Three Motorcycles Crash Kill Three In Davenport
United Press International reports three motorcyclists died in Davenport in two accidents within minutes. Richard Haskins and Gerald Grewe, both 25, and Richard Paulson, 24, were riding together when their bikes veered and crashed. Lamb, 35, died after rear ending a car as he gave Jeanne Johnson a ride. Robert Hannah, 53, died in a tractor overturn on a county road.
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United Press International
Davenport
Iowa
Richard Lee Haskins
Gerald Wayne Grewe
Haskins
Grewe
Richard L. Paulson
Long Grove
Paulson
Mercy Hospital
Robert E. Lamb
Davenpover
Lab
Jeanne F. Johnson
Norma Ann Dunn
Davnenport
Johnson
Robert E. Hannah
Marengo
Hannah
Allied victory pushes Viet Cong toward sea in major Viet Nam battle
UPI reports a sweeping allied drive 290 miles north of Saigon crushed a large Viet Cong force. US and South Vietnamese troops killed at least 446 communists, with light allied casualties. Air Cavalry and air power hunted guerrillas, while Marines and infantry sealed escape routes and recovered rice from a church hideout.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
South China Sea
Tennessee
U.S. Air Cavalry Division
1St Air Cavalry
1St Cavalry
North
South
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Marine
South Viet Nam
25Th
U.S. Infantry
Bong Son
Nam Quan
da Nang
Protest Sheriffs Race Draws Selma March
More than 100 Negroes marched on the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma to protest a ruling that kept segregationist Jim Clark in the sheriff race. The run off between Wilson Baker and Clark followed the county committee’s stripping of six boxes of mostly Black votes and a federal judge's order to preserve ballots.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Dallas County
Jim Clark
Wilson Baker
Clark
Democratic Executive Committee
Baker
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Cratic
U.S. Justice Department
Alabama
P. H. Lewis
Weather in Iowa Partly cloudy with scattered storms
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thunderstorms and minimal temperature change. Sunday remains unsettled with more storms in the east, clearing and cooling in the west. Lows 45 to 50 in the northeast and 55 in the southwest. Highs Sunday range from the 70s in the north to the 80s in the south.
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United Press International
Iowa
Nuclear test explodes underground at Nevada site
The Friday explosion at the Nevada Test Site produced a large underground device with an estimated 20 000 to 200 000 tons of TNT. The blast was felt 65 miles away at Las Vegas casino towers, with no atmospheric radiation detected from the third test in as many days. The AEC warned residents of possible jolts as it noted the 18th test this year and the 86th underground detonation since the 1963 test ban treaty.
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Nevada Test Site
UPS
Las Vegas Strip
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Second official of Painters' union shot
In Hayward California UPI reports the second Bay Area painters union official killed in two months Lloyd Green financial secretary of the union local shot through his office window. Earlier Don Wilson union secretary in San Francisco died from shotgun blasts on April 5 as he left a labor meeting. No arrests yet and a union reward fund has reached 41000 dollars for information leading to Wilson's killer.
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Wilson
Truth on Shortage of Arms in Viet Nam Inquiry
UPI reports Senate investigators accuse the Pentagon of not telling Congress the truth about equipment shortages in Viet Nam. They say Army mismanagement led to forged disposal of war gear Marines needed, with the 4th Transportation Command missing items in ten categories as of April 1 and an Army letter omitting shortages.
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Wasitington
UPI
Senate
Pentagon
Congress
Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Expenditures Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Agency For International Development (Aid
Kerr defends UC President Kerr before Senate committee
Berkeley California University of California President Clark Kerr responded to the State Senate's Un American Activities Committee report charging him with fostering a Communist haven and campus deviants. He pressed for an open hearing and called for the report to be issued outside legislative immunity while defending campus political activity rules as generally fair and functional.
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Kerr
Berkeley
Washington City Council Meeting Minutes
Public notice summarizes the minutes of the Washington city council meeting. Details read as provided, noting actions and votes discussed during the session.
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Washington City
Iowa volunteers eyed for Peace Corps India brigad e
Washington reports Iowa may form an all Iowan volunteer group for India as Peace Corps weighs a June decision. About 260 Iowans applied, with roughly 100 seeking India. 45 Iowa applicants plus 215 others with Peace Corps HQ. Governor Hughes criticized lack of notice to his office.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Peace Corps
India
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Peo
Ple
Klansman surrenders to Georgia police in wife shooting
Joseph H. Sims an “extremely dangerous” Ku Klux Klansman turned himself in after sending a friend to Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to announce he would come out of hiding. He was arrested at a Jackson Lake cabin and brought to Athens to face assault with intent to murder charges concerning his 35 year old estranged wife who was shot in the face at Athens General Hospital. Sims has a prior acquittal in the 1964 night rider slaying of Lemuel Penn.
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Athens, Ga
UPI
Joseph H. Sims
Sims
Lemuel Penn
North Georgia
Athens General Hospital
Fewer Dairy Cows Milk Shortage Seen in Iowa
An acute Iowa milk shortage is forecast by fall as many dairy farmers shift to feeder cattle and hogs. Iowa dairy herds dropped 20,000 in five years and milk cows two years old plus older fall 1 million from last year to 16.6 million. Secretary Owen says a few cents per gallon now could prevent steeper prices later.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
John Brockway
Iowa Dairy Foods Association
Kenneth E. Owen
Owen
Roy W. Nelson
Nelson
Polk County
Des Moines Co
Dodd sues columnists for libel over West German ties
UPI reports Senator Thomas J. Dodd filed a $5 million libel and conspiracy suit against columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson, denying improper acceptances or campaign fund misuses. The action does not delay the Senate Ethics Committee’s ongoing investigation into Dodd’s ties to Julius Klein and West German interests. Pearson welcomed the chance to subpoena records. the committee will proceed with hearings in coming weeks. The piece also covers dairy price concerns and industry figures Owen, Nelson, and Lange discussing milk prices, marketing orders, and producer incentives.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Senate Ethics Committee
Pearson
Anderson
Dodd
Pearson and
Ethics Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Sen. Dodd
Senate
Julius Klein
Chicago
Inflationary Pressures From April Wholesale Prices Rise
Washington reports April wholesale prices up one tenth of a percent driven by industrial commodities. The index signals cost of living trends with May and April figures cited, while unemployment falls to 3.7 percent. A tax brake remains debated amid mixed signals.
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Washington
UPT
Labor Department
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Washington Police Department
Iowa Highway Patrol
W. Madison
Clarence See
See
Journal
Tom Kuncl
Painters’ Union
Georgia
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