Four Traffic Fatalities and Drownings Hit Iowa Heat Wave
The weekend saw four traffic deaths in Iowa from overturned cars and a pedestrian-vehicle crashes. Drownings also rose with Millicent Tompkins and others swept away in river wake and swimming mishaps in Muscatine and Independence, plus a man near Bellevue and a Waterloo resident in Minnesota.
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Mississippi River
Muscatine
Millicent Tompkins
Tompkins
Sidney Root Jr
Independence
Wapsipinicon River
Leo Kiloff
Bellevue
George Bishop
Waterloo
Lake
Inguadona
Minnesota
Safety message at Jaycees checkpoint inspects 398 cars
Patrolman Fred Bereer explains a safety message to an Atlantic motorist as 398 cars were checked at the Jaycees and Vaquero Auto Club co sponsored checkpoint. 125 cars had faulty equipment. Drivers were urged to fix defects but not ticketed.
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Fred Bereer
Atlantic
Jaycee
Jaycers
Vaquero Auto Club
Proect
Liston Arrested in Philadelphia Impersonation Case
Sonny Liston the heavyweight title contender was arrested in Philadelphia on impersonating a policeman. Accompanied by Isaac Cooper 26 they allegedly stopped a cab driven by Mrs Dolores Ellis 29 of Lansdowne to assault her in Fairmount Park. All four suspects are Black.
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Philadelphia
Sonny Liston
Isaac Cooper
Dolores Ellis
Lansdowne
Fairmount Park
C. A. Otte
Marjorie
Otto
S. W. Treat
Colorado
Estes Park
Medi-Cats Have Swinging Time In Waterloo
Waterloo AP reports the Medi-Cats, a band of doctors and dentists, rehearse weekly for about three hours blending stethoscopes with saxophones. The group, formed last January, grew from six to 14 musicians plus a vocalist led by Roger Tillapaugh. They rehearse on tunes like The Muskrat Ramble Birth of the Blues and Camp Town Races.
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Waterloo
Allen’ Memorial Hospital
Camptown
Medi-Cats
Drs
Rex Foster Jr
Donald Clark
Thomas Updegraff
Robert Buckles
Andrew Smith
Roger Tillapaugh
Call off search for U S plane in Pacific crash
The U S Air Force ended the search for a C133 cargomaster freight plane missing since Friday night in the Pacific. Wreckage was found Sunday with all eight crewmen presumed lost as the aircraft was en route to Travis Air Force Base in California.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Pacific
Travis Air Force Base
California
Tires On Fire and Court Fines Reported In Atlantic
Firefighters were summoned at 11 54 p m Saturday after tires were set ablaze on Olive street a mile north of Atlantic Justice of the peace court fined Charles P Volk of Avoca 10 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign A 1959 Chevrolet stolen in Des Moines was found abandoned near Les McDaniel’s home Sheriff Ken Jones reported Other items note a Pony prize won by Wilbur Blake of Maine and several social visits and travel notices from Atlantic Iowa.
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Iowa
Herbert Kayser
Ottosen
Algona
Kaysen
Peter
Elda June
Ward
Keith James McBroom
Des Moines
Orville Adamson
Gladys Findlay
Emmett van Norstrand
Olive Street
Atlantic
Justice Court
Charles P. Volk
Avoca
Justice of the Peace Court
Wilbur Blake
Maine
Les McDaniel
Ken Jones
Peony Trail Draws Thousands Across Tri-State Region
Thousands of visitors from Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois gathered Sunday to view the Peony Trail. The event is maintained by a trust fund established in memory of Mrs. E B Lyons who started the peons years ago.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
E. B. Lyons
Peons
Funeral services for Harry C. Dasher held at Roland funeral home
The Rev. Donald C. Bissinger officiated as Harry C. Dasher was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Organ selections by Mrs. Kenyon V. King included In the Garden and Old Rugged Cross. Casket bearers were Lester King, Merle Denne, Max Page, Alfred Egger, Charles Theurer and Bill Maines. Interment followed at Atlantic cemetery.
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Donald C. Bissinger
Harry C. Dasher
Roland Funeral
Kenyon V. King
Old Rugged Cross
Lester King
Merle Denne
Max Petersen
Alfred Egger
Charles Theurer
Bill Maines
Atlantic Cemetery
Severe thunderstorm forecast for Nebraska and Iowa
A Weather Bureau warning predicts thunderstorms developing in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa this afternoon and evening. Some storms may be severe from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. CST along a corridor from Grand Island to Fort Dodge. The report also notesParamaribo, Surinam’s capital, sits on a shell reef in the Surinam River.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Grand Island
Neb
Fort Dodge
Macbeth lived as Scottish usurper king 1940 to 1958
The note asserts Macbeth ruled Scotland as king between 1940 and 1958. It then claims Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's president, graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
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Shakespeare
Macbeth
Scotland
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Lincoln University
Pennsylvania
Science shrinks hemorrhoids without surgery to stop itching
A New York report claims a new healing substance can shrink hemorrhoids without surgery. It relieves pain and itching while reducing the hemorrhoid. In multiple cases, actual shrinkage occurred as pain faded.
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New York, N.Y
Monroe Authorized Dealers List Snapshot
A catalog of Monroe authorized service locations includes Dexter Scott's Texaco Service Dunlap O'Day Conoce Emerson Audubon Auto Electric Service Emerson Super Service Exira Finnerty Oil Co. Earling Earling Standard Service Fort Dodge Skelley Supreme Service Waffuls Skelley Glenwood Doyel's Brake Service Doyel's Plattsmouth Service Sprague Skelly Service Grinnell Bailey-Parks Sinclair Brimm's Skelly Service Hunter Electric Onthank Body Shop Guthrie Center.
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Finnerty Oil Co
Earling
Earling Standard Service
Fort Dodge Skelley Supreme Service
Waffuls Skelley
Glenwood Doyel’s Brake
Doyel’s
Plattsmouth
Sprague Skelly Service
Grinnell Bailey-Parks Sinclair Brimm’s
Skelly
Hunter Electric Onthank
Guthrie Center
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Buzz) Barton
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Neo-Life Meeting
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Paul Keemer
Washington
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George Washington University
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Iowa City
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Baxter Young Oil Co
Boone
Scottie
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Braddyville Davison Super Service
Carlisle Ray’s Shell Service
Clearfield
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Colfax
Economy Oil Co
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Wall Avenue
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EXIRA
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Hampton Dales Cities Service
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Hastings Perkins
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Brown Oil Co
Al’s Motor Kellogg
Roy's Standard Service Logan
Gene
Champlin
Lynnville
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Madrid
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Marengo Potts Motor Co
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Jerry
Wedes Service
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Persels
Pacific Junction
Rover Oil Co
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Perry
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Hancock Body Shop
Keith and Vern Service
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Rover 66
Pcrsia
Walts Service
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Hatfield Mobil
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Concoco
Funkhouser
SLATE
King‘s Service
Stratford Stratford Grain and Supply
Tabor Tabor DX
Treynor
Schroeder
Willisca
Orville Marsh
Waukee
Farmers Co-op Oil Co
West Des Moines
Divine Service Valley Auto Repair
Winterset
J and J Auto
WODEN
Olthoff DX
Woodward
Flint Standard Service Woodward
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