Massive explosion rocks Indiana Army ammunition plant
A huge blast at the Indiana Army ammunition plant near Charlestown shattered windows and injured many. Clark County Memorial Hospital treated 17 ER patients and admitted one bed patient with others en route. The plant employs about 2,400 workers and lies near the Ohio River valley, with damage extending to Utica and Sellersburg.
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Charlestown, Ind
UPI
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
Ohio River Valley
Tal
Jeffersonville
Joyce Morrison
The
Prospect
Utica
Sellersburg
Ind
Carrie McClure
Louisville
Bombers Press North Vietnam Front As Saigon Faces Attacks
UPI reports Guam based B52s struck the Mu Gia Pass and a second raid on North Viet Nam while Mig interceptors clashed with F105s and Phantoms near Hanoi. In Saigon Viet Cong terrorists killed ten, wounded fifty five in seven hit and run attacks as US forces moved into War Zone C with the 1st Infantry Division supporting the sweep near Tah Ninh Province.
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UPS
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Bac Giang
U.S
UPI
Mu Gia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South
North
Vinh
Raymond, Morris, Knudson
RMK
Tah Ninh
Green Berets
Cambodia
Largest in History ICC Approves Penn Central Merger
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads forming Penn Central, the largest consolidation ever. The deal requires Penn Central to assume New York New Haven and Hartford passenger service and protect employees, while the commission denied a western rail merger of Great Northern Northern Pacific and Chicago Burlington and Quincy as not in the public interest.
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UPI
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ICC
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Penn Central
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Western
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago Burlington and Quincy
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Penn- Central
Montreal
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New Haven
Amish accord may break down in Iowa school dispute
DES MOINES Iowa Gov Harold E Hughes warned that if Old Order Amish parents withdraw their children from school before the term ends the agreement would not be honored He cited friction but said May 11 has not arrived and the pact remains intact Dan Borntreger a leader of the Old Order Amish said children would be withdrawn potentially ending the northeastern Iowa school dispute tests.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Oelwein
Dan Borntreger
Iowa
Weather outlook Iowa mostly cloudy with showers
United Press International reports Iowa will be mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with shifting winds and a cooler statewide. Occasional showers through the period. tonight lows in the 30s to 45 in the southeast. Thursday highs generally in the 40s. Friday outlook partly cloudy and cool.
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United Press International
Iowa
Notice of school elections in two districts
Public notice records a special school election filing in Mid-Prairie and Washington school districts with details on election dates and local voting authority. The notice outlines turnout expectations and the actions required by voters and district officials.
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Mid-Prairie
Washington
Watching a Flower Grow in Spring Morning
A brief column notes a young girl named Janiene Carson of 708 E. Second Street enjoying the simple act of watching jonquils brighten a calm spring morning, reflecting a child's time for life’s small, hopeful moments.
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Janiene Carson
Janiene
Bill Carson
Journal
Tom Kuncl
My Fair Lady thrills at Y's Men's production
A near full auditorium applauded the Y's Men presentation of My Fair Lady. Miss Mary Ellen McNeil as Eliza impressed with voice and Cockney charm while Roy Hodges as Higgins offered wit and strong singing. The cast delivered lively, polished performances in a cramped stage setting.
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Auditorum
Lerner
Mary Ellen McNeil
Roy Hodges
Dave Elder
Leon Hillman
Ken Cuhel
Eliza
Miss McNeil
Eliza Doolittle
Spain
Henry Higgins
Professor Henry Higgins
Hodges
Higgins
Beck cites lack of imaginative thinking for Iowa growth lag
Eagle Grove Iowa agency report quotes Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert K. Beck, Centerville publisher, saying Iowa trails Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri and Nebraska in growth. He argues future job and population gains depend on tools from the next legislature and governor to enable development.
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Eagle Grove
Iowa
UPI
Robert K. Beck
Beck
Centerville
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Nebraska
Rockwell City Man Captured Pilot Identified
UPI reports Rockwell City Iowa native Charles Graham Boyd a U S Air Force captain captured after his F 105 was shot down over North Vietnamese territory. A family spokesman said Boyd and his wife live at McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Kansas. The communists released details and a photo of his capture after the loss last Friday in Vinh Phuc Province.
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Rockwell City
Iowa
UPI
Charles Graham Boyd
Boyd
Henry Graham Boyd
Viet Nam
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Kaw
Vinh Phuc
Boyds
North Viet Nam
Roudebush seeks probe of draft mistreatment in Indiana
Rep. Richard L. Roudebush called for Army and Selective Service inquiry into a Muncie mother’s claim that her son, a 19 year old half blind in one eye, was drafted into infantry. He urged discharge if the report is true.
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Roudebush
Winter Returns Whipping West With High Winds and Snow
A storm belt from the Northern Rockies to Minnesota brings wet snow cold rain and near freezing temps across Wyoming Colorado North Dakota and Minnesota with high winds up to 50 mph. The Weather Bureau warns of possible tornadoes in southern states and issues watches for parts of Alabama Georgia and Florida panhandle. Highway travel is halted in Wyoming over Big Horn Mountains and trailer traffic warned in Rawlins as power poles fall near Grand Junction leaving outages in several communities.
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United Press International
Wyoming
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Minnesota
North Dakota
Alabama
Georgia
Florida Panhandle
Wyoming Highway Department
Big Horn Mountains
U.S. 14
Highway Department
Rawlins
Wyo
Grand Junction
Colo
Russian tour ends as quake cancels planned stops
The University of Iowa band learned after its Moscow concert that the Tashkent quake halted the remaining European and Russian legs, postponing trips to Tashkent and Samarkand. The group will depart Moscow, likely later this week, with many members graduating and some planning weddings before returning home. Tiomkin praised the band, while officials, the embassy, and Goseconcert arranged the tour's shortened end and a final Iowa concert potential.
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UPI
University of Iowa
Tashkent
Samarkand
Iowa
U.S
Fay D. Kohler
Hollywood
Dimitri Tiomkin
Tiomkin
Boston Orchestra
Soviet State Concert Bureau
Goseconcert
Frederick Ebbs
Edds
Towa
Bob Roussell
Dubuque
Jan Dockendorff
Danville
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Davenport
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Asia
Steve Wright
Burlington
Debbie Dresser
Mason City
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