News in Brief: TV reception blamed on atmospheric conditions
Washington area suffers excess TV reception issues blamed on atmospheric reflections from distant stations. Officials note this is normal for summer and may persist or fade. State Department proposes a two way freedom airlift to move Cuban refugees and return unhappy refugees, described as good riddance flights. In Des Moines, ballot rules ban nicknames. only full names with middle initial or name and last name may appear on ballots.
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Washington Television Service Association
Washington
TV Service Group
UPI
U.S
State Department
Cuba
Des Moines
Attorney General’s Office
Oscar Strauss
Iowa
Fear new offensive against Saigon soon
Violence flares on the eve of Mideast talks as Israeli and Jordanian troops clash. Reports say casualties on both sides and heightened alerts as U S and Vietnamese forces face Viet Cong actions across Saigon and nearby areas.
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United Press International
Jerusalem
Mideast
Saigon
Levee Bid Filed For Red Rock Reservoir Area
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported a low bid of 1.4979 million dollars from G. H. Lindekugel & Sons of Mitchell South Dakota to build levees protecting Des Moines and Pleasant Hill from the flood control pool of the Red Rock Reservoir. The government estimate exceeded 1.6 million dollars.
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Rockisland, Ill
UPI
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Des Moines
Pleasant Hill
Red Rock
G. H. Lindekugel & Sons
Mitchell, S.D
Hughes urges lottery draft to equalize service burden
SHEDDON IOWA UP I Gov Harold E Hughes urged an immediate switch to a lottery draft to meet military manpower needs. While campaigning for the Democratic Senate nomination he said the plan would ensure fair treatment for all draft age men and allow better future planning, proposing exams at 18 and a name pool at 19 for service selections.
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Sheddon
Iowa
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Sheldon
U.S. Senate
Hughes
Harold Hughes
Senate
Bramwell
Vietnam
Three slain in New York South Bronx neighborhood
Manuel Angel Figueroa and two other Puerto Rican men were killed on East 138th Street in the South Bronx as a gunman sprayed a carbine across the area. A fourth man was wounded. Police issued a state alarm for Bobby Rogers, suspected gunman, with witnesses identifying him. A memorial formed at the makeshift altar by Figueroa’s friends remains near the crime scene.
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da Nang
Con Thien
Saigon
USS. Army 9Th Infantry Division
Gis
U.S
Cholon
South Vietnam
New York
UPI
Manuel Angel Figueroa
Jesus
Figueroa
East 138Th St
South Bronx
Bobby Rogers
E. 138Th St
Rogers
Weather Iowa Southeast Outlook For Saturday
Partly cloudy weather persists across southeast Iowa with warmer conditions in the east. Saturday brings more sun and a chance of showers, with tonight’s lows 65 to 70 and Saturday’s highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Bramwell Proposes Draft Reform and Vietnam Critique in Iowa Visit
James Bramwell of Cedar Rapids campaigned in Washington and Cedar Rapids for the Republican U S Senate nomination. He backed major Selective Service revisions including a lottery, opposed extensions, and criticized gun controls without registration. He urged a Vietnam policy review, warned against foreign policy complacency, and urged ransom of the Pueblo incident, while voicing skepticism about stringent import quotas.
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James Bromwell
Cedar Rapids
Washington
United States Senate
Bromwell
Robert Reed
Bramwell
Second
Iowa
America
Pueblo
Asia
Dirksen Defends Johnson Nominations To Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry featured Sen. Everett Dirksen defending President Johnson against GOP charges of cronyism. Sen. Robert Griffin urged scrutiny, noting Lincoln’s 1862 appointment of David Davis as a parallel, while Thornberry sat with Mrs Thornberry and Deputy Atty. Gen. Warren Christopher as Fortas appearance was postponed to Tuesday.
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Ramsey Clark
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Clark
Fortas
Homer Thornberry
UPI
Fortas-Thornberry
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
David Davis
Davis
Dirksen
Thornberry
Warren Christopher
Griffin
Texas
House
Czechs Welcome Russian Troop Withdrawal After Prague Calm
Soviet decision to pull out troops from Czechoslovakia sparks relief among Czechs who recall liberation in 1945. Crowds and traffic return to normal in Prague as Russians depart, with few protests and a warm reception reported by Red Star.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
National Street
Red Star
Communist Party
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Iowa City Man Hunted, Caught in Texas on Grandmother Slaying
Iowa City police say Lawrence Holderness, 27, was arrested Thursday night in Granbury Texas in connection with the murder of his grandmother Mrs Claude Stanfield 78 whose body was found in her Iowa City home last Saturday An autopsy found blunt force with a sharp instrument and about 40 to 50 dollars missing Neighbors saw Holderness with his grandmother Friday afternoon He will be extradited to Iowa to face the murder charge.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Lawrence Holderness
Granbury
Tex
Holderness
Johnson County
Claude Stanfield
Carroll man killed in one car crash near Winterset
Arnold N. Leigh, 60, of Carroll, was killed four miles east of Winterset on Iowa 92 when his car ran off the road while slowing for a slow moving vehicle. The car rolled into a ditch, Leigh was thrown out, and the vehicle landed on him. His wife Dora, 65, a passenger, was hospitalized in Winterset with shock and minor injuries.
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Winterset
Iowa
UPI
Arnold N. Leigh
Carroll
Madison County Sheriff's Office
Leigh
Dora
Intercepted memo from David Warnock in Carmel
A memo attributed to David Warnock from Carmel California cautions that not every trip is worth the price. The message ends with a hint of personal investment and a closing signoff from WEJ.
California drug deaths stun California teens on beach
In Carmel and Palo Alto, three youths aged 16 to 17 died within days after inhaling fumes from a dry hair spray and cocaine. Warnock of Palo Alto collapsed after breathing ether fumes at a beach fire, while Nancy Christiansen also died from a cocaine overdose in Palo Alto. Phyllis Newman, 23, died of an overdose in Oakland. Police traced the incidents to a group of 40 to 50 youths. investigators note the ether in the spray can caused oxygen deprivation and hallucinogenic effects.
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Carmel
Calif
Pacific Ocean
David Hamilton Warnock
Warnock
David
San Francisco
Phyllis Newman
Oakland
Phyllis
William Ellis
City Real Estate Sale Hearing Notice
A hearing is scheduled on the proposed sale of city owned real estate. The notice includes the hearing date, time, and location and requests public comment on the sale terms and process.
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Extension Council
Area Community College
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D-Fla
Havana
Ames, Iowa
Harry Edwards
Mexico
Iowa State University
Edwards
Black Students Organization
BSO
Iowa State Athletic Council
Willie Muldrew
National Science Foundation
University of Iowa
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Cholong Chinatown
Clifford
North Vietnam
Leatherneck
Hills
Iowa River
Karen Riley
James Soukup
Riverside
Eea
University Hospitals
David Warnock
Carmel, Calif
Wej
California
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