In-Service Training Plan for Iowa Poverty Workers
The Iowa Office of Economic Opportunity plans an in service training program to upgrade workers in Iowa's war on poverty. The four phase proposal targets CAP professional staff, CAP non professionals, Title IIB instructors and admins, and Title V work experience staff. Dates span June through August with sessions at Central College Pella Boone and Iowa institutions.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa Office of Economic Opportunity
Iowa
Washington
Community Action Agency
Edwin Gilmour
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Gilmour
Iowa State
State College
Central College
Pella
Boong
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
Boone
State Department of Social Welfare
Graham opens London Crusade at Earl's Court
Billy Graham launches a month long London crusade at Earl's Court a 21000 seat venue often used for fairs and conventions. He addressed 9000 church workers pledging Earl's Court as a sacred place and urging Britain to a moral awakening while recalling Harringay 1955 in the context of his message.
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London
UPI
Earl's Court
Billy Graham
North Carolina
Graham
Earl’s Court
Harringay
Britain
United States
Gemini 9 launch postponed again at Cape Kennedy
Technical difficulties forced a second postponement of Gemini 9 piloted by Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan. The next launch window was set for Friday as ground data trouble halted the countdown and the crew prepared for a 150 minute spacewalk to rendezvous with the target satellite The Glob while weather and recovery conditions remained favorable at the Atlantic splashdown area.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Gemini
Stafford and
Cernan
Cape
Atlantic
Wasp
Stafford
Chicago Can Cernan
Buck Rogers
Weatherford
Okla
America
Buddhist Crisis Endangered in Saigon after Pact
In Saigon and Hue, Buddhist mobs burned the Johnson effigy and attacked U.S. property as the military government and Buddhist leaders reached a fragile agreement to end the three month political crisis. Ky proposed expanding the junta to include religious and political groups. protesters warned of more turmoil if reforms fail.
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Saigon
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Ho Giac
Vien Hoa Dao
South
Viet Nam
Nguyen Ky
Giac
U.S. Navy
Minh
Ridiculous Day Set With Parade and Prizes
Washington Chamber of Commerce plans the Ridiculous Day celebration on Thursday June 9 featuring a parade open to individuals and groups. Prizes of 15 10 and 7 50 in two divisions will be awarded. Parade forms at court house corner and moves at 1 15 p m with stores displaying ridiculous costumes and sidewalk displays.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Clem Dold
Retail Merchants Bureau
The
Court House
Keokuk man fined in Mt. Pleasant court
C F Griffith, 61, of Keokuk, was fined 50 dollars in Mt. Pleasant on unlawful assembly charges after a chartered bus returning from an Iowa game carried about 30 men and liquor. Several others faced similar charges. appeals may delay actions. District Judge E O Newell levied the fine.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
UPI
C. F. Griffith
Keokuk
Henry County Atty
Harold McLaren
Griffith
Iowa Supreme Court
Probate of Edward Springer Estate Executor Appointment
Public notice announces probate of the will of Edward Springer and the appointment of the estate's executor, detailing court authority, filing deadlines, and duties. The notice flags required notices to potential claimants and the official sequence of steps for settlement.
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Edward Springer
Northwestern Bell proposes cuts to long distance rates in Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co filed with the Iowa Commerce Commission a plan cutting long distance rates and adding a 15 cent charge on completed collect calls within the state. The changes, effective July 9, could save Iowa users about 2.02 million dollars, with three minute calls dropping 5 to 20 cents depending on distance type and time. The plan cites economies from new equipment and techniques that lower intercity costs. INWATS offers unlimited calls at a flat monthly rate, allowing collect calls with business paying a flat fee.
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Des Moines
UPI
Northwestern Bell Telphone Co
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa
Northwestern Bell
Wats
Farm Bureau head warns of inflation in Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau President J Merrill Anderson told about 300 county leaders at the Mid Year Conference that inflation is a serious issue. He argued government spending and labor policies drive inflation and that only government can curb it in the long run while individuals and private business have only short term effects. He noted progress in farm records public relations marketing and local affairs and discussed the Interstate Producers Livestock Association hog marketing plan feeder pig production and new livestock marketing centers in Iowa.
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Iowa Farm Leader
General Farm Organization
Interstate Producers Livestock Association
Iowa
Moonshot Nears Target With Precise Lunar Landing
Pasadena reports indicate the Surveyor spacecraft is on a near perfect path to an 11:17 p.m. PDT touchdown in the Sea of Storms. The 2,194-pound lander will transmit hundreds of pictures from the moon as it endures solar heat and cold during a planned soft landing and crust assessment.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Surveyor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
JPL
Moon
U.S
Russia
Humphrey warns Negroes impatient for full rights
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told 2,400 White House conference participants that 20 million American Negroes seek full participation in affluence and will not settle for token progress. A. Philip Randolph backed the warning, noting urban ghettos as tension points near explosions of violence as the conference opens to address jobs housing education and justice administration.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
America
A. Philip Randolph
White House
Johnson
Administration of Justice
Delay in CIA watchdog plan fuels Senate debate
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield secured a further delay in a floor fight over how many senators will monitor CIA oversight. The postponement followed talks with leaders on both sides of the dispute as Senator J. William Fulbright planned to file a report seeking expanded subcommittee oversight, which Mansfield then halted after meetings with Fulbright and Senator Richard Russell.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Central Intelligence Agency
Mansfield
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
CIA
Fulbright and Son
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Fulbright
Iowa Weather Outlook from UPI Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy tonight with mostly cloudy skies on Thursday. A chance of showers west tonight and across the state Thursday. Warmer conditions expected in the east and center tonight. Lows range from 50 in the northeast to 60 in the southwest. Thursday highs expected in the 70s. Friday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and a bit warmer with scattered showers.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Washington County
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Jean
Wil Burt
Journal
Tom Kuncl
London Crusade
Atlas
Bouyed
Viet
Phan van Khoa
U.S. Information Service
Mt. Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Humphrey
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