Hughes to Assembly End Today
Iowa Governor Hughes pressed lawmakers to adjourn Friday as budget talks stalled. He warned he would use constitutional power only on a House Senate disagreement and urged balancing the 1965 67 budget by cutting 4 million from board of control and other steps as the session neared a finish. Lt. Gov. Fulton and Speaker Steffen backed a Friday end.
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Des Moines
Hughes
Iowa
Robert Fulton
Marvin Selden
Board of Control
Vince Steffen
Drew Hampton
Fulton
Iowa Senate Votes Tax on Tickets
The Iowa Senate approved a bill to extend the 2 percent sales tax to high school and college admission tickets and to remove exemptions. Estimated revenue ranges from 2.25 to 6.0 million dollars annually, with about 750 thousand from admissions. the rest from taxed items not readily available in Iowa. A conference committee on monthly sales tax reporting could influence further action before adjournment.
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Postal Chief John Gronouski to Visit Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids will host Postmaster General John A. Gronouski next Friday at a 6:30 p.m. Town House dinner. Congressman Culver announced the visit, noting discussions on postal matters and a tour of facilities including the new post office site between Sixth and Seventh streets and Sixth and Eighth avenues SE. Tickets at $3 cover one or more attendees, available through local post offices.
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John A. Gronouski
John C. Culver
Gronouski
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Town House
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Sixth and
Eighth Avenues SE
Astronaut White Finds Humor In Chicken Salad Quip
Houston UPI reports Astronaut Edward White from the Gemini 4 program quips I’m in the middle of a chicken salad during a spacecraft center conversation. The remark reflects lighthearted mood amid a busy mission timeline and public interest.
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Houston
UPI
Gemini 4
Manned Spacecraft Center
Edward White
Marines Kill 22 Viet Cong In Da Nang Skirmishes
In Da Nang and Phu Bai area fighting, U S Marines killed 22 Viet Cong and wounded 11 while suffering 2 dead and 27 wounded. Government losses for Thu and Fri reached at least 239 killed wounded or missing as U S troops pressed ground combat across South Vietnam.
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North Vietnam
Three Slain in Bank Robbery at Big Springs Neb
In Big Springs Nebraska three bank employees, two men and a woman, were shot dead and a male employee wounded during a bank holdup on Friday. Sheriff Harry Shaw did not know the number of suspects or the amount stolen. Big Springs lies about ten miles from Julesburg Colorado.
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Wives Speak With Astronauts Before Flight Be Good
Mrs James McDivitt and Mrs White urged their husbands to be good and have a good flight during the first space wife to astronaut exchange. The conversations from mission control followed pilots passing over Texas toward Houston as families shared updates and encouragement.
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James McDivitt
Dwaray White
Mission Control
California
West Texas
Camp Leader Hurt In Mowing Accident At Cedar Rapids Camp
James C. Springer 34 assistant general secretary of the Cedar Rapids YMCA and director of youth work and camping for Camp Wapsie Y suffered fractures to both legs after a tractor overturned while mowing at the camp. He remained in poor condition in St. Luke's hospital ICU Friday. Springer, preparing grounds for staff arrival, was assisted by Maurice Wilson who will assume his duties.
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Edwin Zeller
Maurice Wilson
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White Reports Vivid Blue Waters From Space Walk
Gemini 4 astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White enter the second full day of their 62 orbit mission. White described the Gulf of Mexico and Houston area from 100 miles up while continuing outside the capsule on a space walk.
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James McDivitt
Edward White
C.D.T
White
Virgil Grissom
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Caribbean
Galveston Bay
Clear Lake
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Hodge
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Berry
Astronauts McDivitt White Questioned on 24 Hour Stay
An Albany Times Union caller asked if astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White would remain aloft four days and continue at night, prompting a confirmation that their mission would extend.
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Albany Times-Union
James McDivitt
Edward White
Washington High to Hold Graduation in School Gym
Washington school officials announced graduation will be held in the high school gym tonight instead of Kingston stadium. Admission is by ticket only and ceremonies start at 8 o'clock.
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Washington High School
Kingston Stadium
British Land Space Walk Champ By Hal Cooper
West European papers led with the Gemini flight as top news on Friday. Edward White’s space walk lasted longer than Leonov, with Lovell praising American achievement and Soviet congratulation mixed with notes on the missed rendezvous. Early Bird TV and radio carried live takeoff and both sides saw near parity in space pioneering.
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London
Edward White
Alexei Leonov
Sun
Britain
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Moscow
New York
Pravda
White
Moscow Radio
Europe
Brussels
Severe weather warning issued for Iowa City area
A severe thunderstorm warning with hail and damaging winds was issued for the Iowa City region as showers and thunderstorms move across Iowa. Rain totals varied across multiple towns with Sioux City at two inches and other spots reporting around one inch. temperatures were in the 70s and 80s with cooler, partly cloudy conditions forecast for the weekend.
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