Senate opens Dodd hearing on censure charges
Senate Ethics Committee members defended their censure recommendation as they opened debate on Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. They said campaign funds were spent for personal uses and travel overbilling, while Dodd faced censure by the Senate for alleged misconduct. Family watched from the gallery as the session began.
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UPI
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D-Miss
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Utah
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Bennett
Ethics Committee
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Long
Connecticut
Mississippi
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Grace
Jeremy
Martha Buonano
Providence
R.I
Ratah
NATO ministers warn of fragile peace amid East West tensions
In Luxembourg NATO foreign ministers warned that peace is perilously unstable amid the Arab Israeli war and U S Soviet tensions. Premier Pierre Werner appealed for renewed solidarity while Denmark's Jens Otto Krag noted no time to weaken the alliance. Secretary General Manlio Brosio said war clouds remain and unity must continue.
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Luxembourg
Great Western Alliance
France
NATO
Jens Otto Krag
Manlio Brosio
Middle East
Taxes at Work: Iowa senators seek removal of highway signs
Five Iowa senators filed a Senate resolution demanding the removal of Your highway taxes at work signs on federally funded road projects. They argue the signs mislead the public, distract drivers, and could worsen accidents, urging funds be redirected to road improvements. Sponsors include Lucken, Hagedorn, Briels, Van Gilst, and Stephens with Hagedorn chairing the Transportation Committee.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Sens
J. Henry Lucken
R-Lemars
Merle Hagedorn
D-Royal
James Briels
R-Corning
Bass van Gilst
D-Oskaloosa
Richard Stephens
Rainsworth
Hagedorn
Senate Transportation Committee
No End In Sight Ten Rainy Iowa Days
United Press International reports a tenth straight day of rain in Iowa with showers and thunderstorms soaking the southeast overnight. Forecasters offer little relief through at least Wednesday as a stationary front spans from northeast New Mexico to the Great Lakes and showers cover much of the Midwest.
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New Mexico
Great Lakes
Midwest
Arabs plan summit talks after Boumedienne Moscow visit
Algerian President Boumedienne wrapped Kremlin talks on the Middle East and returned home for an Arab summit. Tass described discussions on the Middle East war but did not promise Soviet arms. Al Ahram suggested a crisis conference location and date after Boumedienne’s return. Soviet leaders met Brezhnev and Gromyko as Moscow prepared a UN General Assembly session to condemn Israel.
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Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Alexei Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Grechko
Soviet Foreign Ministry
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Marshall named to supreme court
Washington UPI reports President Johnson named Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice of the Supreme Court. Marshall had earlier served as solicitor general and as a judge on the U S Court of Appeals in D C while gaining renown for civil rights work.
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Gangs Rampage Through Streets of Tampa District
Roving gangs swept a Negro section for six hours sniping at motorists hurling firebombs overturning cars and looting stores as police and National Guardsmen blockaded the area. Firesetters burned at least 11 structures and further damage followed the slaying of a Black youth by a police officer amid heavy security and widespread chaos.
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Tampa
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UPI
Iowa Weather Forecast Bulk: Variable Clouds and Showers
The forecast for Iowa calls for variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Humid conditions persist with little temperature change. Expect highs in the 80s on Wednesday and overnight lows in the 60s.
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Polk County lake boost clears House vote
The Iowa House passed a 7.43 million park and lake improvements bill including a 1 million allocation to create Big Creek Lake in northern Polk County near Polk City as part of Hawkeye Naturama. The plan also funds Brushy Creek and Volga River artificial lakes with remaining funds overseen by the State Conservation Commission.
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D - Des Moines
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Webster
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Senate
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Council Bluffs
Lucas DeKoster
Hull
Robert Rigler
Eugene Hill
Newton
Red Rock
William Denman
Big Spring Lake
Welfare budget cut in Iowa House by four million
An Iowa House committee trimmed Gov. Hughes welfare funding by four million, approving a 88.8 million total in federal and state funds for welfare for the next biennium. The measure passed 91 to 13 but faced Democratic opposition over cuts to Aid to Dependent Children and other programs. Proponents cited increased aid levels versus current spending while critics called the move a false economy and warned of higher poverty.
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UPI
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Department of Social Welfare
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Senate
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House Appropriations Committee
Iowa
Miller
Bernard O'Malley
GOP
Paul McCray
Appropriations Committee
ADC
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Lipsky
Dan Johnston
D - Des Moines
Band concert to feature trombones in Central Park
Washington's Municipal Band presents a trombone quartet performance on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Central Park. The program includes God Bless America Berlin Loyalty March King Two Moods Overture Grandman March of the Golden Brass Cacabas Deep Purple De Rose Beguine for Trombones featuring Don Boyer Owen Boileau Eldon Luers and Mark Shearer Klaxon March Fillmore Highlights from Sound of Music Rodgers and Hammerstein Mustang March Osterling Tennessee Waltz arr Cacavas Salute to Victor Herbert Caneva Burst of Trumpets Walters National Anthem.
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Cedar Rapids Rejects Housing for Elderly Bond
Cedar Rapids residents voted down a $6 million bond issue to finance 400 apartments for low income elderly persons. The plan, to be funded by federal funds with no local tax increases, would have built two housing complexes in southwest and southeast Cedar Rapids. About 25 percent of registered voters cast ballots, with 9,906 no and 3,990 yes.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Rusk says all sides losers in Middle East war at NATO talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO foreign ministers that everyone involved in the Arab Israeli war has suffered in position and prestige. He rejected Western calls for U N peacekeeping troops on both sides and warned the Soviet Union may seek to deepen its influence. The discussion also covered UN presence, arms limits, and Security Council guarantees for Arab Israeli frontiers.
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U.N
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UNEF
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