Corn planting in Washington County nears peak
The county expects 110000 to 115000 acres of corn to be planted over the next three weeks and about 45000 acres of soybeans. In local school news Washington High elects a Student Council president with David Gregory and Tom Logan as candidates and full slates for officers. Russell Bannister named president of the Iowa Council for Geographic Education amid a meeting in Iowa City. Washington Library displays top Inland Daily Press Association photos from the year. A Cedar Rapids 13 year old boy died after his bicycle was struck from behind by a car driven by James Nemecek in Cedar Rapids.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
David Gregory
Tom Logan
Washington High School
Don Lawless
Gergory
Randy Sojka
Roberta Miller
Linday Wertz
Joette Swartzendruber
Logan
Tom Witthoff
Karen Westermark
Cindy McCall
Bob English
Russell Bannister
Iowa Council For Geographic Education
Bannister
Iowa City
United States
Washington Public Library
Inland Daily Press Association
The
Evening Journal
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
UPI
Cedar Rapids
Charles Scheel
Oran Scheel
James Marvin Nemecek
Rockefeller Upsets Volpe In Massachusetts GOP Primary
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York, boosted by write-in votes after announcing his candidacy hours earlier, won Massachusetts presidential preference primary over Gov. John A. Volpe. Nixon placed third. Rockefeller claimed Massachusetts 34 delegate votes. McCarthy won the Democratic race over Kennedy with Humphrey third. Partial returns showed Rockefeller carrying Cambridge and Worcester, trailing Volpe in Boston.
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Boston
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Volpe
Nixon
Cambridge
Worcester
Springfield
Brockton
Lawrence
Fall River
Lowell
Merrimack Valley
Marine veteran struck and killed by taxi near Jacksonville
George D. Archer 21 of Sioux City Iowa was struck while walking on U S 17 south of Jacksonville at 2 20 a m after being discharged from the Marine Corps hours earlier at Camp Lejeune Lassie Lee Gaskins 52 of Jacksonville drove the taxi Archer had been discharged Tuesday from the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune and died at the scene
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Jacksonville
N.C
UPI
Marine Corps
Here
Highway Patrol
George D. Archer
Sioux City
Iowa
U.S. 17
Lassie Lee Gaskins
Archer
Camp Lejeune
Talks on board Indonesian warship for US Vietnam talks
The United States accepted Indonesia's proposal to hold preliminary talks between the United States and North Vietnam aboard an Indonesian warship in neutral waters. White House officials indicated the idea is acceptable and would be relayed to Jakarta. Indonesia suggested an ambassadorial session aboard a cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin off Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Indonesia
Hanoi
George Christian
United States
Christian
Laos
Adam Malik
Jakarta
U.S
Malik
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Thieu vows South Vietnam will not surrender territory
In Da Nang Thieu told 5,000 workers students and children his forces would continue fighting even if allies leave. He asserted South Vietnam will not surrender any territory in talks with the Communists and criticized Kennedy and McCarthy for not visiting the country. He urged continued U.S. support and rejected withdrawal calls.
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Thieu
da Nang
Kennedy
McCarthy
Saigon
Tao Dan
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
South Vietnam
Wilh Mal
Columbia U Closed As Strike, Police Clash Sparks Protests
Heavy damage and a police raid ended a week-long sit in at Columbia University with 720 arrests and more than 80 percent of those charged being students or faculty. A day of reflection closed classrooms while Stony Brook students joined solidarity actions.
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New York
UPI
Columbia University
Stony Brook
State University of New York
Long Island
University Library
Columbia
Mark Stangler
Legisla
Boy, 312, killed by lawn mower accident in Iowa
Duane Robertson, 3 years old, died Monday while being moved by ambulance to University Hospitals in Iowa City after being struck by a power lawn mower operated by his mother at their Blairstown home. He had been taken to Marengo hospital before transfer.
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Blairstown
Iowa
UPI
Duane Robertson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Dale Robertson
Marengo Hospital
Iowa Secretary calls for fix to election withdrawal flaw
Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst urged the next legislature to correct a flaw in Iowa election law that allows candidates to withdraw from the general election five days after canvass results, risking ballot printing costs and confusion for counties and servicemen ballots.
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Des Moines
UPI
Melvin Synhorst
Iowa
Synhorst
U.S
Senate
Congress
General Assembly
61St General Assembly
Weather Iowa Partly Cloudy Cool Thursday Warm Afternoon
Partly cloudy in Iowa tonight and Thursday with a cooler trend in the central and western areas. Overnight lows range from 45 to 50 degrees northeast to the 50s southwest, while Thursday highs reach the 70s in the northwest to the 80s in the southeast.
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United Press International
Iowa
Paratroopers halt Hue attack in two day battle near DMZ
UPI reports US 101st Airborne and South Vietnamese forces decimated a North Vietnamese battalion near Hue in a two day clash. Paratroopers killed 117 attackers, captured 95 prisoners, and held back a May Day assault as heavy fighting raged around Phuoc Yen. Dozens of enemy and several allied casualties were tallied in the broader Dong Ha and A Shau Valley actions.
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Saigoon
UPI
U.S
Hue
Raymond M. Wilkinson
01St Airborne Division
Phuoc Yen
Wilkinson
101St Airborne
South
Vietnam
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Dong Ha
A Shau
Carnahan Dies After Heart Attack in Ottumwa
Rep. Cleve L. Carnahan, 72, Democrat from Ottumwa, died Monday in Ottumwa Hospital hours after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. He had shown no prior illness and was with his wife Lucille when the attack occurred.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
UPI
Cleve L. Carnahan
Carnahan
Lucille
May Day World Observance Across Nations Sparks Tension
Soviet Defense Minister Grechko blasted U S imperialism over Vietnam in Moscow as May Day scenes unfolded with police in Madrid Berlin and Warsaw braced for protests. West Germany warned against East German travel restrictions while Red Square displayed military parades and China denounced the United States.
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Andrei Grechko
United States
Vietnam
Moscow
Rome
West Berlin
Madrid
Warsaw
Berlin
Willy Brandt
East Germany
Bonn
U.S
Red
China
Soviet Union
Mao Tsetung
Red Square
Probate of will and executor appointment for George F Masson
Public notices announce the probate of a will and the appointment of an executor for the estate of George F Masson. Also listed is a notice of a special school election for the Highland district.
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George F. Masson
Highland District
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Dennis Berger
Wellman
Berger
Washington County Extension Council
Rocky
North
Mat Hall Manla
North Vietnam
Columbia U
Boy
Rep
Ottumwa Hospital
Grechko
Japan
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
America
Prague
Czech
Texas
Pecos
Y World Service
Ymca World Service
Jim Herdlicka
Teen Center Board
Gary Ballard
Vernon Elgin
Ymca World Service Committee
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