Berserk ex-patient shoots at city hospital scene
In St Louis a former mental patient seized a police revolver and opened fire in the receiving room of City Hospital No 1 injuring Patrolmen Virgil Page and Raymond Oberlin and killing Richard Shackleford who was identified as a 26 year old former patient. Officer Roland Williams fired five shots as Shackleford fell. Authorities offered no motive.
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ST. Louis
City Hospital No
Richard Shackleford
Shackleford
Cpl
Raymond Oberlin
Virgil Page
North St. Lows Hospital
Forr Marshal
Roland Willams
Marshall
Page
Oberlin
Williams
Shack
Funeral Services for John Rendleman
Funeral services for John Rendleman will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Federated Church with Rev. W. W. Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Extra Cemetery.
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John Rendleman
Federated Church
W. W. Russell
Extra Cemetery
Marketing Workshop in Des Moines Slated for July 2
Iowa's first agriculture marketing workshop sponsored by the state Department of Agriculture will be held in Des Moines on July 2.
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Marketing Workshop
Des Moines
Iowa
Marketing Division
State Department of Agriculture
Steam Use in Newsprint Drying Reaches Six Thousand Pounds Per Ton
A historical note states that six thousand pounds of steam are required to dry one ton of newsprint, illustrating the energy demand in pulp and paper production and its industrial scale.
Reg Pardons and Local News Roundup
Miss Clara Duval recovering at Atlantic Memorial hospital after a broken hip. Sharon Arn won first in English pleasure at the Nishna Valley show in Shenandoah. Eight Iowans bid at Good Red Circle auction near Brookville Kansas. John Disti efano fined for driving without license. Fred Newson fined for speeding. Hogs sold at Omaha market. lambs sold with prices noted. Janet Mager seeks divorce from Arthur Mager with child support provisions. Two trucks damaged in Iowa 92 collision west of Treynor. BPW meeting features makeup demonstrations and cancer film. Whitney Bank officers reelected. list of directors. Weather: spotty sun and showers across Iowa with temps in 60s tonight and 80s Friday.
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Sharon Arn
Atlantic
Ray Bell
Shenandoah
Births in Omaha and Atlantic Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Ronald Conner Jr of 5643 Ohio Street welcomed a daughter born July 15 at Omaha Methodist Hospital weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces. Mrs Conner is the former Sharon Shafer of Atlantic. Mr and Mrs Keith Harlan of Fifth and Mulberry welcomed a daughter at 5 30 pm Wednesday at Atlantic Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds. A son weighing 8 pounds 1 1/2 ounces was born at 11 30 pm Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Arnold Gude of Elk Horn at Atlantic Memorial Hospital.
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Ronald Conner, Jr
Ohio Street
Omaha
Omaha Methodist Hospital
Conner
Sharon Shafer
Atlantic
Keith Harlan
Mulberry
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Arnold Gude
Elk Horn
State to resume control of Walnut Woods Park in August
Des Moines Iowa State Conservation Commission officials announced Walnut Woods Park will return to state management on August 1. The park has been run by West Des Moines since 1957, but the city will relinquish control.
Atlantic Class of 1921 Reunion at Whitney Hotel
Members of the Atlantic high school class of 1921 gathered for a reunion Saturday at the Whitney hotel. Front row includes Marie McFadden Frank Marie Timm Grulke Hazel Lloyd Smith Helen Neary Henningsen Barbara Shepperd Bailey Avis Odem Coomes Marie Pedersen Keller Gladys Overton Martin Maye Hallette Bradley Mabel Nelson Saemisch. Second row lists Leon Kringel Ella Kjar Lola Christensen Ballade Reba Talley Henn Florence Simmons Gibson Maurice Coomes Carl Keller Barbara Wheatley Swagel Carrie Anderson Davis Helen Black Graham. Third row shows Marie Curry Allen Emmanuel J. Henningsen Harry Allan William O. Shepperd Byron Porter Howard Jones Roy Frank Ralph Curry Arthur B. Christensen and Clara Richardson Greves.
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Atlantic High School
Whitney Hotel
Marie McFadden Frank
Marie Timm Grulke
Hazel Lloyd Smith
Helen Neary Henningsen
Barbara Shepperd Bailey
Avis Odem Coomes
Marie Pedersen Keller
Gladys Overton Martin
Maye Hallette Bradley
Mabel Nelson Saemisch
Leon Kringel
Ella Kjar
Lola Christen
Sen Ballade
Reba Talley Henn
Florence Simmons Gibson
Maurice Coomes
Carl Keller
Barbara Wheatley Swagel
Carrie Anderson Davis
Helen Black Graham
Marie Curry Allen
Emmanuel J. Henningsen
Harry Allan
William O. Shepperd
Byron Porter
Howard Jones
Roy Frank
Ralph Curry
Arthur B. Christensen
Clara Richardson Greves
Brothers Change Story On Gas Transport Theft
David Nash 12 and Lionel Nash Jr 10 were released to parents after altering their account of stealing a gasoline transport in Willisca. Police say they were seen driving a stolen farm tractor near Hancock and later sought to sell a mower from the tractor. The boys had left a gas transporter abandoned near Oakland and had traveled with a hitchhiker before entering Dale Hackett’s farm to obtain clothes.
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David
Lionel Nash, Jr
Willisca
Pottawattamie County
Hancock
Oakland
Dale Hackett
Griswold
Nash
Arizona
Minnesota
Villisca
Strike Ends At Griffin Pipe Plant
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP The Griffin Pipe Division Plant resumed operations after an 18 day walkout by United Steel Workers. Only 34 of 109 production workers remained, while 45 new permanent hires were made. About 30 of 75 returnees can resume, bidding by seniority. no contract is in place and full production will take days as day shifts retrain night foremen.
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Council Bluffs
Griffin Pipe Division
United Steel Workers Union
O. L. Dean
Dean
Back Check On New Drugs Back Check On New Drugs
A Senate hearing features a town doctor and two physicians endorsing a Kefauver proposal requiring drug effectiveness testing before market release. The AMA opposes, arguing it may slow drug development and limit prescribing. Dr William B Bean of Iowa calls the AMA stance harmful and unfounded.
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Washington
Senate
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
American Medical Association
AMA
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
William B. Bean
State University of Iowa School of Medicine
Bean
Government says revolt plot crushed in El Salvador
The government reports a Communist led revolution plot was crushed in El Salvador ahead of the July 26 Castro anniversary. A large quantity of Marxist propaganda was seized as forces acted on Wednesday, and unofficial sources say several men were arrested.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Cuba
Teamster Local Ousted As Taxi Bargaining Agent
In Chicago a reform union led by Weominie Abata won the right to represent about 5,200 cab drivers and garage workers, defeating Teamsters Local 777 backed by President James R. Hoffa. The NLRB cited Glimco and the Yellow and Checker Cab firms for unfair practices amid a 24 year conflict. Abata’s union won 2,220 votes to 1,760 with 4,098 of 5,186 ballots cast.
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Chicago
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Weominie Abata
Joseph P
Joey) Glimco
National Labor Relations Board
Hoffa
Teamsters
San Francisco
Glimco
Teamsters Local 777
NLRB
Abata
Democratic Union Organizing Committee
Yellow and Checker
Cedar Rapids annexes 12 square miles expanding city
Cedar Rapids grows by about 12 square miles after District Judge John Tobin signed papers completing the annexation that began in August 1986. The U S Supreme Court denied delays in a case over land south and west of the city, and the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a prior ruling that had declared the annexation illegal. Don’t drive you drink.
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Cedar Rapids
John Tobin
U.S. Supreme Court
Here
U.S. Court
Iowa Supreme Court
Mentally Retarded Children Camps Slated in Iowa
United Commercial Travelers of Iowa and the Iowa Association for Retarded Children sponsor two camps for mentally retarded children in Iowa. Last year 60 children attended at Dickinson county and Linn county camps. Okoboji camp Aug 21 23 and Linn county camp Aug 20 to 22. Applications urged. Okoboji director is Mrs Charlottee McDearmid Spirit Lake and Linn county director is Mrs Georgia Colbert Cedar Rapids.
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United Commercial Travelers of Iowa
Iowa Association For
Charlottee McDearmid
Spirit Lake
Georgia Colbert
Second Street
S. E. Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Relatives Visit Mrs. Schmeling Family Gathering
Mrs. Joe Novack and children Mark and Tracy of Minneapolis visit sister and aunt Mrs. Hattie Schmeling and family. Also visiting are Mr. and Mrs. August Hengel of McGrath, Minnesota.
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Casey
Joe Novack
Mark and
Tracy
Minneapolis
Minn
August Hengel
McGrath
Hattie Schmeling
Earl Kuster and son return home to Bell Calif
Earl Kuster and his son Gary have come back to their Bell California home after visiting Earl's parents Mr and Mrs Gus Kuster for several days. Motorists: stop signs do not mean slow down.
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Earl Kuster
Gary
Bell, Calif
Gus Kuster
Iowa Secretary Liddy to Act Over Margarine Packaging
Des Moines Iowa secretary of agriculture L B Liddy says he will take action against oleomargarine firms to enforce Iowa’s one pound four by four and a half inch packaging rule. He received a request from the state dairy industry to intervene as some firms pack oleo in six segments exceeding the size limit.
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Des Moines
L. B. Liddy
Iowa
Liddy
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