Supervisors Propose Bills Cutting Red Tape and Costs
Linn county supervisors push four bills to ease county contracts. Assistant County Attorney Thomas Wilkinson Jr outlines new thresholds for public elections and bidding notices, plus a vehicle lien and title clarification bill. The changes target building projects, additions, and public improvements to curb voter costs and speed procurement.
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Linn
Iowa
Thomas Wilkinson
County Board of Supervisors
Wilkinson
Gas Line Breaks Spark Poisonous Cloud in Bow
A street-widening project ruptured a chlorine gas line releasing a poisonous cloud. Thirty three workers were overcome on Tuesday. A tractor ruptured the line again on Wednesday, hospitalizing five with no serious illness.
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Wilmington
Calif
Orbiter 3 Ends Photo Mission
Moon circling Lunar Orbiter 3 completed a seven day photo mission with 211 ground level site photographs for potential Apollo landing zones. Officials said all primary Apollo landing sites were photographed and objectives achieved despite mechanical problems ending the mission early. Orbiter 3 launched February 4 from Cape Kennedy and continues lunar orbit every three and a half hours.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cape ‘Kennedy
Army Turns on Mao Backers in Wheat Area
Reported in Peking walls and Japanese dispatches that Chinese army units have opposed Mao Tse-tung by arresting nearly 1 000 followers in Chengchow Henan and raiding 14 Maoist offices in Honan. The campaign spans Inner Mongolia Sinkiang and Tibet with signs Mao may accept self criticism to save positions though clashes continue.
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Say Army
Mao
Tokyo
Wall
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Henan
China
Chengchow
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Tibet
Liu Shao-chi
Communist Party
Teng Hsiao-ping
Chou En-lai
Chou
Honan
Chang Kuo-hua
Lhasa
Maynard leaves estate to 50 Maynards over 21
Cleveland AP reports Stanley Maynard, a wealthy bachelor, left 4 percent of his residuary estate to the first 50 people with the last name Maynard who come forward. It must be over 21, have two natural dependent children also named Maynard, and live within 10 Ohio counties. The rest goes to sister Edythe, friends, and the Salvation Army.
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Cleveland
Stanley
Maynard
Edgar Maynard
Clemmie
Edgar
Goody, Ky
Ohio
Edythe Maynard
Brooklyn
Salvation Army
Union Commerce Bank
Maynards
Five Dead in Boat Mishap on Mississippi River
A service boat from a fuel company capsized on the Mississippi River Wednesday night. Five people drowned after being trapped in the cabin.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi River
CAP Ends Weekday Search For Missing Plane In Iowa
The Civil Air Patrol ends weekday search for a plane missing since February 15 near Kewanee NL. Three Iowans aboard are William Reece 30 Iowa Falls Robert Plair 32 Webster City and Robert Frisk in his 30s Ackley. Some volunteers may resume Saturday if weather permits. Capt R W Nash Iowa City led the operation as crews returned to work.
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Civil Air Patrol
C.A.P
Kewanee
C.A.P. Air
Iowa
R. W. Nash
Iowa City
William Reece
Iowa Falls
Robert Plair
Webster City
Robert Frisk
Ackley
Lee Sonneborn To Speak at Coe College
Dr. Lee M. Sonneborn associate professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas will lecture at Coe College on Friday at 3 45 p m in Room B of the Gage Memorial union The talk titled The Traveling Salesman will be presented under the sponsorship of the Mathematical Association of America and the National Science Foundation He will also meet with Coe classes and hold discussions with students and faculty during the day
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Lee M. Sonneborn
University of Kansas
Coe College
Ship of the Mathematical Assn. of America
National Science Foundation
Charles M. Lindsay
Sonneborn
Gage Memorial Union
Coe Mathematics Club
Hunger Strike Among Six American Prisoners in Saigon
Six American civilians in Chi Hao prison near Saigon have staged a two week hunger strike protesting five year sentences for black market crimes. They argue civilian courts would yield lighter penalties, as military tribunals impose a minimum of five years. Pardons for three await Thieu's signature, but release timing remains unclear.
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Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Chi Hao
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