County treasurer Howell pleads guilty to 45500 embezzlement
Washington County treasurer W E Howell who served from 1944 until resigning May 17 pleaded guilty to embezzling a total of 45500. District court actions Friday imposed suspended ten year sentences for each year’s shortage with fines totaling 45500. Separate charges covered 1944 through 1967. Wallace Fagen appointed treasurer. audit and bond reimbursements described.
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W. E. Howell
Washington County
Ira Morrison
Fort Madison
Howell
L. R. Carson
Board of Supervisors
Wallace Fagen
District Court
Fagen
Iowa
Iowa Board of Parole
Mor
Dub lin Day trip revives historic Iowa town
Joseph Marino and Linda Marino won a Dublin trip via a WNUS contest. Their wedding invitation earned the prize to Dublin Ireland, but they plan a royal welcome in Dublin Iowa on June 30 as the ghost town reopens for one day with local plans to honor them. Bill Robertson and Washington residents fund a historic store restoration for the event.
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UPI
Dublin
Iowa
Washington
Joseph Marino
Westhester
Linda
Cliff Johnson
WNUS
Marino
Ireland
Johnson
Linda McCarthy
Evening Journal
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Bill Robertson
Washing County
Nasser withdraws resignation amid Cairo demonstrations
President Gamal Abdel Nasser reversed his resignation within a day after mass protests in Cairo. Air raid sounds and anti-aircraft fire accompanied the crowds as American evacuees pressed toward trains and a Greek freighter. Egyptian police denied raids, citing dispersal gunfire instead.
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Cairo
UPI
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Alexandria
Heliopolis
Manhunt ends with surrender today
Reis Lopez Tijerina leader of a Spanish American land rights group surrendered near Bernalillo New Mexico after a courthouse raid at Tierra Amarilla. His son Hugh Reyes Tijerina and Uvaldo Velasquez were arrested with him. He faces kidnapping and murder conspiracy charges with the death penalty possible.
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Bernalillo
N.M
UPI
New Mexico Hills
Reis Lopez Tijerina
Joe Black
Tijerina
Albuquerque
Hugh Reyes Tijerina
Uvaldo J. Velasquez
Youngsville
Texas
Velasquez
Cuba
Cristobal
Balthazar Martinez
Moises Morales
Tierra Amarilla
Colorado State Line
Seige
August Draft Calls Rise to 29,000 for Army
The Defense Department said 29,000 men will be drafted into the Army in August, 9,100 more than July, to maintain planned force levels and ensure timely replacement flow as terms of service end. The move is below August 1966 levels, with previous buildup noted and an expected rise in departures next August.
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UPI
Defense Department
Army
Department
Selective Service
Pentagon
Red Oak Hard Hit By Destructive Iowa Flooding
Torrential rains and tornado warnings flood Iowa towns with extreme damage. Red Oak suffers about 1 million dollars in damage and 500 evacuated residents as bridges fail and power outages spread. Des Moines area reports severe flooding, multiple tornado sightings, and disruption to services including the Des Moines Register & Tribune pressroom.
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Iowa
Red Oak
Don Maher
Tom Aske
Emerson
Shenandoah
Leverett Park
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Des Moines Register & Tribune
KSO
Iowa Capital City
Civil Defense
Lawrence Carlson
Bethesda
Brooklyn
John van Eerschelle
Albia
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Ottumwa
Israel Accepts UN Cease Fire Order Amid Damascus Siege
Soviet bloc cuts diplomatic ties with Israel as Israeli forces besiege Damascus. Damascus Radio reports ongoing bombardment since dawn. UN Security Council holds emergency session as Thant notes Israeli raids near Damascus. Boumedienne in Algiers vows war continues. Damascus claims El Quneitra captured. Israel reports heavy fighting and aims at Der'a.
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Soviet Union
Israel
Damascus
Moscow
Gideon Rafael
Odd Bull
Norway
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
UNTSO
Moshe Dayan
Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Algeria
Boumedienne
New York
United Nations Security Council
Thant
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Syria
el Quneitra
Washington City Council Proceedings Two Meetings Noted
Public notices report two sessions of the Washington City Council proceedings. Probate of the will and appointment of an executor are recorded for the estate of John Frederick Witthoft, with standard local notices and clerical details.
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Washington City Council
John Fredrick Witthoft
U.S. Bombs Hit Hanoi and Pleiku Amid Vietnam Attacks
American planes bombed Hanoi for the third time in the war hitting a power plant and a missile base on the city outskirts. In Pleiku in the Central Highlands Viet Cong forces blasted the allied warbase with rockets and small arms, killing at least 24 and wounding 138. A Navy F8 Crusader was shot down and listed as missing in action. total U.S. plane losses reach 577.
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Saigon
UPI
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnam
Pleiku
North Vietnam
Senate Dems Narrow Opposition to School Aid Plan
Senate Democrats tweaked a school aid plan to win support. They would weight property values at 60 percent and personal income at 40 percent in wealth calculations, and have the state pay school taxes over 20 mills on agricultural land pro rata based on aid. Opponents warned the changes would shift funds toward rural areas and away from metropolitan regions. Frommelt delayed action to push a final vote, and the plan faces adjournment after a two hour caucus. The current law pro rates state aid above 15 mills, with a $15 million annual appropriation and a proposed $19 million for the next two years.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Frommelt
Frommell
Hrold E. Hughes
Iowa Weather Likely Showers and Thunderstorms Tonight
Weather outlook for Iowa shows showers and thunderstorms likely tonight with diminishing activity by Sunday. Central Iowa may see locally heavy rain. highs Sunday near 80 with overnight lows from 60 to 65 in the north and 65 to 70 in the south.
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United Press International
Iowa
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