Hughes vetoes the 1965 oversize truck bill in Iowa
Gov Harold Hughes vetoed a controversial oversize and overweight truck bill while leading an Iowa Trade Mission to Europe. The measure would have relaxed state truck restrictions, leaving permit decisions to the highway commission and local governments.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Europe
Hughes
State Highway Commission
L. E. Crowley
Iowa Motor Truck Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Good Roads, Assn
Iowa State Assn
Gov
Atty
Lawrence Scalise
Highway Commission
Ethics Board Sequel Aims to Police Senate Conduct
In a sequel to the Baker investigation Senate leaders plan to activate a new permanent ethics watchdog committee. Three senators from each party were named for the standards and conduct panel, with nominees deferred until the probe concludes. The final rules report urged indicting Baker for conflict of interest, amid partisan accusations of a cover up and whitewash.
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Washington
Bobby iBaker
Senate
Committee On Standards and Conduct
Rules Committee
Baker
California
Total Iowa tax revenues rise 7.18 percent in year
Des Moines AP says Iowa tax receipts for the year ending June 30 totaled 332.73 million, up 7.18 percent from the prior year. Motor fuel, sales and personal and corporate income taxes all increased, with cigaret liquor and beer taxes also higher.
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Iowa
Paul Franzenburg
Franzenburg
Compromise On Cigaret Legislation Reached In Congress
Washington AP report notes a congressional compromise on cigarette labeling requiring a conspicuous warning on packages with the phrase Caution Cigaret smoking may be hazardous to your health. The deal delays advertising warnings until July 1 1969 and sets penalties from 10 000 to 100 000 depending on the bill version.
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Washington
Congressional
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Senate
House
Gem Bandits Net Up To 300000 In New York Jewelry Heist
Three gunmen held up a New York jewelry store on Thursday and escaped with between 250000 and 300000 in gems. They cowed partners and customers at gunpoint, handcuffed a customer to a water pipe, and robbed a woman of a diamond engagement ring and another ring.
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New York
Pilot Executes Ground Loop To Stop Jet At Kansas City
A Continental Airlines Boeing 70 jet landed in a thunderstorm at Municipal airport and wheeled into a ground loop to halt 40 feet from the Missouri River. Four people were hospitalized. pilot Lee Zerba cited heavy water on the runway as the braking problem.
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Associated Press
Continental Airlines
Kansas City
UPI
Missouri River
Municipal
Alvin Littchsanger
Torrance
Calif
Harold Cameron
el Segundo
Carl Wolford
Columbus
Ohio
Bonnie Galer
Inglewood
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lee Zerba
Los Angeles
Ite
Beed Be Gone By Old Socks Fireless Trick
In Radley Heath England the Rev Philip Winter faced thousands of bees in an apple tree. Beekeeper John Jones tried smoke with rags and foam but failed. Winter then used a pair of old knitted socks to produce smoke, driving the bees away, prompting his exclamation Holy smoke.
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Radley Heath
England
Philip Winter
John Jones
Jones
Grant Angry No Increases For Deputies
Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant charged that his deputies face pay and benefits discrimination by the board of supervisors. He criticized the omission of raises for deputies while raises were granted to top courthouse officials. The supervisors said deputy pay follows a salary survey and that deputies had a January raise, while Wednesday boosts applied to officials whose salaries are state governed.
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Linn County
Walter Grant
Board of Supervisors
Grant
Lovell and Borman Named Gemini-7 Flight Crew
Frank Borman and James Lovell named prime flight crew for Gemini-7 mission set for early next year. Edward White and Michael Collins named backups for up to 14 days in space with Collins first of third astronaut group assigned to a flight.
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Houston
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Manned Spacecraft Center
Edward White
Michael Collins
Borman
Air Force
Lovell
Navy
White
James McDivitt
Collins
Space Agency
Supersonic Plane Plans Speeded
President Johnson ordered a faster U S program to design a commercial supersonic jet airliner. A new 18 month design phase will start around August 1 with Boeing Lockheed and engine makers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney involved. The plan aims for a Mach 2,000 airliner and an authorizing $140 million appropriation. The Soviet Union is pursuing a faster than sound airliner as well.
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Washington
Boeing Co
Lockheed
Johnson
U.S
General Electric
Pratt & Whitney
United Aircraft
FAA
William McKee
Boeing
Mckee
Congress
Great Britain
France
Five Million Loss From Reds Raid on Da Nang Base
Viet Cong attacked Da Nang air base injuring one American, destroying two aircraft and damaging others. U S. planes struck North Vietnam as Marine reinforcements landed at Qui Nhon to bolster South Vietnam security.
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Saigon
da ‘Nang Sir
U.S
North Vietnam
U. S
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Leutenant
U.S. Air Force
Rain May Open July 4 Weekend
Forecasters predicted rain for the Fourth of July weekend as a high pressure area over the Great Lakes combines with a low over the Plains. A storm moving from the Rockies will bring showers and possible thunderstorms to Iowa by Saturday with little temperature change through the period.
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Great Lakes
Plains States
Salary Survey
Seisedhes Gare
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Rocky Mountains
Roosevelt Jr. Declines New York Mayor Bid
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr announced he will not enter the Democratic primary for New York mayor. He said a superior obligation to remain as chairman of the Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity guides his decision.
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Washington
UPI
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York
The
Commission On Equal Employment Opportunity
Chuckle Sign Promises Rolls Royce Quit Poverty Message
A show window proverb jokes about fighting poverty with a Rolls Royce as a punchline. The sign blends charity sentiment with luxury branding for humorous effect.
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Pick Lovell
Gary
Ind
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