Holiday Patrols To Be Augmented In Iowa
DES MOINES AP Gov Harold Hughes declares a state of emergency to reduce traffic fatalities over the July 4 weekend. More than 750 officers and 600 vehicles to patrol highways with multiple agencies including Highway Patrol National Guard air and police units and sheriff offices. Motorists urged to keep headlights on from noon Friday to noon Tuesday and a similar move planned for Labor Day weekend.
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Commerce Commission
Iowa tax study urges shift to alternate revenue sources
Purdue economist Dr. James A. Papke told Des Moines AP Iowa taxes would fall about 327 million dollars short of expenditures by 1975. He urged reducing reliance on local property levies and consumption taxes, boosting income taxes, and reforming deductions to curb regressive burdens on lower earners. He also noted Iowa keeps a 2 percent sales tax rate set in 1094.
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Iowa
Purdue University
James A. Papke
Governor's Tax Study Advisory Committee
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Dodd Probe Group Takes Long Aecess
The Senate Ethics Committee recessed after Sen. Thomas J. Dodd testified he traveled to West Germany in 1964 on official Senate business not for a lobbyist. He said the trip was to look into the Stashinsky case and offered to help Julius Klein, a Chicago PR man and agent for West German firms. The inquiry into misconduct charges by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson resumes after July 3, with Klein set to testify later.
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Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
West Germany
Senate
Dodd
Connecticut
Stashinsky
Julius Klein
Klein
Chicago
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
John C. Stennis
D- Miss
Wind and Rain Hit Waterloo And Dubuque Iowa
A night of turbulent weather eased with clearing skies in most of Iowa but more showers were forecast. Tornado funnels touched down near Waterloo and Qelwein, destroying a corn crib and toppling trees. Heavy rains and winds damaged power lines. Cedar Rapids and Dubuque reported significant rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 60 to 92 as moisture lingered. An overdue airplane from Aberdeen, South Dakota, landed in Spencer after weather halted its Waterloo-bound flight.
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Davenport
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Mason City
Winterset
Indianola
Spencer Spencer
South Dakota
Spencer
San A
Aberdeen
S.C
Helms confirmed as CIA director by Senate
Washington AP reports Richard M. Helms was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to day as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In other Iowa news William Hemphill of Clarinda was chosen moderator as the Iowa Synod opened its annual convention at Iowa State University with over 100 delegates attending through the week.
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AMES
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Iowa State University
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Argentina's coup ousts Ilia and tops Peronists
In a swift bloodless night coup, Lt Gen. Juan Carlos Ongania to become interim president as the military junta dissolves Congress, the Supreme Court and all political parties. President Arturo Ilia seeks asylum in Uruguay as forces seize key sites in Buenos Aires.
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Mia
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Army
Eduardo Castro Sanchez
Castro Sanchez
Congress Building
Navy
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Arturo Wie
Carlos Ongania
Hunger strike defied by Quang as Vietnam battles widen
In Saigon Buddhist monk Thich Tri Quang rejected an order to end his two day hunger strike while under hospital care. The scene unfolded as U S air and ground forces pressed operations in North Vietnam and a tentative wage treaty stifled a major Saigon strike. The Buddhist issue looms amid ongoing military pressure and political caution from the junta.
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De Gaulle Ends Visit to Soviet Capital After 19 Hours
President Charles de Gaulle wrapped up a 19 hour stay in Leningrad with Soviet Premier Alexei Kasygin. The leaders left for Moscow where the war turned the tide at Stalingrad. De Gaulle will return to Moscow for the final leg of his Soviet visit.
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France
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Russia
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Moscow
Leave After Hearing Recess July 15
Dodd, in testimony before colleagues, denied he skipped Senate duty to fly to Germany in 194 in behalf of Julius Klein, Chicago public relations man. LAP Phototax.
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Germany
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Chicago
California feels strong quake rattles Central California
A pair of quakes rocked California Monday night, the strongest in 11 years, with centers near Parkfield and San Miguel. Seismologists cited magnitude 5.0 and 5.3 events, noting minimal damage beyond a chimney collapse in Parkfield, while comparing to the 1906 San Francisco quake rated 8.3.
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Calif
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Parkfield
San Miguel
University of California
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology
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San Francisco
Dr Charles L Hudson Takes AMA Presidency in Chicago
Dr Charles L Hudson of Cleveland Ohio becomes president of the American Medical Association at the annual Chicago convention. He, age 61, urges physicians to take a more active interest in politics as the leadership switches at the gathering.
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Cleveland
American Medical Assn
Hudson
Xays
AMA
Chicago
AP Photofax
United States suspends Argentina ties after coup
The United States formally suspended diplomatic relations with Argentina today and voiced regret over the military coup that ousted President Arturo Frondizi. U.S. officials condemned the disruption of constitutional processes in a OAS member nation. Argentine Ambassador Norberto Barrenechea resigned in protest, saying the government of Arturo Frondizi faced frustration by those who broke institutional order.
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United States
Argentina
Arturo Tia
U. S
Organization of American ‘States
Norberto M. Barrenechea
Buenos Aires
Arturo Mira
Withdrawal of U S forces from Dominican Republic begins
The first battalion of the 320th Artillery about 900 men boards ships at dawn to return to Ft. Bragg North Carolina as U S forces start withdrawing from the 8 000 man Inter American peace force in the Dominican Republic The OAS voted to pull the entire contingent within nine days and Balaguer ready to be inaugurated as president US troops from several nations comprise the force and protocol tensions over Humphrey's inauguration ride arise amid security concerns
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82Nd Airborne Division
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