Chlorine threat looms over hurricane battered Louisiana
UPI reports sixty Navy divers and a destroyer, plus four Army boats, hunted for a sunken chlorine barge in the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge amid Betsy's flood aftermath. Officials warn of a potential gas disaster, while death tolls hover around fifty in Louisiana with New Orleans possibly reaching two hundred.
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Plaquemines Parish
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White House
W.W. Dumas
Bahamas
Florida
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First Cavalry lands at Qui Nhon and Saigon area actions
U.S. Army First Cavalry Division added 5000 troops to Qui Nhon while 20000 strong air mobile force prepared inland. Ambassadors Lodge and Westmoreland greeted arrivals as Vietnamese ground actions reported 435 dissidents surrender in Dak Lak. Vietnamese search and destroy, plus air sorties totaling 283, targeted Viet Cong bases, barracks, and munitions dumps near Hanoi and Yen Khoai. Des Moines reports Gov Hughes discussing political future with VP Humphrey but undecided on third term or Senate bid.
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U.S. Senate
Jack Miller
Iowa
Iowa toll reaches 507 as weekend crashes claim lives
The Iowa traffic toll rose to 507 for the year after eleven fatalities over the weekend. Ossian resident F C Tinderholt, 80, died from injuries in a one car crash near Ossian. Others killed included Donald Price, 28, Elkader. Arnold R. Hruska, 42, and his son Dean, 13, Cresco. Henry Du Bois, 89, Des Moines. Fred Falkowski, 30, Marion. Charles A. Baarkenholz, 79, Pickering Mo., and Grover Neal, 72, Lima Colo.. Anna Marjorie King, 44, Des Moines. Lloyd Lee Robinson, 30, Muscatine. David Arnold Graham, 19, Waterloo. Floyd Brown, 37, Harlan. and a man from Elkport with six children treated for injuries. Weekend crashes occurred on county roads, I-80, U S 34 and U S 64 among others.
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Ossian
Postville
Tinderholt
Clayton
Elkader
Donald Price
Price
Judith Davies
Elkport
Cresco
Arnold R. Hruska
Dean
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Des Moines
Henry du Bois
Fred Falkowski
Marion
Manchester
David Joslin
Falkowski
Charles A. Baarkenholz
Pickering
Grover Neal
Liman
Colo
Baarkenholz
U.S. 34
Clarke County
Anna Marjorie King
Holstein
Muscatine
Main Street
Lloyd Lee Robinson
Robinson
David Arnold Graham
Waterloo
Waterloo Street
Floyd Junior Brown
Harlan
U.S. 64
Seifkas Wounded In Hunting Accident
Dave Seifkas a Washington High senior and start ing halfback on the Demons football team was shot in the foot Saturday evening while frog hunting with Denny Black. The .22 rifle discharged as Seifkas crossed a fence. no bones were broken and a doctor projected a two week return to play, with Dan Martin and Wayne Schooley eyed as replacements.
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Band performs at Cedar Falls game during halftime
Washington High School marching band from Nashua performed Saturday evening in Cedar Falls at the State College of Iowa and Northern Michigan football game. About 6,000 spectators watched the crowd-pleasing half-time show shared with the 83-piece Washington band. Directors praised the reception and plan to perform portions of the routines at the first home game at Case Field.
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Miss America 1966 Deborah Bryant Revealed
Deborah Bryant of Overland Park Kansas, 19, 36-23-36, says ants at a European picnic sparked her rise from a chubby bookworm to Miss America. She credits God and her mother, aims to be a pediatrician, and plans volunteer medical work in Southeast Asia.
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Battle for key city as Indian forces near Sialkot base
Indian troops pushed to 3000 yards from the Sialkot base as heavy fighting intensified on the Lahore front. Pakistan and Indian forces engaged along three sectors with multiple tank and air actions. The ceasefire line remained volatile as India reported advancing on all fronts near Jammu and Kasur.
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Sialkot
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Punjab
Over 300 Attend NFO Convention in Columbus Junction
More than 300 people attended the first district convention of the National Farmers Organization in Columbus Junction. National NFO president Oren Lee Staley and Rep. John R. Schmidhauser were the principal speakers. New district officers were elected including Ivan Struzynski as president and Duane Redlinger as vice president. Several local residents were named to committees and two area men announced candidacy for the NFC national board.
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National Farmers Organization
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National Nfo
John R. Schmidhauser
Iowa
Ivan Struzynski
Oxford
Duane Redlinger
Washington
Ferne Crawford
Lone Tree
Art Worley Fairfield
Ruth Fisher
Stockton
Jim Hedley
Nichols
Ames
St. Louis
Ed Hoffboner
Muscatine
Floyd Becker
Tipton
Duane Thomas
Jim Hadley Nichols
Gary Holst
Davenport
Glen
Two Manchester Sisters Wounded by Shotgun Pellets
Two sisters, Deborah Martin, 13, and Pamela Martin, 3, were accidentally wounded by shotgun pellets while on a Lake Delhi beach near Manchester, Iowa. Police said the shot came from across the lake. both girls were treated and released from a Manchester hospital.
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Iowa
UPI
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Here
Soviet Urges Cooperation to End India Pakistan Conflict
The Tass news agency quoted the Soviet Union calling for international efforts to halt the fighting between India and Pakistan. It warned China may be fueling the war with incendiary statements and urged both nations to use reason, marking the third Soviet appeal in five days.
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Chou En-Lai
Washington High Demons season tickets on sale now
Reserved seat grid tickets for four home football games go on sale Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Schoonover Drug. Tickets cost 4 dollars or trade a season ticket plus 1 dollar. The Demons host Keokuk next Saturday at 2 p.m.
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City Council Eyes Buy of Green Field and Snow Plow
Washington city council votes preliminarily to buy Green Field a leased site used for softball and baseball with lease due next March. If completed the purchase could shift to a recreation area and frees up field space. The council also approved a truck mounted snow plow for next winter to speed street clearing.
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Streisand and Van Dyke Lead Emmys Night of Color
Hollywood honors Barbra Streisand and Dick Van Dyke with top Emmys as the ceremony highlights the revamped format. Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Leonard Bernstein also win in a star studded telecast with ensemble winners for My Name Is Barbra and The Magnificent Yankee.
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Robert Vaughn
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Paris
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