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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1968

Page

4

Heavy shellings hit 13 Vietnamese cities and bases

In a Tuesday report, Communist forces shelled 13 cities towns and allied bases nationwide as South Vietnam’s premier Tran Van Huong warned of a 30,000-man offensive. About 600 Viet Cong had been seized in Saigon in two months. The Tam Ky outpost faced a heavy 45 round barrage and a two point assault. South Vietnamese troops repelled the attack, killing four on the city’s outskirts. Allied fortifications were light and most night attacks lasted moments with light overall casualties.

Saigon UPI South Vietnam Tran van Huong Tam Ky

Bayard Boys Awarded Treasure Proceeds in Ceremony

Eleven of twelve Bayard youths, aged about 11 to 14, attended a ceremony in Bayard Mayor Kenneth Robinsons office as they receive $478.35 checks from Farmers State Bank with guardian C F Greenfield supervising. The 1965 bequest from Beardsley on Bayards homestead yielded nearly $18,000 at auction, with the court distributing 40 percent to the boys and 30 percent to the other claimants.

Farmers State Bank of Bayard C.F. Greenfield Kenneth Robinson Delmar Mike McAlister Fred Beardsley Greenfield Ainsworth Roger Gillies Richland Kenneth Arthur Jeanie Cotter Darold Jones United Presbyterian Sunday School Jim McCreedy Kaye Henry Danny David Iowa City Peg Henry Washington Stanley McCreedy Sacramento California Bill Trotter Madison Wisconsin Bill Trotter Gary Edwards Jeffrey Nelson Edwards Edwards Cross Plains Jeffrey Willard McCracken Elmer Wenger Cedar Falls Scott Wayne McCracken Jim Wenger Northern University Music Jim Joe Wenger Cedar Rapids Ainsworth Sorosis Burke McCreedy W. D. Roberts Peter Marshall Claude Kilgore The Ladies Home Journal Tobin Olive Miksch General Federation Des Moines Art Linkletter Ron Genheimer Swaziland Africa Preston Edmondson McCreedy Grove Letts Larry Trotter Joe Tobin Dick Stephens

Oldest Italian road Appian Way noted in history

Mrs Everette Tobin led in repeating the Club Collect. The Appian Way, the oldest road in Italy, runs 350 miles from Rome to Brindisi and was built in 312 B C.

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