King appeals for nonviolence amid Mississippi violence
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr addressing a 500 person crowd in Yazoo City, while gunfire erupted in Philadelphia during a Mississippi freedom march. He urged nonviolence despite clashes between Negroes and whites, as police reported injuries and a firefight at the Freedom Democratic party headquarters.
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Yazoo City
Miss
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
King
Philadelphia
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Savage air and ground battles erupt over North Vietnam
US and Communist jets clash in a savage standoff over North Vietnam. American forces in multiple operations report heavy enemy losses while paratroopers and cavalry clash with Viet Cong, as air power dominates and missions continue across the region.
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Saigon
U.S
Navy
Tuy Hoa
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Air Force
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
South
Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
Fire damage at Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids
A five story feed and grain bin at the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids was torn apart by a fire and explosion. About 500 workers were sent home until Friday while seven Cedar Rapids fire units battled the blaze for about two hours. No serious injuries were reported and operations were to resume Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Quaker Oats
Boyd testifies at Dodd hearing opens inquiry
In Washington UPI reports open Senate Ethics Committee hearings into misconduct charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. James P. Boyd, 37, former Dodd aide and alleged thief of 4000 documents, testifies as the first witness before Chairman John C. Stennis. Investigators link the missing files to a lobbyist for West German interests.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
James P. Boyd
Senate Ethics Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Boyd
Stennis
Julius Klein
Chicago
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
West Germany
Klein
Senate
Connecticut
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Prices in May See Food Decline Amid Overall Rise
Washington reports May consumer price index at 112.6 with food costs easing four tenths of 1 percent, offset by higher services clothing and other items. Despite slower inflation, prices remain 2.7 percent higher than a year ago and real earnings drop slightly as costs outpace wage gains.
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Labor Department
De Gaulle seeks Russian support for Vietnam talks
President Charles de Gaulle met for three hours with Soviet leaders in Moscow seeking Moscow backing to end the Vietnamese war. He discussed expanding Soviet French relations and other international issues with Premier Kosygin and Communist Party chief Brezhnev, with Viet Nam as the main agenda item.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Alexei Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
St. Catherine's
Kremlin
U.S.S.R
France
Viet Nam
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Iowa remains clear to partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered showers possible in the northwest. Lows tonight in the 60s and highs around 90 Thursday.
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United Press International
Iowa
Convention Opens Tonight for 18th Communist National Meet
The Communist Party of the United States, led by Gus Hall, opens its 18th national convention in Webster Hall New York inviting public scrutiny for the first time since 1958. Despite a 12 000 member count and aging leadership recent calls push for a new mass front with leftist groups and antiwar civil rights labor and minority support. A Brooklyn resident Dr Hebert Aptheker seeks a congressional seat in Brooklyn's 12th district while 300 delegates from 40 states are expected to attend with fraternal delegates from 85 countries invited but visas denied by the State Department. Newsmen may attend only opening night with restrictions on photographs to protect individuals from harassment.
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UPI
Communist Party of the
United States
America
Popular Front
Gus Hall
W. 26Th St
Fifth Ave
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
Benjamin J. Davis Jr
New York City
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Moscow
Hall
Congress
Hebert Aptheker
Brooklyn
Edna F. Kelly
State Department
Attempted assassination of Australian opposition leader
A 19 year old factory worker described as strange and brooding admitted he fired a sawed off .22 rifle at Arthur Calwell after a Viet Nam rally outside Mosman Town Hall. Bullets broke a window, Calwell was hospitalized, and the suspect was captured and charged with attempted murder. Bail set at 2240 dollars. hearing scheduled June 30.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Arthur Calwell
Viet Nam
Peter Raymond Kogan
Labor Party
Kogan
Mosman Town Hall
Calwell
Former principal Paetz named to Oregon higher education post
Dr. Carl G. Paetz Jr will serve as Assistant Director of Facilities Planning for Oregon's Department of Higher Education. He earned a PhD from the University of Oregon in 1966 after Iowa State and University of Iowa degrees and a career in teaching, coaching, business, and school board service. He will coordinate and develop facilities with legislators, federal education staff, and administrators across Oregon's nine institutions.
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Carl G. Paetz Jr
University of Oregon
Department of Higher Education
State of
Oregon
Iowa State University
Muscatine High School
Muscatine Jr. College
Washington High School
University of Iowa
Clinton School Board
U. S. Office of Education
Ky lifts siege ends hunger strike in Saigon crisis
In Saigon the Buddhist crisis eased as Thich Tri Quang ended his 15 day hunger strike and Premier Ky ordered the siege of Vien Hoa Cao pagoda lifted. Moderate Buddhist leader Thich Tam Chau and Quang met, pledging mutual understanding while two youths were detained for the policeman’s killing.
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Cholon
Vie Hoa Dao
Pham Thi Thanh
Tam Chau
Seige
Thich Tam Chau
Chau
Thich Tri Quang
Plus Hospital
Trn Quang
Hue
United Press International
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