Capital protest plans clash with Pentagon security zone
Authorities brace for a two day protest with about 5000 guards and police enforcing access limits around Washington and across the Potomac. The permit from GSA allows a march after a Lincoln Memorial rally and two demonstrations near the Pentagon, but limits times and actions. Officials cite fragmented leadership and risk of loss of control as demonstrations prepare to begin.
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Potomac River
Virginia
U.S
Washington
General Services Administration
GSA
Lincoln Memorial
Seven convicted in Mississippi civil rights killings
An all white federal jury in Meridian Mississippi convicted seven men including a deputy sheriff and a Ku Klux Klan leader of conspiracy in the 1964 murder of three young civil rights workers. The jury acquitted eight others and deadlocked on three more with sentencing set for next Friday.
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Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Philadelphia
U.S
Price
Samuel H. Bowers
Imperial Wizard
The
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Alton Wayne’ Roberts
Horace Doyle Barnette
Jimmy Snowden
Billy Wayne Posey
Jimmy Arledge
Bowers
Cox
Roberts
Neshoba County
Lawrence A. Rainey
Olen Burrage
Violence Escalates as Steel Haulers Meet on Settlement
Pittsburgh dispatch reports renewed highway violence amid a steel mill strike. Delegates representing about 20,000 haulers in eight states plan a 2 p.m. Cleveland meeting to review a revised deal over waiting time at mills and decide on a ratification vote. Jessop Steel Co. halted its main plant, first to stop production.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Cleveland
William Kusley
National Steel Haulers Protest Committee
Jessop Steel Co
New Stanton
Gibsonia
East Liverpool
Study of church merger talks in Washington
Talks were held in Washington today to explore a potential merger between the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and the Associate Presbyterian Church of North America. Sixteen leaders from both denominations attended at the Washington Associate Presbyterian church, the first formal gathering of representatives. The Iowa synod of the Associate Presbyterian church initiated the talks, with Rev. S. Ray Blair of Washington as moderator this year. Rev. Paul Heinman of Mineola, Kansas, was elected chairman and Rev. Bruce Stewart of Los Angeles serves as clerk. Representatives from several states attended.
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Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
Associate Presbyterian Church of North America
Mineola
Kansas
Bruce Stewart
Los Angeles
Calif
States
Gillesby Family Kidney Transplant Fund Auction
A community auction at Washington County Fair grounds on Tuesday October 24 at 6 30 p m will raise funds for Robert Gillesby and his son Gordon currently in Denver for a kidney transplant. Proceeds support medical costs and showcase local concern sponsored by First Presbyterian Church and YMCA board. Items include a part Arab horse baked goods appliances cameras bicycles and furniture with two butcher hogs promised. pickup Saturday and donations accepted until sale time. Call 653 4107 for pickup.
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Washington County Fairgrounds
Robert Gillesby
Washington
Gordon Gillesby
Denver
Colo
Washington Y McA
Gordon
First Presbyterian Church
Ymca Board of Directors
Sleeping Cobra Atop Viet Nam Soldier
First Lt. James Harrod of Pine Bluff Arizona faced danger after a five-foot cobra crawled onto his stomach while he slept in DIAN South Vietnam. William Gatchy of Garden Grove alerted a medic, but the snake struck at Harrod as he awoke. soldiers later killed the reptile with a shovel.
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South Vietnam
UPT
James Harrod
Pine Bluff
Ariz
William Gatchy
Garden Grove
Calif
Harrod
Gatch
Teaching About the Past Fades as Future Changes Loom
At the Iowa State Education Association convention in Des Moines Dr Arthur St Corey urged teachers to embrace rapid future changes. He cited Alvin Toffler and argued that education must shift toward futurity and adaptability, even suggesting some courses in futurity replace certain history classes to prepare students for a transcendent age. He warned curriculum changes have been slow and stressed teaching an attitude of mind to discern truth amid shifting science and humanities.
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Des Moines
UPI
California
Arthur St. Corey
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Corey
The
California Teachers Association
Alvin Toffler
America
Iowa
Iowa teachers press for state standards at 1969 session
The two day Iowa teachers convention in Des Moines drew 23 000 educators. Johnston and Gast urged a bill setting standards for teacher association and school board negotiations, with a task force to rewrite a failed 1967 measure. Gast called for active teacher involvement to improve pay and conditions. Eunice Roberts advised administrators to listen to student views and avoid suppression while assessing demonstrations.
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Association of Classroom
State
Paul Johnston
Iowa Association of School Administrators
Iowa
Johnston
Gast
ISEA
Eunice C. Roberts
University of Indiana
Peace Corps
Vista
Culver speaks to Washington County Democrats at dinner
Congressman John C. Culver urged hard choices over expedience at a $5-a-plate fundraiser held Thursday evening at the Knights of Columbus Hall. He warned against easy solutions on Vietnam and poverty, urged creative leadership, unity, and noted the 10 percent tax issue likely dead this session.
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John €. Culver
Washington
John C. Culver
Washington County
Knights of Columbus
Vietnam
United States
Mariner 5 Begins Venus Data Transmission From Flyby
Pasadena based UPI reports Mariner 5 started transmitting tape recorded Venus atmosphere data to Earth. The 34 hour operation follows a Venus flyby with initial telemetry offering no firm conclusions. Project scientist Conway W. Snyder notes hints of a magnetic field while a Russian Venus lander reportedly found none.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Mariner 5
Earth
Venus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Weather Forecast for Iowa by United Press International
Fair tonight and Saturday with cooler tonight. Warmer Saturday with lows in the 20s north to 30s south and a Saturday high in the 70s.
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United Press International
Iowa
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