Cambodia uncovers huge Red arms cache at Angkor
Cambodian authorities disclosed a large cache of about 1000 hand grenades hidden in Angkor ruins. They charged pro Chinese Communists planned assassinations of Prince Sihanouk and Yugoslav leader Tito. Police arrested a group linked to Red China as Sihanouk met Bowles to curb the Vietnam war.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia
Jacqueline Kennedy
Cambodia
Tito
Sihanouk
Red China
Chester Bowles
U.S
India
Johnson
International Control Commission
Britain to Cut Defense Spending and Withdraw Forces
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a 2.4 billion dollar spending cut aimed at stabilizing Britain after the pound devaluation. The plan includes canceling a 1.02 billion dollar order for 50 U.S. F111 fighter bombers, paying 300 million in penalties, and withdrawing 42,000 British troops from the Far East and Persian Gulf by end of 1971.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Far East
Persian Gulf
Wilson
General Dynamics Corp
Britain
Europe
Mediterranean
Hong Kong
Battles Along Border Surge Kills 5084 Since Year Start
UPI reports U.S. and allied forces killed over 5,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in ground combat over the past two weeks. Last week 2,216 enemy killed. prior week 2,868. American troops suffered deaths and heavy casualties amid clashes along South Vietnam's western border near Laos and Cambodia. Air strikes totaled 121 missions against targets near Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Tao
Nguyen van Man
Nguyen van Tai
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Laos
Death toll rises in Sicily quake toll hits hundreds
In western Sicily a string of earthquakes devastates towns near Palermo. More than 250 killed and 200 hospitalized as Montevago and Santa Margherita Belice suffer near total destruction. Cold weather and fires complicate aid while final toll remains uncertain.
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Palermo
Sicily
UPI
Ministry of Public Works
Rome
Montevago
Santa Margherita Belice
Supreme Court voids subversive test in merchant marine program
The Supreme Court 8-0 struck down a government program under the Magnuson Act aimed at barring subversives from the merchant marine. The justices held the regulations exceeded the act’s authority, leaving the ideological screening inapplicable to maritime service.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Congress
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Executive Branch
Herbert Schneider
Seattle
Schneider
Merchant Mariner
Coast Guard
American Communist Party
High Court
Washington Council weighs new city water well plan
Washington city council met Monday to discuss a new water well, possible elevated storage, and larger mains. A 1900 foot well may cost about 60000 dollars, with a half million gallon tank advised. plans to bid the project were approved. A large south and west main could be preferred to replacing central mains, safety work near Lincoln School and Junior High discussed.
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Washington
Howard R. Green Engineering Co
Cedar Rapids
Green Engineering
City of
Lincoln School
Willits
Weather Forecast for Iowa Tonight and Wednesday
United Press International reports Iowa will be fair and warmer tonight with a low near 15. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high around 40.
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Iowa
Beardsley pushes McCarthy bid in Iowa effort
In Des Moines UPI Beardsley leading an antiwar McCarthy drive aims to convert party regulars at caucuses into a McCarthy delegation to the Democratic national convention. He says the primary follows the convention and delegates are picked at state caucuses, with emphasis on expressing dissatisfaction with Johnson policy and Vietnam.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harry Beardsley
D-West Des Moines
Beardsley
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
West Des Moines
Vietnam
McCarthy
New York
Robert Kennedy
Johnson
Nelson
Rockefeller
Probate notices for Fenn and Karns estates
Probate of wills and appointment of executors filed for the estates of Terry Logan Fenn and Merle Ella Karns. An application to operate a liquid transport carrier in Iowa is also noted, detailing regulatory steps and required filings.
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Terry Logan Fenn
Merle Ella Karns
Iowa
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