Dixie Stage Collapse Ends Controversial Birmingham Show
An integrated variety show at Miles College in Birmingham ended abruptly when part of a makeshift stage collapsed during a civil rights fund raising event. Johnny Mathis was mid song as lights failed. two spectators were injured. The incident followed tense push and pull with city officials over venue access.
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Birmingham
Ala
Johnny Mathis
American Guild of Variety Artists
Miles College
Crop Report Details Heat Drought Hurting Cass County Corn
Cass county reports crop stress from heat and dry spells with farmers chopping corn for feed. Moisture needed statewide while 100 percent ear fill in some areas contrasts with about 50 percent in others. Soybean pod filling also around 50 percent.
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Cass County
Buddhist Leaders Claim Plotting Fake Coup In Saigon
South Vietnamese Buddhist leaders charged that the government plans a staged coup to discredit Buddhists and political opponents. The fake coup would last hours, with arrests of Buddhists and opposition figures, possibly to install a pliant successor. The Rev Thich Tinh Khiet urged President Diem, warning the Xa Lai pagoda could be destroyed and Buddhist leaders killed. Unnamed “other person” may be Ngo Dinh Nhu. Some long-standing rumors link the coup to Lodge’s arrival, but U.S. officials doubt its likelihood.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Fiscus Youth Survives Skopje Earthquake While Touring Europe
A 20 year old Fiscus farm youth from Iowa State University touring Europe arrived in Skopje as the city was struck by an earthquake. Paul Nelson reported chaos and language barriers, found gas, and spent the night with a helpful motorcyclist in a farmhouse. He and other Iowa State students left June 11 and will return August 26, with plans for individual tours after arrival.
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Fiscus
Europe
Skopje
Yugoslavia
Paul Nelson
Laverne Nelson
Nelson
Iowa State
Corn Crop Good In Western Area
Iowa crops report shows corn in good to excellent condition statewide with early development and widespread tasseling. western districts show similar health. Oat harvest finished, soybeans blooming with two thirds podded, pastures fair to good, soil moisture adequate overall though western counties lag.
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Des
Iowa
Stop signs do not mean slow down says motorists
Readers are urged that stop signs require a full stop and not just slowing, as motorists risk violations and accidents when treating stops as mere courtesy.
Funeral services for Maude E Painter
Maude E. Painter 72 had funeral services at 1 30 PM at the Methodist Church in Lewis with Rev Cecil A Wells of Red Oak and Rev A Breeling of Grant officiating Randall Breckerbaumer and Mrs Randall Breckerbaum er sang God Will Take Care with accompaniment in the service
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Jess Nissen
EXIRA
Jess R. Nissen
Lutheran Church
Lloyd Sorensen
Victor Petersen
Tommy Petersen
Connie Baier
Fred
Lester
Elmer
Marvan
Darwin Nissen
Ronald Leistad
Corl Funeral Home
Maude E. Painter
Methodist
Lewis
Cecil A. Wells
Red Oak
Rev
A. Breeling
Grant
Randall Breckerbaumer
Marquette Professor Dies After Fall From Window
Rev. Lester J. Heider aged 49 chaired the mathematics department at Marquette University and was a Carroll Iowa native. He fell about 80 feet from a fifth floor window at the Jesuit residence on campus and died Monday. No witnesses to the fatal fall were present.
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Milwaukee
Lester J. Heider
Marquette University
Carroll, Iowa
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