Rebels seize Manchuria rail link to Port Arthur base
Reports from Red China say rebel army forces seized control of the southern tip of Manchuria and cut rail service to the Port Arthur naval base. Peking posters report deaths among Mao supporters amid clashes with dissident troops and arrests of over 400 pro Mao backers.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Red China
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Peking Wall
Red Guard
Mao Tse-tung
Shanghai
New Life Evening Post
Red Guards
China
Mao
Kong
Iowa House approves Dirksen Amendment resolution
Iowa House passes the Dirksen Amendment resolution 92 to 28 amid a long debate. Opponents charge vague wording could alter reapportionment factors beyond population, while supporters say the measure gives Iowa a voice in district shaping. Senate must approve identical form for federal action.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Iowa House
House
Senate
Congress
Dirksen
Sen
Everett Dirksen
R-N
Iowa General Assembly
Doderer
John Duffy
Duffy
Bailey
Allied Forces Launch Sixth Offensive in Vietnam War
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops opened the Rio Grande operation west of Quang Ngai as part of a coordinated surge across the Central Highlands and coastal regions. U S B52s flew seven missions in one day while estimates placed Communist deaths near 100 in hours of fighting with few Allied losses.
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Saigon
Rio Grande
Quang Ngai
7Th Regiment
Central Highlands
New Rio Grande
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Cambodia
Mekong Delta
303Rd
Iowa Senate moves to lower voting age to eighteen
The Iowa Senate approved a constitutional amendment to drop the voting age from 21 to 18 by a 49 to 9 vote, sending the measure to the House where it faces likely defeat after a day of partisan wrangling. The report also covers multiple Vietnam War operations with big offensives in Cambodia and Vietnam, including Pershing and Deckhouse actions and B52 strikes near the Mekong Delta.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Twleve Children Die In Fires Across Five States
United Press International reports twelve children killed in fires in Michigan Pennsylvania Iowa and South Dakota on Thursday. High winds fanned several blazes hindering rescue. Victims include Patricia Dowding and three children near Charlotte Michigan Ronald Dowding critically burned and unavailable for comment.
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Michigan
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Patricia Dowding
Charlotte
Mich
Ronald Dowding
Joseph Wagner
Wagner
Midway
John Salmon
Salmon
Sioux Falls
S.D
Mabelle Beckfield
Jefferson
James Allen
Factory Blast at Hawthorne Glue Plant Kills One, Injures Eleven
An explosion at Morningside-Paisley glue and starch factory in Hawthorne New Jersey killed at least one person and injured eleven others. The blast, possibly sparked by flammable dust, destroyed the plant near the Susquehanna Railroad. Police rushed victims to hospitals as crews fought the ensuing fire. A firm spokesman cited a likely trigger in the adjacent research and development lab.
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Hawthorne
N.J
UPI
Morningside-Paisley, Inc
International Latex & Chemical Corp
New York City
Susquehanna Railroad
Research and Development Chemical Laboratory
Saucers Seen Over Michigan Spark Sightings
Police report two officers in Ypsilanti observed a bright orange UFO moving northeast for about ten minutes and ejecting a fire stream. Additional Thursday witnesses near downtown Ann Arbor described a two white lights with a central red beacon. Air traffic official suggested planes in Metro Airport flight path.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
Michigan
J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University
Air Force
Alfred Rogers
John Markwell
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti Police Department
Tom Gieryn
Rex Berger
Detroit Metropolitan Airport
UFO Sighting North of Washington Reported by Three Persons
A bright dome topped object was seen rising west to east above the Keota area near Washington at about 12 30 this morning. Leland Sanders and his wife along with Marsha Smith observed a round orange ball with a dome on top for about four minutes from the Smith home on route 2, Keota. The sighting echoes a prior report by Gary and Linda Godfrey of Iowa City. The object was silent and appeared about a mile west before moving closer to within 40 rods.
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Washington
Leland Sanders
Ezra Smiths
Mrs. Sanders
Smith
Smiths
Texas
Sanders
Keota
Volunteers Tunnel Rats Shine In Vietnam Tragedy
In Truong Lam Vietnam a Tennessee volunteer tunnel rat crawled into a well to root out hidden Communists. He was shot twice in the belly at 30 feet but refused to scream as his comrades hauled him out. Lt Col Robert Stevenson declared the Viet Cong dead by fate. He later died, family informed first.
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Truong Lam
Vietnam
UPI
Tennessee
Volunteer State
Saigon
Robert Stevenson
Ponca City
Okla
Charlie
Stevenson
5Th Cavalry
William Anderson
Searcy
Ark
Brigade
Powell's wife on the stand in Powell seating dispute
The special committee weighing Adam Clayton Powell’s seating weighs docking his 30000 salary to reimburse alleged payroll and travel abuses. Mrs Yvette Flores Powell testified she worked 20578 a year in his Harlem office but has not worked for 18 months amid scrutiny of unauthorized Miami trips charged to the House Education and Labor Committee.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Powell
House
Senate
Yvette Flores Powell
Harlem
Miami
House Education and Labor Committee
Washington-to-Miami
Weather Iowa Cloudy with light snow likely tonight and Saturday
Cloudy Iowa forecast shows occasional light snow tonight and Saturday. Warmer air moves in from the south tonight. Light southeast winds this afternoon. Lows range from 5 to 10 in the north and 10 to 20 in the south. Highs Saturday expect 10 to 20 in the north and in the 20s in the south.
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United Press International
Iowa
Tecumseh Ironclad Found Near Mobile Bay Sink Site
Engineering experts report locating the Union ironclad Tecumseh, sunk in the 1864 Mobile Bay battle, buried about 38 feet deep a half mile off Ft. Morgan. The 225 foot vessel, 2100 ton displacement, was 98 percent silted and may be raised for a Smithsonian display.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Tecumseh
Adm
David G. Farragut
Mobile Bay
Ft. Morgan
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