Autopsy Ordered In Smith Death Near Muscatine Illinois
Byron A. Smith 62 of Mulberry avenue was found dead beside a wrecked car on highway 92 near Muscatine Illinois. An autopsy ordered by Rock Island County coroner James Shaw will determine cause of death. Smith formerly farmed in Mercer county and lived in Muscatine 14 years. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Buck Creek Methodist near Hopkinton Iowa with Rev E W Frohardt officiating. Burial Buck Creek cemetery. Smith survived by three sons a daughter and many grandchildren. burial arrangements and funeral details noted.
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Muscatine
Illinois
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Smith Farm
Eliza
Ill
James Shaw
Rock Island Country
George M. Wittich
Monticello
Iowa
John
Esther Dufoe Smith
Fannie V. Bacon
Delhi
Debt Limit Boost Gets House OK
The House approved a bill to raise the national debt ceiling to 328 billion dollars for one year starting July 1. The 208 to 164 vote followed a brief debate with Republicans pressing for lower government spending. The current debt is about 317.3 billion, and the new limit is above Treasury estimates for next year.
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Senate
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Treasury
Plains Area Hit By Storms and Floods
Storms struck the Plains from Texas to Kansas, bringing tornadoes hail and heavy rain. Flooding appeared west of Emporia Kansas with rivers rising. a lightning death was reported near Pecos Texas. River stage 112 feet and temps ranged from 40 to the 78s.
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Associated Press
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Plains
Panhandle-Plains
Texas
North Platte
Neb
Oberlin
Coldwater
Kan
Stover
Neosho
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Nebraska
Cassidy Named Interim Committee Member In Iowa
DES MOINES AP Sen Joseph Cassidy appointed to the Legislative Interim Committee by Lt Gov Robert Fulton. In Council Bluffs Terry Peyron, 45, listed in good condition with a facial bullet wound from an accidental shooting. Police said a statement by Bill Benedict 15 at the home where the shooting occurred described companions planned a haircut.
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Joseph Cassidy
Walcott
Legislative Interim “Committee
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Council Bluffs
Terry Pearon
Bill Benedict
Peyron
India Acts to Curb Hoarding of Oil
Government declares seizure powers over all oil refineries and distributors in India to stop oil hoarding. In a separate report, South Korea says its navy captured two armed North Korean boats off its coast, arresting 28 crew and seizing weapons.
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New Delhi
Seoul, Korea
House Panel Votes to Repeal Union Shop Rule
The Education and Labor Committee backed a bill to repeal state laws banning the union shop, tying action to a civil rights measure that could delay progress. The panel approved 21 to 10 and held the bill until Negro employment rights are further protected under the 1964 civil rights law. Senate committee approves excise tax cuts with a $4.7 billion plan, moving to revise taxes by repealing most levies except on tobacco, alcohol, and highway activities.
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House’ Education and Labor Committee
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Heaviest U.S. Losses Reported At Dong Xoai Clash
Saigon dispatch says 1500 Viet Cong overran Dong Xoai district capital 60 miles north of Saigon. U.S. casualties blamed on a brutal engagement with official figures varying from 1 dead to 7 missing and 13 wounded. later reports cite 7 dead and 13 wounded. Vietnamese forces suffered heavy losses as they defended the town and a relief battalion was decimated.
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United States
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U.S
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173Rd Airborne Brigade
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Thanh Hoa
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Dodd Attacks Teach-Ins On Vietnam Policy
Sen Thomas J Dodd assailed teach-in critics of Johnsons Vietnam policy calling them defeatists who fuel Communist gains and prolong the war He warned the domestic front could decide the Southeast Asia struggle noting a small noisy minority favors withdrawl while polls show broad support.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Johnson
Dodd
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Connecticut Democrat
U.S
Astronauts McDivitt White Return To Houston Family Welcomes
James McDivitt and Edward White arrive ashore from the carrier Wasp, greeted by wives and children in Houston. McDivitt carries his son Patrick as White embraces his son Eddie and wife, amid a crowd of about 2,000. The astronauts recount the voyage from Cape Kennedy to Mayport and celebrate McDivitt’s 36th birthday.
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Edward White
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Wasp
Mayport
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Spacewalker
Johnson Holds Informal War Discussion With Taylor and Advisers
President Johnson and senior advisers met with Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor to review the situation in South Vietnam and discuss Taylor's talks with federal agencies. Taylor was to return Friday for a National Security Council session.
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Viet Nam
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White House
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National Security Council
George’. E. Reedy
South Viet Nam
Washington
Reserve Chairman Assailed Patman Urges Martin to Quit
Washington AP Rep Wright Patman urged Federal Reserve chairman William M Martin to resign and let President Johnson appoint a successor. Patman charged Martins policy has tightened credit and sparked stock market fears, claiming parallels to 1929 crash era, while noting Martins Columbia University speech warned of maladjustments. The White House meeting with Johnson, Fowler and other advisers was set for today.
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Washington
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
William M. Martin
Federal Reserve
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Patman
House
Martin
Banking Committee
Columbia University
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
White House
Columbia
Daylights
Jurors Indict Davenport Man in Cashing Checks
DES MOINES AP The federal grand jury indicted William Joseph Mack 33 of Davenport on charges of cashing Treasury checks mailed to Davenport residents. The same grand jury charged Chester R Vradenburg Jr 31 with embezzling 1700 dollars from the Iowa State Bank at Fort Madison where he was assistant cashier. The alleged offense dated November 7 1964.
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Des Moines
William Joseph Mack
Davenport
U.s.treasury
Chester R. Vradenburg,Jr
Towa State Bank
Fort Madison
Immense Crowds Greet Pope Paul IV in Pisa
In Pisa Italy Pope Paul IV arrived amid immense crowds at the Square of Miracles. Almost a half million worshippers and thousands of Italians and foreign visitors gathered for the visit and the Eucharistic Congress. American servicemen from Camp Darby joined locals, with Premier Aldo Moro and Defense Minister Giulio Andreotti meeting the Pope at the airfield as an air force band played both Italian and Vatican anthems.
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Pius IX
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Aldo Moro
Giulio Andreotti
Rome
Air Force
Assessment Cuts Must Wait a Year
DES MOINES AP The State Tax Commission announced that Towans hit by spring floods and wind storms must wait until 1966 to qualify for property tax valuation reductions. Attorneys general said no reassessment after January 1 of the assessment year, but counties can consider 1965 flood and storm damage when setting 1966 assessments. County review boards will reconvene June 21 in six disaster counties to apply these rules.
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State Tax Commission
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Attorney General's Office
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Boards of Review
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