Twenty Arrested In Chicago Peace March At Induction Center
Antiwar demonstrators tried to invade a Chicago induction center early today. Police repelled the crowd and arrested 20. Wary protesters then moved toward police headquarters two miles away as a second march formed. The nationwide actions also targeted Washington where U S marshals prepared for thousands expected Saturday.
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Chicago
Induction Center
Police Headquarters
Washington
U. S
Special election planned in Mid-Prairie school district
Public notice announces a forthcoming special election in the Mid-Prairie school district and a separate appointment of an administrator for the estate of Charlie E. Long. The notices specify filing and legal acts related to the election and estate administration.
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Mid-Prairie
Charlie E. Long
Mariner 5 Nears Venus Flyby In California
In Pasadena, Mariner 5 drew near Venus on its flyby to study the planet. Closest approach expected within 2,500 miles at about 10 34 a.m. PDT. The mission aims to measure radio signal bending to infer atmospheric density while noting Soviet Venus 4 findings of temperatures from 114 to 536 Fahrenheit.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Mariner 5
Venus
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Economy bill certain to die in Senate opposition
Washington UPI report says a $10 billion House economy bill faces burial in the Senate as lawmakers push spending, with Chairman George H. Mahon calling for the measure to be dropped. The plan would force spending reductions to last year's levels with exemptions for Vietnam costs, aiming to cut a projected deficit of $29 billion but risking cuts to Great Society programs and foreign aid.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Mahon
House
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Iowa Weather Outlook From United Press International
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with strong shifting winds. Friday partly cloudy and cooler. Low tonight in the 49s. High Friday 50s north to the 60s south. Iowa outlook for Saturday generally fair and warmer.
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United Press International
Iowa
Governors wrangle over telegram on board independence
Governors aboard the 23000 ton liner in St Thomas argued over a White House radiogram that reached Republican Reagan and was blamed for derailing Johnson era Vietnam policy moves. Romney called the incident a snow job while Daniel defended sending a chronology to Democratic governors requesting a Vietnam resolution.
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Independence
UPI
Michigan
George Romney
White House
Romney
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Price Daniel
Office of Emergency Planning
Ronald Reagan
California
John B. Connally
Texas
Vietnam
Connally
Daniel
W. Marvin Watson
National Governors Conference
Reagan
Gov
Gov. Romney
Will vote here on airport commission in Wash ington
Voters will decide if municipal airport management should switch to a city airport commission. If approved, up to five members appointed by the mayor with council approval would bond and oversee airport planning and budgeting, cooperating with state and federal aeronautics bodies. Forty six Iowa communities already use such commissions.
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Washington
Airport Commission
Iowa
Meetings scheduled for Mid-Prairie community bond info
The Mid-Prairie Community School District set informational meetings about the bond issue. West Chester hosts October 23 at 8 p.m. in the West Chester school, Wellman hosts October 26 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym, and Kalona hosts October 30 at 8 p.m. in the junior high gym. The West Chester session will be held with the regular PTA meeting.
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Mid - Prairie Community School District
West Chester
Wellman
Kalona
U S soldiers trapped in second Viet ambush near Saigon
UPI reports a second major ambush in two days trapped Leatherneck Marines 20 miles into South Vietnam. Communists used pellet mines to block rescuers, killing 10 and wounding 19 with no reported Communist losses. Air battles over Haiphong and Hanoi followed as U S. bombers hit targets.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Haiphong
Hanoi
Donald M. Russell
Westbrook
Maine
Air Force
Russell
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Thailand
National Forest
North South Vietnam Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Marijuana grows locally ends year frost ends problem for year
Marijuana plants were found in Washington County after earlier sightings in northern Iowa. County extension director Jim Frier notes scattered patches in ditches and fence rows and says mowing or weed killer can kill the plant before seeding. Hemp and Cannabis Sativa described as a noxious weed, with historical uses and health cautions cited from Encyclopaedia Britannica and the 1937 Marijuana Act.
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Iowa
Washington County
L. B. Liddy
Mexico
Jim Frier
Frier
South Seas
Pacific
United States
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Marine from Des Moines Cleared of Vietnam Death
A Des Moines marine misreported as killed in action in Vietnam returned home after officials notified his parents. Pfc. Jack Milligan, 19, was identified from a battlefield body, then found alive, sent home on 21 days leave, and greeted by relieved parents who urged restraint as others may not be so fortunate.
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Ameri
Des Moines
UPI
Vietnam
Pfc
Jack Milligan
Walter Milligan
United States
Marine Corps
Ft. Des Moines
Walt Milligan
Milligans
Jurors Study Rights Decision in Mississippi Murder Trial
An all-white jury of seven women and five men resumed deliberations in Meridian Mississippi in the federal trial of 18 whites charged with conspiracy in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers. The jurors retired after three hours and 18 minutes of deliberations and returned to their locked suite under armed U S marshals. The defendants face maximum penalties of 10 years and $5 000 fines if convicted.
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Meridian
Miss
Stanley urges tax increase be stalled
Iowa Senator David A. Stanley urged rejection of President Johnsons 10 percent income tax increase at a Humboldt County Republican dinner. He argued federal budget cuts should match the proposed tax boost, contending the rise would not curb inflation but encourage more spending. He noted many federal agencies could cut 20 percent without harming essential services.
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Humboldt
Iowa
UPI
David *Aley
Muscatine
Johnson
Humboldt County
Stanley
GOP
U.S. Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
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Mariner
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