Iowa to extend tough speeding crackdown in 1968 policy
DES MOINES UPI Iowa Public Safety Department plans to continue its year old crackdown on speeding. Public Safety Commissioner Jack Fulton said there will be no changes. The policy suspends licenses for driving 16 mph or more over the limit, doubled suspensions to 60 days, and began Memorial Day 1968.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Public Safety Department
Public Safety
Jack Fulton
Fulton
Iowa
Washington County entrant Patty Butler makes Miss Iowa finals
Patricia Butler, Washington County's entrant in the Miss Iowa Pageant at Davenport, finished among the ten finalists. She will crown a new Miss Washington County at the County Fair on August 5, as entries for the 1969 county contest open per sponsoring Jaycees. Minutes of the city council meeting dated June 16, 1969.
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Patricia Butler
Washington County
Davenport
Patty
Iowa
Jaycees
Washington
Westbrook Pegler Dies At 74 In Arizona
Pulitzer prize winning columnist Westbrook Pegler died at 3 30 am MDT at St Marys Hospital Tucson Arizona at age 74 after years of stomach cancer He retired five years ago and had faced feuds with Presidents F D Roosevelt and Harry Truman Pegler won the 1941 Pulitzer for exposing labor racketeers He had a long career from United Press to World War I war correspondent and sports columnist His marriages included Julia Harman Pearl Doane and Maud Towart.
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Tucson
Ariz
UPI
Westbrook Pegler
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pegler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Truman
Julia Harman
Memphis, Tenn
Rome
Pearl W. Doane
Maud Towart
All Iowa Fair sees higher beef and sheep entries in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids All Iowa Fair Manager Billy Greiner announced Tuesday that beef and sheep entries have risen over the previous year. Swine entries are largely unchanged and the new open daily show drew 322 head.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Billy Greiner
Iowa Weather: Cloudy With Showers and Thunderstorms Likely
United Press International reports Iowa largely cloudy with possible showers or storms in the northeast. Tonight showers spread from the southwest with locally heavy rain in the southwest. Lows near 60 to 65-70, highs Wednesday 70s north to 80s south. Thursday outlook: showers or thunderstorms likely and a touch warmer.
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United Press International
Iowa
Stelter optimistic on Apollo space comms ahead of moon flight
NASA communications chief Laverne Stelter spoke at the American Radio Relay League convention in Des Moines. He outlined the vast behind the scenes work, noted potential ground and design issues, and described contingencies including a possible unmanned satellite near the moon to bridge blackout periods though not yet approved.
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Moon
Laverne R. Stelter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stelter
Des Moines
American Radio Relay League
NASA
Collins Radio Company
Ten Die As Cargo Plane Crashes Into Miami District
A Dominican Airlines four engine cargo plane crashed into a busy Miami business area near the airport. Ten persons were killed and 11 injured as the aircraft tore through a medical center and an auto shop, with debris and fire spreading over two blocks. Crewmembers and several local residents died. authorities feared more bodies in the rubble.
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Miami
UPI
Miami International
Antonio Cid
Dominican Airlines
36Th Street
Jorge Bujosa
Carlos Brader
Carlos Gonzales
Caesar Molina
Charlie Knapp
Clyde
Clifford
Two Children Die In Iowa Car Train Crash
CENTERVILLE Iowa two children Larry and Colleen MacDonald were killed and their mother Janice MacDonald injured when a Milwaukee Road crossing collision near Jerome Iowa occurred. Larry was three and Colleen five. The family resided east of Centerville and the mother is hospitalized.
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Centerville, Iowa
UPI
Jerome
Iowa
Larry
Colleen MacDonald
Milwaukee Railroad
Janice MacDonald
Centerville
Colleen
Relief columns reach Ben Het in major battles
Allied troops defending Ben Het inflicted heavy casualties on North Vietnamese attackers. In four battles 153 NVA were killed as a convoy brought 2,000 reinforcements and ammunition. One American was killed and six wounded. South Vietnamese allies suffered light losses.
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Saigon
UPS
Ben Het
U.S
Green Beret
Central Highlands
Intercepted Memo from PAT BUTLER in Washington
The note from PAT BUTLER in Washington claims the judges made a mistake and asserts confidence that the other girls were not seen. It conveys frustration and a personal plea for reconsideration of a decision.
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National Ymca
St. Louis
Bob Gillesby
Bob Reed
Don Minick
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By Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Association
Grand Rapids, Minn
Manchester
Civil Air Patrol
Kuno Wilckin
Dunkirk
N.Y
ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis Human Society
Glasgow
Scotland
John Stonehouse
Willie McBride
Stonehouse
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