All Iowa Teen Day draws crowds at Hawkeye Downs
A large teen audience queued for half price admission at Hawkeye Downs for All Iowa Day events. Teen Time Jamborees featured the Outsiders and Bobby Vee, with a busy schedule of beef and pig judging, stock car races, music, and food stands offering pizza and tacos. More than 5,000 attended Thursday night’s fair preview.
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Howdy Roberts
Showmer Teen Center
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Letters From Vietnam Viewpoints From Soldiers In Support Of Mission
A selection of letters to President Johnson from U S servicemen in Vietnam expresses pride and a sense of duty, with feelings of morale and purpose amid conflict. Some letters criticize policy, while Morse’s correspondence shows opposition to Johnson’s Vietnam stance, highlighting differing views among troops and lawmakers.
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Washington
China
Indiana
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Oregon
Haiphong Power Plant Targets In Major Vietnam Raid
AP report details U S air force and navy raids within 14 miles of Haiphong focusing on the Uong Bi power plant, with a Crusader from the carrier Oriskany as the week’s 11th American loss. Ground actions center in the central highlands and near the DMZ as Viet Cong casualties are reported and Marines defend Da Nang area.
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South Vietnam
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Humphrey Urges End Of Rioting
Vice President Hubert Humphrey urged a cooling-off period for civil rights demonstrations saying violence and disorder must end and laws must be obeyed. He backed a temporary halt in Chicago marches and called for closer cooperation between citizens and law enforcement nationwide. He cited job programs that have created over a million youth jobs as a remedy to unrest.
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Group Approves End Strike Bill Despite Questions
Washington AP reports the House commerce panel approved a bill to end the 35 000 striking mechanics walkout and return to work within 30 to 150 days under presidential orders. The 17 to 13 vote kept amendments requiring earlier presidential initiative defeated as Staggers urged a possible weekend settlement amid talks under Labor Department auspices.
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King Tactics Spark Controversy in Chicago Police Chief Says
Chicago police superintendent O W Wilson criticizes Martin Luther King Jr tactics for civil rights as fueling white hatred and hindering progress in Chicago. King's aides argue hatred surfaced, not originated, amid open housing protests and riots in all white neighborhoods.
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Regents Will Ask Over $55 Million for Iowa Schools
The Iowa State Board of Regents voted to seek 55.515 million dollars in capital improvement funds from the 1967 legislature for the five regent institutions. They cut about 12 million from the institutions' original requests, rejecting the board’s earlier 67.7 million figure as too high. Heads of the schools will return with revised project lists as the 54.9 million figure is considered tentative.
Two Die in Crash on 218
Special to The Gazette reports two Johnson county residents died in a late night head on collision on highway 218 about 1 ½ miles north of Hills. Raymond Carmichael aged 21 from Riverside and Mrs Frank Klein age 63 of rural Tiffin were the drivers of the respective cars. The crash occurred at 11 05 p m and investigators say Carmichael veered into the path of the Klein vehicle.
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Johnson County
Raymond Carmichael
Riverside
Frank Klein
Tiffin
Highway Patrol
Highway
Hills
Carmichael
Bortho and Klein
Three Policemen Slain in London
In London three policemen were shot dead after stopping two men for questioning near Wormwood Scrubs prison. The unarmed officers were in an unmarked car when the killings occurred. Police say there is no connection to the prison.
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London
UPI
Britain
Wormwood Scrubs
North Korea Breaks With Peking Line In Independence Move
North Korea declared independence from the world communist movement on Friday, denouncing both Chinese and Soviet models and purging members for “flunkeyism.” The Rodong Shinmoon urged each party to shape policy independently, signaling a rupture with Beijing and alignment with Romania’s nationalist trend.
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North Korea
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Rodong Shinmoon
Pyongyang
Peking
Romania
Moscow
Gunman shoots at Winchester club cafeteria in New Haven
In a Friday rampage at a Winchester Gun club cafe, Jo Seph Davis killed and wounded several, then was fatally shot by police sergeant John Widmann using a table as cover. Witnesses describe a chaotic, brief gun duel amid lunch and recreation facilities for Winchester Western division workers.
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John Widmann
William Natale
Winchester Gun Club
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New Haven
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