Iowa House Passes Fair Housing Bill to Governor
The Iowa House approved a fair housing bill 121 to 0 with three members absent and sent it to Governor Harold Hughes. Senate passage was 49 to 11. Chief sponsor Cecil Reed of Cedar Rapids urged dignity for African Americans and urged freedom to live where they can afford.
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Des Moines
Senate
Harold Hughes
Rep. A. June Franklin
Cecil A. Reed
Cedar Rapids
Bona Fide
Franklin
Reed
Rep
Cedar Rapids Eviction Move Targets Substandard Urban Renewal House
Cedar Rapids officials issued a three day notice to quit to the Heck family at 311 Sixth Street NE as part of the citys first urban renewal eviction. The five room residence in the Cedar Lake area is rented for 40 a month and slated for demolition after residents depart. Deputy David Webster planned a return visit to serve the notice.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff's Department
David Webster
Dean Heck
Sixth Street
Heck
Fern
Cedar Lake
Don Salyer
Chuckle: Middle age brings morning malaise without prior fun
A light quip notes middle age as the period when one may feel unwell in the morning despite no enjoyable evening beforehand, highlighting common groans of aging.
Plumbers Agree To 65-Cent Hike Over Two Years
Cedar Rapids plumbers union reaches a two year wage deal with Local 125 and the Master Plumbers Assn approving a 14 percent rise. The pact sets pay at 5.60 per hour from May 1 and 5.25 per hour from May 1, 1968, expiring April 30, 1969.
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Cedar Rapids Plumbers Union
Linn
Johnson, Benton
Jones
Cedar
Iowa
Tama County
Master Plumbers Assn
Swiss Airliner Crash Kills 128 Near Nicosia
Rescue crews found 126 burned and crushed bodies on a hillside after a Bristol Britannia turboprop crashed in a thunderstorm while attempting to land near Nicosia. Four Britons were among the crew and survivors were confined to the tail section. Most victims were German and Swiss tourists returning from the Far East.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Far East
Prison Term Records Set For bogus builder in Madrid
MADRID AP reported Jose Crespo Ruiz received a 6616 year sentence after a court of appeals upheld convictions for selling 10 million dollars worth of bogus apartments without construction. Each sale counted as a separate charge, creating the extraordinary total.
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Madrid
UPIS
Jose Crespo Ruiz
Court of Appeals
Crespo
Spain
Surveyor 3 Pictures Hint Crater Landing At Moon Site
Photos from Surveyor 3 near Pasadena show the spacecraft resting near a crater rim with glare affecting clarity. Engineers plan the first soil scoop test to gauge surface strength for future manned landings and assess if the soil is sand or gravel.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rights Unit Reports Funds For Realtors Report
Discrimination charges by Mr. and Mrs. Shellie Culp were examined by the Mayor's Commission on Human Rights housing committee. The panel found no explicit refusals to sell, but noted actions by John Zachar Jr, Miller and Co, and Linman Construction. The Culps received a copy of the report and may request a hearing. The couple remained unsatisfied.
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Housing Committee
Mayor’s Commission On Human Rights
Shellie Culp
Tenth Street SE
Culps
Linman Construction Co
Miller ‘and Co
John Zachar
Linman
Plant Hit Near Haiphong Deepens War Escalation
SAIGON AP U S Navy jets bombed an electric plant inside Haiphong and another power station east of the port Thursday. Hanoi denounced the raids calling them a new extremely serious step of war escalation.
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Saigon
Haiphong
Hanoi
U.S. raids hit Haiphong cement plants in Vietnam
U S headquarters reported 147 American deaths and 1 142 wounded last week in Vietnam while 438 000 U S troops remained. Attacks on two Haiphong plants damaged a cement producer and power facility near the port. Aircraft from carriers Kitty Hawk and Ticonderoga flew two strikes with initial estimates showing 80 percent damage.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Kitty Hawk
Ticonderoga
Haiphong
Hongai
Hong Gai
Rains Sweep Across Iowa Drenching Western Regions
A mass of rain and storms moved across Iowa bringing soaking totals in Adel and Cedar Rapids with Cedar Rapids recording .60 inch and Municipal airport .77 inch. Temperatures dropped to the 40s and 50s as a cold front neared, with readings in Davenport and Dubuque around 40 and Council Bluffs near 50.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Cedars Rapids
Adel
Cedar Rapids
Municipal
Davenport
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Monticello Soldier Killed in Fort Leonard Wood Crash
Specialist 4e Kenneth Edwards 22 of Monticello died in an auto accident at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on Wednesday night. His mother Wilma Edwards and brother Loren survive. Goettsch funeral home arranging services. Another soldier Specialist 4/c Ronald Etzel and Pvt Larry Looney were injured in the crash. Looney also died.
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Monticello
Kenneth Edwards
Fort Leonard Wood
Wilma Edwards
Loren
Goettsch Funeral Home
Ronald Etzel
Kenneth Etzel
Alburnett
Larry Looney
Grand Valley
Colo
Quarters Spill From Train Across Illinois Route
$11,000 in quarters spilled along a 5 mile Burlington route from Galesburg to Mendota when a rack mechanism freed coins from a container. Workers recovered $7,500 in fresh coins and searched the right of way for the rest. The money, packed in 11 bags, was en route from San Francisco to Chicago.
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Mendota
Burlington Railroad
Galesburg
Burlington
San Francisco
Omaha
Chicago
SEATO backs U S refusal to halt raids in Vietnam
Washington AP reports SEATO foreign ministers supported the United States stance to not end bombing North Vietnam without a parallel scale down by the communists. The communique warns of communist danger in Southeast Asia. divisions within the group include France absent and Pakistan sending only an ambassador. Thailand calls the alliance a useless carcass.
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Washington
Seato Foreign Ministers Council
U.S
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia
France
Pakistan
J. S
Vietnam
Australia
Paul Hasluck
Britain
Thanat Khoman
Council
Acapulco Hit by Strong Earthquake
A powerful quake rattled Acapulco on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. Authorities assessed aftershocks and urged calm as residents inspected affected areas.
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Acapulco
Mexico
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