Buddhist leader urges calm in Vietnam unrest
In Hue and Da Nang Thich Tri Quang urged a halt to anti government protests to avoid jeopardizing plans for a civilian government. He warned U S opposition to a national assembly as it could empower military rulers. Thieu and eight generals met to finalize election procedures for a democratic regime.
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Saigon
UPI
Washington
Thich Tri Quang
United States
National Assembly
Viet Nam
Quang
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Eleven Die In Iowa Weekend Traffic Toll 1966
United Press International reports eleven people were killed in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend, bringing the 1966 highway death toll to 195, with incidents across U.S. 61 U.S. 34 I-218 and other routes. Victims include Donald Moore, Edith Wiley, Robert Engles, Wayne Johnson family, and others in Cedar Falls, Burlington, Fairfield, Council Bluffs, Spillville, and surrounding counties.
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United Press International
Iowa
Donald Fred Moore
Fort Madison
U.S. 61
Edith Wiley
Glenwood
U.S. 34
Leona Grennwood
Grennwood
Robert Wayne Engles
Waverly
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Cedar Falls
U.S.218
Percy rallies Iowa GOP on truth in government
UPI reports Illinois Senatorial candidate Charles Percy told about 3,500 at a Des Moines fundraiser that Republicans can win on the issue of truth in government. He criticized administration honesty about Vietnam and Dominican Republic, urged defense of truth and cited press travel limits.
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Des Moines
UPI
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Iowa
Percy
Paul Douglas
Dominican Republic
Viet Nam
State Department
Jack Miller
Bourke Hickenlooper
H.R. Gross
Europe
Poland
Yugoslavia
Jets strike near Hanoi in familiar missiles blitz
UPI reports U S Air Force and Navy jets attacked missile sites and radar in suburbs about 15 miles from Hanoi marking the closest strike to the capital. Two sites and a radar complex were destroyed with secondary explosions. Additional missions hit radar stations and communications targets 33 miles south while B 52 bombers hit a troop area 65 miles north of Saigon. Marines repelled an attack near Da Nang killing 16 and taking artillery positions. The 1st Cavalry ended Mosby operation with three Viet Cong killed and four captured and uncovered a large arms cache.
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Walter M. Bailey
Wellman
Council Bluffs
Bailey
Treynor
John Patrick Rogers
Minneapolis
Minn
Spillville
Rogers
Jolanda Villamara
Jose
Villamara
Harvey E. Ferris Jr
Honey Creek
Villamar
Ferris Auto
Thurman L. Wyllie
Martinsburg
Chicago & North Western
Ottumwa
Karen Peterson
Harlan
Shelby
Omaha
Richard Miller
Robert Rriese
Tennant
Peterson
Saigon
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
Guam
da Nang
1St Air Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
Interracial visits canceled in Waterloo Iowa
A white minister canceled planned interracial visits to his Waterloo apartment after landlady objections. The NAACP criticized the move, deploring the cancellation as racial prejudice. About 150 people had planned to visit homes of different races in the program, ongoing for several years.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Harlow Ferris
Lloyd Farmer
Ankeny man seeks Iowa agriculture secretary GOP nomination
Har old L. Sellers of Ankeny announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Iowa agriculture secretary. A forester and arborist with Polk County Conservation Board, he will challenge ex secretary L. B. Liddy in the primary. Sellers proposes creating information services, enhanced conservation and pesticide regulation, closer USDA and FDA cooperation, stronger consumer protection, and funded inspection services through industry fees.
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Ankeny
Iowa
UPI
Harold L. Sellers
Iowa Agriculture
Sellers
Polk County Conservation Board
Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
GOP
Iowa Agriculture Department
Liddy
Sigourney
USDA
FDA
Department
Night of Glamour as Julies Lead Oscar Race
Hollywood hosts the Academy Awards tonight with the two Julies from England, Andrews and Christie, as the top contenders for best actress at the 38th ceremony. The starry backdrop features a portrait of glamorous Hollywood glamour and a backstory of longtime friendship between the rivals.
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Hollywood
UPI
Julies
England
Andrews
Christie
Weather update for Iowa partly cloudy with showers
Partly cloudy through tonight and Tuesday with occasional showers and thunderstorms Tuesday. Light northeasterly winds today shift to easterly and southeasterly, increasing tonight and Tuesday. Lows tonight 30s northwest to 40s east and south. Highs Tuesday 55 to 65. Wednesday outlook: considerable cloudiness with showers ending east portion.
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United Press International
Iowa
University of Iowa Band Opens Kiev Concerts in Ukraine
The University of Iowa band performed in Kiev, drawing near capacity crowds and eight encores amid strong reception. After two prior sold out shows in Leningrad, they faced a near full Opera House and included Moussorgsky and Sousa encores.
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Kiev
Ussr
UPI
University of Iowa
Leningrad
Kiev Opera House
Moussorgskys
False Economy Warns Against Foreign Aid Cuts
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that slashing Johnsons 3.39 billion foreign aid request by 415 million would be a false economy. He said cuts would cripple programs worldwide, and that funds sought are the bare minimum for U S interests. The hearing, televised nationally, also touched on Viet Nam and Red China relations.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Congress
Johnson
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Fulbright
Red China
Peking
Scalise rules on Education Act for Iowa schools
Attorney General Lawrence Scalise ruled that public school districts may send non-instructional teachers to private and parochial schools in Iowa to provide Title I services under the 1965 act. Therapeutic and remedial services to non-public students are allowed, but bus transportation between private and public schools for Title I programs is not.
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DES Moines
UPI
Lawrence Scalise
Iowa
Scalise
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Paul F. Johnston
Sealise
Iawa
Congress
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