Navy enlistments for Nixon Agnew tease nation’s first pair
Keokuk Iowa reports Berry Nixon 18 and Alice Agnew 18 of Hamilton Illinois became the first man and woman bearing the President and Vice President names to enlist in the Navy together. In Hertford England Alan and Noreen Cullimore refuse to christen Kiola despite vicar’s objection. In Vaison la Romaine Erik Furstand 23 wanders into a Nyons police station in only his underwear after a motorist allegedly left with his clothes. In Brattleboro Vermont a Bridgeport man drives through a bank window at 2 a.m. after a no contest plea to drunken driving.
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Keokuk
UPI
Nixon
Agnew
U. S. Navy
John Sheeley
Naval Recruiting Office
Berry Nixon
Mount Sterling
Iowa
Alice Agnew
Hamilton
I11
Navy
Vaison-La- Romaine
France
Erik Furstand
Nyons
Erik
U.S. Armor Joins Battle Around Fire Base Fuller Near DMZ
American tanks and APCs support South Vietnamese forces in the Fuller firefight five miles south of the DMZ. U.S. B52 raids continue as predawn clashes yield several enemy dead and multiple American casualties from mines and rocket strikes.
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Bert W. O’kaley
5Th Division
Fuller
U.S
Quang Tri Province
U.S. Command
Camp Carroll
An Khe
Saigon
Fire Base
Intercepted Memo About Cycle Rally Inquiry
An intercepted memo mentions MICHAEL SELLERS and a safety commission cycle rally. The note questions whether the event is a rock festival on wheels and is signed by WEJ.
McNamara Memo Says Vietnam War Needs Vietnamese Action
McNamara urged Johnson in a Oct 14 1966 memo that the Indochina War must be fought and won by the Vietnamese. He warned pacification had regressed and predicted a high level stand‑off in early 1967 while noting limited gains from bombing and negotiations.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Lyndon B. Johnson
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
McNamara
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Regents object to daycare subsidy at Iowa State University
Iowa City ISU regent Donald Shaw voiced opposition to using about 3050 from student fees to fund a day care center for 24 children in Pommel Court. President Rob rt Parks defended the plan as a priority, noting married students benefit and the center may be self supporting after remodeling.
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Iowa City
UPI
Iowa State Board of Regents
Iowa State University
Donald Shaw
Davenport
Shaw
Iowa State
Robert Parks
Pommel Court
Parks
ISU
Ray Bailey
Clarion
University Married Community Council
Probate of will and Executor Appointed in Otto Navy Estate
Public notices announce probate of Otto Navy will and appointment of the estate's executor. It lists a budget estimate for Highland Community School and records proceedings of the City Council meeting.
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Otto Navy
Highland Community School
VA Drug Treatment Centers to Open in Midwest and Across Nation
VA announces a six fold increase in specialized drug treatment centers with 14 new units set to open by next month in Minneapolis Iowa City Baltimore Boston Buffalo Syracuse Salem Miami Oklahoma City Brecksville Chicago Pittsburgh Palo Alto and Salt Lake City. An additional 13 centers are planned for October 1 in locations including Omaha East Orange Philadelphia Atlanta New Orleans St. Louis Indianapolis Vancouver Brentwood Brooklyn North Little RockTopeka and Denver.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Midwest
Minneapolis
Omaha
Neb
Washington, D.C
New York City
Houston
Tex
Battle Creek
Mich
Sepulveda
Calif
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo
N.Y
Syracuse
N. Y
Salem
Rumors Denied of Iowa Rally In Storm Lake Area
Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sellers and BCI Director Robert Blair said there is no information a motorcycle rally will occur in the Iowa Great Lakes region within a week. Supervisory staff have been deployed as a precaution, with no confirmed movement toward Storm Lake. A Williamsburg teen was killed when his car overturned on a gravel road four miles southeast of Williamsburg. Timothy Lillis, 15, died after being thrown from the vehicle.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Storm Lake
Sellers
Highway Patrol
Buena Vista College
Robert D. Ray
Lakes
BCI
Patrol
Colorado
Storm Lake Area
Nebraska
New Jersey
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Iowa Highway Patrol
Timothy Lillis
Steven Rathjen
Richard Evans
Lillis
Ellsberg Charged as Warrant Issues for Top Secret Papers
The Justice Department issued an arrest warrant for Daniel Ellsberg charging illegal possession of a top secret Pentagon study on the Vietnam War. The complaint states Ellsberg held 47 volume and 18 volume sets with only one volume still classified top secret.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Los Angeles
Ellsberg
U.S
Venetta S. Tassopulos
Rand Corp
Iowa Weather Outlook Quiet Tonight With Scattered Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of scattered thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. Most numerous in the north. Lows range from the mid 60s in the northeast to the mid 70s in the southwest. Sunday will be warmer and very humid with highs from the mid 90s in the northeast to around 100 in the southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
Senator Takes Flight Threat in Harlem Shooting Gallery
Four U S senators led by Harold Hughes visited a Harlem shooting gallery where addicts prepared to inject heroin. An addict with a knife threatened Hughes, prompting security to move the group. The tour included a methadone center and meetings with antidrug leaders as they highlighted the drug crisis.
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New York
UPI
U.S
Harlem
Harold Hughes
D-Iona
Hughes
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Harrison A. Williams
Dn.j
Senate Subcommittee
United States
Isaac Hayes
Senators
Pro War Protesters in Kenosha Plan Second Day Action
A Kenosha VFW Peace Post suspended for antiwar statements plans a second protest day. A Friday rally drew about 45 people including Mothers For Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. No arrests were reported.
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Cohen
Kenosha
The
Mothers For Peace
VFW
Post
Navy Park
Convention
Vietnam Veterans Against the
H.R. Rainwater
San Diego
Calif
Hippie police stage raid at Reading rock festival
At Reading England police in hippie disguise arrested 80 youths for illegal marijuana possession amid 500 officers and a helicopter. About 30 000 fans were searched as a special lab and temporary jails operated near the Thames site. Organizer Ken McGowan aided arrestees by distributing rights leaflets.
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Reading
England
UPI
Thames
London
Ken McGowan
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Hertford
Alan
Noreen Cullimore
Kiola
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Dmz
Michael Sellers
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Wej
Dispatch
LBJ
Indochina
Post-Dispatch
Peter Lemon
Lemon
Oneness
Tawas City
V.A
Donald E. Johnson
Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
Congress
Johnson
Carol
Elisberg
Sens
J. William) Fulbright
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