Weather notes and political shifts in Midwest and France
The brief reports include Washington rain totals of .85 inches in 24 hours with .72 inches from Friday 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. today and .12 inches before Friday 6 p.m. In Paris a poll shows French households favor 2.73 babies on average despite government push for larger families. In Lawton, Iowa Colonel Henry withdraws from the Republican governor race criticizing the entrenched machine and backroom dealings. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Superintendent Arnold Salisbury resigns after a decade in post despite a new three-year contract and prior school expansions including three high schools and two junior highs.
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Cedar Rapids
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Salisbury
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Woman to be buried alive for 75 days in Charleston
Patricia Anne Haverland, 38, a Charleston mother of three, plans to descend into a 26x73 inch pine box eight feet underground with a two foot surface air shaft for 75 days. She hopes to raise funds for her children’s college education and set a world record, surpassing the 73 days by Frank Allen.
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UPI
Patricia
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Frank Allen
Ripley
W. Va
London
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First overland North Pole trip ends at pole
Ralph Plaisted and three companions reach the North Pole at 4 p.m. est on Friday completing the first overland journey by mechanized transport. They describe a beautiful, clear day with no wind and a 23 below temperature, noting prior readings of 50 below during the 474 mile trip from Ward Hunt Island.
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North Pole
UPI
Robert S. Peary
Local Demos Convene in Washington County Meeting
Washington County Democrats held two county conventions, with delegates to the state presidential and statutory conventions chosen amidst a quiet session. About 200 gathered at the courthouse, resolving to send a large slate of delegates and alternates, including Paul Ryan and Wanda Smith, to the May 25 presidential gathering and the June statutory convention, while debates touched on primary support and tuition tax deductions amid calls to end the Vietnam War.
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Washington County
Court House
Paul Ryan
Wanday Smith
Marge Marek
Jim Quinn
Hughes
Walter Farrell
Wanda Smith
Rosemary Elliott
Phil Kneen
Darrell Netherton
Walter Farrell Sr
Carolyn Levy
John C. Owen
Corbin Crawford
Miriam Ebel
Don Kirchner
Vernon Elgin
Charles Berdo
Zelda Shebeck
Phil McClure
Albion Young
Victor Flynn
Dwight Robison
Dean Garrett
Helen Owen
Charles Ebel
Betty Kirchner
Rosemary Berdo
Lillian Kiene
Gene McCracken
Ferd Marie
Roger Schloss
John Elliott
Ardell Gerot
Laura Mescher
Leo Mullikin
Fonda Dehne
Alfred Fritz
Alvin Horak
Duane Redlinger
Bill Dusenbery
Vi Young
Geneva Schnoebelen
Ford Marie
Gary Lane
F. W. Schnoebelen
Larry Robison
Jim
Massive raids continue as bombs hit North Vietnam panhandle
U S pilots mounted the year’s largest daytime raids in the southern North Vietnam panhandle for a second day. Friday saw 160 missions, the most since Oct. 14, with Air Force Navy and Marine jets striking targets obscured by weather. Elsewhere a Marine convoy faced a Communist ambush near Khe Sanh but advanced, while U S troops uncovered Viet Cong rockets near Saigon. Navy efforts targeted Dong Hoi and Vinh, destroying bridges, boats and trucks. F111A jets hit a highway bridge complex northwest of Dong Hoi, dodging SAM fire with no reported hits on aircraft.
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Rival Camps Both Make Claims In Iowa Delegates Fight
United Press International reports both Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy backers claimed wins in Iowa county conventions though no total victory existed. McCarthy led in Johnson and Scott counties while Kennedy dominated Woodbury and pressed Polk Linn and Black Hawk. In Johnson, Kennedy ally Daniel Boyle was ousted as chair and McCarthy backer George Bedell installed. McCarthy delegates totaled 69. Scott County kept 220 delegates with a 139-55-39 straw poll, amid a 50 plus per cent estimate for McCarthy. Woodbury backed Kennedy 167-146 on second ballot, with full Kennedy slate sent after labor coalition. Linn County defeated full McCarthy slate 190-124. final estimates: 90 Kennedy, 10 McCarthy, 100 uncommitted.
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Hubert Humphrey
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Weather: Cloudy with Rain Chance and Winds Southwest
Considerable cloudiness today with a chance of rain this morning. Winds southerly to southwesterly 20 to 35 mph becoming southwesterly to westerly. Today’s high in the 50s. Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy and somewhat warmer Sunday. Monday brings cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers.
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Iowa
Washington High club adopts Korean child via Holt Program
Washington High School Foreign Language Club becomes foster parents to Song Chul a 10 year old Korean American child in Seoul through the Holt Adoption Program founded by the late Harry Holt. Members send 15 dollars monthly and support grants including medical care while awaiting assignment of a home.
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Holt
Song Chul
Seoul
Korea
Harry Holt
Song
Chul
Washington
Tornado toll tops fourteen in Greenwood Arkansas
Rescue teams comb the rubble of downtown Greenwood Arkansas as a killer tornado left a 400 foot path through the Ozark foothill town. Arkansas state police confirmed at least 14 dead and police from neighboring Oklahoma assist in radio coordinated search efforts.
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Oklahoma
Tornado Devastates Greenwood Arkansas Town
A deadly tornado struck Greenwood Arkansas killing at least 17 with about 400 injured and 20 missing. Gov Rockefeller and state officials planned aid as the storm leveled the town square, damaged a courthouse, school, and rest home while spreading damage to Heber Springs 200 miles away.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Texas
Maurice L. Britt
National Guard
Greenwood
Misses Rest Home
Paul Joyce
Joyce
Heber Springs
Ark
Bill Kennedy
Fort Smith
Congress urged to pass Johnson tax surcharge amid inflation crisis
The United States faces a severe inflation crisis as officials push Congress to quickly approve President Johnson's income tax increase. Federal Reserve Board leaders warned the nation’s mood is dire, linking higher rates to curb inflation, while banks raise prime lending and mortgage costs.
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Andrew F. Brimmer
Lincoln
FEC
Congress
LBJ
Johnson City
Tex
George Christian
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Revenue System
Three Die In Tama U S 30 Crash In Iowa
A two car collision near Tama killed two Iowa State University students and a Clinton housewife. Victims were Danniel Mollenhauer 18 Coggan David Sterner 18 Central City and Thelma James 51 Clinton. Other occupants David Ries 19 Manchester and Robert James 58 Clinton were hospitalized.
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Tama, Iowa
UPI
Iowa State University
Clinton
Tama
U.S
Danniel Louis Mollenhauer
Coggan
David Sterner
Central City
Thelma Lorraine James
James
David Ries
Manchester
Robert
Washington city council minutes reported today
Official record notes the approval of recent motions and discussions from the Washington city council meeting. Highlights include routine requests, committee reports, and votes affecting local governance and public services.
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