Iowa Governor Hughes States Growth Amid Backlash Warnings
In a January 1967 State of the State address Iowa Governor Harold E. Hughes praised progress and prosperity while warning of a societal backlash. He cited rising public assistance caseloads, upcoming budget actions, and proposed education and anti poverty initiatives. He noted 1965 farm exports reached 430 million dollars and forecast 1966 farm income rising toward the national average.
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Des Moines
UPT
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Department
Widow of man who faked drowning faces federal fraud charges
Cedar Falls Iowa Janice McNelly 25 arrested by FBI on conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and fraud charges linked to social security and a $10,000 life insurance payout after her husband George Knoop 34 vanished in 1964 near Las Vegas. Knoop held on grand theft in California and used alias John L. Deviland while living in Inglewood.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
UPI
Las Vegas
Nev
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
Janice McNelly
Fred Clark Jr
Clark
Federal
Waterloo
Chiang Kai-shek eyes invasion of Chinese mainland
UPI reports from Taipei that Chiang Kai-shek, commanding about 600000 men, wants to invade the Chinese mainland if turmoil in Red China offers a chance, but invasion would require U.S. naval support and no such action seems likely. Premier Chou En-lai aligns with Mao’s camp amid Shanghai chaos as Lin Piao faces internal opposition.
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UPI
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Red China
Taipei
Formosa Strait
U.S. Navy
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Communist Party
Mao
Tse-tung
Shanghai
Peking
Chou
Chen Yi
Red Guard
Liu Shao Chi
Teng Hsiaoping
Red Guards
Tanjug
Liu
Teng
Lin Piao
Ling-Teng
Great Square
Gate of Heavenly Peace
Rome
Soviet Union
Lin Piano
Mao Tsetung
Liu-Teng
Taiwan
Shullen Shaw
Chiang
Court Supports School ban on married athletes
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a Waterloo School Board rule barring married students from athletics and other activities. Ronald Green, married while in high school, was prohibited from playing for Waterloo East High School. the court found the regulation reasonable and not unconstitutional. The ruling, 6-3, reverses a lower court decision and preserves school authority over extracurricular participation.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Supreme Court Today
Waterloo School Board
Ronald Green
Waterloo East High School
Green
State College of Iowa
Supreme Court
Black Hawk
Blair C. Wood
High Court
Maurice Rawlings
Sioux City
Rawlings
Iowa
Oelwein
Waterloo
T. Eugene Thornton
Francis H. Becker
Dubuque
M. L. Mason
Mason City
Probate of will and appointment of ex of Anton H Kiefer
Probate of will and appointment of executor for Anton H Kiefer noted. Also a notice of incorporation for Hanson Construction Co and county board of supervisors proceedings dated December 28.
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Anton H. Kiefer
A. EA
Hanson Construction Co
County Board of Supervisors
Rep. John Fogarty Dies Suddenly in Washington Office
Rep. John E. Fogarty Democrat from Rhode Island and House member since 1941 collapsed in his Washington office about two hours before the start of the 90th Congress. A McCormack spokesman confirmed the sudden death.
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Washington
UPI
John E. Fogarty
D-R J
House
John W. McCormack
Fogarty
Johnson to address nation on TV tonight
President Johnson will address Congress and the nation at 9:30 p.m. EST to outline a Great Society program for 1967 while continuing the Vietnam war. He signals a guns and butter approach, seeking funds for domestic programs despite mounting war costs.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
90Th
Congress
Nation
Great Society
Vietnam
State of the Union
House
Senate
Voice of America
United States
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
Opening statement in Baker's trial
Government attorney William O. Bittman told a federal jury that former Senate aide Robert G Baker took 100000 from California savings and loan officials by claiming the money would fund Senate campaigns He said Baker falsified income tax returns and conspired with Wayne Bromley to hide payments The prosecutor said Baker needed cash to run outside ventures including the Carousel Motel in Ocean City Maryland He planned to persuade officials that they had not donated enough and presented himself as a collector of campaign funds for senators.
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Washington
UPI
William O. Bittman
Senate
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
California
Baker
Savings and Loan Associations
Carousel
Ocean City
Bittman
Senate Democratic
Los Angeles
Westmoreland reports Reds rush supplies south for Tet truce
General Westmoreland cites a Christmas truce in which 500 coastal craft carried supplies into the DMZ and notes nine Communist divisions totaling over 280,000 troops in South Vietnam. The report underpins debates on a Tet cease fire amid Allied talks and Hanoi's stance.
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South Vietnam
Westmoreland
Hanoi
United States
Court Upholds Iowa Law Student in Tuition Fight
A three judge federal panel ruled the University of Iowa Tuition Review Committee acted arbitrarily in George Clarke s case. It voided requiring a signing of residency pledges and sent the matter back for review, with Clarke resisting terms that would make him a resident or force repayment of tuition differences. The decision critiqued comments by Clarke s counsel and censured him.
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DES Moines
UPI
University of Iowa Law
George Clarke
Elmwood Park
Ill
Clarke
Iowa
Ottumwa
University of Iowa
Iowa Law School
Charles H. Clarke
University of Detroit
Iron Triangle Ground Assault Tops Vietnam War Campaign
U S and Vietnamese forces over 30 000 strong swept the Iron Triangle northwest of Saigon in the largest ground operation of the war. Within 36 hours Viet Cong losses reached 92 killed 16 captured and 159 arrested as refugees fled toward government held villages.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Iron Triangle
Highlands
UPI
Tom Corpora
Cedar Falls
Michelin
Iowa Weather Outlook From UPI
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a slight warmup. Lows tonight range from 5 to 19 degrees as highs reach the 30s in the northeast to 40s in the southwest. Thursday looks increasingly cloudy and mild.
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