Youth rights age debate and draft lottery draw summarized
In Des Moines the senate debated lowering the adult rights age to 18 while considering social service support through age 21 and a 19 year drinking age, with Lt. Gov Jepsen shifting to 19. Separately in Washington the draft lottery assigned March 6 1953 as the first call up priority for 1973 amid hopes for an all voluntary army and reduced inductions.
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Des Moines
Town Senate
Senate
State Social Services Department
Roger Jepsen
Jepsen
Robert Ray
G.O.P
Ray
James Potgeter
Steamboat Rock
House
Lee Gaudineer
Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Nixon
Commerce Department
Curtis Tarr
U.S
Tarr
22 Story Building Planned Across From IE Tower
Deb Inc filed plans with the Federal Housing Administration for a 22 story structure two blocks north of the IE Tower in downtown Cedar Rapids. FHA reviewer Bill Van Vleet said the application is under review and feasibility and market study will follow. no site analysis has begun.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Deb, Inc
Housing Administration
IE Tower
Bill van Vleet
FHA
Des ‘Moines
van Vleet
Trapnell Quizzed Over RFK Plot Ties
FBI questioned Garrett Trapnell about a plan to kidnap and kill Robert Kennedy. A Dallas News report says archives hold 23 pages detailing his May 1963 Miami meetings with Cuban refugees and a later November 23 1968 interview where he named Oswaldo. He later denied the tale.
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Dallas
National Archives
Garrett Trapnell
New York
FBI
Robert Kennedy
Trapnell
Dallas News
Kennedy
Oswaldo
Miami
Amana Route Freeway Plan Dropped by Iowa Board
Iowa highway officials formally ended plans for a freeway through the Amana Colonies after earlier confusion over whether action had been taken. The formal order to eliminate the Amana road was set for the Wednesday business meeting, though work on the proposal had already ceased.
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Joseph Coupal
Amana Road
C R Brutality Case Is Closed
A U S justice department spokesman said the Cedar Rapids brutality investigation against three police officers was closed for insufficient evidence. FBI agents looked into a claim by John J. Barton, 38, after his arrest for intoxication, who faced resisting an officer charges that were found untrue.
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U. S. Justice Department
Cedar Rapids
FBI
John J. Blarton
Civl Rights Division
Justice Department
Washington
Veterans Public Safety Unit
Second day of heavy bombing of North Vietnam
U S fighter bombers conducted a second day of heavy attacks in North Vietnam as Saigon claimed 129 enemy dead in two actions. South Vietnam bombers hit about 400 troops along the Cambodia border northwest of Saigon, with 90 claimed killed by aerial observers. Four protective reaction strikes followed North Vietnamese artillery fire on four unarmed RF-4 planes. over a dozen U S planes were involved including bombers on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Air Force
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Ban Raving
Ban
Reclaimed $4.5 Billion in Vietnam War Equipment
The United States has recovered about 4.5 billion dollars worth of military gear from the Vietnam war and allocated it to U S forces elsewhere. Pentagon logistics chief Barry Shillito said 1.8 million tons of gear were sent to depots in the United States and at bases abroad for reconditioning and rebuilding as needed.
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Washington
U.S
Barry Shillito
Pentagon
Nixon Narrowly Leads in National Poll
A national poll by Sindlinger Co. suggests Nixon would win re election if the election were held Wednesday by a narrow margin. The firm surveyed 954 men and 1 035 women nationwide after his Jan 25 peace initiative disclosure. 50 6 percent would vote for Nixon now with 16 7 percent opposed and 24 9 percent undecided.
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Nixon
Sindlinger Co., Inc
Swarthmore
Albert Sindlinger
Rioting Rages Across Belfast and Dublin After Londonderry Killings
Heavy rioting swept Belfast Catholic neighborhoods after funeral services for 13 civilians killed in Londonderry. In Dublin more than 25,000 demonstrated at the British embassy, setting it ablaze. The unrest left at least one dead and raised Ulster violence to a long running toll.
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Belfast
UPS
Londonderry
Dublin
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Yosemite El Capitan Skydiver Defies Death Off Wall
Rick Sylvester, a 29 year old San Francisco climber and ski instructor, skied from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park at 50 mph. He released his skis and parachuted to the valley floor after a back flip. The stunt, recorded by 14 cameras, will be released next year. Previous attempts ended in serious injury or death.
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San Francisco
UPI
Yosemite Valley
Rick
Sylvester
Eli Capitan
Yosemite National Park
el Capitan
Mt. McKinley
Alps
Antioch
Calif
Licenses Kept For Private Clubs With Discriminatory Clauses
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner said the state may not suspend or revoke liquor licenses of private and fraternal organizations with white only memberships. He called 1965 executive orders unconstitutional and noted the civil rights statute excludes private clubs from public license powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Richard Turner
Turner
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Thousands Move to Burial of Bloody Sunday Victims in Londonderry
Thousands wait in cold wind to mourn 13 victims of Bloody Sunday as 11 are buried at Londonderry cemetery and one is sent across the border. Cardinal Conway leads the service at St. Marys church with Dr Neil Farren. IRA linked figure Paddy Kennedy attends from across the border.
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Londonderry
St. Mary’s Church
Creggan
William Cardinal Conway
Armagh
All Ireland
Neil Farren
Derry
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Paddy Kennedy
Irish Republican Army
Kennedy
Bogside
IRA
Cardinal
Dr. Farren
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Dungiven
RFK
Drop Amana
I-80
C.R
By Dennis Bates
Coupal
Amanas
C.R. Brutality
North
By Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Nixson
Sen
Muskie
Maine
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