Street lights installed on East Jefferson Street blocks
City workers completed wiring and installation of three new street lights on the 200 and 300 blocks of East Jefferson Street to remove dark areas near the high school. Renovation of home economics rooms at the high school advances with cabinets installed and potential equipment delivery soon for use after the new term begins. Congressman Fred Schwengel will visit Saturday August 17 to speak at the district convention and meet constituents in the town square before addressing the NFC gathering. Schwengel, a Republican, seeks a seventh term representing Iowa's First District.
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East Jefferson Street
Fred Schwengel
Washington
National Farmers Organization
James E. Lloyd
Schwengel For Congress
Schwengel
NFC
Iowa
Congress
Arkansas Democrats Choose Runoff Candidate for Governor
In Little Rock a runoff pits a woman segregationist against a Faubus allied state representative. Voters faced polling places guarded by police after three nights of racial violence in the capital.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Old Guard
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Prohibition Party ticket to visit Des Moines August 17
WINTERSET Iowa UP I Dr E Harold Munn of Hilldale Michigan and Rolland Fisher of Topeka Kansas the presidential and vice presidential nominees will speak at the Des Moines YMCA at 1 pm Aug 17 announced by the Iowa Prohibition committee Athens UP I a former Greek army officer attempted to blow up the car carrying Premier George Papadopoulos en route from his seaside villa police captured the would be assassin and Papadopoulos was unharmed
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Winterset
Iowa
UPI
E. Harold Munn
Hilldale
Mich
United States
Prohibition Party
Rolland Fisher
Topeka
Kan
Des Moines
Iowa Prohibition Committee
Athens
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Bromwell Says Food Will Be World Power by 1975
Mason City Iowa James Bromwell a Republican Senate hopeful predicted food will be the most powerful political weapon by 1975 while campaigning in Mason City saying Iowa will play a key role in developing food as a political weapon.
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Mason City
Iowa
UPI
James Bromwell
U.S. Senate
Bromwell
Weather outlook for Iowa with showers likely
United Press International reports variable cloudiness across Iowa tonight and Wednesday with a chance of rain and thunderstorms in the extreme northwest on Wednesday. Cooler conditions predicted north tonight and across the state on Wednesday with lows 50 to 60s and highs around 75, then Thursday shows considerable cloudiness and likely showers.
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United Press International
Iowa
Nixon relaxes in California amid campaign drive
Nixon rests after a 14 hour sleep and meets party leaders at the Bahia Hotel in San Diego to plan for November. Spiro Agnew is sent to San Francisco to drum up votes while Pat Nixon and Tricia tour the Pacific Northwest. Julie recovers from a throat infection.
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Calif
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Pacific
Bahia Hotel
Nixon
Miami Beach
Gov
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
San Francisco
Pat
Tricia
Pacific Northwest
Julie
Charles Rhyne
The
United Citizens For Nixon
George S. McGovern
Lan
South Dakota
New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Ohio delegates split over Humphrey headcount at caucus
Humphrey backers claimed 77 confirmed votes and 58 percent of Ohio’s 115 convention votes, while rival McCarthy kept 3 votes from the primary. Absenteeism and telegram or telephone support shaped the result as observers warned of possible ill will toward the vice president among Ohio delegates.
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Hubert Humphrey
Ohio
Humphrey
Chicago
Eugene J. McCarthy
Stephen Young
McCarthy
Young
Wagner F. Mondale
Dminn
Fred R. Harris
Dokla
Cochairmen
United Democrats
UPI
Plymat optimistic on Paris peace talks outcome
Des Moines Senatorial hopeful William Plymat after a Paris visit voiced belief the Vietnam peace conference will not fail and may last months. He cited meetings with Averill Harriman R. Sargent Shriver and others, noting North Vietnamese forces and intensified bombing in the region, urging a halt to bombing to save lives.
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Paris
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
UPI
Telephoto
Des Moines
William Plymat
Des Moines Insurance
Averill Harriman
United States
R. Sargent Shriver
France
Bui Diem
Plymat
Plymar
U.S
North Vietnam
Harriman
Iowa
Xuan Oanh
Vietnam Committee
Minor Fires in Watts Show Saturation Policing Response
In Watts this morning a string of small blazes lit several locations with at least five sparked by Molotov cocktails. A two story apartment fire injured Velma Williams, 25, who suffered burns over 70 to 80 percent of her body and was rushed to County USC Medical Center as fire crews quickly extinguished fires and checked false alarms.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Watts
South Central
Velma Willams
County-Usc Medical Center
Good jobs preferred to welfare plans
DES MOINES UP I Ray Republican candidate for governor argued that respectable jobs beat welfare by reducing poverty. He asserted many employers avoid hard core unemployed workers as lazy or unreliable, but noted research shows reluctance may stem from unfamiliar settings and fear. Once employed and supported, these workers often improve promptness and attendance beyond others.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert Ray
Ray
Chrysler Corp
Firebombs Hit Stores in Little Rock Violence Persists
Crude firebombs burned six businesses and gunfire echoed near police HQ as Little Rock endures a fourth night of racial violence. Eleven people were arrested on curfew violations or weapons charges. no injuries reported and damage described as slight. Governor Rockefeller kept Pulaski County under curfew amid the Democratic runoff election.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Little Rock
R. E. Brians
North
Winthrop Rockefeller
Santa Fe
N.M
Rockefeller
Pulaski County
Ulbricht Visits Czech Leaders in Prague Talks
East German Communist chief Walter Ulbricht concluded talks with liberal Czechoslovak leaders in Prague after meetings at Karlovy Vary. Both sides pledged to boost trade and ease friction in the Eastern bloc, following Ulbricht’s public friendliness despite prior boos in Bratislava.
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Prague
UPI
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Czechoslovakia
East Europe
Ulbricht
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Karlovy Vary
Bratislava
Johnson faces additional 4 billion budget cut order
The White House said President Johnson now estimates he must cut 4 billion from the fiscal 1969 budget to satisfy Congress spending reduction requirements. The figure was set at a ranch meeting Monday night with White House aides discussing cuts tied to the tax increase bill approval.
One dead eight injured in New London crash
A two car collision on U.S. 34 near New London Iowa left Richard Allen Dye 21 of Ottumwa dead and Richard John Miller 25 of Ottumwa with leg and possible back injuries. In the other car driven by Kenneth Duncan 57 of Stronghurst were seven family members all injured including Ruth 47 Connie 17 Cindy 15 Candy 14 Christy 12 and Melvin Kemp 9 grandson of Terry Kemp Burlington. The Miller car reportedly slid into the Duncan car causing the broadside impact.
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New London
Iowa
UPI
Here
U.S
Richard Allen Dye
Ottumwa
Richard John Miller
Kenneth Duncan
Strong
Heaviest fighting near Saigon. Viet Cong entrenched
Near Saigon heavy clashes pitted U S and South Vietnamese forces against about 400 Viet Cong entrenched in bunkers and tunnels 20 miles southwest of the capital. In 20 hours of combat, U S units killed 69 Communists. overall 146 killed in Delta battles since Sunday. Casualties included 15 Americans killed and 30 wounded. reports note near-capital Communist presence awaiting a nationwide offensive. A captured North Vietnamese sergeant indicated an offensive between August 20 and 25. Nine terrorists were arrested in Saigon while two arms caches were seized in the city.
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UPS
U.S
Mekong Delta
U.S. 9Th Division
9Th Division
Tran van Hai
Pentagon East
Creighton W. Abrams
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