Marines Repel Dozen Red Attacks Near DMZ
U.S Marines fought back a dozen Communist assaults across the DMZ in savage close combat that left 146 Reds dead and Marines with 25 killed and 154 wounded. Far south near Da Nang Viet Cong ambushed three convoys, destroying 82 vehicles and causing heavy Vietnamese casualties. Air strikes targeted Bac Giang while Navy jets bombed the plant as fighting spread through northern provinces.
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da Nang
North Vietnam
Dmz
Gio Linh
Co Thien
U.S. Army
Cambodia
U.S
Dien Ban
Highway 1
Quang Ngai
Bac Giang
Hanoi
Quang Tri City
Doctors Fly Secretly To Cuba For Missionary Eye Surgery
Two American surgeons Hagler and Taylor entered Cuba from Spain with State Department approval to operate on 67 year old Baptist missionary Rev. Herbert Caudill held on currency violation and counterrevolutionary charges. The operation on his remaining usable eye was reportedly successful and Caudill faced blindness without it.
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Atlanta
William S. Hagler
Harry Taylor
Havana
Spain
Herbert Caudill
Hagier
Emory University
Taylor
Norfolk
Emory
Hagler
Slavana
Cuba
Caudill
Ramon Pando’ Ferro’ Eye Hospital
Clinchport
Southern Baptist
David Fite
Sailor dies in one car crash near Red Oak
United Press International reports Ronald E. Reynolds, 20, of Elliott, died instantly when a car driven by Arlo Towne, 22, of Griswold, left a county road eight miles north of Red Oak. Towne, with minor injuries, may have fallen asleep. The 1967 state highway toll reached 132, 14 fewer than last year. Two other separate crashes Friday killed James Merritt, 18, and Pamela Putney, 16, in Des Moines. A back-seat couple, Michael Whitlock, 17, and Pamela Rogers, 15, were hospitalized. In Castalia a 17-year-old, Mark Koenig, died when his tractor was hit by a train at a crossing two miles east of Postville.
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Elliott
Red Oak
Ronald E. Reynolds
Arlo Towne
Griswold
Towne
Reynolds
Des Moines
James R. Merritt
Pamela Putney
Michael Whitlock
Pamela Rogers
Iowa
Mark Koenig
Castalia
Postville
Annual egg fight draws Peters Hollow crowd in Tennessee
About 1,000 people expected for the traditional Peters Hollow egg fight near Elizabethton. Contestants haul as many as 40 dozen eggs to crack others’ eggs by tapping small ends. Notable past eggs include Little Brown Leroy Taylor Blue Luster Deward Taylor and Brook Taylor. The event follows church and features picnics and family reunions at Ray Lowe’s home on Stoney Creek.
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Leroy Taylor
Deward Taylor
Brook Taylor
Ray Lowe
Stoney Creek
Elizabethton
Rome Hollow
Peters Hollow
Light draft mail favors keeping college deferments
Congressional mail on the draft is light but mostly argues to continue student deferments. Most input supports delaying the call up of 19-year-olds, favoring 26-year-old first and preserving deferments, with farmers and parents among the most vocal groups. Johnson’s advisory panel backs calling 19-year-olds first, but the issue remains unresolved.
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Washington
UPI
Congressional
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Edith Green
D - Ore
Johnson
Advisory Commission On Selective Service
The
Armed Services Committee
Brush Fires Sweep Western and Southern Iowa
Strong winds fanned multiple brush and grass fires Friday across western and southern Iowa. About 400 acres burned in Decatur County near Leon, with crews from Leon and Lineville plus nearly 100 volunteers tackling the blaze. Additional fires near Fiscus in Audubon County were controlled by Extra, Audubon, Manning, Kimballton and Elk Horn departments. Guthrie County saw a large 70 to 100 acre blaze east of Guthrie Center and another 7 mile southwest timber fire. Firefighters from Guthrie Center aided by Bayard, Bagley, Panora, Casey and Menlo fought those blazes. Several farm buildings were destroyed. damage estimates were not yet available.
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United Press International
Iowa
Decatur County
Leon
Missouri
Lineville
Audubon County
Fiscus
Extra
Audubon
Manning
Kimballton
Elk Horn
Carroll
Guthrie County
Guthrie Center
Bayard
Bagley
Panora
Casey
Menlo
Clowning Ends in Youths Death in Hammond
A Lansing Illinois youth Glen Pawloski, 19, was killed Friday night in Hammond when he fell from a car trunk and was struck by a passing auto driven by George Weiss, as he and two friends jumped onto the bumper and into the trunk. Pawloski died at the scene while others were not held.
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Ind
UPI
Lansing
Ill
Glen Pawloski
George Weiss
Pawloski
Bulldozers scour former gangland cemetery in New Jersey
FBI agents with three bulldozers searched a Jackson Township chicken farm for more victims tied to underworld killings. Two Cosa Nostra figures, Angelo Sonessa and Kenneth Later, were unearthed earlier, with Leur remains found in a moonshine tunnel and an acid-buried body nearby. The farm owner and his wife were held as witnesses.
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Jackson Township
N.J
UPI
FBI
New Jersey
Cosa Nostra
Angelo Sonessa
Nutley
Kenneth
New York City
Sonnessa
Sonessa
Joseph Celso
Rose
Costa Nostra
New York-New Jersey
Anthony
Tony Bender
Strolle
Weather Iowa Daily Forecast Partly cloudy to cloudy
Partly cloudy to cloudy and colder today with scattered showers and thunder showers. Winds northerly 10 to 20 mph northwest and southerly 10 to 25 mph southeast shifting to northerly 10 to 25 mph during the day. Partly cloudy to cloudy and colder tonight with few showers southeast. Fair to partly cloudy and slightly cooler Sunday. Highs 59 northwest to near 70 southeast. Lows in 30s northwest to lower 40s southeast.
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United Press International
Iowa
Public notices from Washington city council records
Minutes of Washington city council probate of wills and appointment of executors estates of May S Quinn Howard Crozier and Vina L Manussier proof of will without administrator estate of Lester Thomann read for today’s notice on page 6
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Washington City Council
May S. Quinn
Howard Crozier
Vina L. Manussier
Lester Thomann
Easter Egg Hunt At Sunset Park Draws Jaycees Crowd
In ideal morning weather at 9 a.m. the Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt in Sunset Park drew a large Washington area crowd of kids. Prizes went to winners in multiple age divisions, with top prizes awarded to Ron Bain Roy Shalla Larry Helfrich and other children across preschool to sixth grade.
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Jaycees
Sunset Park
Washington Area
Jaycee
Ron Bain
Roy Shalla
Larry Helfrich
Julie Schantz
Randy Russell
Julie Martin
Annual battle with Florida police on spring break
Fort Lauderdale police faced a tinder box of exuberant collegians as about 30 000 students crowded the beach after a Friday riot that left 200 arrested and multiple minor clashes. Authorities reported fatigue but said no serious injuries occurred despite rock throwing bus damage and dispersed crowds.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
UPI
Stephen Booker
William Brady
Search resumes for Ray Carman after explosion and fire
Urbana Iowa officials continue the search for 20 year old Ray Carman who vanished following an explosion and fire that critically injured his wife early Friday. The incident prompted emergency responders to scour the area and investigators to probe the cause while treating Carman as a person of interest in the case.
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Urbana
Iowa
UPI
Ray Carman
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