Man Charged in Cedar Rapids Woman Slaying
Cedar Rapids man Wesley Gatewood, 45, estranged husband of Rudy Gatewood, 38, is charged with murder after police found Mrs Gatewood slain at Lake Macbride. The arrest followed a 10 year old boy reporting a man seen in the lake, leading to discovery of the body in a car at the campsite.
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Cedar Rapids
Lake Macbride
Rudy Gatewood
Edgewood Read
Wesley Gatewood
Palo
Marion Neely
Johnson County
Gatewood
Maynard Schneider
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Ruditi
New Chief To Replace 3-Man Unit In Washington
President Johnson selected Walter E. Washington to head the District of Columbia government as the single commissioner replacing the three-member panel. The move shifts power toward a streamlined city government while continuing congressional funding dependence and limits on local voting rights. Thomas Fletcher will be nominated as deputy commissioner, a former San Diego city manager.
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Johnson
Walter E. Washington
District of Columbia
Senate
U.S
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New York City
Congress
White House
Thomas Fletcher
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fletcher
San Diego
Dawson
Defense
Tran van Don
Don
Thieu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Collins Earnings Jump 58 Percent as 1967 Sales Rise
Collins Radio Co. reports fiscal 1967 sales up 13 percent to 439 million and earnings up 58 percent to 12.1 million. The board calls for redemption of 434 percent convertible debentures due 1980 and elects a new director. Regular quarterly dividend set at 20 cents a share. Backlog climbs to 385 million with 134 million from commercial and foreign clients and 251 million from the U.S. government.
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Collins
U.S
Johnson Eyes Viet Observers For U.S. Elections
An election observer returning from Vietnam told the White House he was embarrassed that Americans had acted like schoolteachers watching Vietnamese voting. President Johnson said the U.S. would ask Vietnam to send observers to U.S. elections next year.
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Vietnam
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U.S
Johnson
Thieu
Dzu
Aie
Assembly
Iowa Supreme Court Refuses Stay on Iowa City Renewal Hearing
The Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to postpone a Sept. 12 hearing on Iowa City's $16 million downtown urban renewal project. Seven Iowa City businessmen sought a stay to gain access to real estate appraisals through their lawyer John T. Nolan.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa City
High Court
John T. Nolan
Gold Miner Rescued After 15 Days Trapped Underground
Kim Chang son, 35, was pulled to the surface 410 feet underground near Chongyang, 80 miles south of Seoul, after 15 days in isolation. He walked uncertainly and was described in fair condition. doctors credited his willpower with the survival as his family and 500 others welcomed him at the mine.
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Chongyang
South Korea
Kim Chang-son
Kim
Seoul
Thieu Victory Questioned by Defeated South Vietnamese Candidates
Defeated candidates led by Truong Dinh Dzu demanded a new South Vietnamese election alleging fraud after results showed Thieu with broad backing. The 117 seat provisional assembly could void the vote, with Oct 2 decision anticipated. In Tam Ky a heavy Viet Cong attack killed 219 and wounded many, while U.S. forces reported lighter losses.
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Provisional Assembly
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dzu
Tam Ky
U.S
Saigon
Que Son
Air Force
Que Son Valley
Examination Set For Sept 22 for Grant Gearhart
Two Cedar Rapids men J W Grant Jr 37 and Lee Joseph Gearhart 35 faced a preliminary federal examination in Waterloo after agents seized 233000 in bogus currency from Grants station wagon. Grant a former publisher and Gearhart an insurance salesman said they are unemployed and requested court-appointed attorneys.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
E. W. Fuelling
J. W
Lee) Grant Jr
Lee Joseph Gearhart
Secret Service
Waterloo
Grant
Glassroad NE
iCitizen-Times
Gearhart
Eighth Street
Chrysler and GM to Keep Going Ford Deal Looms
Chrysler and General Motors said they would allow United Auto Workers to man their plants without a contract to keep production going if Ford is struck at midnight. Bargainers at Ford showed no progress in morning talks. About 159,000 autoworkers faced potential strike across 25 states as the day wore on.
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Chrysler
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
Tax Reform Plan Shifts Burdens Aims at Estate Gift Tax Change
Washington AP reports the administration nears a tax reform package focusing on estate and gift taxes and exemptions while likely leaving the oil depletion allowance at 27 percent. Proposals may reduce favorable provisions, with possible changes to Social Security benefit taxation and elderly exemptions, and opposition to incentives like pollution control credits. Treasury opposes broader incentives beyond a 7 percent investment tax credit. President Johnson plans a reform message to Congress this year for action next year.
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Treasury Department
Johnson
Congress
Treasury
Traffic Cop Quips At Violator In Lighthearted Exchange
A traffic stop ends with a humorous remark as the officer asks in a pun filled moment, how long have you been driving. The exchange prevails as a light moment amid enforcement.
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