Multiple local incidents and national briefings in Iowa and beyond
Local police logged a blast incident when a firecracker damaged a Washington car windshield at 1 55 a m. Noise complaints at West Madison Street bus depot followed at 1 14 a m. Thefts reported in Washington include four magnesium wheels and tires from Bob Nardy’s car at Jones Brothers Texaco between 11 30 p m Wednesday and 7 a m Thursday, valued at 410. Nine tractor weights valued at 120 were missing from Kaiser Agri Chem on West Fifth Street. A 100 reward, split between Nardy and Jones Brothers, awaits arrest and conviction. Other dispatches: U S Navy Vice Admiral Rockover warns US nuclear submarine progress lags behind the USSR and blames cost cutters. Arthur J Hanes, attorney for James Earl Ray, discusses possible insanity plea if Ray faces trial in Memphis for King assassination. Iowa Development Commission announces second printing of Iowa in the World booklet. In Clear Lake, 17 year old Richard Estes drowns after canoe incident, third drowning since Memorial Day. An Oskaloosa youth, Charles Wesley Davis, 16, dies in a head on crash two miles southwest of Oskaloosa. passenger Thomas Pitts, 17, is treated and released.
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Jerry Havener
Washington
West
Madison Street
Bob Nardy
Jones Brothers Texaco
South Second Avenue
Kaiser Agri-Chem
West Fifth Street
Mr. Nardy
Jones Brothers
Clear Lake
Iowa
UPI
Kensett
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa
Iowa 309
Here
Charles Wesley Davis
Thomas Pitts
Mahaska County Hospital
McCarthy Memo Sparks Campaign Parity Talk
An intercepted memo references Senator McCarthy and discusses campaign parity. The note likens parity to enjoying an ice cold watermelon on Thursday, signaling a favorable reception for parity measures.
Bombers pound North Vietnam amid DMZ tension and frontline combat
UPI reports U S B52s struck the southern Panhandle for a fifth straight day in heavy bombardment. SAMs fired at Stratofortresses failed to hit. Since Sunday the planes raided 27 times, including 11 inside the DMZ and 16 above. In ground fighting near the DMZ, about 100 North Vietnamese troops attacked near Khe Sanh, a Leatherneck base, before being repelled by Marines. Four Marines died, 13 wounded, 17 enemy dead.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Strategic Air Command
Vietnam
Hanoi
USS
Demilitarized Zone
Red
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Leatherneck
Highway 9
U.S. Army
McCarthy visits Corning to back farm income plans
Sen Eugene McCarthy spoke to about 5,000 in Corning urging parity prices and stronger farm organizations. He pressed collective bargaining, cooperative efforts, extended price supports, a wheat soybeans dairy reserve, and expanded farm programs, after meeting with NFO leaders and a local 45 acre farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
NFO
Des Moines
Washington
Corning
Minnesota
Gun control clash stalls Congress amid gun debate
Washington lawmakers face a two tier clash over gun laws as they seek adjournment. President Johnson proposes mail order bans and licensing while Sen. Tydings calls for federal registration and licensure with state option and penalties. Key details outline licensing, registration, and treasury buyouts with timelines and eligibility.
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Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
Tydings
Louder Than Words youth drama to play at Iowa State Fair
About 100 Des Moines teenagers from 15 groups will perform an eight to twelve minute piece each July 12 to 14 at the Iowa State Fair grounds. The program, produced by Drake University drama head Dr William Coleman and advised by Des Moines college students, aims to express youth attitudes and highlight problems through scenes addressing topics from street life to police brutality. Mayor Urban calls it a timely platform for youth to present views while Rev James Harris originated the idea through Forest Avenue Baptist Church youth programs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa State Fairgrounds
William Coleman
Drake University
Cindy Schultz
University of Kansas
Cindy
Thomas Urban
James A. Harris
Forest Avenue Baptist Church
Harris
Wapello marshal loses his car on highway
Wapello Iowa UP I report says the city marshal left an unmarked police car unlocked on U S 61 at 2 a m after meeting Sheriff Ralph McDowell and responding to a farm disturbance Two men left the vehicle and after a 90 minute search it could not be found The car had official plates a cherry top and a loaded sawed off shotgun on the front seat with a two way radio The marshal had taken the keys with him according to the sheriff
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Wapello
Iowa
UPI
Louisa County
Ralph McDowell
McDowell
U.S. 61
De Gaulle Faces France Crisis as Costs Rise
Paris reports gasoline above $1 a gallon as France battles a wage surge from a massive strike. De Gaulle resists devaluation while Bank of France reserves fall and rates rise to deter capital flight. Protective tariffs drawn from Common Market partners amid a fragile open-market plan.
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Paris
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
Communist Party
Pierre
Riviera
de Gaulle
Bank of France
London
Zurich
Anita Ekberg
United States
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Public Notices Today County Board Proceedings Public Notices
County Board of Supervisors proceedings and notices of real estate sale. Hearing on water revenue bonds in Washington and notice of sale of water revenue bonds.
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Proceedings County Board of Supervisors
Washington
Paranoid gunman holds teenage bride in Australia siege
Riot police surround a cottage in Sydney as Wallace Mellish, 23, threatens to kill his bride Beryl Muddle, 19, and her 11 week old son Leslie. An Armalite rifle supplied by a police officer aims to prevent a deadly outcome while negotiations continue. The infant remains ill and police avoid tear gas to protect him. Vermont has 61 state parks and forests.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Wallace Mellish
Norman Allan
Vietnam
Mellish
Beryl Muddle
Leslie
Allan
Don Fergusson
Wally
Fergusson
Haven
Weather outlook Iowa partly cloudy through Saturday
United Press International reports Iowa will stay partly cloudy through Saturday with a slight chance of thundershowers. Light variable winds and little temperature change. Tonight low 55 to 65. Saturday high 85 to 92. Outlook Sunday shows little change.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Ray
Arthur J. Hanes
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Wandsworth
Iowa Development Commission
Sen. McCarthy
Wallace
Alabama
George Wallace
Minneapolis
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
U.S. Treasury
Will
Coleman
Vermont
New York
Central Park
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