Florida Counts Damage After Central Florida Tornadoes
A deadly tornado outbreak tore through central Florida leveling homes in 10 cities. Nine people died and 198 injured as 350 homes were destroyed and 500 damaged across Hillsborough and Polk counties with damage totals around 6 million dollars. Gov. Burns toured the wreckage and sought disaster declarations from federal authorities.
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Gulf of Mexico
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic
Haydon Burns
Lakeland
Tampa
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Hillsborough County
Valencia
Burns
Hillsborough
Polk
Johnson
Pinellas
Osceola
Brevard
Da Nang Crisis Eases After Ky Apology And Showdown
Premier Ky met Da Nang leaders after apologizing for claiming the city faced Communist influence. Violent unrest roiled Saigon Nha Trang Hue and Da Nang as loyalist troops and anti government Buddhists faced off. Calm urged as air service resumes.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
U.S. Information Service
USIS
Hue
Viet Nam
Phan Xuan Nhuan
Nguyen
Soviet Unveils Five Year Plan Amid Viet Nam Strain
Premier Kosygin announces the new five year plan at the 23rd party congress amid U S aggression in Viet Nam. He criticizes Khrushchev and says military build up diverts funds from civilian economy to weapons and troops. Russia raises military outlay by five percent to 14.8 billion dollars this year citing the war.
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Moscow
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Kremlin
Ninita S. Khrushchev
United States
Kosygin
Russia
Automakers warn on Johnson safety rules at Senate hearing
Washington based auto executives led by Ford’s John Bugas told the Senate Commerce Committee that proposed federal safety standards could boost state and local efforts but risk unintended harm to the economy. The group endorsed better safety data and highway programs while opposing national standards and a federal safety mandate.
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UPI
Johnson
U.S
John S. Bugas
Ford Motor Co
Senate Commerce Committee
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford
Big Four
Bugas
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Detroit
Nineteen US astronauts named as Apollo program advances
Space Center Houston reports 19 new astronauts named by the United States as NASA speeds Saturn 1B tests and plans early manned Apollo flights. The recruits, averaging 32.8 years, will train in May for missions that could reach the moon aboard Apollo ships, with Gus Grissom Edward White II and Roger Chaffee among early three man crews.
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Virgil I.gus
Grissom
Edward H. White II
Roger Chaffee
Earth
United States
Russia
U.S
Damages sought in armory blast fatalities in Iowa
Henry Gronewold of Basco Illinois filed two suits totaling 1 576 617 as administrator of the estates of Carl Goodrich and Carol Goodrich. The action names Keokuk Gas Service Co as defendant. Carol Goodrich died in the gas explosion at a square dance. Carl Goodrich died days later at University Hospitals in Iowa City. The Goodrich children aged 2 to 8 live with the Gronewolds. Gronewold seeks 200 000 for his daughter's estate and 325 539 for Goodrich's estate.
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Keokuk
Iowa
UPI
Illinois
National Guard
Henry Gronewold
Basco
Carl Goodrich
Goodrich
Carol
Carthage
Ill
Keokuk Gas Service Co
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Armory
Gronewolds
Gronewald
Beck enters race for Iowa governor as Republican
Centerville publisher Robert K. Beck announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. The 50-year-old former state legislator and highway official urged a long range development plan to end Iowa stagnation, criticizing current policies and warning of higher taxes if the Hughes administration continues. Beck chairs the Centerville Industrial Development Committee and cites growing industry and payroll gains as progress.
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Centerville
Iowa
UPI
Robert K. Beck
Today
Beck
The
Iowa Press Association
Iowa Daily Press Association
Press Association
Harold
Hughes
Ward seeks Iowa State Auditor nomination
Des Moines Republican C W Ward announced his candidacy for State Auditor. A 25 year veteran in the State auditor's office he says experience is needed to tackle Iowa financial and administrative problems. He promises government economy and potential tax relief and lives in Des Moines. He was named Man of the Year by the Iowa Finance Officers Association in 1962.
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DES Moines
IDPA
C.W. Ward
Ward
State Auditor’s
Iowa
Iowa Finance Officiers Association
Weather Summary for Iowa Tonight through Thursday
United Press International reports considerable cloudiness in the east with slow clearing in the west. Snow flurries in the east and continued cool conditions tonight with lows in the upper 20s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with highs from the mid 40s in the northeast to about 50 in the southwest, and Thursday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers.
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United Press International
Iowa
Second tanker defies blockade heading to Beira
Beira harbor Beira, Mozambique. The Greek owned tanker Joanna V with 12000 tons of fuel arrived and anchored off the wharf. It had been stopped by the British frigate Plymouth but allowed to proceed. A second ship Manuela passed through the Mozambique Channel while London discussed diplomatic moves. The clash underscores Britain's oil embargo against Rhodesia as Portugal faces sanctions. The Joanna V is bound for a Rhodesian refinery via the Beira pipeline, despite Greek orders not to stop at Beira.
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Beira
Mozambique
UPI
Rhodesia
United Nations
Plymouth
Manuela
Mozambique Channel
Harold Wilson
London
Britain
Portugal
Ian Smith
Umtala
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Bandar Mashur
Suez
Mediterranean
Athens
Russian Jews mark Passover service in Moscow crowd
Soviet Jews held Passover services with abundant matzoh for the first time in five years. About 1,000 worshippers filled Moscow Central Synagogue and overflowed outside while thousands more observed across the nation. Restrictions on matzah and bakery use were lifted, despite the USSR’s official atheism.
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Moscow
UPS
Red Sea
Soviet Union
Washington City Council approves street bond sale and recreation plans
In a light session the council approved selling 144000 in 1965 street bonds with 90000 bought by Washington banks and 54000 by a Des Moines firm Carlton D Beh. The body backed a summer recreation survey at Green Field and authorized a sewer study for the Southeast area with Robert Huber. It also hired Powers and associates to update subdivision ordinances and moved to repeal pool restrictions in city laws.
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Washington City Council
Washington State Bank
National Bank of Washington
Des Moines
Carlton D. Beh
Washington
Recreation Committee
Paul Gebhardt
YMCA
YWCA
Green Field
Robert Huber
Huber
Planning Commission
Powers and Associates
Iowa City
County Planning Commission
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