Marine returns from the dead in Nebraska mix up
In Grand Island Nebraska three Marines delivered news that Pfc Michael D Johnson 20 had died from shrapnel in Vietnam near Quan Nam on February 6. A Defense Department telegram confirmed the death next day but officials later announced the notice was a mistake and Johnson was wounded but alive awaiting transport home from Yokohama Japan. The family remained hopeful as officials confirmed the correction and mother expressed relief and sorrow for others harmed by the error.
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Grand Island
Neb
UPI
Rodney Johnson
Johnson
Pfc
Michael D. Johnson
Quan Nam
South Vietnam
Johnsons
Defense Department
Michael
U.S. Military Hospital
Yokohama
Japan
United States
Mike
Honest mistake misfile sends Marine’s remains to wrong family
In a WWII era note, a Marine evacuation tag was misapplied, sending the wrong Marine Johnson home while the intended recipient would be brought to a nearby military hospital. Sen. Carl Curtis demanded full explanation from the Marine Corps Casualty Section in Washington, D.C. and stressed accountability.
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Marine Corps
Washington, D.C
Johnson
Carl T. Curtis
Strike Ends at Fort Dodge Farm Land Industries
Fort Dodge Iowa The 37 union workers at Farm Land Industries ended a 127 day strike by signing a new two year contract with an 11 percent wage increase and added fringe benefits. Wages rise from 3.37 to 3.56 per hour immediately and to 3.75 in September 1968 for top rated jobs. A supplementary agreement allows all striking workers to return to their jobs. The plant, opened in 1966, produces anhydrous ammonia liquid fertilizer. Governor Harold E Hughes aided in negotiations credited as a catalyst by union rep Laurence Hunter and manager Merle Blue.
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Fort Dodge, Iowa
UPI
Fort Dodge
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Farmland Industries
U.S. 20
Merle Blue
Laurence Hunter
St. Paul
Mexico
Hunter
Doctors Optimistic About Wallace Cancer Surgery
Lurleen Wallace, nation's only woman governor, underwent her third operation for cancer at St. Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery. A malignant pelvic tumor was removed along with a bowel segment, a temporary colostomy was performed, and doctors expressed satisfaction with the outcome and her condition despite the complex, two year sequence of treatments.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Lurleen
Wallace
St. Margaret’s (Catholic) Hospital
Cecil Jackson
Albert Brewer
Felix Rutledge
M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Houston
Tex
Hamilton Hutchinson
Iowa City man fights University parking plan
Boyd Brack sues in Johnson County District Court contending the University of Iowa and the State Board of Regents lack authority to create parking areas or charge fees, seeking a permanent injunction to stop construction while university condemnation proceedings proceed. The case centers on Brack’s claim that the city retains exclusive jurisdiction over parking facilities. Dublin’s name comes from the Gaelic words for black pool.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Boyd Brack
Johnson County
University
State Board of Regents
Brack
The
Hue siege halted as Saigon weighs heavy strike option
U S Marines paused their assault on the Imperial Palace in Hue awaiting Saigon guidance on using artillery and air strikes. The battle raged with 106 Communist deaths around the palace and 223 more in a battalion attempting to breach Allied lines.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Imperial Palace
Hue
UPI
Robert Ibrahim
5Th Regiment
Ibrahim
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Hoa Lac
Mekong Delta
Threat against Soviet Ambassador leads to embassy security case
The State Department revealed that Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin was threatened three weeks earlier and extra guard detail was removed before a bomb exploded at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. The blast damaged a ground floor office but caused no injuries as federal agents pursued multiple leads and investigated the incident.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
U.S
Dobrynin
White House
Johnson
FBI
District of Columbia
United States
FBI identifies west Virginia robber as Cuba hijacker
The FBI named Lawrence Mahlon Rhodes Jr. 28 as the man tied to a December Lundale WV payroll robbery and the Delta DC8 hijack to Cuba. He allegedly held a family hostage during the coal company raid and later commandeered the Tampa to Chicago flight. The aircraft landed in Havana then returned to Miami. Rhodes faces hijacking charges with a $100,000 bond suggested for extradition.
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Miami
Tampa
Congress
Rhodes
Cuba
Havana
Waterloo Housing Bill Opens Open Housing Plan Draft
Waterloo Iowa United Press International reports the Waterloo Human Rights Commission will submit to the City Council a fair housing ordinance draft mirroring the state open housing law. The draft includes a bond posting for open housing complaints and bans on selling or renting based on race creed color or national origin plus ads implying restrictions. Recommendations to disperse low cost housing, involve city and real estate interests, speed inspections, and apply occupancy certificates to existing and new property accompany the measure.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Waterloo Human Rights Commission
Commission
Public Waterloo
Pearson faces winner take all confidence vote in Ottawa
Prime Minister Lester Pearson leads a Liberal minority government in a winner take all confidence vote after a defeated tax bill sparked opposition demands for resignation. The session stalled as the speaker rejected a slander charge and adjourned amid calls to shorten debate, with a potential swift vote planned.
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Ottawa
UPI
Lester Pearson
Pearson
House of Commons
E. David Fulton
Fulton
Commons
Liberal Party
Three arrested in Cedar Rapids food store robbery
Cedar Rapids police arrested Harold Lindy 19 Raymond Wisniewski 41 and a 17 year old boy on robbery with aggravation charges after Berry's Food Store owner Luis Berry reported two men with a rifle forced the cash register and wallet. A customer entering for cigarettes was served by one robber and unaware of the crime. Berry sustained a light blow to the head.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Harold Lindy
Raymond Wisniewski
Berry
Luis Berry
Appointment of Executor Mattie A Morgan
The notice states the appointment of Mattie A. Morgan as executor. Details describe filing or confirmation actions, with jurisdiction and related probate process terms. The document formalizes her role in administering the estate under applicable probate law.
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Mattie A. Morgan
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Lyndon Johnson
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