Soviet Jets Clash With US Warplanes Near Hanoi
Soviet built jets and Mig interceptors engaged US air forces over North Vietnam as Navy and Air Force raids hit bridges near Hanoi. Two bridges targeted, Do ng Phuong and Than Hoa, faced heavy anti aircraft fire. A Navy pilot was shot down and bailed out while Da Nang base suffered damage. Saigon evacuated civilian offices amid a bomb scare and South Korean troops faced Viet Cong fire at Di An with casualties.
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Saigon
UPS
North Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Navy
Air
Hancock
Coral Sea
Dong Phuong
Dragon's Mouth
Than Hoa
Air Force
Viet Nam
Tass
Vietnamese Peoples Army
Home Guard
da Nang
U.S. Information Service
Caravelle
Information Office
NBC
di An
Red River
USS
Songmi
Thanh Hoa
Phan Huy Quat
Severe cold grips wide swathes of nation with storms
Unseasonable cold set record low temperatures from Michigan to the Virginias and heavy showers and thunderstorms swept from Tennessee to Minnesota. Snow and rain threaten rivers, highways, and towns from the Midwest to the Rockies, while an air raid near Thanh Hoa targets vital railroad and highway links into Central Vietnam.
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United Press International
Michigan
Virginias
Tennessee
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Lansing
Mich
Grand Rapids
Akron
Ohio
Charleston
W. Va
Chanute
Kan
Springfield
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Los Angeles
Anyon
Burbank
Glendale
California
Needles
Big Sioux
Raccoon
Des Moines
Shellrock
Cedar Rivers
Iowa
Rockies
Great Falls
Helena
Mont
Directors elected at annual YMCA meeting in Washington
Mrs Judson Fiebiger of Des Moines spoke at the Washington YWCA annual dinner on service opportunities and the group’s work. Mrs John Phieger presided as members were elected to the board of directors including Miss Jo Janagek and several others. Nominating committee members were named and guests introduced as a pre Easter program followed a dinner with Teen groups assisting.
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Judson Fiebiger
Des Moines
United Church of Christ
YWCA
Washington Ywca
Fiebiger
John Phieger
Jo Janagek
Phil Kneen
Neal Lampkin
Loren Moore
John Owen
Robert Reed
Harold Stevens
William Stewart
Robert Vanderlinden
Richard Horak
Robert Swift
Dale Close
Phieger
Margaret Hinderman
Iowa Town and Country Ywca
Robert Day
National Ywca Board
Ralph Marshall
Claire Keating
Richard Wiley
YMCA
Calvin Wolf
W.W. Nolin
Dwain Tschantz
Wiley
John Walker
Clarice Brown
Jack Moore
Willi White
Norman Jensen
Gemini space plans point to new crew and center shift
Houston reports say a NASA briefing next week will name Walter M. Schirra and J Thomas P Stafford as pilot and co pilot for a Gemini capsule. The program may shift all manned flights from Cape Kennedy to a new Houston electronic control center, accelerating activity after the March 23 three orbit mission by John W. Young and Virgil J. Grissom.
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Houston, Tex
St. Louis
Cape Kennedy
Houston
Federal Space Agency
Yeon
Walter M. Schirra
J . Thomas P. Stafford
Space Agency
McDivitt-White
John W. Young
Virgil J. Grissom
Vacation schedule at local Monday at Washington's YMCA
Washington's YMCA announces a vacation day schedule for Monday with school dismissal for a teachers convention in Davamport. Activities run 11 am to 4 pm by age group, with open gym and open swim slots, then regular programs start at 4 pm and continue through the evening. The Y opens at 9 am Monday.
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Washington
YMCA
Davamport
Bob Gillesby
Probate clearance on Kne estate and county board meetings
Probate of the will for Joseph R. Kne is being cleared. The county board of supervisors holds proceedings in meetings on Wednesday, March 24.
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Joseph R. Kne
County Board of Supervisors
Etings
Judge Bechly Dies in Montezuma Iowa at 92
Word reached here of the death of Judge Frank Bechly in Montezuma Iowa. He was 92 and died Friday April 2. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church. Bechly served as district judge in the Sixth Judicial District from 1926 to 1959 and presided over many sessions at the Washington County courthouse.
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Frank Bechly
Montezuma
Iowa
Bechly
Sixth Judicial District
Washington County Court House
Weather Outlook for Towa Region
Cloudy with rain ending tonight and cooler Sunday. Partly to mostly cloudy with highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s, with northern areas near 30s and southern areas near 40.
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United Press International Towa
Local counselors and psychologists meet in southeast Iowa
At the Southeast District dinner in Burlington and a Mount Pleasant session at the Mental Health Institute, Washington attendees include Ray Blair George Cordes Permelia Lay and others. Dr Castore from the Mental Health Institute spoke on Interpersonal Communication used in group therapy. The Des Moines Special Education and Guidance Department organized the study Who Am I a five and final workshop of the year with panels on the study roles of school psychologists and counselors.
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Iowa Personnel and Guidance Association
Holiday Inn
Burlington
Ray Blair
George Cordes
Permelia R. Lay
Castore
Mental Health Institute
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Washington
Vincent Foubert
Dwight Huggine
Harry Tiller
Special Education and Guidance Department of Public Instruction
Des Moines
State Department
School fundraiser selects next year's foreign student
A contest among school homerooms awarded the honor of hosting the next foreign student to Floyd Wood's room by a narrow 75 cent margin. John Bordwell notes a similar program is starting at the Jr. High. Journal photo by Dallas Kinney.
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Floyd Wood
John Bordwell
Jr. High—Journal
Dallas Kinney
U.S. policy calls for more troops to Viet Nam
Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor plans a stepped up anti Communist drive in South Viet Nam sending several thousand more U S troops. Current forces reach 27 500 with 4 000 Marines at Da Nang and total likely to surpass 30 000 in coming months. Taylor backs intensified action to match North Viet Nam air strikes and persuade Reds toward peace talks. He doubts China or Russia would intervene now.
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Washington
UPS
Maxwell D. Taylor Teaves
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
USS
da Nang
Taylor
Johnson
Pearson
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Lester B. Pearson
United States
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Viet Nam
National Security Council
China
Russia
Moscow
Peking
Evanovich Leads Bridge Marathon in Eleven Rounds
Evanovich and partner topped the U s Men's bridge marathon after 11 rounds with 23 600 points. Joe Falk and Leon Hillman follow second at 21 810. Ray Carter pair hold third at 18 800 and a packed top ten includes Hennes Butler Myers Koehler Mangold Huber and a double tie for tenth between Boshart and Kneen.
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Joe Evanovich
Joe Falk
Leon Hillman
Ray Carter
Max Hennes
John Butler
John Myers
Robert Koehler
Carlton Mangold
Robert Huber
Bill Boshart
Phil Kneen
Washington County NFO Meeting Set For Wednesday
The Washington County NFO will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday night April 7 at the Washington County fair grounds starting at 8 p.m. Alvin Horak urges all members and their wives to attend to hear reports from committees. This may be the last meeting before Springfield work and covers the NFC bargaining and marketing program. Refreshments will be served.
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Washington County
NFO
Washington County Fair Grounds
Alvin Horak
Springfield
Horak
Stormy hearings probe Iowa agriculture department
A two day legislative probe into the Iowa Agriculture Department featured heated clashes and tampering allegations. Witnesses accused tactics of being cheap while defending Dennler as a capable sanitarian. probes revealed desk rifling and a secret report threatening reputations.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Agriculture Department
Huda Felland
Cedar Rapids
Felland
State Milk and Food Laboratory
Richard Dennler
Dennler
Greer
John Greer
Richard Coad
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Aecess
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Agriculture
Kenneth Owen
Owen
Dennier
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New House
Burton Dull
Denler
Iowa Senate
House
State Bureau of Investigation
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