Y carnival Opens With Space Trip and Car Mash
The Y World Service Carnival opens tonight from 6 to 9 pm at the Y building featuring a Space Trip from Moon to Milky Way, a Car Mash with a sledge hammer, and 21 booths. Activities include swimming coin dives, archery, air rifle shoots, and flame shooting with a squirt gun. tickets are 19 cents, proceeds fund YMCA World Service.
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Gemini
World Servnival
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Milky Way
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Moon
Strongarm
World Service Fund
Jack Ruby in serious illness at Parkland Hospital
Dallas UPI reports Jack Ruby 55, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, is seriously ill with a condition described as fluid in the lungs at Parkland Hospital. A hospital spokesman said there is no known cancer. isolation ward admission followed from doctors noting pneumonia like symptoms and fluid in the chest.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Ruby
J. M. Pickard
Bill Decker
James Maxwell
Maxwell
Weather Update for Iowa From UPI
Colder conditions sweep Iowa with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph, strongest in the west. Snow flurries or light freezing drizzle are possible in the east, with clouds easing westward tonight as temperatures dip to near zero to the mid teens then rebound somewhat Sunday.
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United Press International
Iowa
Revenue bonds election costs paid by industry
In this Q and A on Washington industrial revenue bonds the issuer notes that the industry benefiting from the bonds bears all election expenses and related costs. The city incurs no costs.
Powell Won't Fight Ouster Over Contempt Trouble
Adam Clayton Powell says he will retire to the Bahamas on his government pension if ousted from Congress succeeds next month. He refuses to fight and faces possible contempt charges tied to a $164,000 defamation judgment won by Esther James. Powell notes a $60 weekly fund to pay the widow and quips about jail, while planning a return only in milder weather.
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UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Bahamas
Powell
WCBS
Bimini
Lionel van Deerlin
D- Cal
House
Education and Labor Committee
Harlem Democrat
Esther James
James
Romney sounds like a candidate today
In Colorado Springs Gov. George Romney of Michigan emerged as an almost declared presidential hopeful at the GOP governors conference. He stressed exploration of a bid while leaving room to retreat, as moderates push for fluency in party policy and a possible 1968 nomination. Romney hinted at six months before any decision, avoiding firm commitments while not discouraging support.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPL
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Rocky Mountain
Rome Barry M. Goldwater
Goldwater
Elecr
Ronald Reagan
California
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
US Marine deaths as bomb from own plane hits unit near DMZ
A U.S. warplane dropped a 250-pound bomb by accident, ricocheting into a Marine company of the 3rd Battalion near the Razorback ridge south of the DMZ. At least 16 Leathernecks were killed and 11 wounded as six bombs were released, five of which hit targets. The incident followed Viet Cong attacks on an American ammo depot and bridges in Saigon area.
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Saigon
Razorback” Ridge
Thon Son Lam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Phu Long Bridge
Binh Loi
Bien Hoa
Navy
North Viet Nam
Smog Closes New York Airports Amid Severe Pollution
Thick smog grips New York City halting ground and air travel as airports like Kennedy Newark and LaGuardia suspend operations. Two fatalities in New Jersey and Long Island are linked to the fog while forecasts expect a rain and cold front to end the danger. The city’s air pollution index spikes to as high as 39 before easing later. Meanwhile Queen Mother Elizabeth, 66, undergoes abdominal surgery in a military hospital and is described in satisfactory condition.
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UPL
New York City
Air Pollution Commission
Austin N. Heller
U.S. Weather Bureau
Abraham S. Kussman
Kennedy International
Jersey City
Garden State
New Jersey
Long Island
Connecticut
Kussman
London
Weather Bureau
Britain
Elizabeth
Absentee votes ready for $10 million Iowa bond election
Washington residents may request absentee ballots from City Clerk Lloyd Robertson for the December 28 industrial revenue bond election. The Washington Industrial Corporation seeks a strong turnout, aiming for 100 percent approval, with Crane Company's plant bringing new jobs and modern electric furnaces. Supervisory staff will be brought in, while other positions will be filled locally.
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Washington
Washington Industrial Corporation
Lloyd Robertson
Iawa
Fort Madison
Washington Industrial
WIC
M. E. Ake
Facilitie Planning Services
Iowa
Key
Mondale Speaks On Democrats Special Mission At Iowa Dinner
Senator Walter Mondale urged Democrats to aid the poor at a $25 plate Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Veteran's Auditorium Iowa. He said the party has a special mission to pursue justice for the impovershed and criticized calls to cut anti poverty programs. Mondale favored shifting funds from federal to state and local governments to empower them to do the job, citing Minneapolis air and water pollution as a national threat. Governor Hughes warned against extremism and urged goodwill leaders to confront it.
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UPL
Ser
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Iowa
Mondale
Veteran's Auditorium
Watts
Minneapolis
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Probate of will and appointment of executor
Public notice records probate of Hannah B. Provance estate and the minutes of Washington City Council meeting indicate process actions. Executor appointment details and next steps are outlined for interested parties.
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The
Washington City Council
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