Iowa News in Brief Highlights Campaign Stops and Events
Centerville Republican Robert Beck travels to Washington with a packed schedule including coffees at 850 South Marion and a 7 p.m. stop, inviting all interested. In Washington Rep. Schwengel urges House committee to reexamine a bill enabling larger interstate trucks while opposing it as bad public policy. In Oakland a key witness at Huey P. Newton’s murder trial recalls memory lapses, answering I cannot remember to most questions. In Memphis the SCLC will not endorse any presidential candidate at its 11th annual convention. In Des Moines the Iowa State Fair plans longer runs with events on Thursday including harness races and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police musical ride, plus on-foot judging in the Iowa Quality Beef Contest.
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UPI
Fred Schwengel
Lown
House Public Works Committee
Washington Report
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate member says Vietnam war should be handed to Vietnamese forces
Des Moines reports state Sen. David Stanley urges setting firm deadlines for South Vietnamese forces to assume more combat with Americans gradually withdrawing. He emphasizes Asians must win the guerrilla war with limited U.S. help.
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Des Moines
UPI
United States
David Stanley
R - Muscatine
Stanley
Sanctions urged against Korea over Pueblo crew
Rep. William Scherle Iowa said economic sanctions should be tried against North Korea since military action is too late to secure the Pueblo crew's release. His newsletter notes he introduced legislation blocking aid to Communist nations until the Pueblo crew is freed and urges the President to consider trade embargoes to pressure for release. The measure seeks evidence of peaceful intent and reminds Congress of the ship and crew.
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UPI
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William Scherle
Iowa
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Scherle
Congress
Derailed Penn Central cars carry live fuses in Urbana
Seven derailed freight cars loaded with 150mm howitzer fuses halted a Penn Central train near Urbana Ohio. About 3 500 residents were evacuated to the high school elementary school and fair grounds as National Guard troops and Air Force demolition experts supervised the area. No injuries were reported and authorities planned to remove upright cars with fuses intact. The wreck blocked two tracks three blocks from downtown as cranes lifted the cars.
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UPI
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Douglas Storts
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Penn Central
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Columbus
Richmond
Ind
Washington Community School District report in Evening Journal
Residents receive a three page report in the Evening Journal's second section detailing local schools. It covers registration and policies, finances, faculty and administrators, athletic schedules, and a yearly calendar. Clips for reference encouraged.
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Washington Community
Today
Evening Journal
Jordanian Attack on Israeli Forces Reported
United Press International reports Jordanian troops attacked an Israeli armored car with rockets and fired on civilians in the Beisan Valley near Neve-Or. Israel said one Israeli was slightly injured as bazookas were fired at the armored car near the Neve-Or settlement. French pilots in Paris agreed to boycott Algerian airports, leaving Algeria with limited international air transport as they operate 95 percent of flights into the country aboard El Al crew and passengers.
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el al
North Africa
Israel
Beisan
Jerusalem
Neve-Or
US Vietnam talks unchanged as deadlock persists in Paris
In Paris UPI reports four hour session between U S and North Vietnamese negotiators produced no progress on the three month stalemate. Harriman said no real movement and urged more frequent meetings to push toward serious bargaining while Hanoi demands immediate unconditional bombing halt remains unresolved.
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UPI
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Clark Clifford
Hanoi
United States
McCarthy Aides Plan Wide Challenge at Democratic Convention
Strategists for Sen. Eugene McCarthy plan to challenge seating of more than 350 delegates from at least nine states at the Democratic National Convention. The Credentials Committee will be battleground, with details to emerge as operations open in Chicago. Delegations targeted include districts in Indiana Missouri Washington and others, plus statewide slates in several states, under varying voting rules.
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UPI
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Tropical storm halts bombers
SAIGON AP Tropical storm Rose with 70 mph winds hindered U S bombing of North Vietnam. Thirty raids were flown the lowest since May 27, 1966, as three U S Navy carriers at Yankee Station could not launch or recover aircraft. Pilots had averaged over 100 missions daily since March 31 to press peace talks, with new strikes curtailed by the storm and no strike counts available until Thursday.
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Chicago prepares for Democratic convention security plan
About 800 Illinois National Guardsmen will drill each night during the convention in Chicago with orders to move into the streets if disorders arise. Chicago police work 12 hour shifts while sheriff’s police stand by. A fence and buffer zone guard the amphitheater area as fire crews and explosives experts patrol around the clock.
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UPI
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United States
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Kelly
John Meek
Miami Beach
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Cook County Sheriff’s
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Prague moves free speech corner to former Stalin site
Prague authorities ordered soapbox critics from a central park near Detsky Dum to Letna Plain, near the Stalin statue and Interior Ministry, after a council and presidium backed the move. The communists condemned protests against the Peoples Militia while warning of provocations.
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UPI
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Presidium
Walter Ulbricht
Karlovy Vary
Ulbricht
Detsky Dum
Letna Plain
Josef Stalin
Interior Ministry
Policeman fatally shot by own derringer in Des Moines
Des Moines police officer James E Bodine 26 dies after dropping a new .38 two shot derringer in the dispatchers office. Sgt Richard Lamb recalls Bodine bought the gun for its cuteness and it discharged when it snagged on his pocket edge. Bodine had served since January 1964 and is survived by wife Susan.
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Des Moines
UPI
Richard Lamb
James E. Bodine
Lamb
Rodine
Broadlawns Hospital
Terry Hobt
Terry
Bodine
Police Department
Dispatchers Office
Susan
Assassination plot nets 12 suspects in Greece
Greek security police announced the seizure of 12 persons in an attempted assassination of Prime Minister George Papadopoulos. The leading suspect, former Lt. George Panaghoulis, 30, was described as a Fascist linked to circles backing King Constantine’s 1967 coup. One other detainee, journalist George Drosos, was identified among the group. The investigation continues as interrogators pursue former Constantine-era politicians for their views on the plot.
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Athens
API
George Papadopoulos
George Panaghoulis
Vyron Stamatopoulos
Constantine
Stamatopoulos
George Drosos
Intercepted memo CAT LOVERS Room catastrophe
An intercepted memo describes a cat lovers room incident as a catastrophe, signaling chaos and distress. The note, labeled by WEJ, hints at internal panic and urgent concerns about the room and its occupants.
Room 8 Cat Of Elysian Heights School Dies After 15 Years
A grey tomcat known as Room 8 at Elysian Heights Elementary died Tuesday after 15 years of daily attendances. Arriving in autumn 1953 the cat chose Room 8, became a school mascot, inspired a TV documentary and several books, and even prompted raffled lunches for his meals. He was about 22 years old.
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UPI
Elysian Heights
Beverly Mason
Room 8
Elysian
Iowa Weather Outlook: Clouds and Showers Possible Through Thursday
Considerable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thunderstorms through Thursday. Lows tonight 55 to 60, highs Thursday in the 70s.
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Probate of Will and Executor Appointment
Notice announces probate of the will and the appointment of an executor for the estate of Dr. John KR. Kapp. The filing outlines the court proceedings, required appearances, and timelines for interested parties to contest or respond to the probate action.
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John KR. Kapp
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