Auto crash victim Ronald Krantz dies at 23
Ronald Dean Krantz 23 of Washington County was killed in a one car crash on highway 218 south of Hills. The Riverside High School graduate, member of Riverside Methodist Church, served in the U.S. Army reserve and worked at Procter and Gamble in Iowa City. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Survived by his parents, four brothers, a sister, and maternal grandparents.
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Ronald D. Krantz
Washington County
Ernest Krantz
Washington
Krantz
Hills
Ronald Dean Krantz
Ernest and
Isabelle Kennard Krantz
This County
Riverside High School
The
Riverside Methodist Church
U.S. Army Reserve
Procter and Gamble
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
Ellis Powell
Elm Grove Cemetery
Dallas
Steve
Tim
Michael
Cheryl
Clyde Kennard
Kalona
Beck urges Iowa planning to lift population
Republican nominee Robert Beck accused Governor Harold Hughes of ignoring Iowa’s industry and population problems and called for a long range development plan. Hughes said a plan should be ready within 90 days. Beck cited Census Bureau data showing Iowa ranked 49th in population growth, arguing Hughes is a late adopter on the issue. If elected, Beck promised to push state efforts to raise Iowa out of the population doldrums.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert Beck
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Beck
Hughes
U.S. Department of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Census
Doctor gives up without any shots
In Roaring Spring Pennsylvania a doctor, Dr Patrick Boccagno, surrendered after a two day standoff with state police. He refused to come out, guarded his home with his four children but was talked into surrender by troops under a truce flag.
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Roaring Spring
UPI
Walter Janusky
Patrick Boccagno
Rock Island plans Sigourney freight depot to boost service
Washington Industrial Corporation heard that Rock Island Motor Freight has tentatively approved a new motor freight depot near Sigourney. The site will deliver overnight freight to towns within 35 miles, with construction likely this summer outside Sigourney limits. A public meeting with Rock Island officials is scheduled for April 12 at the American Legion Hall.
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Washington Industrial Corporation
Rock Island Motor Freight Company
Sigourney
Rock Island
Kieth Kent
Washington
Paul Kluding
Rock Island Motor Freight Operations
Kent
American Legion Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Board
Riots, Viet Cong base clash as Saigon crisis widens
U S troops of the 25th Division seized a Viet Cong base camp 20 miles north of Saigon after heavy fighting, with at least 24 Communists killed. Air Force and Navy planes struck Communist north as political unrest rocked Saigon. A prison near Phu Lam saw guerrillas machinegun civilians. five prisoners survived. American casualties for the week totaled 101 killed and 690 wounded, with allied losses 18 killed and Viet Cong 962 dead.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. 25Th Division
U.S
Phu Lam
North
Viet Nam
USS. Navy
U.S. Air Force
South Viet Nam
Air Force
June draft quota cuts to fifteen thousand
Washington UPI reports the Defense Department set a June draft quota of 15,000, down from May’s 34,600, due to heavy enlistments and overcrowded training facilities. Officials say college students may avoid the draft if quotas stay below 30,000 through September, with post Korea enlistments already high.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Selective Service
Red River dike reinforcement amid record flood in North Dakota
Volunteers flocked to reinforce aging dikes as the swollen Red River crested toward Canada. The river spread up to 12 miles wide in places, displacing up to 2,000 people in North Dakota and Minnesota, with hundreds more in Canada. The SBA declared flood-damaged areas disaster zones as flood levels marked the worst in a century.
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Grand Forks
N.D
UPI
Red River
Canada
North Dakota
Minnesota
Small Business Administration
Lights seen in skies over Johnson and Washington counties
About twenty witnesses reported red lights in the sky southeast of Iowa City with no clear explanation. Iowa Highway Patrol, sheriff and police officers joined residents including the Lyle Wilson family in observing two bright red lights moving slowly in circular patterns at 2000 to 3000 feet.
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Washington
Johnson County
United Press International
Iowa City
Here
Iowa
Journal
Lyle Wilson
S.W
Daugh
Ter
Highway 1
Iowa Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy With Cooling Friday
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday across Iowa with a chill arriving. Northwest to extreme north will be colder Friday with lows 25 to 35 and highs 35 to the north and 45 to 50 along the southern border.
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Iowa
New multi layer coins reassure public after Dubuque split
Washington officials say the new three layer sandwich coins are durable and will not fall apart. Only one Dubuque example split when a newsboy dropped it. About 1.5 billion such coins have been minted with tests showing the design endures high pressure and various production methods.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Dubuque
Iowa
Robert A. Wallace
Wallace
U.S
Riots Roil Saigon As Buddhist Protests Turn Violent
In Saigon Buddhist student protests turn deadly as mobs beat U.S. servicemen and kidnap a Western man and his Vietnamese companion. Police and paratroopers battle rioters with tear gas and bayonets as gangs torch an American jeep. A second Westerner is reported missing amid the fourth night of unrest.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Polaris A3 misfires during first test from sub
Polaris A3 missile failed two minutes after launch from a submerged submarine at Cape Kennedy during a secret test. A second rocket on a 1500 mile flight succeeded 30 minutes later, breaking a streak of 29 straight A3 successes and marking the earlier partial failure on July 16, 1964.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Florida
Air Force
Funeral Saturday for Pfc Friese in hometown church
Funeral services for Pfc. Willard John Friese 19 will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. James Catholic Church. Prayers are set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Jones Funeral Home, with viewing Friday afternoon. Friese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Friese, was wounded March 20 at Phu Bai and died March 21 after joining the Marine Corps in 1965. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Pfc
Willard John Friese
Viet Nam
St. James Catholic Church
Jones Funeral Home
Friese
Charles Friese
Phu Bai
United States Marine Corps
Elm Grove Cemetery
End three month search recover hydrogen bomb Palomares Spain
The UPI report says a 1.1 megaton hydrogen bomb was recovered from 2500 feet deep off Palomares ending a three month search. It was brought aboard a ship at 7 40 a.m. local time and was undamaged. The operation involved thousands of U.S. service members and naval vessels.
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Palomares
Spain
UPI
U.S. Navy
United States
U.S
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Geneva
Russia
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
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