Fire at Jacksonville Hotel Roosevelts Ballroom Kills 21
Debris and ash from the Hotel Roosevelt ballroom point to the fire’s origin as investigators seek the cause. The disaster during Gator Bowl weekend left 21 dead and 66 injured as guests fled through smoke and gas, with several executives among the victims and Navy helicopters aiding rescues.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
Navy
Adams Street
Main Street
Donna Axum
el Dorado
Ark
Lucile Previtt
Miss Axum
James Jackson Swick
Copeland Sausage Co
Lorena Baker
Rena) Swick
Swicks
Alachua
Wade Hildinger
Buffalo
N.Y
Erhard Visits U S for Bipartite Talks at LBJ Ranch
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk meet at the LBJ Ranch during a two day visit. Erhard and Johnson discuss in private two hours while Rusk Schroeder and delegations confer in another room.
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West
Ludwig Erhard
Dean Rusk
Lyndon Johnson Cenfer
Lbj Ranch
U. S
Johnson
Erhard
Ranch House
Rusk
Gerhard Schroeder
Manchester Supermarket Robbery Under Investigation
Manchester authorities probe a weekend theft of about 4000 dollars from a supermarket safe near the front window on Main Street. Burglars used crates to hide the safe, entering through a rear ventilator opening.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Burlington Mayor Named Man of the Year
The Burlington Hawk-Eye selected Mayor Al Burrows as Man of the Year despite his defeat in the November election. The paper announced the honor on Saturday, naming Burrows 35 as the recipient.
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Burlington (Ap
al Burrows
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burrows
Weather sketch with scattered snow and warm spell
Partly cloudy with scattered light snow possible north Monday night. Warmer on Monday night with lows around the single digits to near 15 above. Tuesday warms into the 20s. Wednesday looks partly sunny and slightly warmer.
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Sere
Purther
Euilesk
Wednes-se
Johnson Erhard meet signals thaw in East West tensions
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard concluded a two day session with a mutual aim to ease East West tensions and expand peace prospects. They agreed no permanent division of Germany and sought new avenues for talks with the Soviet Union to pursue fuller cooperation.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Germany
Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bonn
Soviet Union
Fire burns three Manly buildings in subzero blaze
Fire destroyed the Tow Cafe, the Friendly Pool Hall and Tavern, the Rail Club Tavern and a vacant store in Manly Iowa. Eleven nearby towns aided under subzero conditions. four families were evacuated from upstairs apartments. Officials investigate cause.
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Manly
Lowa
Mason City
Tow Cafe
Friendly Pool
Rail Club
State Liquor
Danage
New volcanic island forming near Iceland's south coast
A new volcanic island is believed forming off Iceland’s south coast as three underwater volcanoes erupt Sunday about 13 miles off the Vestmannaeyjar Islands, near the already active Surtsey which emerged November 14.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Vestmannaeyjar Islands
Surtsey
Legislature Names Iowa's Top News Stories of 1963
The 1963 Iowa Legislature, in session 125 days, tops the year's news list. Key items: liquor by the drink law with local opt out. Shaff plan defeat. Grinnell officer Ralph Ogan Jr. killed. a record budget with no general tax increase. a billion dollar corn crop. a Philadelphia heiress mystery romance. inmate riots at the Men’s Reformatory. Amish schooling fights. a jet bomber collision. and Rep Scott Swisher's tax case.
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Associated Press
Shaff
David O. Shaff
R. Clinton
Grinnell
Ralph Ogan Jr
Ogan
Des Moines
Capitol Hill
Iowa
Philadelphia
Grace of Monaco
Northeast
Jow
Air Force
Scott Swisher
Iowa City
Swishers
Gift Shower for First Cass Baby Of New Year
Cass county's first baby of 1964 could win prizes in The News-Telegraph annual first baby contest. Eligible families must reside in Cass county and the baby must be born there. entry includes weight name sex birth time and parent details, due by 5 p.m. Saturday Jan 4. Prizes from local businesses include Johnson Photography Sharp's Western Tire Pauls Atlantic State Bank and others plus a six month subscription to the newspaper. The Seybert's Dairy prize goes to Atlantic residents.
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Cass County
Atlantic
News-Telegraph
Johnson
Sharp's
Western Tire
Paul's
Atlantic State Bank
Tompkin’s Shoe Department
Atlantic Paint and Glass
Cook & Caslow
Howard's
the Pines
Ace Cleaners
Sno-White Laundry
Brink's Flower Shop
Penney’s
Crabtree Printing Service
Seybert's Dairy Farms
Moore's ‘'66
LaPetite Beauty Salon
Seybert’s Dairy Prize
Senate Expected To Ok Aid Bill Soon
The Senate advanced and sent to the White House a $3 billion foreign aid bill authorizing the President to guarantee credits for private commodity sales to Communist nations. The House backed the compromise, and Congress planned to adjourn after final passage as Johnson claimed a partial victory by removing a House ban on extending credits for grain and trade.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Congress
Johnson
Oregon
Wayne Morse
John F. Kennedy
Hughes Illness Keeps Iowa Governor From Office
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes was ill on Sunday night and did not report to work on Monday. The government said the illness status was not disclosed and he remained away from the governor’s office.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Nazareth Prepares for Pope Paul VI Visit Tour
Nazareth, Nazareth Hills, and Galilee communities gear up for Pope Paul VI arrival as the first pope to tread the soil since Peter. The city shows a mosaic of Christian churches, a large Arab population, and a preserved, ancient crafts scene ahead of a 175 minute visit.
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Nazareth
Israel
Galilee
Jesus
Christ
Mary
Messiah
Peter
Paul VI
Heart of Israel
State of
Nazarene
Eight-year-old boy killed when sled hits mail truck
An 8-year-old Des Moines boy, Richard Stumpf, died after his sled struck a slow-moving mail truck on an icy street. The incident raises Iowa's weekend traffic toll to six deaths and the year total to 720, near the 1956 record.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Richard Stumf
Richard E. Stumpf
Russell Lee Jacobson
Gilmore City
Fort Dodge
Marilyn Mae Kenz
Alton
le Mars
John H. Bredmins
Newton
Cynthia Rowland
Garnaville
John Hendricks
Davenport
Rowland
William Gottschalk
Henricks
Bredimus
University Hospitals
Iowa City
G D Mueller 84 Wiota farmer dies in Atlantic hospital
Gottlieb D. Mueller 84 a Wiota farmer died at 8 55 this morning at Atlantic Memorial hospital after surgery in Council Bluffs on Nov 22 He lived near Walnut before moving to Harlan then to Wiota in 1929 Surviving include his wife four sons a daughter one sister 15 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending at Roland funeral home
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Gottlieb D. Mueller
Wiota Farmer
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Council Bluffs
Walnut
Conrad
Willmina Fisher Mueller
Bessie Blades Curtis
Bertha E. Rogers
Anita
Harlan
Wiota
Mueller
Anita Congregational Church
Roger Mueller
San Diego
Calif
David D. Mueller
Sheridan
Wyo
Orval Muel‘ler
Redwood
Chester Mueller
Waterloo Lawyer to Run for Governor
Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman, 38, Waterloo, confirmed his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Iowa governor. He vowed clear positions on major issues and emphasized knowledge of all government branches and agencies to guide responsible leadership.
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Evan Hultman
GOP
Iowa
Waterloo
Des Moines
Republcan
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Hultman
Murder is Largely a Family Affair In U S
New York sociologist Dr. Gerhard Falk of the State University College at Buffalo says murder is a very intimate matter, usually occurring among relatives and friends. His study of 121 Buffalo murders from 1948 to 1955 found only 12 percent of victims were strangers to the killers.
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Cleveland
New York
Gerhard Falk
State University College At Buffalo
American Association For the Advancemne
Buffalo
Kennedy kin attends private Mass in Palm Beach home
Mrs John F Kennedy joined a private Mass at the Palm Beach home of her father in law Joseph P Kennedy. Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston conducted the ceremony.
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Palm Beach
Warming Trend In Prospect For Iowa After Cold Spell
Sub zero conditions covered most of Iowa with lows from -13 in Waterloo and -12 at Dubuque. A southerly breeze brings warmer air and highs near zero to 18 by New Year across the state as skies clear from southeast to other regions.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Wacterloo
Charles City
Dubuque
Council
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