High Court splits on districting plan in Iowa ruling
Iowa Supreme Court finds the 1965 temporary apportionment plan unconstitutional for lacking subdistricting in multi-representative counties but allows the 1967 legislature to be elected under the plan. Justices Mason and Stuart author parts of the decision, with Republican justices concurring. The ruling partially favors a bipartisan group led by Elizabeth Kruidemier of Des Moines challenging the plan.
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William Eberline
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
High Court
M. L. Mason
W. C. Stuart
Elizabeth Kruidemier
Senate
Mason
Larson
Stuart
Two U.S. Soldiers Cleared of Aiding Enemy
Two American soldiers held by the Viet Cong for two years were cleared of aiding the enemy and discharged from the army. Set. George Smith of Chester West Virginia, released at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana, and Sgt. Claude McClure of Chattanooga Alabama, discharged at Fort McClellan Alabama.
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Washington
Pentagon
George Smith
Chester
W. Va
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Claude McClure
Chattanooga
Fort McClellan
Ala
Smith
U.S
Vietnam
Trials Set in New Jersey Bigotry Fuss
Salem New Jersey Young Republican state committee ordered disciplinary trials for 10 members over charges of bigotry. The panel had urged a four state group review but the committee left it to county organizations, with possible expulsion as the maximum penalty. Names of those charged were not released.
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Salem
N. J
New Jersey
Young Republican State Committee
Clark Allen
State Committee
Miami
Keen
Republican State Committee
Travis Walters
Cornell Street
Young Republicans
Rat Finks
Burglars Strum A 1200 Tune In Cedar Rapids Store
Three guitar amplifiers a new guitar and a vase were stolen along with 63.50 from a cash drawer in a Cedar Rapids shop. Detectives cited forced entry and linked the break in to a conservative coalition in a state Young Republicans group amid partisan smears.
U S buys back junk German bombs at higher price
The United States sold 7,562 German bombs as junk for 12,736 two years ago and now buys back 5,570 for 114,500. Carl Smith, administrator, quips he hopes the state health department isn’t involved as the price reflects 21 per bomb versus 1.70 sold.
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Bob Horton Washington
U.S
Carl Smith
U. S
Apology for Boos Highlighted by Shriver
The Defense Department disclosed that the U S halted production of 750 pound bombs used in Vietnam missions. Secretary McNamara said delays in production allow a faster timetable, and the crusade for poverty would not be affected by the repurchase of bombs from a German firm for fertilizer use.
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Defense Department
U. S
South Vietnam
Mei
Washington
Gent Shriver
McNamara
Freshy
Germany
Origiter
Richard Boone
Shriver
Liner Michelangelo Reaches Port After Devastating Wave
New York based Italian luxury liner Michelangelo, flag at half mast, arrives in port with dead and injured after a fierce storm smashed staterooms and cracked the pilot house. Two passengers and a crewman killed. 12 injured. a passenger recalls a fatal mistake and a warning that staying 10 more minutes would have killed everyone aboard.
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Michelangelo
New York
UPI
Fritz Glarner
Huntington
N.Y
Giuseppi Soletti
John Hagedorn
Gimbel’s Department Store
Philadelphia
Hagedorn
Taxpayers Race to Postmark Deadlines at Washington Post Office
In Washington and Maryland communities tax filers brace for the April 15 deadline. Rodriguez and thousands rush to the main post office as 100 staffers manage the final-minute surge. Police report heavy traffic jams and last-minute filings, with IRS estimating over 20 million late filers nationwide and about 350 000 mailed in the local area Friday and Friday night.
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Washington (Ap
Rodolfo Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Greenbelt
Washington Post
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Maryland
18 Month Old Cedar Rapids Boy Stricken by Meningitis
Dennis Meyers son of Mr and Mrs Robert Meyers of Prairie Creek U.S. Spokesmen note no ground action against Viet Cong as Vietnam air campaigns continue. The Cedar Rapids child is hospitalized at Mercy hospital in fair condition with meningitis tentatively diagnosed by Dr John P Jacobs and isolated since admission.
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Cedar Rapids
Dennis Meyers
Mercy Hospital
Free SaLpars
Robert Meyers
Prairie Creek
U.S
John P. Jacobs
Demonstrators Demand Civilian Rule Amid Ky Crisis
About 3 000 protesters filled the streets of Da Nang as Saigon’s military government faced renewed pressure to yield to civilian rule. Speakers urged Ky to resign with a transitional government to oversee elections within months. In Cedar Rapids a meningitis case led to hospitalizations, with doctors hopeful for full recovery barring complications. Local and national leaders pressed anti poverty and LEAP programs as neighborhood centers seek professional home visitation and better agency coordination.
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Linn County
Jim Nisley
Nisley
United Community Service Conference
Linn Economic Action Varea
Jacobs
Mt. Vernon
Bert Henley
Plaves
Ijn Saigon
West Coast
Elec
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Turner
Ed Zeller
YMCA
Zeller
UCS
U S Planes Destroy 42 Red Trucks in Vietnam War
U S air force fighter bombers reported destroying 42 North Vietnamese trucks in open country in a single operation. Twenty were hit in Mu Gia Pass amid landslides from Tuesday's B 52 raid. The rest were struck on alternate routes toward the Ho Chi Minh trail through Laos and Cambodia.
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Saigon
Air Force
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
Bacterial Infections Linked to Meyers Baby Prompt Medical Contact
A report notes an infection related to the Meyers baby and urges anyone who had contact to consult their physicians. The warning emphasizes cautious medical observation and antibiotic relevance for potential exposure.
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Meyers
Man Discovers Duplicate Tax Returns Filed in Error
In Shelbyville Kentucky a businessman found he had filed two tax returns for all his income one prepared by his lawyer and one by his accountant both thought to cover separate businesses. Now he the lawyer and the accountant seek to file a single correct return.
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Shelbyville, Ky
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