Rarick narrowly escapes gunfire in New Orleans
U.S. Rep. John Rarick was shot at four times in a French Quarter parking lot as he campaigned for Louisiana governor. The assailants a small car, described as three or four dark figures, fled. Rarick said police he heard four shots. an officer recovered a bullet near a fire station.
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New Orleans
UPI
U.S
John R. Rarick
Dla
Louisiana
Rarick
E. Neil Edwards
Fred Beck
Edwards
John J. McKeithen
Hughes backs war policies in Vietnam stance
Iowa Governor Harold E. Hughes says it would cost more lives to pull out of Vietnam than to stay, endorsing the U.S. position under President Johnson. He stresses loyalty to the office, not just the policy, and notes he would support the administration if he runs for the Senate.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
U.S
Vietnam
Hughes
Johnson
U.S. Senate
Goldwater
United Press International
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Loc Ninh Battle Crushes Red Offensive in Vietnam
In Loc Ninh 70 miles north of Saigon, Communist forces attacked with mortars bazookas and flamethrowers and were repelled by U.S. and Vietnamese troops. Today's combat left 525 Communist dead with the week’s total near 1,000. one American was killed and 11 wounded. Air strikes and artillery pounded the assault force, while U.S. fighter-bombers hit the attackers after midnight. The broader Delta-area operations, including DMZ sweeps and Hue district actions, continued with limited contact and casualties among refugees at Chien Trai and Dai Loc.
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Saigon
UPI
Loc Ninh
U.S
Tay Ninh
Central Highlands
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Thua Thien Province
Kentucky
Lancaster
Scotland
Hue
Chien Trai
Dai Loc
Weather Outlook Iowa Mostly Cloudy and Cold
United Press International reports Iowa will be mostly cloudy and colder tonight and Friday with rain or drizzle this afternoon turning to snow by evening and snow flurries likely south and east Friday. Lows tonight in the 20s. Highs Friday 30 to 35. Saturday outlook is partly cloudy and cold.
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Iowa
Iowa Tax Commission Votes 2 to 1 on New Construction Tax
Minutes show the Iowa Tax Commission approved a 3 percent sales tax on services for constructing new buildings by commissioners Prents and Potter, with Burrows opposing. The rule now goes to the attorney general and the Legislative Rules Review Committee for review, with further changes including that carpentry electrical and other trades fall under the service tax. Public notice concerns noted as meetings are sometimes called on short notice.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
X. T. Prents
Lynn Potter
Earl Burrows
Prentis
Burrows
Attorney General's Office
Legislative Departmental Rules Review Committee
Attorney General
Legislative Committee
Poisoning death probe widens in Florida case
Arcadia Florida authorities probe whether the pesticide poisoning of seven children by a fruit picking couple was an accident or murder. A coroner's jury weighs intent as Sheriff Cline heads to Jacksonville to chase reports of other in-family deaths involving James Richardson and his wife Annie Mae.
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Arcadia
Fla
UPI
Desoto ‘County
Frank Cline
Jacksonville
James Richardson
Richardson
Annie Mae
Senate eyes payroll tax hike to fund Social Security rise
Senate Finance Committee backs a 15 percent Social Security benefit boost and considers raising payroll taxes by up to 190 next year. The plan would lift the tax rate from 4.4 to 4.8 percent and push the wage base to at least 7,800, potentially yielding a maximum tax of 374.40 for high earners.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
House
Johnson
Senate
Campus Peace Marked By Student Protests At U S Colleges
Across several campuses protests against the Vietnam war led to arrests and demonstrations. At the University of Iowa 108 SDS supporters blocked a Marine recruiting office for six hours, prompting police intervention. Wayne State and Michigan teams also faced antiwar marches and sit ins, while Stanford and Penn participants protested CIA and Dow Chemical recruiting. President Johnson urged protesters not to be swayed by Communist rhetoric and affirmed peace aims.
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Iowa
Vietnam
Students For A Democratic Society
University of Iowa
Wayne State University
Detroit
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
SDS
Defense Department
Califoria
Stanford University
Central Intelligence Agency
University of Pennsylvania
CIA
Dow Chemical Co
America
Johnson
Quiet picketing in Iowa City today
Antiwar demonstrators gathered outside the Iowa Memorial Union as Marine Corps recruiters operated under police and sheriff supervision. About 47 pickets joined in a quieter scene than Wednesday's violent SDS blockade, with few students attempting to talk to recruiters and no doors blocked today.
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Iowa City
SDS
Fort Dodge Youth Charged After High Speed Chase
David Grall, 23, of Fort Dodge faces traffic charges after a pursuit from Fort Dodge to Algona that reached 100 mph. An Algona officer shot out a tire to stop Grall after the car left a service station without paying for gasoline and sped through two roadblocks.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
UPI
Webster County
Algona
David Grall
Grall
Warrant Issued in Penn Campus Slaying Case
A murder warrant was issued for Stephen Weinstein in the strangling death of University of Pennsylvania freshman John Walker Green II. Two Des Moines youths 16 and 14 admitted delivering the body in a trunk into the Delaware River. autopsy cited drugging and sexual assault. Five students reported druggings at Weinstein shops, with victims waking in cars or dorms.
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Philadelphia
UPI
University of Pennsylvania
Delaware River
John Walker Green II
Des Moines
Iowa
Edmund Zongolowicz
Stephen Weinstein
Penn
Colonial Village
Green
Zongolowicz
Vincent Meyers
James Hammel
Evi
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