Snow Possibilities
Partly cloudy to cloudy today through Sunday with a chance of rain or snow in the far north and occasional showers or thunderstorms in the south and central. Cooler air dominates. extreme northwest much cooler. Highs range from the 40s in the northwest to the 60s in the southeast, with overnight lows in the 30s northwest to 45 50 southeast. Sunday's highs in the 40s to 60s depending on location.
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United Press International
Iowa
Rainfall totals reach nearly two inches in Washington region
The official observer logged 1.63 inches since Friday, totaling 1.91 inches in this shower series that continued this morning. Farmers welcomed the moisture despite fieldwork interruptions, and fishermen reported a bonus as night crawlers surfaced with the warmer, wet weather.
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Washington County
Washington County Urges Food Stamp Applications
Mr. Milan K. Thompson director of Washington County Department of Social Welfare says eligible needy families in the county should apply for Food Stamp Program assistance. Food coupons aid low income households not limited to welfare recipients and include some senior citizens. Income limits are set by the county welfare department with the Consumer and Marketing Service to support better nutrition and farm product flow.
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Washington County
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Washington Welfare Department
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