Iowa Citions Win Movie Spot In VOX Band Contest
The XL's from Iowa City won first prize in the nationwide Win a Movie Contract contest earning a trip to Hollywood for a part in Sam Katzman’s A Time To Sing A Time To Cry. Members Gary A. Martin Joe McClean Les Thede Mike Heinrich Bob Guy Jim Grothusen will travel for the film shoot scheduled in November. The Front Row from Sunbury and Les Deux Garcons of Erie placed second and third. All but Grothusen are Cedar County students and most members hail from Wilton Durant or Moscow.
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Hollywood
Xl’s
Iowa City
VOX
Sam Katzman
Hank Williams, Jr
Gary A. Martin
Joe McClean
Les Thede
Mike Heinrich
Bob Guy
Jim Grothusen
Front Row
Sunbury
Penn
Xl's
Gary Martin
MGM
Haircut Crackdown Affects 130 Dubuque High Students
In Dubuque high school discipline, 130 boys were sent to barbers for hair length. Assistant Principal Leslie Huth said all complied though several resisted with brief remarks about the directive.
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Dubuque
Dubuque High School
Leslie Huth
Veterans warned on cemetery lot promoters
Iowa City VA hospital contact officer Ralph Neppel warns the public that the Veterans Administration does not sell or give away cemetery lots. He cites growing promoter schemes and urges reporting to the FBI or VA for false information.
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Veterans Administration
Ralph Neppel
Iowa City
Neppel
FBI
U.S. Department of the Army
Homecoming Night Opens Medford Basketball Card
Millersburg hosts Deep River-Millersburg Falcons vs Hedrick Foxes on Friday for homecoming. A bonfire and Saturday dance are planned. Homecoming queen finalists include Beth McClure Barbara Agnew and Elaine Faas.
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Millersburg
Deep River-Millersburg Falcons
Hedrick Foxes
Beth McClure
Barbara Agnew
Elaine Faas
Iowan Leads Largest U S Infantry Division in Vietnam
Major Gen. S. W. Koster, an Iowan, commands the Americal division in Quang Ngai and Quang Tin provinces. The unit, activated Oct. 26, fields about 26 000 men across five brigades to hunt communist forces along Highway 1 and in the coastal paddies and mountains. He notes the enemy’s ambush capability but says U S forces will pursue relentlessly until they prevail.
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Chu Lai
Vietnam
S. W. Koster
Highway 1
U.S
South Vietnam
Koster
Hawaii
Americas
Need for Sanitary Sewer District in Johnson County
A Johnson County Regional Planning Commission report argues a sanitary sewer district offers a true regional approach to growth. Noel Willis cites a utility style district and a future treatment facility at confluence of Snyder Creek and Old Man's Creek basins. The panel plans wider distribution of the report before December and discusses long range traffic needs near Melrose Avenue.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission
Noel Willis
Powers-Willis Associates
Willis
Snyder Creek
Ralston Creek
Old Man’s Creek
New West High School
Allan Vestal
University Heights
University of Iowa
Coralville
Johnson County
Melrose Avenue
Melrose Court
Cedar Rapids
van Snyder
Keota Student Suffered Crushed Ankle in Elevator Accident
David Besser of Harper sustained a crushed ankle and chipped bone in a weekend elevator accident. He is hospitalized at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
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Keota
David Besser
Norbert Besser
Harper
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Library expansion for Marengo grade school students
Marengo school board hires Mrs. Zola Healey as elementary librarian for ten hours weekly, while continuing remedial duties. A $900 cost covers the rest of the year. Liability coverage rises to 100000-350000 with 389 added, plus 75 for personal injury and 7 for professional clause. Bills total 10580.67 including wrestling mat 1200, PE equipment 2411, shop AG 729, art supplies 646, bus maintenance 197, maps 320, sewing machines 242, custodial supplies 1175, and electricity 552.
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Marengo
Zola Healey
Orville Bunting
Goldwater Urges Johnson Explains Vietnam War on TV
At Parsons College Goldwater backs an Episcopal minister who urged President Johnson to give a clear explanation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He says Johnson, Humphrey, and Rusk should appear on television to lay out the background and stakes of the war. Goldwater supports Nixon in 1968 if needed.
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Fairfield
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Vietnam
Hubert Humphrey
Goldwater
Parsons College
Richard Nixon
Dracidant
Cotesworth Lewis
Williamsburg
Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Hoffmans Urges Draft Card Turn In Grinnell
University of Northern Iowa instructor Edward Hoff mans visited Grinnell College calling for draft card turn ins to protest the Vietnam conflict. He argued public forfeiture would sever names from the war and urged draft-age men to follow suit.
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Grinnell
University of Northern Iowa
Edward Hoffmans
Grinnell College
Hoffmans
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Double Shot Records
Jerry Katzman
Bob Stone
Four Leaf Productions, Inc
Fred Karger
Katzman
Dick Clark
Dick Clark Productions
Eddy Arnold
Cera
Monarch
Third Avenue
Iowan
By Robert Ohman
TAOR
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Quang Tin
West Liberty
Iowa
West Point
Europe
Force Development Command
Pentagon
Cherie
Falls Church
Samuel, Jr
Ft. Belvoir
Muntz
Wade” Ae
Tape City
First Avenue
Lbj
Sanford
Liten & Taege
Frigidaire
Iiren and
Taege
Iiten & Taege, Inc
Second Avenue
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