YMCA officials shift and political notes in brief
Artemas Brown leaves Hastings for Spokane to become assistant general secretary of the YMCA. Edie to accompany him on a mid June departure followed by vacation. Robert Nicola of Washington named Washington County chairman for Robert D. Ray’s gubernatorial campaign. Fifty Iowa officials from 17 communities attend a Washington YMCA training on budgeting led by ISU extension specialists. Robert Bates makes a hole in one at a local golf outing. Lanesboro residents raise funds for 15 year old Leanna Grill’s kidney transplant with her father donating a kidney. U S District Judge Hansen suspends two to three year sentences for seven men tied to a conspiracy and fraud case over chiropractic exam questions. Mamie Eisenhower travels en route to Walter Reed Hospital for her husband’s heart attack recovery noting progress as satisfactory.
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Spokane
Wash
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Edie
Hastings
Nebro
Iowa
Washington Ymca
Jim Frier
Iowa State
Univerity
Jack Whitmer, Jr
William E. Linstrom
Lanesboro, Iowa
UPI
Carroll County
Lanesboro
Leanna Grill
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Denver
Colo
Richard Grill
Sioux City, Iowa
U. S
William Hansen
San Bernardino
Calif
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Three Glenwood crash kills three youths in Iowa
In Mills County near Glenwood Iowa a late Friday crash on a gravel road left driver Gary Lee Kingery 24 and two 17 year old passengers Allen Dimmitt and Charles Turner dead. Other teens Richard Sulentic 17 Council Bluffs and Rita Beranek 16 Omaha along with Sandra Ernst 16 Omaha suffered cuts and bruises. The car reportedly failed to negotiate a curve and rolled down an embankment four miles northwest of Glenwood.
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Iowa
UPI
Council Bluffs
Here
Gary Lee Kingery
Allen Dimmitt
Charles Turner
Omaha
Richard Sulentic
Rita Beranek
Sandra Ernst
Iowa Highway Patrol
Royal IA Welcomes Medal of Honor Hero Home Parade Today
Maj Merlyn H Dethlefsen the only Medal of Honor recipient from Royal and nearby areas returns to a hero's welcome in Royal after a jet arrival in Sioux City. A 1:30 p.m parade and Merlyn Dethlefsen Day mark the ceremonies with Sen Jack Miller and Rep Wiley Mayne among speakers. about 10 000 are expected. The event honors his 1967 Vietnamese steel mill mission and includes a flag presentation and a scholarship fund at Clay Central High School.
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Iowa
UPI
Air Force
Merlyn H. Dethlefsen
Dethlefsen
Vance Air Force Base
Okla
Sioux City
Spencer
Merlyn Dethlefsen
White House
North Vietnam
Jack Miller
R-Iowa
Wiley Mayne
Max King
Vance
Clay Central High School
Miners Freed From Flooded WV Shaft After Five Day Ordeal
Fifteen miners were rescued from the Gauley No. 8 shaft in Hominy Falls West Virginia after nearly five days trapped by floodwater. They rode to the surface on a belt and walked to ambulances at the mine entrance. One survivor, Glen Amick, said I’m fine as he greeted relatives amid jubilation and tears.
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Hominy Falls
UPI
Freedom Ear
Glen Amick
Timothy Salvati
West Virginia
Green Valley
Intercepted memo from Robert Bates in Washington Iowa
An intercepted memo from Robert Bates in Washington Iowa shows a candid note with the line All of us duffers are mighty jealous Yours, suggesting a casual private exchange among individuals, no broader context or action indicated.
Agree On All Details Set Ground Rules For Talks
The United States and North Vietnam agreed on all details of ground rules for their preliminary talks. Cyrus Vance said full delegations will meet Monday to begin substantive negotiations. He described the meeting as friendly and noted no weekend contacts beyond sharing delegate lists. The North Vietnamese issued the same statement.
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Marchers press toward capital in Virginia action
The Poor People's March spearhead advances into Virginia to prep for a Mother's Day Welfare March to Washington led by Dr. King's widow. Segments arrive from Georgia Ohio and Rhode Island as authorities note early violence and a wagon train symbol stalls in Massachusetts.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Ohio
Rhode Island
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Mass
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Salme
Poor People's March
Boston
Mroz
Highland vote on bond issue for school additions
Voters in the Highland Community School district will vote Monday May 13 from noon to 7 p.m. on a proposed bond to fund a new industrial arts and agriculture addition at Highland High School. The project costs about 44500 with 4500 on hand and 40000 to be raised by bonds. A levy a little over half a mill would repay bonds and interest. The addition adds two classrooms carpentry welding body and fender work storage lockers and a hoist at Riverside Ainsworth and the High School building.
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Highland Community
Riverside
Ainsworth
Highland High School
Iowa Weather Preview Mostly Cloudy And Cooler
In Iowa expect mostly cloudy skies with a cool day and a chance of rain. Winds shift east to northeast at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight remains cloudy with scattered rain, cooler in the south, and lows in the 30s to 40s. Sunday turns partly cloudy with continued cool conditions and highs in the 50s to low 60s. Monday outlook shows partly cloudy skies, cooler southeastern areas, and a touch warmer northwest.
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Iowa
Viet Cong hold Saigon outer ring amid heavy US assaults
U S planes and artillery bomb and shell entrenched Viet Cong positions on two Saigon fronts while fighting rages near the DMZ and Phu Tho racetrack. US and South Vietnamese forces report high enemy losses, with Viet Cong claims of renewed attacks and Ky urging resolve. Refugee numbers swell as civilian casualties rise.
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Saigon
Upz
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Long “Y
Phu Tho
Hanoi
North Vietnam
da Nang
Robert Cushman
Phu Tho Racetrack
160 Cases Reported In 15 Months Abuse Study
160 cases of child abuse were reported by county welfare departments in the fifteen months ended March 30, 1968. Commissioner Harmon notes increased reporting since the 1965 Abuse of Children Act, with 33 under two years, 27 aged two to five, 42 aged five to ten, 40 aged ten to sixteen, and 13 over sixteen. Of the cases, 21 ruled not abusive. Bruises appeared in 89, abrasions 23, fractures nine, skull fractures three, brain damage two, with 11 cases showing multiple injuries. Natural parents inflicted most injuries. stepparents in 37. Reports came from schools 46, doctors 20, public agencies 19, nurses 6, police 5, and others.
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Social Welfare
Harmon
House of Delegates
Iowa State Medical Society
Budget hearing on proposed fence at Case Field
City council minutes from May 6 note a budget hearing for a proposed fence at Case Field in Washington. Officials consider costs, funding method, and potential impact on access and aesthetics. Public comment period planned to inform the decision.
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Case Field
Washington
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