Johnson vows to finish reform drive across cities
President Johnson denounces rioting and pledges federal aid to restore order while pursuing a housing program and job creation to rebuild distressed cities. He urges nonviolence and warns that arson and looting will not be tolerated as Humphrey defends peace efforts and attacks antiwar critics.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Humphrey
Vietnam
Memphis
Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education
Richard M. Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Nixon
Training Program Probe Promised By Gov. Hughes
Gov. Harold Hughes vowed a full investigation into alleged shortcomings of a town public safety on the job training program. Auditor Lloyd Smith reported about 10 veterans' training cost roughly 4500 dollars with all funds accounted for, drawing GOP criticism from Donald Johnson who urged change.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Public Safety Department
Iowa Manpower Development Council
Smith
Hughes
Donald Johnson
West Branch
G.O.P
Athena missile marks 100th test at White Sands
The Air Force conducted the 100th firing of an Athena missile at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico. The test supported atmospheric reentry research and was completed successfully on Friday.
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White Sands Missile Range
N. M
Air Force
Athena
Fire Damages Dorm at Soldiers Home in Marshalltown
About 40 residents evacuated from a third floor dormitory at the Iowa state soldiers home in Marshalltown when a Friday night fire spread through a roof. Firefighters had it under control in an hour, with roof destroyed and smoke water damage reported. The state fire marshal's office aided the investigation. no damage estimates were released. The home houses aged veterans and six dormitories total.
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Marshalltown
UPI
Iowa State Soldiers Home
Cattle Injured as Grass Fire Spreads Near Waukon Farm
Seven or eight head of cattle were badly burned when a grass fire broke out on the Ozzie Quandahl farm west of Waukon around 6 pm Friday. Firemen extinguished the blaze after leaves ignited dry grass and spread the fire. further grass fires were also put out nearby.
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Waukon
Ozzie Quandahl
Here
Arson Probe Continues In Wave Of Store Fires
In Chicago a series of downtown fires hit four State Street stores Carson Pirie Scott, Montgomery Ward, Wieboldt’s and Goldblatt’s causing millions in damage and evacuation of thousands. Fire officials called the events suspicious as arson investigators probing potential causes searched the area.
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Chicago
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
State
Madison
John Pirie
Montgomery Ward & Co
Wieboldt’s, Inc
Madison Street
Carson’s
Ward’s
Wieboldt’s
State Street
Goldblatt’s
Louis Goldblatt
Fire damages car on West Main Street
At about 10 p.m. Friday firefighters responded to a car fire on west Main street. Wiring in a car owned by Herbert Riss man ignited, causing the blaze near Charles Bakke farm seven miles east of here. Damages were reportedly minor.
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Charles Bakke
Here
West Main Street
Herbert Rissman
Effigy Burned Prompts College Head Apology
In Burlington, about 250 to 300 students burned an effigy of Southeastern Iowa Community College Superintendent Robert Birkhimer to protest the Burlington campus losing accreditation by the North Central Association. An apology was issued at a Friday evening meeting with Birkhimer and officials.
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Burlington
Robert Birkhimer
Southeastern Iowa Community College
North Central Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Birkhimer
James Barker
Arts and Sciences Student Council
Barker
Burlington Junior College
Court studies Johnson remap error in Iowa City districts
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments on correcting a clerical slip in a 1967 bill that split Johnson county into unequal single member districts. The error, a transposed eastern and westerly descriptor, left one district 25 percent larger, and the court hopes a ruling within two weeks.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Richard Turner
Johnson County
Supreme Court
Philip Burks
Turner
Iowa City
David Belin
Belin
Seoul Completes Reservist Setup
Seoul defense ministry announces completion of a two million man reservist corps.
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Seoul
South Korean Defense Ministry
Parking Lot Tax Suit Planned by Iowa Cities
The League of Iowa Municipalities will seek a court order to stop the state from collecting a 3 percent service tax on city parking lot receipts. Executive council decided Friday to file within two weeks, with Mayor Harold Gartner of Titonka as league president. The tax applies to parking revenue from city and private lots and ramps per 1967 legislation. The league also endorsed five proposed constitutional amendments for the November vote.
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DES Moines
League of Iowa
League
Harold Gartner
Titonca
William Forst
Iowa
League Board
Hollywood Palace Guests Liza Minnelli Tim Conway Host Jimmy Durante
Liza Minnelli Tim Conway and Fred and Mickie Finn appear on the Hollywood Palace tonight at 8 30 in color on KCRG TV 9 with Jimmy Durante as host.
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Liza Minnelli
Tim Conway
Fred and
Mickie Finn
Hollywood Palace
Kcrg-Tv
Jimmy Durante
Kennedy Wallace Ticket Voted by Stormont Pupils
Stormont high school students from Strawberry Point Lamont and Arlington mock voted at a convention simulating national parties. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination first ballot with 1495 votes and Wallace 576 while Nixon led Republican ballots with 742 votes and Reagan 484.
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Kennedy-Wallace
Stormont
Strawberry Point
UPI
Stormont High School
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Richard Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Kennedy
Wallace
Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
Hubert Humphrey
McCarthy
Humphrey
Nixon
Reagan
New York
Nelson
Rockefeller
Sen
Charles Percy
Rth
Percy
Lamont
Arlington
Rules Farmer Deaths From Tractor Mishap
The death of George Jack 69 of Deep River was caused by a heart attack while pinned under his overturned tractor. Dr K W Caldwell Poweshiek county medical examiner said he died at the wheel before the tractor left a gravel road and overturned seven miles north of here. Funeral services were set for Sunday 1 30 p m at McAninch funeral home Victor and 2 30 p m at the Presbyterian church here.
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Deep River
George Jack
K. W. Caldwell
Poweshiek County
Caldwell
Jack
Here
McAninch Funeral Home
Victor
Presbyterian Church
Wallace Elected Head of Four County School Unit
The Cedar Johnson Ling and Washington county school boards met in Cedar Rapids for the first session of the merged district. Glen Wallace was elected president with Dr. William Armstrong as vice president. Terms run to 1969 1971 and 1973 with various assignments and staffing discussions ahead.
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Wallace
Iowa City
Cedar, Johnson, Ling
Washington County
State Board of Public Instruction
Dwight Bode
Glen Wallace
Clarence
Cedar County
William Armstrong
Marion
Lester Gill
Dr. Armstrong
Merle Stockman
Johnson County
Carl Hendrickson, Jr
Linn County
Ralph Kleese
Washington
Willis Musser
Marian Savage
Plague Fight Sends 13 Cdc Scientists to Indonesia
The National Communicable Disease Center dispatched 13 scientists to Indonesia for an indefinite stay to combat an outbreak of bubonic plague.
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Atlanta
National
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