Civil service bill clears House panel but stalls in Senate
A proposed state civil service system faced split votes as the House committee unanimously sent the compromise measure to the calendar while the Senate committee deadlocked 7-4, lacking 10 votes to advance. Absentees and opposition to testing for current employees halted passage. leaders pledged another try.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Senate
House State Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
GOP
William Denman
D-Des Moines
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Riley
AFTRA Walkout Shuts Networks Amid First Strike
New York reports AFTRA members at NBC CBS and ABC walked out in a national strike their first in 30 years. The action disrupted news and on air talent across major cities with hundreds of reporters disc jockeys and announcers joining picket lines in rain and dawn.
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New York
UPI
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
AFTRA
National Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Chicago
Washington
Los Angeles
NBC
Frank Blair
Avenue of the Americas
Hugh Downs
Donald Conaway
Napalm Attacks End Tanker Torrey Canyon Blaze
Wreckage of the giant tanker Torrey Canyon exploded in flames as 56 RAF jet bombers swarmed over the seabed near Land's End England. The strike aimed to burn off oil spilling from the grounded vessel on Seven Stones Reef as crews battled the blaze amid high seas and a mass rescue and cleanup effort along the coast.
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Land’s End
England
UPI
Torrey Canyon
Royal Air Force
RAF
Seven Stones Reef
Coast Guard
St. Mary’s
Scilly Islands
Scillies
Royal Navy
Hunter
Britain
Here
Dallas family tragedy ends with five dead
A 13 year old boy phoned police begging for help as his mother shot his brother in northeast Dallas. Police found 30 year old Nell Lee and her 12 year old son dead, and Russell 14 and his sister Rachel wounded. Russell and Rachel were hospitalized in serious to critical condition. Maurice E. Lee Jr. was away at work. The Rev. Wilfred Bailey assisted the distraught husband at the scene.
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Dallas
UPI
Nell Lee
Russell
Rachel
Parkland Hospital
Lee
Maurice E. Lee Jr
Lone Star Gas Co
Carolyn Hicks
R. C. Francis
Wilfred Bailey
Bailey
U S platoons repulse Viet Cong attack north of Saigon
In the Central Highlands near An Lao Valley U S Army 1st Air Cavalry Division with about 88 men beat back a 150 strong Communist assault using small arms and grenades. An American staff sergeant grabbed a satchel charge and hurled it back killing the two guerrillas who threw it. The three hour fight ended with the Viet Cong retreating into the jungle dragging dead and wounded.
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Saigon
VPS
U.S
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S. Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
An Lao
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S. Marine Artillery
U.S. Marine Force
County Historical Site Group Buys Dublin Store
A Dublin Community Center non profit has completed plans to purchase the old Dublin store at Dublin and move to repair and preserve it as a county historical site. W C Bill Robertson known as mayor of Dublin was named president with Mrs James Bond as secretary and Mrs Clifford Leeper treasurer. Directors include local township trustees Clifford Leeper Max Waterhouse and Lee Sanders. Pledges cover the purchase and roof. gifts urged to Leeper. The building may be refurnished with era appropriate items and used for township and club meetings.
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Dublin
W. C
Bill) Robertson
Dublin Community Center
James Bond
Clifford Leeper
Max Waterhouse
Lee Sanders
Alrea
Robertson
Iowa Legislature approves reapportionment compromise
After weeks of party clashes the Iowa General Assembly approved a 10 member bipartisan commission to craft subdistrict plans for multi member counties and first passage of a constitutional amendment on legislative apportionment. The measure delays legislature size cuts to 1970 elections and requires court action if deadlines missed.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
General Assembly
Tions
House
Senate
Iowa Supreme Court
Weather summary for Iowa by United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight with southerly winds increasing to 20 to 25 mph east and 25 to 40 mph west. Thursday stays partly cloudy with strong southerly winds and a chance of scattered thunder showers. warmer in the east. Lows tonight in the 40s northeast to 50s southwest. Thursday highs around the 70s. Friday outlook cooler with scattered showers.
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United Press International
Iowa
South Vietnam proposes talks with North on truce terms
South Vietnam rejects Thant nonconditional truce demand and pushes for immediate peace conference. Hanoi has not formally replied and criticized Thant for not distinguishing aggressors from victims in Vietnam. Saigon insists on agreeing terms before any ceasefire and says a Vietnamese representative could start talks within a week if North agrees. Thant urged a renewed Geneva framework to revive 1954 principles.
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UPI
South Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
U.N
Thant
Hanoi
Tran van Do
North
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Republic of
Geneva
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