Poverty fund bill heads to House for final approval
A compromise two year authorization of 4.16 billion dollars for the war on poverty passes the Senate 62 to 16 and goes to the House for final action. The plan hands local officials control of community action programs, with 1.98 billion for 1968 and 2.18 billion for 1969 for OEO.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Senate House
Office of Economic Opportu
Nity
OEO
Johnson
Congress
South Vietnamese score major victory over Viet Cong in Mekong Delta
In the Mekong Delta fight described as intense, South Vietnamese troops aided by U S advisers fatally hurt hundreds of Viet Cong, with figures up to 365 in one day. U S spokesmen claimed up to 600 Viet Cong killed in Junction City operations earlier this year.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong
U.S
Junction City
Tay Ninh Mountains
Rice Bowl Delta
Robert Kaylor
Kaylor
Can ‘Tho
U.S. Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son Plain
Tay Ninh
1St Air Cavalry
Johnsons Daughter Lynda Weds Marine in White House Ceremony
President Johnson escorts his daughter Lynda to the altar in a White House Episcopal service for the wedding of Lynda Johnson to Capt Charles Robb. About five hundred guests attend with a Christmas mood decor, wedding party includes six groomsmen. Robb to Vietnam duty in March after brief Hawaii honeymoon.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Lynda
White House
Charles Robb
Milwaukee
Gerald McAllister
San Antonio
Tex
Hawaii
Arlington
Robb
Vietnam
Woodrow Wilson
Eleanor
U.S
Executive Mansion
Lady Bird Johnson
Douglas Davidson
Kershaw
N.C
Pat Nugent
Canon McAllister
Oskaloosa Freight Depot Burns In Iowa Fire
A Rock Island Railroad motor freight depot in Oskaloosa Iowa was destroyed by fire just before midnight. The Oskaloosa fire department responded to the first alarm and remained on scene overnight. Several Oska loose Produce buildings on the depot’s west end were lightly damaged as the blaze spread, but the flames were contained to those structures.
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Oskaloosa, Iowa
UPI
Rock Island Railroad
Oskaloosa Fire Department
The
Oskaloose Produce
Queen Mary Final Voyage Ends On West Coast
The Queen Mary, once the Atlantic monarch, reaches Long Beach where she docks at Pier E. Long Beach officials expect thousands to greet the ship as it becomes a floating museum and hotel. Passengers reported high fares, heat, and rodent issues on the voyage.
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Upi
California
Dock 122
Pier E
Long Beach
Calif
Long Beach Harbor
Newport Beach Harbor
Cunard Lines
Southampton
England
Cape Horn
Cunard
Iowa rhetoric head suspends part time instructor
University of Iowa rhetoric department chief Richard Braddock plans a thorough next week probe of part time instructor Paul J. Kleinberger of Silver Spring Maryland after his jailing on a conspiracy charge during antiwar protests on the Iowa City campus. Braddock will review classroom performance to decide if Kleinberger should return or be dismissed.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Richard Braddock
Liberal Arts College
Dewey Stuit
Paul J. Kleinberger
Silver Springs
Kleinberger
Braddock
Dean Stuit
Three Girls Die In Des Moines Two Car Crash
Three Des Moines girls died when two cars collided at an intersection Friday night. Lora Gruber 17 Diane Damerval 17 and Connie Derrough 18 died from their injuries. Maurice McConnell 41 involved in the crash was not injured. Two other girls aged 19 and 17 suffered minor injuries.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lora J. Gruber
Fred N. Gruber
Diane Damerval
Edward Damerval
Connie Derrough
Robert Derrough
Gruber
Damerval
Miss Derrough
Maurice G. McConnell
Linda Foss
Fred Alley
Marilyn Frazee
Edwin Frazee
McConnell
66 Aboard Plane Downed in Peru
Work crews removed bodies from a Peruvi an airliner wreck in the Andes after it slammed into a jungle mountain killing 66 aboard. Four or five Americans were among the victims including Robert Hauck Corrine Hauck Evelyn Craig Joseph Newman and a man identified only as Black linked to the U S Embassy in Lima.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Andes
Robert Hauck
Corrine
Evelyn Craig
Joseph Newman
Black
Airlines
U.S
City to Abandon No 4 Well and Drill New Source
Washington city council votes to abandon Well No 4 after reports of cave-ins at 574 to 585 feet and unsuccessful repairs by Werner Well Co. Cementing from 574 feet to the top with about 1000 sacks and five gallons water per sack is planned. Legal steps with Howard R. Green Engineering of Cedar Rapids will proceed to locate and drill a new well.
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City of
Washington
Werner Well Company
O. J. van Eck
State Geoogical Survey Department
John C. Owen
Howard R. Green Engineering Company
Cedar Rapids
Writer predicts war will spread from Hanoi
Iowa City report notes a National Guardian writer who toured Hanoi claims the Vietnam conflict will widen across Southeast Asia. He says North Vietnamese leaders feel they are winning and are preparing to seize South Vietnam, with bombing capable of flattening Hanoi. SDS convention included a campus demonstrations workshop. One of 18 arrested remained jailed. Ross Peterson of Des Moines still held on conspiracy charges with a $500 bond.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Hanoi
North Vietnam
University of Iowa
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Robert Allen
National Guardian
Allen
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
South Vietnam
U.S
Ross Peterson
Des Moines
Kidney transplant gives Gordon Gillesby hope in Denver
Colorado General Hospital reports promising early post operative condition for Gordon Gillesby and his donor mother Mrs. Robert Gillesby after Friday surgery in Denver. Gordon previously had a failing transplanted kidney. the donor was his mother, and the grandfather, George Gillesby, awaits further updates as the critical period continues.
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Colorado General Hospital
Denver
Gordon Gillesby
Robert Gillesby
Gillesbys
Mrs. Gillesby
Gordon
Gillesby
George Gillesby
Clarence Dehne
Ford Appeals To Party In Bid To Expand GOP House
GOP House Leader Gerald Ford urged Republican governors to help elect more Republicans to Congress to prevent a potential presidential election thrown to the House. He warned the next race could hinge on state delegations as 31 state seats would give GOP control of the House, while 26 delegations decide the president. He cited McCarthy and Wallace as possible third party threats and noted 37 target districts identified by the Republican Campaign Committee. Weather briefly noted hazards and cold across Iowa.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
House
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Republican Governors’ Association
Ford
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
McCarthy
George ©. Wallace
Alabama
GOP
Bob Wilson
California
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Special and regular meetings of city council listed
Public notices announce a special meeting of the city council and a regular meeting of the council. The notices also include the incorporation of Seifert's Iowa Falls Inc and probate of a will with appointment of an executor for the estate of Nellie B Scott.
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Seifert’s
Iowa Falls, Inc
Nellie B, Scott
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U.S. Air Force
University of Pittsburgh
Andrea Szabo
Solon
Ohio
American Cancer Society
Oskaloosa
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Marina Towers
UPI Telephoto
Dow Chemical Co
Dow
Stuit
Washington Lad
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
United Press International
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