Iowa to Spend Nearly 1 Billion on Highways in Five Years
Des Moines IA. An Iowa highways plan outlines a five year program totaling about 1 billion dollars with 272 million for planning and 675 million for right of way and construction. The program anticipates average annual contracts of 118 million and notes a potential deficit by 1971 without new revenue.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Joseph Coupal
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Coupal
Iowa Associated General Contractors
Jorgenson
Iowa
Highway Commission
Wilfrid Vittetoe
Route 2
Washington
Extension Service
Vittetoe
Mrs. Vittetoe
Herb Plambeck
Paul McNutt
Iowa City
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Johnson vows stronger cities as budget hits record high
President Johnson in the State of the Union warned of a restless nation with higher taxes as the budget climbs to a historic 186 billion dollars. He pledged more jobs and housing for urban poor, expanded training, model cities, and a ten year drive to build six million homes while pressing for gun control and drug laws. The speech stressed domestic urban revival with limited Vietnam note, and defense and social programs absorbing most of the rise.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Congress
Hanoi
America
North Vietnam
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
FBI
Mills
Dutch freighter in sea storm near sinking off Newfoundland
The Ocean Sprinter with 16 crew remains aboard as heavy seas and 30 foot waves hinder rescue. Coast Guard vessels stand by near 360 miles southeast of St Johns Newfoundland while snow squalls reduce visibility. The captain refuses to abandon ship, saying conditions are too dangerous.
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New York
UPI
Atlantic
Coast Guard
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Absecom
4-H Officers to Train January 27 in Washington County
Washington County 4 H officers will hold their annual training school on Saturday January 27 registration starts 9 00 a m at the Christian Church 301 West Second Street Washington for club presidents vice presidents secretaries treasurers historians and reporters County 4 H Council members plan the program with discussions on duties and local club problems Registration is led by Becky Berdo and Lanny Brinning Dan ny Huber Willman conducts a quiz Jackie Knupp will be pianist and other council members plus Doug Greiner Perry Palmer Cathy Coon Myrna Cave Jane Wittetoe and Mike Rich will lead discussions
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Washington County
Ken Cuhel
The
Christian Church In
Washington
West Second Street
County
4 - H Council
Becky Berdo
Lanny Brinning
Keota
Danny Huber
Wellman
Jackie Knupp
Doug Greiner
Perry Palmer
Cathy Coon
Myrna Cave
Jane Wittetoe
Mike Rich
Staley urges NFO to unite farmers for fair prices
Staley, president of the National Farmers Organization, said farmers must organize and bargain collectively to raise farm prices. He warned that the farm industry lowers prices with greater efficiency and production and claimed holding actions aim to boost prices without depriving the public. He urged continuing the fight for the family farm, fair prices, and industry profit.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Staley
Opposition Mounts as Congress Skips Johnson Tax Plan
The 90th Congress dismissed President Johnson’s call for a 10 percent income tax surcharge. House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills withheld comment while others urged spending restraint. Johnson warned that failure to act would raise prices, slow homebuilding, and erode the dollar. Senate and House critics argued the case for tax increases was unproven.
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Washington
UPI
90Th
Congress
Johnson
House Ways & Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Long
House
Gerald R. Ford
Thant urges halt to bombing and talks on peace
UN Secretary General Thant called for an end to U S bombing of North Vietnam and said talks between Washington and Hanoi would not by themselves secure peace in South Vietnam. He urged full Geneva accords enforcement and reconvening the 1954 conference to implement the pact while stressing Cambodia’s neutral stance.
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UPI
Thant
U.S
North Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Cambodia
Viet Cong chief killed by GI patrol in Vietnam
UPI report says a 101st Airborne ambush patrol killed the Viet Cong chieftain linked to the Jan. 6 Tan Uyen village raid near Gen Westmoreland's field headquarters. The update notes weekly U.S. casualties, 278 Americans killed and 1,323 wounded, plus air battles involving MIG21s as plans for North Vietnam continued.
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Saigon
Gurrilla
Tan Uyen
Vietnam
U.S
American paratrooper captured by Cuban forces
Everett D. Jackson, 27, of Los Angeles, a former U S Army paratrooper with an M1 rifle and 200 rounds, was shot down off central Cuba on December 29 and captured three weeks later in Villas Province near Cayo Falcones. Cuban radio cited he intended to infiltrate Cuban territory.
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Miami
UPI
U.S
Havana
Everett D. Jackson
Los Angeles
Calif
Jackson
U.S. Army
101St Airborne Division
Cuba
Los Villas
Robert M. Cheatwood
Cayo Falcones
Bay of Cadiz
Rancho Beloz
Weather report for Iowa from United Press International
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with lows from 12 to 18 in the north west to the middle 20s in the southeast. Friday will be clear to partly cloudy with highs in the 40s. Outlook for Saturday is partly cloudy and mild.
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United Press International
Iowa
Washington City Council Meeting Minutes Report
The Washington city council held a regular meeting with standard procedural items on the agenda. Minutes record attendance votes and decisions made during the session.
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Washington City
Firemen battle propane gas blaze in Rake Iowa
Rake volunteer firefighters contained a blaze at a propane storage tank after a hose from Fran Mischich’s truck broke, igniting leaking gas and burning a nearby building roof. Six Winnebago County departments fought the flames and no propane bottles exploded. Heat warped railroad tracks 20 feet from the fire.
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Rake, Iowa
UPI
Rake
Fran Mischich
Clear Lake
Winnebago County
Seventh victim in Guatemala terror wave shocks city
Police patrolled streets but failed to stop a machinegun terror wave in Guatemala City that killed seven people in four days. Victim Alfonso Alejos, 67, an anti-Communist columnist, was shot near his home as a speeding car fired on him. Two victims were U.S. military attaches. A Castro style guerrilla group claimed Tuesday killings to avenge a leftist beauty queen's murder.
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Guatemala City
UPID
Alfonso Alejos
U.S
First American adult heart transplant patient shows progress
Heart transplant recipient Mike Kasperak, 54, on day 12 at Stanford Medical Center, sits in a chair for an hour with assistance. Despite improvement in liver and kidney issues, doctors deem his condition critical and monitor for possible organ rejection as his new heart beats normally and he remains conscious and responsive.
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America
Kasperak
Stanford Medical Center
Snow goddess sculpture sparks traffic hold ups
In East Cleveland, a nude snow woman sculpture created by Ray Gonzalez and friends drew gawkers and police attention as motorists slowed to view the figure. A predicted warm day was expected to melt the sculpture and end the disruption. Police chief Pat O Malley noted nature would resolve the issue.
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Cleveland
Ohio
UPI
Ray Gonzalez
Pat O'Malley
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