Surveyor 3 Aims For Moon Landing In Sea of Storms
Pasadena AP report details Surveyor 3 on path to the Moon in America's first lunar landing attempt. The 2,283 pound craft uses spindly shovel arms to study surface solidity and prepare for manned missions. Landing is set for about 6 p.m. CST Wednesday with an automatic descent and a two week surface study.
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U.S
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Space
Moon
Area 10 Hit Curb Schools Eyed By Lawmakers
Des Moines lawmakers press Area 10 to slow expansion of schools. Rep. Earl Yoder scolds the Area 10 board while Rep. Richard Radi plans a bill to close most of the 15 area schools. Cedar Rapids industry officials urge Vocational technical links to college credit courses.
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Earl Yoder
Iowa City
Area 10
Richard Radi
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
Second Move on Cedar Rapids Building Code Review
Skogman Construction files a second appeal to modify Cedar Rapids plumbing and building codes. Owner William B. Skogman seeks changes to permit 160 low cost homes at Thirty third avenue and Edgewood road SW citing undue cost with no added value.
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Thirty-third Avenue
Edgewood Road
Federal Housing Administration
Cedar Rapids
LeRoy Skogman
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Building Board of Appeals
Locked In But He Gets Tax Returns Out Anyway
Raymond Fernandez, a 44 year old textile firm partner, finished three tax forms at 8 15 p m and planned to mail them before midnight. Locked doors and no custodian forced him to throw the papers from his fourth floor office window to awaiting police. He then phoned his wife and slept at the office.
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New York
Raymond Fernandez
Nhen
Fernandez
Joseph Sarlo
Anthony Zullo
Johnson Nap At Summit Draws Global Wit
Jornal do Brasil reported that President Johnson dozed during a Punta del Este speech by Argentina’s President Ongania. The piece noted it as a historic public sleep by a chief of state and offered wry satire on U.S. diplomacy.
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Jornal Do Brasil
Johnson
Punta del Este
U.S
Ongania
Argentina
Fifty Die as Storm Rakes Medaripur Villages
A cyclone struck villages near Medaripur leaving at least 50 dead and hundreds homeless. Rescue teams and authorities worked through the night to provide aid and assess the devastation.
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Dacca
Pakistan
Medarilpur
Reservation Snafu Leaves 80 Pawtucket Students in Lobby
Washington AP report details a Sheraton Park mix up with October reservations for 80 Goff junior high students from Pawtucket Rhode Island. After three hours of lobby congestion the group finally moved to a Woodner hotel with a promised $200 bill reduction for the inconvenience.
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Sheraton Park
Pawtucket
R. I
Washington
Goff
Woodner Hotel
Joseph Kelly
Michael Kenny
Leonard Girouard
L. Norden Schwiebert
Schwiebert
Woodner
Hungarians Executed for World War II Mass Murders
In Budapest three men were sentenced to death and 16 others to long prison terms after a wartime murder trial found them guilty of killed about 250 Jews and communist figures during World War II.
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Budapest
Chuckle: Folded money joke on doubling savings
A humorous line notes the safest way to double money is to fold it and pocket it. No author or date available.
Rock Island Railroad Quietly Sells Eastern Iowa Land
The Rock Island railroad is selling non-operational land across Eastern Iowa, beginning with Cedar Rapids. Current lessees have first purchase rights as leases end while properties are appraised by Real Estate Research Corp. Proceeds fund equipment purchases as the company trims deficits and streams toward a wider 14-state sale plan. local sales in Cedar Rapids include sites in the old freight house district and near the waterworks pipeyard, with limited deal activity to date.
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Ninth Avenue
Chicago
the Gazette
Real Estate Research Corp. of
Tom Brettschneider
Rock
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Gazette
Weaver Witwer
Witwer Grocery Co
Second Street
City of
Iowa House Rejects Driver's License Photo Bill
Iowa House defeated SF40 on a 58 to 57 vote after Senate approval by 46 to 8. The bill would have required colored photos on licenses starting 1968 and funded the program with a 50 cent biannual fee. Debate highlighted cosmetic concerns and wig use affecting identification.
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Iowa Senate
Iowa House
House
Harry Gittins
Council Bluffs
William Palmer
D-Des
Maines
Senate
Plumbers Seek $1.35 Hourly Rise In 30 Percent Wage Hike
Cedar Rapids plumbers union asks for a 30 percent wage increase under a three year contract with Local 125 and the Master Plumbers Association. They seek $1.35 more per hour for one year on top of a $4.60 baseline. Negotiations progress with four meetings held and another planned. Local 125 covers Linn Johnson Benton Jones Cedar and most of Tama counties. 24 contractors are represented by the association and about 300 plumbers by the union.
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Cedar Rapids Plumbers Union
Pete Farris
Local 125
Charles P. Rohde
Linn
Johnson
Benton
Jones
Cedar
Iowa
Tama County
South Viet Nam Offers Peace Talks With North Vietnam
Saigon proposed talks with Hanoi and a pullback from the DMZ to de escalate the war. A U.S. spokesman said Washington welcomed the offer after Saigon discussed it with American officials. The plan follows Canadian four stage proposals and calls for de escalation and possible direct or third party talks.
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Panhandle
Army Service for Blind Is Suggested
Blind workers asked Congress to allow blind people to serve in the army on a limited basis performing administrative and support tasks. John Nagle of the National Federation of the Blind urged inclusion as chaplains lawyers therapists storekeepers and switchboard operators. Senator Russell criticized the idea but acknowledged the proposal.
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National Federation of the Blind
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Nagle
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