Record casualties in Vietnam during Week
U.S. forces suffered a record tying 274 men killed and 1,748 wounded in Vietnam last week as Marines pressed near the DMZ against North Vietnamese divisions. Communist losses were reported at 1,903 killed with Allied casualties totaling 212 South Vietnamese and 18 others. A U.S. strike plane napalm accident killed 5 Marines and wounded 25.
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Saigon
USS
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Vietnam
da Nang
Chu Lai
UPI
Robert C
Miller
Col Kenneth Houghton
San Francisco
Leatherneck
Speck to Appeal Fate in May New Trial Bid
Defense attorney Gerald M. Gety said Richard Speck will appear May 15 to press a new trial bid. Speck, 25, was convicted in Chicago last summer of eight nurse murders and sentenced to death in Peoria after a separate 1966 conviction. Getty predicted a long case and argued the death penalty was a mistake.
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Chicago
UPI
Gerald M. Getty
Richard Speck
Speck
Peoria
Getty
Rioters clash with police in Hong Kong amid unrest
In Hong Kong hundreds of workers wielding Mao red books joined clashes with police as crowds swarmed a Kowloon artificial flower factory after labor disputes. The police commissioner mobilized auxiliaries and the army was placed on alert amid days of anti-British agitation.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
China
Kowloon
Red SAM Found in South Vietnam Near DMZ
U S Marines uncovered a Soviet‑supplied surface to air missile in South Vietnam during a DMZ patrol along the border. The unexploded North Vietnamese weapon was discovered Wednesday by Leatherneck troops conducting sweeps near Da Nang.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
UPS
U.S
South Vietnam
Leatherneck
Demilitarized Zone
North
Riot at Jackson State College erupts in Jackson
About 1,000 Negro students rioted on the Jackson State College campus in Jackson Mississippi harassing police barricades burning barricades and a bonfire while damaging vehicles and storefronts. No injuries were reported and most students returned to dormitories by dawn. A bus of about 40 Tougaloo College students joined the unrest two hours later.
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Jackson, Miss
all-Negro College
Stokely Carmichael
Tougaloo College
IPERS Raise Passed by Senate For Retired State Workers
The Iowa Senate approved a bill to boost IPERS retirement benefits for public employees 53 to 3 and sent it to the House. Leader Andrew Frommelt outlined a shift from a money purchase to a percentage funding plan with a 3 percent employee and employer contribution. The bill uses a projected formula based on years of service and average wages to compute monthly benefits, with a proposed $10,000 salary limit for coverage.
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Iowa
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
House
IPERS
Frommelt
Iowa highway commission faces salary and expense curbs
A legislative subcommittee voted to cut top Iowa highway officials pay and cap expenses. The director of highways would earn 25 000 annually, chief engineer 21 000, and five commissioners limited to 15 000 total personal expenses per year while on state business. The panel also trimmed commissioner pay from 8 000 to 5 000 yearly, citing excessive expense accounts and concerns over part time board effectiveness.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Joseph R. Coupal
Coupal
Howard Gunnerson
Senate House State Department Appropriations
Highway Commissioners
Harold E. Hughes
Gene Glenn
D - Ottumwa
Glenn
Max Milo Mills
Marshalltown
Warren Kruck
D - Boone
Kruck
John R. Hansen
Boone
Hansen
Hughes
Congress
Ames
Washington district hires new teachers and buys bus
School board action includes hiring Doug Dunlap Jerry Mason Kenneth Johnson Stephen Mahr Mary Ellen Glewen and staff changes Kathryn Masson Pauline McClintic and Ira Stout with Richard Waltman as replacement Also approved rest room upgrades at Lincoln and Stewart contracted plumbing work and locker padlock rentals for junior high students with a $1 fee and 50 cent refund
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Washington
Stephen Mahr
Mary Ellen Glewen
Lincoln
Kathryn Masson
Pauline McClintic
Brighton
Stewart
Ira Stout
Richard B. Waltman
Shields
Washington Education Association
Carson Plumbing
Stewart School
City frees 100 teachers as Baltimore picketing ends
The AFT called off school picketing after Baltimore city agreed not to press charges against more than 100 arrested teachers. Negotiations resume at 3 pm EDT while the strike continues until a contract is reached.
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Baltimore
UPI
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Joseph Allen
Jim Mundy
Allen
Mundy
William Tinderhughes
Public School Teachers Association
Weather Forecast for Iowa With Freeze Warning North
United Press International reports a freeze warning for northern Iowa tonight with cloudy and colder conditions and lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Friday will be cloudy and cooler with a chance of occasional rain in the west and a high in the 40s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Democrats Propose Personal Property Tax Repeal Plan
Iowa Senate Democrats propose to repeal all personal property taxes and back state aid to cover about 25 percent of local school budgets. The plan contrasts with the House measure that would raise aid to roughly 41 percent of local school costs. Some Democrats oppose full repeal, citing impact on average citizens. Senate Republicans critique slow relief progress and urge joint action with the House.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
House
Iowa
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Frommelt
Gene Glenn
Ottumwa
Lee Gaudineer
Howard Reppert
Rigler
Resolution for Destruction of Noctious Weeds
A formal resolution directs town or county officials to undertake efforts to destroy noxious weeds on public and adjacent lands. It outlines responsibilities, funding implications, and compliance timelines for landowners and agencies to curb spread and protect crops and ecosystems.
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Western
Demos
Reve
Nue
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Ways and Means Committee
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Federation of Women Shareholders
New York City
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