News in Brief from Various Iowa Locales
Two larceny reports involve a corn shredder theft at Joe Wolfe farm and a break-in at D X Station in Brighton with $61 stolen. Fairfield hosts a Parsons College airlift bringing 150 visitors by DC6 planes for campus visits. State Sen David Stanley accuses Gov Hughes of dodging national issues in Senate race bid. Mexico sees 158 heatwave dehydration deaths across multiple cities with Torreon hospital noting 45 May deaths. San Quentin inmate Donald Lee Burton found in a flower bed after missing check. WHO broadcasts presents $10,606.31 fund gift to aid Leanna Prill’s kidney transplant need funded by listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wolfe
Brighton
Ottumwa
Iowa
UPI
David Stanley
R-Muscatine
Harold E. Hughes
Stanley
U.S. Senate
Harold Hughes
U.S
San Quentin
Calif
Donald Lee Burton
Burton
Lanesboro
WHO Broadcasting Co
Leanna Prill
David D. Palmer
Don Warren
WHO
Des Moines
French Army Tanks Move Toward Paris Amid Crisis
Scores of AMX30 and AMX13 tanks rolled through towns near Paris signaling ready mobilization as de Gaulle faces a possible clash with Communist and leftist factions. Brigades returned from maneuvers and troops were held in barracks with leave halted while Pompidou shuffled his cabinet.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Troyes
Nogent-Sur-Seine
Mailly
France
Romilly
Seine River
Fontainebleau
Rambouillet
Pontoise
2Nd Armored
de Gaulle
French Communist Party
Politbureau
Georges Pom
Pidou
Elysee Palace
Pompidou
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Georges Seguy
Rank and File
Iowa GOP Proposes Broad Changes to Education and Rights
A 1968 Iowa Republican Platform proposal from a 22 member committee urges state education funding boosts, a uniform leaving age of 16, and study of shared time expansion. It favors private college grants, bonds for state higher ed facilities, and expanded aid to vocational schools. The platform also seeks repeal of a $500 housing discrimination bond and calls for a state law banning racial imbalance in schools.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Republican Platform Committee
Ould
Heart transplants performed in Canada and Argentina
Two more heart transplant surgeries were carried out in Montreal and Buenos Aires, bringing the total to 19. Albert Murphy, 58, received a donor heart in Canada, while Antonio Enrique Serrano, 47, was operated on in Argentina and reported in good condition.
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Canada
Argentina
Montreal
Albert Murphy
Gerhard Rondeau
Antonio Enrique Serrano
Modelo Clinic
Buenos Aires
Emilio Tomasetti
Serrano
Philip Blaiberg
Cape Town
Latin America
Joao Ferreira da Cunha
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Murphy
United States
John Fierro
Elmont
N.Y
Houston
Everett C. Thomas
Phoenix
Ariz
Joseph G. Klett
Orange
Richmond
Intercepted memo HEART RECIPIENTS Here and There
A memo notes heart recipients in a poetic context with a theme song suggestion My Heart Belongs to Someone Else. The fragment hints at emotional or metaphorical messaging rather than a formal event or report.
Weather outlook for Iowa from United Press International
Mostly cloudy this afternoon through Saturday with a chance of showers or thunderstorms east and likely west this afternoon. Tonight showers or thunderstorms likely except in extreme west with locally heavy rain possible in south and east central. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to northerly in extreme west. Highs 73 to 80. Saturday cooler with further showers or thunderstorms and highs in the low to mid 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hanoi Rejects U.S. Call for War Restraint Talks
North Vietnam’s Xuan Thuy told the Paris talks that only a complete halt to bombing would begin negotiations, insisting the United States end its war actions first. Harriman urged mutual restraint as the central issue, while Hanoi warned of continuing resistance until total victory. The next session was set for Wednesday.
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Paris
United States
Thuy
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Hanoi
International Conference Center
Harriman
Thuyg
North Vietnam
Nguyen Than le
King widow boosts Resurrection City marchers in mud
Mrs Corretta King visited Resurrection City amid rain and mud to rally Poor People campaigners at the Lincoln Memorial area. She urged the nation to act as Rev Ralph Abernathy and DC Mayor Walter Washington joined in a show of support.
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Washington
UPI
Martin Luther King
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Agriculture Department
Capitol Hill
Indian Claims Commission
Corretta King
Ralph David Abernathy
Walter E. Washington
District of Columbia
National Symphony
Navy Eyes Mysterious 250 Foot Hulk in Scorpion Search
Navy divers probe a suspected 250 by 45 foot hulk detected 70 miles off the Virginia capes in the vast Scorpion search. Vice Admiral Schade says the find likely isn’t the missing nuclear sub and notes uncertainty over its origin amid a major manhunt and FCC probe into a coded transmission.
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Norfolk, Va
UPS
Virginia Capes
Arnold F. Schade
Norfolk
Schade
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Azores
Coast Guard
Annual certificates for life insurance publication notice
Notice lists Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and several related insurers as subject of annual publication certificates. Includes Guaranty Savings Life Insurance Co. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co. Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Co. and Guarantee Mutual Life Co. Also notes a suit filed by Iowa against multiple asphalt and road entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Guaranty Savings Life Insurance Co
Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co
Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Co
Guarantee Mutual Life Co
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Don F. Kirchner
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank
Riverside
Independent Bakers Association of America
Stanley R. Barber
Wellman Savings Bank
The
Banking Association
Woo
Fairfield
Parsons
Newark, N.J
Mexico City
Mexico
Durango
Chihuahua
Aguascalients
Mexicali
Monterrey
Torreon
Children’s Hospital of
American Legion Post
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Gop
United Press International
Harold Murphy
Wellman
Washington Airport
Jaycees
Jim Rich
Charles Morris
Mrs. King
Federal Communications Commission
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