Road Unit Debates Hiring Blacks and Anti-Discrimination Rules
AMES—The Town highway commission was ordered to develop a specific program for hiring blacks and to implement anti-discrimination requirements on state road projects. Commissioner Bernard Mercer urged setting a black employment quota and criticized current practices, noting only seven Negroes among over 4,000 employees. He questioned why state projects lack federal anti-bias clauses and called for equal opportunity enforcement in bids and contracts.
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Bernard Mercer
Des Moines
Commission
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Coupal
Caupal
Cedar Rapids Candidates Face Open Meeting at Washington High
Seven Cedar Rapids Community School board hopefuls will attend an open meeting at Washington High School auditorium tonight at 7 20 sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Education Assn and the League of Women Voters. Each candidate may speak briefly and take questions, with the event closing at 9 p m. The Gazelle featured candidate responses on page 78.
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Washington High School
The
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League of Women Voters
Gazelle
Ho Chi Minh's Condition Reported Worsening
Saigon reports Ho Chi Minh's condition deteriorating with doctors and officials tending him around the clock. A later bulletin said his illness was not stable as speculation mounted about possible complications and his age.
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Saigon
Iland
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Ldeath
Paris
Belongings Of Missing Pike Found
JERUSALEM AP searchers found the passport and wallet of Dr. James Pike former Episcopal bishop of California missing in the Judean wilderness northwest of the Dead Sea. Officials said the belongings were found in a dry river bed east of his abandoned car and expected Pike to be found dead or alive. Pike, 58, and his wife were traveling when the car broke down on Monday night. After hours of walking he collapsed. his wife continued to seek help and later met highway guards who took her to Bethlehem. Police began a wide search with helicopters and planes. Pike's car was found Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Pike was under doctor care in Jerusalem.
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Nixon Names Woman as Arts Council Chairman
President Nixon named Nancy Hanks a New York culture expert to chair the National Council on the Arts. The 42 year old will advise the President on cultural affairs and work with the White House. Her career spans museums and the performing arts with government service in 1951 62 and the Office of Defense Mobilization.
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Calif
UPI
Nixon
Nancy Hanks
New York
Lon Culture and the Arts
National Council On the Arts
White House
Duke University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Dirksen Recovers Well After Tumor Surgery
Senator Everett Dirksen 73, reported progressing well after a Tuesday operation to remove a tumor from his right lung. A nodular growth, about a little less than an inch in diameter, was excised and pathologists will determine if cancerous. The 3-1/2 hour procedure, unrelated to chronic heart and lung issues, followed by respiratory support during recovery.
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UPS
Everett Dirksen
Ill
Dirksen
Waller Reed Hospital
Senate
Cal
Prisoners Describe Torture in Hanoi Camps After Release
Washington based ex prisoners say North Vietnamese guards jailed captives in cages, hung men by straps, and used solitary confinement with poor medical care. Navy Lt. Robert Frishman and Navy postal clerk Douglas Hegdahl testified at Bethesda about torture and brainwashing as retaliation fears linger, while noting others still imprisoned.
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Casmp
Navy
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Santee
Calif
Douglas Uegdahl
Clark
Bethesda Navy Center
Improved Consciousness Noted By Physician
A physician reported the patient had a better night and that his level of consciousness has improved. The remark indicates cautious progress in the patient's condition.
Chuckle Riddle Questions World Hate and Population
A playful barb questions how global love coexists with growth, noting paradox in a witty, tongue in cheek style. The quip invites a light take on human nature and social sentiment.
Several Killed By Hurricane Francolia F
Hurricane Francolia F hovered in the Gulf of Honduras causing heavy rain and high winds that struck Honduras and Guatemala. The storm damaged Roatan island with fatalities and injuries, forced about 4 000 evacuations, severed highways, destroyed power stations, and flooded Tegucigalpa slums and coastal areas. The government evacuated around 400 people on the Guatemalan coast.
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Honduras
Gulf of Honduras
British Honduras
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Roalan Island
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Guatemalan
Puerto Battios
Judge orders amendment before autopsy exhumation ruling
In Wilkes Barre a judge denied dismissing the autopsy request but ordered District Atty. Edmund Dinis of New Bedford to amend his petition. He must show sufficient facts under Pennsylvania law to justify exhuming and autopsying Mary Kopechne, with hearings likely next month.
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Mary ‘Io Kopechne
Bernard Brominski
Common Pleas Cour
Atty
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Edward Kennedy
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
Pennsylvania
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Brominski
Kopechnes
Wall
Dinls
Edgartown
Kopechne
Larksville
Hisesearch
Browinski
Kopechines
Massachusets
Dinish
Laotian Plane Crash Kills 20
VIENTIANE Laos AP A Lao air force plane crashed on approach killing all 20 aboard. The tragedy occurred Tuesday as the aircraft failed to reach the runway, leaving no survivors among the crew and passengers.
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Vientiane, Laos
Massachusetts Bill Would Ban Cigarettes
AP reports a Massachusetts bill would ban the manufacture distribution and sale of cigarettes and has been filed with the legislature in Boston.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Warren Resigns Mercer Stays On Highway Panel
DES MOINES AP Warren the Waterloo trucking executive resigns as Iowa Republican chairman amid controversy over oversize road permits Mercer the Iowa highway commissioner from Des Moines a Democrat submitted resignation but agreed to stay on for at least three months Gov Ray and Commission Chairman Derby Thompson urged him to keep his post Mercer had cited increased business duties as a reason to possibly quit the highway panel despite his intent to stay on
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Jack Warren
Iowa
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Waterloo
John McDonald
Dallas Center
AMS
Berard Mercer
Iawn Highway Commission
Robert Ray
Mercer
Des Moines Democrat
Ray
Commission
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