Southwest Snow Hits Southwest DesertRains Hit Southwest
Weather across the region drops six inches in Grants New Mexico and light snow in Albuquerque Flagstaff while deserts see cold rains. Northern Rockies Great Lakes and northern New England report snow and fog. Butte Montana records 16 below zero as carswell AFB plane crash injures 15 of 20 aboard. Des Moines man pleads guilty to embezzling city urban renewal funds.
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Associated Press
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Snow melts as Iowa clears but scattered snow remains
Variable clouds linger over Iowa with seasonable temperatures. Western and central areas cleared late Thursday, melting much of the light snowfall. eastern Town reports up to an inch on the ground. The Weather Bureau forecasts no more snow through the weekend, with lows from the mid teens to the lower 20s and Saturday highs in the 30s.
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Associated Press
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FBI Agents Join Search For Bandits
Federal agents with the Polk County sheriff hunted two men suspected of robbing the Polk City Savings Bank, netting 1053 dollars as two red ski masks, a cloth bag, and a zippered bag were left behind. Bank employee Merlyn Allen, 32, said the taller robber fired at the vault door to intimidate workers before grabbing money.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Polk City Savings Bank
Jester Park
Des Moines
Merlyn, Allen
Rexine. Mondabaugh
Polk City’ Savings Bank
6000 Bodies Recovered After Indian Ocean Cyclone
Pakistani relief teams and supplies rushed to the coastal region where villages and crops were devastated. The East Pakistan governor flew from Dacca to Chittagong to direct relief operations after the cyclone began at Was- tagon Owiet island.
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East Pakistan
Dacca
Chittagong
Amish Fines, Donor Helps Pay Yet Property Seizures
Independent Iowa briefs report five Amish fathers face property seizures over unpaid fines for sending children to schools with non certified teachers. An anonymous donor pays nine other fines though endorsement questions arise.
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Buchanan County
Fred Beier
Plan Saturday Splashdown Gemini 7 Ready For 14 Days In Orbit
Gemini 7 pilots Borman and Lovell were given the go for a 14 day mission as power cells stabilized after a prior warning. Officials said the power system should last beyond the planned 14 days, with a Atlantic splashdown target near the Bermuda area and carrier Wasp.
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Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Wasp
Elliot Lee
Borman
Lovell
Berman
Mission Control
Bermuda
John D. Hodge
Hodge
State Funds Will Show A Surplus
Iowa state government expects a general fund surplus of 30.2 million dollars for the current biennium, far higher than earlier projections. Gov Harold Hughes and state comptroller Marvin Seldén Jr attributed the gain to stronger corporate and personal income tax receipts amid projected six percent economic growth.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Marvin’ Selden Jr
Seldén
Selden
Assessment Hikes Halted by Writ
Polk County District Judge Dale Missildine issued temporary injunctions blocking the State Tax Commission from raising taxable valuations for 1965 payable in 1966. Injunctions favored Linn Ida Cass Muscatine O'Brien Clay Sac Buena Vista Des Moines Cerro Gordo counties and the cities of Burlington Mason City Muscatine. rejected by Keokuk Greenfield and several counties including Union Calhoun Buchanan Jefferson Cedar Jones Henry Grundy. The ruling also restrained the commission from implementing the proposed increases in Mitchell County and about 30 other jurisdictions. The judge noted delays in tax collection and potential budgeting problems but allowed some suits to proceed on their merits. Assistant Attorney General Thomas W. McKay said the action disposed of all pending suits with no further plans disclosed.
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Polk County
Dale Missildine
Iowa
State Tax Commission
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Ida
Cass
Muscatine
O’brien
Clay
Sac
Buena Vista
Cerro Gordo Coun
Seg
Burlington
Mason City
Keokuk
Greenfield
Union
Calhoun
Mitchell
Missildine
Tax Commissions
Thomas W. McKay
Tax Commission
Mitchell County
McKay
Santo Domingo Convoy Stoned Across Duarte Bridge
Rioters sealed the main east west route in Santo Domingo and pelted an American Army convoy crossing Duarte bridge. No casualties reported. Violence around the bridge area showed signs of subsiding after a wave that began Thursday.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Duarte Bridge
Crews Are Thanked by Astronauts
Gemini 6 astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford returned to Cape Kennedy and thanked more than 400 people who aided their space mission. They landed at skip strip at 12:33 p.m. EST aboard a C140 Jet 1 Star from Bermuda. Alan Shepard escorted them as they praised the launch team for a flawless operation.
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Walter Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Bermuda
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Tom
Alan Shepard
United States
Schirra
Stafford
Viet Cong Attack Hits U S Troops In Saigon
A teenage attacker tossed a grenade into a truckload of U S soldiers in Saigon injuring 12 GIs while North Viet Nam saw MiG patrols and heavy bombardment. A Navy jet crashed on the Kitty Hawk with the pilot presumed dead and a helicopter rescue followed by a fatality.
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