Cedar Rapids School District mulls bond vote ahead
A Cedar Rapids school bond proposal, potentially up to 5.5 million dollars, was shaped in a Monday evening Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Arnold Salisbury urged an early election before fall, outlining priorities including 3 or 4 new elementary schools, renovations for several junior highs, and replacements or additions at multiple campuses. The board has not finalized projects and the plan calls for future expansion and modernization across numerous buildings.
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Travel Tax Scrapped and Substituted by 6 Percent Levy
UPI reports the House Ways and Means Committee scrapped President Johnson's overseas travel tax proposal and drafted a bare bones substitute. The plan includes a 6 percent tax on overseas airline tickets and cuts the duty free exemption from 100 to 10 dollars, with gifts mailed home from overseas limited to 1 dollar.
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Washington
UPI
House Ways and Meats Committee
Johnson
Czechoslovakia to push reforms despite bloc upset
Prague reports indicate the Communist leadership will advance democratic reforms including a new elections law. A postponement of local elections to June is planned to implement wider changes and a successor to President Antonin Novotny is to be elected by parliament.
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Czechoslovakia
National Assembly
Antonin Novotnyi
Zdenek Mlynar
Communist Party Central Com
Treasury official says nation cannot fund both war and domestic programs
Washington AP reports Undersecretary Joseph Barr told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States faces a back to back deficit of around 20 billion dollars for the current and next fiscal year unless Johnson's proposed 10 percent surtax is enacted. He warned of fiscal responsibility while noting the need to support Vietnam and domestic programs. Barr predicted a $2 billion smaller deficit if the surtax passes. He warned he could face firing or impeachment for speaking bluntly. The article also mentions reactions to a Dresden summit and Czechoslovak reform developments.
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Congress
Vietnam
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Barr
Senate
Keep GI Ceiling at 525000 Mansfield says no more troops
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged keeping the U S troop ceiling at 525 000 in Vietnam arguing for a patient strategy aimed at a negotiated settlement. He warned against deepening involvement or seeking absolute control.
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Washington
UPI
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Mike Mansfield
U. S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Montana Democrat
United States
Saigon
Italian Reds Backing Czechs In Democratic Move
The Italian Communist Party led by Luigi Longo expressed firm support for liberal reforms in Czechoslovakia and urged other communist nations to join the move toward democracy. Longo outlined Italy's May election platform, praised the democratic road, and called for dissolution of NATO and the Warsaw Pact with closer European economic cooperation.
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UPI
Czechoslovakia
Luigi Longo
Italy
Easternurope
NATO
McCarthy Camp Eyes Linn County Democratic Control
In Linn County Iowa Democrats favoring Eugene McCarthy say they have enough delegates to control the April 19 county convention at the Montrose hotel. Mrs. Justin Huber reports 155 delegates elected with about 40 percent of precincts remaining, needing nine more for a majority. she cites 164 as the required mark and notes 85 percent of the coalition are McCarthy supporters. Johnson is deemed unacceptable.
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Democrats Shifts Rise at Linn County Caucuses
Anti Johnson forces led by McCarthy Kennedy backers swept Linn county precinct caucuses turning away old line Democrats. Ken Moore hinted at uncommitted Iowa delegation while grass roots reps shaped a new party direction amid antiwar sentiment and pro McCarthy support.
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Ken Moore
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McCarthy-Kennedy
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Moore
Largest U S Hog Kill Demonstration Planned in Iowa
In Des Moines AP reports the National Farmers Organization plans a Tuesday hog kill at the Jess Wright farm in Marshall county near Baxter. It follows the largest NFO demonstration yet reported as farmers press for higher livestock prices.
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Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Gerald Robinson
Melbourne
Jasper County
NIFO
Jess Wright
Marshall County
Baxter
NFO
Hog kill planned near West Union and pork donation veto
A hog kill is slated at the Leroy Alcorn farm two miles north of West Union on Highway 150 at 10 a m Wednesday with unknown participants. The plan arose from a weekend meeting at Ossian. In Allamakee county the NFO rejected a 25 000 pound pork donation to the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration at Lansing, arguing it would look like an apology.
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West Union
Leroy Alcorn Farm
Highway 150
Ossian
Allamakee County
NFO
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Lansing
Hill Fight Hottest in 4 Months Monday near Glenwood
A large-scale protest slaughter by NFO members in Iowa Nebraska and Missouri killed and buried over 600 hogs to push higher prices. Illinois and Missouri actions included charity efforts for St. Louis and disputed donor motives amid internal NFO disagreements.
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Glenwood
Missouri
NFO
Iowa
Nebraska
Franklin County
St. Louis
Illinois
Curt Parker
Stapleton, Neb
Howard Palmer
Here
Iowa- Nebraska
Mother’s witty reply at son’s dinner table quip
A humorous line has a mother telling her young son that if he refuses the meal she will place it in his father’s lunch the next day. The remark captures a playful family moment and a parent’s lighthearted handling of picky eating.
Abrams Returns to Washington to Outline Vietnam War Plans
The Pentagon said Gen Creighton Abrams has returned from Vietnam to report on plans to strengthen and modernize South Vietnamese armed forces. The visit aims to detail steps for improved training equipment and command.
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Washington
Pentagon
Creighton Abrams
Vietnam
Women Join Viet Cong Assault at Trang Bang
In Trang Bang Vietnam six women joined a Viet Cong assault on an American armored column heading to reinforce the town. Captain Gordon Lam said he saw three armed with Chinese Communist assault rifles among 20 to 30 attackers. Lam reported 46 enemy bodies in the area. Lt. Daniel Bartolomei described the group in black pajamas, with several women in the first wave. The attack failed as U S forces had moved a battalion near the town and protected a bridge about a mile east.
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Robert Cushman
U.S
South Vietnam
Thieu
Trang Bang
Vietnam
Saigon
Gordon Lam
Honolulu
Lam
Daniel Bartolomei
Puerto Rico
Bartolomei
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
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