Cedar Rapids Flood Siege Hinges on Sandbag Defense
Cedar Rapids faced one of its worst floods as the Cedar River neared 18.5 feet threatening the dikes and 2500 residents evacuated. Fire Chief Jess Hunter reported sandbag works holding with 8 jeeps patrolling the seawall while Mayor James Meaghan directed operations amid a citywide emergency. Nearby Waterloo endured 6000 residents digging from mud after flood crests.
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Jess Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Arson Hunted After Deadly East Side Fire
Fire investigators probe arson as the cause of a three story East Side tenement blaze that killed eight people and left twenty nine others from eight families asleep at dawn. The last corpse was recovered after fourteen hours. Four of the victims were preschool children.
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Cleveland
The
Fire Prevention Bureau
Katanga Forces Take Manono in Congo Advance
Katanga army units led by white mercenaries captured Manono in Elisabethville province Thursday, routing about 600 troops loyal to Antoine Gizenga's Stanleyville regime.
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Elisabethville
The
Congo
Katanga
Manono
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Socialite Succumbs
New York socialite Cragie McKay Schwartz aged 31, daughter of polo star A Charles Schwartz, died Thursday after falling from her 4th floor Park Avenue residence.
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New York
Cragie McKay Schwartz
A. Charles Schwartz
Park Avenue
Vermont House kills death penalty abolition bill
The Vermont House of Representatives rejected a bill by a 62 to 56 vote that would have abolished the death penalty in first degree murder convictions.
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Montpelier
Vermont House of Representatives
Ohio Agricultur al Stabilization Committee appoints Dwight Wise
Washington reports Dwight Wise of Fremont named as the new chairman of the Ohio Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, signaling a leadership change in the state agency.
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Washington
Ohio Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Dwight Wise
Fremont
Traffic deaths drop to multi-year low for first two months
The National Safety Council reports 4970 traffic deaths in January and February 1961, the lowest for a comparable period in 11 years, reflecting improved road safety trends nationwide.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Pilot of X15 Describes Sensations
Edwards base California. Joe Walker, X15 pilot, describes the thrill of reaching 165000 feet and seeing California and Baja. He faced a cabin pressure loss, engine stall, and buffeting before landing after a 10 minute flight. The top speed reached 2590 mph and fuel burned 79 seconds.
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California
Baja California Mexico
Walker
Joseph Walker
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Railways To Purchase Island Creek Line
Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio plan a joint purchase of Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Co. coal barge line assets on the Ohio River for about 4 million dollars each. A signed contract awaits Interstate Commerce Commission approval.
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Purchase Island Creek
Cleveland
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
The
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Island Creek Fuel & Transportation Co
Ohio River
Island Creek Coal Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Laos Talks Hold Key As World Power Stares Down Pact
President Kennedy awaits Secretary of State Rusk's report on SEATO talks in New Delhi and Bangkok as the United States insists that fighting must stop before any cease fire conference on Laos can occur. Kremlin reply remains uncertain amid Khrushchev China consultations.
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Fla
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
SEATO
Laos
Washington
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Soviet Union
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India
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Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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Rangoon
Burma
U. S
Khrushchev
West Germany
Eisenhower
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Asia
Latin America
Europe
China
Kremlin
Peel Awaits Prison Term After Judge Slaying Conviction
Peel Jr., 37, was convicted of masterminding the 1955 slaying of Judge C. E. Chillingworth and awaited sentencing in Fort Pierce. The Circuit Court jury recommended mercy, mandating life imprisonment and sparing him from the electric chair, while contemplating charges in the victim's wife's death.
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Fort Pierce
Fran Joseph A. Peel Jr
Florida
Peel
C. E. Chillingworth
Five Day Forecast Sees Cooler Weekend Then Warmer Start Week
Temperatures will average 6-8 degrees below normal with highs near 56 and lows around 35. Cooler Saturday and Sunday, warmer Monday and Tuesday, cooler Wednesday, with rainfall totaling about half to one inch tonight, Saturday, and again Monday or Tuesday.
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Monda
Ohio House aims to ease school levy approvals
Ohio House has sent to the Senate a bill reducing required majorities for school levy approvals in special and odd year elections from 60 to 55 percent. The measure follows last year’s shift to simple majority voting in even numbered years, as lawmakers seek to ease school financing. Senator Ross Pepple defended debates on community colleges and warned against a state university in Cleveland, favoring a trial period with existing public universities.
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HOUSE
Senate
Ross Pepple
R-Allen
Senate Education Committee
Cuyahoga County
Pepple
Cleveland
Joseph W. Bartunek
D-Cuyahoga
Carbon Hill Youth Admits 11 Crimes
A Carbon Hill youth walked into the Nelsonville police station and confessed to eight burglaries a bad check and two automobile crimes. He named thefts in Nelsonville Logan and rural Athens and Hocking counties including the laundromat burglary, a residence theft, a bar theft, a strip mine theft and school and gravel firm office break ins. He also admitted a hit and run on Madison Street and damage on the Public Square. He will be arraigned in Nelsonville on crimes within that city.
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Nelsonville
Carbon Hill
Chester A. McGrath
Logan
Athens
Hocking
McGrath
George J. Walker
Hocking County
Cameo
Wharton Strip
Murray City
Sand Run Hollow
Green Township
Donahay Gravel Firm
Delbert Coe
Holy Land Is Contrast In Easter Rites
In Jerusalem crowds from Illinois and Iowa join Old City pilgrims in the Way of the Cross as Good Friday focuses on Christ's trial and death. A contrasting Easter scene features a patriarch and dramatic rites as 12 knives flash and 12 sheep are slain in symbolic ritual.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Old Jerusalem
Illinois
Iowa
Holy Land
Christ
Pilate
Calvary
Zanesville Hospital Tops State Offer in Land Condemnation
Bethesda Hospital in Zanesville received $854000 more than twice the state offer after rejecting $384086 for seven acres needed for the Zanesville Expressway part of Interstate 70. The state sued in Common Pleas Court over the land taking.
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Zanesville
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville Expressway
Jury Deliberations Continue In Marine Sgt. Schroeder Murder
A North Carolina jury ongoingly deliberates the fate of Harold A. Smith of Memphis Tennessee on murder charges in the death of Marine Sgt. Robert Schroeder age 35 from New Lebanon Ohio during a trial in Kinston.
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Kinston
N. C
PEA
Harold A. Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Schroeder
New Lebanon
Ohio
Pace Named to Ohio Real Estate Board for 1963 Term
Columbus businessman John H. Pace has been appointed to Ohio's Board of Real Estate Examiners for a term ending in 1963.
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Columbus
Ohio
Board of Real Estate Examiners
Gibson Takes Oath as Ohio Commerce Director
Gov. Michael W. DiSalle swore in Rankin M. Gibson as state commerce director in Columbus on Thursday. Gibson succeeds John W. Bush of Portsmouth who resigned to join the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Columbus
Michael W. DiSalle
Rankin M. Gibson
Gibson
John W. Bush
Portsmouth
Interstate Commerce Commission
Explosion Of Jet Bomber Claims Two
An $8 million B52G bomber failed in an aerial refueling rendezvous near Lexington North Carolina and disintegrated inflight. Two of the eight crew parachuted to safety, two were killed and four are missing. The crew members who parachuted safely are Maj. W. F. Munich of Des Plaines Illinois and 1st Lt. G. C. Farnham of Loveland Colorado.
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Lexington
N. C
Maj
W. F. Munich
Des Plaines, Ill
G. C. Farnham
Loveland
Colo
Motorcycle Fatality Near Hemlock In Route 155 Crash
Victor Van Meter 21 of Mount Perry died in Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville from injuries after his motorcycle hit a tree on Route 155 near Hemlock Tuesday afternoon. He was one of 16 children, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Meter, former Hemlock residents. Humphrey funeral home Shawnee handles arrangements.
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Shawnee
Victor van Meter
Mount Perry
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Route 155
Hemlock
Paul van Meter
Humphrey Funeral Home
A Promise Comes True Happy Ending In War Wedding
The story covers Dorothy Nuechterlein and Ensign William Cuthbertson Jr. who wed on April 18 1942 in New London. The Grunion submarine was lost Aug 2 1942. Dorothy's daughter Nancy Lee born Jan 27 1943 grew up with a family bond spanning decades and now meets Mike at the midshipmen Easter ball.
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Saginaw, Mich
New London
Mike
James
Grunion
Panama Canal
Aleutians
Cuthbertson
Frankenmuth
Carl Nuechterlein
McMahon
Nancy Lee
Nancy
Saginaw’s
St. Mary’s Hospital
Annapolis
Jim
Germany
Willow Run
Washington, D.C
West labels West Germany a major war danger hotbed
In Moscow the Warsaw Pact declares the West continuing an arms race and strengthens defenses. The eight nation Communist bloc singles out West Germany as a major hotbed of war danger while stressing peaceful coexistence and disarmament. Khrushchev may seek coexistence with Kennedy era powers while Eastern bloc outlines defense moves.
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Moscow
NATO
West Germany
Laos
The
Congo
Earthslide near Kiev claims 145 Russians
The Kiev Pravda reports a March 13 earthslide near Kiev killed 145 people and caused extensive damage, marking one of the Soviet Union's worst natural disasters in history.
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Moscow
Kiev
Pravda
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Discoverer XXII Fails to Reach Orbit at Vandenberg
Discoverer XXII, the first earth guided satellite, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base California but failed to enter orbit after a smooth launch Thursday.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Race Probe Started By AP Reports Jackson Disturbance
The Justice Department opened a probe into a Jackson Mississippi incident where police used clubs and police dogs to disperse about 100 African American protesters outside a courthouse.
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Associated Press
Justice Department
Jackson, Miss
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