Caracas quake toll climbs to one hundred seven dead
Rescue crews combed wreckage after a magnitude quake devastated Caracas and nearby towns. The death toll reached 107 with eight Americans among victims. Officials fear totals could exceed 300 as debris is cleared. American casualties include Bonnie Spiller and several Houston residents among the deceased. President Leoni pledged aid and requested funding for reconstruction. A food and medical supply airlift was arranged to Venezuela via Panama.
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Caracas
Venezula
UPI
Bonnie Spiller
A. J. Braun
Houston
Tex
Tania
A.J. Braun
Keith Kaplin
Alicia
Lynn
Emilio Cabrera
U.S
Cuba
Eduardo Parra Neff
Ronald Zediak
Michael Zediak
McKeesport
Penn
Catholic Relief Services
Venezuela
Miss Spiller
Braun
Kaplins
Macuto
Charasma
Panama
Red Cross
Raul Leoni
Leoni
Congress
la Guaira
Milwaukee Riots Prompt National Guard Order
Milwaukee faced a severe race riot as National Guard units were ordered in to quell looting and sniper fire. At least two killed, 83 injured, and 180 arrested as the city imposed a curfew and sealed off major routes and expressways amid widespread destruction and fires.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
National Guard
Chicago Airlines
City of
Beer and Gemutlichkeit
Walter B. Hoard
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Maier
Newark
N.J
Detroit
Henry Maier
Chicago
Johnson
Riviera Beach
Fla
National
Portland
Ore
Davenport man held on assault charge after party stabbing
Alfonso Bulley of Iowa City, 27, is jailed in Scott County on an assault with intent to commit great bodily injury charge after stabbing his roommate Lee Miller, 21, in Davenport during a party dispute over earlier pictures. Bulley held on a five thousand dollar bond.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Alfonso Bulley
Iowa City
Scott County
Bulley
Lee Miller
Miller
Cedar Rapids Woman Charged Over Shooting
Mrs Florence Johnson 48 of Cedar Rapids faces assault with intent to commit murder after her son in law Robert Thomas 33 was shot in the neck near his southeast side home. Thomas treated at Mercy Hospital and listed in good condition.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Florence Johnson
Robert Thomas
Mercy Hospital
Storm Damage In Eastern Iowa Crops and Utilities
A mid summer thunderstorm struck eastern Iowa Sunday night causing crop damage and power outages. Hail damaged 189 acres of corn on E P Willey Jr farm near Chelsea, while a Linn County hay shed fire destroyed about 1000 bales. Lightning ignited a car fire near Palo and damaged TV and caused smoke in Illian apartments. Marengo lost power for about an hour. No injuries reported.
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Iowa
Chelsea
E. P. Willey, Jr
Curtis Hayes
Linn County
Palo
Linn
William Strube
Marengo
Waterloo
Oscar Illian
Illian
New Wave of Violence Grips Several U S Cities
A fresh wave of racial violence erupted in Milwaukee Riviera Beach Wichita and Portland as rioters looted set fires and faced police with sniper fire. A policeman and another person were killed while National Guard troopers aided police and curfews and flight suspensions were imposed.
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Milwaukee
National Guard
Riviera Beach
Fla
Wichita
Kan
Portland
Ore
Detroit
George Romney
Michigan
Two Cars Collide In Highway 218 Crash Injuring Six
Six people were injured in a head on collision on Highway 218 about a mile north of the June location. Two of the injured are listed as critical while four sustain other injuries. Emergency crews responded to the scene and transported victims to area hospitals for treatment.
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Highway 218
Des Moines pilot is among the missing
Des Moines Navy pilot listed as missing after the USS Forrestal fire off Vietnam. A car crash on highways 92 and 218 near Keokuk injured six, with immediate hospital treatment in Iowa City. Victims include William Charles Marlin and Ronald Kyle DeYarman and their families.
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Des Moines
UPI
Forrestal
Vietnam
William Charles Marlin
Timmen Street
Keokuk
Marlin
Ronald Kyle DeVarman
Route Two
Winfield
Four Cedar Rapids teens held on bombs and theft charges
Four Cedar Rapids youths were jailed after Saturday night arrests on a northwest Cedar Rapids street. Police found two bombs described as molo tov cocktails, a pistol, rifle, ammunition, a bat, hose, and napkins. Michael O'Rear, 18, faced multiple charges including larceny and carrying a concealed weapon. three other 15 year olds were also detained. The group admitted car theft, vandalism, and park incidents.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Michael O‘rear
O‘rear
Bever Park
Gilman marshal knocked unconscious by unknown assailant
Gilman Iowa police report William Brown 29 town marshal knocked from behind by an unknown assailant early today. Brown said he was struck, handcuffed with his own cuffs and his service revolver taken while investigating a noise near Jones Implement Co. He later alerted Gene Goldy and the Marshall County sheriff. no break in at the implement firm was found.
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Gilman
Iowa
UPI
William Brown
Brown
Jones Implement Co
Gene Goldy
Marshall County
Heavy anti aircraft fire as U.S. planes bomb Hanoi
United States planes bomb Hanoi amid heavy anti aircraft fire with one plane reportedly shot down. Ground fighting expands in the DMZ as Marines clash with North Vietnamese forces. Casualties mount on both sides and naval losses rise from the Forrestal disaster as air missions continue.
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Saigon
UPS
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
Bac Giang
Mon Duong
Haiphong
Panhandle
U.S.S. Forrestal
Yankees Station
Air Force
Karl W
Richter
Holly
Mich
Leatherneck
Cpl
Charles Study
St. Louis
Iowa Weather: Clear to partly cloudy and warm Tuesday
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies across Iowa with a chance of showers in the extreme east. The west remains quite warm with little temperature change in the east through Tuesday. Lows tonight in the 60s. Highs Tuesday range from the middle 80s in the northeast to the middle 90s in the southwest.
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Iowa
Forrestal Heads Toward Philippines After Disaster
The USS Forrestal, badly damaged by fire and explosions in a Vietnam war incident, steamed toward the Philippines for emergency repairs. Officials feared up to 145 dead with 69 missing and 78 injured as crews hunted for bodies amid chlorine gas and wreckage. The carrier, 75,900 tons, planned to reach Subic Bay near Manila then proceed to a U.S. yard for permanent repairs, with damage estimated at at least $135 million and 57 planes destroyed or damaged.
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Forresta
Cubic Bay
Philippines
U.S
North Vietnam
Forrestal
APS
Carrier
Subic Bay
Manila
Pearl Harbor
United States
Application for permit to operate liquid carrier in Iowa
An application to operate a liquid transport carrier in Iowa is filed, detailing the requested permit, applicant identity, and scope of service. The notice outlines compliance steps and potential deadlines for review or objections by regulatory authorities.
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Iowa
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Near North Side
Edwin Purtell
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Price Woodard
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Fred Mahr
Lake Linden
Michigan National Guard
Ainsworth
Journal
Charles Morris
University Hospitals
William Mar
Lin Jr
Sara Ann Marlin
DeYarman Auto
Janet DeYarman
DeYarman
Kathy DeYarman
Iowa Highway Patrol
Anamosa
Border Demilitarized Zone
William Kent
South Vietnam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Canberra
Australia
Berlin
Navy
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