Three U.S. officers and diplomat found safe after Congo rebel capture attempt
UPI reports two Army officers and an American diplomat feared captured in eastern Congo were found safe and sound. Lewis R. Macfarlane, Col. William Dodds, and Lt. Col. Donald Rattan were located after a hilltop sighting and rescue amid Bukavu’s peninsular environs near Lake Kivu. The trio served as interpreter and counterinsurgency specialists, with relief flights possible from Rwanda.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
UPI
U.S
Lewis R. Macfarlane
Seattle
Wash
William A. Dodds
Donald V. Rattan
Alexandria
Bukavu
Kivu
Macfarlane
Dodds and
Rattan
Elizabethville
Lake Kivu
Rwanda
Washington
Kigali
Weather outlook for Iowa with light rain north and south
United Press International reports Iowa will become cloudy with occasional light rain in the north and partly cloudy with scattered light rain in the south tonight. Winds shift cooler across the state. Sunday brings light showers ending in the east by forenoon, elsewhere fair. Lows tonight about 50s to mid 50s, highs Sunday in the 70s.
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Iowa
Wallace blocks Alabama delegates at Democratic convention
Disputes mar the Atlantic City credentials session as George C. Wallace refuses to pledge support for President Johnson, challenging Alabama and Mississippi seats and sparking a clash over who may be seated. A Freedom Democratic Party challenge claims the Mississippi delegation bars Negro participation, while Alabama voters may not yet have a November ballot option.
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Alabama
George Wallace
Atlantic City
Wallace
Democratic Platform Committee
UPI
George C. Wallace
Johnson
Mississippi
Credentials Committee
Democratic National Committee
John M. Bailey
Freedom Democratic Party
Democratic National
National Democratic Party
National Party
Platform Committee
Richmond Flowers
Asst
Rubel Griffin
E. K. Collins
Dr Owen to Speak at First Christian Church
Dr George Earle Owen, former missionary and educator, will speak at the First Christian Church Sunday worship service at 10:45 a.m. He serves as an executive of The United Christian Missionary Society with headquarters in Indianapolis and has a long record in Christian Churches in Buenos Aires Manila and the U.S. He is Virginia born and educated at Bethany College University of Chicago Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University. He has written for religious journals and authored Faith and Freedom. He and Mrs Owen have four daughters and he is brother to John Owen of Rural Route Keota.
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First Christian Church
George Earle Owen
United Christian Missionary Society
Indianapolis
Owen
Buenos Aires
Union Theological Seminary
Manila
Dr. Owen
Virginia
Bethany College
West Virginia
University of Chicago
New York City
B.C
Columbia University
Cambridge University
Cambridge
England
the Christian
The
Christian Century
Faith and Freedom
United Society
Pennsylvania
New York
John Owen
Keokuk Three Vacant Buildings Burn In City Fire
Fire swept three downtown vacant structures in Keokuk Iowa as crews from six nearby communities battled the blaze for four hours. Two buildings were destroyed and a third heavily damaged while the Hotel Iowa was evacuated as a precaution. No injuries were reported and investigators from the state fire marshal’s office searched for the cause.
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Keokuk
Iowa
UPI
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fort Madison
Denmark
Montrose
Hamilton
Ill
Kahoka
Wayland
VFW
Resi
Washington County Democrats push for World Agriculture Policies Conference
Washington County Democratic Central Committee telegrams Governor Harold Hughes seeking support from Iowa’s delegation to back a World Agriculture Policies Conference in Iowa. The effort, signed by chairman Walter Farrell, aims to promote John R. Schmidhauser for Congress and advance improved trade policies and food distribution.
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Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Gov. Hughes
Atlantic City
N.J
Central Committee
John R. Schmidhauser
Congress
Walter Farrell
Washington County Democratic Central Committee
United States of World Agriculture
Bolivia Breaks Relations With Cuba
Bolivia severed diplomatic ties with Cuba in a policy move implemented after a Washington conference by New World foreign ministers. Foreign Minister Fernando Iturralde Chinel summoned Cuban chargé d affaires Roberto La Salle to deliver the notice. Mexico and Uruguay remain the sole Latin nations with formal contact.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Cuba
Washington
Mexico
Uruguay
Fidel Castro
Fernaando Iturralde Chinel
Roberto la Salle
Relief food starts to reach Kokkina in Cyprus siege
A Turkish Red Crescent truck, escorted by U.N. forces, left Nicosia to break the Greek siege of Kokkina on Cyprus northwest coast. The village, with about 1,400 residents, had been cut off for 17 days amid Greek Cypriot and Turkish air actions raising war tensions. U.N. and Greek Cypriot officials voiced concern over insufficient aid, and sporadic gunfire was reported in Nicosia. President Makarios said Greece remains prepared to support Cypriots.
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Wallace
House
Carl Albert
Ray Madden
Indiana
Harold Reynolds Jr
Vermont
Johnson
Nicosia, Cyprus
UPI
Turkish Red Crescent
U.N
Kokkina
Cyprus
Turkey
Greece
United Nations
Nicosia
Nicosia General Hospital
Cattle and Hog Prices Rise as NFO Withholding Bites
The National Farmer Organization action reduces receipts and lifts prices on the fourth day. Slaughterhouses cut payrolls across multiple plants, with Armour and Co cutting 300 to 375 jobs in Minnesota and the Prairie region. NFOs Idaho to Pennsylvania boycott is credited with market impact, while industry leaders urge free market forces.
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Chicago
UPI
National Farmer Organization
NFO
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Dakotas
Iowa
William Russell
Kansas City Livestock Exchange
Five bikes held by police owners face safety test
Five young Washington bicyclists must prove knowledge of bicycle safety rules before their bikes, impounded for five days, are returned. Police Chief Mike Lee reported the group violated safety rules by riding after dark without lights. Each rider was given rules and will test next Saturday morning at the city police station.
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Washington
Mike Lee
Lee
Mosquitoes Blamed for Houston Encephalitis Outbreak
Health officials awaited UPI reports on three U.S. Public Health Service members aiding Houston in fighting a deadly encephalitis outbreak. Malathion and DDT fogging covered a 25 square mile area as 190 plus cases and several deaths strained city services.
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Houston
UPI
U.S. Public Health Service
Josephe Melnick
Baylor Univerity College of Medicine
St. Louis
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Louis Neleh
Jeppesen Stadium
Hearing on probate of will in estate of William Floyd Murdock
Public notices announce a hearing on the probate of the will for William Floyd Murdock. The notice appears in the public notices section on page 6, indicating the date, venue, and parties involved in the probate proceeding.
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Wiliam Floyd Murdock
Goldwater Opens West Campaign Trip in Sept
GOP nominee Barry Goldwater plans a rapid opening campaign swing through California, the Pacific Northwest and northern states starting with a Sept. 3 Prescott Arizona speech. He will attend Sept. 5 New York and then press a Labor Day launch from San Diego with stops in Los Angeles Portland Seattle and possibly Idaho Minnesota. He also outlined quick New York engagements and pre convention events, while noting missile programs face serious issues with the Minuteman third stage and fixes at sites.
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UPL
GOP
Barry M. Goldwater
California
Pacific Northwest
Goldwater
White House
Prescott
Ariz
Lockport
N.Y
William E. Miller
R-N.y
Arizona
Phoenix
San Diego
Calif
West Coast
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Portland
Ore
Seattle
Idaho
Minnesota
Chicago
New York
American Radio Relay League
Cleveland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Newport Beach
Sundance
Senate
Air Force
Deseret News
Salt Lake City
Minuteman
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Makarios
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Wilson & Co
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Neb
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Kan
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Prescott, Ariz
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