Report on Iowa Senate review of Dennler firing
A Des Moines committee found Democratic Secretary of Agriculture Kenneth Owen justified in firing state milk sanitarium Richard Dennler of LeMars but rejected a push to prosecute. The panel noted Dennler overstated his workload and said no good cause existed for arbitrary action. It criticized former Secretary L. B. Liddy and concluded Dennler was a product of a lax system.
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Des Moines
AFA
Kenneth Owen
Richard Dennler
LeMars
Senate
Committee
Dennler
J. Henry Lucken
Lisle
GOP
Dennier
Naire
Owen
Liddy
Secretary of Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
Agricullture Department
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Iowa storm lashes Cedar Rapids and western counties
A morning windstorm ripped through western, central, and northeastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids suffered injuries, damaged schools, and toppled trees while storms knocked out power and littered streets with debris. Flooding and heavy rainfall affected many counties, with reports of damaged farms, a ruptured roof at schools, and shattered storefront windows.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Harding Junior High
Marion
Audubon
Pottawattamie
Payless Cashway Lumber Co
Deeper Involvement Seen For Soviets in Viet Nam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said there may be a second Soviet missile site near Hanoi with missile-related equipment, signaling deeper Soviet involvement with North Viet Nam. He noted uncertainty about the number of installations while confirming a missile site was being prepared. Rusk also said the Communist threat in the Dominican Republic has been substantially reduced and predicted further U.S. pullouts from Santo Domingo.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Rusk
State Department
Dominican Republic
U.S
Santo Domingo
Johnson
Legion Leader Sees Cautious Optimism on Vietnam Hope
American Legion national commander Donald E. Johnson said after a Southeast Asia trip he felt a cautious optimism about the Vietnam conflict. Speaking at the White House, Johnson noted signs of progress but cautioned there were no great victories. He added optimism grows deeper down the chain of command.
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Waenuteiun
Donald E. Johnson
American Legion
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Johnson
West Branch
Iowa
White House
Boy Drowns In Rain Storm At Woodbine Farm
An 11 year old farm boy Tom Grady from Woodbine drowned while attempting to fetch cows in a heavy rain. He was swept into a rain swollen creek about six feet deep. In Des Moines the House Appropriations Committee approved two bills. One would appropriate 62 million dollars for operating State Board of Regents institutions and 21,150,000 dollars for capital improvements in the next two years.
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Woodbine
Iowa
Tom Grady
Des Moines
House Appropriations Committee
State Board of Regents
Castro sister plans aid for Cuban refugee center in Jamaica
Juanita Castro, sister of the Cuban dictator, said she will subsidize a Cuban refugee center in Kingston, Jamaica, through the Marta Abreau Foundation she established in Miami. She acted after Reverend Darmouth Verley reported the Kingston haven had no funds.
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Miami
Fla
Juanita Castro
Marta Abreau
Jamaica
Miss Castro
Darmouth Verley
Kingston
Adcock Elected President of Beverage Control Group
Homer Adcock chairman of the Town Liquor Control Commission was elected president of the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association. The group includes 17 states that maintain liquor monopolies.
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New York
Homer Adcock
Town Liquor Control Commission
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
France warns foreign intervention could threaten world peace
The French government after a cabinet meeting chaired by President Charles de Gaulle cautioned that foreign military and political intervention in the Dominican Republic may threaten world peace if it persists.
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Paris
Dominican Republic
Charles de Gaulle
Laws to Spur Roadside Beautification Sought
President Johnson asks Congress to pass four bills to beautify roadsides and ban billboards and junkyards on busy highways. Readouts from a White House conference on natural beauty align with goals for scenic highways, waters protection, land reclamation, and wildlife education. Johnson aims to use highway funds for landscaping and scenic road enhancements.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
Natu
Ral Beauty
Laurance Rockerfeller
California
Massachusetts
Red Ambush Kills, Wounds American in Viet Nam
A Viet Cong ambush 6 miles northwest of Saigon left one American dead, one wounded, and one missing as a jeep convoy from a Special Forces camp near Ben Sai to Tay Ninh was attacked. South Vietnamese losses totaled four dead and four wounded. U.S. air raids on North Vietnam continued around the clock.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Ben Sai
Tay Ninh
Astronaut Edward White Ready for Space Walk
Edward H. White II is scheduled for a June 3 space walk from Gemini 4 over Guaymas Mexico. The 34 year old Air Force major will exit the spacecraft during the second orbit for about 10 to 12 minutes before returning over the Florida coast. The mission marks a US first in duration and a first spacewalk conducted by an American. White’s shift partner James A. McDivitt will film from the capsule while White endures in a suit designed to resist micrometeorites and sun rays.
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Houston
Tex
Edward H. White II
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Air Force
Guaymas
México
Florida
United States
Alexei Levey
White
San Antonio
KCIT
Wright ~ Pattersay Air Force Base
Ohio
Gilruth
New Color Advertisement Process Shown in Journal
The Society section explains a new pre printed color ad method. It uses a full page ad roll cut precisely by a scanner controlled press to position each copy correctly. Readers are told this differs from the old wallpaper pattern and is acclaimed in advertising.
Astronauts Train for June 3 Space Mission
Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt are pictured during training for a four day orbital mission. White is planned to exit the spacecraft briefly during the flight. The launch is set for June 3.
Rights Bill Adopted by Senate in Voting Rights Push
After five weeks of debate the Senate passed the voting rights bill urged by President Johnson to end race based voter discrimination. It targets Southern states by suspending literacy tests and allows federal examiners to register voters. The measure, backed by a 70 to 30 cloture vote, moves to the House for action. Southern opponents condemned the bill as unconstitutional and politically driven.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Selma
Ala
House
Judiciary Committee
U S Begins Dominican Troop Withdrawal
The United States starts pulling 600 of 21 000 troops from the Dominican Republic as Latin American soldiers join the new peace force of the Organization of American States. About 1 700 Latin American troops will arrive within a week, and an equal number of Americans are slated to depart. Fighting has halted but no political settlement is seen as the junta demands rebels surrender and rule.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Organization of American States
U.S
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