Schools to open here August 28 set for 1967-68 year
Washington Community Schools will begin the 1967-68 term with a full day session Monday August 28 at 8:50 a.m. High school pupils report to the auditorium, junior high to homerooms, and elementary students to grade rooms. Newcomer registration runs before August 25, with workshops for teachers August 23-24. Kindergarten enrollment is limited to five year olds by Aug 31 1967 with birth certificates required.
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Washington
Brighton
Lincoln
Stewart
Mr. Kinzler
Garten
Assassination Plot Doubt Fails To Clear Lindsay Target
East Harlem storekeeper Robert Lacey and Bulgaria native Penka Coneva faced weapons charges after Coneva claimed a man offered $20,000 to kill Mayor John V. Lindsay. FBI and city detectives found no federal violation, and police doubted the alleged plot while noting Coneva sold the pistol for $105. Coneva was held without bail. Lacey bail was set at $500.
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New York
UPI
East Harlem
John V. Lindsay
Robert Lacey
Miss Penka Coneva
Bulgaria
FBI
Miss Coneva
Lacey
Many Letters Bar Carmichael From Returning Home
The Justice and State Departments report thousands of letters urging barring Carmichael from reentry or sedition prosecution due to his trip to Communist Cuba and calls for guerilla activity in U S cities. Officials say he remains under scrutiny since 1966 but treason or loss of citizenship seems unlikely.
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Washington
UPI
Justice and State Departments
Stokely Carmichael
United States
Johnson
Carmichael
Cuba
Justice Department
Auto workers to take strike vote week of Aug. 20
Detroit United Auto Workers plans a strike vote for about 400,000 GM members the week of August 20 after five weeks of contract talks with GM Ford and Chrysler. Leonard Woodcock says the vote will pressure GM to meet UAW demands and Reuther urges readiness to fight if required this year.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
Walter P. Reuther
Iowa Weather: Clear to Partly Cloudy, Cooler Thursday
United Press International reports Iowa will be clear to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Cooler and less humid conditions set in tonight with overnight lows from 50 to 55 in the north and mid 50s in the south. Thursday highs near 80.
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United Press International
Iowa
Crime fight bill altered to riot suppression measure
Washington report notes House Republicans and Southern Democrats reshaped Johnson’s anticrime bill into a riot suppression program. The revised measure gives state governors control of the $75 million fund and adds $25 million for antiriot training and equipment. The bill also allocates funds for police recruitment training equipment and community relations and includes preparation of comprehensive plans.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Guard commander and pilot bail out of F-100 crash
Iowa Adjutant General Junior Miller and a National Guard pilot parachuted from an F-100 when it lost power near Denison. The aircraft crashed but both escaped unharmed. Miller was checked by a doctor as a precaution. Pilot's identity was not released immediately.
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Denison
Iowa
UPI
Junior Miller
National Guard
Miller
Des Moines
Joseph May
Sioux City Air Force Base
Chicago
Washington
Thursday night $200 shopping prize announced
A local promotion offers a $200 merchandise certificate prize this Thursday night. No purchase is required. register in participating Washington stores from 6 to 9 pm. Drawings occur at 10 am Saturday mornings in Central Park for four weeks.
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Washington
Central Park
A.m
Chamber of Commerce
Heavy fighting rages as air cavalry presses in Highlands
Air cavalry swarmed into the Central Highlands landing amid entrenched North Vietnamese forces. Nine miles east of Saigon a Voodoo helicopter crew was killed after a collision with a jet. U.S. and allied troops reported heavy combat, with 229 Communists killed and light American losses in northern jungle battles.
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Saigon
UPS
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Due Pho
Rae River Valley
USS
U.S. Marine
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Navy
7Th Fleet
Repertus
Cmdr
E.M. Burke
San Diego
Calif
Chu Lai
UPI
Richard V. Oliver
Beacon Gate
Detroit Riot Death Under Police Shooting Probe
Police investigate the death of William N. Dalton 19 during the Detroit riot after witnesses say officers forced him to run and shot him as he pleaded for mercy. Four witnesses claim a shotgun kill by the same officer who ordered the run amid a riot with 41 deaths. Two officers charged with murder in motel shotgun slayings were freed on $5,000 bond.
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Detroit
UPI
William N. Dalton
West Side
Detroit News
Dalton
National
Hyde
Said
Alberta Jones
Hall
Denver Area Earthquake Shakes Homes and Roads
A quake struck the Denver metropolitan area early today damaging homes shifting refrigerators and cracking driveways from Denver to Golden about 15 miles west. No injuries reported but the tremor was felt as far as Sterling about 135 miles northeast of Denver.
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Denver
UPI
Golden
Colo
Sterling
Acting president says six NCA men seek Parsons' demise
Fairfield Iowa UPI Acting Parsons College president Dr William B Munson accuses six NCA executives of blocking Parsons accreditation He notes only one of the six has visited the campus and says the group aims to convert Parsons into a restricted college of 500 to 1000 students He cites the small meeting size and high school representation in the vote as evidence of improper influence He also supports regional accreditation and says national control would harm higher education Parsons sought a federal injunction which was halted when the court ruled the NCA could legally strip accreditation.
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Fairfield
Iowa
UPI
Parsons College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
NCA
Parsons
William B. Munson
Millard G. Roberts
North Central Association
Munson
Incorporation Adation by Wilfred and Leo Vittetoe
Public notice indicates the incorporation action by Wilfred and Leo Vittetoe. A city ordinance amendment addresses trailers and mobile homes.
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Wilfred
Leo Vittetoe
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UPI Telephoto
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Bar Stokely
Darrel Arthur Long
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Charles Morris
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Pound North
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