UCS Board Weighs Demonstration Cities Plan in Cedar Rapids
UCS board of directors will meet at 7 30 p m in the Reddy room Security building to decide if they should help prepare a Demonstration Cities application Mayor Bob Johnson seeks approval to involve UCS staff in Cedar Rapids project The program targets stagnating metropolitan cores and Cedar Rapids may qualify next year due to urban renewal LEAP anti poverty ties and local involvement but faces high unemployment as a hurdle
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UCS
Cedar Rapids
Reddy
Security
Bob Johnson
Richard Lamping
Pete Crivaro
Johnson
Crivaro
Marion
Lamping
Hughes Sees Reorganizing of Tax Unit
DES MOINES The 1967 legislative session nears its end as Gov. Harold Hughes backs a bill to reorganize the state tax commission. He cites a PAS study calling for a single administrator for the tax department and notes district licensing boards may not be merged. The governor urges steady effort to finish needed work before adjournment.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
State Tax Commission
Town Senate
Public Administration Service of Chicago
Tax Commission
PAS
Tax Department
Educational TV Bill Faces Tough Going in House
Iowa Senate backed a plan to create a statewide educational TV radio system linking Channel 12 at Iowa City, Channel 32 at Cedar Falls, and KDPS Channel 11 in Des Moines, with a total near 2 million in operating funds and a further 1 to 3 million in added appropriations. If the Republican House rejects the measure, UHF Channel 12’s fate could hinge on future actions. Senator Rigler opposed in the Senate and predicted House defeat in its current form. opponents like Senator Mills argued the program overreaches public education needs.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
State College of Iowa
Cedar
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Max Milo Mills
R-Marshall Town
David Downing Wins Western Electric Scholarship
David Downing son of Dr and Mrs John S Downing 328 Nineteenth Street SE has been awarded a Western Electric fund scholarship of 475 dollars at Iowa State University where he is a sophomore in electrical engineering. The scholarship honors high scholastic standing and is sponsored by Western Electric Co.
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John S. Downing
Ninetenth Street
Western Electric Fund
Iowa State University
Western Electric Co
Thieves Take Chairs From Morton Taxi Office
In Barnard Castle England two armchairs were stolen from Peter Morton’s taxi office. Morton posted a local notice asking the thieves to return the items and collect the safe. After locking the door he answered a call, then found the sofa missing.
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Barnard Castle
England
Peter Murton
Mur
Morton
Eisenhower backs Vietnam effort on Westmoreland visit
Former President Eisenhower said America need not apologize for its role in the war and could be proud. He and his wife were departing California for Gettysburg after meeting Gen William Westmoreland, who called his Vietnam assignment the toughest soldier's job yet and praised the conduct.
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Palm Desert
Calif
America
Eisenhower
San Bernardino
Gettysburg
William Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Snow and wind lash northern Britain in May
Snow, driven by strong winds, hit Northern Britain as May began. Visibility dropped to about 15 yards on several main highways through the Central Pennine mountains. A Royal Automobile Club spokesman called the snowfall among the worst of the winter. Snow was also reported in Aberdeen, the Scottish Highlands, and Liverpool.
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London
Britain
Pennine Mountains
Royal Automobile Club
Aberdeen
Scottish Highlands
Liverpool
King cries out against war and dissent limits
Atlanta AP King accuses the Johnson administration of using Gen Westmoreland to suppress antiwar dissent. In Ebenezer Baptist Church King denounces spending on war over anti poverty programs and calls for conscientious objection, praising Cassius Clay for his stance. He urges drafting youths to resist on moral grounds.
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Martin Luther King
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Vietnam
King
William Westmoreland
Congress
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin Luther King, Jr
America
Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay
Stokely Carmichael
Clay
Rallies Banned In Central Park
New York authorities impose a ban on mass demonstrations in Central Park citing the April 15 antiwar march to the United Nations. Parks Commissioner August Heckscher said the protest harmed park enjoyment and caused shrub and grass damage estimated at 4500 dollars.
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New York
Central Park
August Heckscher
Heckscher
United Nations
Moon Surveyor Nears First Moon Walk Feat
In Pasadena a Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman described Surveyor 3 gently probing a surface rock with its flexible arm to test lunar soil response for future astronaut landings. The mission photographs plus 861 shots on Sunday bring total images to 5,487 since landing days ago.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Glue sniffing youth held in deaths of two girls
In Westland, Michigan, a 14-year-old boy was charged with murder in the fatal slayings of Deborah Crother and Kimberly Crother as they walked home. The suspect, to be tried as a juvenile, allegedly participated in a glue sniffing party hours earlier with two boys and a girl.
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Wayne County
Westland
William Cahalan
Garrison Clayton
Edward Denuno
The
University of Michigan Medical School
Deborah Louise
Crother
Kimberly
Andrew Spisak
Clayton
Chiang Honors U S Advisors Reception in Formosa
President and Mrs. Chiang Kai shek hosted a large reception in Taipet Formosa to mark the sixteenth anniversary of the U.S. military assistance advisory group. The event underscored ongoing cooperation between Chiang’s government and American advisers and highlighted ties amid regional tensions.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
U.S
Locke Arrives For Viet Post Deputy Amb to South Vietnam
SAIGON AP Eugene Locke former U S ambassador to Pakistan arrived Monday to take up his post as deputy ambassador to South Vietnam He will replace William Porter as deputy to the new American ambassador Ellsworth Bunker
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Eugene Locke
U.S
Pakistan
Am ‘Bassador
South Vietnam
William Porter
Ellsworth Bunker
New Navy Chief for Europe Unit
Adm. John McCain aged 35 assumed command of U.S. naval forces in Europe in a London ceremony at navy headquarters. He succeeds Adm. John Thach, 62, who retired after 44 years of service.
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London
John McCain
U.S
Europe
Navy Headquarters
John Thach
Teenage Talent Display At Coliseum Saturday
Youth Council Inc hosts a Saturday Teen talent program at the Coliseum starting 1 p.m. with a 2:05 p.m. speech by Robert Ray and a 7 p.m. fashion show. Exhibitions run on arts and crafts from LaSalle Linn-Mar Jefferson Regis Prairie and Washington high schools with a Left Banke performance and dancing 9 p.m. to midnight. Tickets at the door aim to raise funds for improvements to the Kapa Ann excursion boat.
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Robert Ray
Republican State Central Committee
Left Banke
The
Patriots
LaSalle
Linn-Mar
Jefferson, Regis, Prairie
Washington
Aegis High School
Three Injured When Their Car Struck by Train
Three Cedar Rapids youths were treated and released from Mercy hospital after a car they rode in was demolished when struck by a Milwaukee freight train at about 10 26 p m Sunday four miles east of Atkins. The driver Lawrence Malloy 17 of 816 C avenue NW was attempting a U turn on the tracks. Mary Ellen Fleck 20 of 1207 Third avenue SE and William Elias 19 of 800 E avenue NW were passengers. Malloy faced pending charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Atkins
Mary Ellen, Fleck
Third Avenue
William Elias
E Avenue NW
Lawrence Malloy
C Avenue NW
Malloy
Negro Students at Columbia Report Resegration
New York AP The 71 Negro students at Columbia College form about 2 percent of undergraduates and isolate themselves socially and cul t urally. The Columbia Daily Spectator notes they study and eat together and participate less in white student activities. Dean David Truman backs the finding of a sense of alienation and a separate identity, with fears of assimilation into white culture and difficulties in forming genuine friendships across racial lines.
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Columbia College
Columbia Daily Spectator
David Truman
Columbia
Adam Clayton Powell
Changes Name To Head Ballot In Indianapolis Politics
Edmund Rocker, a 62 year old sailor and perennial candidate, changes his last name to Rocker to gain ballot position and votes in Indianapolis mayoral race. He previously ran in 1964 and 1966 GOP primaries for U S House, claiming name starts with J through D favorability. Rocker spends months away from Indiana for Caribbean sailings and seeks a second mayoral bid. Rodney Kroul and Mike Serovy named to attend Boys State June 4-11 at Camp Dodge Des Moines sponsored by the Legion post.
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Indianapolis
Edmund Rocker
Rocker
Seaman
U.S
Indiana
G O.P
Solon
Rodney Kroul
Mike Serovy
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
The
Legion Post
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Nebraska
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