House Votes Large Foreign Aid Ceiling and Separate Funding Bill
The House approved a 1.974 billion ceiling for new foreign aid and moved a separate measure for actual funding of 1.619 billion. The ceiling bill passed 196 to 150 and the lower funding plan would cut 45 percent from administration requests. The programs serve the current fiscal year ending June 30 with 48 nations receiving military aid and 50 others nonmilitary aid.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Otto Passman
D-La
U.S
Fire Bomb Hurled In Disputed New York School District
A fire bomb exploded near a police communications truck in Brooklyn's Ocean Hill Brownsville district amid a teachers strike crippling New York City's public schools. Two patrolmen were injured. 150 more stood by as officials weighed a compromise.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
William McKeon
Chuckle: The Well-Adjusted Man Enjoys Detours
A humorous line notes that a truly balanced person can still appreciate scenery even when paths divert. The remark reflects a light, observational tone about coping with change.
Senate bans mail order sale of guns nationwide
Senate approved a bill to outlaw interstate mail order sales of rifles and shotguns, expanding a handgun ban from earlier legislation. The measure requires federal licenses for dealers and imposes a seven day delay for deliveries to allow police objections, with age limits and residency rules.
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Senate
Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Shars
Funnel Seen At Waterloo Iowa Weather Report
A brief tornado funnel was spotted northeast of Waterloo airport around 11 20 a m Thursday and faded within five minutes. Eastern Iowa received scattered light rain with Cedar Rapids 41, Sigourney 75, Fayette 28, Independence 68, Marengo 48, Clinton 91 hundredths inches. Davenport and Estherville about an inch. Rain is expected to continue northeast tonight with upper 40s to lower 50s. Friday highs in 60s to lower 70s.
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Waterloo
FAA
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sigourney
Fayette
Independence
Marengo
Clinton
Guilty Plea By Geater in Abortion Ring Case
Donald R. Geater, a 36 year old truck driver from Hiawatha, switched his plea to guilty in Linn district court on charges of aiding and abetting an abortionist in a Cedar Rapids area abortion ring. Merle J. Meyers, Cedar Rapids, 43, identified as the "Doc" who performed the abortive attempts, was convicted July and sentenced to five years and a $1000 fine. Meyers appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court. Trials on remaining charges and abeyance pending outcomes were noted by County Atty. William Faches.
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Donald R. Geater
Linn District Court
Geater
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Geater Merle J. Meyers
Meyers
Iowa Supreme Court
William Faches
Demonstrators confront Humphrey in Boston rally clash
Vice President Hubert Humphrey faced loud antiwar protests in downtown Boston while Senator Edward Kennedy urged support. Kennedy said the 1868 campaign showed no room for anarchy, and Humphrey dismissed the disruption as ridiculous.
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Boston
Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert
Salt Lake City
Richard Nixon
White House
United States
Mormon Tabernacle
Nixon
Johnson
Presbytery Seeks Talks Over Indian School Closure
The Presbytery of North Central Iowa with 60 churches seeks discussion on the Sac and Fox day school on the Mesquakie settlement closing and the 56 Indian children boycotting South Tama Community schools.
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Specie
Gazette _ TAMA
Presbytery
Iowa
Mesquakie
South Tama
Hearing set on TRO to block Tama Indian settlement school closure
A petition for a temporary restraining order to prevent closing the Tama Indian settlement school was filed in Cedar Rapids federal court on Thursday. Marshalltown attorney Loy al Fairall represents the plaintiffs. Judge Edward J. McManus will hear the case on Sept. 30 at 9 30 a.m. Tribal council members Columbus Keahna Adeline Wanatee Kenneth Youngbear Curtis Youngbear Leo Keahna Horace Poweshiek and Donald Wanatee signed the petition. Defendants named are the South Tama district and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Tama
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Loyal Fairall
Edward J. McManus
Columbus Keahna
Adeline Wanatee
Kenneth Youngbear
Curtis Youngbear
Leo Keahna
Horace Poweshiek
Donald Wanatee
South Tama District
The
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Presbytery Meeting Sought With Mesquakie Leaders
The Rev. Louis Haase of First Presbyterian Toledo asks the Bureau of Indian Affairs to meet Mesquakie tribal leaders and South Jama school district officials this week to discuss continued cooperation and education matters.
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Louis Haase
First Presbyterian Church
Toledo
Presbytery
Bureau ‘of Indian Affairs
South Jama
Bombers Foil Red Invasion Plans Near Saigon
U S B 52 bombers struck invasion routes to Saigon with 500 tons of bombs as allied forces say a third communist assault scheduled for Monday may be deterred. Captured documents outline saboteur teams and attacks around the capital with 1500 troops planned.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Nam Bo
Rough Seas Frustrate Rescue Bid
The Dutch merchant ship Johannes Frans battled heavy Atlantic seas about 650 miles east of Elizabeth City North Carolina. The 18 000 ton vessel pumped out water from below decks with pumps a coast guard plane dropped. Weather worsened with 35 knot winds and 15 foot seas as a coast guard cutter and merchant tug stood by unable to assist.
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New York
Coast Guard
Johannes Frans
Atlantic
Elizabeth City
N.C
Here
Americans Lose 217 in Vietnam War Week
Saigon reports 217 Americans killed in action last week, with 1,485 wounded and 739 hospitalized. Enemy casualties totaled 2,484, while South Vietnamese losses reached 286 dead, 1,269 wounded and 37 missing. The nine week streak shows South Vietnamese deaths exceeding American tolls.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Northwestern Bell Des Moines Office Faces Hiring Doubts
Northwestern Bell opened a downtown Des Moines employment office and rented a vacant house near a Negro neighborhood. Despite repeated fair employment ads, few Negro applicants entered the office at first. A cardboard sign announced the site and the office gained visitors as word spread. James Olson, vice president and general manager, spoke to the Town Savings and Loan League recounting company efforts.
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Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Northwestern Bell
17Th
University
Town Savings and Loan League
James Olson
Concern for Others and the Hiring of Negroes
Olson addressed a Savings and Loan state convention outlining how public concern expands beyond self interest. He cited postwar hiring of its first Black workers in Des Moines as elevator operators with separate facilities, noting widespread job barriers for Negroes and the need for inclusion.
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Savings and Loan State Convention
Des Moines
Hajek resigns as Czechoslovak foreign minister
Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek resigned by letter to President Ludvik Svoboda. Svoboda asked Premier Oldrich Cernik to assume foreign minister duties. Hajek was in Yugoslavia during the Warsaw Pact invasion. Deputy Premier Ola Sik had earlier resigned.
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Vienna
Austria
Jiri Hajek
CTK
Hajek
Ludvik Svoboda
Prague
Svoboda
Oldrich Cernik
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Ola Sik
New York
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Heidelberg
N.Y
James Allen, Jr
Board of Education
John Lindsay
Allen
Senate-House
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Iowa News
By Roeland Krekeler
HHH
Ted Kennedy
Joan
Massachusetts
B. J. Maxwell
Jack Ken- Faches
Thenedy
Josephi
Fresno
Calif
Dallas
Harrison Weber
Iown Daily Press Assn
Olson
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