Iowa approves two county school mergers in state action
DES MOINES AP Plans for two merged school districts in Iowa counties moved forward. One system combines Cedar, Washington, Johnson and Linn counties and the other links Webster, Hamilton and Wright counties. The action comes as districts seek unified administration and resources.
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Ond
DES Moines
Iowa
State Board of Public Instruction
Cedar
Washington
Johnson and Linn
Webster
Hamilton
Wright
Snowstorms, traffic woes hit Tennessee and Midwest
A record spring snowfall dumped up to 16 inches across central South and western Kentucky, closing roads and delaying motorists. In Utah, 6400 sheep died near Dugway Proving Grounds linked to nerve gas tests, while Vietnam war news reported Haiphong plant raids and Westmoreland's move to Army chief. Weather, traffic, and international items dominate today’s slate.
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Memphis, Tenn
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Middle
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dugway Proving Grounds
de. D. A. Osguthorpe
Skull Valley
Osgathorpe
Tennessee
U.S. Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Mississippi
Louisiana
Michigan
St. Patrick’s Day
Louisville
Clarksdale
Oxford
Miss
Dyersburg
Jackson
250 Head Donated Hogs Aid St Louis Poor
Indignant farmers protesting low hog prices donated 250 hogs alive for St Louis indigent families. Mayor Cervantes estimates the gift could feed up to 14 000 people as the hogs were collected near St Jacobs Illinois and scheduled for processing at Jefferson City Missouri State Prison slaughterhouse.
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ST. Louis
A. J. Cervantes
St. Jacobs, III
Missouri
Jefferson City
Westmoreland Shifts to Army Chief of Staff Role
President Johnson announced Gen William Westmoreland will move from Vietnam to become Army chief of staff in July. Sargent Shriver will leave the Office of Economic Opportunity to be ambassador to France. Wilbur Cohen is promoted to secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Kennedy's presidential bid noted, with Abrams as likely Westmoreland successor.
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Iowa
Johnson
Harold Hughes
U.S. Senate
Donald Johnson
West Branch
Waterloo
Hughes
Lyndon Johnson
David Stanley
Muscatine
Senate
Stanley
U.S
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
Army
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
William
C. Westmoreland
Pentagon
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Antipoverty
France
Wilbur Cohen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Spring Home Upgrades Show Parish, Private Digs
Pastor Christ Von Holten of Four Square Church at 1507 Oregon St remodels church and parsonage, converting attic space into bedrooms and a bath, while Jack Hutt at 913 Mulberry Ave renovates his home with roof, beam work, porch, and decor. Other residents like Marvin Zybarth at 507 E 9th St polish cars, and Betty Isem at 512 E 10th St uses barbells as Frank notes fashion plans.
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Christ von Holten
Four Square Church
Oregon St
von Holten
Jack Hutt
Mulberry Ave
Mulberry
Jack
R and J Dick Co
Marvin Zybarth
E. 9Th. St
Quality Foundry
Stockton
Frank Isem
Betty
Betty Isem
Frank
Isom
E. 10Th St
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RMN
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
Tot
Sioux City
Daniel Brown
Thomas Corden
Lena Brown
Daniel
Wyoming
James B. Rickels
Geneva M. Rohwedder
Richard Rickels
Monticello
Navy
Rickels
Saigon
David Wathen
Urbandale
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Marine Base
Viet Chemical Plant
Central South
THE
Associated Press
Khe Sanh
Pentago
Haiphuong
Haiphong
Pella (Ap
Pella
Iowa 163
Here
David Dingeman
Randolph Olson
Robert Peters
Highway Patrol
Air Force
Red China
Lang Giai
China
Hanoi
Mu Gia Pass
Meredith Watson
Mary Ethel McKnight
Memphis
Tenn
Photefax
City News Women's
Comics Sports Daily Report
Robert F. Kennedy
Gen
Creighton Abrams
Journal
Helen Weiershauser
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