City Council Adopts Eight New Ordinances In Special Meeting
The council approved eight ordinances to update city laws aligning with the Code of Iowa and national standards. New rules cover traffic, flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, electrical work, milk service, business licenses, reckless driving penalties, and a mayoral absence provision. A property tax assessment schedule and hearing date, likely January 8, is set for street projects.
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National Fire Protection Association
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Atlantic
Cross-border Fire Between India and Pakistan Wounds Indian Officer
Pakistani and Indian forces exchanged fire at two points along the Asian border this week. One Indian border police officer was injured, according to a parliamentary briefing.
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New Delhi
Weather Outlook For North Central Region
Chic weather forecast shows strong northerly winds 35 to 55 mph and cold turnout. Thursday night brings new squalls and low temperatures from five above in the northwest to 15 in the southeast with occasional light snow. Friday targets sleet snow and freezing rain in the southeast with heavy snow possible and highs from five above to 20 in the extreme southeast. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cold with continued frigid conditions.
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Weather Bureau
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le Mars
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Des Moines
NASA hears Iowa site bid for electronics lab
NASA received arguments favoring an Iowa City site for a proposed 60 million electronics research laboratory. Dr. James A. Van Allen and Roger Pierce urged Iowa to tap Midwest talent, with Ames also discussed. NASA plans a year-end recommendation to Congress. A separate hearing set for Jan 8 examines asphalt paving on Interstate 80 between Iowa City and Grinnell.
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Electronics Research
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Iowa City
Space Agency
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Cedar Rapids
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Midwest
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Pierce
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Bourke Hickenlooper
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Davenport
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Des Moines
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Highway Commission
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Aiowa City
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Nazi Sentenced to Prison in WWII Murder Case
Thomas Krafft a former sergeant in the Nazi SS elite guard was sentenced to 12 years for murdering four Austrians on V E Day. He had been in hiding since 1960 and was arrested after mistaking a police car for his own while drunk at a Munich inn.
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Munich
Germany
Thomas Krafft
Krafft
Donovan elected president of New York City Board of Education
Attorney James B. Donovan, who helped win prisoner releases after the Bay of Pigs, was unanimously chosen as president of the New York City Board of Education. He succeeds Max J. Rubin, who resigned for health reasons. Donovan, 47, had been vice president.
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NEW York (Ap
James B. Donovan
Cuba
New York City
Iowa to receive $4.1 million in college funds
Washington AP Iowa will obtain 4 115 470 in federal funds for college construction once President Johnson signs the aid to education bill. Of this total 3 130 058 goes to undergraduate facilities and 985 412 to community colleges and technical institutes in Iowa. The bill approved by Congress totals 230 million nationwide.
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Washington
Iowa
Johnson
Congress
Christmas Mailing Starts Early in Atlantic Area
Atlantic area residents are mailing early and post office officials report a record Monday for the 1962 Christmas season. Volume continued heavy Tuesday and Wednesday with the day’s outbound mail the season’s largest. Next week expects peak volume with many incoming parcels around Thursday as stamp windows stay open Saturday and an extra clerk works. An additional parcel post truck began service this week.
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Atlantic Area
Robert Crook
Atlantic Growth Seen Steady and Conservative
A Minneapolis planning study projects Atlantic will see steady conservative growth in economy and population over the next two decades. The plan foresees continued trade and services dominance, gradual employment shifts, and population rising by about 400 to 500 by 1970, with Atlantic remaining a prosperous regional trade center.
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Atlantic
Minneapolis
City Planning Commission
Nason, Law, Wehrman and Knight Company
Lecel
Iowa
Ed Lane Rites Here Friday Afternoon
Funeral services for Edwin F. Lane Sr. 71, former Atlantic resident, will be Friday at 1 30 PM at Roland funeral home with Rev. Ronald L. Christensen officiating. Interment in Atlantic cemetery. The family will meet relatives and friends this evening from 7 30 to 9. Lane, son of William Franklin and Rosa Parmley Lane, married Zoa Marshall in Atlantic on February 17 1913 and moved to Des Moines about 15 years ago. Surviving: wife. six sons Robert Harold Edward Jr. of Atlantic Frank Jr. of Waterloo Donald and Bernard of Des Moines. three daughters Alice Hedrick of Kansas City Pauline Young of Glenwood Dorothy Waage of Fremont Nebraska. four sisters Edith Turk Mary Stormer Cuma Pequette of Atlantic and Pearl Allen of Des Moines. 37 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren.
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Atlantic
Broadlawns Hospital
Des Moines
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Atlantic Cemetery
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Rosa Parmley Lane
Zoa Marshall
Robert
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Edward Lane
Frank Lane, Jr
Waterloo
Donald
Bernard Lane
Alice Hedrick
Kansas City
Pauline Young
Glenwood
Dorothy Waage
Fremont
Nebr
Edith Turk
Mary Stormer
Cuma Pequette
Pearl Allen
McNamara Moves to Close Or Downsize Dozens of Bases
Secretary McNamara announced an economy plan to close or cut operations at about 25 to 27 bases across 16 states with estimates of 9 000 to 12 000 lost jobs. The actions would likely unfold over up to three years and exclude naval shipyards from the list.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Congressional
McNamaha
Fire Rages Through Mason City Two Story Building
Fire destroyed a two story building in Mason City’s business district amid zero weather and light snow. Flames began about 5 45 a m and burned four hours with thick smoke blanketing downtown. Residents evacuated from the Colonial Apartments as crews from nearby towns aided Mason City firefighters. No injuries reported. The Busy Beeshoe Repair Shop was sighted as the start, with spreads to Made O Day Frock Shop and an empty jewelry space being remodeled into a restaurant.
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Iowa Seeks Mandatory Training For Law Officers
Iowa officials call for a state law to require formal training for all law enforcement officers. Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman, head of the Iowa Crime Council, seeks a statewide program patterned after the Highway Patrol course with mandatory compliance to improve procedures, arrest, and evidence handling.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Atty
Evan Hultman
Hultman
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Crime Council
Agents In San Fernando Seek Sinatra Jr Kidnappers
The FBI sent about a dozen agents to the San Fernando Valley in the night amid reports they are pursuing suspects in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping. Police said it was an FBI operation with no details given, as LA authorities expressed frustration over lack of information after the ransom was paid.
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FBI
San Fernando Valley
Frank Sinatra
Gene Radomski
West Valley Division
Los Angeles Police Department
Sinatra
Sinatra Jr
Los Angeles
William Ho Parker
Pa ling urges UN to share nuclear data for peace
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling of Pasadena proposes UN control of all nuclear weapons to reduce war risk. He spoke at the Nobel Institute after receiving the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize for his anti nuclear arms campaign.
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Norway
Linus C Pauling
America
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Cal
Nobel Institute
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Let Contract for Cooling Tower at City Plant Here
The Marly company of Kansas City was awarded the contract for a field cooling tower east of the present tower at the Atlantic municipal utilities plant. The bid of 14 254 won after three Kansas City bids were reviewed. completion set for June 1.
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Atlantic Municipal
Utilities Board of Trustees
Last Eventong
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Helen Hayes to star in The White House Story on Broadway
Helen Hayes returns to Broadway after five years to headline The White House Story a drama about presidential families The play chronicles non political episodes from George Washington to the Theodore Roosevelt era and is set to premiere May 15.
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Helen Hayes
Broadway
White House
AE Hotchner
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
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