Adlai E Stevenson dies a statesman of Illinois memory
Illinois mourns Adlai E Stevenson at a Springfield Capitol rotunda tribute. Gov Otto Kerner calls him a man of greatness and pride as his body lies in state beneath a Lincoln-era table. A presidential flight brings the coffin to Springfield Airport amid a 19 gun salute and military honors.
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Capitol Dome
Stevenson
London
U. S
United Nations
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Break ground for Keosippi plaza in Keokuk
A 93202 contract was awarded to C A Ehinger Co for demolishing 64 downtown Keokuk buildings, including the Grand Hotel, to make way for a new Keosippi shopping plaza. Demolition starts Aug 1 and finishes by January 1966, displacing 22 families and 50 single boarders as a four by two block site, from Main to Exchange.
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Iowa
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C.A. Ehinger, Co
Kansas City
Younker & Brother
Main
Ground breaking for $38 million Saylorville Dam
DES MOINES UPI Ground breaking ceremonies for the 38 million Saylorville Dam and Reservoir Project on the Des Moines River were set for today. Gov Harold E Hughes Sen Jack Miller Rep Neal Smith and Army Corps and Des Moines officials planned to attend. The project aims to complete in 1970 creating an 18 mile long lake of 5500 acres for water sports fishing and recreation.
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Harold E. Hughes
Jack Miller
Louisa County Picnic in Grandview Tuesday
The Louisa County Association for Retarded Children will hold a picnic Tuesday July 20 at the shelter house in Grandview. Louisa County Home patients will be special guests. Music will be provided by the association president Dr Forrest Edkin. The public is invited to attend.
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Louisa County Association For
Grandview
Louisa County
Forrest Edkin
Navy Jets Strafe North Viet Nam Airstrip Amid Raids
U S Navy jets bombed and strafed a Communist airstrip 80 miles south of Hanoi in dawn raids. Two A4 Skyhawks from Coral Sea hit sheds and equipment, then targeted river ferry approaches. Other Skyhawks destroyed trucks south of Hanoi while Sky Raiders attacked CAP Mui Ron radar station 205 miles south. Port Ham Rong bombed by Independence jets. both Friday and Friday night strikes reported. In Saigon, McNamara and top strategists studied war maps with Westmoreland and Wheeler briefing. A U S Army Otter reconnaissance plane crashed 120 miles southwest of Saigon. crew reportedly recovered. Viet Cong terrorist threw a grenade at a U S adviser’s house in Phan Thiet. no injuries. Da Nang tea room attack killed four, wounded 20 last week. Five more incidents described with ongoing war efforts.
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Independence
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Mekong River
Viet Nam
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da Nang
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
America
U. S
William C. Westmoreland
McNamara
Earl K. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hair Raising Des Moines Fire Evacuates Visitors
Three Des Moines women visiting a beauty shop were evacuated when a fire broke out in one of four apartments in a building housing Bernice's Beauty Shop. No injuries were reported. Estimated damage was about 5000 dollars, mainly from water and smoke, with officials citing a faulty refrigerator as the likely cause.
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Free baseball clinic at Green Field Washington
Tri County Pony Babe Ruth high school and Little League players are invited to a free baseball clinic at Green Field in Washington on Tuesday and Thursday July 20 and 22. Dick Schultz of State University of Iowa coaches the clinic, sponsored by Hy Vee Food Stores. Times and schedule: see advertisement.
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Green Field
Washington
Dick Schultz
State University of Iowa
Hy - Vee Food Stores
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Considerable cloudiness tonight with showers and thunderstorms across about 30 percent of Iowa. A cooler night in the north with lows in the 60s to 70s. Sunday should be partly cloudy in the southwest with showers and thunderstorms possible in the north and west by afternoon. Highs Sunday range from the 80s in the east to the 90s in the west.
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Iowa
Evangelistic Meetings Set by Giles Couple at Assembly
Rev and Mrs Homer Giles of Minneapolis will lead a series of evangelistic meetings at the Assembly of God Church from July 18 to 25 with nightly 730 PM services except Saturday. Giles, a 1958 North Central Bible College graduate, pastored in Minneapolis until 1964 and has traveled as evangelists for a year. Special music features accordion saxophone and trombone alongside preaching.
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North Central Bible College
Need more soldiers in South Viet Nam
In Saigon the U S military command told Defense Secretary McNamara that more American troops are needed in South Viet Nam and the sooner the better. MACV officials briefed him on the war effort and recommended an increase in U S military strength, which stands at about 75 000 men.
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Riots in Athens injure over a hundred as premier forms cabinet
In central Athens, clashes between Papandreou supporters and police left more than 100 injured, many seriously, as tear gas filled Constitution Square. Police closed the square. crowds dispersed amid fumes while new Premier George Athanassiadis oversaw a special cabinet meeting.
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Greece
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Constitution Square
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Constantine
Peter Garoufalias
Constatine
Novas
Civil rights violence erupts in Alabama and Georgia
Civil rights demonstrations erupted into violence in Alabama Georgia and Louisiana as a Georgia town hired its first Negro police chief in Crawfordville. A Negro youth was gravely wounded in Anniston Ala paralyzed from the waist by a .45 caliber bullet while in Bogalusa La clashes left 16 arrests. In Greensboro Ala police and marchers clashed and 17 Negroes treated at a Selma hospital. John Doar sought to mediate the Alabama disputes as CORE planned a New York protest and Brooklyn prosecutors opened an investigation into a fatal police shooting in Bedford Stuyvesant.
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Ala
Bogalusa
John Doar
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Civil Rights Division
Z. A. Young
Bogalusa Civic and Voters League
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Columbia Street
Greensboro
Selma
Willie Brewster
Brewster
Crawfordville
Jesse Meadows
South
Meadows
New York
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Bedford-Suyvesant
Brooklyn
Atty
Aaron Koota
Britian backs Johnson policies after Hanoi mission
Washington reports Britain has shown renewed support for U S policies in Vietnam following Harold Wilson's envoy Harold Davies return from Hanoi. Davies proclaims the Communists must be punished before talks, aligning with Johnson's stance that the war will worsen before it improves and troops may exceed 75000 if needed. The National Student Association is noted in the background.
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Iowa Reserves May Serve in Viet Nam
Iowa Army Reserve and National Guard units could be mobilized under Pentagon contingency plans if a crisis escalates in Viet Nam. Two plans exist, one calling up Guard divisions and the other brigade units. The 205th Infantry Brigade, comprising Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin elements, is among brigades considered. No final decision or alerts have been issued and 205th officers have not been informed. Iowa locations include Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Creston Marshalltown Ottumwa Sioux City Sac City Garner Iowa City Davenport and Waterloo.
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Wisconsin
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Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Creston
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Ottumwa
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Sac City
Garner
Iowa City
Davenport
Waterloo
Wellman car stolen in Wellman recovered in Missouri
According to Charles Allen the Wellman Marshall a car stolen from Buckwalter Motors Wellman on Wednesday evening July 14 was recovered July 15 at Bethany Missouri Two escapees from custody at the Great Lakes Naval Station Chicago Illinois David Lee Goodman and Robert Edward Grueser 17 were apprehended and admitted stealing the Wellman car.
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Charles Allen
Wellman Marshall
Buckwalter Motors
Wellman
Bethany
Great Lakes Naval Station
Chicago
David Lee Goodman
Robert Edward Grueser
Korean flood worst in 70 years shocks South Korea
Seoul reports 74 killed and 94 injured with 43 missing as 70 year flood disaster swamps the nation. Torrential rains burst rivers, while U.S. troops and helicopter crews aided rescue efforts. The government puts at 142000 residents displaced across multiple regions.
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Korea
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South Korea
Republic
Harriman enters fifth day of secret talks with Soviets
In Moscow Harriman begins the fifth day of informal talks with Soviet officials as diplomatic sources say no progress was made in shifting the Kremlin from its hard line on Vietnam. Neither side disclosed details, and talks were framed as informal soundings with Harriman acting as a private citizen.
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W. Averell Harriman
Kremlin
Harriman
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Proton 1 satellite belts Earth in historic orbit
A 13 ton Soviet satellite named Proton 1 orbited Earth in a 92.45 minute cycle, reaching 375 miles at apogee and 114 miles at perigee. Tass reported normal function amid plans for a space station to service cosmonauts en route to the Moon.
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Earth
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Cy Tass
Tass
Proton I
Desert of Amazonis and Phlegra pictured on Mars
A two photo comparison notes that the darker lower left area is part of the Desert of Amazonis while the bright area is the Desert of Phlegra. The image, taken from 10,500 miles away, took about hours 35 minutes to transmit its data.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
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