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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1968

Page

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Gagarin Dies In Training Flight Crash In Moscow

Yuri Gagarin first man in space dies in a training flight crash. Kremlin announces hero funeral in Red Square and burial near Lenin's tomb. Soviet announcements and public mourning follow as Komarov and others are noted. Weather report closes the brief.

Moscow UPI Yuri Gagarin Russia Kremlin Peoples Kremlin Wall Muscovy Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union Presidium Supreme Soviet Council of Ministers of the Ussr Vladimir Sergein John F. Kennedy Dallas Sergein Lenin Communist Party Soviet Union Gagarin Vladimir Komarov

Gary Goodell Wins Fortnightly Music Scholarship at Drake

Gary Goodell a ninth grade student at Washington Junior High School won a Fortnightly Music Department scholarship to the Drake University summer music camp in Des Moines. The award was judged by Mrs. Dillon Lowell with two state-wide scholarships planned. Gary, a member of six musical groups and church choir, will attend the July 17 program led by Don Marcouiller and Robert Gutter directing orchestral activities, with Allan Lehl overseeing the camp choral program.

Gary Goodell Charles Goodell Washington Drake University Music Department Journal Helen Gilbert Washington Junior High School Charles L. Goodell East Washington Street Des Moines Dillon Lowell Iowa Federation of Music Clubs Gary Don Marcouiller Robert Gutter Allan Lehl Wayne Gamon Dwaine Tschantz

Iowa National Guard plans for civil disturbances

Adjutant General Junior F Miller outlined Iowa National Guard civil disturbance plans modeled on disaster response. Governor Hughes pledged decisive action to stop mob violence, with Guard and state agencies ready to aid local authorities. Area commands, mutual sheriff-city agreements, and rapid radio coordination enable state support when approved by the governor.

DES Moines IDPA Junior F. Miller Iowa National Guard Miller Harold E. Hughes Iowa Hughes Guard National Guard Area Command Iowa Guard State Safety State Emergency Operations Center Capitol Complex Military Police School Fort Gordon

Iowa airport growth mirrors state aviation expansion

Iowa has 73 hard surfaced airports up from 12 in fourteen years, with aircraft registrations rising from 1,009 to 2,225 and pilots licensed from 2,621 to 6,550. Municipal airports grew 95 percent to 113, aided by $1.1 million in projects across 61 ventures, funded by local, federal, and state sources.

Des Moines IDPA Frank W. Berlin Iowa Aeronautics Commission Iowa Aeronautics Commission Aeronatics Commission Berlin Commission

Gaulocher dies in Vietnam Sunday

Relatives in Iowa City learned that Second Lt. Francis L. Gaulocher died of wounds in Vietnam on Sunday while with the 25th Infantry. He had been there since February 2, 1967. Survived by wife Kathryn Kloopfer of Riverside and a ten week old daughter. He entered the Army in 1966 after a Panama tour.

Francis L. Gaulocher Iowa City Gaulocher 25Th Infantry Vietnam Kathryn Kloopfer Riverside Gaulacher 25Th Army Infantry Army Panama

Bombs Hit Supply Routes as Hue Threat Grows

U S and South Vietnamese forces report 131 North Vietnamese killed south of Hue while B52s strike supply routes into the area. The North Vietnamese build new Laos roads toward Hue and Phu Bai, with tanks suspected. Lam Son 201 launched in Thua Thien as 60 NVA deaths are reported in Hue fighting.

Saigon UPS U.S Hue Laos A Sahau Khe Sanh Phu Bai North Vietnam Hanoi Haiphong Lang Gia China Panhandle Lam Son Thua Thien

Local guard unit to train at Camp Ripley

DES MOINES IDPR reports Iowa National Guard units will conduct annual field training at Camp Ripley Minnesota. Gen Miller cites Vietnam effort priorities and urges employers to accommodate training. Washington National Guard unit 134th Med Co Ambulance will be at Camp Ripley from July 13 to 28.

DES Moines IDPR Junior F. Miller Iowa National Guard Miller National Guard Washington National Guard 134Th Med. Co SAF Camp Ripley Minnesota

Probate of Will and Executor Appointment for Alice C Lemmon

Public notices announce probate of the will and appointment of executor for the estate of Alice C Lemmon. Also listed is a hearing and invitation to bidders for sanitary sewer improvements on North 12th Avenue in Washington.

Alice C. Lemmon North 12Th Avenue Washington

Labor officials predict McCarthy victory in Wisconsin primary

Labor insiders privately forecast Sen Eugene J McCarthy would beat President Johnson by about two to one in Wisconsin next week noting many Republicans might cross over to vote in the Democratic primary They say Wisconsin labor groups offered Johnson little aid as Humphrey urged labor backing and RFK prepared for Indiana filing while McCarthy pressed Johnson’s policies and wartime controls.

Wisconsin Eugene J. McCarthy Johnson Hubert H. Humphrey Humphrey Building Construction Trades Department Afl-Cio Washington Republican Coalition of Retreat Robert F. Kennedy Indianapolis Indiana Robert C. Weaver Madison Ramsey Clark University of Wisconsin Law Clark Agriculture Orville Freeman Lawrence F. O’brien McCarthy Chicago

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