Wherrys Repeat In License Race
Mr and Mrs Elwood M Wherry of 413 Grandview avenue again claim Muscatine county s top license numbers for 1967 holding 70 1 and 70 2 with a 24 hour wait at the courthouse. The couple led a field that included Richard Ewing Schwarz and a list of neighbors who secured low numbers as the 1967 plates went on sale.
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Elwood M. Wherry
Grandview Avenue
Wherrys
Muscatine County
Wherry
Richard Ewing Schwarz
Route 5
Schwarz
Benjamin F. Jones
East
Judge May Lengthen Draft Dodging Penalty
In Portland, U S District Court Judge John F Kilkenny said he may raise future sentences for military draft violators from three years to five after sentencing a young man to three years in prison. The remark comes as he weighs the need for stiffer penalties to deter evasion.
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Fportland
Ore
John F. Kilkenny
Partly Cloudy and Colder Night with Snow Trace
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low near 5 above. Friday will be partly cloudy with a high in the low 20s. River stage at 5.1 feet with a trace of snow and a high around 41 on Wednesday.
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Cedar River
Charles City
Martha D. Miller
Floyd County
Speck Trial Change of Venue Granted in Chicago
Judge Herbert Paschen granted a change of venue for the Richard Speck murder trial to an unspecified area, to be set later. Speck, 24, was deemed mentally competent to stand trial for the July 14 killings of eight student nurses after a jury directed verdict.
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Chicago
Herbert Paschen
Circuit Court Today
Richard Speck
Paschen
Gerald Getty
Speck
William Martin
Getty
Surviving Quint’s Chances Fade After Convulsion
AP report notes Roni Sue Aronson, the sole surviving quintuplet, collapsed with a convulsion and doctors fear she may not survive. The item also covers UN Secretary General U Thant’s expected new five year term, tensions over a Tanzanian invasion claim, and calls to fund anti poverty efforts and state budget needs in Des Moines.
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Quint
Pittsburgh
Roni Sue
Aronson
Thant
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Burma
Geneva
Eugene Carson Blake
World Council of Churches
U.S
Viet Nam
Dr. Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Us.a
W. A. Visser’t Hooft
Board of Control
DES Moines
State Board of Control
Imen
28 Feared Dead As Morrell Sinking Wreck Searched
Rescue crews swept Lake Huron for survivors of the freighter Daniel J Morrell after it broke apart in a storm. One crewman survived as divers found three bodies and lifeboats, life jackets, and debris washed ashore. The ship sank 20 miles northeast of Harbor Beach Michigan with 29 aboard.
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Lake Muron
Daniel J. Morrell
Morrell
Harface Beach
Michigan
Thumb
John Hanninen
Bethlehem Steel Co
Deck
Dennis Hale
Hale
Thumb District
Coast Guard
Lake Huron
Ashtabula
Ohio
Harbor Beach
Mich
Kiesinger Heads German Government Picks Cabinet
Bonn AP Kurt Georg Kiesinger, a Christian Democrat, was elected West Germany's new chancellor heading the first CDU SPD grand coalition. The cabinet, to be announced, includes 10 Christians and 8 Social Democrats with Willy Brandt as vice chancellor and foreign minister. Kaete Strobel becomes health minister replacing Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt. Kai-Uwe von Hassel remains minister of refugees and war victims. Franz Josef Strauss is finance minister.
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Bonn
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
West Germany
Social Democrats
Kiesinger
Christian Democrats
Brandt
Franz Josef Strauss
Charles de Gaulle
Erhard
Defense
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Kaete Strobel
Bundestag
Elizabeth Schwarzhaupt
Berkeley Students Vote to Strike Classes Over Navy Rally
At Berkeley a mass meeting with about 3,500 of 30,000 students voted to strike classes at 8 a.m. in protest of Navy recruiters on campus. Police had been summoned after sit in and tensions rose as nonstudents clashed with campus officials led by Earl Cheit and Chancellor Heyns absent in state.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Navy
Savio
Council of Campus
Maria Savio
FSM
Associated Students of
The
ASUC
Cellor
Roger Heyns
Associated Students
AP Photelax
December Makes Cool Entrance
December enters Iowa with wintery weather as snow and cold persist. Temperatures fall to the single digits inland, with highs in the 30s in western spots while eastern cities endure brisk conditions. Snow remains light, with dustings up to an inch in Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Lenox as roads show varying snow cover.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Knoxville
Lamont
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Lenox
Spencer
Davenport
Iowa Highway Commission
Storm Fresh Blizzard Lashes Great Lakes Region
A fierce winter storm ongoing over the Great Lakes area continues to lash Michigan and Huron with gusts to 40 mph and 20 to 40 foot waves. Temperatures plummet near zero in northern zones as snow squalls hit shorelines and inland areas. Subzero conditions persist from North Dakota to Montana, with Florida seeing nighttime 30s and 40s. The Weather Bureau forecasts colder than normal weather over the region for the next 30 days, with near-normal conditions elsewhere.
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Traverse City
Daniel J. Morrell
Lake Huron
Great Lakes
Michigan
Huron
Plains
International Falls
Minnesota
Canadian
North Dakota
Montana
Florida
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Rainfall Triggers New Mine Slide in Aberfan
In Aberfan Wales a fresh coal sludge slide broke from the same disaster site as the Oct tragedy. It traveled 150 to 208 yards before stopping with no reported casualties. An inquiry into the earlier 144 deaths continued as heavy rain was blamed for the slide and protective measures were rushed into place.
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Aberfan
Wales
Philip Wien
Train Freights Collide Derail Near Grand Island
Two Union Pacific diesel units and 28 cars derailed after colliding with a stock truck eight miles east of Grand Island Nebraska. Cars toppled for over half a mile and seven caught fire. Driver Harry Franks, 31, of Shelby, was in satisfactory condition at a local hospital. Several cattle in five freight cars were killed.
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Grand Island, Neb
Union Pacific
Here
Harry Franks
Shelby
Grand Island
Moscow Man Hurt In Cornpicking Accident
Herbert Staack of Moscow route 1 was seriously injured in a corn-picking accident when his clothing got caught in a tractor’s power takeoff in a field. An unidentified helper aided him, likely preventing fatal injuries. Staack was hospitalized in Muscatine then Iowa City and was reported in good condition.
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Herbert Staack
Moscow
Staack
Muscatine General Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
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Morris Cotler Howell
Woodlawn Avenue
Fred Chris Pohlmann
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Cecil F. Newcomb
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Nebraska
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George H. Love
Boyd
Sioux City
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Portugal
Foreign Ministry
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