Executive Council Acts State grounds super fired in shake up
Iowa executive council announced the firing of Harvey Montgomery superintendent of buildings and grounds and 4 assistants at the statehouse. Rob ert Love of Iowa State University named acting superintendent as ISU engineers assist in reorganization.
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DES Moines
UPI
Statehouse
Iowa Executive Council
Loyd G. Jackson
Executive Council
Harvey Montgomery
Robert Love
Iowa State Uni
Versity Engineering
Jackson
Department of Industrial Engineering
Engineering Extension Service
ISU
State Auditor
Montgomery
Ralph Reasoner
Merle Blair
Mel Fankhouser
Kenneth Sheppard
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
University
State Capitol
Record air sorties exceed prior Vietnam milestones
American pilots flew 139 missions Monday against North Vietnam hitting military sites fuel depots and communication lines. Seven U.S. planes were downed with one pilot rescued after parachuting near the Chinese border. Ground action included a 12 hour Marine reconnaissance stand and a total of 329 U.S. planes shot down in the two year air war.
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UPS
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Pleiku
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Air Force
Marine
Hanoi
U. S
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Thanh Hoa
UPI
Johnson reviews wage guidelines to match productivity gains
Washington officials say the Johnson administration will reexamine its wage price guidelines to be more flexible, tying increases to industry productivity. Connor and Fowler stress the policy remains in place, noting steel price rises are not drastic and overall unit labor costs are near 1957-59 levels.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson Administration
Commerce
John T. Connor
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
White House
Connor
Fowler
Johnson refutes Viet Nam war doom reports and stays optimistic
President Johnson said U.S. position in Viet Nam remains not worsened despite recent aircraft losses. He denied published reports of eight-year or five-year end timelines, stating Defense Secretary McNamara found no such memo and did not agree with it. Johnson expressed willingness to negotiate and keep options open for a summit while outlining domestic policy notes.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Bodies found in Texas night search for teens slain
Edna Louise Sullivan 16 is found in brush twelve miles from where her boyfriend Robert Brand 17 and cousin Mark Dunnam 16 were shot and stuffed in Brand’s car trunk. Brand and Dunnam killed. Green 18 admits rape, claims McDuff 20 strangled and shot the boys.
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Burleson, Tex
UPI
Pretty
Edna Louise Sullivan
Sopho
Civil Defense
Fort Worth
Edna
Robert Brand
Brand
Mark Dunnam
Roy Green
Kenneth McDuff
Farm Bureau Chief Seeks End to Agriculture Controls
GRAND JUNCTION Colo APL Charles B Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau said government controls on agriculture should be abolished though cotton and tobacco restrictions may stay for now He predicted wheat and grain limits could be lifted next year He disputed President Johnsons inflation blame saying farmers produce what consumers want and will pay for not what planners deem expedient including livestock and feed costs threatened by tax policy
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Grand Junction
Colo
APL
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau
Shuman
Johnson
Four Waterloo Men Held on Forgery Charge in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police seized four Waterloo men James Jones 30 Donald Vanda 24 Charles Talley 22 and a 17 year old in custody on forgery charges for cashing forged postal money orders. Independence police arrested them Monday and transferred them to Cedar Rapids. Police seek links to a Sunday night Superette postal sub station break in and theft of postal money orders and cash. Federal authorities plan to question the group.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Independence
Waterloo
James Jones
Donald Vanda
Charles Talley
Waterloo Police Department
Superette
Civil rights demonstrators clash with Dixie police in Grenada
In Grenada Mississippi hundreds of Black protesters cursed police and pelted cars with bottles Monday night after being turned away from the voter registrar. Officers said demonstrators were attacked first and the melee ended without arrests or injuries.
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Grenada
Miss
UPI
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Tax refund plan tops Iowa governor race policy stances
Iowa primary candidates diverge on taxes with Murray proposing a 25 million half year income tax refund to taxpayers due to withholding changes. Beck opposes the idea and favors a two year property tax moratorium funded locally. Hughes opposes refunds but seeks property tax relief and warns against overall tax increases. Murray cites surplus and economy to justify refunds and advocates broader state aid to reduce local property taxes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William G. Murray
Iowa State University
Murray
Centerville
Robert K Beck
Sam
Harold E. Hughes
King forces vow Cicero march amid housing drive
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and aides vow to march into Cicero and other all white Chicago suburbs despite opposition. Rev Bevel says tanks and armed children cannot stop them while leaders debate timing and location of the next protest as Daley faces pressure over perceived Communist influence.
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Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King
Cicero
James Bevel
King
Jesse Jackson
Bogan
Gage Park
Hard J. Daley
No Animosity: Whitman Meet Texan Officer After Tower Shooting
Charles A. Whitman Jr., father of the UT student who killed 16, met police officer Ramiro Martinez in Austin. He tearfully said he bears no animosity and respects the officer for doing his job. The meeting followed Whitman’s visit to police offices to retrieve his son’s belongings and a tour of the weapons room.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Charles A. Whitman Jr
University of Texas
Whitman
Ramiro Martinez
Martinez
Soung Whitman
Karen Griffith
Austin
Justices of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Frank McBee
George Phifer
Bill Landes
Phifer
Texas
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Increasing cloudiness tonight with showers southeast spreading into west and south portions. Wednesday brings scattered showers and thundershowers with continued cool spell. Not quite as cool tonight with lows 55 to 65 and highs reaching the 70s Wednesday.
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United Press International
Iowa
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