Iowa and national news round up in brief snippets
AP reports Iowa officials approve a 17 000 state employee merit pay plan and a July 1 mowing deadline for highway sides. Des Moines notes a 45 million tuition grant bill for private colleges and a probe into the highway commission. Anthon and Ji m Hastings mourn fallen Marines in Vietnam. Cyclist Karl Vogel killed in Je sin. Cedar Rapids man robbed by beating. George Nagel dies repairing sewer pump. Randy Stephens dies in tractor accident. Columbus police vice squad payoff allegations emerge.
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DES Moines
Robert D. Ray
Towa
Iowa Highway Commission
Voters reject school bond as Gary fires damage area
In Gary Indiana voters rejected the school bond proposal. Fire officials closed Wallace High and Melton Elementary after a string of blasts and fires injured nine and left 2,500 pupils home. Cost of damage was about 40000 and investigators pursued causes. Navy ends search for missing sailors after destroyer split in SEATO maneuvers near Pearl Harbor.
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Wallace High School
Melton
Glen Park
Alfonse Holliday
Pearl, Harbor, Hawaii
U.S
Navy
Nixon urges rise of American idealism at Air Force Academy
President Nixon addressed Air Force Academy graduates urging a resurgence of American idealism to counter isolationist critics. He warned abandoning commitments abroad would leave the world in terror while stressing the need to meet both overseas duties and domestic needs. He spoke from Colorado Springs before a California move and a summit with South Vietnam's president.
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Air Force Academy Today
Saigon
Dak To
U.S
Vietnam
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
America
California
Midway Island
Nguyen van Fhieu
South Vietnam
Black Panthers raid by FBI in Chicago headline
Federal agents raided the Black Panthers headquarters at 2350 W Madison St Chicago arresting eight persons. About 35 agents cordoned off the two story building in a predominantly Negro neighborhood. They sought fugitve George Sams Jr and seized weapons ammunition and records.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Selective Service Office
Edward C. Hoffmans
University of Northern Towa
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FBI
West Side
W. Madison St
Marlin W. Johnson
George Sams Jr
New Haven, Conn
Sams
Thore
Johnson
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