General Rosson Takes Command in Provisional Corps Vietnam
Gen William B Rosson, a barrel chested hard fighter, assumes command of Provisional Corps Vietnam defending the two province frontier below the DMZ. He leads Army troops and U S Marines under Lt Gen Cushman to counter a North Vietnamese force estimated at about 70000, with Westmoreland authorizing the new intervention. Rosson, 49, from Des Moines, Iowa, long listed as a tough field leader now based in Portland Oregon.
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Saigon
U.S
Cushman
Rosson
Robert FE. Cushman
I Corps
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
Provisional Corps Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Abrams
Vietnam
Des Moines
Iowa
Portland
Ore
U.S. Army
University of Oregon
Miners’ bodies recovered in Cargill salt mine disaster
In Belle Isle Louisiana rescuers found sixteen bodies in the vast Cargill salt mine trail from the main shaft. Five men remain missing while a new rescue party is organized. Officials note oxygen depletion and lingering carbon monoxide as critical hazards.
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Belle Isle
UPI
Cargill
Clayton Tonnemaker
Tomemaker
Humphrey Challenges Nixon On Ending Vietnam War
Hubert H. Humphrey pressed Richard Nixon to state now how he would end the Vietnam War if elected. He quoted Nixon’s pledge and urged a clear, public formula. Nixon, campaigning in New Hampshire, warned of rising urban violence and urged readiness to meet force if needed.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Pacific
Humphrey
Springfield
Ill
Nixon
America
Johnson
New Hampshire
Antiriot Commission
Hyman
Lester S. Hyman
The
Massachusetts Democratic
Murder charges filed in infant death in Des Moines
Des Moines man Jesse James Broadus, 49, was arraigned on murder and illegal disposal of a dead body charges and pleaded innocent. A woman, Pearl Clark Harrington, 41, faces identical charges and is listed in fair condition at Broadlawns Hospital, with arraignment pending her release.
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Des Moines
UPI
Jesse James Broadus
Pearl Clark Harrington
Harrington
Broadlawns Hospital
Parkersburg voters approve $500000 school bond issue
In Parkersburg Iowa voters approved a 500000 bond for a new junior and senior high school building by a 791 to 81 margin on Thursday. The measure funds construction of the new facility to serve the Parkersburg Community School District.
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Parkersburg, Iowa
UPI
Parkersburg
Senate rejects Ervin open housing amendment in civil rights bill
The Senate voted 64 to 24 to defeat a Southern sponsored Ervin amendment that would have eliminated the open housing provision and other anti riot measures, claiming it would nullify protections for civil rights workers. Earlier a second Ervin proposal to permit federal agents to quell picket line violence failed 67 to 18 as voting continued on amendments.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D.N
Ervin
Southern
George Washington
Congress
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Miller
Two Iowa Soldiers Die in Vietnam in Combat
The Defense Department notified families in Des Moines and Sibley that two Iowa soldiers died in Vietnam. Spec. 4 Harry J. Cornwell of Des Moines was missing Feb 28 and had served since June 21, 1967, dying of combat wounds. Spec. 4 Lawrence J. Klaahsen of Sibley was also killed in action.
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Des Moines
UPI
Defense Department
Iowa
Vietnam
Department
Harry J. Cornwell
Kenneth L. Lantz
J. Cornwell
Cornwell
Army
Lawrence J. Klaahsen
Louis Klaahsen
Sibley
Fire causes brief power outage in Iowa plants
A fire on a utility pole near the Iowa Southern plant cut electricity to Nixon Feeds Advance Ross Electronics Washington Manufacturing and other Northeast firms for about 32 to 30 minutes. ISU officials said repair costs were minor but the outage disrupted production, with Nixon Feeds resuming at 8 am and Advance Ross Electronics reporting a total blackout during repairs.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Company
East 3Rd Street
Iowa Southern
Iowa Southern Utilities Service
ISU
Nixon Feeds
Advance Ross Electronics
Washington Manufacturing
Nixon
Ewart Scarff
Advance’ Ross Electronics
Advance Ross
Defeats Hit Communists Near DMZ as U.S. Takes Command
Allied forces and American airpower score major blows against North Vietnamese units near the DMZ. Marines and South Vietnamese troops kill at least 138 attackers near Dong Ha while U.S. fighters strike a company near Khe Sanh. Westmoreland names Rosson to lead U.S. forces facing a potential 70,000-man offensive as pilots fly 109 missions nationwide.
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U. S
Khe Sanh
Saigon
U.S
Dong Ha
UPI
Nat Gibson
Lang Vei
William C. Westmoreland
Army
William B. Rosson
Army 1St Air Cavalry Division
Marine
Hanoi
North Vietnam
van Dien
Vietnam
Rossan
Westmoreland
Rosson
South Vietnam
Hue
Bus Crash Kills Twenty In Mojave Desert
A Las Vegas bound Greyhound collided head on with a suspected death by own action car on Interstate 15 near Baker California. Twenty people died and twelve survived as flames consumed the vehicles. The car driver, Michael Barry 39, was identified by a witness as the car’s occupant and had been fired earlier that day.
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Baker
Calif
UPI
Las Vegas
Greyhound
Michael Barry
Los Angeles
Here
Baker Grade
Halloran
Kenneth L. Burkhardt
CHP
Mojave
Beatrice Dabney
Barry
Ask resignation of Czech president
High ranking Czech army officers demanded the resignation of President Antonin Novotny over his suspected links to defected Maj. Gen. Jan Sejna. The letter to Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek, printed in Prace, urged officials to take responsibility and offered voluntary resignation, while Sejna sought asylum in the United States.
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Vienna
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Jan Sejna
United States
Czech Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Prace
CTK
Prague
Novotny
Sejna
Senna
The
Republic
Weather Forecast for Iowa by United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered showers likely in the northeast and extreme east. Colder in the extreme west. Partly cloudy Saturday. Lows tonight in the 30s. High Saturday in the 50s.
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United Press International
Iowa
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