Weekend accidents drown in Iowa
Six people died during the Fourth of July weekend as heat topped ninety in Iowa. Drownings occurred near Gif ford Lake Manawa Coralville Lowa River Troy Mills and Palo with victims including 18-year-old John Follett 16-year-old up from Council Bluffs Gene Garrison 15-year-old Byron Pound and Lloyd Kessler among others.
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United Press International
Iowa
John Follett
Gifford
Council Bluffs
Lake Manawa
Pottawattamie
Don Danford
Robert Briggs
Eugene Briggs
Roy Briggs
Danford
Jimmy Silvers
Packwood
Alfred Wallerich
Keokuk County
Robert Smith
Sigourney
Byron
Skip
Lloyd Kessler
Cedar Rapids
Kessler
Cedar River
Palo Sunday
CORE shifts to militant stance ends draft and Vietnam support
The Congress of Racial Equality CORE adopts resolutions calling for ending the military draft and U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. Delegates endorse black power as a means to equality and abandon nonviolence, pledging militancy in politics and economics under Floyd McKissick. The move aligns CORE with New Left critics urging redress of wartime policies.
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Baltimore
UPI
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
U.S
Viet Nam
Floyd McKissick
US S
New Left
Probate and Executor Appointment in Wehrle Estate
Public notice announces probate of the will of Edward E. Wehrle and appointment of an executor. It also cites a proposal for sale of real estate in Washington and the dissolution of Riverside Lumber Co.
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Edward E. Wehrle
Washington
Riverside Lumber Co
Six die on state highways during Fourth of July weekend
A two car head on collision west of Maquoketa killed two and injured four, boosting Iowa’s fatality count to six for the holiday. Others died in separate one car crashes in Evansdale and near Hancock while several victims were hospitalized in Iowa City and Waterloo.
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Iowa
Starr
Iowa City
Lingle
Richard Merick
Ronald Tracy
Baldwin
Jackson County
Pamela
Evansdale
Joe H. Quandt
Oelwein
John Donke
Leon Zink
Omro
Wis
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Mason City
Mary Ann Kurtz
Peggy Riley
Cheryl Baker
Larry Dipaglizan
Bill Bryan
Dwight Carter Jr
Scott Little
Flames
Ann Carmody
Dick O’connor
Des Moines
Dipaglia
Floren Dipaglia
Lake Patrol
Rusk Reassures Japan Leaders in Kyoto
Secretary of State Dean Rusk sought to calm Japanese fears that the Vietnam War could widen into a broader Asia-Pacific conflict. He met leaders in Kyoto to discuss regional tensions and U.S. assurances.
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Japan
UPI
USS
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Indonesia moves to strip Sukarno power amid anti Communist purge
Indonesia’s MPRS stripped President Sukarno of his life title, named Suharto acting president, banned Communist teachings, and ordered elections within two years. A new cabinet is to be formed by August 17, with committees to supervise economic restoration and review Sukarno’s ideologies.
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UPI
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
Marx
Lenin
Peoples Provisional Consultative Congress
MPRS
China
Findley 4th of July speaker in Crawfordsville event
Large crowds gathered in Crawfordsville for the Republican Women’s Council Fourth of July program with U S Representative Paul Findley as featured speaker. The day included a service, entertainment, a flea market, a barbecue, and remarks by Fred Schwengel and state figures.
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Crawfordsville
Republican Women’s Council of the First
Iowa
Washington County
Republican Party
Paul Findley
Illinois
United Presbyterian Church
Fred Schwengel
Fromer
Richard Stephens
Wick’s School of Dance
Joe H. Jones
Washington County Republican Central Committee
Harold Miller
Ann Weston
Republican Women
Findley
Charles Wittenmeyer
National Republican
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Joe Bert
Heat wave ends with record highs across mid-Atlantic
Thunderstorms and gusty winds followed a blistering Fourth of July heat wave that rewrote records across Philadelphia Baltimore Wilmington and Harrisburg. Temperatures reached 103 in Philadelphia 102 in Wilmington and 104 in Harrisburg as New York City saw 98 then cooled with a Canadian air surge. Three lightning fatalities reported near Warren Ohio.
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United Press International
Atlantic Coast
mid-Atlantic States
Coney Island
New York City
Philadelphia
Reading
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Mercury
Harrisburg
Lower
Great Lakes
Warren
Ohio
Fairborn
Detroit
Mich
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
North Carolina
South Dakota
Detroit Lakes
Minn
Holiday toll hits record for Independence Day weekend
The nation reports a surge in highway deaths with at least 577 killed from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 11:59 p.m. California leads with 46 deaths, Texas 41, Ohio 31, and New York 30 as Hawaii and Delaware show no fatalities.
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United Press International
California
Texas
Ohio
New York
Hawaii
Delaware
Findley urges Iowa GOP to win 78 seats for House control
Illinois Rep. Paul Findley told a Crawfordsville GOP gathering that Republicans must drive a nationwide door-to-door effort to seize the House. He warned Johnson policies risk NATO strain and urged gains in Iowa, claiming at least five seats here are possible and a seat in every state now represented by Democrats. He criticized inflation and farm price policies tied to Johnson-Freeman actions.
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Crawfordsville
Iowa
UPI
Illinois
House of Representatives
Johnson
Paul Findley
U.S
Findley
Johnson - Freeman
Crewmen Rescued From Sinking Freighter Off Yucatan
Twenty crew members were rescued from a slowly sinking Greek freighter off the Yucatan Peninsula before dawn. The ship's captain remained aboard in an effort to save the vessel as rescue efforts continued.
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Miami
UPI
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Saturn 1 launches to test moonship role and fuel control
The Saturn 1 rocket orbited a 29 ton second stage acting as a flying fuel laboratory. At 10 53 a m EDT the 92 foot object circled Earth about 115 miles up in a key Apollo program test. Engineers monitored fuel behavior with cameras to see if restart is possible for future moon missions.
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UPI
America
Earth
Apollo
Virgil Grissom
Edward Whit
Roger Chaffee
Omaha Guardsmen quell rioters in near North Side clash
National Guardsmen in riot gear backed by police dispersed crowds in Omaha Nebraska after weekend disturbances. About 59 people were arrested while a 1 000 strong crowd near a supermarket faced police. Officials coordinated with Gov Morrison and Mayor Sorensen to prevent further violence.
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Omaha, Neb
UPI
Omaha
North Side
24Th Street
Nebraska
Army Special Forces
Viet Nam
National Guard
State Highway Patrol
Philip C Sorensen
A. V. Sorensen
Frank Morrison
Sorensens
Morrison
Los Angeles
Near North Side
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