Kinner Fleet photo sparks local aviation event note
Washington County Treasurer Wallace Fagen identified the bi plane image as a Kinner Fleet seen over Washington on Thursday on its way to the Antique Airplane Association Fly-in at Ottumwa Airport during Labor Day weekend. Photo by Helen Gilbert captured late in the afternoon with a 400 mm telephoto lens at 1/11,000 second.
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Antique Airplane Association
Ottumwa
Helen Gilbert
Execution of 208 dogs signals Naples rabies scare
In Naples an anti rabies drive led to the execution of 208 dogs, most owned by U.S. servicemen, in an improved gas chamber. The killings, last of 327 since Friday, sparked a citywide rabies scare despite appeals to halt the plan.
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Iran Seismic Disaster Death Toll Surges in East
Eastern Iran reels from twin weekend quakes with official counts over 20 000 confirmed dead and more than 50 000 injured. Prime Minister Hoveida toured Kakhk where about 1 000 were buried, while Shah and Empress Farah planned visits. Vast areas severed by damaged airstrips and roads left rescue teams struggling amid massive homelessness and looming famine threats.
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McCarthy Seeks Withdrawal at Democratic Convention
Time magazine reports Senator Eugene J. McCarthy tried to withdraw his name from nomination amid Chicago police brutality protests. He watched clashes from the Conrad Hilton hotel, visited a makeshift hospital, and then, shaken, asked his campaign manager to pull his name, though balloting had begun.
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New Presidium Shifts Balance In Prague Power Struggle
Czechoslovakia's Dubcek and liberal allies gain control of an expanded 21 member Presidium, pushing out hardline Stalinists and conservatives. A central committee meeting also increases the size of the party Central Committee by about 80, while Dubcek warns of conditions tied to Soviet troop withdrawal and demands renewed discipline and censorship as Moscow dictates.
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Three-Quarter Century Club Holds Annual Dinner in Washington
About 190 members of the Evening Journal’s Three-Quarter Century Club gathered at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Washington for a noon dinner and program. Dr. W. R. Yard, 95, was crowned king and Mrs. Clarah Rankin, 97, queen, with John B. McConahey cited as older than Yard. New members include J. D. Buchanan and many Washington residents. Couples honored for long marriages ranged from 50 to 67 years.
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Weather in Iowa Turns Warmer Then Cooler
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a chance of showers in the northwest tonight and across the state Tuesday. Warmer tonight, turning cooler in the northwest and extreme west by Tuesday. Outlook Wednesday shows cloudy and cooler conditions with showers in the eastern portion. Low temperatures tonight range from 55 to 60 in the north and 60 to 65 in the south.
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Iowa
Da Nang Hit By First War Shelling In City Center
Guerrillas fired 31 rockets into Da Nang killing at least 26 civilians and one soldier with 40 more civilians and three soldiers wounded. The attack marked the first time the heart of Da Nang, population 230,000, faced shelling in the Vietnam War.
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Senator Rodney to quit politics after threats in Alabama
Alabama State Senator Tom Rodney, a key Democratic National Convention figure, said he will not seek re election after a terror campaign. He reported a threatening telegram and calls, vandalism at his Radney home, and fear for his family's safety as he plans to leave public life when his term ends in January 1971.
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UPI
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Chicago
Radney
Woman killed by plane at Ottumwa fly-in
Judith Derby 29, a Tulsa mother of two, walked into a moving propeller as a Cessna 190 warmed up at Ottumwa Iowa’s annual fly-in. Pilot Tommy Rayburn 18 New Orleans said he halted the plane after a bystander warned him. Derby and her husband James were association pilots. her death was the first at the 15 year event. Her two sons aged 8 and 10 were in Oklahoma.
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Iowa
UPI
Tulsa
Okla
Antique Airplane Association
Judith Derby
Tommy Rayburn
New Orleans
Four transplant patients progress after world first surgeries
Four transplant recipients at Methodist Hospital Houston were reported progressing well after receiving the heart, both kidneys, and a lung from Nelva Hernandez. The operations involved over 70 doctors and nurses led by Dr. Michael DeBakey. Other successful transplants occurred in Pittsburgh and Montreal.
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UPI
Methodist Hospital
Nelva Lou Hernandez
Michael Debakey
Debakey
Eli Znor
Sherbrooke, Que
Canada
Pittsburgh
Robert O. McKee
Stanford
Century Club Memo Intercepted Note
An intercepted memo signed by WEJ to all members of the Century Club praises Iowa as a place to stay young, stating the recipient remains living proof of the state’s appeal and suggesting continued membership appreciation.
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Iowa
Highland school election and will probate notice
Public notices announce Highland school election details and the probate of the will appointing an executor for the estate of Marion S. George. The notices specify legal action, involved parties, and the required public posting.
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Marion S. George
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