Five Year Highway Plan Highlights For Muscatine County
The Iowa highway commission unveiled a five year program totaling about 595 million dollars. Major Muscatine projects include resurfacing for Highway 22 and 38, curb elimination, and a new bridge on Mud Creek with a railroad overpass on Highway 58 west of Wilton. The plan covers 1904 through 1968 with Interstate and primary system work, including paving, right of way, erosion control, and a new maintenance building expected by mid 1967.
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Uveyear
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Levott County
Mud Creek
Wilton Will
Hershey Avenue
Plan Sey
Highway Commission
Washington Street
Mulberry Avenue
Madereek
Mississippi Drive
Reguilar
Towa
Iles
Joh
Poweshiek
Des Moines
Davenport
Adair
Madison
Dallas
Town
Commission
Associated Press
Iowa City
Hughes Delays Calling Apportionment Session
Governor Harold Hughes said he would not call a special legislative session until a three judge federal panel rules on reapportionment. The outcome of the suit and guidance from the court may determine whether a session is convened.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Federal
Hughes
UAL Strike Averted by Agreement
United Air Lines avert strike after contract agreed. George L. Watkins, Machinists vice president, telegraphed 38 locals nationwide to call off the strike set for after midnight. Union spokesman called the Braniff deal a major breakthrough and said the settlement was more liberal than last week’s contract.
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Washington
United Air Lines
Afl-Cio
George L. Watkins
United
Graniff Airways
Braniff
McNamara Plane Escapes Mishap at Paris Field
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and delegation were aboard a U S Air Force C 135 jet at Paris Field when a passenger plane misinterpreted signals and nearly caused a runway collision. Captain Meredith Sutton aborted the takeoff in very poor visibility, with Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester stating no one was hurt. The NATO meeting in Brussels preceded the Saigon mission.
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McNamara
Paris Field
Paris
U.S. Defense
Robert Ss. McNamara
Air Force
Meredith Sutton
South Viet Nam
Frontal Kin
Defense
Arthur G. Sylvester
Sylvester
Sutton
NATO
Saigon
Pope Paul VI to Meet Orthodox Patriarch in Holy Land
Damascus Syria announced that Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I will meet in Jerusalem during the pope's Holy Land pilgrimage. It marks the first papal-orthodox encounter in over two centuries and follows reports of a proposed visit to India amid the papal travel out of Rome.
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Damascus
Syria
Athenagoras 1
Paul VI
Holy Land
Paul
Athenagoras
Theodossius VI
Antioch
East
Jerusalem
New Delhi
India
Fope Path
Haly
Johnson says he will meet any world leader
President Johnson stated he is willing to meet with any world leaders including Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev if conferences are fruitful. He noted prior talks already arranged with readers in West Germany Britain Italy Canada and Mexico, as reporters were summoned to his office for the briefing.
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Washington
Presi- Yen Johnson
Nikita Blyushchev
Johnson
Khrushchev
West Germany
Britain
Italy
Canada
Mexico
African Students Storm Red Square in Moscow Protest
Several hundred students from Ghana and other African nations stormed Red Square near the Kremlin protesting a Ghanaian student’s stabbing by a Russian. They battled police, breached barricades, and gathered near Khrushchev’s office while officials urged them to disperse.
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Ghana
Red Square
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Alabama
Ghamar
Spasky Tower
Khushchev
Spasky Gate
Ministry of Higher Education
Akron Man 83 Dies in City Fire
Akron resident Asure Addo, 83, dies in a fatal blaze as his wife escapes through a window. Fire crews report the fire occurred near Kalinin, en route to Moscow area. authorities note possible natural causes per Soviet officials, while African students dispute the claim.
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Clarion
Boreswall's
South Main Steel
Tows Finance Co
Red Square
Akron
Alanson ‘Baker
Here
Bulgaria
Asure
Addo
Kalinin
Moscow
Allie Cials
Senate Aid Cash Looms in New Senate Fight
Washington report notes the Senate Appropriations Committee approved 8.2935 billion dollars in new overseas aid applications, well above the House's 2.8017 billion. The panel also dropped a House amendment barring financing grain sales to Communist bloc nations.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
U.S
Continued Cold Seen For Area
Southeast Iowa faces continued cold with morning lows around 7 to 13 below zero and single digit highs, with a brief warmup expected Thursday. A.P. reports frigid air pushed temps to 20 below at LeMars while roads remained generally near normal apart from scattered ice and snow in sheltered spots.
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Iowa
Mercury
Associated Press
LeMars
The
Highway Commission
Tor Jan
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Ned
Parr
Fun Een
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Gil Dietz
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