Pope Paul VI Undergoes Prostate Surgery
Vatican confirms Pope Paul VI had prostate gland removed in a Saturday operation. Doctors say he bore the procedure well and awoke swiftly. The 70-year-old pope faced fever and urinary infection from an enlarged prostate. the 45 minute operation completed without complications.
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Russian Orbit Bombs Likely Threat From Space
McNamara announced the Soviet Union may be developing a fractional orbital bombardment system to launch nuclear warheads from space. He cited possible 1968 operation and noted the U S would gain over the horizon radar to warn of such attacks.
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Investigation of Cheating Ring at UNI Underway
Cedar Falls AP reports University of Northern Iowa officials are probing cheating allegations amid campus security alerts. Vice president William Lang says the investigation is unconfirmed and portions of the story seem unlikely while referencing 8,239 students and ongoing inquiries.
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Goat Invades Wall Street in Four-Mile Gambol
A four-footed billy goat nicknamed Billy the Kid escaped from a lower East Side grocery cellar and trotted through New York streets to Wall Street. He rambled four miles past motorists and the East River Drive before lying down tired near the New York Stock Exchange.
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Variely
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Typhoon Emma Strikes Philippines Bus Sinks Amid Floods
Manila AP reports Typhoon Emma with 125 mph winds hit central and northern provinces. A bus plunged into a rain swollen river 250 miles southeast of Manila as 23 people were feared drowned. The bridge collapsed and eleven fishermen are missing off the eastern coast.
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Slaying Suspect Nab Weinstein in Times Square Capture
Stephen Z Weinstein, 29, a Philadelphia tobacco shop operator, was seized in Times Square after being identified by an agent. He is charged in the death of John Walker Green Lif, 18, of Des Moines. Green disappeared Oct 22 and was found Oct 31 in a trunk in the Delaware River. police say he was strangled and sexually abused. Three teens aided stuffing the body and discarding it. Weinstein was chased and captured after a brief pursuit.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Eddie Sherman
Maddox Chases Hippies With Haircut Condition
Governor Lester Maddox faced a hair cutting demand from a posse of long haired hippies in Atlanta. He pulled six inch shears from his coat and declared they must cut their hair before he would talk, then the group fled in astonishment.
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Snow Flurries And Cold Seen For East Iowa
Snow flurries are expected across eastern Iowa with overnight lows dipping to the upper teens in Oelwein and near 36 in Spencer. The weather office forecasts slightly warmer temps Saturday night with lows in the 20s and continued cold on Sunday under partly cloudy skies. Cedar Rapids reported a Friday overnight low of 23 and a Saturday morning flurry with a Friday high of 39. Noon Saturday read 29, while Cresco logged 20 on Friday night and Elkader Waukon and Decorah ranged from 21 to 22. Light snow affected several northern Iowa areas.
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Congo Invasion Clash Reported
Kinshasa officials report clashes between Congolese government troops and a force described as white and African, claimed to have invaded from Angola on Wednesday, with the report published by the official press agency on Saturday.
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Loc Ninh Battle Yields Huge Allied Victory
UPI reports Major General John Hay says about 2,000 enemy troops killed at Loc Ninh, a major setback for Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. He warns fresh regiments, including the 272nd and 273rd, are ready for another assault as U.S. and South Vietnamese units strike back with air, artillery, and ground offensives in the Central Highlands and around Saigon.
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What Is Riot Law Guide Set By Harrison Weber
Iowa lawmakers publish a concise riot suppression guide by Atty. Gen. Richard Turner after the Iowa City disturbance where 100 plus were arrested. It explains unlawful assembly definitions, three or more restraining acts, and dispersal commands by officials including sheriffs, mayors, and judges. It notes penalties for officials who fail duties and for rioters, with potential jail terms and fines.
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Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
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Iowa
Richard Turner
University of Iown
Iowa City
Revisions of Schedule on Apollo Told
CAPE KENNEDY The space agency revised its Project Apollo timetable. NASA expects two manned flights next year and five in 1969. Unmanned Saturn 5 and lunar module tests are added for 1968 boosting unmanned Apollo tests to four. The first manned Apollo flight remains targeted for July or August. Astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham will fly a 10 day earth orbit mission.
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Chrysler Calls Back Some '68s
Chrysler Corp. announced it is recalling 2,678 1968 model cars in four campaigns. Notices go to dealers and owners about a possible faulty carburetor linkage on about 978 of 40,767 Plymouth, Dodge and Chrysler models with certain equipment engines. Power steering hoses will be replaced on about 230 Belvedere Charger and Coronet models with two bar rel 383 engines and manual transmissions. On around 300 Plymouths Dodges and Chryslers with rear seat shoulder belts, rear shelf panel reinforcement plates may not have been installed. The company will replace bumper jacks with substandard welds distributed with about 950 early 1968 Dodge Chargers.
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Chuckle on church bells echoing sermon joke
A lighthearted quip imagines a sexton tolling bells and declaring that if people do not come to church they are likely sleeping. The line captures a playful rural humor tone.
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Sexton
Injunction Over Gary Vote Act Sparks Election Tension
An Indiana judge blocked Branigin's plan to call out the national guard for Gary's mayoral election amid racial tension. A separate federal suit alleges efforts to dilute Negro votes in Gary, where Negro candidate Richard Hatcher faces Joseph Radigan, with FBI scrutiny and a pending three judge panel hearing.
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Krupa
Richard Hatcher
Joseph Radigan
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FBI
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Justice Department
Anti War Unit Put to Flight at Appalachian State
A visiting anti Vietnam War student group withdrew from Appalachian State University in Boone after several hundred shouting students protested. Seven SSC members were escorted off campus by Dean O K Webb who had earlier permitted them to speak, as students sang God Bless America.
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