Three killed in Iowa head on collision near Corning
A two car head on crash near Corning killed Charles Knotts 77 of Sharpsburg Mrs Viva Farnham 73 of Sioux Falls and Ruth Pierson 65 of Chicago. John Luke Cicero Ill was hospitalized in Creston in fair condition. Knotts was turning into a service station at U S 34 Iowa 49. A second fatality occurred when Grover Horstmann 59 of Big Rock died in a tractor crash east of Big Rock after losing control and being thrown beneath a wheel.
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Corning
Charles Knotts
Sharpsburg
Viva Farnham
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ruth Pierson
Chicago
Luke
Grover Horstmann
Big Rock
Scott County
Horstmann
Turner offers to let others name lawyer
DES MOINES UPI Atty Gen Richard Turner offered to let the Iowa Tax Commission and Gov Harold E Hughes select a private attorney to defend the states new sales tax on services in a court suit challenging its constitutionality Turner said the Tax Commission with the governor should have a free hand to choose counsel He later offered to have the governor and commission name a counsel or to recommend a choice himself Turner stressed the state will vigorously represent the Tax Commission until a special counsel is engaged and will cooperate with any attorneys hired
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DES Moines
UPI
Richard Turner
Iowa Tax Commission
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa Executive Council
Turner
Tax Commission
Council For
Hughes
Executive Council
Council
Commission
Washington
George Murray
Harry Griger
Scott County District Court
Astronaut dies in plane crash near Tallahassee
Marine Capt. Clifton C Williams, 35, died when his jet trainer suffered oxygen deficiency during a flight from Cape Kennedy to Brookley Air Force Base. The crash happened about 15 miles northeast of Tallahassee, leaving investigators led by Alan Shepard to inspect the wreckage. Williams, an Apollo program crew member, is the eighth U.S. astronaut to die in a violent incident.
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Tallahassee, Fla
UPI
Clifton C. Williams
U.S
Williams
C.C
Cape Kennedy
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile
Ala
Tallahassee
Joe Johnson
Air Force
Alan Shepard
America
Astronaut Corps
Virgil Grissom
Roger Chafee
Edward White
Du Pont offers ransom for $1 million coin haul
Millionaire Willis Harrington du Pont offered $200,000 in cash to ransom his $1 million Russian coin collection taken by five hooded gunmen who invaded his Coconut Grove estate. He hired private detective William Stanton to broker, while the FBI leads the theft probe and the security system was not active during the break in.
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Miami
UPI
Willis Harrington du Pont
du Pont
William Stanton
FBI
Coconut Grove Bayfront
Mills Says Tax Increase Dead Without Big Spending Cuts
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills of the House Ways and Means Committee declared President Johnson's proposed tax rise dead unless fundamental, long term spending reforms are enacted. He urged cutting nonessential programs and brute spending across current and future years, citing potential cuts in research projects totaling over 17 billion dollars this year.
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Mills
Congress
Public May Furnish Rooms at New Washington County Hospital
The Hospital Board of Trustees invites public participation in furnishing and equipping the new Washington County Hospital. Donors may fund a private patient room for 750 dollars or a two-bed room for 1500 dollars, with electric beds in all rooms. Permanent plaques will note donors. A display suite will be at the Iowa Southern Utilities Company for viewing, with completion planned by May 1968.
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The
Hospital Board of Trustees
Washington County Hospital
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Red Feather Nights rally boosts community drive
Bob Logan chairs the Residential Division urging united effort to meet this year s goal. A rally at Captain s Table offers coffee, rolls, and babysitting for workers with another session tomorrow at 9 30 a m in the Captain s Table. Red Feather Nights October 9 and 10 promote door contacts with cross checking to speed pledges. Volunteers staff the Chamber of Commerce headquarters 6 to 10 p m and YMCA memberships lure donors with a $50 plus gift for one adult YMCA membership.
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Red Feather
Bob Logan
Community Chest Campaign
Logan
Methodist Church
Washington
Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Y McA
Community Chest
YMCA
Tom English
Ward
Lester Grim
Dick Paul
Ward III
William Guenther
Gerald Ridley
Rex Lee
Johnson tax plan stalls as spending cuts demanded
Washington reports the Johnson administration misread political signals on a tax hike. Congress and White House clash over tying a tax increase to budget cuts, with Republicans and Democrats pressuring for about 5 billion dollars in reductions. Administration opposition to a spending limit blocks compromise, delaying the bill.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Congress
House
Ways & Means Committee
Treasury Department
Bowen urges national loan program for students
Bowen proposes a nationwide system of need based grants and long term loans to hold down college tuition. He calls for federal and private loan capital guaranteed by the government and additional federal aid to colleges without replacing current funding. He emphasizes tuition should be kept low and notes earnings loss during college as a factor in bearing higher education costs.
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Minneapolis, Minn
UPI
University of Iowa Today
Howard R. Bowen
Bowen
National Commission On Technology, Automation and Economic Research
Pressent Johnson
VIP visits boost Iowa campaigns this Saturday
U S Senator Edward M Kennedy will tour Cedar Rapids and Des Moines to rally Democrats and raise funds at 25 dollars per head. Governor George Romney will speak in Perry Newton and Iowa City, with a parade then a Dallas County GOP fund luncheon at St Patrick's Auditorium.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
D - Mass
John F. Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Michigan
George Romney
Perry
Newton
Iowa City
Kennedy
Armar Ballroom
Culver
Congress
John C. Culver
D - Iowa
Veterans Auditorium
Democratic State Central Committee of
Romney
St. Patrick's Auditorium
Dallas County Republican Organization
Firemen respond to North Iowa house fire at Beliel residence
Firemen answered a call this afternoon to 1114 North Iowa Avenue where a blaze was found in a house owned by Mrs. Agnes Beliel. At the time, daughter-in-law Mrs. Rosemary Beliel and resident Sharon Cuffel were inside.
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North
Iowa Avenue
Agnes Beliel
Rosemary Beliel
Sharon Cuffel
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Cloudy conditions with intermittent rain and scattered thunderstorms west and central tonight and Saturday. Little temperature change expected. Lows reach the 40s to 50s, highs Saturday in the 60s across the state.
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United Press International
Iowa
Purge Is Symbolical Hippies Go After Evil
Elders atop Buena Vista Hill proclaimed the death of the hippie as dawn lit San Francisco. Haight-Ashbury fans cleaned Haight Street, skull emblems appeared, and a funeral procession aimed to purge the district of its label while some participants called the observance a put-on and sought a rebirth as free men. Records cite Grateful Dead manager Daniel Rifkin and Diggers leader Arthur Lisch voicing views on labels and social image.
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San Francisco
UPI
Buena Vista Hill
Haight-Ashbury
Haight Street
Haigh-Ashbury
Daniel Rifkin
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Arthur Lisch
Golden Gate Park
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