U S jet shot down over central Laos in raid
Defense Secretary McNamara announced a U S Air Force F100 was shot down in central Laos during a photo reconnaissance mission with an RF101. Rescue operations were under way to locate the pilot. The action followed U S retaliation after a Navy plane was hit.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Panhandle
South Viet Nam
McNamara closes 95 bases to save funds and jobs
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced a plan to shut 95 bases and military facilities including shipyards to save about 500 million dollars yearly and cut 63 thousand jobs. Closings span 18 months with transfers for workers, while 377 thousand acres of land will be released. Some foreign bases are affected, with Philadelphia San Francisco and Boston shipyards among the targets.
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Oil Firm Not Liable for Basement Oil Spill
Iowa Supreme Court ruled Sinclair Refining Co. not liable for damages or illness from a November 1959 oil spill when a delivery driver connected to a wrong address released 468 gallons of fuel oil into a building basement. Jurors were not prejudiced by handwritten corrections to jury instructions.
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UPI
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High Court
Polk County
Sinclair Refining Co
Joseph Coppola
Sinclair
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Coppola
Supreme Court
Mrs Anderson 60 dies after yearlong illness
Crawfordsville widow Mrs Glenn Anderson 60 died Tuesday night November 17 1964 at Henry County Memorial Hospital after a yearlong illness Funeral service Friday at 2 pm Crawfordsville Methodist Church burial in Crawfordsville Cemetery Jones Funeral Home in charge Leona Lease born November 20 1903 in Crawfordsville married February 5 1955 to Glenn Anderson Survivors include husband three stepchildren and four step grandchildren plus five sisters and a brother World War I veterans and auxiliary to meet tonight at city hall with dinner at 6 30 and meetings at 8 led by Commander Howard Altenernd and Auxiliary President Mrs Clifford Connelly
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Glenn Anderson
Crawfordsville
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Legion Rooms
Howard Altenernd
Clifford Connelly
Iowa Democrats Shrink Legislature Committees to 30
Iowa House and Senate leaders announced a streamlined 1965 plan with 15 committees per chamber, totaling 30 compared to 74 in 1963. Rep. Elroy Maule said fewer panels will speed bills and improve oversight of key legislation across transportation education agriculture and more. Lt. Gov. Fulton and others backed the move hoping for a shorter session.
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UPI
Iowa
House
Senate
Elroy Maule
D- Onawa
Maule
Robert Fulton
Cites need for more farm markets
DES MOINES UPI More than 3 500 delegates at the Iowa Farm Bureau Convention vote on policy resolutions and elect officers on day three. Gov Harold Hughes and Herbert Harris II addressed delegates as issues of legislation and industrial development dominated discussions. Hughes urged bipartisanship to advance Iowa's potential and cautioned against rash 1965 legislative decisions. Harris argued against government pay as the basis for American agriculture’s future.
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Herbert E. Harris II
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Iowa
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Harold E. Hughes
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Mrs Schmidt speaks to Ys Men's club meeting
Mrs James Schmidt a Washington Junior High math teacher spoke to the Ys Men’s club Tuesday evening. She outlined a new approach to teaching mathematics for younger students and emphasized the need for a deeper understanding to keep pace with expanding scientific knowledge.
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James Schmidt
Washington Junior High School
Y’s Men’s Club
Funeral pending for Kalona resident Alva Niffenegger
Funeral services are pending for Alva Niffenegger, a longtime Kalona resident, who died Wednesday morning at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is in charge of arrangements.
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Alva Niffenegger
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Peterseim Funeral Home
Seven hundred view film at Wellman church
Seven hundred persons viewed the film And on the Eighth Day at Asbury Methodist Church in Wellman. The showing occurred Sunday, with five screenings in the afternoon and evening.
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Wellman
Asbury Methodist Church
Hughes outlines 1965 Iowa Farm Bureau policy aims
Gov. Harold E. Hughes urged bipartisanship at the Iowa Farm Bureau Convention to realize Iowa's potential. He projected 1965 legislative goals including education for rural and urban children, local government allegiance, government efficiency, vocational training, sweeping tax reform, and a prudent pay-as-you-go program to drive progress.
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Iowa
Hughes
Need more interviews for Labor Survey
Washington Area Manpower Survey officials urge all working age residents who have not yet completed their Labor Survey interview to reserve 20 minutes this week. Office hours are 1 to 5 pm at 114 East Washington, noon break. evening appointments via 53-3048. DAR members meet Thursday 1:30 pm at Sears Store to attend funeral of Mrs. P F Whisler.
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Washington Hosts Water Conference
Washington hosted a Regional Water Works Conference with 30 water officials in attendance. Recognized authorities spoke on chlorination operation and maintenance phosphate treatment and iron problems television inspection of wells and corrosion control. Washington Mayor Cloud Willits welcomed attendees and Dale Brooker of West Burlington and Roy Stookesberry of Bloomfield presided. A tour of the Washington Water Plant was conducted.
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Roy Stookesberry
Bloomfield
Moroccan diplomat bound in trunk thwarted kidnapping
Italian authorities expelled two Egyptian diplomats after a Moroccan interpreter named Youssef Dahan, 30, was found sealed in a diplomatic trunk bound for Cairo at Rome Fiumicino airport. The diplomats fled in a truck as a chaotic chase ensued. Rome filed a strong protest to the United Arab Republic, while observers speculated on espionage links and Crowned language skills.
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Washington Juniors Elect Student Council Officers
Four Washington Junior High students were elected to the Southeast District of the Iowa Association of Student Councils on Tuesday in Burlington. Jim Dougall is vice president, Pam Proudfit secretary, and Karen Vosika and Sue Lowe as delegates at large. They will preside for one year. Principal Jesse Linch accompanied them on the trip in a newly purchased 10 passenger bus.
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Burlington
Jim Dougall
Pam Proudfit
Karen Vosika
Sue Lowe
Washington Students
Jesse Linch
Washington Community Schools
Dinner honoring Schmidhauser and Quinn at Bryn Mawr
A dinner dance will honor Congressman John Schmidhauser and State Representative James Quinn on Tuesday November 24 at the Bryn Mawr Steak House. Tickets are available from Mrs. T A Jones at 6:30 p.m. for $2.25 per plate.
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John Schmidhauser
James Quinn
Bryn Mawr
T. A. Jones
Variable Clouds and Colder Weather in Iowa Today
Weather bulletin notes variable cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with a slight drop in temperatures. Thursday remains cloudy and cool with possible rain or drizzle. tonight’s lows range from the mid 20s in the north to near 30 in the south, Thursday highs in the 30s, and Friday looks cloudy and continued cold with a 50 percent chance of snow in the southeast portion.
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Iowa
Bomb blast in Saigon cafe injures U.S. servicemen
In Saigon near Tan Son Nhut Airport a Communist bomb exploded in a cafe used by American airmen, injuring 18 Americans and two Vietnamese. A snack-bar concessionaire and a waitress were among the wounded. Most victims were treated at a nearby dispensary as Vietnamese security probed the device hidden on a concrete beam.
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