Second story lab planned at Iowa City VA Hospital
Plans for a second story research laboratory were announced for the wing adjacent to the Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital main building. Bids expected around Aug 19 with contracts likely by Sept 23 and lab work planned to finish by May 1, 1970. The item reflects a projected construction timeline and official action in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital
Jack Miller
R - Iowa
Inquiry into state colleges fiscal probe
A four member Iowa legislative committee ordered a wide ranging fiscal and academic policy review of the three state universities and a probe into Regents hiring practices. The plan aims to examine efficiency, enrollment targets, campus facilities and past construction contracts, with final approval pending by the Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee.
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Des Moines
UPI
Board of Regents
Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Francis Messerly
Cedar Falls
Regents
Sen
Joseph Flatt
Iowa Weather: Clear to Partly Cloudy Through Saturday
United Press International reports Iowa will be clear to partly cloudy through Saturday with little temperature change. Tonight’s lows mid to upper 60s, Saturday highs from upper 80s to lower 90s. Sunday outlook shows partly cloudy skies with possible showers and cooler north portions.
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United Press International
Iowa
Intercepted Memo Warns Regents on University Funding
An intercepted memo to the Regent Committee in Des Moines questions university funding needs. The note, marked from WEJ, suggests underlying reasons for calls for more money and hints at scrutiny of allocations.
Army confirms open air tests of nerve gases at Dugway Edgewood Fort McClellan
Pentagon documents show the Army planned open air tests of VX and other gases at Dugway Proving Grounds Utah and Edgewood Arsenal Maryland with some tests possibly already conducted and March through September slated. Ft McClellan Alabama training tests noted while Edgewood tests used shells mines bomblets. Rep Reuss released documents to probe safety and Congress urged a halt until full review.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Army
Dugway Proving Grounds
Utah
Dugway
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Edgewood Arsenal
Baltimore
Defense Department
Henry S. Reuss
Reuss
D-Wis
House
Conservation and Natural Resources
Edgewood
Clarence Long
D-Md
Congress
Iowa Board tightens license rules for 300 older nursing homes
Iowa licensing chief John DeBiak says he will learn next week if aging nursing home operators will phase out or upgrade facilities as the Board of Health shifts away from a 1957 grandfather clause. A timetable of three to five years is set to bring substandard homes into compliance, with cooperation urged from the State Nursing Home Association and a new advisory committee. DeBiak warned the timetable must be set soon to avoid leaving operators in limbo while noting potential economic impacts on residents and communities.
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Des Moines
UPI
John DeBiak
Iowa
Board of Health
DeBiak
State Nursing Home Association
Department of Health
DeBink
Spock and three others freed in draft conspiracy case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned draft conspiracy convictions of Dr. Benjamin Spock and three others. The 53 page ruling orders new trials for Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr Mitchell Goodman and Ferber while Spock is freed and Coffin and Goodman face retrials. The court upheld no counsels to turn in draft cards but found overt acts to aid and abet draft card refusals.
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Boston
UPI
Benjamin Spock
U.S. 1St Circuit Court of Appeals
Spock
Harvard
Michael Ferber
Buffalo
N.Y
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
New York
Temple
Maine
Goodman
Coffin
Ferber
Marcus Raskin
Ottumwa cave in injures two men
Two workers at a Ottumwa Airport construction site were injured when a 20 foot deep sewer ditch section collapsed Friday. Tom Jones 22 of Centerville suffered a collapsed lung and multiple broken ribs. Dale Shadonix 40 of Ottumwa fractured skull and was moved to University Hospitals Iowa City in serious condition.
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Ottumwa, Iowa
UPI
Ottumwa
Tom Jones
Centerville
Dale Shadonix
Jones
Ottumwa Hospital
Shadonix
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Apollo 11 Moon Landing Practice Nears Launch
Apollo 11 crew Armstrong Aldrin rehearse lunar module checkout in simulator while Collins flies chase jet. 12 hour launch countdown hold begins at 11 p.m. EDT with concerns over cooling solution crystals and a leaky nitrogen seal fixed. 10,000 official guests expected at Cape Kennedy area including Lyndon Johnson and hundreds of Congress members.
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Moon
Michael Collins
Collins
Space Agency
Ccocoa Beach
Spaceport
The
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Congress
Apollo
U S 9th Division HQ Hit as Vietnam War Drags On
Communist artillery struck the U S 9th Infantry Division headquarters at Dong Tam near Saigon wounding seven soldiers and killing one as U S B52s hammered Tay Ninh to curb a possible late month offensive. In other clashes near Hue and Tuy Hoa two more Vietnamese civilians were killed and five wounded while paratroopers of the 101st Airborne reported five killed and 20 wounded in two battles with North Vietnamese forces. Official tallies claim 275000 Americans killed or wounded in the war since 1961 with Nixon planning troop withdrawals by August.
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Cambodia
A Shau _ Valley
U.S
101St Airborne Division
9Th Division
Dong
Tam
Saigon
South Vietnam
United States
4Th Battalion
47Th Infantry
Nixon
Hue
Tuy Hoa City
City Council Minutes From July 7 1969 Meeting
The city council held its regular meeting on July 7, 1969. Officials discussed zoning, street repairs, and budget allocations. Action items included approval of minutes, emergency fund transfers, and scheduling of a public hearing on development plans.
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever reported in Iowa children
Two cases of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever were found in Linn and Muscatine counties in Iowa, all under age seven. University Hospitals in Iowa City diagnosed the cases, with four total cases including Illinois, and doctors urge periodic tick checks for children and dogs. The illness affects the central nervous system and can cause fever, joint aches, rash, lethargy, or coma in severe instances.
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Des Moines
UPI
Rocky Mountain
Illinois
Reeve
Rocky Mountains
Seaboard
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