Navy Hovercraft in Viet Nam Tests Secret Weapon
UPI reports the U S Navy is testing three Patrol Air Cushion Vehicles at Vung Tau to disrupt Viet Cong seaborne supply. The craft skim land and water, reach speeds up to 68 knots, and fire a .50 caliber machinegun in Viet Nam for the first time.
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U. S. Navy
Viet Nam
UPI
Martin Stuart-Fox
Steve Northup
United Press International
Vung Tau
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Saigon
Buffalo
N. Y
Coronado
Calif
Britain
Westland Aircraft Corp
Bell Aero Systems
Navy
Mekong River
South
William C. Westmoreland
Roy Adair
el Paso
Texas
Adair
States
Jimmy Akin
Wasco
Akin
Everet Surdez
San Diego
Surdez
C. E. Gilbert
el Cajon
Gilbert
Kip Kumler
Houston
Tex
Bell
General Electric
Moral issues rise with science and morality
A Washington Evening Journal editorial reflects on the expanding moral questions raised by science. It cites the artificial heart debate and the charting of DNA as examples of who bears responsibility for life extending and heredity altering actions, warning that science imposes greater ethical duties on scientists and society.
Ames Students Lead Big Eight Academic Bowl Wins
Iowa State University captured a third straight Big Eight academic bowl title among sister institutions, a notable win amid sports successes. A separate note shares Mrs. R L Hughes’s vinegar pie recipe attributed to Anna Thieme of Vernon Center New York, and a comment on TV summer program releases and daylight saving timing.
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ISU
R. L. Hughes
Wyman
Anna Thieme
Vernon Center
N.Y
Guessing in four spades a bridge problem by Becker
South in four spades after West leads hearts. East cashes two hearts and a heart continuation. West overruffs the king, then clubs. Declarer must locate the queen of diamonds and can finesse. The advised line: ruff hearts with the ace, then lead a club to ace, ruff the jack, then a trump, guiding the defender’s king. South could have avoided the guess by an alternate early ruff.
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Declarer
South
West
East
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Showdown Looms Over Insurance Deductible Rule
Dispute pits county mutual insurance associations against independent agents over a mandatory fifty dollar windstorm and hail deductible for town dwellings in Iowa. Lawmakers and regulators face lawsuits or rulings as questions of jurisdiction and fair treatment fuel a political battle backed by advocates on both sides.
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DES Moines
IDPA
William Timmons
Iowa
State Insurance Department
Link
Insurance Department
Timmons
el Herron
Grinnell Mutual Re-Insurance Company
Herron
County Mutuals
Grinnell] Mutual Re-Insurance
Dear Abby column tips on dates and family dinners
Dear Abby answers readers about dating when a partner never phones before visits, handling dinner with in laws who phone during meals, and skepticism about social workers. She advises establishing boundaries, choosing independence, and learning from others’ experiences while offering a method to contact her for responses.
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Abby
Howie
Mamma
Mrs Henss Visits Sons in Coralville and Branson
Mrs Florence Henss left Crawfordsville on Saturday to spend time with her son Bill and family in Coralville. She will travel to Branson Missouri on Monday to visit son Duayne and family and stay until after granddaughter Lynda's wedding on June 11. Sunday dinner guests celebrated Mother’s Day and Mrs Keller’s birthday at the Charles Wells home.
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Crawfordsville
Florence Henss
Bill
Coralville
Branson
Duayne
Lynda
Jerry Keller
Shari
Wayne Hartzell
Robert Wells
Don Williams
Charles Wells
Deeds recorded for Wellman area transfers
Samuel C Rodgers and wife transfer east 50 ft lot 2 West Wellman and Wellman to Richard Evans. Walter C Chadwick and wife transfer lot 8 block 2 Miller's and South Washington Wellman to Wade Ford Motors Inc commencing 88 ft south of NE corner lot 26 block 6 OP Wellman. C S Wheeling and wife transfer starting SE corner of east half SW of section 14-75-9 to A A Groff and wife.
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Samuel C. Rodgers
Richard Evans
West Wellman and
Wellman
Walter C. Chadwick
Bina L. Davis
Hamilton
Miller’s
Washington
Wade
Ford Motors Inc
OP Wellman
C. S. Wheeling
A. A. Groff
Washington Evening Journal Mail Subscriptions Rates Note
Washington Evening Journal details subscription rates and staff titles in Washington Iowa. The notice lists editors managers and department heads and states association affiliations and publication schedule exceptions.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Mike Vincent
San Francisco
Evening Journal
Tennessee
Scopes
Charles Darwin
Earth
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Norfolk
Neb
Washington, Iowa
By B. Jay Becker
South Dealer
Three of Hearts
Harrison Weber
Ily
Robert Link
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Bos
Los Angeles
Cal
Mrs. Henss
Son
Mrs. Vivian Wells
Tome
Joe Palooka
Kathy
Ham Fisher
Dixie Dugan
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
Steve
Steve Palooka
Mef
Rews
Anthony Quinn
Qheln
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