Johnson pursues bipartisan Viet Nam policy review
President Johnson kept refining plans for a major U S troop buildup in Viet Nam as aides met with congressional leaders and his security team. Top officials including Rusk McNamara Wheeler Bundy and advisers held a third White House strategy conference within three days while Moyers noted ongoing consultations with both Democratic and Republican leaders before any final decision. The administration signaled possible reservist mobilization and load increases though no firm plan was announced, with lawmakers urging mandate before any call up.
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Viet Nam
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Mansfield
Dirksen
Capitol Hill
Johnson
U.S
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McGeorge Bundy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
U. S
Congress
House
Gerald R. Ford
Rusk
Boys’ Nation
North
Rites Sunday for Mrs Darnel 66
Funeral services for Mrs Delbert Darnel aged 66 of rural Washington will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Dr Vernon Elgin officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Mary Hunter Darnel born March 7 1899 in Washington County. Survived by husband three daughters 14 grandchildren two sisters and other relatives. Memorials to Jones Funeral Home.
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Delbert Darnel
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
Vernon Elgin
Elm Grove Cemetery
Daniel
Mary Hunter
Washington County
W.K
Florence Bennett Hunter
Unionville
Milton
Delbert A. Darnel
Kirksville
Marion Ave. U. P
Booster Club
Herbert
Dorothy ) Gould
Missouri Valley
Donald
Maurita) Stout
Rites Pending for Mrs Henry Soucek
Funeral services are pending at Beckman Funeral Home Iowa City for Mrs. Henry Soucek born Alora Beik February 23 1923 in Albany New York. A Waves veteran and occupational therapist, she worked at University Hospital Iowa City. She leaves husband Henry Soucek two daughters Karen and Jean Ann one stepson Stanley and one Steven plus siblings. Washington school board member Henry Soucek related details indicate.
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Beckman
Iowa City
Henry Soucek
Washington
University Hospital
Stanley
England
Air Force
Steven
University of Omaha
Karen
Jean Ann
Paul
Swarthmore
Leland
State College
Alverda
Tarrytown
N.Y
Soucek
Washington Community School Board
Racial tensions rise in Americus civil rights drive
United Press International reports mounting racial tensions in Georgia as SCLC leader Hosea L Williams vows jail-not-bail tactics in Americus amid a peaceful downtown march. Across the South, demonstrations continue in Columbus Bogalusa and Jackson with arrests and desegregation efforts tied to civil rights actions and police conduct questions.
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United Press International
Georgia
Americus
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Hosea L. Williams
Williams
Columbus
Newton
Bogalusa
Public Notices Today Budget Estimates
County Hospital reports a budget estimate outlining expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year. Mid-Prairie school district allocates funds for operations, personnel, and programs. Highland Community school district presents a budget estimate detailing anticipated revenues and projected uses of funds.
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Mid-Prairie School District
Highland Community School District
Mail dispatch changes at Washington Post Office
Postmaster Harry Levy announced Saturday mail must be in lobby chutes or outside boxes by 6 p.m. for dispatch that evening. If late, letters go out Sunday evening. Weekday mail remains in boxes or lobby by 8 p.m. for same evening dispatch. Lobby closes at 7 p.m. Saturdays. Time is Central Daylight Time.
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Washington
Harry Levy
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
C.D.T
Death penalty for Talbot in Iowa sailor killing
In Santa Barbara a Superior Court jury imposed the death penalty on Norman F. Talbot Jr. for first degree murder in the bludgeon knife slaying of Michael Bartholomew, a 20 year old Navy seabee from Waterloo, killed as he slept in a Port Hueneme home on March 12. The Washington City Fire Department responded at 2 p.m. to a washer wiring fire with minimal damage at a local laundromat.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Norman F. Talbot Jr
Iowa
Michael Bartholomew
Waterloo
Port Hueneme
Rites Sunday for Myrtle Anderson 80 in Des Moines
Funeral services for Myrtle Anderson 80 of Des Moines will be held at 4 30 p m Sunday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Milan Thompson and Rev Gerald LaMotte officiating Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery She was born Myrtle Zelma LaMotte February 6 1885 in Monmouth daughter of Lafayette and Stella LaMotte She married John Thomas Anderson March 16 1909 He preceded her in death Survived by three sons John T LaMotte Marion and others three daughters Gertrude Letts Grace Dmitryk Margaret Brinning 14 grandchildren seven great grandchildren one brother Gerald LaMotte and one sister Lulu Anderson Des Moines.
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Myrtle Anderson
Des Moines
Doctors Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Milan Thompson
Gerald LaMotte
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Anderson
Myrtle Zelma LaMotte
Monmouth
Lafayette and
Stella Hampton la Motte
Cedar Falls
Parsons College
University of Iowa
John Thomas Anderson
Brighton
Iowa
Methodist Church
John T
Cedar Rapids
LaMotte
Cincinnatti
Ohio
Marion
Grove
Gertrude) Letts
Ainsworth
Henry
Grace) Dmitryk
Merle
Margaret) Brinning
Keota
Winterset
Harry
LuLu) Anderson
Turkeys Die in Heat At Illinois Iowa Farm
About 1,000 young turkeys perished at a farm near Arnolds Park Iowa as temperatures climbed into the 90s. Birds crowded around drinking fountains and suffocated while attempting to drink water. Fire crews sprayed water and helped separate the birds with Boy Scouts assisting.
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Arnolds Park
Iowa
B. E. and
Viet Cong losses in Viet Nam air and ground actions rise
American jet fighters and fighter bombers teamed with Vietnamese planes to kill an estimated 50 Viet Cong guerrillas in North and South Viet Nam across 165 sorties. A Medal of Honor recipient Lt Col Lloyd L Burke was wounded but in good condition after near Bien Hoa. A US Air Force spotter died when his observation plane crashed 50 miles south of Da Nang while directing air strikes.
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Saigon
VPS
North
Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Navy
Stoddard
Ingersoll
Viet Nam Presse
Lam Dong
Bao Loc
Dien Bien Phu
Laos
Ban Pa Huone
U.S.S. Independence
Hon Me
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Lloyd L
Scooter) Burke
Bien Hoa
Burke
Stuttgart
Ark
South Viet Nam
US Air Force
United States
Democrats forecast quick Senate approval of poverty bill
Democratic leaders, after a tightly fought House vote 245 to 158, forecast early Senate approval of legislation to double poverty program spending to 1.9 billion for one year. The bill would curb governors power to veto locally run anti poverty projects, and faces Senate passage with minimal changes per Adam Clayton Powell.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Senate
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House Education and Labor Committee
Voc-Ag Instructors Attend Washington Workshop
Eighteen vocational agricultural instructors from across the state attended a July 22 workshop in Washington on pesticides and chemical use. Sponsored by Geigy Agricultural Chemicals, the program aimed to boost farm income through efficient chemical practices and proper pesticide selection. Verne Knecht led field demonstrations on sprayer calibration and application, with tips for expanding local demonstration programs.
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Dave Shoultz
Washington
Geigy Chemical Company
Verne Knecht
Voc-Ag
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Geigy Agricultural Chemicals
Vo - Ag
Washington School
Direct current cordotomy offers drugless pain relief
University of Chicago surgeon Dr. John Mullan reports a two hour procedure called direct current electric cordotomy to block pain in the spinal cord. Using local anesthesia, a tiny needle and X-ray guidance create a lesion that relieves pain in minutes and lasts up to six months with no impairment of movement or other sensations.
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Mullan
Iowa Weather May Bring Showers and Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with thunderstorms over 30 percent of the state. Cooler in the west and north tonight and across the entire state Saturday. Lows tonight 60 to 65 northwest to mid or upper 70s southeast. Saturdays highs from the low 80s in the northwest to about 90 in the southeast. Sunday outlook is partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the southeast.
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Iowa
Rites Saturday for Mrs Remley 85 in Columbus Junction
Funeral services for Leona Letts Remley age 85 of Arlington Heights Illinois will be held Saturday July 24 at 1030 a m at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev Hubert Sunderman officiating Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery She was born January 26 1880 near Columbus Junction daughter of Hilton M and Nellie Springer Letts Educated in Columbus City schools and University of Iowa She married George E Remley in 1906 and they lived in New Mexico Survived by one son Hilton of Chicago one son in law Mrs Alice Stalling of Lowden England one grandchild one sister Mrs Mary Ellen Brown of San Diego California
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Columbus Junction
Leona Remley
Arlington Heights
Ill
Northwest Community Hospital
Stacy Funeral Home
Hubert Sunderman
Columbus City
Leona Letts
Hilton M
Nellie Springer Letts
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
George E. Remley
New Mexico
Hilton
Chicago
Alice Stalling
Low England
Mary Ellen Brown
San Diego
Calif
Johnson consults top military advisers on Vietnam crisis
President Johnson met with his principal military advisers at the White House on Thursday to discuss the crisis in Vietnam. Present were Gen Wallace Green, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen Harold Johnson, Army Chief of Staff, Stanley Resor, Secretary of the Army, and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
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Johnson
White House
Viet Nam
Wallace Green
Marine Corps
Harold Johnson
Army
Stanley Resor
President Johnson
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Saturda
Beatrice McCreedy
County Hospital
N. Viet Nam
Washington City
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Robert McNamara
Cyrus Vance
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