Young Officer Dies Triggers Army Drinking Crackdown
Lt. Ronald R. Reeves, 24, of Charleston, S C, died at Fort Bragg from strangulation after becoming ill from drinking vodka and champagne in an unofficial paratroopers officers club. Gen Harold Johnson ordered restrictions on ceremonial drinking to prevent heavy parties such as the Fort Bragg Prop Blast.
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Washington
UPI
Fort Bragg
N. C
Ronald R. Reeves
Charleston
S. C
Washington Post
Harold K. Johnson
Army
John L. Throckmorton
Johnson
Reeves
Hungarian diplomat defects to United States
State Department acknowledged that Erno Bernat a 33 year old third secretary at the Hungarian Embassy defected to the United States about four weeks before Janos Radvanyi the embassy top officer and Charge D Affaires also defected on May 17. Bernat defected April 21 and his action was hushed up at his request.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
United States
Robert J. McCloskey
Department Press
Erno Bernat
McCloskey
Bernat
Janos Radvanyi
Radvanyi
Sifting committee acts on reorganization bills in Des Moines
At its first meeting the sifting committee sent two major reorganization bills to the House calendar. Both measures had prior Senate approval. One bill would replace the Tax Commission with a Department of Revenue led by a single administrator. The other would create a Department of Social Services by merging the Board of Social Welfare and the Board of Control, with the Parole Board moved into the new department for admin purposes.
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Des Moines
UPI
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Senate
State Tax Commission
Department of Revenue
Department of Social Services
Board of Social Welfare
Board of Control
Board of Parole
Probate and U S 218 Freeway Hearing Notice
Probate of will and appointment of executor for Emma Elizabeth Simpson. Notice of hearing on proposed location of U S 218 Freeway.
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Emma Elizabeth Simpson
Helicopters Complete First Direct Atlantic Crossing
Two U S Air Force HHS8E helicopters landed at Le Bourget Airfield after a nonstop 29 hour 48 minute flight from New York. The crews of five per helicopter hailed the historic crossing made on the route used by Charles Lindbergh forty years earlier.
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Paris
UPI
U.S. Air Force
le Bourget
New York
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Iowa Senate weighs rival school tax plans
In Des Moines Democrats push a proportionate sharing plan to fund about 40 percent of local school costs, while Republicans critique the Petersen plan. Leaders say Senate will hold full hearings. estimates place Petersen financing at 124 million dollars, with debates over equity and tax impact across counties.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Petersen
House of Representatives
Rep
Leroy Petersen
R Grimes
Sen
Joseph Cassidy
D - Walcott
Cassidy
John Kibbie
D - Emmetsburg
Senate Education Committee
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Frommelt
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Chester Hougen
Waterloo
Deadline near for reservists to join or face duty
Washington UPI report states about 31,000 reservists had until midnight Wednesday to join reserve units or be called to active duty. Most have completed six months of active duty and were placed in control groups, with few vacancies available. About 4,500 in the Air Force and 2,000 in the Marines are exempt from the Army call.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
Weather outlook for Iowa with clouds and rain
United Press International reports Iowa weather largely cloudy with occasional rain southeast and scattered drizzle in the south tonight. Friday sees partly cloudy skies, warmer temperatures with lows in the 40s and highs 65 to 70. Saturday outlook remains partly cloudy and warmer.
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Iowa
Bishop reshuffles pastors at St James and St Paul
Bishop Gerald O Keeffe of Davenport announces June 22 shifts in Wilton area parishes with Father Thomas J. Lew moving from St James Washington to St Paul Davenport and Father Edward F. Collins of Harper to take over St James. Lew cites heavy heart as he departs. Collins chairs the diocesan liturgy commission.
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St. James Catholic Church
Washington
St. Paul the Apostle
Davenport
Edward F. Collins
St. Elizabeth's
Harper
St. James
Fr. Lew
Gerald O’keepfe
Lew
Collins
Iowa City
St. Ambrose College
Kenrick Seminary
St. Louis
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Clinton
Dodgeville
Kingston
Tipton
Record US casualties surge in Vietnam war fronts
Heavy fighting on the North South Vietnam border pushes weekly US casualties to a new high. Spokesmen report 2,941 Americans killed wounded or missing last week, with 313 killed and 2,616 wounded. Communists suffered 2,216 killed. Air actions also rise with 36 planes down in May and 112 raids. A 7th Fleet strike hits a coastal stronghold, while ground forces press inland with a multi company sweep, 18 Communists killed and no American losses.
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Saigon
Ups
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Vietnam
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Emergency talks in US Britain seek Gulf of Aqaba opening
Harold Wilson flies to the United States for urgent talks with President Johnson and Lester Pearson on breaking Egypt's blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba amid rising Middle East tensions. US and Britain urge major maritime nations to sign a declaration ensuring open international shipping, France reportedly reluctant.
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America
Johnson
Lester Pearson
Gulf of Aqaba
Mideast
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United States
Britain
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U.A.R
Sinai
Israel
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Baghdad
Ibrahim Makhous
Paris
de Gaulle
Moscow
Knoop Sentenced to Fifteen Years for Insurance Fraud
George F. Knoop, 32, and his first wife faked his drowning in Lake Mead to defraud a federal agency and an insurer. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Judge E. Avery Crary who ordered a psychiatric exam and possible probation after three months. His wife, Janice McNelly, 25, received a suspended sentence. restitution was arranged.
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Los Angeles
UPI
George F. Knoop
Lake Mead
Nev
U.S
E. Avery Crary
Knoop
Crary
Janice McNelly
Cedar Falls
Iowa
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
McNelly
el Segundo
Calif
Brenda Marie
Chester McNelly
State College of Iowa
Hughes Consults Lawyers on Alcoholism Project
Governor Harold E Hughes says lawyers including two University of Iowa professors and regional Office of Economic Opportunity attorneys advised the Iowa Comprehensive Alcoholism Project is operating properly. He plans to sign leases for six Iowa cities despite Republican Attorney General Richard Turner questioning legality.
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UPI
Harold E. Hughes
University of Iowa
Regional
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kansas City
Iowa
Hughes
Fulton
O’malley
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