McNamara Shifts Reservists to National Guard Plan
Secretary McNamara approves a sweeping reorganization to move about 150000 Army reservists into the National Guard and tap another 150000 into a ready reserves pool. The move would dissolve the Organized Reserve forces and expand the 50000-strong Guard to provide ready units within about 60 days for cold or limited war needs.
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Washington
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
National Guard
National Guard and Reserve
Bandit Robs Sioux City Bank Teller in Walk-In Office
Federal and state agents joined a search for a bandit who robbed the Toy National Bank walk-in office, escaping with about $5,000. Miss Sharon Prien, 23, described a tweed over coat sitter with a green wool cap and a dirty handkerchief covering his face. She activated a silent alarm, but the assailant fled toward Moor, after warning her not to alert police. Police reported the gun as a nickel-plated revolver and linked the case to a prior Holstein attempt.
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Sioux City
Toy National Bank
Sharon Prien
Holstein State Bank
Holstein
Miss Prien
Tax Commission Draws Criticism Des Moines report calls for single administrator
A legislative investigator criticized the Iowa Tax Commission as inefficient and divided, recommending replacement by a single administrator. The three commissioners allegedly failed to cooperate, issued conflicting directives, and offered little merit based pay or advancement. Andrew George declined to comment on the findings.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
D. Wicker
Legislative Interim Committee
Wicker
Constanly
Andrew George
Commission
Daniel Parker Lincoln
Farm Bureau weighs buying national food chain study
The American Farm Bureau Federation ended its five day convention approving a study by directors on purchasing a national food retailing chain. Ohio delegates proposed the plan which the 185 delegates unanimously endorsed. Percy Kilbride, 76, Pa Kettle actor, died after a September 21 auto accident and subsequent brain surgery.
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Philadelphia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
Percy Kilbride
Los Angeles
Chase Sanitarium
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hollywood
Canvassing Board to certify Gross victory in Waterloo
DES MOINES The State Canvassing Board must certify the election of Congressman H. R. Gross of Waterloo, a ruling by Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman said Gov. Harold Hughes had refused to sign the certification due to a possible contest. Foster May Run For Speakership Foster L LeMar P. Foster Sr. 66 of West Branch says he may run against the party endorsed candidate for speaker after the Democratic caucus. He claims Gov. Hughes and State Chairman Lex Hawkins influenced the choice of Rep. Vince Steffen for speaker.
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Gross
Des Moines
H. R. Gross
Waterloo
Evan Hultman
Harold Hughes
Foster
LeMar P. Foster Sr
West
Branch
Town
House
Statehouse
Democratic Party
Lex Hawkins
Vince Steffen
New
Hampton
U S Expands Viet Nam War Aid Beyond Saigon
The United States plans an across the board increase in aid to South Viet Nam to restrain Viet Cong infiltration and to improve government programs. Air defenses will be strengthened while some provisions stay secret. no large addition of U.S. troops is expected. Buddhist leaders seek U.S. support to oust Premier Huong amid possible monk protests or hunger strike plans.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Hanoi
Maxwell D. Taylor
Tran van Hu-jong
Ngo Dinh
Taylor
Huong
Belgium envoy defends rescue mission in Congo at UN
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak told the U N Security Council a rescue operation in Stanleyville saved 4700 whites while nearly 80 perished. He rejected African charges of bias and accused Congo Brazzaville of seeking to smear Europe and Africa and promote racist sentiment. He read a Gbenye message threatening to feast on captives and urged proof for the massacre accusation.
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United Nations
Paul- Henri Spaak
Stanteyville
Christophe Gbenge
U.N. Security Council
United States
Belgium
Gbenye
Congo Brazzaville
Stanleyville
Man and Wife Die in Urbana House Fire
In Urbana Benton County J Blaine Dennison and his wife Gladys 66 died in a house fire. Neighbors alerted authorities after seeing smoke. Mrs Dennison was found inside a bedroom. Mr Dennison outside. Officials said they apparently died of smoke inhalation. The fire caused extensive interior damage. Urbana lies about 10 miles northwest of Vinton.
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J. Blaine Dennison
Gladys
David Huff
Dennison
Vinton
Benton County
Indictment Alleges Threats Against Deere Waterloo Plant
A federal grand jury indicted Melvin Dale Frerichs, 23, a former John Deere employee from La Porte City, on eight counts of threatening to blow up the Waterloo Tractor Works and kill the company president. The charges allege threats to do great bodily harm in relation to the Deere facility.
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Fort Dodge
la Porte City
Johm Deere Waterloo Tractor Works
Melvin Dale Frerichs
John Deere
Atlas Centaur moonship test boosts space program progress
The Atlas Centaur rocket launched from Cape Kennedy, deploying a two ton Centaur second stage and a moonship model into a 108 mile high circular Earth orbit. The mission marked the second successful Centaur test and could aid future Surveyor lunar lander launches next year.
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Frees 20th Rights Case Defendant in Mississippi
In Biloxi a woman U S commissioner freed James Edward Jordan 38 in a two minute preliminary hearing tied to the slaying of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Nineteen white men freed at Meridian as Esther Carter ruled a purported confession hearsay. FBI had arrested 21 white men last summer near Philadelphia Miss and near Shreveport La for conspiracies. Bargette Barnette and Jordan had ties to Meridian area and NASA testing facility. Grand jury convening decision rests with U S District Judge Harold Cox in Jackson.
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Missy
Justice Department
U. 3
Mississippi
Verta Lee Swetman
James Edward Jordan
Meridian
Esther Carter
FBI
Dee
Philadelphia
Miss
Horace D. Bargette
Shreveport
La.s
Jamies Barton
Barnette
Barton
Cullen
Jordan
National Aronautices and Space Administration
Hancock County
Ku Klux Klan
Barivelle
U. S
Miss Carter
Owen
Broad-Based School Aim of New ISU Head
Des Moines Dr. Robert Parks will become Iowa State University president on July 1 and says there will be no sharp breaks with the past. He envisions a broad based university focused on science and technology, while remaining open to future plans, as he succeeds Dr. James H. Hilton. He opposes static continuation and favors friendly athletic competition between Iowa and Iowa State.
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Des Moines
Robert Parks
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Iowa Board of Regents
James H.hilton
ISU
Parks
Tsay
Explosion Rocks U N Area During Guevara Speech
At United Nations Headquarters in New York an explosion occurred as Cuban exile demonstrators protested Ernesto Guevara's address in the General Assembly. Police restrained a woman demonstrator who tried to drag down a Cuban flag while shouting and chanting. The blast was not audible inside the assembly hall and Guevara continued his remarks.
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