Britain calls for UN Middle East force and peace eye on area
Britain urged the United Nations to create a new military force to secure peace in the Middle East and asked Israel not to annex Jerusalem. Foreign Secretary George Brown proposed a high standing UN representative to oversee cease fire conduct, with staff and facilities, reporting to the secretary general and engaging with all parties. He warned that war must not alter territorial integrity and pressed for aid for Palestine refugees.
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United Nations
UPI
Britain
Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem
Jordan
George Brown
Thant
Brown
General Assembly
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
UNTSO
U.N
Abba Eban
Eban
U.N Charter
Local observer honored for 25 years of service in Washington
Paul Waite, state climatologist, praised cooperative observers and presented Clarence Logan with a service pin for 25 years as Iowa Weather Bureau observer in Washington. Waite spoke to the Y's Men's Club and shared details from Washington weather records including rainfall totals, temperatures, and notable extremes.
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Clarence
Mike) Logan
Washington
Paul Waite
Des Moines
Journal
Charles Morris
Weather Bureau
Logan
Iowa Weather Bureau
Waite
Y's Men’s Club
U. S. Weather Bureau
U.S. Admits Possible Strike on Soviet Ship Turkistan
In a note to the Soviet Embassy Washington acknowledges U S planes may have strafed the 2358 ton diesel Turkistan in Cam Pha port on June 2. It regrets damage and says pilots followed instructions to avoid hostile vessels. Soviet protest claims one crewman killed and others injured.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Turkistan
Cam Pha
Vietnam
Turkestan
Camaha
De Gaulle Blames Israel and U S for Mideast War
Paris France President Charles de Gaulle accused Israel of starting the Mideast war and pressed the United States to pledge withdrawal of U S forces from Vietnam as the sole way to end the war there. The remarks were continued on page 2.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Israel
United States
U.S
Vietnam
de Gaulle
Flooding Swamps Mills County Iowas Pacific Junction Evacuations
A heavy downpour in Mills County Iowa, unofficially up to seven inches, prompted evacuations across the region. The Pacific Junction levee failed, forcing about 560 residents to flee to higher ground as water inundated most of the town. Elsewhere, Glenwood and Malvern faced rising rivers with residents taking to boats and shelters. Weather officials recorded 5 to 7 inches in multiple areas.
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Glenwood
Iowa
UPI
Mills County
Pacific Junction
Missouri River
Malvern
Sheriff's Office
U.S. Weather Bureau
Silver City
Probate of will and appointment of executor
Public notice announces probate of the will and appointment of the executor for the estate of Anna Marek. The filing indicates the decedent's name and the official action to settle her estate under applicable probate law.
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Anna Marek
Weather Update for Iowa Tonight and Thursday
United Press International reports partly cloudy skies across Iowa. Cooler tonight with lows mostly in the 50s. Thursday will see highs around the 79s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Groundwork Laid for Kosygin Johnson Meeting
Secretary of State Rusk plans talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko in New York and may prompt a Kosygin Johnson meeting. White House and official sources suggest timing and location uncertain, possibly Friday, with Thant and other foreign ministers also meeting Rusk.
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United Nations
UPI
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Johnson
Alexei Kosygin
White House
Kosygin
Rusk
Gromykov
State Department
New York
Kosygin- Johnson
Gromyko
U.S
Thant
Baby boy for Luci Johnson Nugent at Seton Hospital
Luci Johnson Nugent, President Johnson's younger daughter, gave birth to an 8 pound 10 ounce boy at Seton Hospital in Austin. Her husband Pat Nugent announced the arrival at 7:59 a.m. EDT and said baby measures 21 inches. Lyndon B. Johnson assisted, and Luci described the newborn as very beautiful.
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Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Nugent
Luci
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pat Nugent
Five Iowa traffic deaths raise 1967 toll to 310
Five traffic deaths occurred in Iowa on Tuesday raising the state's road toll to 310 for 1967. Leland J. Geiger 65 of Marion body found in a car submerged in the Cedar River near Palo after a likely Saturday accident. Eugene Koll 52 of Fort Dodge killed when his pickup overturned on a Webster County road near Fort Dodge. Daniel Edwin Fish 16 of Lacona died in Des Moines while test driving a motorcycle.
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Iowa
Leland J. Geiger
Marion
Cedar River
Palo
Geiger
Linn
Eugene Koll
Fort Dodge
Webster County
U.S. 169
Koll
Lacona
Daniel Edwin Fish
Des Moines
Highway Patrol
Longest summer day dampened by rain in Washington
A storm drenched Washington with 0.65 inches of rain by 7 am as overcast skies kept the longest day of the year from its sunlit peak. Elsewhere, a fatal car crash near Des Moines killed Mrs. Fern Schaudt, secretary to the state treasurer, and two-car collisions near Oelwein sent three injured.
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Washington
Iowa
Schaudt
Slater
Des Moines
Franzenburg
Fayette County
Wilma Tripp
Hawkeye
Oelwein
John S. Althaus
Jural Oelwein
Althaus
Delta battleships push back Viet Cong in Mekong Delta
UPI reports 77 guerrillas killed as U.S. forces trapped and routed units fleeing Saigon threats. Total Viet Cong losses reach 249 with 32 Americans dead and 126 wounded as 300 guerrillas are captured or killed using riverine “pint sized battle ships” and armored barracks boats in swamp and river fighting near Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Mekong Delta
Delta
G.i.s
Car Crash Injures Cedar Falls Man at Service Station
In Cedar Falls Iowa a car driven by 23 year old John Schakel lost control and crashed through a service station window. Half the car penetrated the glass causing damage estimated at $1000. Passerger Robert Sable 22 of Keota was taken to hospital in good condition. Schakel treated for minor injuries and released.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
UPI
John Schakel
Schakel
Robert Sable
Keota
Will reveals $5000 bequest to Washington YMCA
The will of the late Mrs. Lulu Long of Washington filed in district court shows a $5000 gift to the Washington YMCA. The bulk of the estate goes to her family and to the family of her late husband Wisie Long, with title to the south square building going to Keith Crossett and his wife who run Washington Cleaners. After specific bequests the residue goes to Edward Thomas Gray of Iowa City, nephew of Mrs. Long.
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Lulu Long
Washington
Robert Porter
Washington Ymca
Budget clash over Regents funding widens gap
Iowa House and Senate appropriations panels started with a common Regents budget of 166 million but diverged to 150.151 million in the House and 166 million in the Senate. The split, amid debate, affects University of Iowa, Iowa State, State College of Iowa, and specialized schools with allocations varying by institution and program.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Senate Appropriations
Iowa Board of Regents
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate House
Board of Regents
House Appropriations Committee
Subcommittee
Harold E. Hughes
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
State College of Iowa
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Vinton
Lester Kluever
R - Atlantic
William Gannon
D-Mingo
Maurice van Nostrand
R - Avoca
Marvin Smith
William Winkelman
Rlohrville
Regents
Senate
Iowa State University Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa State University Extension Service
University of Northern Iowa
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William Newby, Jr
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Newby
Fern Schaudt
Paul Franzenburg
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Iowa Highway Patrol
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