Stronghold hamlet falls to U S Vietnamese forces near Saigon
U S and Vietnamese Special Forces occupy Phuong Xa Tay in Quang Tin Province amid B52 bombing. The village, long an impenetrable Communist stronghold on the Ho Chi Minh trail, is being scourged for Viet Cong activity. Helicopters provide cover as raiding parties search bomb cratered zones.
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Phuong Xa Tay
Saigon
Guam
Quang Tin Province
Viet Cong
Do Xa
Viet Nam
UPI
Ray F. Herndon
B52s Fly On 21st Mission Of Vietnam War
Army helicopter pilot W O John L Sullivan of Freeport New York and Captain A E Bert Smith son of Merrillman Smith fly a special forces mission with A Company 82nd Aviation Battalion. An Air Force spokesman in Saigon declined to speculate on future infantry follow up after the raid.
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Herndon
Army
A Company
82Nd Aviation Battalion
W-O
John L. Sullivan
Freeport
N.Y
A. E. Bert Smith
UPS White
Ex-convict and teen preacher's daughter linked to multi state killings
A bespectacled Ohio ex-convict Donald Boggs and Dixie Radcliff, 16, were held as suspects in a four kill ing spree across Texas Utah and Arizona after meeting in Ohio. Boggs admitted the slayings and deputies reported a planned split up and travel toward Alaska. The pair were captured after a stolen car chase ending near Ash Fork Arizona.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
UPI
Ohio
Coconino County
Donald Melvin Boggs
Londonderry
Dixie Lee Radcliff
Amesville
Boggs
Lawrence T. Wren
Texas
Utah
Arizona
Ash Fork
Alaska
Southwest
Nebraska
Charles Starkweather
Tonio
Tex
Painter
Luling
Sayre
Okla
Robert Willis
Halvor Johnson
Newport
N. H
Here
Warren George Lenker
Brigham Young University
Cedar City
Radcliff
Lenker
Walter E. Lenker
S. Market St
Elizabethville
Dauphin County
John Harvey
Willis
Harvey
Cecil Richardson
Huntsville
Miss Radcliff
Morgan County
Sheriff's Department
Pearl Radcliff
Chillicothe
Ruling Allows Partial Tax Exemptions for Nonprofit Property
DES MOINES UP I says Iowa AG office allows partial property tax exemptions for non profits when part of the building serves exempt uses and the remainder is rented commercially. The opinion along with past rulings reverses a 1934 view that any partial non exempt use makes the whole building taxable. Page County Attorney Richard G Davidson of Clarinda requested the guidance after a Masonic Lodge building in his county was partly rented to a business.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Page County
Richard G. Davidson
Clarinda
Davidson
McKay
Attorney General
Betsy Rips New Orleans and Baton Rouge in Louisiana
Hurricane Betsy tore through New Orleans and Baton Rouge with winds up to 125 mph then weakened to a tropical storm as it moved north toward Arkansas. Up to 90 percent of New Orleans and 70 percent of Baton Rouge lost power. seven deaths were linked to the storm and thousands fled. Governor McKeithen planned a tour of the devastated area as crop damage spread across sugar cane and other fields.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Arkansas
Betsy
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas Pickles
Victor Schiro
Schiro
Red Cross
R.S. Trigg
Victor H. Schiro
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
Humphrey Praises Iowa Farms and Steel Industry
Vice President Hubert Humphrey urged cooperation between farms and factories during an eight hour Iowa visit. He praised agriculture's role in national greatness, called for youth to engage in farming, and predicted U.S. steel efficiency would rise in the next decade. He spoke at Wilton Junction and Des Moines, met Gov. Hughes, and noted rural electrification as a model for other nations.
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Des Moines
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
U.S
Iowa
Humphrey
Moline
Washington
Wilton Junction
United States
Europe
America
Harold E. Hughes
Minnesota
Senate
Davenport man shot when gun discharged in brothers' play
Norman Bix, 35, was shot in the chest Thursday in Davenport when his brother Howard twirled a 38 caliber pistol "cowboy style." Norman was in serious condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Howard Bix, 42, was detained by police as the investigation continued into whether the weapon misfired or Herbert mishandled it.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Norman Bix
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Howard
Norman
Howard Bix
Legion post starts new year under Chabal
Leon Beatty American Legion post begins its Fall season with new officers. Commander Stanley Chabal notes S. W. Easter named adjutant to fill Burton Kent's term. Other officers include Don Myers, Neal Burton, Leo Stone, John R. Hughes, Sperry Easter, and E. R. Burham. Dues are payable to Mr. Kaster.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion Post
Stanley Chabal
S. W. Easter
Burton Kent
Don Myers
Neal Burton
Leo Stone
John R. Hughes
Sperry Easter
E. R. Burham
Kaster
District Court Rules Saturday Court House Hours Invalid
Benton County Judge John W. Tobin struck down part of a law forcing county court houses to stay open Saturdays. The ruling found the law invalidly enacted and violated the single subject and title requirements. The pay-raise provisions were upheld. Plaintiff Harry V. Long of Belle Plaine can appeal within 30 days.
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Vinton
Iowa
UPI
Benton County
John W. Tobin
Tobin
Harry V. Long
Belle Plaine
State Supreme Court
Long
C.E. Hutchins
Pakistani claim victory as forces press in Punjab amid heavy fighting
Pakistani spokesmen said Pakistan broke Indian lines at Ferozepore and pressed a relentless drive across West Pakistan border areas. Delhi acknowledged Indian troops fell back in Kasur sector while air battles raged and Karachi endured seventh bombing in three nights. General Thant planned talks in Rawalpindi amid Sino Indian rhetoric and reports of military reshuffles in Pakistan.
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Pakistan
Punjab
Ferozepore
Y.B. Chavan
Rawalpindi
Kashmir
Sialkot
Jahore
India
Sind
Mohammad Musa
Karachi
New Delhi
Kasur
Chavan
Ravi
Lahore
Amritsar
All India Radio
Ghaziabad
Appointment of administrator for estate of Samuel A Stephens
Proceedings of board of supervisors on August 31 and September 1 establish the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Samuel A Stephens. The notice outlines required actions and dates for filing, bonding, and reporting by the party seeking appointment.
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Samuel A. Stephens
Board of Supervisiors
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