Bowen proposes Iowa tribute vision for the future
Bowen outlines a plan to form a steering committee with students faculty and Iowa City residents to study a fund. The committee will report soon and funding may be shared among groups. He envisions expanding admissions staff to identify and counsel minority students and provide aid for those from impoverished backgrounds. He argues action over time will test conscience and advance equality.
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Bowen
Iowa City
University
Funeral crowds fill Atlanta for King’s last rites
Thousands jammed around Ebenezer Baptist Church as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest. President contenders and Vice President Humphrey attended while 50,000 awaited his funeral march to Morehouse College. The crowd’s intensity prompted an early march. King’s tape-recorded eulogy recalled his wish to be a drum major for justice. Police and Justice Department officials called the scene vast and historic. In Memphis, FBI sought Mexican aid as the assassin’s whereabouts remained unconfirmed.
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Atlanta
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Justice
King
Morehouse College
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ralph Abernathy
Abernathy
Albertine King
Spelman College
College
Yolande
E. N. Dorsey
Albertine
Justice Department
Montgomery
Dexter
Morehouse
Memphis, Tenn
Fire Destroys Home. Families Escape with No Injuries
Ten people fled a two story frame home at 1104 N Iowa after a morning blaze gutted the residence owned by Agnes Beliel. Mrs Milan and Mrs Bocarth evacuated all children. no injuries reported though losses were heavy. Firemen battled flames as a second blaze broke out later and the cause remains under investigation. In Davenport Iowa the School Board approved a new salary schedule raising near 740000 for 900 teachers.
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Iowa Ave
Harold Milan
Ruth Bocarth
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Iowa
Agnes Beliel
Milan
Davenport
UPI
Burlington appeals loss of accreditation over NCA ruling
The Area 16 Burlington campus board votes to appeal the North Central Association decision removing accreditation. Officials cite policy deviation and two factual errors about courses and library volumes, noting 3,000 volumes added last year. Deadline is April 27 and Mason City also plans an appeal.
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Burlington
Iowa
UPI
Area 16
North Central Association
NCA
C.W. Callison
Chicago
Callison
Mason City
Keokuk
Molotovs Hit Waterloo Grocery and Home
Waterloo police reported Molotov cocktails hurled at a northside grocery and a home Monday night with no injuries and minor damage. A rock shattered a large plate glass window at Priebe Brothers Oil Co. on the north side. Police labeled the three incidents as hit and run with no crowds present.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Priebe Brothers Oil Co
Vietnam rail line theft cripples reopen effort
South Vietnam reports 12.6 miles of tracks and $1.5 million in equipment stolen by army soldiers aided by police and officials in Quang Tri Quang Tin and Quang Ngai. Losses include 30 000 ties 21 switches tools doors floorboards and lighting. Theft occurred Feb 5 28 after Tet and hampers reopening of the northern rail line for civilian and military use.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Quang Tin
Quang Ngai
Weather Iowa Fair Tonight and Wednesday Outlook
United Press International reports Iowa will stay fair with little temperature change tonight and a warmer Wednesday. Highs reach the 60s inland and low 70s in the southwest, while overnight lows dip to the upper 20s northeast to the low 30s elsewhere.
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United Press International
Iowa
Des Moines Mayor Considers Dismissal Of Police Chief
Des Moines Mayor Tom Urban said the City Council would decide within 48 hours whether to ask Police Chief Wear Douglas and Assistant Chief Wendell Nichols to resign. The meeting drew about 200 people pressing for dismissals amid concerns of police brutality after a Dr. King march.
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DES Moines
UPI
Tom Urban
Wear Douglas
Wendell Nichols
Veterans Auditorium
James Dunn
John Estes
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dunn
Estes
Council
Dr. Luther King
Viet Cong Attacks Qui Nhon Barracks In Pre-dawn Raid
In Qui Nhon guerrillas blew up a U S Army barracks and machine gunned survivors, killing five Americans and wounding 23. The raid and two other terror attacks killed 18 people and wounded 44. GIs returned fire, killing at least six attackers. A nearby bomb wounded 19, many civilians. A bus bombing killed 13 and wounded two on Highway 1.
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Saigon
UPI
Qui Nhon
U.S
Gis
Quang Ngai City
Probate of Will and Appointing Executor for Glenn L. Latter
The will of Glenn L. Latter is being probated and an executor is appointed to administer the estate. The court recognizes the will and assigns the executor to manage assets, debts, and distribution according to the document.
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Glenn L. Latter
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Concerned Negro Citizens
Robert Jackson
Economic Opportunity
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