Arctic air heads Iowa with snow and icing threats
A new surge of Arctic air and strong winds push Iowa toward a cold spell. Snow squalls and freezing drizzle threaten northwest counties Friday night into Saturday with near zero temperatures by Saturday night. Ice caused outages in Hardin and Des Moines areas as utilities and linesmen respond. Louis G. Mellem died of a heart attack while shoveling snow in Northwood.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone
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Seth Masteller Dies Today
Seth B Masteller 71 of Norwalk former Cass county resident died at 3 30 this morning at Younkers Memorial hospital Des Moines He was born November 13 1891 on a farm southeast of Atlantic moved from Cass county in 1918 Surviving wife Myrtle two sons Dick Masteller Des Moines Bill Masteller Norwalk five grandchildren brother Curtis W Masteller Atlantic three sisters Frances Oder Whitier California Dorothy Mitchell Lakewood and Carrie Masteller Los Angeles Funeral services Monday at Gallaway McLarens funeral home Norwalk burial Sunset Memorial Gardens Norwalk
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Nordvalk
Cass County
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Bill Masteller
Norwalk
Curtis W. Masteler
Frances Oder
Whittier
Caif
Dorothy Mitchell
Lakewood
Calif
Carrie Masteller
Los Angeles
Gallaway - McLarens
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Steel cost-price squeeze sharpens, union wage leverage eyed
New York AP reports mounting evidence that the steel cost-price squeeze has become acute for industry leaders. Bethlehem Steel, the nation’s second largest producer, posts 1962 earnings at a 15 year low while Jones & Laughlin Steel reports a sizable profit drop from 1961, signaling pressure ahead of a May 1 option for wage demand.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Weekend Chill Forecast With Snow Squalls
A weather bulletin warns of cloudy, windy conditions with snow squalls and a cold wave in the northwest and extreme state areas Saturday. Lows fall to the 20s Friday night with temperatures near zero Saturday night as northerly winds reach 25 to 40 mph. Snow flurries, light northerly winds, and further cloudiness are expected Sunday with very cold conditions.
McNamara Reports Nuclear Strike Power To Congress
Defense Secretary McNamara briefs the House Armed Services committee with a U.S. nuclear force of 650 bombers and 344 missiles ready for instant retaliation. He cites 17,000 Soviet troops in Cuba but says there are no strategic weapons systems deployed there, as Gen Maxwell Taylor and Carl Vinson listen.
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Robert S. McNamara
Carl Vinson
D.-Ga
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
U.S
Cuba
Iowa lawmakers back Hughes plan amid tax debate
In Des Moines Republicans indicate they will support a large budget boost to offset local taxes but oppose Hughes tax proposals. The governor seeks a 96 million dollar rise, with new rates for income tax, withholding, and sales tax tweaks including liquor by the drink.
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Iowa
Harold Hughes
W. L. Mooty
R-Grundy Center
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Moory
Hughes
TVA Seeks 25000 Palnuts In Apparent Procurement
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced it wants to buy 25 000 palnuts a globe’s lock washers for bolts explained by a TVA spokesman after a reporter asked for the term palnut. A utilities firm defined the word.
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Tenn
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Iowa Senate OKs Bonded School Building Plan
The Iowa Senate unanimously approved a bill authorizing the Chariton Community School District to issue bonds worth 690000 dollars to construct two elementary schools and repair an existing school.
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Iowa Senate
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East German trapeze artist flees to West Berlin via 110000 volt cable
Horst Klein a 36 year old East German performer escaped by climbing a power pylon and sliding along a deactivated 110000 volt cable to West Berlin on December 27. He rode the cable over 70 yards and 30 yards more before falling 40 feet into the canal towpath and breaking both arms. West Berlin police rescued him hours later.
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Walnut Woman Dies in Omaha Mrs Helen Mickel 60
Mrs Helen Mickel of Walnut died at 2 a.m. in St Josephs hospital Omaha where she had been a patient since Jan 18 She was born Dec 23 1902 a daughter of Fred and Bertha Krambeck She married Fred R Mickel Sept 5 1922 in Council Bluffs and lived in Walnut most of her life Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Lloyd Petersen and two grandchildren Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Walnut United Church of Christ with Rev Fred Ficker officiating Interment in Walnut cemetery The remains will be taken from Roland funeral home to her home Sunday morning The casket will be brought to the church Monday morning and remain closed after the service Also noted Wayne Brown Atlantic art teacher called to Rochester Minn due to his father death.
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Roland
Meredith to re enroll at Ole Miss despite protests
James Meredith announces at a Jackson press conference that he will register for the second semester at the University of Mississippi while Mississippi NAACP president Medgar Evers stands nearby. President Kennedy and Attorney General Kennedy have urged him to stay, a move Meredith says he will make reluctantly.
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U.S
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Swollen Rivers Threaten Reno and Northern California
Rivers surged through hundreds of evacuated homes as Reno Nevada and Napa California faced flood threats. National Guard sandbags lined Truckee River in Reno while Napa’s river ran bank full closing streets and driving residents from homes amid warm rain and rapid melt.
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Queen Elizabeth and Philip Stop in Vancouver On Flight
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in Vancouver after a 6500 mile flight from London that faced two turn backs due to foul weather. Their Boeing 707 diverted to Edmonton for engine repairs and spent five hours there before resuming a two month Commonwealth tour plan through Fiji Australia and New Zealand with Honolulu refueling.
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Red Cross Seeks A, O Negative Donors for Griswold Visit
A special appeal issued by the Red Cross calls for donors of A and O negative blood. The Bloodmobile arrives at Griswold Catholic church on February 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., due to a reported shortage at the blood bank center.
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Tax returns arriving faster this year than 1962 pace
The Tax Commission announced on Friday that income tax returns are being filed more quickly this year. Mail received to date is about 12 percent higher than at the same point in 1962.
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Iowa Tax Commission
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