Johnson asks federal pay hike to boost workers
President Johnson urged Congress to approve an average 3.2 percent federal pay raise plus fringe benefits for civilian workers, totaling about 485 million dollars yearly. Direct salaries would rise about 2.85 percent with fringe benefits widening economic security, affecting nearly 1 million of 1.8 million workers including most postal staff and Classification Act employees.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
North Vietnam battle drives 1100+ troops trapped near Saigon
US Marine and South Vietnamese airborne units report 1110 North Vietnamese regulars trapped in a valley 330 miles northeast of Saigon after heavy fighting. Air forces strike supply lines from China while pilots dodge SAM fire and evacuate wounded. Total 71 missions flown. one aircraft was hit but crew rescued.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Navy
China
Peter Dawkins
West Point
1St Airborne Battalion
Vinh
Hancock
Utah
36Th
Quang Ngai City
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Cocoa Beach
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Air Force Thunderchief
North
Hanoi
McNamara Voices China Aggression Aim for Nuclear Strike Force
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told the Atomic Energy Committee that Communist China shows clear aggressive intent by seeking a strategic nuclear striking force while other people starve. He testified before Congress. report continues.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
China
Peking
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
McNamara
Chi
Cedar Rapids Blaze Damages Flower Shop and More
A $250,000 fire in downtown Cedar Rapids started at Lapes Flower Shop and spread to adjacent buildings including The Flame Room. The bank area evacuated a theater and two women above the bank left the building. Twelve fire units fought the blaze with a new foam machine reducing heat. one firefighter suffered a smashed thumb.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Jesse Hunter
Hunter
Lapes
Guarantee Bank
Soone
Toll for Weekend Eight Die on Highways
Iowa fatality toll rises after weekend crashes with eight deaths in a single period. Victims include Martha Wilsey of Davenport and Tim Daly of Burlington among others. multiple crashes on U.S. 61 near Muscatine and near Maquoketa, plus Dubuque incidents. Police report two more deaths as investigations continue.
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Iowa
Martha Wilsey
Davenport
Tim Daly
Burlington
University Hospitals
Iowa City
U.S. 61
Muscatine
William Ida Warner
Letts
Gary Willotson
Robert Warner
Minister on rough schedule after horseback trek to Baltimore
William Richardson, a Methodist minister, entered his fourth week of a horseback journey to Baltimore to mark the 200th birthday of American Methodism. He trailed his plan by 22 miles and called the trip a rough schedule, vowing not to attempt such an undertaking again.
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Brimfield, II
UPI
William Richardson
Brimfield
Richardson
Baltimore
Prize Winners Named in Coupon Days Event
The Chamber of Commerce announced 39 prize winners from the Merchants Coupon Days sponsored by local retailers in Central Park last Saturday night. Grand prize of $50 went to Mrs. Daryl Shy of 1108 East Washington Street, with many participants collecting cash prizes from their sponsoring merchants.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Central Park
Daryl Shy
East Washington Street
The
Evening Journal
Win
Ner
Hubert Lehrer
Chamber
Elwood Kleese
Jarvis Appliance
Helen Curtis
South Second
George Bush
Ainsworth
Ben Franklin
Victor Deutsch
East Pleasant Plain
Seifert’s
Paul L. Miller
Wellman J.C. Penney Co
Susy Plecker
Hilda Putman
Washington Payne TV
Ray Martin
Route Two
McDaniel Drug
Everette Green
Keota — Falk Clothing
Leslie Wa
North Dakota
Carla Welk
Strasburg
Carla
Betty Beide
Jamestown
Elmer Throne
Nebraska
Candy Mossler Freed by Jury Acquitted in Murder Case
In Miami, Candy Mossler, 46, and Melvin Lane Powers, 29, were acquitted of conspiring to murder Jacques Mossler, a financier valued at about 22 million. The jury delivered not guilty verdicts after a long trial, as Candy cried and pledged to tell her children back home.
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Miami
UPI
Candy Mossler
Jacques
Candy
Melvin Lane Powers
Mel
Macques
Powers
Messler
Dade County
Miller Sees Success for Iowa Trade Delegation in Hong Kong
Iowa Governor Harold E. Hughes leads a business agricultural and financial delegation to Hong Kong after a Japan trip with over 100 contacts in Tokyo and 60 in Osaka. Vernon Company reports about 300000 dollars in Japan purchases and notes labor cost trends. Hughes attends a Hilton reception while Iowans meet Hong Kong businessmen and consulate officials.
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Martin Miller
Iowa
Miller
Harold E. Hughes
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Hong Kong
Iowa Development Commission
Vernon Company
Newton
William F. Vernon Jr
Vernon
Hughes
United States
Hilton Hotel
Weather Iowa Partly Cloudy Warmer Tonight Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday with increasing southerly winds. Lows tonight 15 to 20 east to the 20s west. Highs Tuesday from the 40s northeast to the upper 50s southwest. Outlook Wednesday partly cloudy and cooler.
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Iowa
Blizzard paralyses plains with record storm of '66
Northern Plains endure the worst blizzard of the century as three days of snow cut electricity and phone lines, stranded travelers, and closed schools. Nineteen dead and many missing, with cattle starving and locals battling extreme cold. Families fight to feed livestock and survive.
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Donald Zochert
United Press International
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Minneasota
Nebraska
National Guard
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Maquoketa
Regenwebher
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Mike Knoll
Bill Hazelett
North Second
Nicola & Harmon
Richard Snyder
Davisson’s
Inez Patterson
Wellman — Klein Klothing
Glenn Pratt
South Eighth
Logan Jewelry
Mervin Stensland
E.M. Bridges & Co
Muriel TeBockhorst
E. M. Bridges & Co
Lydia Allison
Brighton Connelly Hardware
Dewey Conrad
Crawfordsville
Thomassen
S. Ralph Chorpening
North Second — Schoonover
Ray J. Moriarty
West Madison
Schoonover Toiletries
George Plecker
Paul’s Shoes
Bert Britain
Washington Fern Bakery
Mina Brannen
East Madison
Osincup Drug
Ronald Goff
Route Three
Washington — TV Lab
Don Curtis
East Jefferson
Jack & Jill
Ralph McGuire
Wayland
Donald Jackson
Cheryl Kern
West Main Essex
Albert Hazelett
Ainsworth — Fareway Grocery
Iowa Group
George Weikel
Mobridge
S.D
Rapid City
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