McNamara says US won’t interfere in South Viet Nam elections
Defense Secretary McNamara tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the United States will stay out of South Viet Nam elections and provide security and stability rather than interfere. He believes Viet Cong participation is unlikely and urges approval of a $3.39 billion foreign aid bill, with $917 million for military assistance globally.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Defends staying of incurably ill
Monmouth coroner defends the actions of Arthur Gray a father who killed his incurably ill 12 year old son with tablets and gas and then died by the same method. The inquest heard the boy contracted the disease in 1964 and Gray was convicted of manslaughter but given two years on probation.
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Monmouth
England
Gray
de Tressure
Train blast in Lumding leaves fifty dead in Assam
An explosion believed caused by dynamite shattered a passenger train at Lumding in Assam late Wednesday night, killing about 50 people and injuring 127. Police blame sabotage by Naga rebels as Prime Minister Gandhi pushed negotiations toward a delicate stage with the mountain tribes. Nearby, a prior Lumding train blast had occurred last February.
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Calcutt
India
UPI
Lumding
Assam
Indira Ghandi
New Delhi
Probe conditions at state home in Davenport
The Iowa Legislative Interim Committee and the State Board of Control opened an inquiry into conditions at the Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport. Governor Hughes urged faith in the Board to handle the investigation, noting prior denials but acknowledging funding issues affecting the facility.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
State Board of Control
Annie Wittenmyer
Davenport
Harold E. Hughes
Board of Control
Hughes
Central High School
Hughes plans revisions to Iowa anti poverty program for alcoholics
Governor Harold E. Hughes, a reformed alcoholic, said he will revise the proposed Iowa anti poverty plan for alcoholics before sending it to the U S Office of Economic Opportunity. He described discussions in Washington as promising and aims for a statewide program, originally centering on a Des Moines halfway house.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Hughes
Washington
Russell Wilson
Iowa Board of Control
Sargent Shriver
Violent clash in Dalat sparks deadly shooting report
In Dalat 145 miles northwest of Saigon armed anti government students and soldiers reportedly clashed today. Three Vietnamese civilians were said killed amid ongoing Buddhist critique of Premier Ky as the military government maps nationwide elections. No official confirmation yet.
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Saigon
UPS
Dalat
Ing
Nguyen Cao Ky
Probate of will and executor appointment for Anna Kolosiek
Public notice announces probate of a will and appointment of an executor for estate of Anna Della Kolosiek. Also lists a quarterly statement from Washington County Hospital required for public records.
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Anna Della Kolosiek
Washington County Hospital
Medal of Honor for Milton Olive II posthumously at White House
Pfc Milton L Olive II receives the Medal of Honor posthumously for smothering a grenade in Viet Nam saving four comrades He was killed Oct 22 1965 at age 18 19 He was the first Negro Medal of Honor recipient in Viet Nam and the third U S serviceman honored This Chicago ceremony also notes his father Milton B Olive Jr and two fellow soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade S: 1st Lt Jimmy B Stanford Bay City Tex and Spec 4 John W Foster Pittsburgh were among those saved and to attend the ceremony in Chicago the elder Olive later received the city Medal of Merit from Mayor Daley
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Washington
UPI
Milton L. Olive II
Chicago
Viet Nam
Johnson
White House
Olive
U.S
Milton B. Olive Jr
Jimmy B. Stanford
Bay City
Tex
Ft. Benning
John W. Foster
Pittsburgh
Ft. Evens
Mass
Young Olive
Debakey Performs Groundbreaking Artificial Heart Implant
Dr Michael DeBakey and a team at Methodist Surgery Houston implanted an artificial heart into a patient to replace aorta valve function amid surgery to save a life. The calf trial showed the device can keep a heart alive for 18 days while the patient’s own heart heals. Baylor and Rice researchers say bypass pumps could aid most heart attack victims, though one prior attempt failed.
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Houston
API
Michael DeBakey
DeBakey
Methodist Hospital
Baylor and
Rice Universities
Subdistricting Iowa Legislature Faces Data Shortfalls
Iowa lawmakers face a major hurdle in drawing legislative subdistricts as ordered by the state Supreme Court. Block-by-block 1960 census data for several cities are unavailable, complicating plans to align subdistricts with precincts and potentially prompting court decisions on post-1960 census use and township splits.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo
Mason City
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Bur
Lington
Marshalltown
Ames
Iowa City
Muscatine
Census Bureau
Board of Supervisors
Indonesia Leader Refuses Symbolic Role Amid Pressures
Indonesian President Sukarno acknowledged for the first time that he faced pressure to become a figurehead but pledged he would remain actively the leader. He warned against being reduced to a constitutional monarch and rejected a kingly throne, saying he did not sacrifice 50 years of his life to be king of kings.
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Jakarta
UPI
Sukarno
Indonesia
March consumer prices rise again but slower
Washington based reports indicate March consumer prices edged up about two to three tenths of 1 percent. Food prices eased, easing the overall rise from February. Government forecasts of an index near 111.9 percent imply higher costs for households. President Johnson signaled a tax hike to curb inflation if prices stay high.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Johnson
Congress
Pacifists Arrive From Saigon Accuse South Vietnam
Six American pacifists arrived from Saigon charging the South Vietnamese government with arranging an anti U.S. embassy picket and expelling them. They claimed Vietnamese police arrested them and that U.S. Embassy help was not provided. Group leader A J Muste said they would return home after Tokyo visit. Karl Meyer planned to seek a visa in Tokyo for Cambodia.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Saigon
US S
A. J. Muste
New York
South Viet Nam
U.S
W. M. Davidson
Haverford
Tokyo
Karl Meyer
Chicago
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Muste
Iowa Weather: Fair, Warmer Tonight and Friday
United Press International reports Iowa will see fair skies and a warming trend. Tonight's low remains in the 30s with west to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 60 degrees.
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United Press International
Iowa
Marines push SAIGON battalion battle in Viet Cong clash
U S Marines joined South Vietnamese forces in a major ground action against a Viet Cong battalion 335 miles northeast of Saigon. About 200 Viet Cong were reported killed, with 111 bodies found after a lull, as American aircraft intensified raids on Dien Bien Phu area targets destroying or damaging around 110 buildings.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
George W. Acreeli
Westminster
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