Bloodmobile shortfall at Cass county drive noted
Cass county failed to reach 175 pint goal as Red Cross mobile unit collected 143 pints from 166 donors in Atlantic. The county also misses 935 pint yearly Omaha region quota ending June 30. Despite 23 rejections, several residents reached two to four gallon totals with aid from Atlantic doctors and Elks canteen staff.
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Cass County
Red Cross
Cass
Omaha
Atlantic Elks Club
J. B. Betz
Donald H. Nelson
Lyle E. Haris
Henry Schwartz
James C. Anderson
Lewis G. Gipple
Jesse Camp
Jesse Jordan
Kendal Warne
Eldon Burnside
Lewis
Kenneth Bock
Leroy Starlin
Kenneth Harris
Charlies Bacon
Norman Vandehaar
Lowell N. Jones
Atlantic
BPO Elks Lodge
Jack Gaylord
Wayne Geines
Nels Fugisang
Rob
R. Royalty
Calvin Anderson
Paul Vedane
Charlies Malone
Leander Opbrook
Wallace Drake
Walnut
Geo. McCrory
Wm. Gruike
Andrew Smith
Brayton
Lester Anita
Curtis Masteller Jr
Gladys McFarland
Geswok
Elvin Griewold
Galiher
Joe Narigan
Leroy Star
Youths Cleared Of Fight Charge In Iowa Incident
Justice of the Peace Bryson Parr cleared six youths from Clinton area towns of unlawful assembly after a May incident in Camanche in which police broke up a reported gang fight. Robert Weber pleaded guilty and was fined $10 plus costs. others were found innocent.
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Camanche
Justice of the Peace
Bryson Parr
Dale Sharp
James Bower
Russell Gifford
Michael Hougmnin
Richard Carber
Clarence Carber
Follets
Parr
Robert Weber
Weber
Clinton
Charles McKenzie
Fulton
Inl
Weather forecast: cloudy with showers and storms into Saturday
Mostly cloudy conditions with occasional showers and thunderstorms Friday night and into east and central Saturday. Locally heavy rain likely east. Lows Friday night 55 to 60 north to near 60 south. Warmer north on Saturday with highs 75 to 80. Outlook shows scattered activity with little temperature change Sunday.
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Near &Y
Secret Army Halts Terrorism In Algiers Temporarily
European Secret Army Organization halted its actions in Algiers after a day of arson and shootings as rain and leaders’ appeals influence restraint. Sarradet urged peace with Moslem nationalists while Algerian parties register for a July 1 self determination referendum. France’s Fouchet called to Paris for discussions with De Gaulle.
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Algiers
Jean Georges Sarradet
Sarradet
France
Rocher Noir
Mostem Rebel Front of National Liberation
FLN
National Algerian Movement
Party of the
Algeria
Communist Party
Algera
Christian Fouchet
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Flight to Omaha delayed after ominous passenger remark
A United Air Lines DC8 bound for Omaha was delayed nearly an hour at Idlewild after a passenger, described as a business man, allegedly mentioned a large insurance policy and a bomb. The FBI questioned the man as agents investigated the threat, and the plane finally departed at 8 05 p.m. The passenger's identity was not released.
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New York
United Air Lines
Omaha
Idlewild
FBI
City Lets Man Fit Big Lion Rug In House
St. Joseph Missouri AP War ren Johnson shot a Utah mountain lion last fall and had the hide made into an 8 foot 4 inch rug. He sought a three foot house expansion but was told it would breach the property line. After consultations Building Commissioner Harold Christian suggested cutting the tail but Johnson refused. The city then relented and allowed the addition to fit the rug.
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ST. Joseph
Warren Johnson
Utah
Johnson
Harold Christian
Christian
Spacecraft Display Set for Atlantic Visitors Wednesday
A Mercury capsule replica will be shown near Atlantic city park from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 13 as part of a national Freedom Bond drive and a four day local retail promotion. The display involves a 30 foot trailer, touch access to the cockpit and an audio tape program.
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Atlatic
United States
Atlantic
Iowa
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Albia
Centerville
Ottumwa
U. S
America
McConnell Aircraft Corporation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Treasury Department
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors
Atlantic Merchants
Woman and teen held after pistol threat in Iowa
A 27 year old woman, Anita Ott, and 17 year old Willis D. Clover Jr. were jailed for questioning after a several hour search by northwest Iowa officers. They were implicated in a pistol threat at a farm home near Cherokee, from which the two fled in a convertible. No charges filed at this time.
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Sioux City
Spencer
Here
Iowa
Anita Ott
Willis D. Clover Jr
Robert Ray
Cherokee
Rays
Storms Sweep Iowa with Heavy Rain Across Regions
The Associated Press reports ongoing storms across Iowa with heavy rain in Carroll 2.62 inches and Sac City 1.47 inches. Other amounts include Sioux City 1.13 and Storm Lake 1.10. Showers and thunderstorms expected Friday into Sunday with strongest activity in the southeast. Highs Friday in the 70s. Thursday lows ranged from 54 to 66.
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Iowa
Carroll
Raccoon River
Sac City
Sioux City
Storm Lake
Spencer
Burlington
Lamont
Dubuque
Des Moines
Texan official faces hearings over Estes payments scandal
James T. Ralph, fired as Agriculture Department official, awaits testimony before the Government Operations subcommittee probing Billie Sol Estes ties. His appearance was delayed after disclosure that a Republican aide on the panel was dismissed for leaking confidential information to a newspaper.
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James T. Ralph
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Government Operations Subcommittee
Subcommittee Republian
Robert E. Manuel
House
Estes
Congress
Administration
Manuel
Morris
Subcommittee
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Former Utilities Manager Van Ackeren Dies in Minnesota
Paul Van Ackeren aged 65, former manager and later advisory supervisor of Atlantic municipal utilities, died in Owatonna Minnesota after a long illness. A Cedar Rapids Nebraska native, he left Atlantic in 1946 for Owatonna. He was diabetic and blind in recent years, survived by his wife Mary Rooney and five sisters, two brothers. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 at Owatonna.
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Paul van Ackeren
Atlantic Municipal Utilities
Owatonna
Minn
van Ackeren
Owatonna Utilities
Cedar Rapids
Nebr
Mary Rooney
Greeley, Nebr
Man Dies After Airplane Attack in Dakota
A Rock Valley Iowa man was dead on arrival at a hospital in Aberdeen South Dakota after an attack on a plane. The incident left the victim deceased before medical staff could revive him.
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Dakota
Aberdeen
S.D
Rock Valley
Iowa
Teens survive plunge as car into river topples
Four Mason City youths escaped when their car veered into the Winnebago River near town, tipping onto its roof in six feet of water. Driver Darrel Johnson, 16, and passengers Gary Albertus, 16. Carol Gallagher, 14. and Geri Lou Cawley, 17, swam to safety after a boy kicked out a door. Albertus suffered a cut on the arm.
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Mason City
Winnebago
Darrel Johnson
Gary Albertus
Carol Gallagher
Geri Lou Cawley
Albertus
Kennedy Pushes Five-Point Tax Cut Plan
President Kennedy outlines a five point tax package aimed at spurring prosperity with across the board income tax reductions effective January 1. He seeks public and congressional backing, urging action on reforms including a new investment credit and depreciation writeoffs while warning of recession threats.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House Ways and Meats Committee
Senate Sets 4.7 Billion Foreign Aid Ceiling
The Senate voted a 4.7 billion dollar ceiling on foreign aid for the next fiscal year, roughly aligning with Kennedy's request while signaling potential future cuts in aid. It left enforcement to separate appropriations and included debates on aid to Poland, Yugoslavia, and arms exports to Sino-Soviet bloc nations.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Poland
Yugoslavia
White House
Sen
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Cube
Sonic Boom Jolts Marshalltown Crowd Near Soldiers Home
A first ever sonic boom in Marshalltown sparked excitement as crowds rushed to the Iowa Soldiers Home after reports of an explosion. Fire crews found no blast at the home while traffic jammed streets and concurrent high school commencement exercises ended.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Soldiers Home
Soldiers Home
Sent Back to Prison After Guilty Plea
Robert J. Gordon, age 61 with a long history of prison time, was sentenced in Federal Court to three more years for transporting a stolen car across state lines. He bought a $6,200 auto with a bad check in Royal Oak Michigan and drove it to Sioux City. Gordon has a lengthy adult record dating to 1917 for issuing bad checks, but told the court this was his first time in federal prison.
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Des Moines
Robert J. Gordon
Gordon
Royal Oak
Mich
Sioux City
Fire Claims One Life at Fort Dodge
An 8 year old cab driver Henry A. McCaffrey died in a trailer home fire in Fort Dodge. Firemen found his body at 2 am while his wife was working at a nursing home. The couple lived alone in the trailer.
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Fort Dodge
Henry A. McCaffrey
McCaffrey
Former Indianapolis Attorney Probstein Recovered for Grand Jury
David Probstein, once linked to Indianapolis, Indiana, attorney who vanished years ago, has been produced by the FBI for a federal grand jury in Washington probing Teamster Union activities. He will be questioned about dealings with Teamster president James R. Hoffa in 1954 and 1955.
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David Probstein
Indianapolis, Lnd
FBI
Washington
Teamster
Probstein
James R. Hoffa
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