Johnson leaves for memorial trip to Australia
President Johnson sails toward Canberra for Harold Holt memorial services and possible talks with Australian leaders. White House denies planned multilateral meetings while noting bilateral opportunities. Johnson visiting Melbourne for Holt service after refueling stops at Travis AFB Honolulu and American Samoa.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Australia
Harold Holt
Vietnam
White House
Canberra
Melbourne
Holt
Manila
John McEwen
McEwen
South Pacific
Travis Afb
Calif
Honolulu
American Samoa
Portsea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bus service returns to Marion residents
Marion Iowa residents regain municipal bus service after a year and a half as Buses owned by the Regional Transit Authority begin operation under a new agreement with the Marion city council. RTA chief Howard Hampton agreed to absorb losses with a 10 day termination notice and sought a 50 cent per mile operating cost guarantee to start the service.
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Marion, Iowa
UPI
Cedar Rapids
Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Marion City
Howard Hampton
Marion
Howard
Council
Bombing Raids Reported Across Hanoi and Delta Clash
North Vietnamese sources claim sixth straight day of massed raids on Hanoi with one American jet downed, while South Vietnamese forces say 105 Viet Cong were killed on a Mekong Delta river bank and 12 nearby in a daylong engagement.
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Saigon
Vps
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Mekong
Paul Doumer
Red River
Vietnam
Haiphong
Washington High School Concert Band Pre-Christmas Show
The Washington High School Concert Band directed by Alan T Bergstrom performs tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium. The varied program features Dixieland and Swinging Demons numbers including The Third Man Theme and The Christmas Suite with vocalists Randy Chalupa and Jean Bode. Band members span oboe to percussion with numerous named performers listed.
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Washington High School
Alan T. Bergstrom
Dixieland Band
Swinging Demons
Minutemen
Dixieland
Randy Hillman
Anita Hammen
Eldon Luers
Dave Gregory
Kim Steele
Becky Berdo
Sorrento
Thundercrest
Tijuana
Randy Chalupa
Jean Bode
Iowa Weather Outlook Delivers Cloudy, Colder Temps
A Wednesday forecast for Iowa calls for cloudy skies with a chance of rain or snow. Lows range from 20 to 25 degrees in the north and in the low 30s in the south, with Wednesday highs in the 40s and Thursday turning cloudy and colder.
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Iowa
Attorney General Warns Iowa Funds Not For Rest Areas
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner cautioned State Comptroller Marvin Selden against releasing 100000 for interstate rest areas. The Executive Council then paused the expenditure to seek further study after initially approving it, as Turner warned the plan would be illegal under a constitutional bar on funding projects defeated in the prior legislature.
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Des Moines
UPI
Richard Turner
Marvin Selden
Iowa
Turner
Selden
Iowa Executive Council
Legislative Interim Committee
How
Executive Council
Mittee
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa Sailor Killed in Action in Vietnam
Des Moines parents learn their son Seaman Dale Edward Egbert has died Nov 24 when his patrol boat was hit by enemy fire in Vietnam. The Pentagon list also includes three other Iowa servicemen among 77 total killed in action.
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Des Moines
Vietnam
Doctor confident of heart surgery
CAPE TOWN South Africa UPI Prof Christian Barnard who carried out the first human heart transplant said today the rejection phenomenon may be halted or reversed in patient Louis Washkansky 55 who received a donor heart. Barnard offered cautious prognostic updates while noting a novel "miracle transfusion" to curb rejection. He said halting rejection is possible and reversible though prognosis remains uncertain and he emphasized he is always hopeful.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Christian Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Barnard
Washkansky
British Independent Television News
ITN
Fifth change in Iowa tax system marks new Department of Revenue
Des Moines reports that Iowa will create the Department of Revenue on January 1, marking the fifth major overhaul of state taxation since 1846. The piece traces historic shifts from county treasurers to state agencies, notes reform efforts, and compares tax revenues from 1939 to the previous year. The department will also collect insurance premium and gasoline taxes currently handled separately.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Department of Revenue
State Census Board
Census Board
Executive Council
John Hammill
Iowa State Board of Assessment and Review
Ence
State Tax Commission
Commission
Hammill
State Board
Tax Commission
Kalona Teen Dies In Two Car Crash Near Kalona
A 17 year old Iowa Mennonite High School senior Marcia Stutzman died when the car she rode in collided with a westbound vehicle at a county road intersection north of Kalona. Another passenger and two others escaped injury. Her funeral arrangements were pending.
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Iowa Mennonite High School
Kalona
Marcia Stutzman
John
Dale
Anna Schrock
Stutzman
Iowa 1
Joanna Hershberger
Miss Hershberger
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Yoder Funeral Home
Johnson County
Martha Kauffman Stutzman
Iowa Mennonite School
Walter McArtor
Coralville
Laverna
Laverta
Merle
John Ervin
Harold
Ervin Stutzman
Henry J. Kauffman
Hartville
Speed limit fixed on Bluffs I-80 bridge
The Bluffs city council on Monday night set the speed limit on the Iowa side of the Interstate 80 bridge at 50 mph. On the Nebraska side starting at the middle of the bridge the limit is 35 mph.
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Council Bluffs, Iowa
UPI
Iowa
Nebraska
Bluffs City
Snowbound Southwest Blitz Kills At Least 46 Across States
A severe storm dumped up to a foot of new snow and caused 46 deaths across the southwest and south, including 22 in west Texas. Governors Williams of Arizona and Cargo of New Mexico requested federal aid, Army help, food, clothing, and hay for stranded towns and livestock. helicopters dropped relief to Navajo communities, while many areas faced isolation and power and line outages.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Jack Williams
Williams
David F
Huntsville
Alabama
Red Cross
California
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Chinle
Ariz
Air Force
Flagstaff
Bryce Canyon
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