Hold-Back By NFO Marks All Commodity Withholding
The National Farmers Organization began an all commodity market withholding starting with grain to push higher farm prices. NFO President Oren Lee Staley outlined plans to follow with meat, milk, and other commodities, with state groups joining for a broad action aimed at a price driven production halt. The group seeks to shock markets by staged withholding, urging 30 states to stop grain sales and seale grain eligible for credit.
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Corning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Idaho
Justice Department
Agriculture Department
O'Brien Offers Stand-In Run in Massachusetts Primary
Postmaster General O Brien said he is available to run in the Massachusetts primary as a stand-in candidate for President Johnson.
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O’brien
Johnson
Washington
O’ Brien
Massachusetts
Chuckle Discouragement Over Yawning Secretary
A humorous note from 1968 jokes about a secretary yawning while reading a snappy letter. It reflects light office humor and the era’s workplace banter.
Not Serious Complications Reported In Blaiberg Heart Transplant
Doctors at Groote Schuur in Cape Town report fluid around Dr. Philip Blaiberg's transplanted heart was drained but not viewed as serious. He also has a minor throat infection treated with a gargle, while immunosuppressive drugs are being reduced to fight infection.
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Cape Town
Philip
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Botha
Heart transplant survivor writes loving note to wife
Mike Kasperak, who was near death after a heart transplant Saturday night, penned a brief message to his wife on Wednesday saying I love you. The operation at Stanford Medical Center marked a life saving revival for Kasperak and followed a weeks of critical care.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Judge Drops U Turn Charge After Life Fight Gesture
In Redwood City California Judge Frank Comaich dismissed an illegal U turn charge against Mike Kasperak on Wednesday as a goodwill gesture toward a man fighting for his life. Kasperak had been charged December 30.
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Redwood City
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Frank Comaich
Heart transplant patient shows improvement but faces rejection risk
Doctors say the world fourth human heart transplant recipient is improving yet caution that major hurdles remain. They stress that the crucial problems of rejection still lie ahead.
Rap Police Clash at Cuban Mission Spurs U N Protest
Black power activist H. Rap Brown fled to the Cuban U N mission after a shoving incident with a rookie patrolman outside the building. The Cuban delegation protested to U N Secretary General Thant, denying asylum for Brown and his aide as police actions were condemned.
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New ‘York
H. Rap Brown
U.N
Thant
Brown
Gestapo
Lindsay
Johnson
Regents Delay Action on Dorm Rates and Options
The Iowa Regents postponed for one month any decision on dorm rate hikes and new dormitory options at the University of Iowa. President Bowen cited study of financial consultant Speer's comments about bonds tied to dorm occupancy. The plan adds two options plus the current full board and room at a base rate increase from 915 to 954 next fall.
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Des Moines
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
U. of I
Howard
Bowen
Paul Speer
Speer
U. of IL
U. of S
University
Gls Smash Red Trap In Swamps
UPI reports Americans fighting in the Mekong delta crushed a communist ambush in neck-deep swamps and killed at least 46 guerrillas on Thursday.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong Delta
Viet Cong Ambush Near Saigon Halts US Helicopter Landing
US forces repelled a Viet Cong ambush 54 miles southwest of Saigon as 200 GIs landed choppers in swampy terrain. 184 American deaths and 1,132 wounded reported last week, with 547 non hospitalized. Viet Cong forced a night battle and fled at dawn.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Ninth Infantry Division
Spacecraft to Predict Earthquakes Launched from Vandenberg
A 460 pound NASA GEOS 2 satellite was sent into orbit atop a Delta-Thor booster from Vandenberg Air Base aimed at measuring earth size and land shifts that could precede earthquakes. The mission seeks to improve forecasting by tracking crustal movements and mass changes in the planet.
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Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Madrid student protest sets buses on fire
MADRID AP reports students at Madrid university set two buses ablaze on Thursday. Witnesses say one bus was destroyed while no injuries were reported.
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Madrid
Madrid University
Plan to Airlift All First Class Letters
Postmaster General announces plan to end airmail as a separate service and send all first class letters by air at a single class rate. Network already links over a hundred cities with 74 percent of mail deposited before 5 pm delivered next day and 90 percent within two days.
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Washington
Post Office Department
O’brien
Post Office
Congress
O'Brien
Go Ahead Given Braille School Vinton Building Plan
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving school won approval for Phase One of a new $139 000 service building on the Vinton campus. The project consolidates facilities from ten small aging buildings and includes laundry space plus carpentry plumbing and electrical shops. Future Phase Two could add a garage and heating plant if funds exist.
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Given Braille School
Vinton Building
Des Moines
Iowa Braille
Vinton
State Board of Regents
Ninth Street
Franzenburg Enters Race For Governor
Franzenburg 51 Conrad businessman becomes the first Democrat to announce for the 1968 governor’s nomination. He promises to extend five years of gains under Gov. Harrold Hughes, who seeks the U.S. Senate. He praises Iowa’s economy and living standards and signals tax and school aid reform as first priorities. Franzenburg notes President Johnson is well known to him but not vice versa. He also suggests a special session decision rests with Governor Hughes and says he would seek clarity from the legislature on cloudy tax areas. Franzenburg announced ahead of Lt. Gov. Robert Fulton.
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Harrold Hughes
U.S
Franzenburg Franzenburg
Statehouse
Des Moines
President Johnson
Iowa
Franzenburg
Hughes
Wreckage of Marine C-54 Found After Nevada Blizzard Strike
The burned wreckage of a marine transport C-54 was found in a steep Nevada canyon on Mt. Tobin after a blizzard. Eighteen to twenty crew and team members were aboard en route from Denver to Seattle. No survivors were seen, searchers said, as weather and terrain hampered recovery efforts.
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Battle Mountain
Nev
Nevada
Denver
Seattle
Wash
Mt. Tobin
Mt. Tobin Towers
George Schwin
Lander County
Needle Peak
Mt. Moses
Quantico
Pentagon
Buckley
Hamilton Air Force Base
San Francisco
Man Uses Backward Name to Escape Creditors
Marshall Bean born Naeb Llahsram found himself in the U S Army after passing as a younger man with a falsified identity. Investigations confirmed his story as he moved from Fort Bliss to Fort Ord and Munich, awaiting discharge and return home.
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Munich
APS
Marshall Bean
Naeb Llahsram
Army
Bean
Las Vegas
Fort Bliss
Texas
Fort Ord
Calif
11Th Airborne Division
Washington
U. S
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