Washington County break-ins linked to Riverside and Kalona
Washington County sheriff officers probe four Riverside and one Kalona burglaries from Wednesday night. Kalona Farm Store cash drawer loss of 150 dollars. Riverside losses include 30 from a pop machine and 380 from a pried safe. D X Station saw 70 from machines. Riverside International Harvester store 20 and missing stamps. Riverside tavern missing key to cash register.
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Riverside
Kalona
Washington County Farm
Latta & Sons
Russell Schnoebelen
Prince the watchdog naps through burglary at store
Newton Hill England UP I reports a year old Alsatian guarding a grocery store slept through a Wednesday night burglary. The dog did not wake as burglars raided his shelf and stole 30 cans of dog food.
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Newton Hill
England
UPI
Moon landing crew named for Apollo 11 mission
Washington named Neil Armstrong the Gemini 8 pilot and spacewalkers Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin as the Apollo 11 crew to land on the moon perhaps by mid July. Collins will pilot the command ship while Armstrong and Aldrin attempt the lunar touchdown.
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Washington
UPI
Pace Agency
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin ‘Buz’ Aldrin
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Armstrong
Collins
Aldrin
Intercepted Memo ASTRONAUTS New York
An intercepted memo from New York notes that when people radiate hospitality no shield is needed. It frames warmth as a personal shield, promoting open welcome rather than guarded distance. The writing suggests a social or possibly scientific angle on human warmth and perceived safety.
Heavy Red losses in 1968 Vietnam war noted by Saigon
Vietnamese military spokesmen reported 1968 Communist fatalities at 191,387, the war's heaviest losses. Government figures also cited 21,050 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese captured and 17,500 desertions, while Allied casualties rose with 14,693 Americans and allies killed and 17,486 South Vietnamese killed.
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UPI
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Song Be
Binh Thuy
Bank Robbery Shocks Danville Iowa in Afternoon Heist
Danville State Savings Bank robbed at 3 p.m. by two armed men who forced employees and customers to lie down. Loot was loaded into a cardboard box. loss estimated over $10,000. A 1965 Buick in a ditch near the bank was impounded as investigators search for three to four suspects. Danville, population about 570, Des Moines County.
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Danville, Iowa
UPI
Iowa
Danville State Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Dan Kelley
Kelley
Southeast
Danville
Des Moines County
Sihanouk says U.S. helicopter shot down by Cambodian guns
Cambodian chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced that antiaircraft batteries shot down a U.S. helicopter in Mondelkiri province nine miles inside Cambodia. Three crewmen were killed, and Sihanouk noted ongoing U.S. helicopter overflights that damaged public works trucks.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Sihanouk
Mondelkiri
Mekong River
Sirhan trial delayed again as jury selection nears
In Los Angeles UPI reports jury selection for Sirhan B. Sirhan's murder trial, tied up by motions over publicity and potential prejudice. Judge Herbert V. Walker recessed the case for the weekend after a daylong closed session. Grant B. Cooper, 65, admitted he lied to protect his client about obtaining a grand jury transcript in the Friar's Club card cheating trial.
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Los Angeles
UPI
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Robert F. Kennedy
Herbert V. Walker
Grant B. Cooper
Los Angeles Bar Association
Friar's Club
Sweden backs Hanoi government in Paris talks
Paris reports that Sweden will grant full diplomatic recognition to Hanoi, strengthening North Vietnam's hand in the Paris war negotiations as cited by high diplomatic sources.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Sweden
Hanoi ii
Fewer Die in County Traffic This Year
In Washington County last year four people died, down six from the prior year. In 1967 ten people died on county roads and highways. In 1968 more accidents occurred in daylight than at night, and more on county roads than state highways. Overall accidents rose by ten, aided partly by more night-time crashes.
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Washington County
Eseencace
Mediator Seeks Settlement in AP Wire Strike
Federal mediator George Brynes met with Associated Press negotiators in New York to explore settlement avenues in the Wire Service Guild strike that began Thursday. He planned further talks with WSG representatives and would consider a joint session after that meeting.
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New York
UPS
Associated Press
Wire Service Guild
News Service
George Brynes
WSG
Byrnes
Broadway Welcome for Apollo 8 Astronauts in New York
Crowds line Broadway as Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders ride in open limousines amid ticker tape confetti and 20 mile per hour gusts. Gov Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay greet them at City Hall Park. security by 75 handlers and 5 000 police ensures a grand, restrained parade through the Canyon of Heroes.
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UPI
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Frank Borman
James A. Lovell
William A. Anders
Apollo Way
City Hall Park
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
LaGuardia Field
Marine Terminal
Washington
Queens
East Side
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Pope Paul VI
Thomas Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John “Bud” Palmer
Police Department
Emerald Society Bag Pipers Band
West Side
Fate of surtax still in doubt as Johnson and Nixon clash
Washington reports say President Johnson and President elect Nixon are at odds over extending the 10 percent surtax. Johnson seeks a public joint call for extension while press and budget officials halt printing of the final budget awaiting a decision. Sen Dirksen notes a $195 billion base budget with possible surtax extension.
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UPI
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Nation
Nixon
White House
Congress
Budget Bureau
Senate
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Dirksen
Lawmakers expect shorter Iowa session in 1969
Most Iowa legislators believe the 1969 session, starting next Monday, will be shorter than the 1965 and 1967 sessions. Responses clustered around adjournment in May with dates like May 10 and May 15, while a few predicted earlier or later closings. Debate included calls for an ombudsman and concerns about bureaucracy and administrative power.
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Des Moines
UPI
General Assembly
Ently
63Rd General Assembly
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Gene Glenn
Ottumwa
Dean O. Corey
Morning Sun
Stephens
Ombudsman
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