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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1966
Page
3
Abigail Van Buren offers bridal advice to a reader whose daughter plans a simple wedding with only family and a minister, telling her to be glad the bride wants her parents there. The column also answers questions about curious neighbors, a troubled marriage affair, and handling family secrets without naming individuals.
A 23 year old Ku Klux Klan member testified before the House un American Activities Committee about the July 1964 bombing of Charles Bryant's home in McComb Mississippi. He described joining the United Klans of America on July 7 1964 and a plan carried out with Hilton Dunaway and Gerald Lawrence with Paul Wilson driving. He pleaded guilty October 23 1964 with others and had sentences suspended on good behavior.
Judge R G Yoder presided as Joseph T McKeone received a ten year suspended sentence for breaking and entering in the men's reformatory at Anamosa. Glen Arnold Schantz was fined 300 dollars after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and Francis E Lebeck was fined 150 dollars and 30 cents for operating a motor vehicle with a gross overload on a public highway.
Gemini 8 mission targets a docking in space with either Agena rocket 5003 or the alternate docking adapter. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott are slated for a March 7 launch, with NASA deciding by late February which target to use after wind tunnel testing at Arnold center and on standby at Cape Kennedy.
DES MOINES UPI The State Executive Council overruled the Iowa Tax Commission and approved a compromise waiving interest and penalties on back state income taxes owed by Army colonel Edwin L. Overholt. The council noted many service members may remain Iowa residents during active duty elsewhere, making them liable for state taxes. Overholt, stationed in Denver, had paid the taxes for 1962 to 1964 but contested interest. The Tax Commission and assistant AG Thomas McKay had advised against the compromise. Gov. Harold E. Hughes and council members expressed sympathy for service members in similar cases.
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