Court Rejects Maryland Loyalty Oath For Public Employees
The U S Supreme Court struck down Maryland's public employee loyalty oath as too vague, 6 to 3, in its first major opinion of the session. Justice Douglas said the oath wording could not let a person know if he was perjuring himself. Dissenters were Justices Harlan Stewart and White.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Maryland
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Harlan
Stewart
White
Tax Fight Over Iowa 3 Percent Service Tax Draws Builder Ire
The Master Builders of Iowa denounce the 3 percent sales tax on services for new construction calling it vindictive. They fault Tax Commissioners Prentis and Potter for reversing an exemption and warn of harm to the economy and postponed projects. A sample $1.2 million hospital project shows $67,287 in state taxes.
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UPI
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Master Builders
X. T. Prentis
Lynn Potter
McClelland Change of Venue Granted in Murder Case
Judge M C Parker moved Hubert McClelland's murder case to Boone county from Johnson county after defense requested venue change. Attorney Robert Wilson appointed to assist. McClelland’s Cedar Rapids lawyer is Robert Matias. Victims are Mrs Charlies Schwab of Belle Plaine and relatives Leland Skoog 55 and Garith 24 of rural Keystone.
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M. C. Parker
Boone County
Hubert McClelland
McClelland
Charlies Schwab
Belle Plaine
Johnson County
Farber
Robert Wilson
Robert Matias
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Schwab
Leland Skoog
Garith
Keystone
Bunker to Fly to Washington for Talks
U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker will travel from Saigon to Washington on Thursday for a week of consultations with President Johnson and state department officials.
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Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Washington
Johnson
State Department
North Viet Officials Meet Gromyko in Moscow Talks
Nguyen Duy Trinh deputy premier and foreign minister of North Vietnam held a friendly discussion with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Moscow. The session accompanied Trinh’s visit for the Soviet Union’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
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Nguyen Duy Trinh
North Vietnam
Andrei Gromyko
Trinh
Mental Tests For Weinstein In University Slaying Case
Philadelphia reports District Attorney Arlen Specter ordered a mental examination for Stephen Weinstein 29 who killed a University of Pennsylvania freshman after luring him with payment. Three teens 14 16 15 charged as accessories to murder will have hearings. Weinstein owns a tobacco shop in a waterfront colonial style center and remains in a maximum security cell without bail.
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UPI
University of Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter
Stephen Weinstein
Weinstein
James Hammell
Vincent Meyers
Raymond Witt
TV Penetration Rises as Census Reports Households with Sets
The census bureau said on Monday that out of every 1100 American households, 94 have at least one television set, reflecting growing TV access.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Canal Reopens to Navigation in Corinth Greece
Corinth Canal reopened to navigation as canal authorities announce the resumption of traffic on Monday. The restoration follows repairs after disruption, marking a return to regular vessel movement through the historic waterway.
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Corinth
Greece
Corinth Canal
New York Policeman Adds 2nd Animal to Collection
Patrolman Patrick O Connor, already famous for bagging a billy goat on Wall Street, captured a stray monkey on a Chelsea apartment terrace. He chased it to ground level, carried it over a seven foot fence, and surrendered the animal to an city shelter.
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Patrick O’connor
Wall Street
O'Connor
East River Drive
New York Stock Exchange
Chelsea
Manhattan
Chuckle Heredity Belief Tied to A Report Card
A light humorous note suggests you trust heredity when a child earns all A grades, implying family trait luck or benefit. The piece plays on belief in genetics influencing school performance and parental pride in marks.
Train Crash Kills 53 in London Suburb Outing Tragedy
A ten car section of an express train derailed near London injuring many as rescue teams worked through the night. Scotland Yard reported 53 dead and 111 injured with several children among the victims.
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London
Scotland Yard
Joan Mowbray
Beiruti Cardinal Saigh Dies at 89
The Roman Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the Orient Maximos Cardinal Saigh died Sunday at the age of 89 in Beirut Lebanon, his death announced by the church and mourned by regional leaders.
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Lebanon
Tap
Antioch
All the Orient
Maximos Cardinal Saigh
Guard Boost Is Authorized for Curb of Rioting
Defense Secretary McNamara authorized the national guard to add 125 units and 12 000 men to provide trained riot control troops. He signed an order boosting guard to 400 000 and reserves to 260 000, effective Dec 1, with no significant cost. The move targets states at risk of rioting and maintains reserve strength amid recruitment lag.
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McNamara Momiay
National Guard
Congress
Guard
Pentagon
Army National Guard
House committee proposes 31 percent cut in foreign aid
Washington AP reports the House Appropriations Committee recommends a 31 percent reduction from the 3.23 billion dollar request, proposing 2.20 billion for the current fiscal year. The plan includes limits on weapons purchases by underdeveloped nations and would withhold aid proportional to such spending, with Greece Turkey Iran Israel exempted.
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House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
America
U.S
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Israel
Republic of
Yanks Bomb Gia Thuong Storage Complex And Clash Over Hanoi
U S fighter bombers hit Gia Thuong storage center near Gia Lam airport and down two MiGs in dogfights over Hanoi. Capt Darrell Simmonds and Lt George McKinney credited with the two Mig kills. South Vietnam reports heavy fighting near the central highlands with 27 Viet Cong killed and two American deaths in a separate engagement.
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UPS
U.S
Hanoi
Air Force
Thailand
Gia Thuong
Gia Lam
Darrell Simmonds
Vernon
Texas
George McKinney
Bessemer
Ala
Simmonds
McKinney
Phuc Yen
Paul Doumer
Canal Des Rapides
Thunderchief
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
UPI
Thomas Chatham
Cedar Rapids Municipal Election Poll Hours and Ballot
Cedar Rapids polls open Tuesday at 7 a.m. and run to 9 p.m. at all 36 precincts for the regular municipal election. Voters select three municipal court judges and incumbents run unopposed for parks commissioner public improvements commissioner bailiff and riverfront improvement commission member.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Improvements
Riverfront Improvement Commission
Parks
Pinball Satellite ATS 3 Opens Busy Space Week
Cape Kennedy AP describes ATS 3, a multipurpose satellite launched to test navigation weather and communications, entering a high orbit above Brazil. The craft features baseball size ballast balls for navigation tests and aims to hover near 22 000 miles, with an Amazon mouth station later. Four US space shots scheduled this week include Surveyor 6 ESSA 6 and a Saturn 5 test launch.
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America
ATS 3
Applications Technology
Robert Darcey
Space Agency
Goddard Space Flight Center
Earth
Amazon
Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
Moon
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