Courts Urge State Role in Redistricting Reform
Supreme Court urged state courts to take a larger role in settling legislative reapportionment disputes, prioritizing the Illinois case and directing federal courts to set a reasonable deadline for a 1966 election plan. California New York and Idaho cases also reviewed.
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UPI
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New York
Idaho
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Senate
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Federal Power Commission
Tuling
Douglas
Cedar Rapids School Bond Election Holds 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.
Voters will decide on a $4.2 million bond issue and $160,000 in accrued interest to equip a new 1,500-student school on Weing Road NE. The measure requires a 60 percent majority with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 35 Cedar Rapids Community School District locations.
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Washington
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Bob Sample
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Robert Parry
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Widow to wed Porter in Richardson area
UPI reports Richardson Texas police chief said Marina Oswald widow of Lee Oswald told him she would marry Kenneth Porter an electronics technician for Texas Instruments. Porter 27 from Richardson near Dallas. Mrs Oswald 24 and her three children live near Richardson.
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UPI
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Texas
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Lee Oswald
Kenneth Porter
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Porter
Oswald
Rainy week forecast for East Iowa continues
A low pressure system in eastern South Dakota pushed showers across Iowa, bringing up to 2.52 inches in Lenox and varied totals elsewhere. Cedar Rapids saw 0.31 inches Monday and 0.08 Tuesday, Muscatine 0.52, Davenport 0.75, with Osceola at 0.80 inches. Temperatures ranged from overnight lows around 62 to highs near 84 as forecasters expect more rain through Thursday and again late in the week.
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Muscatine
Davenport
Osceola
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Weather Bureau
Rules Committee Clears Tax Cut
The House Rules Committee cleared a 4.8 billion dollar excise tax cut on Tuesday amid concern over lost revenue as the government runs deficits.
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Washington
UPI
House Rules Committee
Iowa House OKs 25 Percent City Salaries Increase
A bill allowing mayors and councilmen in five commission form Iowa cities to raise salaries by 25 percent for the next term cleared the House 75 to 2. It affects Cedar Rapids Burlington Fort Dodge Ottumwa and Keokuk with mayoral pay rising to 12 025 and council pay to 12 025. The bill now goes to the Senate. action requires publication before any raise.
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Burlington
Fort Didee
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Bee
Richard Radi
Dlisbon
Linn County
Keith Kennedy
Center Point
Myron Oxley
Marion
William Smith
Radi
Walter McNamjaca
Dale Crosier
McNamara
Crosier
Charles Miller
Miller
Iowa
No Cause For Alarm After Stranded Robbery Near Rail Tracks
Leon Preux was robbed by two bandits at 4 a.m. in St. Quentin France and found half-stripped and bound head and foot across disused railroad tracks. Michel Legay freed him after hearing his cries and untied him. Legay said the track has not been used for more than three years.
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France
UPI
Leon Preux
Pauline
Michel Legay
Three Yanks Lose War Wages in Vietnam Action
AP reports two U S army advisers were killed and a third wounded in a Viet Cong ambush near Pleiku with a third American killed over the weekend in Quang Ngai. Air and naval strikes hit North Vietnam while casualties rose. China asserted a right to intervene as U S forces expand bombing.
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Pleiku
Vietnam
Quang
Ngai
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Navy
North Vietnam
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Theother
Quang Ngai
China
U. S
Peking People’s Daily
At Least 136 Die in Mine Disaster Reported
A gas explosion in a coal mine 2000 feet underground killed 436 workers and left 100 trapped as 522 miners and staff were on site for a government inspection. The incident occurred Tuesday amid safety checks planned for later that day.
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Tokyo
Johnson urges debate but vows to press right course at graduation
President Johnson told graduates at the National Cathedral School for Girls that debate strengthens American democracy while he will proceed with what he believes is right. He cited moral duty to help the world’s poor, noted strong public support, and warned against letting criticism deter his course. His remarks followed campus protests over foreign policy, and he reiterated his resolve to act swiftly and decisively as president.
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Student Dangling in Cave Rescued In Utah
University of California graduate student James Dowling 24 of Connersville Indiana pulled from an 1170 foot deep Wasatch cave after 36 hours in icy darkness. Dowling and two companions began exploring Sunday prompting Utah mountaineers to summon help. Dowling wrapped in a sleeping bag and lifted feet first by rope and pulley systems over rugged cave terrain. He remained in shock and with hypothermia but survived after nine rescuers hoisted him to the mouth of the cave hours later.
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Connersville
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John Wood
Paul Gerhard
Bladensburg
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Donald Sims
Edward An
Derson
LaVell Burnham
Chuckle Woman Teases Bridge Club with Goulash Recipe
A humorous note to bridge club members claims a marvelous goulash recipe. The speaker jokes that mentioning it to her husband prompts him to suggest eating out, creating a lighthearted domestic moment.
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