Freeman Orders Pesticide Field Tests and Studies
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announces field tests and studies to prove properly applied chemical pesticides are not hazards to humans or wildlife. Five science teams will study soil, water, insects, crops, wildlife, and fish in the Mississippi River region amid criticism of pesticide use.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Mississippi River
Freeman
Memphis
Tenn
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Agriculture Department
Byrd Found Innocent in Des Moines Riot Case
William Winfred Byrd 26 was cleared of inciting a riot after a May 16 disturbance near Des Moines business district led police to block a large area. Police reported the window smashing incident drew about 300 people.
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DES Moines
William Winfred Byrd
Howard Brooks
Byrd
Lewis Fire Department Welcomes New 500-Gallon Pumper
The Lewis fire department celebrates its first new truck, a 500 gallon pumper with 700 feet of hose and a 43 foot ladder, funded by a half mill levy across Cass and Wright townships. Chief Roberts notes, the truck fits perfectly and the station will soon house an overhead water system for winter use.
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Lewis — Lewis
Issuan G
Washington
Cass
Bear Grove
Cass County
Wright Township
Pottawattamie
Lewis Department
Harry Hughes
Lewis
Ames
Earl Roberts
Roberts
Cab Marker
Schwengel seeks probe into Baker travel agency ties
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa urged a full House Administration Committee inquiry after a staff review found the Public Works Committee shifted most travel business to Go Travel Inc, an agency run by Bobby Baker. He also pressed scrutiny of Buckley committee payroll appointments and Buckley’s participation.
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Washington
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
House Public Works Committee
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Schwengel
House Administration Committee
Baker
Senate
Go Travel, Inc
Schwenger
Omer Burleson
Settlement in Iowa anti trust suit against major power firms
An out of court settlement settles a $810,267 anti trust suit by Eastern Iowa Light & Power Co op against Westinghouse Electric General Electric and Allis Chalmers. Judge Roy Stevenson signed the dismissal with undisclosed terms. The case alleged price fixing on generator equipment for a Montpelier power station. Most settlement funds to come from Westinghouse over three years while defendants call it a voluntary price adjustment for 1956 to 1959 purchases.
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Davenport
Iowa Light & Power Co
Wilton Junction
Roy Stephenson
Westinghouse Electric Corp
General Electric Co
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Montpelier
J. David McFerren
Westinghouse
United Nations Council Cancels Session On Cambodian Complaints
The U N Security Council canceled its session on Cambodian complaints of border aggression by the United States and South Vietnam. The session was rescheduled for Wednesday.
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United Nation, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
United States
South Viet Nam
Golden Gaslight to Rise as Arnolds Park Melodrama Theater
A Sioux Falls group converts the old Central Ballroom in Arnolds Park into a 500 seat melodrama theater named Golden Gaslight. They plan a six night weekly summer run starting June 24 with Deadwood Dick and The Drunkard and Under the Gaslight. The project includes rehearsals nightly 7 to midnight and extending the stage with a proscenium arch. The team hopes to establish a permanent venue with a theater school and summer stock company.
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Arnolds Park
Sioux Falls
S.D
Sioux City
Ron Robinson
Arnie Senseth
Carl Swanson
Augustana College
Deadwood Dick
America
Stenseth
Barn Theater
Augusta
Mich
English Robinson
Augustana
Graettinger
Estherville
Swanson
Brandon
S. D
Mandan
Margaret Fjellestad
Brooklyn, Y
Don Klovstad
Art Institute of Chicago
Klovstad
New York
Stenseth, Swanson
Robinson
Golden Gaslight
Public sale of COMSAT stock set at $20 a share
Five million shares of common stock in Communications Satellite Corp were offered for public sale after SEC clearance. Investors expected to buy at $20 per share to help finance a fleet of satellites by 1967, with over 100 million subscribed by the industry and more than 1,200 underwriters nationwide.
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Washington
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
Cuban Lions Club official executed as CIA agent
A Cuban Lions Club official Alberto Cesareo Fernandez Medrano and two other Cubans were executed by a revolutionary tribunal in Camaguey for allegedly operating a CIA spy ring. The men were shot after a trial, with two others sentenced to prison terms. The executions marked a second such announcement in a week with four shot previously.
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Cuba
Havana
Lions Club
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Alberto Cesareo Fernandez Medrano
International Association of Lions Clubs
Lions
Camaguey
CIA
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