Kitt Sparks War Talk at White House Crime Luncheon
Eartha Kitt provoked debate at a White House luncheon on crime policy with a provocative comment about Vietnam and a police record. Mrs. Johnson, wife of Gov. Hughes, spoke in defense of the war and urged national duty as she described her eight sons in service. Fifty invited women, white and Black, listened as the discussion touched on crime and national priorities.
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New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Miss Kitt
Vietnam
Mrs. Johnson
White House
President Johnson
Sailors Reach Sasebo as Protesters Clash With Police
UPI reports the Enterprise and accompanying ships docked at Sasebo Japan allowing about 1300 sailors from the carrier Truxton and the frigates Halsey and Intrepid to seek liberty in the town near the base. Police held back roughly 400 demonstrators shouting Yankee go home while pacifists handed out antiwar leaflets.
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Sasebo
Japan
UPI
U.S
Enterprise Today
Liberty
Vna
Enterprise
Intrepid
Sweden
U.S. Naval Base
Sailor Town
Heart Transplant Recipient Improves After Emergency Surgery
In Palo Alto California surgeon report Mike Kasperak 54 shows better condition after a second emergency operation in five days. The heart transplant from a housewife 14 days earlier is functioning well though liver disease and kidney function remain concerns. Doctors note reduced bleeding and improving liver status while monitoring for possible rejection of the foreign heart.
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Palo Alto
Calif
UPI
Mike Kasperak
Cleveland
Stanford Medical Center
Philip Blaiberg
South Africa
Kasperak
Blaiberg
Oberhelmann
Marines wipe out North Vietnamese company front-line clash
U S Marines fought through heavy artillery fire to trap and virtually wipe out a reinforced North Vietnamese company on Vietnam's northern front. Leathernecks said they killed 162 NVA and reported eight Marines killed and 39 wounded after a six-hour rain-soaked battle below Hanoi. Air force pilots then raided targets near Hanoi and Hai Phong, claiming a MIG jet downed, though two U S planes were shot down and one missing with five airmen unaccounted for.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Leathernecks
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
U.S
Washington Employment Service opens Washington Outstation
The Fairfield Iowa State Employment Service office operates the Washington Outstation at the Head Start Center to place 34 applicants. Skills include key punch, lathe, truck driving, nurse aide, clerk, sales, and more. Opens 9 to 4 Thursdays and accepts calls at 653-2853 for appointments.
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Washington
Employment Service
Marilyn Calhoun
Fairfield
Iowa State Employment Service
South
Iowa
Washington County
Calhoun
County assessing work continues with schedules posted
Washington County per sonal tax assessments move forward with Seventy Six Township residents to report at Seventy Six Township Hall Highland Township residents to report at Highland High School. Third Ward residents are urged to report at the Legion room in City Hall during the week of January 22. A scientist notes the brain can store roughly 50 times more information than 9000 Library of Congress volumes.
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Washington County
Highland Township
Highland High School
Washington
Third Ward
Legion Room
City Hall
Library of Congress
Nearing completion U S Soviet arms treaty draft
Geneva reports say a new draft treaty to halt nuclear spread could be ready for worldwide signing by late spring or early summer after further talks to ease nonaligned nations fears. Soviets granted inspection concessions to EURATOM and IAEA with initial two year postponement. If Geneva talks go well, text to UN by March 15 and signing by June or July. President Johnson hopes to send it to Congress before August session ends.
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Geneva
UPI
Washington
Nicholas Daniloff
U.S
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEEA
United States
Euratom
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
IAEA
United Nations
General Assembly
Johnson
Congress
Iowa Sheriffs Split Over 300 Man Emergency Unit
The Iowa Sheriffs Association chief says a misunderstanding delayed policy on forming a 300 man deputy squad for emergencies. Sheriff Barels of Buena Vista County cites misinterpretations by Scott County Sheriff Strout and says the official board will decide in February whether to pursue the group, with many members opposing such a force. A committee of lay citizens may be formed to assist in recommendations.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Sheriffs Association
Donald J. Barels
Buena Vista
Scott County
William ‘“Blackie
Barels
Sheriffs Association
Elmer Hightower
Waterloo
Maynard Schneider
Iowa City
Ray McCoy
Fort Dodge
Don Steel
Denison
Jerry Allen
Mason City
Strout
Wilsons party in rebellion today in London
In London Prime Minister Harold Wilson faced renewed Labour Party rebellion as left wing MPs challenged him after he won approval of a 2.4 billion dollar budget cut by a 304 to 9 confidence vote. Reginald Paget urged Wilson to resign as two major Labour leaders quit and rebels walked out of a key vote.
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London
UPI
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Reginald Paget
Commons
Paget
Camp for Children at Washington County church council event
The Washington County Council on Religion Affairs met at St Paul United Church of Christ with President Don Pilcher presiding. A special committee led by Mrs. Robert Curly reported planning a week of camping and religious instruction for exceptional children at the Youth Campsite by Lake Darling in August 1923. The council proposed weekly religious instruction during the school year and a community survey in 1968 to record families religious affiliations. Officers elected for 1968: Don Pilcher president, Clarence Dehne vice president, William Jones secretary, Fred Bourgeois treasurer.
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Robert J. Welch
St. James Roman Catholic Church
Richard Peterson
First Baptist Church
Washington
Our Common Cause
Christian Unity
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
St. Paul
Robert Curly
Washington County
Lake Darling
Don Pilcher
Clarence Dehne
William Jones
Fred Bourgeois
Unidentified jet attacks U.S. base in South Vietnam
An unknown jet attacked a U.S. Special Forces camp at Lang Vei four miles from the Laotian border and nine miles south of the DMZ. Thieu said preliminary reports indicated a MIG17 engagement with American jets, while U.S. officials cited possible F4 Phantom characteristics. No damage or casualties reported.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Lang Vei
Demilitarized Zone
7Th Air Force
Air Force
Thieu
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Muong Yut
Laos
Reppert enters race for Iowa lieutenant governor
State Sen. Howard C. Reppert of Des Moines announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. A 50-year-old veteran lawmaker, he cites his six General Assembly sessions, four House terms, and recent Senate service. He argues residence in Des Moines boosts gubernatorial support and notes stalled Polk County district redistricting prevents reelection that year.
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Des Moines
UPI
Howard C. Reppert
D-Des Moines
Reppert
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
Iowa
Weather Forecast for Iowa Tonight and Saturday
Generally fair weather expected across Iowa with warmer readings tonight in the northwest and across the state on Saturday. Lows range from the low 20s in the north to the mid 20s in the south. Saturday highs will reach the 40s in the northeast to the 50s in the west and south.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Eartha Kitt
Ladybird
Hughes’ Defense
U.S. Carrier
Happy Bar
Kent Liston Lee
Truxton
Halsey
U. S
U. N
U Thant
Thant
Southeast Asia
Harry Oberheman Jr
No. Viet Company
Employment Office Bus
Ottumwa
The
11Th Cavalry Division
Wilson's Party In Rebellion
Inter-Church Dialogue
Church Council
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Base
Democrat
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