Johnson urges broad health education program proposal
President Johnson asked Congress to fund a wide ranging health and education plan. He directed a national conference on medical costs at HEW to lower hospital costs while preserving quality. The package also expands cancer research education television satellites and desegregation efforts with millions for reading and adult basic education and teacher training.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
John Gardner
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
House
Senate
Soviet ship Tukan capsizes near Denmark with heavy loss
The Soviet supply vessel Tukan, serving North Atlantic trawlers, sank about 16 miles off the Hanstholm lighthouse after a storm. Danish rescue crews recovered 45 bodies, seven remain missing, and 36 were pulled aboard by Danish trawlers. Another Soviet vessel, Vilis Lacis, rescued 27 persons, fate of all unknown. Most crew wore life jackets. exposure likely fatal.
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Copenhagen
UPI
Tukan
Denmark
Aarhus
Vilis Lacis
Hanstholm
Jutland
Sweden
Goteborg
Aarhus Center
Hirtshals
Hoffa seeks fourth trial as start of sentence looms
UPI reports James R. Hoffa and Teamsters lawyers filed a fourth motion for a new trial on his jury tampering conviction. The bid cites alleged new direct evidence that DOJ eavesdropped on conversations and tapped Hoffa’s and counsel’s phones. A ruling could send Hoffa to prison for eight years, while appeals in Cincinnati proceed.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
UPI
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U. S. Supreme Court
Hoffa
Department of Justice
6Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Frank W
Panel urges draft changes end college deferments
A Congressionally appointed advisory panel backed ending most college deferments at age 24 and urged changes to Selective Service. It would favor younger draftees, remove college havens, and limit graduate deferments to critical fields, while a lottery was rejected as a substitute.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Mark W. Clark
Armed Service Committee
Armed Services
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Clark
Clark Committee
Luce Publisher Henry Luce Dies at 68 in Phoenix
Publishing magnate Henry Luce head of Time Life Fortune died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix after a coronary occlusion. He was 68, pronounced dead at 5 a.m. MST. Luce helped found Time in 1923 and built a media empire with Life Fortune Sports Illustrated and more.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Henry Luce
Time- Life-Fortune
St. Joseph's Hospital
Titan
A. L. Moore and Son
Luce
Biltmore
Phoenix
House & Home
Sports Illustrated
Henry Luce III
Luce Publications
Probate of will and executor appointment for Byron F Snider
Probate of will and appointment of executor in the estate of Byron F Snider is noted, indicating court processing of the will, designation of the executor, and related filing steps. Names of interested parties and exact court details are not provided in the fragment.
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Byron F. Snider
Marines Launch Night Landing To Trap North Vietnamese
U S Marines stormed a dark beachhead 16 miles north of a prior battleground in a daring night landing. The operation aimed to trap two North Vietnamese divisions as B 52 bombers raided targets in the region and Junction City pressed with 27 Viet Cong killed. A mortar attack near Da Nang wounded 92 including civilians, while air missions totaled 69 against south I Corps targets amid poor weather.
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Vancouver
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Tay Ninh
Qui Nhon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
da Nang
North Vietnam
Panhand
Junction City
Vu Chi
Wellman Soldier Karr Killed in Vietnam
Mr and Mrs Keith Karr of Wellman learn their son Sp Robert E Karr 20 was killed in action in Vietnam He died February 25 on a road clearing operation He had joined the Army January 24 1966 and had been in Vietnam since November He was born October 30 1947 and was a 1965 Mid Prairie High School graduate He is survived by both parents three brothers and three sisters The Washington County Red Cross helped notify brother Jerry Karr Funeral arrangements are pending at Powell Funeral Home Wellman.
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Wellman
Keith Karr
Robert E. Karr
Vietnam
Viet Nam
Washington County
Mid - Prairie High School
Jerry Karr
Hawaii
Ronnie Karr
Mary Lou
Shirley
Helen
Henry Wade
Washington County Red Cross
Powell Funeral Home
Feed Grain Signup Extended to March 17 in Iowa
The Feed Grain Program signup is extended to March 17 per Iowa ASC State Committee Chairman Fred R. McLain. The original January 30 to March 3 window was delayed by new accounting methods for advance payments. About 600 farms in Washington County plan to participate, totaling 12,000 diverted acres, far below 1966’s 25,500.
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Fred R. McLain
Iowa Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
McLain
Iowa
Washington County
NAACP official killed in Mississippi truck bombing
Charlest Jackson, 37, treasurer of the local NAACP, was killed when a bomb exploded under his pickup in Natchez. The blast shattered a period of racial peace, and NAACP field secretary Charles Evers planned a meeting of Negro leaders to respond. Sheriff Odell Anders said the truck exploded after leaving the Armstrong Tire plant and investigators would pursue those responsible.
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Natchez, Miss
UPI
Charlest Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi
Charles Evers
Fayette
Evers
Jackson
George Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co
Odell Anders
Anders
Iowa seeks continued federal funding for migrant youth program
Iowa Governor Harold E. Hughes faces pressure from anti poverty director John Mackey to lobby Sargeant Shriver for continued OEO support to Muscatine migrant children. The OEO may shift funding to Head Start, likely reducing size beyond last year’s $50,000. A migrant committee member and local residents urged action to keep kids in school and prevent shifting costs to private donations.
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Senate House Committee
OEO
Muscatine
Hughes
Mackey
Senate
House Committees On Industrial and Human Relations
H. Philip Ruffrey
Episcopal Church At
Governor's Office
Sargeant Shriver
Auffrey
David Stanley
Iowa Weather: Fair Tonight and Wednesday With Warming
United Press International reports generally fair conditions across Iowa tonight and Wednesday. Warmer temperatures in the west and central regions tonight and statewide Wednesday. Lows tonight in the 20s, highs Wednesday 40s to 50s, from northeast to southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
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