Two Car Crash Kills Farmed Man in Cass County
Ira Weppler 54 of Bear Grove township dies after a two car collision at the U.S. 71 and Iowa 414 intersection near Fletcher Chapel. Four other people, including three teens, are injured. Weppler's body is taken to Atlantic Memorial Hospital with fatal chest injuries. funeral services set for Tuesday.
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Ira Weppler
Bear Grove Township
Wee
U. S. 71
Iowa
Fletcher Chapel
Weppler
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Cass County
Larry Otte Smith
Wiota
Guy G. Smith
Brayton
Gary Bannick
Rt. 3
Atlantic
Larry Smith
Ott Smith
Guy Smith
Roscoe Smith
Bannick
Floyd Bannick
Smith
Highway Patrol
Smith Auto
Deveway
Fletcher
Ford
Chevrolet
Mr. Weppler
Lewis
John
Barbara Hofmeister Weppler
Lewis High School
Nora Carroll
Lewis Methodist Church
Barbara Kunze
John Weppler
Lloyd
William Weppler
Clifford Frank
Wilbert Wohlentaus
Grigwold
Fern
Reland Funeral Home
John S. Wood
Oalewood Cemetery
Wis
U.S. 71
Iowa 414
Larry Otis Smith
Viota
Atlantic Hospital
German sailors get suspended sentences for beach strip
Five young German sailors training at the Charleston naval base stripped on an American beach to change into swimsuits. Judge Herbert Lauden, through an interpreter, ordered suspended sentences for the incident. The event followed their arrest after beachgoers watched them strip wash and restrip.
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Charleston, &.C
Herbert Lauden
Charleston Naval Base
Aurf
Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures Through Sunday
The forecast calls for generally warm weather through Sunday with highs around 60s on Saturday. Partly cloudy skies and no significant temperature changes are expected, with a chance of scattered thundershowers Monday.
State Trooper Kills Sniper In Renewed Coal Mine Shootings
In eastern Kentucky strike turmoil, a state trooper fatally shot coal miner Bobby Jenkins Jr. after Jenkins fired at officers while fleeing near Kodak Coal Co. in Perry County. Chester Blair was wounded, and Columbus Haddix, a United Mine Workers member, was arrested for shooting with intent to kill as two separate incidents left one miner dead and a trucker wounded.
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Hazard
Kentucky
Bobby Jenkins Jr
United Mine Workers
Sassafras
Chester Blair
Kodak Coal Co
Perry County
James Maggard
Kodak
Maggard
Th Kodak
Stamper Collins
Union
Collins
Jenkins
Columbus Haddix
UMW
Prisoners End Stay on Water Tower
Two Graterford State Penitentiary inmates Raymond E. Thompson and Donald Brady climbed a 185-foot water tower catwalk for 38 hours near Pottstown Pennsylvania before climbing down Friday night. Warden David Myers said he would not rush them and suspected they sought publicity. After descending the men returned to their cells following a talk with the warden.
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Pottstown
Graterford State Penitentiary
Raymond E. Thompson
Donald Brady
Philadelphia
David Myers
Myers
Khrushchev Repeats Missile Threat From Albania
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged bases on Albanian soil to create an atom free zone in the Balkans during a Lenin Stadium rally in Moscow. He had just returned from a 12 day trip to Albania and Hungary, promoting peace rather than a new West attack. Tass noted a large foreign diplomatic turnout in Moscow.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Albania
Balkans
Soviet Union
Lenin Stadium
Khrushchev
Music Director Warren resigns from WOI for graduate studies
R Eric Warren the music director at stations WOI and an Ames Iowa State College figure resigned to pursue graduate studies in California confirming his departure from the campus broadcasting unit.
Sahara Desert Reveals Plane Mystery and Missing Cash
In Los Angeles the Bank of America faced a $113200 loss as two armored truck guards were questioned after five unguarded stops on a 62 hour route. The money vanished at the Slauson avenue branch. FBI and police pursue leads while insured returns may follow. In Libya a WWI B24 bomber wreck found in the Libyan desert prompts questions on crew loss, with Pentagon confirming crew names and kin.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Bank of America
Louis Weiss
Bob Kitchen
Slauson Avenue
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Washington
Sahara Desert
Annals of the Seas
Libya
Bengazi
Naples
Italy
Pentagon
War Department
U.S. Air Force
Two Die In Highway 169 Crash Near Minburn
Two men Richard Dickerson aged 25 and Kenneth L Retman aged 30, both of Perry, were killed when their car left Highway 169 south of Minburn, hit an abutment under a cuve underpass and burned. Retman was driving. both were pinned in the wreckage.
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Minburn
Here
Richard Dickerson
Kenneth L. Retman
Perry
Dallas
Evan Burger
Retman
Race Car Slams Bleachers Injuring Twenty Two at Track
At Beverly Speedway in St. Joseph a modified stock car driven by Albert M Bud Neidel crashed into the stands during the first race, injuring 22 spectators including 8 year old Ronnie Neidel. Twenty one were hospitalized. Neidel and another driver from Topeka escaped with minor injuries.
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ST. Joseph
Ronnie Lee Neidel
Albert M
Bud) Neidel
Neidel
Jerry Hayes
Topeka
Kan
Beverly Speedway
Two Successful Tests at Eglin AFB Florida
An IM9A Bomarc ground missile and an MBI Genie rocket launched from a F101K Voodoo achieved their test goals over the Gulf of Mexico. The Bomarc scored a direct hit on a jet drone while the Genie rocket delivered a near miss on a second drone.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gunter Afb
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Slayer Forgiven Edward Cooney Admits Murders
Mount Airy Pennsylvania fifte en year old honor student Edward Cooney confessed to luring three year old Becky Holt into his home, strangling her and concealing the body in a toy closet. Anatol Hall the victim’s father urged restraint and blamed parental neglect in a 13 000 word appeal to authorities.
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Edward Cooney
Mount Airy
Bis
Anatol Hall
Cooney
Little Becky Holt
City Council To Discuss Street Carnival Site Planned June 10
City officials meet to review the Poplar Street site from Sixth to Seventh for a June street carnival with a legal opinion due on highway authority. Residents petitioned and church objections surfaced as council weighs blocking off the street. The panel also sent the El Toro addition plat to the planning commission for study amid drainage and flood concerns for Bull Creek business areas.
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Poplar Street
James van Ginkel
Atlantic
Court House
Harold DeKay
Harkey Johnson
Highway Commission
Harry Richardson
Second Ward
Richardson
el Toro
City Planning Commission
Bull Creek
Planning Commission
Roy Smith
Fourteenth and
Olive
Olive Street
Earl Beech
Mass Probe Of Bomb Case Launched
Des Moines authorities launched a mass investigation after a Rock Island Rocket bound for Chicago carried 200 passengers. Ninety nine sticks of dynamite in a suitcase were found near Highway 163 east of Des Moines and a second failed detonation occurred when the fuse burned to the cap.
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Rock Island
Des Moines
Iowa
George Schuck
West Des Moines
Polk County
Wilbur Hildreth
Chicago
Hildreth
Highway 163
Death of Cass County Native Tom Waters at Atlantic Memorial
Tom Waters 80, lifelong Cass county resident, died at 1 45 am at Atlantic Memorial hospital after hospitalization since May 24. Born March 7, 1879, in Cass county, son of John and Mary Gayle Walters, he lived in Atlantic since 1930 and belonged to SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church. He is survived by sister Mrs William Nimm and three brothers Ed Joe Frank Waters, with funeral Monday at 9 am at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Interment in Atlantic Catholic Cemetery.
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Thomas E. Waters
West Sixth Street
Cass Covunery
Atlantic Memorial
Cass County
John
Mary Gayle Walters
Atlanc
Waters
SS. Peter and Paul Cathole
Edward Gaule
William Nimm
Wirta
Joe
Frank Waters
Dela M.jone
Alice
Margaret Winners
SS. Peer and
Paul Catoolic
Peter J. Lapeleske
Roland Funeral
Looting of Officer’s Squad Car During Disturbance Probe
In Salt Lake City an officer named David Robinson found his squad car looted while he investigated a disturbance. Missing items include his street guide, a copy of the city traffic code, and two books of traffic tickets.
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Salt Lake City
David Robinson
Geneva talks stall as Berlin fate hangs on Soviet offer
Andrei Gromyko faced Western ministers Herter Couve de Murville and Lloyd in Geneva as four weeks of talks failed to resolve Berlin issues. Western envoys expect a hard Soviet offer and a possible summit, while Moscowors may await Khrushchev guidance before any breakthrough. A secret session at the Palace of Nations followed broad arguments with little progress.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
United Sete
France
Igo
Jacyd
Berlin
Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Weekchev
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Lloyd
West Berlin
Alli
Kremlin
Palace of Nations
Four Escapees Return to Iowa Prison After Recapture
Four prisoners who fled the Iowa Penitentiary were recaptured and jailed in Albia. They face possible additional five year sentences for the escape after stealing a car and threatening a farm wife during the flight. Monroe County Attorney Frank Karpan said action by penitentiary authorities would determine further charges.
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Iowa
Albia
Monroe County
Frank Karpan
VET PILOT DIES ST LOUIS
Dan R. Robertson, 53, aviation pioneer who aided Lindbergh and backed his Paris flight, died Friday of a heart attack. A former air mail pilot, Robertson was among four brothers who helped foster aviation in the area and flew for the same company Lindbergh did.
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ST. Louw
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Dan R. Robertson
Air Mail
Lindbergh
Robertaca
Atlantic
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
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Buford L. Moore
Portsmouth
Ohio
Mediterranean
Slayer
Gi Tero
Tom Waters
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