Drowning scare clears way for fountain work and patrol updates
Emergency crews checked a reported drowning only to find a child asleep at home. Memorial Day target for fountain operations in Central Park, with parts on order and clean up underway. Fire incidents near Washington prompted risk warnings for mushroom foragers as dry conditions persist.
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Water Works
Marvin Glandon
Glandon
Washington
Pat Burroughs
Scofield
Iowa governor, regents riot veto dispute heats up
Des Moines UPI reports Attorney General Richard Turner says Gov. Ray lacks power to veto the anti riot provision tied to the regents appropriations bill. Senate Appropriations chair Francis Messerly cites reader concern for action to curb campus disturbances and protect education and public property.
Stage crew faces big build for Barefoot in the Park
Y's Men's play faces many construction hurdles for Barefoot in the Park at the high school stage. The crew recalls past feats such as a jeep on stage in 120 seconds and a lightweight Chinese teahouse assembly. Stage design by Mike Kramme features a split level thrust with no curtain and hands-on scene changes witnessed by the audience.
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Bob Huber
Bob Anderson
Huber
Anderson
Mike Kramme
University of Northern Iowa
Intercepted Memo From Local Police Teletype Note
Intercepted message from local police refers to a teletype likely indicating the type of a case. The memo notes hope that the teletype will reveal the classification or nature of the incident for further action.
Meet at Capitol today as pupils lobby on aid to nonpublic schools
About 2,000 dressed in uniforms gathered at the Iowa Statehouse to press for bills aiding private and parochial education. Des Moines Dowling High School student Bob Percival led questions about separation of church and state and funding fairness, noting disparities in services, textbooks, therapy, and bus licensing for nonpublic students.
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UPI
Iowa
Statehouse
Robert D. Ray
Capitol Steps
Bob Percival
Des Moines Dowling High School
Percival
America
Bombing Ramps Up Across Saigon Front and DMZ
Eight B52 flights on northern Saigon camps unload heavy tonnage amid extended raids near Katum on the Cambodian border. U S air and artillery strikes hit Viet Cong targets in the DMZ as 122 enemies and 9 Americans die across frontline clashes.
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Saigon
U.S
Green Beret
Katum
North Vietnam
Teletype Installed in City Hall for Police Use
Local police receive a teletype linked to the NCIC enabling rapid access to nationwide criminal data. Officers can check if a suspect is wanted while under surveillance, improving apprehension speed. Washington state joins early adopters in this region.
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NCIC
Washington
Viet Cong negotiator Nguyen Thi Binh returns to Paris
UPI reports Nguyen Thi Binh the deputy Viet Cong negotiator flew from Paris to a jungle meeting in South Vietnam then returned via Moscow. Allies say her trip may ease NLF stance at Paris talks and hint at a possible step back from demand for total U.S. troop withdrawal.
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UPI
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Vietnam
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Runaway engine stopped by bold Chicago crew
A runaway locomotive speeding toward Chicago’s Dearborn Street Station was halted by Norfolk and Western yard supervisor Robert Stedman engineer William Anderson and conductor Richard McRae. They boarded a second engine, closed the gap with a four foot leap, and stopped the oncoming train two blocks from the station.
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Hile
Dearborn Street
Robert Stedman
Norfolk and Western
William Anderson
Richard McRae
Stedman
47Th Street Yards
Anderson
Stehman
McRae
Eight killed in head on crash near Elliott Illinois
Eight people died in a two car crash two miles east of Elliott Illinois on Sunday night. State Police reported no survivors or witnesses. Eastbound vehicle was driven by 17 year old Michael W Shiltz of Elliott and westbound by 20 year old Reynaldo Almeida of Bloomington Illinois.
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Elliott, Ill
UPI
Illinois
Elliott Road
Robert Putnam
Michael W. Shiltz
Elliott
Reynaldo Almeida
Bloomington
Ill
Iowa Weather Outlook With Showers Possible
United Press International reports variable clouds across Iowa tonight and Tuesday with showers or thundershowers possible. Temperatures show little change with lows 55 to 60 and highs in the 70s. Wednesday outlook calls for more showers and mild conditions.
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United Press International
Iowa
Ray denies Iowa vote fraud amid election bill debate
Governor Robert D. Ray said he is not aware of widespread election fraud in Iowa in recent years. He acknowledged hearing of some voting booth irregularities during his four years as state Republican chairman and his gubernatorial campaign. Republicans pushed a Senate bill to rewrite election laws, while Democrats argued it would hinder voting for many in the state. Senate Republican David Stanley claimed some straight Democratic tickets were cast as fraud but did not specify locations or bring charges.
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UPI
Richard Turner
Robert D. Ray
State Board of Regents
Turner
Iowa
Ray
Senate
Francis Messerly
Cedar Falls
Messerly
Senate Appropriations Committee
State University
A. L. Sahs
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Sahs
Iowa State University
Democrats
Stanley
U.S. Senate
Harold E. Hughes
France Loses $212 Million in April Gold Reserves
France's gold and foreign currency reserves dropped by 212.1 million dollars in April, leaving total reserves at 3.7 billion. The decline follows De Gaulle's defeat and resignation and comes amid market panics and ongoing political feuding within leftist parties and calls for unity.
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Paris
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
Finance Ministry
U.S
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Elysee Palace
Apollo 10 Clears Key Countdown Test Before May Launch
Apollo 10 completed a full countdown dress rehearsal at Cape Kennedy with Saturn V fueled for a mock launch at 10 08 a m EDT. The test ran three hours eight minutes late due to two minor problems as NASA readies the crewed mission starring Stafford Young and Cernan for a lunar orbit flight ahead of Apollo 11.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
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