Eisenhower suffers heart irritability and irregularities
Washington reports former president Dwight D. Eisenhower showing increased heart irritability and irregularities that are occurring with increasing frequency. In Iowa a school bus and car collision injures about 14 people, three seriously, near Hedrick Elementary School. An Iowa Air National Guard unit in South Vietnam averages 24 missions daily since May 20. Paris reports France may test a second hydrogen bomb as part of thermonuclear research. A five year old heart transplant recipient Maria Giannaris dies in Houston. Chicago notes a Draft Kennedy for President office opened ahead of the 1868 Democratic Convention, with denials of involvement by key delegates.
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Hedrick, Iowa
UPI
Here
Iowa 149
Delta-Hedrick
Hedrick
Louise Nixon
Waterloo
Des Moines
Iowa Air National Guard
South Vietnam
Robert S. Hadsall
State Air Guard
Iowa
Junior Miller
Sioux City
Chicago
Kennedy
Illinois
California
Richard J. Daley
Jesse Unruh
Edward M. Kennedy
Prague strikes as Czechs jeer Soviet occupiers and endure gunfire
In Prague a 15 minute general strike accompanied by bells and horns defied Soviet troops who fired warning bursts over Wenceslas Square. U.S. Ambassador Beame labeled the Soviet response haphazard as Russians briefly blocked the U.S. Embassy and then withdrew after 45 minutes. New Jersey entered the Union Dec 18, 1787.
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Prague
UPI
Wenceslas Square
U.S
Jacob Beame
Ludvik Svoboda
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Kremlin
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Svoboda
Dubcek
Friends of
Wenceslas
America
Beame
New Jersey
Break-in spree hits Wayland and Brighton towns
Sheriff's officers in Washington and Henry Counties investigated weekend break-ins at Wayland and Brighton. Targeted sites include Wayland Post Office, Farmer's Oil, Yoder Feed, a lumberyard, Brad's Standard Oil Station, and the Rubio Savings Bank of Brighton. Cash losses totaled 24.05 plus minor coin, with many sites left largely untouched and windows used for entry.
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Washington
Henry Counties
Wayland
Brighton
Shell Oil Station
Rubio Savings Bank of
Farmer’s Oil Company
Brad’s Standard Oil Station
Yoder Feed Company
Bank
Soviets Reach Accord to Withdraw Troops From Czechoslovakia
Soviet officials say Moscow recognizes the Czechoslovak Communist regime of Dubcek and will gradually pull Warsaw Pact forces from Czech soil after crisis talks with President Svoboda. Dubcek and Cernik reportedly agreed to the plan amid tension and arrests.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czech
Ludvik Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Oldrich Cernik
Prague
Warsaw
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Bulgaria
Todor Zhivkovy
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Dubecek
Cernik
Kremlin
Svoboda
Cierna Nad Tison
Soviet Union
Radio Free Prague
Freedom
Underground gas storage project approved in Louisa County
The Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America wins Iowa approvals to test and develop an underground storage reservoir near Columbus City Louisa County Iowa with initial cost about 2.2 million dollars and possible ten year development 5 to 10 million. Phase one includes several pipelines and wells with later 20 inch line to Cairo. NGPL plans injection by 1968 69 and 15 million cubic feet per day potential.
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Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Chicago
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Louisa County
Iowa
Columbus City
Federal Power Commission
Washington
D. C
Cairo
George P. Garver
NGPL
St. Peter
Keota
Herschel and Cooks Mills
Illi
Loudon
Effingham
Illinois
Weather Forecast for Iowa Tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Chance of showers in extreme north. Lows tonight in the 50s north to 60s south. Warmer Tuesday with highs ranging from the 80s in the northeast to the 90s in the south.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa seeks 51875 for riot control funds
State officials report requests totaling 51875 for riot-control projects were sent to the U.S. Department of Justice for approval under the Omnibus Crime Control Act. Gov. Hughes approved most, but Clinton and Dickinson counties and Council Bluffs were rejected for lacking immediate need.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa National Guard
U.S. Department of Justice
State Office of Planning and Programming
OPP
Harold E. Hughes
C. Thomas Rice
Clinton
Dickinson
Council Bluffs
Rice
State Executive Council
National Guard
Hughes
Waterloo
Davenport
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Polk County
Iowa
Security tight for Democratic National Convention in Chicago
About 7,500 troops were stationed around Chicago with 26,000 mobilized to maintain order during the four day convention. In the city 11,900 officers worked 12 hour shifts, 5,600 National Guardsmen stood by, and 1,000 federal agents guarded hotels. A Milwaukee youth was arrested on the Hilton roof with a .22 rifle. Demonstrations by Yippies and antiwar groups drew up to 150,000 expected. 7,500 attended a Lincoln Park rally that turned into skirmishes leaving 12 arrested and 10 to 15 injured.
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Chicago
UPI
Conrad Hilton
Milwaukee
Wis
Thomas Peter Laine
Youth International Party
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Lincoln Park
Park
Michigan Avenue
Hilton
Michigan Avenue Bridge
United Press International
Siege lifted at Duc Lap green beret camp in Vietnam
U S B52 bombers and 1,500 South Vietnamese reinforcements lifted the siege of Duc Lap camp where about 2,000 North Vietnamese attackers had surrounded the base. The remaining Communist force reportedly dissolved the encirclement and fled toward Cambodia, leaving 25 green berets and 400 Vietnamese mercenaries at Duc Lap in the Central Highlands. The camp stands 125 miles northeast of Saigon along an infiltration route from Cambodia.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Khe Sanh
Duc Lap
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Enrollment Up In Washington Community Schools This Year
Opening day enrollment in Washington Community School District rises 49 students to 2216. Superintendent Kelly Schlapkohl reports smooth start with all positions filled though adjustments may follow due to many kindergartners. Totals by school include Stewart 492, Lincoln 541, Junior high 515, High school 491, Brighton 169. Elementary enrollment up, 66 more at Lincoln and Stewart centers, total kindergartners 205. Local district sign-off invites best year yet.
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Washington Community School
Kelly Schlapkohl
Schlapkohl
Stewart
Lincoln
Brighton
Notice of merged area XVI school election
Notice times and locations outline a merged area XVI school election. Washington district official notices indicate a school election scheduled for a defined date with authorities and polling details to be announced on page 6.
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Washington
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Tahiti
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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Haggerstown
Phil Ottelie
Helen Gilbert
Lowell
Mother
Journal
Louisa
Police Department
Justice Department
Seige
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