Laos coup fallout eases as Souvanna released and flies to Luang Prabang
Right wing generals who ousted Premier Souvanna Na Phouma reversed course and freed him from house arrest in Laos. Souvanna left his villa and flew to Luang Prabang to meet King Savang Vatthana, accompanied by coup leaders Kouprasith Abhay and Siho Lanphouthacoul and General Phoumi Nosavan. Kong Le pledged troops to support Souvanna as Western powers pressed for a return to the prior balance.
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Laos
Souvanna
Luang Prabang
Savang Vatthana
Kouprasith Abhay
Ho Lanphouthacoul
Phoumi Nosavan
Kong le
Saigon
United
States
Briain
France
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
Washington
Rusk
U.S. Ambassa
Kouprasith
Phoumi
Guards Use Tear Gas as Convicts Strike in Nebraska
In Lincoln Nebraska prison guards used tear gas on eight inmates as about 220 convicts refused to work protesting yard privileges suspended after a five man jail break. The search for the outlaws extended across the Missouri River with several captures and a National Guard helicopter incident.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Nebraska Penal Complex
Maurice Sigler
Possible delay for Denison college
Denison plans to begin construction of an eight million dollar college complex this fall with classes set for 1965. Richard Knowles, president of Midwestern College Corporation, warned a two million dollar shortfall could delay start, while backers insist delays are temporary and construction will proceed when funds arrive. The Houston firm Caudill Rowlett and Scott is revising building designs as part of a feasibility study.
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Richard Knowles
The
Midwestern College Corporation
Denison Review
Denison Bulletin
Knowles
Caudill, Rowlett and Scott
Houston
Tex
Rites Monday for Frank Gooch
Funeral services for Frank Gooch 71 of near Conesville were held Monday at the United Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Hubert Sunderman officiating. Burial followed in Columbus City Cemetery. Gooch, born December 2, 1892, was the son of Benjamin and Susan Gooch. He married Mae Swailes in 1915. she died in 1959. He is survived by nephews, nieces, and cousins.
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Columbus Junction
Frank Gooch
Conesville
United Presbyterian Church
Hubert Sunderman
Columbus City Cemetery
Stacy Funeral Home
Gooch
Benjamin
Susan Bennett Gooch
Mae Swailes
Iowa Weather Outlook Tonight Through Tuesday
Scattered snowers and thunderstorms sweep Iowa tonight with heavy storms likely. Cooler temperatures follow in western and southern central areas tonight and in the southwest on Tuesday. Lows tonight in the 40s with highs Tuesday in the 40s to the 30s from northeast to southwest. Wednesday projects fair skies with moderate temperatures.
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Iowa
Johnson orders further uranium cuts in nuclear effort
President Johnson announced a four year plan to reduce enriched uranium production by 40 percent and plutonium by 20 percent. He noted Khrushchev indicated a similar move and said the United States will pursue talks to ease Cold War tensions while continuing to back Cuba policy and the Viet Nam effort. Bundy was sent to Laos for on spot assessment as part of broader foreign policy push.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Nikita S. Khrushchev
William Bundy
Laos
Cuba
Viet Nam
Departments of State, Defense
Central Intelligence Agency
Associated Press
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Russia
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Blair B. Wood Dies at 63 in Keota Iowa City Mercy
Blair B Wood 63 died this morning at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a period of illness. He was born June 16 1900 in Ainsworth to Frank and Rose Kupkaw Wood and married Minnie Snakenberg McJunkin in 1938. He moved to Keota in 1963 and operated a tavern and care business. Funeral services are pending with Powell Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife a stepson Roger McJunkin four stepgrandsons a brother Earl Wood and two sisters Geraldine Anderson and Martha Wood.
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Keota
Blair B. Wood
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. Wood
Ainsworth
Frank
Rose Kupkaw Wood
Minnie Snakenberg
Me. Junkin
Kahoka
Racial tension erupts in Salisbury protests over Nkomo ban
UPI report from Salisbury notes gangs of Africans stoning buses to deter workers in a strike against a white supremacist government. At least five buses were attacked in Highfields as unrest spread from last week. Police made nine new arrests, raising totals since Joshua Nkomo's banishment to over a hundred.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
UPI
Highfields
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
White House: Rail talks make some definite gains
The White House reported progress in coast-to-coast railroad wage talks as mediators noted definite gains in the 15 day strike truce period. Yet officials stressed remaining hard issues and compared the current gain to inching forward a foot a week ago.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Johnson
George E. Reedy
Reedy
Balloonist lifts off as boy clings to rope during ascent
In a San Francisco Bay area balloon race, ten year old Danny Nowell grabbed a rope dangling from a balloon at 3,000 feet. A strong jerk pulled him from the ground. pilot William Berry reacted quickly and the boy survived with a badly bruised left hand and a hospital checkup planned.
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San Francisco
UPS
William Berry
Berry
Danny Nowell
Danny
Letterman General Hospital
Tamalpais Vailey
Alcatraz Island
Rainfall totals 2.28 inches after night showers
Washingtons omerat weather observer reports 2.28 inches of rainfall this morning. This total, not including a late shower, reflects Sunday night and earlier. The moisture came with heavy thundershowers and lightning, welcomed by county farmers after a dry spring. scattered power failures were reported in the Washington area.
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Washington
Omerat Weather Observer
Castro accuses U S of airspace violations in Cuba
In a Havana speech marking the Bay of Pigs anniversary Fidel Castro charged the United States with violations of Cuban air space and urged armed forces to speed up anti aircraft missile preparations. He claimed U S Marines at Guantanamo provoked Cuban sentries, crossing the border and damaging property.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
United Nations
Castro
Guantanamo Naval Base
Guantanamo
Lightning hits Ladybird Johnson plane in Cleveland
LEVELAND Ohio UPI reports a flight carrying Mrs Symon B Johnson was struck by lightning en route from Washington to Cleveland during a day of speaking events. The bolt struck near Mrs Johnson two seats behind her, causing a loud pop and a blue white flash. No damage occurred and the plane landed about 20 minutes late at 10 a.m. Pilot G A Mosteller said he controlled the Viscount jet without trouble.
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Leveland
Ohio
UPI
Symon B. Johnson
Cnj
Cleveland
Washington
G. A. Mosteller
Vienna
United Air Limes
Louisiana newsman beaten by Klansmen during Klan film shoot
WDSU reporter Bob Wagner was attacked by about 15 armed men near a Jackson farmhouse while filming a Ku Klux Klan meeting for a Louisiana documentary. He and Robert Schaefer of United Press International were scouting the site when Wagner was pistol threatened, beaten, and detained in a dog cage before release.
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Jackson
Bob Wagner
WDSU
New Orleans
Robert Schaefer
United Press International
Wagner
Louisiana
Schaefer
Schaetz
Iowa business aircraft fly 14 million miles yearly
Des Moines and state aviation officials report Iowa’s 1,758 civil aircraft travel over 14 million miles annually, about 283,500 flight hours, with 1,018 privately owned and 619 business aircraft. Iowa ranks high in airports and activity, noting 95 municipally owned airports today and robust Des Moines Airport ops.
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Des Moines
UDIA
Iowa
Frank W. Berlin
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Berlin
Aeronautics Commission
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