Hughes forms blue ribbon panel on Iowa Amish school issue
Gov. Harold Hughes appoints a blue ribbon committee to study Iowa Amish schooling disputes in Buchanan County and to draft legislative proposals. The panel includes Bishop James Thomas, Howard Bowen, Arthur Davis, and others to seek a solution acceptable to Iowans and potentially applicable to similar issues in other states.
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Des Moines
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Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Buchanan County
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Iowa Methodist
James Thomas
University of Iowa
Howard Bowen
Iowa City
Arthur Davis
Oelwein
Moulton Blaze Hospitalizes Worker in Garage Fire
A garage fire at Laven Powered Garage in Moulton sent Junior Howard to Centerville hospital with facial and hand burns. Damage ranged from 40000 to 56000 dollars, with 100 tons of fertilizer, farm machinery and four vehicles lost. Cause reported as overheated stove or chimney.
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Junior Howard
Centerville
End of Mansfield GM walkout ends seven day wildcat strike
2700 Local 549 members at Fisher body Mansfield Ohio end a seven day walkout after UAW leadership pressure. The illegal strike shut down GM parts production affecting 133250 workers and could trigger large layoffs as parts supply resumes. The dispute centered on testing dies at Mansfield versus transferring them to Michigan for testing.
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Mansfield
Ohio
United States
Canada
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
International Union
Robert Hall
Michigan
May Close Hospital Nurses to Quit Jobs
Chicago reports Cook County Hospital began shutting down services as nurses voted to strike over pay. Only emergency care would be admitted after midnight Wednesday with cuts aimed at keeping those already in hospital. Officials promise pay raises but legislative action lags.
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Chicago
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William McCoy
Cook County Board
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Illinois
George Dunne
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Kennedy proposes five point draft reform plan
Edward Kennedy proposes national draft registration with equal chance random selection and eliminates state quotas. He urges hearings on draft impact, limited deferments retained for hardship, four year college postponement only outside national emergencies, call of youngest eligible men, and noncombatant service for the physically and mentally defective.
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Ferrie Found Dead Tied to Kennedy Plot Claims
New Orleans reports District Attorney Jim Garrison linked David W. Ferrie, a former Eastern Air Lines pilot, to events surrounding President Kennedy’s assassination. Ferrie, 49, was found dead in his apartment with a pills bottle and an unsigned note calling the world loathsome. Coroner ruled apparent suicide from a brain vessel rupture. tests pending.
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Nicholas J. Chetta
Ferrie
Eastern Air Lines
Massive Viet Cong sweep trap stretches War Zone C
In the largest operation of the war, about 25 000 American troops launch a drive into War Zone C near the Cambodian border to trap a Viet Cong division of up to 6600 men. The effort follows weeks of high American casualties and records the heaviest single-week enemy losses of 2092 killed with 172 American deaths.
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U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
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National Liberation Front
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Birmingham
Attleboro
Gadsden
Red Guards widen purge across Fukien China
Hong Kong based reports say thousands flee as Red Guards backed by army scour Fukien homes seeking anti Maoites. Shi Shi. The New China News Agency confirms purges in Chungking and notes continued trouble. Provinces Szechuan Hupeh and Hunan reportedly pledge mutual defense amid unrest.
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Mao Tse-tung
Red Guard
Fukien
China
Mao
Chungking
New Life Evening Post
Red China
Canton
Formosa Straits
Taiwan
Hong Kong Star
Red
Weather report for Iowa from United Press International
Partly cloudy to cloudy and much colder tonight with snow flurries in the northeast. Lows near 10 below in the north to near 19 above in the southeast. Friday brings generally fair and continued cold with highs from 10 in the north to near 20 in the south. Saturday outlook is partly cloudy and warmer.
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United Press International
Iowa
Grandfather Clause Sparks Iowa Civil Service Debate
Iowa officials and legislators weighed civil service and merit system plans to protect state workers from political firings. The Grandfather clause faces opposition, with Democrats proposing a five member commission and GOP backing a three member body. Restrictions on political activity drew mixed views from state leaders.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
House
Floyd Millen
Farmington
GOP
Sen
George O'Malley
D - Des Moines
Plan to seat Powell, censure him, then recover payroll costs
A nine member bipartisan panel proposed to seat Adam Clayton Powell, formally censure him, and strip his two years of salary to reimburse the government for payroll padding and travel. The plan, backed by GOP and Democratic leadership, would also condemn alleged misconduct and drop him in seniority, with news due at 4 p.m. EST.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
House
Puerto Rico
Corrine Huff
Miami
Caribbean
Bimini
Minutes of Washington city council meeting
The Washington city council met to discuss routine municipal matters. Officials reviewed previous minutes, approved agenda items, and set dates for committee meetings and upcoming public hearings. Further details were not provided in the readable text.
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