Youthful Offender Bill Voted
DES MOINES A bill debated as coddling youth offenders but aimed at rehabilitation passed the Iowa senate 39 to 21. Senators Gaudineer and Riley led opposing arguments on district court judges authority, conviction setting aside, and alignment with federal youth corrections law. The vote also lowered the age limit to under 24 and shifted rehabilitation costs to the county of crime.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Gaudineer
Riley
Cedar Rapids
William Eads
Ymca Boys Home
Judiciary Committee
The
Senate
Oxygen in Spacecraft Up for Re-Appraisal
AP dispatch reports NASA reexamining pure oxygen for Apollo after two fatal fires at Cape Kennedy and in San Antonio. Experts weighed hazards of oxygen rich atmospheres, potential two gas mixes, and engineering risks of added plumbing and pressure. NASA pace would slow Apollo if a switch is made.
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Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
San Antonio
Texas
NASA
Apollo
Earth
Space Agency
Board of Review
Yank in Prague Given 8 Years
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek, a Czech-born American travel agent from Cambridge, Mass., was sentenced in Prague to eight years for attempted overthrow of the government and espionage. He was arrested Oct. 31 at Prague airport when a Soviet airliner made an unscheduled landing amid accusations of Soviet collaboration with local police.
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Washington
State Department
Vladimir Kazan- Komarek
Prague
Kazan-Komarek
Cambridge
Mass
U.S
Soviet Union
Judge Refuses New Transfer Of Speck Trial
CHICAGO AP Judge Herbert Paschen denied a motion to move Richard Speck's trial from Peoria and tentatively set February 13 for the murder trial of eight student nurses. Pasadena had earlier transferred the case from Chicago to Peoria on the defense appeal citing pretrial publicity.
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Chicago
Herbert Paschen
Richard Speck
Peoria
Speck
Paschen
Gerald Getty
Getty
Town House In C R Sold To Parkway Town House In C R
Parkway Inns of Des Moines announced the sale of the Town House Motor Inn Cedar Rapids at 4747 First Avenue SE. Parkway Town House Co. a limited partnership of Parkway Inns and regional investors will own. Parkway Inns will manage operations. John J. Van Hise named general manager. inn is Cedar Rapids’ largest with 170 rooms, pools, dining, lounge and convention center.
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Town House Motor Inn
First Avenue SE
Whalen
Parkway Town House Co
Parkway Inns
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Edward D. Broderick
Louis Fellman
Alex N. Gelb
Tucson
Ariz
John J. van Hise
Amarillo
Texas
van Hise
Iowa
Cheryl Koury
Mike J. Koury
Bever Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Erskine School
St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles Thompson
Twentysixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Bomb, Skirmishes Kill 136 Viet Cong in Vietnam Reach
Allied forces report at least 136 Viet Cong killed in a series of skirmishes across Vietnam. Five Americans died in a Laotian border plane crash and another air accident caused U.S. bombs to fall near U.S. Marines. A C123 defoliation plane was shot down possibly in Laos. another C123 was hit. An A6 Intruder, controlled by radio, accidentally hit a marine unit 75 miles south of Da Nang, killing one and wounding 11. B52 strikes targeted troop concentrations near Quang Ngai. Weather curtailed missions to 39. The defoliation mission aimed to strip foliage along the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Saigon
Dio
da Nang
Mekong
South Vietnam
Guam
Quang Ngai City
Carrier Air Wing 11
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Dangles Five Minutes From Rescuer's Arms
Los Angeles police officer A H McMillen spotted Charlyne Chatman about to leap from an overpass onto a crowded freeway. He grabbed her left arm and clung as she dangled for five minutes while three passersby helped pull her to safety. She was placed in protective custody after the incident.
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Los Angeles
A. H. McMillen
Charlyne Chatman
McMillen
Signs of possible Vietnam de escalation emerge in Washington and Saigon
Washington and Saigon sense momentum in the Vietnam war as signs point toward de escalation talks with Hanoi. Officials caution against false hopes while noting Hanoi may concede on concessions and potential discussions with the United States. Observers cite reduced Chinese influence, Moscow leverage, and growing talks with other nations about stopping bombing.
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Washington
UPI
Saigon
Vietnam
Hanoi
U. S
North Vietnam
No Return of Seniority to Demo Bolter
House Democrats refused to restore Rep. John Bell Williams of Mississippi to committee seniority lost two years earlier for backing Goldwater in 1964. The 134-100 party caucus vote keeps Williams as 15th on the commerce panel, though he sought second. Williams vowed not to attend further caucuses yet will remain a Democrat. The DSG opposed undoing the action, warning of defections to third party candidates in 1968.
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Washington
House
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Cedar Rapids
Barry Goldwater
Williams
House Commerce Committee
Commerce
Mississippi
Democratic Party of
Democratic Study Group
DSG
Democratic Party
Commerce Committee
Rep. Staggers
D-W.va
Congress
Goldwater
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
Two Navy Ships Collide injuring seven near Honolulu
HONOLULU UPI Two sailors died and seven were wounded when destroyer McMorris and tanker Tombigbee collided 75 miles southeast of Honolulu during a training exercise. All casualties were aboard the McMorris which suffered a hull hole but remained under power and was escorted to Pearl Harbor. the Tombigbee had minor bow damage amid generally good weather.
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Honolulu
UPI
U.S. Navy
McMorris
Tombigbee
Pearl Harbor
Johnson Effigy Burned by Scots
Scottish demonstrators outside the U S consulate burned an effigy of President Johnson Tuesday night in protest against the Vietnam War.
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Johnson
Edinburgh
U.S
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