Plans cleared for Davenport Calmar school builds
DES MOINES AP plans for area school construction were approved by the State Board of Public Instruction. A campus plan and a first structure at Davenport Area 9 were approved, allowing working drawings for state approval. Final Calmar Area 1 shop building plans costing 536000 were approved to let a construction contract.
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DES Moines
Davenport
Calmar
State Board of Public Instruction
Area 9
Area Board
Area 1
Detour by Widow Sparks Fence Across Road in Louisiana
In Tickfaw Louisiana 65 year old widow Maude Brock stretched four barbed wire strands across a rural road claiming ownership for 25 years provoking neighbors and detouring the mail. Gayle Rogers and J W Jenkins filed charges of shooting with intent to kill and obstruction of a public road. The fence detours truck routes, angering local business owner Cable Gripman Found Guilty Of Manslaughter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A coroner's jury found the gripman Arthur Coates 42 guilty of voluntary manslaughter in a fiery December crash that killed two people while the conductor Louis A Ables escaped criminal liability. The article notes public road ownership disputes, parish action, and weather outlook.
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Tickfaw
Louisiana
Sher
Iff
Maude Brock
Gayle
Rogers
J. W. Jenkins
San Francisco
Arthur Coates
Louis A. Ables
Coates
Ablés
Hyde Street
Aquatic Park
Brock
Jenkins
Heavy fighting near DMZ and air strikes rattle Vietnam
The U S Command reported heavy fighting below the demilitarized zone with air strikes in North Vietnam causing losses of several American aircraft. Viet Cong attacks followed, including a mine at a Mekong Delta base. In Sasebo Japan sailors ashore at Enterprise port faced demonstrations. 18 killed and 38 wounded in a market blast near Khe Sanh. U S losses totaled 790 planes. Heavy fighting east of Khe Sanh involved about 400 Marines repulsing 200 North Vietnamese after a six hour battle.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Mekong Delta
Sasebo
Japan
U.S
Enterprise
U.S. Navy
Truxtun
Halsey
Bat
Hanoi
Bac Giang
Panhandle
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Heart Transplant Patient Kasperak Recovers After Surgery
Mike Kasperak, 54, who received a donated heart on Jan. 6, withstood a major operation addressing intestinal bleeding. Surgeons Dr. Harry Oberhelman Jr and Dr. Norman E. Shumway said heart function remained normal, despite stress from gall bladder removal and multiple blood transfusions. A stomach decompression tube was placed, and Kasperak remains alert as doctors evaluate liver healing and biopsy results.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Harry Oberhelman, Jr
Oberhelman
Norman E. Shumway
Oberbelman
Kasperak
Christiaan Barnard
Eartha Kitt Talks War Youth Rebellion at White House
Eartha Kitt clashed with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a White House luncheon, saying U S youth rebel because of the Vietnam War and fear of being sent to fight. Johnson later discussed youth issues and delinquency with Kitt and the other guests, noting social programs and child care costs.
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Washington
Eartha Kitt
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Miss Kitt
President Johnson
Rose
Aml
Rains and Winds Plague Sicily quake disaster area
A violent storm lashed western Sicily's quake zone, flooding refugee tents and hindering aid delivery. Pneumonia and scarlet fever spread across camps as temperatures dropped to freezing. Fire crews with gas masks search debris in Gi Bellina Montevago and Salaparuta while aftershocks keep residents fearful and fleeing toward city outskirts.
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Palermo
Sicily
Arturo Xilbilia
Catania
Gibellina
Montevago
Salaparata
Trapani
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