U.S. suspends bombing Hanoi four months in push for talks
U.S. administration officials said bombing of the Hanoi metropolitan area was suspended for four months to offer North Vietnam a chance at peace talks. They cited Johnson's cease fire proposal and new private diplomacy led by Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Johnson
Dean Rusk
U.S
Warsaw
USS
John Gronouski
Poland
Rusk
Scarsdale
N.Y
Herbert Robertson
Administration
Ho Chi Minh
Hano
North
Guam
Favorite Daughters Reach Semis In Iowa Contest
Two Washington County teens among 15 semi finalists in the 10th annual Iowa's Favorite Farmer's Daughter contest sponsored by Iowa Electric Light and Power and the WMT stations. Marlene Chabal of Washington and Susie Gipple of Crawfordsville advance after interviews and farm visits. three finalists to be named May 15 with the winner announced May 26.
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Washington County
Iowa
Marlene Chabal
Washington
Susie Gipple
Crawfordsville
Marlene
Washington High School
Stanley Chabal
Susie
Dean Gipple
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Washington, D.C
Seifert’s
Cedar Rapids
Enzler’s
Encyclopedia International
Four children die in Illinois farmhouse blaze
In Creal Springs Illinois a two story house burned at dawn killing Katherine Lynn 7 Robert 6 Mary Lee 4 and Rhonda 38. John Sullivan 26 and Emma 24 survived with a six month old baby. Sullivan attempted rescue but the floor collapsed. Fire investigators probed the ruins as a station employee reported no prior sign of fire.
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Creal Springs
Ill
UPI
John Sullivan
Sullivan
Emma
John Michael
Katherine Lynn
Robert
Mary Lee
Rhonda
Williamson County
Paul Lytton
Here
Little and Sullivan
Tornadoes and heavy rain hit midwest and coast
Tornadoes ripped across the Midwest with a cold front from Wisconsin to Texas, damaging airplanes garages and trees in Illinois Iowa and Missouri while a Virginia coast storm portended flooding. One injury reported near Salisbury Missouri and minor damage in Galesburg Illinois from a Sunday night twister.
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Texas
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Virginia
Keller
Hampton Roads
Galesburg
Salisbury
Rockford
Moline
Illinois-Iowa
Mississippi River
Schlafly seeks probe after GOP women vote loss
Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly, 42, of Illinois asks GOP National Chairman Ray Bliss to investigate irregularities in Saturday's ballot for the National Federation of Republican Women. Schlafly lost to Gladys O'Donnell, 63, of California, 1,910 to 1,494 in a campaign that divided the group. Schlafly plans to form a new organization within the federation. O'Donnell, elected president, cautioned on Schlafly's future role in the main body.
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Washington
UPI
Phyllis Schlafly
National Federation of Republican Women
GOP
Ray Bliss
Schlafly
Gladys O'Donnell
Alton, II
O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Delayed corn planting in Washington County due to cold wet weather
Washington County Extension Director Jim Frier reports a week to 10 days delay in corn planting with only about 5 percent of 128000 acres planted and no soybeans planted. Rain and below normal temperatures hinder field work, soil conditions worsen, rootworm risks rise, and farmers are advised to use aldrin or heptachlor and recheck rootworm activity in mid June.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Frier
Iowa
Laws clash with practice fueling police frustration
Washington reports President Johnson's crime commission cites unrealistic state and local laws on gambling abortion drunkenness homosexuality and adultery as key causes of police frustration and assembly line justice. It argues laws punish behaviors many view as acceptable and call for reforms to align statutes with public conduct.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Crime Commission
Chinese leader Liu Shao-chi accused of plotting coup
The Peoples Daily accuses Liu Shao-chi of energetically planning a coup to seize party state and military powers with alleged collusion from central committee figures. The charge follows previous reports of fighting and a call to end civil war.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Peking Peoples Daily Today
Liu Shao-chi
Mao Tse-tung
Liu
Teng Hsiao-ping
New China News Agency
Peoples Daily Sunday
China
Iowa Weather Outlook Turn Cooler With Clouds
Fair tonight with diminishing winds. Cooler in south and east. Tuesday brings considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions with a chance of occasional rain spreading eastward by afternoon or night. Lows tonight upper 30s north to around 40 south. Highs Tuesday in the 50s. Wednesday partly cloudy and cool.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa Toll Reaches 207 After Weekend Fatalities
Nine people died on Iowa highways over the weekend, lifting the 1966 toll to 207. Fatal crashes occurred near Traer Irwin Winfield Bennett Fairfield Fairfield and Guttenberg, with victims including Lester H Sternberg 54 Otto Markmann 61 Loretta Joregenson 40 Larry Sheeley 25 Margaret Motz 20 Lawrence Agazzie 20 Robert Power 30 and Norvill Kump 34.
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Iowa
Charles Maplethorpe, Jr
Sternberg
Irwin
Shelby County
Otto Markmann
Newton
Loretta Joregenson
Audubon
Markmann
Raymond Kasperbauer
Garvey
Mount Pleasant
Margaret Motz
Bennett
Gerald
Cedar County
Motz
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Lawrence Agazzie
Joliet
Ill
Fairfield
U.S
Agazzie
Stephen Abrams
Olean
N.Y
Charles Southcalm
David Mitton
Brooklyn
Mass
Mitton
Cathleen Larson
Minneapolis
Minn
Robert Power
Guttenberg
Iowa 3
Waukon
Norvill Kump
Kump
General Walt Under Fire In Vietnam Clash Near DMZ
At Con Thien and Gio Linh near the DMZ a heavy North Vietnamese assault hit four Marine positions. Lt. Gen. Lewis W. Walt escaped unharmed as two aides were wounded and Marine losses mounted. Reported casualties ran high on both sides with at least 313 fighting men killed or wounded early.
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Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
America
Lewis W. Walt
U.S
Con Thien
Lewis W Walt
Walt
Advance Ross plant to reopen in Washington
Advance Ross Electronics says its Washington plant will resume operations tomorrow Tuesday May 9. All personnel are asked to report for work on their regular shifts as traffic normalizes and supplies and materials reach the facility.
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Advance Ross Electronics
Washington
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