FBI seizes white Mustang linked to King assassination case
An impounded white Mustang resembling the Memphis King killer’s vehicle is parked in Atlanta. FBI traced plates to Eric Starve Galt, 36, of Birmingham Alabama. Officials would not confirm warrants or charges as Florida police were briefly alerted. Neighbors noted Galt’s absence for months while witnesses described a well dressed man near the car. Ramsey Clark hinted at forthcoming public developments in the King case.
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Iowa Weather: Cooler with Showers Over Weekend
United Press International reports cloudy cooler conditions in Iowa tonight with scattered showers and thundershowers. Saturday will be rainier and cooler with highs in the 50s and lows ranging from 40 to 50. Sunday's outlook calls for occasional rain or showers, continued cloudiness and cooler temps across the state.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa Seeks State Crime Lab to Speed Forensics
Iowa officials warn the state lags in crime fighting due to lack of a centralized crime laboratory and forensic pathologist. In 1965 52 homicides and 356 deaths needed chemical analyses, but few were fully examined locally, with FBI or private labs used instead.
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State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Virginia
Want Viets to take over war effort
Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford outlined a long range aim to shift combat duties to South Vietnamese forces. He said the goal is for South Vietnamese troops to assume responsibility in areas where fighting occurs as American units are gradually withdrawn.
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UPI
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Vietnam
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Clifford
Military risks of halting bombing in Vietnam
The article examines potential U.S. military risks if all bombing of North Vietnam stops to allow peace talks. Defense Secretary Clifford notes infiltration into the South has risen, with more truck traffic through North Vietnam and Laos. Officials say the impact on South Vietnamese forces is uncertain but not necessarily catastrophic, and Washington would expect the Communists to act in bad faith if the pause is misused.
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Thant
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Vietnam
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Foreign Ministry
Soviets say Warsaw site for talks is legally untenable
Tass reports official Hanoi Washington circles view U S rejection of Warsaw as site for preliminary talks as legally untenable The White House seeks a neutral site and offered several possibilities but no decision was made US stance follows initial Phnom Penh proposal and Warsaw critique notes Warsaw has an embassy and media presence and would not offer neutral tone for talks between United States and North Vietnam
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UPS
America
Warsaw
Washington-Hanoi
Tass
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam
White House
George Christian
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Christian
DRV
Peoples Republic of ‘China
Battle of Good Friday near Saigon claims dozens of North Vietnamese dead
In War Zone C near Saigon the 3rd Battalion 22nd Infantry of the 25th Division repelled a 400-man North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assault. One Claymore mine and a mortar barrage triggered a dawn battle starting at 1:30 a.m. Army reports 129 enemy dead and 16 American soldiers killed with 47 wounded. The 217th Viet Cong Battalion led the attack. many enemy bodies were left on the field and a mass grave noted. An Army chaplain conducted a Good Friday service for the fallen U.S. troops.
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22Nd Infantry
25Th Division
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Pella man asks flag be raised over school bus dispute
Lorin Oxley a 64 year old retiree says he was fired from Pella Community School transport for refusing to drive a bus leaving the district while the flag at half staff honored Martin Luther King Jr. He urged the flag to be lowered in mourning for national chaos, defending his loyalty as a Christian American.
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Iowa
UPI
Lorin Oxley
Martin Luther King Jr
Oxley
Martin Luther King
M. F. Whitney
Whitney
Washington curfew lifted as calm returns after King assassination
Violence eased in Washington D C with a lifted nighttime curfew and relaxed liquor sale restrictions while gasoline limits stay. Federal troops and National Guardsmen remained to patrol damaged areas as Maryland considers troop withdrawal. In Jacksonville a white man was charged with killing a Negro airman amid lingering tensions. Easter egg hunt announced by the Washington Jaycees for Saturday morning at Sunset Park.
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