Holiday death toll hits 522 in Labor Day traffic
United Press International reports 522 accidental deaths since Friday 6 p.m. EDT, led by 425 traffic fatalities with Texas at 34 and California 29. The worst crash occurred near Madison Wisconsin killing six on first Sunday morning, with five lives each at Kerrville Texas Raymondville Texas and Tell City Indiana.
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United Press
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Illinois
New York
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
National Safety Council
Madison
Wis
Kerrville
Tex
Raymondville
Tell City
Ind
Lafayette, Ind
UPI
Purdue University Agronomist
Howell Wheaton
Wheaton
India Attacks Pakistan Lahore Front In Three-Pronged Drive
Elite Indian air backed units swept into West Pakistan targeting Lahore amid reports the city fell. Ayub Khan warned of war as Pakistan mobilized and claimed resistance around Jassar Wahag and Bedian. Estimates say Lahore's 1.3 million residents faced rapid, tense events across the border.
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United Press International
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New Delhi
Mohammed Ayub Khan
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Moghul
Jassar
Wahag
Bedian
River Ravi
Y. B. Chavan
India
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la Hore
U. S
Ayub
Kashmir
Wazirabad
Betsy Hammers Bahamas as Florida braces for hurricane
Betsy lashed the Bahamas with 125 mph winds and 450 mile wide reach forcing coast warnings from Cape Kennedy to Key West. Gales hit Abaco and Eleuthera as islands prepared for a destructive pass near the northeast Providence Channel.
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UPI
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Miami
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Berry
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Hope Town
Great Abaco
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Hopetown
Texas
Richland rites for Everette Jones 1884 80
Funeral services for Everette Jones of Richland will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Gould Funeral Home Richland with Rev. A. R. McMurrin officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Jones died Saturday in Mercy Hospital Des Moines from injuries from a two car collision west of Indianola Friday night. He was born Oct 5 1884 near Richland son of Miles and Lucy Baker Jones and spent his life in Richland. a retired farmer. He married Olga Morgan Oct 9 1904. she died Dec 13 1998. Survivors include a daughter Mrs George Olive of Oskaloosa five grandchildren 14 great grandchildren one brother Raymond L of Brighton two sisters Mrs Fred Leppert of Richland and Mrs Otto Wilson of Mt. Pleasant.
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Everette Jones
Gould
A. R. McMurrin
Highland Cemetery
Jones
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Indianola
Miles and
Lucy Baker Jones
Olga Morgan
George Olive
Oskaloosa
Raymond L
Brighton
Fred Leppert
Otto Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Marines Hit Viet Cong Positions Near Quinhon
American Marines with air and artillery support killed at least 25 Viet Cong guerrillas in a search and destroy mission six miles south of Quin Hon. Marines were airlifted and amphibious tractors ferried them in with light casualties reported. The battle followed air strikes against targets in North Vietnam and a Skyraider shootdown.
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Hue
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An Khe
Guardsmen serve on Auxiliary Patrol over Labor Day weekend
Four sergeants from the Washington National Guard Verle Mitchell Glen Murphy Jim Dempsey and Richard Holmes patrol Washington County highways as Auxiliary Patrol members. They join Guardsmen from across Iowa in two jeeps on a 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. shift from Friday through the Labor Day weekend to bolster highway enforcement.
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Washington National Guard
Verle Mitchell
Glen Murphy
Jim Dempsey
Richard Holmes
Washington County
Iowa
Sky Ride collapses at Nebraska State Fair tragedy
At the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln a Sky Ride gondola ride collapsed after two supporting towers toppled. Two people were killed and forty nine injured as gondolas plunged to the ground. Operators and officials faced questions as the ride was dismantled for the remainder of the fair.
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Nebraska State Fair
Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Pete Burden
LeRoy Leland
W. T. Collins
Minneapolis
Henry Brandt
Duchess
John Burris
More rain ahead for state today
Showers and thunderstorms moved into Iowa's extreme west Sunday and spread to central areas at night. A stationary cool high pressure system and disturbances caused cloudiness with periods of rain across the state, lingering tonight through Tuesday. Tuesday night brings more showers, with the east likely to see Wednesday disturbance activity and cooler western sections ahead of a clearing.
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United Press International
Iowa
New coins to save money amid seigniorage debate
President Johnson seeks to derail congressional plans to divert expected seigniorage from silverless coins to specific projects. A monetary committee warns of complex issues and a review possibly through December 1. Seigniorage is projected to rise into fiscal 1967 before stabilizing near 200 million yearly.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Charles L. Schultze
Congress
Schultze
House Republican Policy Committee
William Widnall
R-N.j
Northeast
Central Iowa Weather Forecast Tonight Through Tuesday
Mostly cloudy skies with showers and thundershowers predicted for tonight and Tuesday in central and southeast Iowa. Temperatures should rise slightly with lows tonight in the lower 60s and similar for Tuesday.
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United Press International
Iowa
Schweitzer Laid To Rest In Jungle Grave In Gabon
Albert Schweitzer died after a long illness at age 90 and was buried beside his wife in a simple jungle grave near the mission he helped found. President Johnson and world leaders sent condolences as tributes arrived from Europe and Africa.
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Lambarene
Gabon
UPI
Albert Schweitzer
Johnson
Schweitzer
Europe
Africa
Rain totals rise as Iowa envisions more showers
Washington reports .60 inch of rainfall before 7 am with additional showers after. The week end total moisture increases and the state weather bureau predicts more rain for today and tomorrow across much of Iowa.
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State Weather Bureau
Iowa
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