Farm Buildings Hit No Injuries Reported
High velocity winds and heavy rain struck from the Johnston county line to West Liberty causing extensive damage to at least nine farms. Barns roofs and outbuildings were damaged, trees uprooted, and a house was struck by a falling tree. No injuries reported. a school bus with seven children rode out the storm.
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Dick Mitman
Johnston - Muscatine County
Nichols
West Liberty
Gaylord Viner
Gale Kealberg
Orville Leudtke
Elmer Baker
Baker
Prostitution Briefs From Keokuk and Des Moines
Keokuk woman Esther Mulcahy 8 was sentenced to five years with suspension on good behavior for operating a house of ill fame and fined 150 dollars plus costs for larceny. Des Moines resident Judy Jenkins pled guilty to prostitution and received a five year suspended sentence under the same conditions.
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Keokuk
Esther Mulcahy
House Debates Minimum Wage Bill Extension of Coverage
The House opens debate on a bill to raise the federal minimum wage in two steps to 1.60 by Feb 1 1968 and extend coverage to 7.2 million more workers including about 0.5 million farm workers. Opposition warns of inflation and unemployment while rural lawmakers challenge farm worker inclusion.
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Washington
House
House Education and Labor Committee
Crop Dusting Plane Kills Farm Woman in Iowa
In Mount Union Iowa a crop dusting plane struck a farm woman Edith Carlson 63 while she photographed her husband beside a parked plane on the Carlson drive. The plane from Yarmouth piloted by Harold Nyberg nosed into a ditch. no injuries to the other pilot. Sen Dirksen returns to office after broken thigh from May 10 fall at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Mount Union
Iowa
Hilmer
Edith) Carlson
Des Moines
Merritt Quick
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Floodgate Erected as Mad Creek Bursts Its Banks
Heavy rains on Monday swollen Muscatine Creek, prompting City employees to raise the upper floodgate on the lower flood protection system. By 6:30 p.m. the water rose rapidly, reaching near the 17 foot Mississippi stage at Washington Street Bridge. Crews returned at 4 a.m. to clear the scene for a freight engine to reach the Heinz plant, while debris clogged Lake Park borders and mud slid down Hershey Avenue. Repairs planned for today as rain totals neared 2 inches.
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Seventh Street
Muscatine
Claude Figgins
Clay Street
Washington Street
H. J. Heinz Co
Lake Park
Figgins
Two Shot In a Love Triangle
Elmhurst civic leader and a local businessman were shot in what detectives called a love triangle. Robert Bosworth, 48, was found fatally wounded Monday night at the Du Page County Memorial Hospital lot. Joseph Fox, 60, of Blunthurst, was found in a parked car on Chicago's Far West Side with a pistol in hand, apparently dead by suicide. Notes in the car referenced a love affair involving Fox's wife Violet, 51, and Bosworth. Mrs Fox was a patient at the hospital near Bosworth's body.
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Elmhurst, Jr
Elmhurst
Chicago
Robert Bosworth
DuPage County Memorial Hospital
Bosworth
Joseph Fox
Blnthurst
Far West Side
Fox
Violet
Wind Storm Ravages Keithsburg Area in Illinois
A heavy wind and rainstorm caused widespread property damage across Keithsburg and surrounding farms. Power lines fell, cutting electricity from 5:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m., and long distance telephone service remained out into the night. A large tree crushed a home, barns and sheds lost roofs, and farm buildings suffered damage east and north of town. No injuries were reported.
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Don Jenks
Leudtke
Mrs. Jenks
Catia
Keithsburg
Ill
Clement Griffith
Anderson Lumber Co
William -Freiden
Town
Henry Greer
James Hollinbrake
William Henry Farm
Here
Wayne Anderson
Break in Hue revolt widens as Ky gains rebel defector
In Hue the 1st Vietnamese Division commander Brig. Gen. Pham Xuan Nua pledged allegiance to Ky, signaling the first break in the rebel ranks. Ky's junta held a 1003-person political congress in Saigon while Buddhists protested outside the U.S. Embassy. US and ARVN forces pressed operations against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese targets, with casualties reported around Da Nang and the northern highlands.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mutingus
Hue
Defense Ministry
Pham Xuan Nua
da Nang
da Nang- US
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Ton That Dinh
U.S
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Junta Highlands
Phu Bai US
26Th Infantry Division
Saigoa
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Howard Kraemer
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Martin Windus
Keith Win
Dus and
Curtis James
Tashkent
Russia
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Tass
Roosevelt University
Waterloo
Rodney Henn
Elk Run Heights
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England
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Britain
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Jakarta
Indonesia
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Radio
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Abdul Razak
New Bedford
Mass
Johnson
Rodman Job Corps Center
Dirksen
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Samuel Lawson
Auckland
New Zealand
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Deborah
Selina
Sam
Shirlena
Hershey Avenue
Walnut
East Second Streets
Illinois
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Wgai
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