Johnson orders air force and navy reserve callup over Pueblo crisis
President Johnson directs immediate recall of 372 Air Force and Naval Reserve aircraft to back diplomatic pressure for the return of the USS Pueblo and its 83 crewmen. The move follows North Korea's seizure of the ship and comes amid UN diplomacy and a deployed carrier task force off the Korean coast.
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Berlin
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Marine Corps
Christian
Naval Reserve
Okinawa
Enterprise
Washington
White House
Johnson
Goldberg
United Nations
Pueblo
Shells Hit Marine Airstrip At Khe Sanh In Laos Border Action
North Vietnamese gunners shelled the U S Marine airstrip at Khe Sanh with mortars artillery and rockets as U S forces attempt to resupply the besieged base. Snipers targeted cargo planes and helicopters while U S airstrikes continued at a record pace with 473 bombing missions and extensive B52 raids. Intelligence notes possible armored movements along the Ho Chi Minh Trail toward Khe Sanh and Laos, signaling concerns over potential escalation near the demilitarized zone.
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UPS
U.S
Khe Sanh
Dien Bien Phu
Dak To
Con Thien
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
South Vietnam
Teacher charged with hitting girl in Iowa case
Council Bluffs teacher Jon M. Klement faces assault and battery charges after Kathleen Ross, 15, testified he grabbed her arm and struck her eye at Kirn Junior High School on January 9. Ross's father filed the action. Klement denies hitting her, citing disciplinary issues.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
UPI
Allan Ardell
Jon M. Klement
Kathleen Ross
Roy E. Ross
Kirn
Miss Ross
Klement
Kathleen
Earl J. Graff
Graff
Hughes Warns Iowa Faces Crisis Over Racial Problem
Davenport Iowa Gov Harold E Hughes warns Iowans face a crisis rooted in race during a Crisis Conference series. He calls for a staffed human relations commission in every major city and urges daily adherence to the golden rule. He denounces a double standard of justice and cites a daylight tour in a troubled urban area as evidence.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
of Justice
Fire routs family from trailer home in Ryan Iowa
A Ryan Iowa family was forced from their trailer just before midnight when a fire destroyed the interior. Fire Chief Jim McElliot said a short circuit in heating tape around a water pipe caused the blaze to start and spread through the Richard Fisher home.
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Ryan
Iowa
UPI
Jim McElliot
Richard Fisher
Son of Noltes linked to USS Pueblo seaman
Clifford C. Nolte 22, son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Nolte, is among the 83 aboard the USS Pueblo when it was hijacked by North Koreans. The Noltes, now residents near Washington County, Iowa, lived in the area since December and work at the Washington County Farm. Nolte, an electronic technician, has served in the Navy since 1964 after graduating from Seneca High School. The family has received no official word from the Defense Department and remains quietly hopeful. Seaman Nolte is not married.
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Washington County
Seaman Nolte
Seneca High School
Swea City
Pueblo
Toll for year is 48 Seven victims on highways
United Press International reports Iowa recorded six highway fatalities in a single period and one earlier, pushing the 1968 Iowa traffic toll to 48. Victims include Donald Joseph Walters, 20, of Cherokee, killed when the car hit a bridge abutment on US 75 near Hinton, and Richard Alonso Ludlow, 69, of rural Gilman, died at the scene in a head on crash near Marshalltown. Other deaths occurred near Guttenberg and Oskaloosa, with multiple injuries reported in several incidents across Marshall, Carroll, Ida and Mahaska counties.
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United Press International
Iowa
Donald Joseph Walters
David Hays
LeMars
Uss
Hinton
Walters
Dale Hanson
Robert Youde
Sioux City
Wiley
Raymond Joseph Hitchcock
Gilman
Evangelical Hospital
Marshalltown
Angelwein
Guttenberg
Star Route
Iowa Highway Patrol
Eugene Onie Clark
Decorah
Dubuque
Iowa 137
Oskaloosa
Roger Lee Thompson
Mahaska County
William B. May
May
Dennis Burke
Carroll
Carroll County
Helmut Thul
Schleswig
Ida County
Ida Grove
Dwayne Bolger
Battle Creek
Melvin Karstens
Skirmishes Escalate as Enterprise Moves Offshore Korea
Across the DMZ tense clash reports emerge as USS Enterprise relocates toward Wonsan with 100 jets aboard while two squadrons head from Okinawa. U.S. and South Korean forces go on high alert with skirmishes, casualties, and renewed vows to curb North Korean actions. The Pueblo crisis adds pressure as officials seek diplomatic and military options.
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Upz
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Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Wonsan
South Korea
Okinawa
Washington
U.S. Navy
Pueblo
Ken Byong Hion
U.S. 2Nd Infantry Division
U.S
Quake Hits Sicily Slicing Through Palermo Streets
A violent tremor struck Sicily today causing deaths and panic in Palermo as part of a 12 day series. Officials report three dead and 30 injured among police, firemen and airmen clearing rubble from Gibellina, raising total deaths since January 15 to 241.
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Palermo
Sicily
UPI
Gibellina
Southeast Iowa Wins $174,205 Head Start Grant
The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a $174 205 grant to Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization in Burlington to run a Full Year Head Start program in Des Moines and five counties for eight months serving 188 children. Centers include Jefferson Keokuk Garfield Fort Madison Washington Burlington Mount Pleasant with local services and volunteer support totaling $59,281. Violet Lundquist directs the Burlington group at 601 North Main.
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Kansas City
Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization
Burlington
Iowa
Office of Economic Opportunity
Don Thomason
OEO
North Central
Southeast Iowa
Des Moines
Henry, Lee
Washington
Jefferson School
Exchange
Keokuk
Garfield
6Th & Fulton
Avenue
Ft. Madison
E. Washington
Bethany Lutheran Church
Madison
Westminster Church
Agency & Melrose
First Baptist Church
6Th & Washington
Mount Pleasant
Southeast
Community Action Organization
North Main
Violet Lundquist
Stanley backs statewide anti riot plan in Iowa
State Senator David Stanley, a Republican hopeful for the U.S. Senate, called for a statewide riot control plan to mobilize state and local police quickly. Speaking to the New Hampton Rotary Club, he criticized the current administration and urged immediate leadership, proposing a cooperative framework with local police, sheriffs, deputies, highway patrol, and the National Guard.
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New Hampton
Iowa
UPI
David Stanley
Muscatine
Weather Summary for Iowa Friday and Saturday
Friday brings partial cloudiness with warmer winds from the southeast and south central regions. Overnight lows dip into the 20s to around 30s with extreme east at 20s and west near 35. Highs reach 45 to 50 in the north and 50s in the south. Saturday trends colder with a chance of rain or snow across the state.
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Iowa
Probate of Irene W. Ofelt will and executor
Public notice announces probate of Irene W. Ofelt's will and appointment of the estate's executor. The notice specifies the legal proceeding, court filing details, and the deadline to respond or contest the will.
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Irene W. Ofelt
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