Sinai Battle Deepens As Israel Claims Major Egyptian Losses
Israeli forces report heavy fighting in the Sinai with Maj. Gen. Ishak Rabin claiming the destruction of Egyptian forces there. Cairo cites Egyptian victories while Israel says hundreds of Egyptian tanks and planes have been destroyed. The conflict widens with clashes along escape routes, air attacks near Suez and on the Jordan frontier as U.N. cease-fire efforts stall.
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Sinai
Israel
Ishak Rabin
Cairo
Suez Canal
U.A.R
Suez Canal Zone
Jerusalem
Halata
Yeod Hamaalah
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
Jordan
U.N
Rabin
Old City
Nablus
Ramallah
Jericho
Bethlehem
Sinai Peninsula
Sharm el Sheikh
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Soviet Union
Abba Eban
U.N. Security Council
Tass
Beirut
Suthep honored at AFS meeting
Twenty six people attended a breakfast Thursday morning honoring Suthep Vacharapreecha, the American Field Service exchange student living in Washington. Suthep will leave July 1 for a three week US bus tour before returning to Roset, Thailand.
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Suthep Vacharapong Preecha
American Field Service Exchange
Washington
AFS
Suthep
United States
Roset
Thailand
Vernon Elgin
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
Leon Hillman
Luthep
Burdett Smith
Jerry
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Ira Morrison
Joao de Souza Mansur
Juiz de Fora
Field Service
Washington High School
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Iowa Senate fuels debate over school aid amendments
Iowa Senate struggled through a day of amendments on a bill to boost local school aid. Key actions included adding private and public school pupils to the per pupil aid formula and granting extra homestead tax exemptions for low income seniors. The session featured clashes over who would be included in the aid calculation and how much aid districts would receive.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
Robert Rigler
Rigler
John Kibbie
D- Emmetsburg
Kenneth Nurse
D - Hartley
Arthur Neu
R- Carroll
Kibbie
Neu
Nurse
The
Tornadoes sweep across Iowa with Ames touch down
A wave of tornadoes swept Iowa late Wednesday, with at least 10 reports statewide. One tornado touched down in Ames shortly after 10 p.m., destroying a house and injuring no one. No deaths were reported as radar indicated several funnels across central and northern Iowa and observers noted debris and damaged structures in scattered locations.
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United Press International
Iowa
Ames
David Peterson
Independence
Iowa Highway Patrol
Marshall County
Des Moines
Nevada
Newton
Weather Bureau
Ogden
Shenandoah
Brandon
Webster City
Blairsburg
Harold Ashbaugh
Brando Fire Department
North Central
Central
Weather Update for Iowa Evening and Friday
Partly cloudy tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely. Chance of locally heavy rains. Partly cloudy Friday with chance of thundershowers.
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United Press International
Iowa
Governor suggests liquor tax shift to licensee purchases
Iowa Governor Harold E. Hughes proposed moving the 10 percent liquor tax to license holders at the time they buy bulk liquor from state stores. An audit of the Iowa Liquor Control Commission found inadequate auditing and failure to cross-check monthly tax reports with bulk purchases, prompting calls to ensure all taxes are paid and timely reports filed.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Law Enforcement Division
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Lloyd Smith
Commission
Smith
Liquor Commission
Hearing Set On 49 Mile U S 218 Route Plan
Ames residents in Henry, Washington and Johnson counties may speak at a June 15 public hearing in Washington High School Auditorium about a 49 mile Mt. Pleasant to Iowa City segment of U S 218. Estimated cost is 33 million dollars with route paralleling current highway and linking to the eastern Iowa Freeway system.
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Ames
Henry
Washington
Johnson Counties
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa City
Highway Commission
Iowa
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
Iowa 92
Probate of will and appointment of executor for Emma Simpson
Probate of will and appointment of executor for Emma Elizabeth Simpson and notice of hearing on proposed location of Highway 218 freeway. The notices appear in today’s public notices section, page six, detailing estate proceedings and transportation planning.
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Emma Elizabeth Simpson
Winners of Ridiculous Day Parade in Washington
A large crowd watched the Ridiculous Day parade in Washington with merchants displaying zany costumes. Group winners were Squire Shoppes Falk Clothiers and Jarvis Appliance. Individual prize recipients included Iowa Southern Dick Lins and Zelinsky. Mrs Chris S Earnest won 7 dollars for identifying the Mystery men Harold Wolf John Logan Roy Moriarity. Nancy Crawford won 5 dollars. Chris Engel won 3 dollars.
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Washington
Squire Shoppes
Falk Clothiers
Jarvis Appliance
Iowa Southern
Dick Lins
Zelinsky
Chris S. Earnest
West Second Street
Nancy Crawford
Chris Engel
Brighton
Harold Wolf
John Logan
Roy Moriarity
U N Security Council urged to reinforce cease fire
The United States called for an urgent Security Council meeting to reinforce the twice-ordered cease fire in the Middle East, noting fighting had halted on only one front.
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Russia
Nikolai Fedorenko
UAR
Mohamed Awad El-Kony
Security Council
Soviet Union
Fedorenko
Middle East
Israel
UPI
United Nations
United States
U.N
Iowa House approves bail-out bill for area schools
The Iowa House approved a bill to move state aid payments for area schools to a current basis and repeal a 4 mill property tax levy. It limits acres for sites, caps superintendent salaries, and reduces the number of area districts. The measure, called the bail-out bill, passes 101 to 8 and goes to the Senate for consideration of House changes.
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Des Moines
APS
Iowa House
Board of Commissioners
Department of Public Instruction
Board of Public Instruction
House
Senate
Bids to be let for Iowa county road projects
The Iowa State Highway Commission will take bids June 20 for 45 road projects, including nine million dollars in primary and Interstate construction. Three projects are in Washington County: 6.8 miles of asphalt resurfacing on Iowa 22 from Wellman to Kalona, 2.33 miles of shoulder stabilization on Iowa 22 from Kalona east, and 1.95 miles on Iowa 1 from Kalona north.
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Ames
Iowa State Highway Commission
Washington County
Iowa 22
Wellman
Kalona
Iowa 1
Missiles destroy Vietnams SAM storage in raid
U S Navy pilots attacked a North Vietnamese surface to air missile storage 50 miles southwest of Hanoi and reported destroying or damaging five MiG fighters on the Kep airbase. Ground action near Hue saw Marines kill 74 Communists as casualty figures rose with 22 Marines killed and 53 wounded.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. Navy
James L. Shipman
Angora
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Kep
Panhandle
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Con Thien
Khe Sanh
U.S
Vietnam
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