Weekend crash disrupts Keota Wellman electrical service
A one car weekend crash on a country road northwest of West Chester knocked out power when a driver struck a guy wire on a transmission pole. The wire whipped and fell across lines causing a short circuit. Carlton Mangold of Washingtons City Council announced a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss traffic and late night noise around the square with local groups. In Des Moines, nomination forms were filed for Congressman Fred Schwengel seeking a seventh term. In Chicago, railroad negotiators and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met to avert a nationwide strike, hoping to prevent disruption this week.
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Wellman
West Chester
Carlton Mangold
Public Safety Committee
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
West Union poultry plant destroyed by fire
The Heying Chick Co. owned by State Sen. H. L. Heying, of West Union, was destroyed by fire late this morning. The poultry and egg processing plant employed 35 persons with no injuries reported. A damage assessment was not immediately available for the large one story building.
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West Union
Iowa
UPI
Heying
Mock spaceflight deemed ready for first manned Apollo flight
Three astronauts Joe Kerwin Vance Brand and Joe Engle completed an eight day simulated Apollo mission in a vacuum chamber at about 110 miles altitude. NASA officials said all necessary phases were completed to certify the spacecraft for its first manned flight and expressed elation over the test.
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Apollo
Walter Schirra
Donn Eisele
Walt Cunningham
Schirra
Memo from John F. Kincaid in Washington
An intercepted memo from John F. Kincaid in Washington discusses risk and mentions a phrase about someone being "in the grave." The brief note is signed by WEJ and raises concern over potential danger.
Saigon alert after blast exposes new Viet Cong threat
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces threaten Saigon prompting a blast alert. GIs occupy posts in five of eight precincts as downtown and two western and northern districts remain untouched by street fighting. government reports note 12 guerrillas dead and one soldier killed with two wounded.
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Saigon
Police clear Resurrection City campers after eviction order
Police in riot gear evacuated Resurrection City as the Poor People Campaign encampment faced a 10 42 a m deadline. Up to 1 000 officers surrounded the site while about 100 residents remained to be arrested, with many children and elderly relocated overnight.
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Resurrection City
Washington Metropolitan
Ralph David Abernathy
Agriculture Department
Congress
U.S. Park
Hosea Williams
Travelers Aid Society
Lincoln Memorial
Metropolitan Police
Justice Department
United States weighs metric shift in education and cost
UPI reports Assistant Commerce Secretary John F. Kincaid backing a three year study on adopting the metric system amid growing world use. He notes potential education savings of about 705 million dollars annually, but warns of high conversion costs and disruption to contracts, blueprints, and tools.
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Commerce
House
United States
Senate
Kincaid
Commerce Department
Chemistry Industry
Great Britain
Iowa Weather Outlook With More Rain Likely
Considerable cloudiness through Tuesday with occasional showers and thunder storms. Locally heavy rains likely, mostly northwest and extreme north tonight and over most of the state tonight. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 60s northwest to about 70 southeast. High Tuesday in the 80s.
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Iowa
Miss Iowa 1968 Susan Thompson vows to serve Iowa
Susan A. Thompson, 20, Drake University, Grove City, Penn., chosen Miss Iowa 1968 in Davenport. The 36-24-36 brunette, daughter of a Air Force major, will represent Iowa in Atlantic City and performed Warsaw Concerto in talent. First runnerup Carol Fritz of Decorah. second runnerup Margaret Greve of Davenport. tied for Miss Congeniality Abbie Timmins of West Chester JoAnn Musel of Elbertson Kitty Hardgrove of Algona.
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Iowa
UPI
Susan A. Thompson
Grove City
Penn
Drake University
Miss Thompson
Air Force
Abe Thompson
Fort Dodge
Jeanne Formanek
Belle Plaine
Atlantic City
Thompson
Richard Addensell
Warsaw
Decorah
Carol Fritz
L.E. Fritz
Mendota Heights
Minn
Fritz
Luther College
Margaret Greve
Richard Greve
Muscatine
Linda Ann Flanders
Bernard J. Flanders
Iowa City
Jane Lindell
Wallace Lindell
Arlington
Washington County
Abbie Sue Timmins
West Chester
JoAnn Musel
Elberton
Storm Lake
Kitty Hardgrove
Algona
Hughes backs annual Iowa legislative sessions
Gov. Harold E. Hughes defended annual sessions against lobbyist opposition led by Des Moines figures M. F. Hicklin and Ed Jones. He argued annual sessions are essential to address day to day problems, noting experienced lawmakers rely on lobbyists but can work harder to pass amendments while preserving the public's interests. He praised lobbyists as honest, valuable contributors representing their constituents.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
M. F. Hicklin
Ed Jones
Inmate Rampage at Ohio Penitentiary Triggers Fires
At Ohio Penitentiary hundreds of inmates armed with pipes and bottles set 10 fires and assaulted guards. Eight guards injured, one heart attack. Three guards briefly hostage. Warden Maxwell and state corrections head Koblentz announce semi-control with fires in print shop workshops hospital and mills. Firefighters rescue physician on hospital roof as hospital staff evacuate. National Guardsmen mobilized as a precaution.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Ohio Penitentiary
Ernie Maxwell
M.C. Koblentz
Koblentz
Richard Brooks
Ohio National Guardsmen
Four Die in Iowa Wreck Near Perry
Four Perry residents died in a two car crash around midnight when a car in the wrong lane forced a swerve. Thomas Samuel Cate 56 and Richard Madren 28 die at the scene and Barbara Madren 19 and Joan Elefrits 18 perish later at Dallas County Hospital in Perry. One driver Jerry Salzgeber 19 escapes with facial lacerations.
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Perry, Iowa
UPI
Perry
Iowa Highway Patrol
Thomas Samuel Cate
Richard Madren
Barbara
Joan Elefrits
Jerry Lee Salzgeber
Salzgeber
Cate
Madren
Elefrits
Dallas County
De Gaulle Wins Big In First Round Of French Elections
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle's party led with 9.9 million votes versus 8.8 million for Communist led left. Runoffs set for next Sunday as Gaullists gain 142 seats and lead in 150 more. Communist leader Waldeck Rochet blasted the result amid calls for continued opposition.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Waldeck Rochet
France
Gaullists
Funnel winds strike Iowa towns injure residents
Tornado like winds hit several Iowa towns including Charles City and Sioux City with funnel clouds observed statewide. In Denison two mobile homes were toppled and a parked trailer jolted off its foundation. Dr John Meyer and Mrs Frances Blake and her children suffered injuries. four other trailers overturned. damage estimated at 12000 dollars. Tornado warnings were issued for central and eastern counties.
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Charles City
Sioux City
Denison
Central City
Washburn
Meyer
Mobile Home Park
John Meyer
Frances Blake
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