1st Cavalry attacks Saigon area in largest Viet War operation
The U S 1st Air Cavalry Division offensive northeast of Saigon has expanded into the war's biggest American operation with an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 troops from U S Korean and Vietnamese forces. The assault has killed 711 of 1 172 Communists across three drives while captures total 120 fighters and 582 suspects since January 25.
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1St Air Cavalry Division
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Viet Nam
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U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
William Matson to head Ag Bureau
William Matson was elected chairman of the Ag Bureau of the Washington Chamber of Commerce at a breakfast meeting. Bob Wead was named vice chairman Marvin Smith joined the executive committee Hubert Lehrer serves as secretary Bob Robertson outgoing chairman presided and discussed the Farm Institute. The group urged bankers and urban farmers to attend more and noted farm income boosts town business.
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William Matson
Ag Bureau
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Bob Wead
Marvin Smith
Hubert Lehrer
Bob Robertson
Farm Institute
Memorial fund for Kenneth Marsh in Washington area
Washington area friends start a memorial fund for Kenneth Marsh, with gifts to Melody Lanes. Marsh died in a Missouri automobile crash Friday. He led the Nixon Feed Mill project in Washington, and funeral services will be in Delphos, Kansas. His wife remains with her mother, Mrs Wilmarth, in Delphos for now. Marsh was active in local bowling circles and well remembered here.
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Washington Area
Kenneth Marsh
Melody Lanes
Marsh
Missouri
Washington
Nixon
Services planned at Assembly of God revival week
A week of revival services is set at the First Assembly of God church from Monday February 7 through Friday February 11 with nightly 7:45 pm starts. On Monday Rev Wayne Sullivan of Ft Madison Iowa will preach, on Tuesday Rev Grover Senf of Ft Madison will speak, and the remaining three nights feature Rev Oscar Hamilton, Bettendorf Iowa. Each evening offers special gospel singing and music.
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First Assembly of God Church
Wayne Sullivan
Pentecostal Assembly of God
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Grover Senf
Calvary First Assembly of God
Oscar Hamilton
Bettendorf
Swine Production Night School Comes to Brighton
The third of four swine production night schools will meet Monday February 7 at 7 30 p.m. in E P Hall Brighton. Jim Frier County Extension Director says topics include nutrition protein requirements limited feeding and feed processing methods. About 20 swine producers attended the first two meetings. The programs are sponsored and conducted by the County Extension Service.
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Brighton
Jim Frier
E.P. Hall
County Extension Service
Probate of will and executor appointment for Turnipseed
Public notice announces probate of the will and appointment of an executor for the estate of Verne G. Turnipseed. Filing and court actions proceed under state probate law.
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Verne G. Turnipseed
Spanish riot over H bomb crash in Spain
In Madrid police faced new anti American protests by left wing extremists after a U S jet bomber crashed in southeastern Spain. Demonstrators gathered near the U S Embassy chanting anti American slogans as police and Amb Duke met aides inside. A police officer was beaten in clashes.
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Madrid
UPI
Spain
U.S
Mediterranean Sea
Angier Biddle Duke
Johnson’s Hawaii talks push Viet Nam policy shakeup
President Johnson flies to Hawaii for three day talks with South Vietnam’s Premier Ky and US leaders. The meetings aim to review Vietnam war strategy and broader economic and social aid plans, with Westmoreland and Lodge joining. Public testimony dispute fuels tension over policy direction.
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Hawaii
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Johns
Viet Nam
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Washing
Saigon
Gay Waikiki Beach
Dean Rusk
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Robert S. McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honolulu
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
Luna-9 moon pictures boost Soviet space feat
Tass announced Luna-9 completed its lunar program with a 7 pm broadcast and additional imagery from the moon’s surface. British figures at Jodrell Bank released the first comprehensive view of the lunar landscape, while Moscow and Tass disputed western copies of the photos.
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UPI
Russia
Tass
Thomas Pictures
Jodrell Bank
Earth
Novosti
Britain
Bernard Lovell
Wellman man dies behind wheel en route to work
Francis E. Chapman died Friday morning while driving his portable grinder toward Wellman on Highway 92, about 1.5 miles east of South English. Funeral services are set for Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home with a Masonic service and burial in Wellman cemetery. Chapman, born August 14, 1911 in Wellman, lived his life in the Wellman area. he was a member of Kinross Masonic Lodge and is survived by his sister Erma.
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Wellman
Francis E. Chapman
South English
Powell
Mr. Chapman
Jacob
Lettie
Artor ‘Chapman
Masonic Lodge
Kinross
Erma
Weather Outlook for Iowa From UPI
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with milder conditions in the southwest. Not as cold in the northwest tonight. Lows fall to 5 below in the extreme northeast to near 5 to 8 above in the extreme southwest. Sunday outlook on the whole is partly cloudy and somewhat warmer.
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United Press International
Iowa
Die in fire at home two Iowa boys killed
A farm home fire and blast near Calumet Iowa killed Timothy John Griese four and Jeffery Allen Griese two. Sister Darla five heard a big boom and escaped as the house burned, with Jeffery found inside and Timothy later recovered. The two boys were sons of Mr and Mrs John Griese who rented the farm along US 59 from Martin Krekow of Sutherland.
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Calumet, Iowa
UPI
Here
Timothy John
Jeffery Allen
John Griese
Darla
Tim
Othy
Jeffery
Griese
Martin Krekow
Sutherland
U.S. 59
Wreckage Located in Tokyo Bay After Boeing 727 Crash
The All-Nippon Airways Boeing 727 with 133 aboard lies 60 feet beneath Tokyo Bay. Frogmen found the main wreckage about 82 miles southeast of Haneda Airport as rescue operations confirm the disaster’s scale and the near inevitability of no survivors.
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Coast Guard
Tokyo Bay
UPI
Tokyo
All-Nippon Airways
Haneda
Rights slaying Klan leader refuses answers to slayings questions
Alabama Ku Klux Klan head Robert S. Thomas invoked the 5th Amendment during House Un-American Activities Committee questioning about the night rider murder of Viola Liuzzo near Selma. Investigator Donald Appell pressed Thomas on alleged orders to send Collie Wilkins Gary Rowe Eugene Thomas and W. P. Easton to Selma. Rowe testified Thomas ordered the trip and Wilkins fired the fatal shot. Abraham Lincoln penned his first letter in 1818 at age nine seeking a preacher to officiate his mother's funeral.
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UPI
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Selma
Viola Liuzzo
Robert S. Thomas
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Detroit
Donald T. Appel
Liuzzo
Abraham Lincoln
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