July 4 Holiday Observances and Local Notices
The brief notes that worship in Central Park at 7 30 p m Sunday remains scheduled after earlier confusion. Most Washington businesses will close Thursday July 4 for the holiday. post office and deliveries halt. Government offices close. Evening Journal not published Thursday. Washington stores shift to Wednesday night hours next week due to the holiday. In Iowa, Harry L Zippe paid a 200 fine for fishing with two hoop nets in the Iowa River near Wapello and was arrested by conservation officers. Brian Lee Breuer 10 died in a tractor accident on a farm near Hillsboro, struck or run over by a rotary mower. Army Spec 5 George D Dell of Cedar Rapids died in Vietnam. not from hostile action. A Seoul newspaper says U S and North Korea near a Pueblo settlement. State Department has no immediate comment.
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Washington
Evening Journal
Harry L. Zippe
Near
Wapello
Justice of the Peace
Howard Conklin
Grandview
Iowa
Iowa Conservation Officers
Hillsboro
UPI
Brian Lee Breuer
Young Breuer
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Hugh Breter
Defense Department
Vietnam
Army
George D. Dell
Cedar Rapids
Dell
George E. Dell
Department
Passenger falls from chartered DC-3 in flight near Dallas
Jerrold Potter of Pontiac Tennessee fell 8,000 feet when an airliner door opened on a flight carrying Lions International delegates to Dallas. Rescue efforts focus near Gasconade River and north of Waynesville Missouri. Potter’s body not recovered as passengers, including his wife, continued to Dallas after delay.
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Springfield
UPI
Missouri Highway Patrol
Jerrold Potter
Pontiac
Gasconade River
Phelps-Maries County
Waynesville
Ft. Leonard Wood
Dallas
Potter
Federal Aviation Administration
Jim Schaive
Ottawa
Ill
Mr. Potter
Berkeley Students Clash With Police Night Demonstration
Police battled rock throwing students at UC Berkeley entrance as tear gas dispersed a Telegraph Ave protest. Sixteen arrests followed after about 500 students erected hastily built barricades near campus.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
Telegraph Ave
Lockheed Galaxy ready for test flight after runway trials
Lockheed's giant Galaxy aircraft completed three days of runway testing with four 41 000 lb thrust engines at 120 mph. Leo J. Sullivan, 49, piloted the craft at Dobbins Air Force Base, aiming for a payload of 265 000 lb and a cruise of 212 mph at 8 100 to 10 000 feet. The Air Force ordered 58 Galaxies at 2.2 billion dollars, to boost rapid deployment of combat forces and equipment.
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Lockheed
Leo J. Sullivan
Dobbins Air Force Base
Atlanta
Air Force
United States
Estate Gifts From Dill Will Benefit Many Institutions
J Boyd Dill of Washington County died Tuesday leaving his substantial estate to public institutions. Major gifts include real estate on East Washington Street and about one quarter of the estate to the library board with a condition to build a new library, or to the city for capital improvements if not. Mary Moore of Ottumwa receives three percent for services to the family. other beneficiaries include Washington County Hospital, Monmouth College, Elm Grove Cemetery, City Park Commission, YMCA and YWCA, United Presbyterian churches, and several aid and home societies, with percentages set for each.
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J. Boyd Dill
Washington County
Washington Library
City of Washington
Brary Board
Mary Moore
Ottumwa
Elm Grove
Dill
City Park Commissioners
Washington
Jerry Rabiner
Fort Dodge
Cal Farley
Amarillo
Texas
Marion Avenue
Wyoming
Iowa
Phoenix
Ariz
YMCA
First United Presbyterian Church of
Iowa Children’s Home Society of
Des Moines
Hughes proposes platform planks for Iowa 1968 race
Gov. Harold Hughes urged the Democratic State Platform Committee to add three planks to the 1968 platform. They include state funding to create jobs for youth and hard-core unemployed, a $1 million program to guarantee home loans for the poor, and track reciprocity provisions. Hughes, a U.S. Senate hopeful, called for substantial state appropriations on a matching basis with private funds and backed proposals to ease interstate trucking regulation.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
Democratic State Platform Committee
Hughes
U. S. Senate
Iowa
State Department of Social Services
Audit of Taxes Started in Iowa Over Refund Troubles
Des Moines reports audit into possible improper income tax refunds. Sixty seven checks totaling about 10 000 were cashed by Iowans who did not request refunds. Cases include a resident receiving 13341 42 while asking for 898. The issue arises amid processing rush before the June 15 deadline for refunds.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Sydnes
Smith
Department of Revenue
Sydney
William R. Bell, Jr
Bell
Laos presses bid as Vietnam talks stall over troop withdrawal
Laos premier Prince Souvanna Phouma urged that North Vietnamese troops be withdrawn from Laos before any bombing pause or cease fire. He said the Laotian issue must enter the Paris negotiations, linking Laos withdrawal to an end of bombing and broader peace talks already in their sixth week.
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Paris
UPI
Laos
Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Souvanna Phouma
United States
North
South Vietnam
Souvanna
Democrats woo Iowa delegates in bid to shape Chicago
In Des Moines UPI reports Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy seek support from Iowa delegates and Gov. Harold Hughes amid Kennedy’s assassination impact. Kennedy backers rally to Hughes while Hughes remains undecided between Humphrey and McCarthy. McCarthy speaks at 2:15 p.m. and Humphrey 45 minutes later at the state convention.
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Des Moines
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Minnesota
Hughes
Robert Kennedy
Humphrey
McCarthy
Hawkeye
Chicago
Kennedy
William Sueppel
Gov
In Memory Of Boyd Dill Memo Encourages Will Honor
Intercepted memo praises a memorial will with statements about its value and dignity. The note asserts there is no finer monument than a well crafted will and closes with a sign off from WEJ.
Seamen strike grows with broad union support
In New York the nationwide seamen strike tied up about 60 percent of the U.S. merchant fleet and drew backing from other unions that could halt all cargo handling. The NMU broke off talks with two major management groups and began a midnight walkout, with officers’ unions signaling support. The walkout targets American flagships in U.S. ports, while ships abroad remain untouched. The dispute hinges on wage reopeners in the 1965 four year contract. management says openings are exhausted. The strike involves about 55,000 NMU members and could spread to 100 ships in port immediately, then to 476 more as ships return to U.S. harbors. Waterfront unions pledged solid support, raising the risk of a nationwide disruption.
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New York
UPI
U.S
National Maritime Union
NMU
Joseph Curran
Seamen’s Union
Maritime Service Committee
Tanker Service Committee
America
Iowa Weather Forecast Offers Cloudy Nights With Showers
Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with showers or thunderstorms likely. Cooler conditions expected in the west and central areas Sunday. Lows tonight range from the upper 50s in the northwest to the lower 70s in the southeast.
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Iowa
Public notices today probate and budget items
Probate of will and appointment of executor for the estate of J B Dill. Appointment of administrator for the estate of Lloyd B Donaldson. Budget estimates for Washington Community and Highland Community school districts.
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J. B. Dill
Lloyd B. Donaldson
Washington Community
Highland Community
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Park Service
Central Park
Seoul
North Korea
U.S. State Department
Mr. Dill
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
U. S
Sargent Shriver
Eunice
Africa
Tansania
Lloyd Smith
John Mansur
Field Service
Ira Morrison
Morrison
John
Journal
Helen Gilbert
R. Boyd Dill
Wej
United Press International
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