Television Today Predicts TV Movie Boom Next Season
ABC NBC and CBS plan more movie specials and two hour B movie premieres as networks cater to free home viewing. ABC touts The Bridge on the River Kwai and The King and I while NBC leans on World Premiere two hour films like Doomsday Flight and Fame is the Name of the Game. The pace shifts from theater to video with many titles listed for upcoming schedules.
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Missing Driver License Blanks Trigger Iowa Audit Debate
Des Moines AP auditor Lloyd Smith criticizes the Public Safety Department after an audit covers the year ended June 30 1966. Missing Cedar Rapids driver license blanks believed stolen were found to have moved from Nevada to Cedar Rapids. Additional issues include uncollected auto dealer license checks valued near 100000 held in a vault and calls for quarterly inventory reconciliation.
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Service Policy On Assignment To Viet Nam Varies By Service
Washington AP reports defense policy on Vietnam assignment varies by branch. Army may send a soldier with 90 days left. Navy requires 16 months remaining for enlisted, 12 months for officers. Air Force accepts nine months, or seven months with unit orders. Marines require nine months. Except Marines, basic Vietnam tour is 12 months.
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NFO Plans Des Moines Meeting on Holding Action for All Farm Commodities
The National Farmers Organization schedules a Des Moines gathering August 16 to decide on a holding action covering all farm commodities. President Oren Lee Staley says the meeting aims to address persistently low prices with a pledge to pursue legal action and a no price no production slogan. The board cites farmers leaving the family farm and the risk to national food supply.
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Six Cubans Held on Piracy Charge In Miami Fray
Six Cuban exiles living in Chicago surrendered to federal officials after being indicted in Miami for piracy. They allegedly seized the freighter Transporter on July 11 and intended to sail near Cuba to claim the vessel, putting 31 crew members and seven passengers in fear of harm.
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Firefighters Seek Federal Protection Against Attacks
Washington union leaders of the International Assn. of Fire Fighters urged President Johnson and Congress to pass federal crime legislation to protect firemen from interference and attacks while on duty. They cited threats from snipers and bomb throwers and noted bills had been introduced in both houses.
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More Drivers To Be Stopped For Inspection
Iowa motorists will face increased stops as the highway patrol launches an intensified motor vehicle inspection program to satisfy federal requirements. State Safety Commissioner Jack Fulton warns that failure to establish a statewide pilot can cost Iowa about 10 percent of highway funds, nearly $10 million annually. Patrol Chief T. R. Mikesch describes roadblocks and mobile inspections to check vehicle safety.
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Day of Prayer for Reconciliation Proclaimed by Johnson
President Lyndon B. Johnson designates Sunday July 30 1967 as National Day of Prayer for Peace and Reconciliation urging governors mayors and families to unite in prayer for peace law progress and brotherhood while condemning violence and urging unity and justice nationwide.
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Appeals court reverses ruling on school prayer recital
The U S circuit court of appeals reversed a district judge over a kindergarten prayer verse in Ellwood public school De Kalb. The De Spains had asked to bar their daughter from joining the rhyme citing constitutional rights. A prior injunction was denied.
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Edwin Robson
Nine German youths rescued after Alpine crevasse fall
In the Italian Alps near Melago Valle Lunga a group of 33 Germans, aged 15 to 20, set out for a mountain refuge. Nine youths fell into a crevasse in dense fog on Mt Pallabianca. Four injured, two seriously. rescued hours later by helicopter and stretcher.
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