Hickenlooper and Erbe Lead in Cass County Primary
Cass county voters backed U S senator Bourke B Hickenlooper 1441 to 231 over Herbert Hoover and Governor Norman Erbe 1317 to 419 over rival William Nicholas. County candidates included James Van Ginkel 1086 and Robert Barnes 645 for county attorney with reform vote 1105 to 796.
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U. S. Senate
Melvin D. Synhorst
Delma Dale Dever
Chet B. Akers
Robert E. Conner
M. L. Abrahamson
Roy R. Gillette
Secretary of Agriculture
Loyd van Patton
L. B
Esther Reeves
James van Ginkel
Robert Barnes
Harry Koehrsen
Arthur Goeken
Otto Schwartz
Wallace Cunningham
Norman Smith
C. M. Miller
Cass
van Ginkel
Barnes
Grant No
Grove
Lincoln
Massena
Pleasant
Cass County
Harold DeKay
GOP
Ginkel Barnes
Atlantic
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Bear Grove
Benton
Brighton
Edna
Franklin
Grandt
Grant
Noble
Pumosa
Union
Victoria
Washington
Lete Cass
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Senate
Norman Erbe
William Nicholas
Fred Watson
Bagley
Ed Peters
Denison
Congress
Iowa
Ben F. Jensen
Extra
Hickenlooper
Herbert F. Hoover
Oskaloosa Farmer
Erie
William H. Nicholas
Clear Lake
Harold Hughes
Ida Grove
Lewis Lint
Winterset
Order Brown To Gallows July 24
DES MOINES AP Charles Noel Brown 29 year old convicted murderer was ordered hanged July 24 by Gov Norman Erbe for the February 22 1961 shooting of Alvin Keehr sen 54 of Walnut Council Bluffs. Brown’s companion Charles L Kelley 21 of Minneapolis also sentenced to hang with Kelley’s execution set for July 18.
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Des Moines
Charles Noel Brown
Norman Erbe
Alvin Keehrsen
Walnut
Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
Koehrsen
Kelley
Carpenter Faces Crowd After Space Flight Reception
Apollo era moment as Malcolm Scott Carpenter, noting he was the passenger on America’s second orbital flight, is greeted by his wife and four children in the White House reception room. Kennedy introduces them to White House staff, reporters, and a crowd of students and cameramen.
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Washington
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
America
Carpenter
White House
Kennedy
Weather outlook with scattered storms and cooler days
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night into Wednesday. Cooler conditions prevail Tuesday night from the northwest to the southeast, with lows in the 40s to 60s. Wednesday brings cooler highs in the 60s to low 70s, followed by Thursday mostly unchanged temperatures.
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Associated Press
Lowa
Hell
Montezuma
Zearing
Grundy Center
Jewell
Marble Rock
Dumont
Hubbard
Popejoy
Haverhil
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Iowa
Moday
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Three Central College freshmen plead guilty in Otley theft
Three Central College freshmen from Pella plead guilty to breaking into an Otley service station and stealing about 400 dollars in tools. Part of the loot was recovered. District Judge S E Pratt sentenced Randall J Shimp Dennis Lane and Robert A Bliss to terms in the Anamosa Reformatory with parole. They were arrested in their campus dorm rooms after the May 26 burglary.
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Knoxville
Central College
Pella
Otley
S. E. Pratt
Randall J. Shimp
Easton
Robert A. Bliss
Vineyard Road
Dennis Lane
Anamosa Reformatory
Livestock Sales in Omaha Record Highs for Heifers and Hogs
Ernert Euken earned 24.50 per head for 34 head of 917 pound heifers sold in Omaha yesterday. Hog buyers Lawton and Kremer drew 16.50 for 27 head at 223 pounds average, Jay Fichter placed 20 head at 224 pounds, and Joe Lawton and sons handled 13 head at 1230 pounds.
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Ernert Euken
Omaha
Lawton and Kremer
Jay Fichter
Joe Lawton and Sons
End of five day truce sparks new Algeria violence
In Algiers the European Secret Army Organization declared an end to its five day truce and threatened a new campaign of violence. The group warned it would push for talks with Algeria’s future rulers to secure treatment for the European minority after independence.
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Algiers
European Secret Army
Algeria
Secret Army
Fiest
U.S. State Department
Charles de Gaulle
State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Two Trainmen Injured in Pileup at Atwood Wisconsin
A gravel train rear-ended a Soo Line freight train in Atwood causing derailments and injuries. The engineer and fireman aboard the gravel train were hospitalized in Owen. Details on injuries and exact damages were not immediately available.
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Atwood, Wis
Soo Line
Owen
Remsen Man Frank Lenertz Dies After Fall
Frank M. Lenertz 67 retired farmer died in a Sioux City hospital from injuries after a fall from a friend's barn havloft near Remsen. Services scheduled in Remsen Thursday.
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Sioux City
Remsen
Frank M. Lenertz
Lenertz
Here
Blood Drive Aims to Reach Cass County Quota
Cass county schedules a Red Cross bloodmobile visit at the Atlantic Elks Club from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m Thursday to raise the 1961 62 Cass county quota of 935 pints with a 175 pint boost. Officials note a shortage of O negative blood and urge appointments via Christian Hansen or the Red Cross chapter. Donors are urged to recruit others and support the annual Red Cross fund campaign.
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Cass
Red Cross
Atlantic
Omaha
Cass County
Atlantic Elks Club
Normandy
Wayne Koski
Christian Hansen
Roscoe Needles
Red Cross Fund
Needles
GOP Candidate in Georgia Killed in Car Crash
A. Ed ward Smith, Republican gubernatorial candidate, was killed in a head on collision with a truck on Georgia 85 near Warm Springs. His wife was injured with a possible skull fracture and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus. The truck driver Paul Boggs was not seriously hurt. Smith's body was returned to Columbus and listed as dead on arrival.
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Woodbury
A. Edward Smith
Georgia
Smith
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Neal Trucking Lines
Montgomery
Ala
Paul Boggs
Georgia 85
Meriwether
Warm Springs
Atlantic Cited For Non Fatal Traffic Record
Eleven Iowa cities received National Safety Council certificates for traffic safety programs. Algona Atlantic Burlington Centerville Clarinda Decorah Maquoketa Red Oak Shenandoah Spencer were cited with a certificate of achievement for no traffic deaths in 1961 while Des Moines earned one for safe and efficient movement of traffic.
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Chicago
Iowa
National Safety Council For
Algona
Atlantic
Burlington
Centerville
Clarinda
Decorah
Maquoketa
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Spencer
Des Moines
Dillon Says Administration To Propose Income Tax Reduction
New York Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon says the administration will propose a top to bottom reduction in income tax rates for enactment by Congress next year. He frames it as part of a fundamental restructuring to promote long term economic growth and offsets via revenue raising measures.
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NEW York
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
New York Financial Writers Association
Dillon
Stock market rebounds after early retreat in New York
The stock market reversed an initial drop and posted gains as trading picked up. The Dow Jones average fell to 587.76, down 5.92, while the S&P 500 slipped to 56.76. Early activity showed 1.18 million shares traded in the first hour with several firms advancing.
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New York
Standard & Poor
American Telephone
U.S. Steel
Litton Industries
Iowa ranks fourth in traffic death reduction
Iowa ranked fourth among states in the first quarter for reducing traffic deaths, the National Safety Council said. The state cut its toll by 24 percent while the national rate rose 5 percent. Only Wyoming Minnesota and Montana had greater decreases.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Safety Council
Wyoming
Minnesota
Montana
Five States Hold Primary Elections in Nationwide GOP Contest
Primary races across California, South Dakota, Idaho, Montana and Mississippi set the stage for the nominating battles. Nixon is favored in California while Iowa Republicans back Erbe and Hickenlooper for statewide tickets, with contests also shaping up in Connecticut, Mississippi and Idaho.
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California
Richard M. Nixon
South Dakota
Idaho
Montana
Mississippi
Connecticut
Iowa
Norman Erbe
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Nixon
Joseph Shell
Shell
Edmund G. Brown
John Birch Society
GOP
Birch Society
Republian
John Rousselot
Edgar Hiestand
A. Searle Pinney
John Alsop
Insurance Company
Edwin H. May Jr
John Lodge
Horace Seely-Brown
Vivian Kellems
Prescott Bush
Lodge
Francis Case
A. C. Miller
Food For Peace
Arnold Olsen
James F. Battin
Primary Results From Supreme Election Totals and Races
The report lists results by district with candidates and vote counts for Senate Governor Agriculture and other offices. Key figures include Hickenlooper and Erbe leading in their races, with party affiliations noted. a Judicial Amendment shows 138,520 for and 105,537 against.
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Associated Press
Senate
Hickenlooper
Hoover
Smith
Governor
Erbe
Nicholas
Hughes
Lint
Sect. of Agriculture
Liddy
van Patten
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