All Iowa fair features racing and livestock judging
The thirty second All Iowa fair moves into day five at Hawkeye Downs with major auto racing including Late Model Stock Car Time Trials and later races, midget autos, and a demolition derby. Livestock judging and various bands and parades fill the afternoon while Eddie Arnold shows are planned for Monday night. 100000th visitor expected today.
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Iowa
Howdy Roberts
Exhibition Hall
Hawkeye Downs
Arnold
Eddie Arnold
Stampede Kills Seventeen Pilgrims at Tirumalai Temple
Seventeen religious pilgrims died in a stampede at the Tirumalai Hindu hill temple near Madras as crowds surged during a Saturday event. Police say the disaster occurred about 100 miles outside Madras amid religious observances.
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Madras
India
UPI
Tirumalai
Slain Riding With Sheriff Mate on Call
SELMER Tennessee AP The attractive wife of Mc Nairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser was shot to death on a trouble call as the sheriff was wounded in the chin. The couple rode in a radio car on New Hope road near the Mississippi line when 14 rounds of .30 caliber ammo were found on the road. Pusser, 29, taken to a Memphis hospital, described his condition as fair. His uncle Ben Pusser said they had long been targets of the bootlegging element along the state line.
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New Hope Road
Mississippi
Warren Jones
Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Identification
Pusser
Memphis
Ben Pusser
Israel to place police in control of occupied territories
TEL AVIV AP Regular Israeli police will replace military police Tuesday in Arab territories captured in the Middle East war. Three new divisions will be set up to police the areas and many hundreds of new policemen will be enlisted, including some Arabs who formerly served as policemen there. The Liberals urged reconsideration of allowing Arabs who fled to Jordan to return to the occupied west bank.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Middle East
Yaavoc Nash
Nash
UAW Reports Little Progress in Auto Contract Talks
Detroit AP report says United Auto Workers bargaining teams say the Big Three are taking a hard line and no progress toward new contracts. Talks began July 10 with current three year pacts expiring September 6 covering General Motors Ford and Chrysler.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Johnson spares nest. three baby birds kept in White House
Washington AP notes a nest on a cornice near President Johnson's office. A White House worker began removing it but was halted by a messenger. Johnson, watching through his office doors, ordered the nest left until the fledglings could fly.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
President Johnson
Showdown Over Taxes Beckons as Johnson Presses Plan
President Johnson’s push for a 10 percent surcharge on individual and corporate income faces a wary Congress as the administration unveils its case. Treasury Secretary Fowler and top aides head the Ways and Means hearing with upbeat economic data including a six year low in inventories. Johnson schedules White House meetings to persuade Democratic lawmakers.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Ways and
Treasury
Fowler
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Charles Schultze
White House
Allis-Chalmers Mulled merger talks with General Dynamics
Allis-Chalmers directors rejected LTV bid to buy control and said they are negotiating with General Dynamics for a possible merger through a tax free stock exchange. R. B. Stevenson, chairman, said discussions with General Dynamics have been underway for some time and no conclusion reached yet.
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Milwaukee (Ap
Allis-Chalmers Mfg.Co
Ling-Temco-Vought Corp
LTV
Allis-Chalmers
General Dynamics
R. 8. Stevenson
General Dynamics Corp
Allis - Chalmers
James Ling
Stevenson
Kosygin Demands Freeing of Soviet Freighter Svirsk
Premier Kosygin sent a blunt personal note to Chou En-lai demanding immediate release of the Soviet freighter Svirsk, its captain Korshov, and crew held in Dairen. He warned trade relations with China could be severed if the ship is not freed, citing escalating Red Guard hostility and Chinese detention as illegal.
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Richard Longworth
Moscow
UPI
Kosygin
Red China
Yellow Sea
Dairen
Chou En-lai
Svirsk
Soviet Union
China
Chou
Peking
Victor Korzhov
Streighter
Manchurian
Tass
Tt Chout
Red Guard
Soviet Union of
Leningrad
Riga
Odessa
Vladivostok
Red Guards
SS. Svirsk
Port Dalny
Korshov
Dalny
Chinese People’s Republic
Boyce Freed From Cave After 24 Hours of Rescue
Lenore West Virginia AP Leon ard Boyce 15 was trapped nearly a day in a water well cave near the West Virginia Kentucky border. Rescuers pulled him out bruised muddy and weak then rushed him to Williamson Memorial Hospital where doctors treated frostbitten feet and fed him intravenously as he recovered. He spoke of fear hunger and prayer saying he knew he was a goner at times and would rather be playing baseball than facing national attention.
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Lenore
W. Va
Leonard Boyce
Williamson
Boyce
West Virginia
Kentucky
Williamson Memorial Hospital
Ten Cents Then and Now Reflects on Dimes Worth
A brief nostalgic note contrasts childhood value with today’s money, noting that ten cents felt like big money in youth while dimes have altered in value over time. The snippet preserves the author’s light reflection on changing prices and spending power.
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Weeny
Affluence Reaches Man’s Best Friend at Trade Show
The 17th annual Western Wholesale Pet Supply Assn. show in San Francisco featured luxury dog items including a $150 mink coat, 18 color toenail polishes, jewelry and cosmetics. Manufacturers credit the trend to poodles, with owners seeking fashionable pets that mirror human style.
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San Francisco
API
Western Wholesale Pet Supply Assn
Manu
Pat Johnson
Oakland
Calif
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