Rainfall measured at 0.78 inches in 24 hours
The 24 hour rainfall total reported by Washington weatherman Bob Logan amounts to 0.78 inches, measured up to 7 a.m. Monday. Separate brief items note a fire alarm evacuation in Honolulu, a spring customs auction in Chicago, a dog teeth claim denied in Brighton, Acrophobia in S Netherlands church, unusual London arts scene sounds, and tighter floor polish controls in British prisons.
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Bob Logan
Washington
London
UPI
British Home Office
Marines Launch Maine Crag Counteroffensive At Khe Sanh
U S Marines with 3000 troops and 100 tanks moved into the Khe Sanh area on March 15 to block a Communist supply route from Laos. The operation, code named Maine Crag, aims to press the enemy along Highway 926 seven miles south of Kue San and near the former siege site. US and allied losses were modest with 10 Marines killed and 64 wounded. Vietnamese casualties were higher with 43 North Vietnamese killed reported. The broad offensive also included attacks on Da Nang Phan Rang Kontum and Long Binh amid multiple barrages across four cities and 31 camps, while a mortar hit on an orphanage in Quang Ngai killed one child and wounded 21.
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Saigon
UPS
USS
U.S
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Laos
Kue San
Maine Crag
da Nang
Phan Rang
Kontum
Long Binh
Quang Ngai
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
Creighton W. Abrams
Abrams
Massachusetts
Emergency levee at Estherville finished
The Army Corps of Engineers at Rock Island said the 650 foot long five foot high emergency levee on the Des Moines River near Estherville Iowa was completed Saturday three days after work began The Rohlin Construction Co of Estherville built the dike at a cost of 9100 dollars delivering flood protection for the local electric plant.
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Rock Island, Ill
UPI
Estherville
Iowa
Des Moines
Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
Corps
Rohlin Construction Co., Inc
Nixon faces Senate doves on Vietnam policy review
Secretary of State William P. Rogers will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, signaling a first clash with antiwar doves. Senators Fulbright and Hartke pressed for a clear policy shift, warning that patience could run out by July. The ABM debate also looms as Deputy Defense Secretary Packard defends Safeguard before a disarmament subcommittee.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations ‘Committee
William P. Rogers
Rogers
J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
Sen
Vance Hartke
Congress
David Packard
Pentagon
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee On
raft ride on river ends with three boys rescued
In Waterloo Iowa three boys Gary Snider Barre Weber and Terry Hruska rode a homemade raft on the swollen Cedar River Sunday. The raft broke up and all three escaped with only a cold mild exposure and shock. Snider led to shore for help Weber swam to safety and Hruska clung to a stump before being rescued by firemen.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Cedar River
Gary Snider
Barre Weber
Terry Hruska
Snider
Weber
Hruska
Tape Evidence May Be Introduced At Sirhan Trial
New evidence at trial may include a tape of Sirhan B. Sirhan reenacting the Kennedy assassination under hypnosis. The defense seeks to admit the tape to argue mental illness and avoid the gas chamber, while the prosecution opposes, aiming to prove premeditation. Dr. Bernard Diamond testified on age regression hypnosis used to retrace events.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Kennedy
Bernard Diamond
Diamond
Waterloo Marine Killed in Vietnam Near Quan Tri
The parents of Pfc. David Davis of Waterloo Iowa were informed Sunday of his death in action in Vietnam. The 19 year old Marine was killed by enemy gunfire near Quan Tri after serving in Vietnam for several months. Davis was a Waterloo West High School graduate who enlisted in the Marines.
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Waterloo, Iowa
UPI
Iowa
Vietnam
David Henry Davis
Waterloo
Pfc
David Davis
Quan Tri
South Vietnam
Waterloo West High School
Davis
Waco Board of Education Seeks Bids on Real Estate
The Waco Board of Education invites bids on real estate as part of today's public notices. Details and submission deadlines appear on page 6.
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Waco Board of Education
Retrial sought for Ray in King assassination case
Ray family plans a new trial filing in Memphis this week with James Earl Ray pleading innocent to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s murder. Jerry Ray says two attorneys may file the petition and deliver new evidence claiming Ray was pressured into pleading guilty by Percy Foreman, who denies the charge. Georgia lawyer J B Stoner and Memphis expert A J Ryman are involved, and Stoner claims to have new information but will not reveal details.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Ray
Jerry Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Nashville Tennessean
J.B. Stoner
Savannah
States Rights Party
A.J. Ryman
Stoner
Tennessee State Prison
King
Georgia
Percy Foreman
Tennessean
Foreman
Houston
Ku Klux Klan
Anguilla crisis sparks mock funeral for Lee
The British defend commissioner Anthony Lee as right choice while Anguillans stage a mock funeral for Lee and St. Kitts premier Bradshaw. London debates Labour handling as 800Anguillans protest, amid U.N. decolonization efforts and growing tensions on the Caribbean island.
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Anguilla
UPI
Anthony Lee
London
House of Commons
Labor
Michael Stewart
Lee
Robert L. Bradshaw
St. Kitts
Federation
St. Kitts-Nevis
West Indies
Stewart
David Berglund
Intercepted Memo River Rafters Waterloo
A brief note labeled intercepted memo warns rafters on the Colorado River that a downstream current is swifter. Dated by context to a rafting scenario, it mentions always exercising caution next time. Signed with initials WEJ.
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Colorado
Iowa Senate considers $26 million Vietnam era bonus fund
A bill in the Iowa Senate would let voters decide next November on establishing a $26 million bonus program for Iowa veterans of the Vietnam era. It sets pay at $10 per month in the U S and $12 50 monthly for service abroad, with a $500 cap, funded by a statewide 1 mill tax on intangible property.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Kenneth Benda
R-Hartwick
United States
Weather outlook Iowa travelers warned of blowing drifts
United Press International reports travelers warned across southeast Iowa with possible four inch snowfall and northerly winds 30 to 40 mph creating hazardous driving. Lows tonight in the 20s, Tuesday partly cloudy with highs in the 30s, outlook Wednesday warmer and partly cloudy.
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United Press International
Iowa
Trudeau Nixon Meet Pledge to Seek Common Ground
President Nixon welcomed Prime Minister Trudeau urging a common ground better than before while stressing lively diversity in Canadian American ties. Trudeau said he was honored to visit and would listen to views on international affairs as they discuss ABM policy and China. Light rain forced a smaller White House welcome in the East Room.
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UPI
Nixon
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
White House South
Pravda
United States
Canada
U.S
China
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