Ex-South African Writer Flees Abusive Political Climate
Isme Bennie, 25, a former girl writer for News Check, says she fled South Africa fearing government reprisals after aiding U S television producers making a NET documentary critical of apartheid. She described surveillance and a police state while noting Morgenthau and NET faced reaction to the project.
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Na- Doantional Educational Television
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Johnson signs 4.7 billion excise tax cut into law
President Johnson signed a 4.7 billion dollar tax cut bill in a White House ceremony promising to pass savings to consumers. The plan phases in cuts over three stages, lifting about 1.75 billion and later another 1.25 billion, with lasting effects on prices, jobs, and production.
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Ford and Chrysler Begin Issuing Car Purchase Rebates
Ford and Chrysler started issuing about 330 000 excise tax rebate checks to buyers who purchased after May 14 following the federal tax cut signed by President Johnson. Ford issued around 200 000 checks and Chrysler about 130 000. GM and AMC soon follow with figures.
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Federal Bill Seeks Death Penalty for Assassination
The House approved by voice vote a bill making assassination of the president, vice president, or acting president a federal crime punishable by death. The measure, sent to the Senate, would also cover the president-elect and vice president-elect between election and inauguration.
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Dismiss Unfair Labor Charge Against Rath's
The NLRB formally dismissed an unfair labor practices charge against Rath Packing Co. over Waterloo and Columbus Junction plants. The dispute involved UPWA Local 46 and Local 431 of IAMAW, with a January agreement granting Local 431 bargaining rights at Columbus Junction. Earlier rulings found Rath and UPWA Local 46 lacked right to a supplemental Columbus Junction agreement.
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Camp Wapsie Y enrollment tops 1000 for first time
Camp Wapsie Y enrollment surpassed the 1,000 mark with 1,029 boys registered for a summer period, beating the previous 910 record set last year. More than 120 boys attend this week as the second of nine sessions runs. openings remain for the Aug 8–14 period.
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YMCA
John Powers
Coe Graduate Plans Costa Rica Year Study
Elizabeth Place of Superior Wisconsin a 1965 Coe College graduate will depart in July for a year of study in Costa Rica. She is among 14 students from six Associated Colleges of the Midwest chosen for the program now in its second year. A prior Coe participant Donna Otjen of Park Ridge Illinois spent her senior year in Costa Rica.
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Park Ridge
Local and national news on The 10 O Clock News Tonight
Tonight on KCRG TV 9 the 10 O clock News covers top national and local stories. Reporters bring updates from city council and national leaders with brief live reports and weather outlook.
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Bob Henry
Spring Pig Crop Falls 10 Percent From 1964
The Agriculture Department estimates the spring pig crop at 43.2 million head, down 10 percent from 47.9 million a year earlier. Six million sows farrowed, 10 percent fewer, and litter size averaged 7.22. The June to November 1965 fall crop is expected at 37.5 million, 8 percent less than a year earlier.
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Combat Servicemen To Receive Pay Increase
The Defense Department announced a new policy granting an extra 55 a month combat pay to 53 400 U S military personnel in South Vietnam and about 27 000 Navy sailors on Seventh Fleet ships if the Pacific commander approves. The policy also provides special combat pay to those injured by hostile action and raises death benefits for dependents of service members killed in action.
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South Vietnam
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Award Winners At Iowa Junior Lamb Exhibition
At Columbus Junction the Iowa 4H and FFA clubs shown lambs with 36 4H entrants earning blue ribbons and eight gaining red. Robert Huber Wellman won first with a 108 lb Suffolk. Becky Berdo Washington took second with a 104 lb Suffolk. Dan Barnhart West Branch earned best management record. Dewey Jontz Des Moines and Dwight Duncan Columbus Junction judged. A carcass contest was planned for later in the week.
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Becky Berdo
Washington
Dan Barnhart
West Branch
Dewey Jontz
Des Moines
Iowa Sheep Producers Assn
Dwight ‘Duncan
Columbus Junction
Rath Packing Co
Congressional veto on base closing rejected
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 10 to 3 against a House backed proposal to give Congress final say on closing bases and facilities. The panel approved a bill authorizing 1.725 billion dollars for military construction, 227.72 million less than the House. Senator Stennis said the veto was removed as a matter of executive responsibility.
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Decorah Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Burglary
Carlton Kit tleson, 28, of Decorah, was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison after a district court jury found him guilty last March of breaking and entering. He is free on bond pending appeal. Typed by Judge FE B. Shaw of Oelwein.
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Peking bars British peace mission from visit
Tokyo AP dispatch reports China’s Peking People’s Daily rejects the British Commonwealth peace mission to visit Mao’s capital. The article warns of further refusals, calling Wilson’s plan a continuation of Johnson’s peace stalks hoax and labeling it a clumsy move.
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Farmers Made Hay Last Week In Iowa
Iowa farmers harvested hay as one-sixth of alfalfa and over 30 percent of clover first cuttings were complete. Six of seven days were favorable for field work, soy planting mostly finished, corn 90 percent cultivated, average height 11 inches, three inches below last year. Topsoil moisture declined with 73 percent adequate, 2 percent surplus, 25 percent short.
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UPI
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State Agriculture Department
Woman Electrocuted by Vacuum Sweeper in Haven Kansas
Mrs. Harold Johnson, 34, mother of five, died after a vacuum sweeper shorted and shocked her when she stepped on a furnace grate while cleaning a rug in Haven. Authorities cited a faulty appliance as the cause of death.
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Harold Johnson
Two Men Face Trial Over Stolen Logging Equipment
In Coquille Oregon two men are charged with receiving stolen logging gear a pass block used by high climbers. District Attorney Bob Walberg laments the evidence was stolen again this time from the courthouse basement.
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Dist. Atty
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Soviet Warning From Red Star Cuts Pacifism Message
The Soviet military newspaper Red Star on Tuesday warned the United States not to confuse Moscow s ardent wish to safeguard peace with toothless pacifism.
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Red Star
U.S
Linn Job Corps Appointee Sworn In
A 16 year old Marion youth Richard Lee Ross was sworn in by Mayor Bob Johnson as Linn county s first Job Corps appointee. He will go to Poplar Bluffs Missouri for up to two years of training based on aptitude tests. Ross will be paid 80 dollars monthly with 50 dollars saved and 30 dollars spending money. Linn County has about 15 more applicants for the project.
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Bob Johnson
Linn County
Federal Youth Employment Project
Job Corps
Richard Lee Ross
James Q. Ross
Eighth Avenue
Marion Junior High
John A. Scorpil
Iowa State Employment Services
Cedar Rapids
Robert L. Rieke
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Scorpil
Poplar Bluffs
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Riexe
Canadian Whisky Import Ad Notes Hiram Walker Involvement
A fragment announces an imported whisky from Canada. It mentions Hiram Walker Importers Inc and Detague, suggesting a 6.8 proof product labeled as slender Canadian whisky. The exact product name and full details are unclear in the readable text.
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Hiram Walker Importers Inc
Detague
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