Sky diver Nick Piantanida fights for life in crash
Sky diver Nick Piantanida suffered brain damage after a 10 mile fall from a high altitude gondola. He remained unconscious in critical condition as ground crews released the balloon and he plunged toward Earth. The NOS broke and oxygen failed at about 60,000 feet, with Russian record holder Eugene Andreev’s mark cited.
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Piantanida
Bricktown
N.J
Eugene Andreev
Sioux Falls
S.D
Nick
Marvin McCall
May Day protests target Vietnam War around world
Mass rallies across Europe and Asia marked May Day with antiwar demands against the United States and its Vietnam War policy. In Moscow, Malinovsky blamed U.S. actions as brutal while crowds in Red Square watched a military parade. In Peking, millions backed Chinese labor advances and denounced U.S. imperialism and Soviet revisionism. Embassies in Stockholm Warsaw Saigon faced anti-American demonstrations led by Communist groups, with canny barriers and warnings from Vietnamese troops guarding the U.S. embassy in Saigon.
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United States
Viet Nam
Moscow
Zurich
Peking
First
International Socialists Congress
Southeast Asia
U.S
Stockholm
Warsaw
Saigon
Radio Peking
Catholics denounce Lodge in Saigon protest rally
About 5,000 South Vietnamese Roman Catholic refugees denounced U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge as allied with anti government Buddhist leaders and urged his removal. They praised American aid but accused Lodge of meddling amid Buddhist agitation. A day earlier about 8,000 May Day demonstrators protested the U S Embassy with anti American banners and threats to shut the central market unless living costs fell and wages doubled.
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Saigon
Vpi
Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
G.I
Lodge
Monmouth College President to Speak in Washington Iowa
Dr. Duncan Wimpress president of Monmouth College will address eastern Iowa alumni in Washington Iowa on Thursday May 12 at The Captain's Table Inn. He will review campus growth curriculum development and campus additions including Gibson Hall the $800000 men's dormitory and plans for a new women’s residence hall and a fraternity complex by September 1966.
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Monmouth, Ill
Duncan Wimpress
Monmouth College
Eastern Iowa
Washington
Iowa
Monmouth
Captain
Wimpress
Gibson
Fred M. Blick
S. Avenue B
David Fleming
David Hanaman
Iowan dies as farm home destroyed in blaze
Elvin LaSalle, 27, a bachelor who lived alone on a rural Macedonia farm, perished early Saturday as a fire consumed his house before firefighters arrived. Medical authorities ruled death by suffocation and smoke inhalation.
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Macedonia
Iowa
UPI
Elvin LaSalle
US troops may leave Dominican Republic soon
Washington officials say about 6000 American troops on peacekeeping duty in the Dominican Republic may be withdrawn in the not too distant future. Lincoln Gordon testified that June 1 elections are likely to be peaceful and the force could return home after.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Lincoln Gordon
Congress
Dominican Republic
Gordon
Confessions from captured pilots press release
A North Vietnamese release prints what it calls confessions from U S pilots shot down near the 17th parallel. The Iowan is Air Force Captain Charles Graham Boyd of Rockwell City. He says he bailed out from a F105 Thunderchief from Koart Air Base in Thailand and faced a crowd before surrendering. The text notes no verification of how the statements were obtained and references Hanoi's claim of a 1,000th U S plane downing.
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Tokyo
UPI
Koart Air Base
Thailand
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Shuman blames Johnson policies for higher living costs
Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation accused President Johnson of raising living costs by fueling wartime and welfare spending. He criticized executive price controls aimed at farm prices and said the administration is anti-farmer while U.S. troops fight in Viet Nam. Shuman spoke before the Kaskaskia Industrial Development Corp in Belleville Illinois.
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Belleville, Ill
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
Johnson
Charles B. Shuman
Shuman
Viet Nam
Kaskaskia Industrial Development
Notice of liquid transport permit in eastern Iowa
Public notice states an application for authorization to transport liquids in eastern Iowa. Details on the filing authority and submission deadlines appear on page 6.
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Iowa
Birthplace of Party Republicans plan July 1 event at Crawfordsville
The Republican Women District Council plans a July 1 Fourth of July celebration in Crawfordsville, expecting 2000 attendees. Highlights include an independence observance, parade, national speakers, a picnic, displays on Underground Railroad history, and invitations to historical groups and candidates. Local chairs and committees are listed. historians seek material from Crawfordsville’s early years.
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Crawfordsville
District Council of Republican Women
Ann Weston
Lockridge
Elsie Jones
Washington
Charles Strothman
New London
William Bernan
Kenneth Rhea
Fred Stone
Robert Miller
American Legion
Harry Suter
Merle Twinam
Frank Gault
Willa Weldin
Henrietta Graber
Fairfield
Council of Republican Women
Iowa
Washington D. C
Charles Wittenmeyer
Mary Louise Smith
Maizie Stokes
Davenport
Doris Schmarijie
Muscatine
Mildred Barnes
Letts
Enid Davis
Keokuk
Kathryn Meardon
West Branch
Helen Virden
Mt. Pleasant
Dorothy Goettsche
Violence on Galveston beaches ends with arrests
Unruly students attacked two police cars with beer cans as hundreds flooded Galveston beaches in a weekend riot that drew police tear gas, dozens of injuries, and up to 20 000 celebrants. Two brothers were pellet gun wounded. coeds had bathing suits torn.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Kansas
Texas Liquor Control Officers
Sheriff's Deputies
Texas Rangers
William J. Burns
Observers to Oversee Alabama Primary Elections
The Justice Department dispatches federal observers to six Alabama counties Hale Perry Wilcox Greene Marengo and Dallas to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act in Tuesdays primary. A 350-observer Atlanta pool backs the effort with civil service staff versed in state election law. It targets rural, hard core areas with past noncompliance signaling. Voter rolls show 235,000 African American registrants and White registration rising to 1,175,122 from 1,064,645.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Alabama
Hale
Perry
Wilcox
Greene
Marengo
Dallas
Atlanta
Civil Service Commission
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Castro Urges Beer Reform and Books Over Brothels
Fidel Castro told a May Day crowd in Havana that Cuba has closed brothels formerly catering to Yankee tourists and urged beer drinkers to cut consumption and read more. He announced plans for a beer to cost more than books as technicians boost productivity while denouncing U S actions in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. The address followed a long May Day parade led by Castro and 99 Central Committee members.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Revolutionary Square
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Cuban Communist Party
Central Committee
Linda Jaspering Wins DECA Display Contest Trophy
Linda Jaspering daughter of the Melvin Jasperings won first place in the Display Contest at the National DECA Leadership conference awards dinner and ball at the Hilton Chicago on Saturday April 30. About 2000 students and advisers from 47 states the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico attended. Albert Brock Iowa delegate and Jim Houstman local coordinator also appeared with their groups.
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Linda Jaspering
Melvin Jasperings
Hilton Hotel
Chicago
States
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Albert Brock
Iowa
Jim Houstman
Weather outlook for Iowa shows warming trend
United Press International reports clear to partly cloudy skies across Iowa with warmer conditions this afternoon. Tonight remains fair followed by Tuesday with slight temperature rise. lows in the 30s and highs in the 50s to 60s, varying by region. Wednesday shows little change.
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United Press International
Iowa
Max Lewis Candidate for Area X Vocational Board
Thirty three nominees filed for the Area X initial board representing Benton Cedar Iowa Johnson Jones Linn and Washington counties. The May 10 1966 election will select one director per nine districts with Max E Lewis of Wellman the sole candidate in Washington County. std context describes absentee ballot rules organizational meeting May 18 1966 and the creation of up to 20 vocational areas in Iowa.
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Area X
Benton
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Cedar County
Jones County
Johnson County
Iowa County
Benton County
Washington County
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Community
Cedar River
Max E. Lewis
Wellman
Lewis
Community and Veterans Organizations
New Area Board
Department of Public Instruction
Area X Steering Committee
County Boards of Education
New
Area X Board
61St General Assembly
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