Bids Led By Miller Electric For Washington County Court House
Miller Electric of Sharon Center was the low bidder on rewiring the Washington County courthouse with a $4,461 bid. Other bids came from Fandel Inc Cedar Rapids at $6,839 and Zehr Electric of Keota at $6,557. The same report notes county supervisors studying ambulance service options starting January 1, 1969 and funeral directors warning they will not operate ambulances. Washington county supervisors review ambulance plans under Iowa law.
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Miller Electric
Sharon Center
Washington County Court House
Board of Supervisors
Miller
Fandel Inc
Cedar Rapids
Zehr Electric
Keota
Washington County
Iowa
Schwengel urges immediate action on postal commission report
Representative Fred Schwengel of Iowa calls for prompt congressional consideration of the President's Commission on Postal Organization recommendations. The panel urges creating a postal corporation to run the post office on a self sustaining basis.
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Washington
UPI
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
President’s Commission On Postal Organization
Mercy corridor set in Nigeria amid Biafra relief effort
Nigerian and Biafran negotiators reached a mercy corridor agreement to channel relief supplies into starving Biafra. The BBC reported from Niamey that the corridor would be a few miles wide, beginning at Enugu and demilitarized, policed by six members of the Organization of African Unity.
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London
UPI
Biafra
British Broadcasting Corporation
Niamey
Niger
BBC
Enugu
Organization of African Unity
Nigeria
Intercepted memo from unknown sender announces congratulations
An intercepted memo discusses congratulations with an unsure closing line Yours Wild. The brief note hints at a greeting or acknowledgement but lacks clear context, names, dates, or organizations to identify a specific event or party.
Hughes seeks federal flood disaster aid for 12 counties
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes urged President Johnson to declare parts of 12 flood hit counties a major disaster so they can receive federal relief. He asked for an initial 625000 to restore public facilities, with total damages estimated at 14.5 million dollars, 13 million private and 1.5 million public. Counties named include Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Butler Clayton Clinton Delaware Fayette Franklin Jones Linn and Wright. He noted 2 million spent locally on public facility repairs and announced a 50000 federal advance for Charles City to fund temporary housing for May tornado victims. He also sought 30 day grazing privileges for Linn and Jones counties to help farmers with flood livestock.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Johnson
Hughes
Black Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Fayette
Franklin
Jones
Linn
Wright
Treasuries
Office For Emergency Planning
Charles City
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Freeman
ASCS
Buchanan County
Stokes orders Guardsmen back into Cleveland unrest
Mayor Carl Stokes reintroduced 250 National Guardsmen to Cleveland's East Side to halt looting and arson after 3 firebombings and 36 lootings. He said violence was Teen-driven, noted 12 locations, and claimed earlier troop removals helped restore order with no deaths or injuries. Police arrests reached 13 as civilians and guardsmen monitored tensions.
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Cleveland
UPI
Carl B. Stokes
National
East Side
Stokes
Cleveland Press
Leo A. Jackson
Czechs vow to stand fast in tense talks with Soviets
Prague reports extreme difficulties ahead as Czech reform aims face pressure from Moscow. CTK notes minister Vaclav Wales met Premier Kosygin while Prace warns Moscow may push for censorship and direct intervention. Yugoslavia backs Dubcek as fate of reforms looms.
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UPI
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Czechoslovakia
CTK
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Prace
Soviet Union
Postal increases approved by ICC raise parcel post rates
The Post Office Department wins permission to raise parcel post rates by 10.5 percent, effective in about 60 days. The ICC declined to study the change, predicting an $86 million boost in revenue. Under the plan, small packages up to $1.10 gain 10 cents, most of the volume. items $1.10 to $4.00 rise 15 cents. local parcel deliveries go from 40 to 50 cents and nonlocal from 50 to 60 cents.
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Washington
Grave marker found at Sunken Lake hints at former dry land
A small gravestone recovered from the floor of Sunken Lake near Spirit Lake Iowa bears the name John Dickenson and the date October 13 1877. The discovery by Mil bert Krohn a Spirit Lake science teacher occurred during a lake bed survey and suggests land subsidence about a century ago. Local records do not corroborate the boy’s death, prompting legend of a 30 foot land drop that created the lake. Senator Leslie Francis who served Spirit Lake area in 1909 15 recalls viewing the sunken lake in 1887 and describes a forest and abundant fish then.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
UPI
Sunken Lake
Milbert Krohn
John Dickenson
Krohn
Iowa Great Lakes
Dickinson County
Leslie E. Francis
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Okoboji Lake
Lakefield
Minn
Francis
Mansfield Speaks Urges Kennedy Stay in Senate
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged Edward Kennedy not to seek the vice presidency this year. He praised Kennedy’s future in the Senate and cautioned against pressuring him for party gain. Mansfield emphasized respect for Kennedy’s service and urged allowing him to remain in the Senate.
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Kennedy
Senate
Mansfield
Massachusetts
Montana
Ted Kennedy
Chicago
Richard Daley
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Schmidhauser Targets Schwengel For Fundraiser Absence
KEOKUK IOWA UPI Democratic candidate John Schmidhauser accuses Republican Congressman Fred Schwengel of neglecting duties to attend a Davenport fundraiser for Roger Jepsen. He points to records on medical facility funding and a school bus subsidy bill, arguing voters deserve better representation.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Senate
John Culver
Neal Smith
H.R. Gross
John Kyl
Wiley Mayne
William Scherle
Fred Schwengel
Keokuk
John Schmidhauser
Davenport
Schmidhauser
Schwengel
Roy Chalk
Washington, D.C
Roger Jepsen
Seek man after staying in Iowa
Des Moines police issued a murder warrant for Clyde Johnson 34, armed and dangerous, in the shotgun slaying of David Joseph Schmidt at an east side apartment after a party from a tavern. Three others were arrested for intoxication. the weapon was not recovered.
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Des Moines
UPI
Clyde Johnson
David Joseph Schmidt
East Side
Schmidt
Johnson
Congress Rejects Broad Firearms Controls in Favor of Interstate Ban
Congress moves to restrict interstate firearms sales only. The House approved a bill barring shipments of guns between states and limiting sales to licensed dealers, with penalties for under 18 buyers and felons. Senate action remained uncertain, with licensing and registration plans stalled.
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Washington
UPI
90Th Congress
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph Tydings
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Grand Canyon
U.S. Treasury
Congress
Iowa Weather Forecast By United Press International
Variable cloudiness through Friday with chances of thundershowers tonight and Friday. Lows in the 60s, warmer south. Highs near 80 in the north to near 90 in the south. Saturday outlook calls for scattered showers or thunderstorms with little temperature change.
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Iowa
Notice to bidders on remodeling for Joint County School System
Public notices item informs bidders about remodeling work for the Joint County School System. Details referenced on page 6, including bid instructions and submission requirements.
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Joint County School System
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