Harriman Sees Soviet Push for Peace in Vietnam
Ambassador W. Averell Harriman after a White House meeting with President Johnson said the Soviet Union likely desires a peaceful Vietnam settlement and prefers to avoid a U S China military clash. He doubted Chinese intervention and saw no sign Beijing or Moscow is ready to negotiate.
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Austin
Texas
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Harriman
U. S
China
Peking
White House
U.S
North Vietnam
Voc Schools Plan Advances Across Iowa Counties
A statewide area plan for vocational schools advances with many counties approved for sites and designations. Clinton and Muscatine will host community colleges, Davenport hosts a technical school, and Fort Dodge area gains approval though no site chosen. Leaders weigh including Ottumwa area and other counties in the final layout.
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Scott
Muscatine
Clinton
Cedar
Louisa
Jackson
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Sac
Calhoun
Greene
Webster
Hamilton
Wright County
Lyon
Osceola
Sioux
O’brien
Sheldon
State board reshapes Iowa regionalization plan for southwestern counties
The advisory committee rewrites a southwestern Iowa regional proposal, seeking to include Crawford Audubon Carroll and Montgomery with Harrison Shelby Pottawattamie Cass Fremont Mills and Page counties. A Dec 28 deadline applies for approving any added counties while original counties must concur. The board rejected a contiguous-area bid by Plymouth Woodbury Monona and Buena Vista counties and urged Johnston to convene involved counties to craft a new proposal.
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Iowa
Crawford
Audubon
Carroll
Montgomery
Harrison
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Cass
Fremont
Mills
Page
State Board
Plymouth
Woodbury
Monona
Buena Vista
Paul Johnston
Johnston
Des Moines
Henry
Louisa
Lee
Scott-Muscatine
Three Cedar Rapids youths arrested for airgun shootings
Three Cedar Rapids youths, two 16 year olds and a 17 year old, were arrested after firing pellets from an air gun at houses and a moving motorcycle on Sixteenth avenue and L street SW. They had previously shot out windows at the Ronald Hoopman and Raymond Wright residences and dented a motorcycle fender. They were charged as juveniles with violating the airgun ordinance and mal manslaughter causing damage, then released to parents pending probation action.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue
L Street
Ronald Hoopman
Ninth Street
Raymond Wright
Linn County
Miller Dinner Ticket Sales Reported Encouraging
Ticket sales for the Iowa campaign dinner in Des Moines were described as encouraging with more than 100 tickets sold toward a 200-ticket Linn county quota. The event, at 6:30 p.m., aims to raise 1966 funds for U.S. Senator Jack Miller. Republican leaders including Everett Dirk will speak.
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Linn County
Iowa
Jack Miller
Des Moines
Ty Ingersoll
Can
Everett Dirk
Illinois
U.S
East German Official Apel Dies By Suicide Over Soviet Trade Deadline
East German planning board head Erich Apel shot himself after a deadline to sign a 1966 to 1970 trade pact with the Soviet Union. The West German version says a bitter dispute over credits and pricing drove him to action, as Alfred Neumann signed the accord for $15 billion in goods. Mayor Willy Brandt commented on the tragedy.
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Bonn
Germany
Soviet Union
Erhard
Erich Apel
East German Planning Board
Apel
East Berlin
Alfred Neumann
East German People’s Economy Board
Neumann
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Apel Motive Memoary Not Revealed by West Authorities
Report notes a written statement or tape left by Apel to explain his motives. Authorities have not released or acknowledged any such material, and no equivalent disclosure appears available in the West.
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Apel
West
Wilson Eyes Kosygin Meeting in Moscow
Prime Minister Wilson seeks to arrange a summit with Soviet Premier Kosygin in Moscow. The report notes ongoing diplomatic efforts amid Cold War tensions, with no confirmed date for the meeting.
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London
Wilson
Kosygin
Moscow
British Officials Report Early 1966 Developments
During the first three months of 1966 British officials said Friday the period saw notable policy discussions and diplomatic activity. The statements outlined priorities and anticipated actions in economic and international affairs.
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Taylor
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Decatur
Creston
Ottumwa
Mahaska
van Buren
Davis
Wapello
Jefferson
Mon‘roe
Keokuk
Wayne
Lucas
Appanoose
State Board of Public Instruction
Mr. Business Man
Republi
Bourbon
Barney
Prince of
Rockabia
Kcrg-Tv
William P. ‘Whipple
Louis E. Shepard
Richard Russell
Winterberg
Howard
Burleson
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H. Lee Wills
Robert A. Newland
Edgerly
A Total Service Insurance Agency
Iowa Theatre
Second Ave
Dows
Shenango
Appliance Company
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
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