Adair-Casey High School Closes After Student Dies
Adair Iowa. Adair-Casey High School suspends classes after 16 year old Paula Elgin falls victim to infectious meningitis. School officials cite health concerns and advise close contacts to seek medical advice while health officials downplay fears of a schoolwide outbreak. About 700 students attend the district.
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Adair, Iowa
UPI
Adair - Casey High School
Paula Elgin
Robert Elgin
Adair
Jenney Edmondson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Ralph Heeren
Iowa Health Department
Iowa
Adair - Casey
Heeren
Miss Elgin
State Health Department
Donald Gilkerson
Adair Casey High School
Gilkerson
Adair-Casey High School
Gemini 8 Launch Delayed By Spacecraft Leaks
Space officials postponed the Gemini 8 launch from Tuesday to at least Wednesday due to leaks in the Atlas booster and in the Gemini spacecraft oxygen system. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott remain in training as engineers troubleshoot the Atlas fueling and environmental control systems. If fixed, the Atlas-Agena will lift at 10 am EST Wednesday with the crew following 101 minutes later for a high ambitious rendezvous and spacewalk sequence.
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UPI
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Federal Space Agency
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Gemini
Miami Weather Bureau
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Pad 19
Armstrong
Scott
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
New Moonport
Cape
Cabinet debates Canadian scandal in extraordinary session
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and his cabinet met in an extraordinary session to discuss Justice Minister Lucien Cardin's charge that former Conservative ministers were involved with Gerda Munsinger, a German divorcee. The crisis aims to name names or push for a judicial inquiry behind closed doors.
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Ottawo
UPI
Lester B. Pearson
Germany
Lucien Cardin
Gerda Munsinger
Pearson
John Diefenbaker
Cardin
Parliament
Weather outlook for Iowa shows mild next days
United Press International reports mostly fair conditions tonight with local fog and cloudiness. Lows range from 30 in the east to 35 to 40 in the west. Tuesday will bring a bit warmer afternoon with highs from the 60s in the east to 70 in the west. Wednesday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and continued mild temperatures.
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United Press International
Iowa
Deadline Today for 1966 Auto License Plates
Motorists without 1966 license plates must display them by midnight tonight. The deadline to display new plates and issue tickets for violations is Tuesday, March 15.
Davis couple to bring Schaffner Players to Washington
Jimmy and Juanita Davis of Louisa County plan to bring their internationally famed Schaffner Players to Washington during the week of June 6. Davis said the folk theater will be headquartered in a tent set up on the Washington County fair grounds at the west edge of Washington for the appearance.
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Jimmy
Juanita Davis
Louisa County
Washington
Mr. Davis
Folk Theater
Washington County Fair Grounds
March of Dimes drive totals for Washington County
Bob Ross, chairman of the annual March of Dimes campaign in Washington County, reports a total of $1,129.80 raised during the drive. He issues a last call for all envelopes to be turned in at Ross Motors and thanks contributors and helpers.
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Bob Ross
Washington County
Ross
Ross Motors
Washington
Special election on rural school merger in New Haven and Washington
A public notice announces a special election on merging the New Haven rural school district with the Washington district. Details include voting dates and eligibility as published for residents in the affected areas.
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New Haven
Washington
Hughes Marcos confer Iowa trade mission in Manila
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes met Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in Manila as the five day Far East trade mission wound down. The talks covered agricultural mechanization farm roads and irrigation with Balatbat and Marcos while interest grew in joint ventures in meat feeds and cottage industry markets. The mission also held business appointments and attended receptions before heading to Taipei.
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Manila
UPI
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Iowa Far East
Hughes
Marcelo Balatbat
Philippines
Balatbat
Marcos
Malacanang Palace
Philippine
Chamber of Commerce
U.S
William McCormick Blair Ar. Hughes
D. Jose Rical
Luneta Park
Taipei
H. R. Gross
Brown
Washington
Gross
Hong Kong
Queen Elizabeth
Edward Engle Found Dead in Crawfordsville Suicide Case
Edward H. Engle of Crawfordsville, owner of Farmers Produce Store, died this morning from gunshot wounds ruled a suicide. Local funeral arrangements are being handled by Jones Funeral Home with details pending tomorrow.
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Edward H. Engle
Crawfordsville
Engle
Farmers Produce Store
Jones Funeral Home
Joint Chiefs urge expanded air war against North Vietnam
The Joint Chiefs of Staff push for broader bombing of North Vietnam with oil depots and refineries in Hanoi Haiphong as top targets. They say oil facilities are vital to lines into the South and that concentrated blows may deter Hanoi without prompting Russian involvement.
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Washington
UPI
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Viet Nam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
Joint Chiefs
Haiphong
Russia
Red China
Thai Nguyen
Indonesian plot and purge alleged by Subandrio
Singapore based sources say Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio plotted to purge rightist elements in the army and government. Documents captured by students in the foreign ministry allegedly show a Chinese backed pact and a purge plan. Subandrio and 14 leftist ministers were reportedly uncertainly fate.
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Singapore
UPI
Indonesia
Subandrio
Chou En-Lai
Sukarno
China
Turbaned Sikhs fight back in New Delhi religious rioting
In New Delhi thousands of Hindus protest a Punjabi speaking state, attacking the Sikh shrine and shops. Sikh volunteers counter attack with swords and spears as police struggle to quell the fourth day of rioting with teargas and baton charges.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
Punjab
Jan Sangh
Old
Delhi
Gurdwara
Sisgang
Des Moines Youth Shot. Soldier Charged With Murder
Des Moines Army Pvt. Lewis Levy, 19, home on leave, was charged with murder in the shooting of 20-year-old Ben Albert Ayala on the front porch of Ayala's apartment. Levy pleaded innocent, held without bond, before Municipal Judge Luther Glanton. A girlfriend, Karan Staver, 28, who witnessed part of the events, said Levy's car passed the building before the shot. Ayala died at his apartment before police arrived.
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DES Moines
UPI
Army Pvt
Lewis Levy
Luther Glanton
Levy
Ben Albert Ayala
Alyala
Karan Staver
Karan
Ayala
Dense fog grips eastern Iowa halting travel and classes
A dense fog bank covered most of eastern Iowa from the Minnesota to Missouri borders, grounding air travel in Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa, and the Quad Cities. By 9 a.m. Des Moines and Dubuque reported clearer skies, with expectant dissipation and sunshine statewide later today.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Minnesota
Missouri
Des Moines
Dubuque
U.S
U.S. Weather Bureau
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Quad Cities
Allied forces press into Viet Cong Zone D jungle fight
U S and Australian ground troops estimated at least 10 000 moved through thick jungle northwest of Saigon in the deepest Zone D sweep since 1954. The operation began March 8 and produced light Allied casualties with 15 Viet Cong killed and vast captures of weapons and supplies. An L119 plane was shot down but its pilot was saved. In Saigon two Vietnamese officials Ta Vinh and Dang Cao Sach were executed for economic crimes during a special court proceeding.
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Saigon
UPI
1St Infantry Division
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Royal Australian Regiment
Ta Vinh
Vinh
Dang Cao Sach
Dalat
Special Court
Sach
Keith Molesworth dies longtime Colts executive
Keith Molesworth 60 a former Bears quarterback and Orioles and Colts executive died of a heart attack at his Baltimore home. A Naval Academy prep coach and Monmouth College athlete he later served as Colts director of player personnel from 1954. Funeral was set for Baltimore with survivors including a half brother and an aunt.
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Baltimore Colts
Baltimore
Molesworth
Washington
Monmouth College
Chicago Bears
Philadelphia
Navy
Colts
Weeb Ewbank
Colt
Keith
Pete) Molesworth
Washington High School
Duane Molesworth
Mable Gray
Tom Gray
Iowa City
Wisie Long
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