Vietnam Lt Won derlich Killed in Action in Vietnam
Second Lt. Michael K. Wunderlich, 24, son of Delmar Sloan of Ollie, reported killed in action with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam. His widow Janey Richardson of Martinsburg resides in Des Moines. Edsal Brown sinks a hole in one at No. 5 with a five iron at Washington Country Club while playing with friends. Mass worshipers protest birth control encyclical as Cardinal O Boyle explains need to obey. Congressmen oppose bill to raise pensions for members of Congress citing fiscal irresponsibility. Indecent exposure arrest nets bikini clad workers in Tu junga. Diamondback rattlesnake incident prompts cautious officer response in San Francisco.
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Delmar Sloan
Ollie
Vietnam
Edsal Brown Washington
Intercepted Memo From Moon Man About Earthlings
Intercepted note from a Moon Man describes Earthlings as looping in eccentric human behavior. The message playfully mocks earthly customs and daily routines while signaling curious detachment from life on Earth.
Mother killed in Iowa crash ties two families to loss
Three die in a two car collision seven miles east of Oskaloosa on Iowa 92. Linda Sleeth and Mary Jane Myers perished alongside Mary Lou Schenk of Washington. Royce Sleeth and John Schenk were hospitalized with serious injuries. Mrs Schenk funeral plans and survivor details listed.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa 92
Linda Sleeth
Ottumwa
Mary Jane Myers
Cedar Rapids
Mary Lou Schenk
Washington
Iowa Highway Patrol
Reach agreement in phone strike in Illinois Bell workers
In Chicago Illinois Bell Telephone Co. installers ended a 4 percent month strike today returning to work under terms of a new contract identical to one their union had rejected on August 31.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Humphrey hints at early Vietnam troop reduction
Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey signaled a possible near term withdrawal of U S troops from South Vietnam while cautioning that no firm timetable exists. He said talks with South Vietnamese officials on cuts could begin in 1969, and stressed not jeopardizing allied forces. Republican attacks accused him of vague positions.
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Meet the Press
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Weather Iowa Outlook With Clouds and Mild Warm spells
Fragments describe considerable cloudiness and cooler tonight with lows in the 40s to 50s, then a Tuesday with variable clouds and highs in the 70s. The Wednesday outlook warns of continued variable cloudiness and warmer conditions across the state.
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United Press International
Iowa
Reject compromise on school strike in New York
New York protest over the three week old teacher walkout continues as Brooklyn's Ocean Hill Brownsville district chair Rev C Herbert Oliver rejects a compromise plan to reinstate dismissed teachers and place observers in schools, calling it unacceptable to the community. Separately in Decorah Iowa Republican David Stanley calls for strengthening the United Nations to further peace with freedom.
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UPS
C. Herbert Oliver
Brooklyn
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Oliver
Board of Education
Decorah, Iowa
UPI
David Stanley
United Nations
Humphrey Attacks Nixon In Toledo Campaign Stop
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey blasted Richard Nixon as evasive during a Toledo rally, calling for expanded federal aid for low income families and detailing a family program to extend medical care for children and boost social security benefits for dependents. He framed the issue as a clash over law and order and public welfare.
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UPI
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Richard M. Nixon
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Nixon
Law and Order
CrewmEN Missing as Six U.S. Helos Down in DMZ Battle
UPI reports six American helicopters were shot down by Communist gunners near the DMZ. Six crewmen are listed missing from a CH46 downed while resupplying a 2,000-man Marine sweep. A second chopper fell while near the demilitarized zone, with Marines seizing a North Vietnamese base camp containing 300 foxholes and 1,220 mortar rounds. Eight others rescued. ten Americans wounded. Ground fighting light. Viet Cong losses total nine near Saigon.
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Governme
Saigon
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Dmz
Orange City hit by twister damages estimated at 1 million
A late Sunday night storm with a tornado struck Orange City, Iowa, causing damage estimated at 1 million. Heavy rains up to five inches, lightning and fires knocked out power in parts of northwest and northeast Iowa, with Mayor Robert Dunlop citing the toll on his community.
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Kran Furniture Co
Sioux City
Sioux City Air Base
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Meriden
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Waterloo
Earl Compton
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Compton
Dunkerton
Oren Fetkether
Zond 5 returns as Soviet space flight rehearsal
The Soviet Union hailed the safe return of Zond 5 from a loop around the moon. Tass said it splashed into the Indian Ocean and warships recovered it, marking the first safe lunar-round trip. Officials touted the mission as a dress rehearsal for a manned lunar flight, with calls for advancing Soviet space leadership.
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UPI
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Tass
Indian Ocean
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United States
Heinz Kaminsky
Bochum Satellite and Space Research Center
Germany
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Moon
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