Rain and harvest delays shadow Washington brief
The Washington area felt more rain with overcast skies and steady showers through midday delaying harvest plans. Washington Community Chest contributions rose to 24 617 25 or 69 of the goal with 2425 reported from the School division. The Chamber of Commerce scheduled the second Industrial Dinner at Captains Table on Thursday at 6 30 p m to mark National Industrial Month and focus on vocational training needs. Waterloo voters approved a 5 8 million school improvement program as part of a total 7 8 million over five years, with 4275 in favor and 1521 against, plus 2 million from a 6 5 mill levy. Louisville Post Office faced a mail backlog blamed on weather, including a tomcat in a mailbox and stray items. Apollo 7 week was proclaimed in Apollo Pennsylvania to honor the mission. An English town saw a gas explosion linked to a leak and a heater in Tunbridge Wells.
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Larry Duncan
Don Oxenford
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Negotiators Fail To Agree On Bombing Pause In Paris Talks
U S and North Vietnamese negotiators fail to reach an accord on conditions for a bombing pause. Harriman says talks will resume, then retracts, amid conflicting statements about a Thursday meeting. Hanoi signals delay, while Saigon leaders meet Bunker to discuss peace efforts and return to Paris.
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Harriman
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North Vietnam
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Bunker
Thieu
National Liberation Front
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Home address change request amid a run of misfortune
Hucknall England resident Jack Ellis sought approval to move his home address from 13 to 11 after years marked by repeated floods and injuries to him and his wife. Permission was granted. Spartanburg South Carolina Curtis LeMay dismisses false peace moves before election day though he says the US should not ignore genuine peace offers.
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England
UPI
Jack Ellis
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S.C
Curtis E. LeMay
Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
American Independent Party
George C. Wallace
United States
Humphrey Enjoys Flurry Of Texas Campaignes
United Press International reports Hubert H. Humphrey’s Texan campaign day draws huge crowds and rare unity among Democrats. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson visits Dallas as Yarborough and Connally stand with Humphrey. Nixon tours Ohio amid heckling. Wallace faces sustained interruptions in Wisconsin.
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Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fort Worth
Waco
Dallas
Ralph Yarborough
Plane trouble delays Apollo 7 return to Cape
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham returned to Cape Kennedy aboard the USS Essex after a hydraulic leak forced Schirra to swap airframes. The crew completed an 11 day, 4.5 million mile mission with 163 orbits and a successful recovery in the Atlantic.
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UPI
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Ekholog
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Samuel Phillips
Space Trio
One-man embassy coup ends in Washington
Arnulfo Arias, Panama's deposed president, seized his country's embassy in Washington Tuesday then withdrew declaring the battle won and his stay to run affairs from a Watergate Hotel suite. The chancery closed as the embassy locks were changed by both sides, Arias saying the action was symbolic and sufficient to make his point.
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UPI
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Potomac
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Arias
Defends Proposal on Pueblo Incident in Iowa Senate Race
Iowa UPI interview quotes Sen. David Stanley accusing Gov. Har old Hughes of name calling over the Pueblo incident plan. Stanley says consider capturing North Korean ships as a last resort to secure the crew, while avoiding broad war and urging diplomacy, arbitration, and economic pressure. He challenges Hughes to offer a better path to free the 82 sailors.
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UPI
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Harold E. Hughes
Pueblo
United Press International
Stanley
United States
U.S.S. Pueblo
Hughes
Asia
North Korea
International Court of Justice
Iowa
Harold Hughes
the Pueblo
Marines kill 178 in surprise attack near Thuong Duc
U S Marines killed 178 Communists near the Thuong Duc camp guarding Da Nang. Leatherneck units called in bombers and artillery as 400 troops were spotted, ending a two week lull in major ground fighting. USS Ambassador Bunker met Thieu amid talks on de escalation proposals. Dong Ha artillery shelling killed nine and wounded 28 at a base near the DMZ. The war debt note follows.
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UPS
U.S
Thuong Duc
South Vietnam
Hanoi
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Ellsworth
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
North Vietnam
Thieu
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Two Washington County 4-Hers Win State Honors
Margaret Birney and Galen Howsare win state 4-H awards for long term projects. Birney, of Washington, earns state dog project award and a transistor radio, with years of 4-H service and leadership. Howsare, of Crawfordsville, is a 4-H Leadership award co winner and leads in the Crooked Creek Cyclones beef program. Also noted are Jim Johnson and Peggy Kephart receiving honors for photography and dairy projects.
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Washington County
Margaret Birney
James Birney
Washington
Galen Howsare
Raymond Howsare
Crawfordsville
Margaret
Iowa Maidens
Galen
Iowa
Crooked Creek Cyclones
Jim Johnson
Wellman
4 - H Club Congress
Peggy Kephart
Iowa Milking Shortern Dairy Project
Public Notices Today probate and executors
Probate of will and appointment of executor for the estate of William O. Boshart. Appointment of administrator for the estate of Mathalia M. Samuelson.
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William O. Boshart
Mathalia M. Samuelson
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