Iowa lawmakers push to close show as session nears end
Des Moines UPI reports the 61st General Assembly races to wrap up by week’s end with key issues unresolved. Conferees near decisions on permanent reapportionment, vocational training school systems, and minimum school standards, while funding and local governance structures spark dispute. A special session looms if talks stall.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
61St General Assembly
House
Senate
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Viet Cong ambushes kill nearly 100 South Viet, 4 Americans
UPI reports three Viet Cong ambushes over the weekend left about 100 South Vietnamese and four Americans dead, with 49 wounded and 25 missing. A large engagement southwest of Saigon involved a 200-man unit, advisers, and several casualties on both sides. Marines clashed with a small Viet Cong group near Da Nang with no casualties. Air forces attacked North Vietnam, targeting truck convoys south of Hanoi and multiple highways, while a United States jet was lost but the pilot rescued. Communications delays hindered precise casualty counts.
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U.S. Marine Corps
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Viet Nam
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Midway
Night launch set for Saturn booster at Cape Kennedy
Engineers prepared for a late countdown for a 3 30 a m EDT night liftoff of the 188 foot Saturn rocket carrying the Pegasus satellite. The first after dark launch in eight straight successes, the spectacle draws crowds to nearby beaches as the two stage mission unfolds in a 16 hour 45 minute plan.
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UPI
Cape
Free World
Pegasus
Saturn
Earth
Moon
Death of James K. Allen Prompts Pittsburgh Family Notice
Mr and Mrs Paul Gebhardt of Washington were called to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania by the sudden death of Mrs Gebhardt’s father James K Allen. Mr Allen died Sunday following a heart attack. The Allen home is at 266 Kenforest Drive Mt Lebanon Pittsburgh Pa Mr Gebhardt’s parents are staying with the family to help run the business during his absence.
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Paul Gebhardt
Washington
Pittsburgh
James K. Allen
Allen
Kenforest Drive
Mt. Lebanon
Gebhardt
Belgian cabinet resigns after election losses and shift in power
Premier Theo Lefevre submitted the resignation of his Catholic Socialist cabinet after Sunday’s elections left the opposition Liberal party at a record 48 seats in the 212 seat House of Representatives. Catholics and Socialists held 141 seats, just short of the 142 needed for constitutional reform.
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Brussels
UPS
Theo Lefevre
Royal
Coaliton
Oppositon Liberal Party
House of Representatives
Lefevre
Catholic Social Christian Party
Ats
Belgium
Liberal Party
Flemsh
People’s Union
Communist Party
Paul Henri Spaak
St James Church to Observe Feast of the Ascension
St James Catholic Church will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ on Thursday morning May 27 with masses at 6 00 7 30 and 9 00 am. Wednesday May 26 is not a day of fast nor abstinence.
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Jesus Christ
Heaven
Montreal Bomb Blast Spurs Police Drive During Empire Day
A homemade bomb exploded at a Montreal trust company, with four dynamite sticks and windows shattered across several buildings on Dorchester Boulevard. Two officers spotted the device, moved it to the sidewalk, and closed the street. Police scoured the city for other threats ahead of Empire Day celebrations, amid tensions with French Canadian separatists.
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UPI
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Britain
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Prudential Assurance Co
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Washington anglers return from northern fishing trip
A party of Washington fishermen recounts a yearly bus voyage to Obabikon Bay Camp on Lake of the Woods. They report excellent fishing despite a 22 hour bus breakdown, varied temperatures from 28 to 55, and four rainy days. Tales highlight quirky incidents and notable catches by Aldo Moretti, Al Cole, Phil Kneen, Dr Max Smith, and others.
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Obabikon Bay
International Falls
Lake of the Woods
Aldo
Big Daddy) Moretti
al Cole
Phil Kneen
North Woods
Max Smith
Norman Schoonover
Don Boyer
Leon Hillman
John Logan
Carl Parsons
Gilbert Mills
Cliff Campbell
Ed Sorrell
Max Henness
Howard Hazen
YMCA Building Fund Drive Ends With Victory Dinner
Y campaign ends this evening in the YMCA building. All participating workers are urged to attend a 6 p.m. victory dinner in the gym served by McCleery-Cumming Co. Officials hope final reports today will push the drive over the top toward a $170000 goal.
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McCleery - Cumming Co
Poppy Sale Set for Friday and Saturday
The annual poppy sale sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary will be conducted in Washington Friday and Saturday this week. Camp Fire girls will assist with sales on Saturday.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Washington
A. E. Baldrige
Camp Fire
Awards at Class Day honor seniors at Washington High
Washington High School held its Class Day with seniors honored for scholastic and extra curricular achievements. Sally Owen named as dictorian while Pam Romine and Marcie Anderson tied for second high honors as co salutatorians. Several students received Danforth Foundation awards, science and music honors, DAR citizenship awards, and other school recognitions.
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Washington High School
Sally Owen
John C. Owen
Washington
Pam Romine
Delmar Romine
Marcie Anderson
Dean Anderson
Joe Scranton
Pam Loeffler
Danforth Foundation
Pat Worley
Dick Holden
Jim Koehler
Dennis Coon
Les Leeper
Joe
Scranton
Judy Roland
Sousa
Day McAvoy
Hughes names 15 appointees
Gov. Harold E. Hughes submitted 15 appointments for confirmation by the Iowa Senate. Nominations include eight members of the Employment Safety Commission and six of seven members of the Civil Rights Commission created by the current legislature. Key appointees include John D. Baldridge for the State Board of Public Instruction and officers for the Civil Rights Commission.
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DES Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa Senate
State Civil Rights Commission
Iowa Employment Safety Commission
Hughes
John D. Baldridge
Chariton
State Board of Public Instruction
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings
Employment Safety Commission
Civil Rights Commission
David Kruidenier
Executi
Lawrence 8. Slotsky
Sioux City
Elliot Full
Iowa City
W. E. Goldman
Forest City
Donald E. Boles
Ames
Iowa State University
Baccalaureate Service at Washington High School
Washington High School seniors attended a near packed baccalaureate in the school gym with Dr. Theodore Schwartz delivering the address on Young and Foolish. Local ministers assisted and glee clubs performed under Vermon Feuerhelm with Beverly Smith as pianist. Commencement is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. in the gym.
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Washington High School
Theodore Schwartz
The
Methodist Church
Weather outlook Iowa shows clouds and scattered storms
Considerable cloudiness through Tuesday with showers and thunderstorms affecting about 30 percent of the state tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight from 55 to near 60 north east to near 70 southwest. High Tuesday in the mid 70s. Outlook for Wednesday shows little change.
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