Two American sailors killed as Viet War raids intensify
UPI reports in Saigon and Washington that communist fire off Vietnam killed two U S sailors and wounded 16 while heavy B52 and fighter strikes reach new highs. The offensive widens with village burnings near Quang Ngai and shelling across multiple provinces as US officials defend ongoing air operations.
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Vietnam
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Gulf of Tonkin
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
Demilitarized Zone
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Binh Ding
An Loc
South
North Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri
Pedro
Kontum Province
Tan Canh
An Khe Pass
Bastogne
Hue
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Capitol Hill
Senate Committees
Nixon
Hanoi
Haiphong
West Chester Man Named Swine Producers Chairman
Ten years ago John Duvall of West Chester was chosen as new chairman of the directors for the Washington County Swine Producers Association at a meeting held here Monday night.
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John Duvall
West Chester
Washington County Swine Producers Association
Voc ag students test chick feeding at Washington High
Vocational agriculture students at Washington High School test vitamin deficiencies using Leghorn chicks. One group lacks riboflavin, another lacks vitamin A, and a control group is fed a normal diet. Donors include Hotle Feed and Freshwater Feed.
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Jeff Mahan
Washington High School
Journal
Hotle Feed and Grain Company
Freshwater Feed and Grain of
Washington
Richard Roepke
Roepke
Farm Management Class Opens for Ex Servicemen in Washington
Kirkwood Community College will start a 44 week farm management training for veterans in June. Military veterans enrolled will receive full GI benefits during the program. Larry Statler said several veterans enrolled after the April 13 meeting in Washington and more can be accepted. Veterans may write or phone Kirkwood for details.
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Washington
Kirkwood Community College
Larry Statler
Kirkwood
Statler
Funeral services for Jerry Lee Sayre held in Sherman-Eden
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Jerry Lee Sayre in the Sherman-Eden Funeral Home with the Rev. Leland Grove and the Rev. W.J. Stevens officiating. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery. Casketbearers were Frank Smith, Tom Kerr, Mike Mondia, Finley Mondia, Robert Bruty and Hubert Bruty. A brother of the deceased, Nathan A. Sayre of Rural Route 2, Washington, should have been included in the names of survivors previously listed.
Live stock market results from Joliet and Des Moines
JOLIET reports cattle receipts around 1,800 with steers steady to 25 lower and prime prices at 36.25 for high choice. heifers 33.50 to 35.00 for choice grades. DES MOINES notes the interior Iowa southern Minnesota hog markets with fairly active trade and mostly steady to slightly lower prices. U S 1 3 weights for butchers 22.50 to 23.75, sows 19.50 to 21.50 for larger classes. receipts today about 80,000, down from a week ago and year ago.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
U.S
Democrats Plan Iowa Platform With Marijuana Legalization
Democrats meet in Ames to draft a 20 page platform stressing ecology and human rights. The document calls for legalizing marijuana and abortion rights, repealing victimless crime laws, and new tax shifts while boosting environmental quality and bicycle paths. Senator Harold Hughes will keynote.
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Des Moines
UPI
Nowa Democrats
Ames
Clif Larson
C.Y. Stephens
Larson
Department of Environmental Quality
Harold FE. Hughes
D-Ilowa
Protests in San Francisco and Alameda Rally Against Vietnam War
About 1,500 demonstrators surrounded the San Francisco Federal Building and 200 more with Joan Baez protested at Alameda Naval Air Station. Police arrested 70 in SF and the naval station, a patrolman was cut, and a Navy car burned. A Stanford campus window attack followed a rally. Magistrate Woodruff set bail for 16 arrested in SF.
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San Francisco
UPI
Federal
North Vietnam
Bay
Joan Baez
Alameda Naval Air Station
Naval Station
Air Force
Owen Woodruff
Alameda
Vietnam
Miss Baez
Good Neighbor Deed for Dennis Miller Reported
Three members of the Reserves Jack Hammes Marvin J Greiner and Jim Waterhouse have been doing field work for Dennis Miller hospitalized at Mercy Hospital Iowa City since April 10 for back treatment and therapy. Miller farm lies four miles east of Talleyrand.
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Keota
Jack Hammes
Marvin J. Greiner
Jim Waterhouse
Dennis Miller
Mr. Miller
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Miller Farm
Talleyrand
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