Keota Bank Robbery Nets Up To Six Thousand Dollars
A nervy bandit robbed Farmers Savings Bank in Keota around 9 40 am taking a paper bag full of cash after demanding it be filled. He fled in a Jeep station wagon as sheriff deputies roped off nearby counties and investigators pursued a suspect matching a prison escapee description.
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Keota
Farmers Savings Bank
Keokuk County
John “Bud” Wallerich
Charles Robert Wallerich
Charles Wallerich
Fort Madison
William H. Henderson
Henderson
Howard Bohr
Kenta
Bohr
Racial issues theme challenged by Weaver speech
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Robert Weaver urged at a National Urban League conference that coverage of racial matters is overdone and often misinterprets the real situation. He warned militant voices overshadow legitimate leaders and hinder constructive action nationwide.
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Jhim
Weaver
Fanine Sherafio
Prince Philip Denied Honorary Membership
Prince Philip was refused honorary membership in a leading British scientific society after a secret ballot. Sir Gordon Sutherland said the society has always elected eminent scientists or Nobel winners and noted low voter turnout while citing professional prejudice as a reason for rejection.
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London
Prince Philip
Britain
Gordon Sutherland
Institute of Physics
The
Physical Society
Lesshan
Jetter
Ford Foundation proposes non profit satellite TV system
The Ford Foundation urged the FCC to study satellite TV as a low cost national network for commercial and noncommercial programs. A non profit Broadcasters’ Nonprofit Satellite Service would operate 44 channels with 16 for school instruction and four for information and culture. Estimated operating cost 19.4 million versus 200 million by ground channels.
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New York
UPS
Ford Foundation
United States
Foundation
McGeorge Bundy
Broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Bundy
BNS
Fora Foundation
Bombers strike Viet Cong camp near Saigon
U S B 52 bombers hit a Viet Cong base 25 miles northwest of Saigon. Ground troops later found 90 000 rounds of ammunition mines and submachine guns but no bodies. An F 104 Starfighter was shot down north of Hanoi pilot missing. A British sergeant dies of wounds from grenade attack on a servicemen bus.
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Saigon
U.S. 95Th
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
South Vietnam
25Th Division
Strikers Demand Immediate Pay and Benefits
Labor Secretary Wirtz said the Johnson administration does not push or oppose a bill to end the airline strike. Machinists Union President Siemiller told the House Labor Committee that wage and fringe benefits must rise immediately to win a new contract, as Congress again leads efforts to end the 25 day strike against five major airlines.
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Washington
Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson Administration
Machinists Union
Congress
P. L. “Roy” Siemiller
House Labor Committee
Curtin
House
Senate
Dirksen
Siemiller
Delta flies shuttle to Miami amid airline strike
Two Delta jets departed Kennedy Airport with about 250 passengers bound for Miami in a temporary service. The Civil Aeronautics Board approved the flights though Delta was not licensed for Miami routes. Congress was urged to settle the dispute as union members rejected a White House plan. Senator Hill said the Senate committee discussed a plan for a national emergency to force a return to work.
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New York
UPI
Delta Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
Miami
Delta
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
Siemiller
William Curtin
House Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Union
Rank and File
White House
Hill
D-Ala
Johnson
Car Hits House In Cedar Rapids Aims To Park Wake
A 17 year old driver struck a front house at 721 Q avenue NW early Sunday, causing $7,000 damage. G L Showalter, asleep inside, escaped injury. the teen was treated for minor injuries. Police charged the driver with operating a vehicle without a license. The accident occurred as national political debate over labor legislation influenced by Senate leaders unfolded.
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Cedar Rapids
Q Avenue NW
G. L. Showalter
Showalter
Duane Countryman
L Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Senate
Countryman
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Eighth Street
Congress
Q Avenue
Q Clark
D-Pa
Sen
Morse
Nelson Mansfield
Lewis
First Street
Lafferty Sets World Underground Endurance Record
David Lafferty learned he had broken the world underground endurance record after 127 days in a 40 by 15 foot cavern near Cheddar. The cave experiment began March 27 with tests to be continued until Thursday. He earned 1778 dollars, having volunteered for 1400 for 100 days plus daily pay thereafter.
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London
David Lafferty
Lafferty
Boulder Cavern
Mendip Hills
Cheddar
Antoine Senni
Nice
Gerald Robertson
Robertson
Five Die, Dozens Wounded in Texas Tower Sniper Attack
A sniper fired from the 26th floor of the University of Texas tower wounding at least 15 and killing five. Police surrounded the building as fire trucks worked, crowds fled, and officials and journalists described the chaotic scene amid evacuations and halted classes.
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Bulletin Austin
UPI
University of Texas
Austin
19Th Street
Church of Christ
19Th and
University
Vera Palmer
Tower Observatory
Edna
Federal Grant To Linn County For Park Land
Linn County receives a federal grant of 870 550 dollars to buy 1 761 acres near Cedar Rapids for parks and recreation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds half the cost under the open space land program. The Linn County Conservation Board will acquire three sites including Pinicon Ridge Park add ons 763 acres and 968 acres around a lake fed by Squaw Creek near Cedar Rapids and Marion.
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Cedar Rapids News
Lion County
Cedar Rapids
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Linn County Conservation Board
Piniicon Ridge Park
Marion
Palisades Dows
Mt. Vernon
Alarm clock purchase tops post job to-do list
A humorous note urges newly employed youths to buy an alarm clock despite high costs. The strip highlights the irony of prioritizing time management even if it requires major sacrifices.
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