Huge protest of Vietnam in New York
About 1,200 peace demonstrators from Cleveland and Detroit arrived in rain as the first wave of an anticipated five figures joining a march to United Nations Plaza to demand an end to the Vietnam War. Mayor Lindsay urged peaceful protest while noting potential trouble.
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New York
UPI
Cleveland
Detroit
Midwest
United Nations Plaza
Vietnam
John V. Lindsay
Sidney Peck
Grand Central Station
Missing Dubuque boy Tony Freeman sought by police
Dubuque Iowa police search for 12 year old Tony Freeman who left for Fulton Elementary School Friday morning and has not been seen since. He weighs 86 pounds and is five foot two with blond hair. Parents reported him missing early today and fear harm may be involved.
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Boy
Dubuque
Dubuque, Iowa
UPI
Fulton Elementary School
Tony Freeman
Donald Freeman
Weather in Iowa forecast by United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a risk of showers or thunderstorms on Sunday. Lows range from the 40s in the north to the 50s in the south. Sunday highs will reach the 70s.
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Iowa
County youth earns ISU scholarship
Frederick J. Wright of Keota is among six named to receive an Iowa Southern Utilities Company college scholarship. Wright will enroll at the University of Iowa. The program offers three four year high school scholarships and three two year junior college scholarships at Burlington Centerville and Creston. Other high school winners are Jerry Dean Woods of Clarke County and Patricia Louisa Law of Ottumwa.
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Frederick J. Wright
R.R. 2
Keota
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Fred Wright
Mid - Prairie
University of Iowa
Jerry Dean Woods
Clarke County Community High School
Osceola
Patricia Louisa Law
Ottumwa
Burlington
Centerville
Creston
Diane Kay Lyons
Tennessee monkey law revival ends with teacher firing
In Campbell County Tennessee a high school science teacher Gary Scott was dismissed after teaching evolution, reviving the long dormant monkey law. The state legislature voted to repeal the monkey statute, which prohibits opposing the biblical creation story, after a debated session that included a live caged monkey demonstration.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Tennessee
Gary Scott
University of Tennessee
Jacksboro High School
Campbell County Board of Education
Scopes
John T. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Charles Darwin
Darwin
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
East Tennessee
State House of Representatives
House
Undergraduates Should Keep Draft Deferment Says Reedy
George Reedy, former White House press secretary, argues undergraduates should keep draft deferments while graduate exemptions be limited to medical students. He supports delaying deferment until undergrad is earned or age 24 25, then join the general pool with 19-year-olds as drafted first under the committee plan.
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Washington
UPI
White House
George Reedy
Reedy
Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Atty
Burke Marshall
Speck trial may reach jury today
In Peoria Illinois the Richard Speck mass murder case enters its eighth week as the judge prepares summations and the jury could receive the case this afternoon. Speck is charged with the killings of eight nurses in a Chicago dormitory last July. The jury faces four possible outcomes including death by electric chair, prison, freedom, or a new trial. Judge Paschen plans to hold deliberations late tonight and resume Sunday morning if needed.
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Peoria, Ill
UPI
Richard Speck
Herbert C. Paschen
Speck
Chicago South Side
Illinois
Iowa City peace march ends with egg throwing arrests
About 300 protesters marched six blocks from College Hill Park to Old Capital in a Vietnam war protest. Police recovered eggs thrown at demonstrators and arrested William G. Suter, 22, a University of Iowa sophomore, for carrying an unloaded .45-caliber pistol and charged him with public intoxication.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
U.S
College Hill Park
University of Iowa
Old Capital
William G. Suter
Suter
Senate Reconsiders Truck Bill Amid Split Votes
In Des Moines the Senate passed the truck length bill for a second time on its third trip, sending it to the House. The measure would extend the maximum length for double bottom units to 65 feet on four lane and certain highways, but the Senate later defeated it after amendments limiting routes and to per unit length sparked further votes and a recall.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
House
Harold F. Hughes
Hughes
Iowa Highway Commission
Eugene Hill
D-Newton
Hill
Joseph Coleman
Clare
William Denman
Adolph Elvers
Elkader
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
John Kibbie
Emmetsburg
Clifton Lamborn
Maquoketa
Arthur Neu
Carroll, Sons
Seeley Lodwick
Wever
James Potgeter
Steamboat Rock
Committee proposes Amish exemption from school laws Hazleton area
Governor Hughes backs a committee's bill to exempt Old Order Amish children in Hazleton from attendance and standards laws. Exemption would last two years with annual renewal based on achievement in basic skills and civics. The plan requires applications to the state education chief and approval by the State Board.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hazleton
Hughes
Robert Fulton
Senate
House
Maurice Baringer
Oelwein
State Board of Public Instruction
United States
Iowa
North Washington trash pickup for spring cleanup
Washington residents north of the railroad tracks are reminded that the city sanitation truck will collect trash and debris Monday and Tuesday weather permitting. No charge for the service. residents should place refuse in containers along the curb or alley rear.
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Washington
Probate of wills and executors named in two estates
Public notice lists probate actions and appointment of executors for the estates of William Glassburner and Clara Davies. Details include filing and qualification steps, with jurisdiction and relevant dates noted for interested parties.
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William Glassburner
Clara Davies
Vietnam Premier Plans Maginot Line Border Barrier
South Vietnam moves to halt North Vietnamese infiltration by building a 14 mile border barrier of land mines concertina wire and artillery with 20 000 villagers evacuated. U S Marines expand air and artillery support while Da Nang and DMZ areas are reinforced and field of fire cleared.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
South China Sea
U.S
France
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Bien Hoa
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Qui Nhon
Quang Tri
Tho Man’s Land
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United Press International
ISU
Paschen
Iowa City
Frederick Wright
Route 2
Mid-Prairie High School
Wellman
Iowa Southern Utilities
Ted Johnson
Wash
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Fred
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