Dodd Denies Misconduct in Senate Ethics Hearing
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd denies misconduct charges at a tense Senate Ethics Committee session. He accuses trusted aides of stealing documents for columnists and defends his use of hotel suites and gifts from Julius Klein, while denying delivering speeches written by Klein. Witnesses describe Persian rugs at Dodd's Georgetown home and question payment details amid allegations.
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Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Klein
Hot Humid Weather Forecast Across Iowa and Typhoon Kit
The Associated Press reports hot and humid conditions are expected to persist in Iowa through the week with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s and 90s and scattered thunderstorms. Pleasant weekend but sticky, with 80s to mid 80s in several cities and Monday lows from 59 to 69. Separately, Typhoon Kit is approaching southern Japan with 173 mile per hour winds and potential landfall on Tuesday.
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Weather forecast fragment with scattered rain chances
Partly cloudy tonight with a 20 percent rain chance and a low in the upper Ms. Tuesday a 10 percent chance of rain. High Sunday around 82, night low near 64, noon today 35. Rain Sunday about 0.03 inches. River stage about 0.8 feet.
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Senate approves local Mississippi River bridge plan
The U S Senate passed the bill authorizing construction of a new Mississippi River bridge. Congressman John R. Schmidhauser announced the action, noting final passage awaits the President's signature and praising Muscatine residents and the bridge commission for their efforts over the past year. The existing 75 year old bridge became publicly owned in May after final payment.
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United States Senate
Mississippi River
John R. Schimidhauser
Schmidhauser
Muscatine
Bridge Commission
Johnson named to federal commission by Senate
The Senate confirmed Nicholas Johnson of Iowa City as a member of the Federal Communications Commission. In Davenport Funeral services were pending for Raymond E. Guth 42, vice president of Palmer Broadcasting Co and general manager of WOC stations, who died Sunday of a heart attack. Gus Hall named general secretary Henry Winston national chairman at the 18th Communist national convention in New York. A bandit robbed the Des Moines Capital Drive-In Theater admin office taking 570 dollars. Cedar Rapids bus drivers and mechanics initiated a strike against Cedar Rapids City Lines Inc after talks with Bus Drivers Local 638 failed.
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Nicholas Johnson
Iowa City
Iowa
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Davenport
Raymond E. Guth
Palmer Broadcasting Co
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New York
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U.S.A
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Henry Winston
Des Moines
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City Lines , Inc
Bombers Hit Fuel Dump as U S Cavalry Pursues Viet Battalions
In South Viet Nam a large U S air cavalry force moved against three North Vietnamese battalions in the central plateau, while U S Navy bombers struck a fuel dump near Vinh, igniting a massive blaze. The operation Nathan Hale expanded with Marine and South Vietnamese units supporting the push. Casualties and captures were reported on both sides as U S forces pressed the search and destroy sweep.
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Plans Told For LBJ's Iowa Visit
Des Moines AP report says President Lyndon B. Johnson will arrive at 6 40 p.m. Thursday for a $100 a plate Democratic fund raising dinner at Veterans Auditorium with Gov. Harold Hughes stating this is his only Iowa appearance firmly committed before the year’s elections. A motorcade from Des Moines Municipal Airport to the Hotel Savery precedes the dinner, which starts at 7 40 p.m. in the auditorium where balcony seats are limited to ticket buyers. about 2 500 people are expected.
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United States
Briton regrets slap at De Gaulle
London AP Defense Secretary Denis Healey backed away from an attack on French President Charles de Gaulle and said he was sorry he ever made it. He told a Socialist meeting that no one in Europe trusts de Gaulle to speak for them, drawing demands for explanation from Conservatives.
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London
Denis Healey
Charles de Gaulle
Clash Between Polish Catholics and Police in Warsaw
About 1,000 hymn-singing Polish Catholics clashed with club swinging police during two attempts to march on the Communist party headquarters in Warsaw. Helmeted officers charged a chanting crowd outside Cardinal Wyszynski's palace as demonstrators lashed out with umbrellas. Several arrests were reported amid ongoing tensions over church-state disputes and the millennium celebrations.
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Mississippi March Remade Race Struggle Ends
James H Meredith closes the three week protest from Tougaloo to the Capitol with a rally as about 16000 Black supporters fill Jackson streets. He praises decency of many whites but condemns the system of white supremacy and notes the fear it breeds nationwide. Meredith recalls being shot during the march while Aubrey Norvell faces attempted murder charges. Martin Luther King Jr joins leaders to advance voter registration.
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Rusk Talks Peace Talks At SEATO Meeting
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk told SEATO ministers in Canberra that the United States will persist in moving the Vietnam war from battlefields to conferences. He blamed Soviet Union for aiding aggression in South Vietnam and urged cooperation with Britain on Geneva peace efforts while noting Communist forces have suffered several defeats and no major military successes in months.
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Iowa VFW Officers Named at Des Moines Convention
Louis Boysen of Audubon was elected commander of the Department of Iowa VFW at the three day convention in Des Moines. Earl Berg of Swea City and Lloyd Rockne of Estherville were chosen senior and junior vice commanders respectively. Other officers include Wayne Rom Des Moines quartermaster Father Patrick Nooney Manning chaplain Kenneth Guthrie Oskaloosa surgeon and Mark Buchheit West Union judge advocate. Benjamin Haden Council Bluffs was named National Twelfth District Councilman Mrs L D Lynch Davenport was elected president of the ladies auxiliary.
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Louis Boysen
Audubon
Department of Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boysen
Earl, Berg
Swea City
Lloyd Rockne
Estherville
Wayne Rom
Patrick Nooney
Manning
Kenneth Guthrie
Oskaloosa
Mark Buchheit
West Union
Benjamin Haden
Council Bluffs
L. D. Lynch
Davenport
State Auditor Critical of L M School Records
Des Moines report says Louisa Muscatine Community School District records kept by the secretary are scattered across locations including the secretary’s business and home. Auditor Worthington calls the record system chaotic, noting warrants unpaid for lack of funds and deposits held too long before banking.
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Grandview
Lorne Worthington
Worthington
Three Iowans drown in separate mishaps
Three young Iowans died in drowning accidents Saturday. Helen Stageman seven of rural Council Bluffs drowned at Desoto Bend Refuge near Missouri Valley while wading with siblings. Michael Kathman seventeen of Boone drowned in a large hole in the Des Moines River near Ledges State Park. Steven Girnet fifteen of Buffalo drowned at Lake Canada west of Davenport while swinging over the lake with family and disappeared beneath the water.
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Council Bluffs
Desoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge
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Michael Kathman
Lester Kathman
Boone
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Buffalo
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