Saigon bomb triggers urban gun battle amid rush hour
In Saigon, a Viet Cong pellet-firing mine exploded near the Suzie Wong tailor shop sparking a 40 minute crossfire between Vietnamese and U.S. guards during the morning rush. Five Vietnamese, including three women and a child, were killed and 29 others wounded, eight Americans among them. Civilians were entangled as guards fired from three directions, a mass of injured civilians treated by U.S. medics. Diplomats offered sympathy and aid, condemning Viet Cong terrorism in the heart of the city.
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Saigon
Upi
Suzie Wong
Ambassador
Brinks
U.S
Dirksen Breaks Hip At Walter Reed Hospital
Senator Everett M. Dirksen 70 suffered a right hip fracture after slipping from bed at Walter Reed Army Hospital during a routine checkup. An operation was planned with a two to three week hospital stay and several weeks on crutches. He remained active Monday, hosting events and recording, before entering the hospital.
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Illinois
Walter Reed Hospital
Dirksen
Consumers’ Finance
Capitol Hill Club
Walter Reed
New Tear Gas Tactic Used In Viet Cong Fight
UPI reports a new war tactic in Vietnam where large air drops of tear gas deployed by U S planes drive enemy troops from tunnels and bunkers. After the gas, troops with gas masks advance, and fighter aircraft provide support as thousands of tear gas crystals are released over War Zone D near Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Birmingham
National Liberation Front
Cannisters
Iowa Weather Outlook With Showers and Warm Temps
United Press International reports variable cloudiness in Iowa with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Warmer conditions, lows in the 40s tonight and highs in the 60s Wednesday, with Thursday turning cooler as showers end.
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United Press International
Iowa
Public Probate Notice for Lorena L Boice
Probate of will and appointment of executor announced for the estate of Lorena L Boice. The notice lists the official actions and calls for interested parties to respond by the designated deadline in the public notice.
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Lorena L. Boice
Judge upholds Iowa driver in blood sample case
Louisa County District Court Judge George O. Van Allen upheld Mount Pleas ant man Jerry Alter who claimed his rights were violated when a blood sample was drawn while he was unconscious after a February car crash near Wapello. The ruling found that an unconscious person cannot be arrested or be compelled to submit to a body sample, challenging Iowa implied consent rules. An appeal decision awaits a similar U.S. Supreme Court case, with no policy change expected from the State Public Safety Commission.
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Waplello
Iowa
UPI
Louisa County District Court
George O. van Allen
Mount Pleasant
van Allen
Jerry Alter
Alter
Wapello
Burlington
Iowa Highway Patrol
Atty
Lawrence Scalise
U.S. Supreme Court
Gene Needles
Methodists name 3 new superintendents
DES MOINES UPI The South Iowa Conference of the Methodist Church announced three district superintendent appointments. Rev Dr Alvin T Maberry of Mount Pleasant will lead Council Bluffs District, Rev Dr Everett H Staats of Council Bluffs will head Des Moines District, and Rev George A Sheils of Centerville will supervise Burlington District. All take effect June 24 after the June 19 23 South Iowa Annual Conference at Indianola. Maberry, 53, has led Mount Pleasant First Methodist since 1961, succeeding Rev Dr J Henry Teele of Council Bluffs who ends a six year term.
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South Iowa
Indianola
Maberry
Mount Pleasant
J. Henry Teele
Council Bluffs
Grundy Center girl wins national American Legion scholarship
Grundy Center Iowa 17 year old Elizabeth Laufer won one of two 1000 dollar national American Legion essay contest scholarships. Laufer plans to attend Coe College Cedar Rapids and has also earned a 500 dollar Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs scholarship and a National Merit Program commendation letter.
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Grundy Center
Iowa
UPI
National American Legion
Elizabeth Laufer
Laufer
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
State of Iowa
Amish Children to Attend Oelwein Schools to May 27
Gov. Harold Hughes reached a compromise with Amish leaders allowing Old Order Amish children to attend classes in the Oelwein Community School System until May 27. The agreement ends a feud over state accreditation as Amish schools join the district and honor the attendance requirement.
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Des Moines
UPS
Harold E. Hughes
Oelwein
Hughes
Gemini 9 rehearsal climbs into space capsule
Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan don spacesuits and enter Gemini 9 for a countdown rehearsal on Pad 19. The mock liftoff targets 12:39 p.m. EDT with a 99 minute link after the Atlas Agena blastoff as technicians feed cryogenic oxygen into the booster.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas — Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Stafford
Cernan
Agena
Atlas
Gemini
Miller cites heavy costs of inflation in Iowa
UPI reports Senator Jack Miller of Iowa told a gathering of Iowa insurance agents inflation acts like a five cent sales tax on Iowans. He warned federal government competition with private business threatens the U S economy and pointed to the expanding federal crop insurance program growing from 9 869 counties in 1960 to 12 015 in 1965. Rep Stanley Greigg said farm income would rise by 1 billion in 1966 and urged reevaluation of programs to curb government encroachment.
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Sioux City
Iowa
UPI
Jack Miller
Stanley Greigg
D Iown
Greigg
Congress
Iowa Tax Collections Rise in First 10 Months
Iowa tax receipts for July 1, 1965 to April 30, 1966 totaled 169,681,442, up from 136,896,156 for the same period a year earlier. Sales tax led gains, deposits and income withholdings rose, cigarette and use taxes climbed, with small gains in inheritance and beer taxes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Tax Commission
Steve Corsley tale echoes Huck Finn in Chicago
Steve Corsley gave a fanciful tale claiming to be Jimmy Hoskins, a 10 year old boy abandoned by a mother turned cold by a cruel landlord. After being found begging at an amusement park he was returned to roofer Eugene Crosley and his wife, who said he is their son. Juvenile officer Thomas Tarpey kept him over the weekend and plans to adopt a boy about Steve's age.
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Chicago
UPI
Steve Corsley
Huck Finn
Jimmy Hoskins
Arizona
Forest Preserve
River Grove
Eugene Crosley
Steve
Thomas Tarpey
Tarpey
YMCA elects directors as remodeling nears completion in August
The Washington YMCA annual meeting heard progress on the Y building remodel is on schedule with occupancy planned in August. Richard McCleery presided, Richard Weeks reported the treasury and building funds, Robert Reed gave updates on contractor progress, and a unanimous amendment to the articles of incorporation to allow mortgaging for remaining payments was approved. New board members are Lee Holland and Bob Huber.
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Washington Ymca
YMCA
Richard McCleery
Richard Weeks
Robert Reed
Bill Boshart
Don Minick
Lee Holland
Bob Huber
Reed
Robert Gillesby
Republicans seek more city power in urban problem report
A GOP sponsored committee on urban and local problems urged legislative action to give cities more authority to address local issues. It examined revenue planning governance urban renewal and labor management and proposed allowing local income or sales taxes retain a portion of vehicle fees and fund planning commissions with state grants. The panel, chaired by Dale H. Peel of Iowa City, plans to release further recommendations soon.
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Des Moines
UPI
Ing
Dale H. Peel
Iowa City
William C. Ball
Waterloo
Kenneth R. Brown
Ray Clough
Mason City
Ben J. Gibson, Jr
Howard W. Johnston
Mount Pleasant
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