Sloppy Bookkeeping Taint Iowa Anti-Poverty Project
A federal state audit reports poor and sloppy bookkeeping on Iowa ICAP alcohol rehabilitation funding. Auditor Lloyd Smith warns of possible criminal issues, with two staffers to implement an accounting system. Project began last June 30 with over 780000 in federal grants and state funds. Wendell H. Towner named Des Moines area coordinator is described as ill at the time.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Lloyd Smith
Richard Turner
Harold E. Hughes
Polk County
Hughes
Smith
Wendell H. Towner
Towner
Courtmartial rules on Levy fate for disobedience
A 10 officer courtmartial board meets behind closed doors to decide punishment for Army Captain Howard Levy. Convicted of disobeying orders and trying to promote disloyalty among Vietnam bound troops, he faces possible discharge or eight years in prison. Prosecutors say two charges were effectively found innocent and a letter denouncing the U S war effort was deemed sent with gross negligence.
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Ft, Jackson
S. C
UPI
Courtmartial
Army
Howard Levy
Levy
Earl V. Brown
Richard M. Shusterman
Vietnam
U. S
Fire destroys farm buildings in Washington county
Washington Volunteer Firemen battled a Friday evening blaze at the Ted Meyer farm on Route 2. A corn crib holding 1 800 bushels of corn, a loading shed, hog shed, and farrowing shed were destroyed as the structures burned, the buildings grouped closely.
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Washington
Ted Meyer
Meyers
Meyer
Fred Donaldson
Bernard McCarthy
East
Washington Street
Route 2
Mystery Z extortion plot ends as FBI closes in
New York UPI reports Joseph Vito Grimaldi, 37, called Mister Z, attempted to extort 100000 from Trans World Airlines by threatening to destroy an airliner. After six weeks of calls and a planned money drop, 30 FBI agents cornered him in a Belle Harbor phone booth. He is jailed on $50000 bail pending a hearing, and Bellevue Hospital will observe him.
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New York
UPI
Bowery
Joseph Vito Grimaldi
Trans World Airlines
FBI
Grimaldi
Belle Harbor
Queens
U.S
Earle N. Bishop
John M. Cannella
Bellevue Hospital
Mister Z
Long Island
New Jersey
TWA
Looting Reported in Boston Riots
Sporadic looting was reported in Boston's Roxbury district as restless crowds roamed the streets after hundreds rioted. Rocks bottles and beer cans were hurled at police during the unrest.
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Boston
UPI
Roxbury
Reserve cuts may face money problem
Washington reports the Pentagon’s plan to reorganize Army Reserve and National Guard units may be stalled by the House Appropriations Committee. Committee sources say the panel could insert language in the defense money bill to bar funding for the reorganization. Key lawmakers including Sen. John Stennis oppose the move, urging stronger reserves instead.
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John Stennis
D-Miss
House Appropriations Committee
Stennis
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Pentagon
Two Die In Des Moines Crash Early Today
United Press International reports two Des Moines residents Thomas Hardy 19 and Russell Perkins 20 died when their car lost control on a residential street crashed into a tree and overturned officials said rescuers had to pry the bodies from the wreckage The Iowa traffic toll for 1967 reached 257 compared to 307 at the same point last year A 71 year old West Branch woman Nellie Clements died Friday in a crash on the U.S. 6 bypass near Iowa City William Preston 74 West Branch was charged with failure to yield at a stop sign.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Contol
Thomas Hardy
Russell Perkins
West Branch
Nellie Clements
U.S. 6
Iowa City
William Preston
Preston
Night Marine assault hits North Viet Nam HQ complex
American Marines said they killed 450 North Vietnamese in a daring night attack near Hiep Duc Valley, 30 miles south of Da Nang, with 174 Marine casualties including 54 dead. The action targeted a North Vietnamese 2nd Regiment headquarters as heavy gunfire stalled the advance.
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Saigon
UPS
Hiep Duc
da Nang
2Nd Regiment
Hoi An
Tam Ky
Chu Lai
Kenneth J. Houghton
Arlington
5Th Marine Regiment
Ly Ly
Kret
Quang Tri
U.S
North Vietnam
No Threat Against Israel Warn Arabs to Be Alert
United Arab Republic advised Egyptians to prepare for an Israeli invasion and air raids, while denying an official threat against Israel. President Nasser reportedly sent a letter to President Johnson as Washington and London pushed for swift crisis defusal. Diplomatic efforts focused on pressuring Egypt to reopen Aqaba Gulf to international shipping.
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United Arab Republic
Israel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
al Ahram
Nasser
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Washington
Egypt
Aqaba Gulf
Elath
Mahmoud Riad
U.A.R
Moscow
Weather in Iowa Mostly fair tonight with mild temps
Iowa forecast shows mostly fair conditions tonight and Sunday with partly cloudy skies. A chance of scattered thundershowers may begin northwest tonight with continued mild temperatures and overnight lows in the mid to upper 50s.
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Iowa
Evers Calls Negroes to Boycott Draft Over Boards
Civil rights leader Charles Evers urged young Negroes to refuse induction until Mississippi Selective Service boards include Black members. Gov. Paul Johnson defended the process, denying racial discrimination and saying he would consider a Negro on a local draft board only if a vacancy arose. Evers claimed the boards are all white and vowed action if desegregation does not occur by June 1.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Charles Evers
Paul Johnson
Mississippi
Evers
Washington
Johnson
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Wilson
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