Johnson Awards Medal of Freedom to 28 recipients
President Johnson bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 28 Americans and foreigners chosen by Kennedy for public service, science, health, arts, and education. The award, first given in peacetime, honors high achievement as Lehman dies en route to receive the honor.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Herbert H. Lehman
U.S
New York
Lehman
Swisher Sentenced to Six Months in Federal Prison
Iowa City state representative Scott Swisher was sentenced in federal court to six months in prison for failing to file income tax returns from 1957 to 1960. He owes about 16146.93 dollars including penalties and must surrender by December 12. The judge called the defense explanations unsatisfactory and noted a flagrant violation.
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Des Moines
Scott Swisher
Iowa City
Iowa
Pris
U.S
Roy Stephenson
Swisher
Davenport
Max Putnam
Putnam
Stephenson
Record Mississippi River cargo through Lock 19 tops ten million
Officials announced that through November 30 an all time high 11,070,000 tons of commercial cargo passed Lock 19 at Keokuk. The figure surpasses last year’s 9,540,000 tons while the river remains open to traffic.
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Keokuk
Misissippi River
Olive Street Crossing Project Receives City Council Review
The Olive Street crossing and a north Atlantic sewer line study were presented by Wallace and Holland Engineers of Mason City. The council accepted the reports for further study, detailing a $301000 Olive Street project including a bridge, overpass, and relocation. The sewer proposal favors a gravity line costing $120000 plus $19200 for north of Rock Island, with a 75 year lifespan.
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Atlantic
Wallace and Holland Engineering Company
Mason City
Troublesome Creek
Rock Island
Olive
Third and
Rock Island Railroad
Union Pacific
Third
FBI Sees Completion of Kennedy Assassination Report
Indications the FBI finished its report on President Kennedy’s assassination and handed it to the Justice Department. The report may go to President Johnson, then to the Warren Commission chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren for possible further inquiry.
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FBI
John F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Johnson
Review Commission
Earl Warren
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Warren
Congress
Commission
Warren Group
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Observed With Flag at Half Mast
The nation pauses to honor Pearl Harbor's 1941 attack while JFK’s assassination looms in memory. A half mast flag above the sunken Arizona marks the first Pearl Harbor Day with renewed mourning for a slain president and a tribute to the fallen Navy crew.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Pacific
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy leaves White House for Georgetown home
Jacqueline Kennedy departs the White House with her children two weeks after President Kennedy's assassination. They move to a Georgetown house lent by officials, seeking a quieter life while mourning ends and a permanent home is sought.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
Dallas
Caroline Kennedy
John Jr
Oval Office
W. Averell Harriman
Kennedy
Postal Safe Stolen at Muscatine Substation
A Post Office Department safe was stolen from a Sun Mart postal substation in Muscatine after breaking a door glass Thursday night. The safe weighed 200 to 250 pounds and contained about $18 in cash and $450 in postage stamps. Federal authorities were notified. No store property appeared missing.
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Muscatine
Post Office Department
Sun Mart
Death of W O Shepperd at Guthrie Center
Wiliam O Shepperd 60 a Guthrie Center area farmer died suddenly Thursday morning on his farm nine miles south of Guthrie Center. Survived by wife Elizabeth Bailey three daughters a brother sister and 13 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 PM at Roland funeral home with Rev Roy D Strong officiating. Interment Atlantic cemetery. Friends invited to meet family this evening 7:30 to 9 at the funeral home.
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Shepperd
Guthrie Center
Cass County
Mr. Shepperd
Wiota
George
Elizabeth Wheatly Shepperd
Elizabeth Bailey
Moline
Ill
Atlantic
Atlantic First United Presbyterian Church
Ross Becker
Cumberland
Dale Hilmer
Newton
Howard Petersen
Ft. Collins
Colo
Roy Shepperd
Frank Bailey
Lois Elaine Shepperd
Roland Funeral Home
Roy D. Strong
Atlantic Cemetery
Thompson Trial For First Degree Murder Deliberations Resume
In Minneapolis a 12 juror panel returns to deliberate after hearing testimony from 104 witnesses and reviewing 120 exhibits in the case of T Eugene Thompson charged with masterminding the March fatal stabbing of his wife Carol Thompson at their fashionable St Paul home.
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Minneapolis, Minn
T. Eugene Thompson
Thompson
St. Paul
Carol Thompson
Reporter Resigns From Harlan Court Post
Rex M. Blair of Harlan, who served as court reporter for Judge Bennett Cullison over the past year, has submitted his resignation.
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Rex M. Blair
Harlan
Bennett Cullison
Pope Paul VI to visit Holy Land in January trip
Vatican announces Pope Paul VI will travel from Rome to the Holy Land January 4 to 6 by air, visiting Jerusalem and Nazareth as part of a trip tied to Christian unity. The plan avoids detailed itinerary and lodging and marks a historic first for a pope to leave Italy in 150 years. Meanwhile, NFC readies for price battles with farm groups, electing Oren Lee Staley to a ninth term as president and planning a holding action against processors to push for higher farm prices.
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Jordan
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Israel
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Istanbul
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DES Moines
National Farmers Organization
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
Staley
Deleates
Big Vote
Forrest Noa Jr
Lexington
Apparenty
Erhard Pfingsten
Sergeant Bluff
Subpoena Serves Patrolman by His Wife in Idaho Trial
Mountain Home Idaho AP State Patrolman Cal Bernard stopped at the sheriff's office to work on records when a tap on the shoulder delivered a subpoena to appear as a witness in a District Court trial. The server was his wife, an Elmore County deputy.
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Mountain Home, Idaho
Cal Bernard
Mountain Home Sheriff's Office
District Cour
Elmore County
Kennedy Medal of Freedom Honored by Johnson
President Johnson posthumously awarded John F Kennedy the Medal of Freedom with Attorney General Robert F Kennedy accepting for his slain brother. The ceremony honors 31 leaders from government science business and the arts as conceived by the assassinated president.
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Washington
Johnson
John F Kennedy
Robert F Kennedy
Weather turns colder with weekend showers ahead
The forecast shows a sharp drop in temperature Friday night with lows around 32 to 35 degrees. Saturday brings considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions with a chance of showers and highs from the low 40s north to the 50s south. Sunday expected to be windy with decreasing clouds and cooler temperatures.
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Wook
Bloodmobile falls short as Cass county gathers 132 pints
A blood donor event at the Methodist church in Cass County yielded 132 pints from 161 registered donors, missing supplies caused a one hour delay, and the next visit is slated for February 7 at Griswold with several five and three gallon donors noted among participants. The event highlighted ongoing efforts to meet a 155 pint quota for the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
RM. Needles
Cass County
Methodist Church
Omaha
Charles Hunt
van Harris
Adair
Harvey C. Hansen
Stacia Hazlitt
George Conn
William Paige
Ralph Maassen
Hancock
Richard Nichols
Lewis
Charles Fugisang
Richard Wright
Laurence J. Jensen
Griswold
Dale Rourick
Walter Christensen
Arlie Harter
L. F. Hercerbach
Gerald Harris
Wiota
Robert Blackman
Roderick Kunze
Mollie Marshall
Tom Magill
Edwin Kaiser
Glen Weirich
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