Nasser resigns as president of United Arab Republic
President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced his resignation in Cairo citing a bitter denunciation of the United States and Britain for aiding Israel in the conflict. He noted the Arabs suffered a grave setback and suggested Vice President Zakaria Mohieddin could become the next president.
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Cairo
UPI
Gamal
Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
United States
Britain
Israel
Nasser
Mohammed Naguib
Zakaria Mohieddin
Plane reaches coast on Earhart route in updated attempt
Michigan housewife Ann Pellegreno lands at Oakland after storms slow her 1937 Electra trip tracing Amelia Earhart. She plans to depart for New Orleans then continue via Miami and stops in Venezuela, Brazil, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific on a 25,000 mile voyage.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Michigan
Ann Pellegreno
Oakland International Airport
Amelia Earhart
New Orleans
Pellegreno
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ogden
Utah
Detroit
Willow Run
Miss Earhart
New Guinea
Marshall Islands
Saline, Mich
Saline
Harvey
Ill
San Francisco
Miami
Venezuela
Brazil
Senegal
Mali
Sudan
India
Pakistan
Burma
Indonesia
Darwin Islands
Honolulu
Harlan High Band Delayed by Pregnant Director
The 74 member Harlan High School band left in heavy rain for Rapid City to perform at the band festival. Director Ray Cramer delayed the trip to accompany his wife Molly to a local hospital where she expected the couple’s first child. Arrangements were made to fly him to Rapid City Saturday while the band traveled by bus at 5 am. The group includes queen Brenda McKeighan and will perform Saturday morning then join a parade in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Iowa
UPI
Harlan High School
Western Iowa
Rapid City
S. D
Ray Cramer
Molly
Harlan
Cramer
Brenda McKeighan
Fighting flares across Syria-Israel frontier
United Press International reports heavy fighting along a 48 mile front between Syria and Israel amid UN cease fire tensions. Both sides claim gains as tanks planes and artillery clash near the Sea of Galilee with Syria calling for an urgent UN cease-fire order. debates over who started the fighting persist while both sides report losses and battlefield actions.
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Damascus
Israel
Syria
United Nations
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Ismailia
U.N. Security Council
Sea of Galilee
Security Council
New York
Middle East
Cairo
Thant
U.N
Upper
Jordan
Guerrillas Hit Hue City in Mortar Attack
Communist guerrillas fired a 50 round mortar barrage on Hue, stirring jitters in the university city near US Marine patrols. US jets mounted 110 missions against North Vietnam targets, while a Phantom was shot down and four Marines died in a mine incident south of Hue.
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Saigon
VPS
Hue
University
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Vietnam
House Appropriations Approves 70.3 Billion Defense Bill
The House Appropriations Committee voted a record 70.3 billion dollars for defense and the Vietnam War for the upcoming year starting July 1. It flags near term escalation chances, notes only minor cuts, and outlines broad military funding including pay, retirement, aircraft, and overseas education for servicemen.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Vietnam
Johnson
House
Rivers Rise as Iowa Braces for Rain and Tornadoes
Heavy rains flood rivers in west and north central Iowa causing highway closures along the Little Sioux, Boyer, Nishnabotna, Raccoon and Des Moines rivers. Tornadoes hit western Fort Dodge and areas nearby, destroying homes but with no serious injuries reported.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Little Sioux
Boyer
Nishnabotna
Raccoon
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
U.S 20
Alvin Fisher
Clem Hentges
Dean Cormack
Dwight Stiles
Weather outlook for Iowa with storms and heavy rain
United Press International reports considerable cloudiness tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely across Iowa. Locally heavy rains possible west and north. Partly cloudy to cloudy Saturday with thunderstorm chances. Bridges washed out on Iowa 175 east of Odeboldt. Fort Dodge to Clarion area received 3 to 4 inches in 24 hours. Raccoon River forecast to rise over banks tonight. Statewide rainfall near two inches in the last three days.
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Hart
Iowa Highway Commission Today
Iowa
US. 275
Riverton
U.S. 65
Hampton
U.S. 69
United Press International
Iowa 3
Iowa 76
West Liberty
Iowa 22
Iowa 134
Geneva
Highway Patrol
Iowa 175
Odeboldt
Weather Bureau
Tral
Fort Dodge
Clarion
Des Moines
County Board Proceedings May 29 and June 2
Proceedings of the county board of supervisors are reported for May 29 and June 2. Official actions, votes, and schedule updates from the meetings are itemized for public record and transparency.
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County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Senate weighs school aid plan amid rural urban clash
Iowa Senate debates a proportional school aid plan to ease local property taxes. Amendments alter weight of property values and income, include private and public school pupils, and shift tax relief for agricultural land. Rural urban divide dominates moods and votes as lawmakers seek budget balance.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
Kenneth Nurse
D - Hartley
David Stanley
R - Muscatine
William Denman
John Kibbie
Andrew Frommell
Dubuque
Nurse
Gene Glenn
D - Ottumwa
Kibbie
Harold E. Hughes
Approve 170000 for Herbert Hoover site at West Branch
The House approved without debate a 170000 appropriation for the Herbert Hoover national historic site at West Branch Iowa. The funds are part of a 1.3 billion Interior Department appropriation for the new fiscal year, and the measure moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
UPI
House
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Iowa
Interior Department
Senate
Arabs Protest at U S and British Embassies in Moscow
A 2000 strong Arab student rally outside the U S and British embassies in Moscow was halted by 5000 Soviet troops and police. Protesters cried sat on curbs and fought among themselves. They chanted Yankee go home and were dispersed after a 30 minute street meeting. Plans to march on the Israeli Embassy were abandoned.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Israel
Middle East
Ted
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Bie
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