Washington County Hospital dedication set for May 12
Dedication ceremonies for the new Washington County Hospital are scheduled for Sunday May 12 at 1 30 p m followed by an open house from 2 to 5 p m for public tours. Kindergarten round-up will be held next week in Washington Community Schools with registrations at Lincoln Brighton or Stewart schools.
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Hundreds gather to start King march in Memphis
Hundreds of Negroes assemble at the Lorraine Hotel balcony where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was killed to begin his poor people march on Washington. After memorial services they plan to march through a Negro district and then by bus to Marks Mississippi amid tense school closures and arrests of SCLC organizers.
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Memphis
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Marks
Ralph David Abernathy
King
Weather update from Iowa Friday and weekend outlook
United Press International reports Iowa weather with Friday partly cloudy and cooler conditions. Lows tonight range from the 40s in the north to near 50 in the south, and Friday highs are expected mainly in the 70s. Saturday looks fair and pleasantly mild.
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United Press International
Iowa
Adopted from Vietnamese orphanage Chris Lindsay joins Washington family
Little Chris, six months old, was found in Da Nang and adopted by James and Virginia Lindsay of Washington. The Lindsays, including sisters Winifred and Martha and grandmother Lola Bower, plan to raise him with care after Virginia’s hospital work and James’s Vietnam service. The move ends an unwanted sense of neglect in a crowded Vietnamese orphanage.
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Martha Lindsay
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Battle of A Shau Valley Ends Vietnamese Supply Route Threat
About 10,000 allied troops win the A Shau Valley battle driving North Vietnamese from their sanctuary and severing major supply routes into South Vietnam. The two-week drive uncovers sophisticated Russian weapons and blocks key highways, with U.S. and South Vietnamese forces sustaining casualties but forcing large enemy withdrawals into Laos.
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Vietnam
I Corps
UPI
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Gibson
Rocky urges draft change and votes for 18-year-olds
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller urged a lottery based military draft and the voting rights for 18 year olds during a Des Moines Iowa campaign swing. He said the current draft favors the rich and outlined a plan giving youths a chance at lottery draft on their 19th birthday or deferment to finish education. He spoke at the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City after arriving in Des Moines to cheering Republican support.
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UPI
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Iowa City
Iowa
Rocky
Hanoi Silent as Talks Drag On on Ship Offer Hit
UPI reports the United States waits for Hanoi’s reply to Indonesia’s proposal to provide a warship for preliminary Vietnam talks. No Hanoi rejection is logged, while speculation swirls about site locations Warsaw Phnom Penh or Jakarta as diplomats meet behind embassy gates in Vientiane.
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Hurwich
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Stanley cites waste in defense spending
State Sen. David Stanley of Muscatine criticized Defense Department waste during remarks to the Marshalltown Optimist Club. He cited a Senate subcommittee finding of more than 130 million dollars in overcharges on Defense purchases and alleged nearly a billion dollars wasted on the defective Navy TFX aircraft.
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Iowa
UPI
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R-Muscatine
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Truro Girl Crowned Veishea Queen at ISU
Linda Phillips of Truro was crowned Veishea Queen at Iowa State University. A sophomore in home economics, she will reign over Veishea activities for the year, as announced in Ames, Iowa.
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Ames, Iowa
UPI
Linda Phillips
Marvin Phillips
Truro
Iowa State University
Iowa guard unit eyed for Vietnam duty in South Asia
Iowa Adjutant General Junior Miller said he could not confirm a World-Herald report that the 185th Tactical Fighter Group based in Sioux City will depart for combat duty in Southeast Asia. Maj. LeRoy Wagner declined to comment while Col. Don Forney was in Washington.
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Junior Miller
Iowa Air National Guard
South Vietnam
Miller
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Omaha World-Herald
185Th Tactical Fighter Group
Sioux City
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Howard Silber
World Herald
Asia
LeRoy Wagner
185Th
Wagner
Don Forney
Washington
Southeast Asia
Johnson
North Korea
Arabs oppose Israeli parade in Jerusalem amid protests
Tens of thousands of Arabs demonstrated against Israel's parade through East Jerusalem marking 20 years since statehood. Protests occurred in Beirut Damascus Jordan and Saudi media while U.N. Thant protested the march. Israeli troops with sharpshooters guarded the route amid strong Arab opposition.
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Israel
East Jerusalem
Beirut
Damascus
Syrian Federation of Women
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
U.N. Security Council
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.N
Thant
Schwengel to Run Again for Iowa First District
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa announces he will seek re election from the 1st District. In a statement the 59 year old Republican urges continuing work on Vietnam urban unrest law and order fiscal policy education and agriculture to meet national challenges.
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Washington
UPI
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Schwengel
Congress
Vietnam
Remodeling bid invitation and probate notice
Public notice lists an invitation for bids on remodeling at a high school and probate of the will with appointment of the executor for the estate of Lester Wagner. Also notes a special session of the city council.
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