Giant Hailstorms Rip Atlantic Iowa Area
Severe weather battered Cass county with giant hailstones up to four inches long and 11 inches in girth during a 15 minute span around 9 p.m. Thunderstorms caused flooding with creeks at bankfull, trees down, and power outages as crews worked to restore service. Homes in Atlantic suffered window and siding damage, and notable hail was saved in refrigerators by residents.
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Cass County
Otis Dewey
Duane Reed
Thirteenth and Elm
Kjan
Atlantic
Turkey Creek
Wiota
Nishnebotna
Nishmabotna River
Massena
Highland
Band Concert at Sunnyside Park Tuesday Evening
Sunnyside Park hosts a band concert program featuring March ealla and Hall Beguine for Band Beguine performed by Prentiss Joekel and trumpet. The program includes selections such as Lorento by Paulson Hootenanny and Blue Moon arranged by Walters and Northport March by Akers. David Shupe trombone and arr Yoder perform Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Other items include Lawrence of Arabia novelty and Glove-Belection arr Lang. A Mighty Fortress chorale by Logan and Star Spangled Banners by North-South College All Stars.
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Sunnyside Park
Ealla
Hall
Lorento
Prentiss Joekel
Paulson
Yoder Lawrence of
Griswold Community School District elects seven directors
Griswold voters established Griswold Community School District No 4 choosing seven directors and a treasurer. Winners for three year terms included Robert Rudin Russell Liddell and Raymond Smith. Two year terms went to Richard Bishop and Randall Baier. one year terms to Clyde Schuler and Merlin Hultquist. Gerald Haas was elected treasurer. Four incumbents lost: B J England Dale Frazier Wilbur Sunderman and Dean Hunt. The new board meets soon to organize and take over July 1 governing the district formed from Griswold Lewis Cass Bear Grove Cass Montgomery Pilot Grove townships.
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Griswold Community School District No. 4
Robert Rudin
Russell Liddell
Raymond Smith
Richard Bishop
Randall Baier
Clyde Schuler
Merlin Hultquist
Gerald Haas
Hultquist
Smith
Schuler
Griswold
B. J. England
Dale Frazier
Wilbur Sunderman
Dean Hunt
Lewis
Cass
Bear Grove
Casa County
Pilot Grove
Montgomery County
Lyle Norris
Haas
Dan Bryson
Floyd Barr
William Walkinshaw
Wayne Gentry
James Lindwall
Art Brouse
Wallace Bell
William Weppler
Madge Roberts
Pauline Soper
Bob Bell
Sellers Says He Won't Return To Hollywood
British actor Peter Sellers denies reports he criticized Hollywood or hospital care after his near fatal heart attack. He insists he did not complain about hospital bills and calls such claims untrue while noting he repeatedly died during treatment.
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Sellers
Hollywood
Calif
Peter Sellers
U.S
Hts
Miriseh
Runaway Horse Bolts into Brooklyn Furniture Store
A wagon horse escaped in a Brooklyn street and after a three block dash rammed into a furniture store. The owner sustained minor head injuries as dishes and other items were damaged in the shop.
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New York
Brooklyn
Variable Cloudiness With Scattered Showers
Weather forecast notes variable cloudiness and scattered showers with locally heavy rainfall. Warm humid conditions persist with little change. Highs this afternoon around 60s and overnights in the 60s.
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Hall
Iowa county official pay hikes proposed in 1965 plan
Iowa officials from the Iowa State Association of County Officers propose across the board pay raises for county auditors treasurers recorders court clerks sheriffs supervisors and county attorneys ranging from 1800 to 2500 annually based on county size. The plan aims to align salaries with private industry and other government roles without raising taxes and will be discussed in upcoming workshops.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Association of County Officers
John L. Harms
Sibley
Ralph Buck
Marshalltown
Buck
Ringgold County
Polk County
Linn
Black Hawk and
Scott
Woodbury
Dubuque and
Pottawattamie
Johnson County
Clinton
Wapello
Story
Webster
Cerro Gordo
Des Moines and
Lee
Jasper
Marshall
Muscatine
Harris
Atlantic
Storm Lake
Mason City
Bes Moines
Cedar Rapids Nay
Ottumwa Thursay
Woman 116-year-old tied to Confederate spy claims dies
Mrs. Leon Sibley Haire, who alleged she was 116 and once did undercover work for Gen. Robert E. Lee, died in Eustis Florida on Friday. She claimed birth in Richmond Virginia on April 19 1848 and said she lived near Lee family with no known survivors.
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Eustis
Fla
Leon Sibley Haire
Robert E. Lee
Haire
Richmond
Gen. Lee
Toothless thief charged after toothpaste heist at Commack store
Louis Martella, 64, described as toothless by police, faces petty larceny charges for stealing 24 tubes of toothpaste from a Commack supermarket. He vanished while being led from court to a detention cell Friday. police have issued an all points alert.
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Commack
N. Y
Louis Martella
Louie
Kennedy Suffered Broken Back After Plane Crash
Senator Edward M. Kennedy and two others were hospitalized after a private twin engine plane crashed near Barnes airport in Westfield Massachusetts. Kennedy sustained multiple back fractures but has use of arms and legs in fair condition. The crash killed pilot Edwin T. Zimny 48 and two others, with aide Edward Moss 41 dying later in hospital.
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Northampton
Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Thomas F. Corriden
Dickinson Hospital
Kennedy
Birch Bayh
D Ind
Piior
Edwin T. Zimny
Lawrence
Edward Moss
Barnes
Westfield
Zimny
Telis
Robert Schauer
Sen
Crosby's Son Accused of Battery in Hollywood Bar
A woman, June May Plainkas, filed battery charges against Lind Say Crosby, Bing Crosby’s youngest son, claiming he lifted her from a bar stool and dropped her. Crosby denied the charge, saying he helped a maître d’ calm a disturbance in the tavern.
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Hollywood
Calif
Lindsay Crosby
Bing Crosby
June May Plainkas
Young Crosby
Crosby
Cuba Says Pirate Plane Bombed Mill Shot Down
The Cuban Armed Forces Ministry reported a pirate plane bombed a sugar mill near Cai varien on Friday and was shot down by Cuban anti aircraft fire. One crew member died and two were injured. one bomb hit Marcelo Salado mill area with no victims. Orlando Bosch in Miami urged caution on specifics.
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Havana
Cuban Armed Forces Ministry
Caibarien
U.S
Marcelo Salado
Las Villas
Miami
Fla
Orlando Bosch
Fide
Castro
Cuba
South Co
Five Ships Leave U S for Thailand Stockpile Expansion
Five U S Navy ships carrying trucks M113 armored personnel carriers tanks and signal equipment head to Bangkok to bolster stockpiles in Thailand amid Southeast Asia tensions. The move aims to speed U S response against Communist aggression while denying rumors of immediate troop shipments. About 100 troops from the 25th Division in Hawaii may assist in stockpiling operations.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Navy
U.S
Asan
Laos
Southeast Asia
United States
Hawaii
Mrs Don Wilson of Grove City Dies in Atlantic
Zelpha Wilson 57 a Grove City resident died Friday night at Atlantic Memorial hospital after a long illness She was born in Atlantic April 15 1907 and attended Atlantic High School She was married Feb 18 1934 and lived in Atlantic all her life Surviving husband a daughter Marie Nagel three sons Lloyd Dale and Dave two brothers Thelm and Glynn three sisters Wilma Iona and Mae Funeral services will be at 2 p m Monday at Roland funeral home with Rev R A McBlain officiating Burial in Atlantic cemetery
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Zelpha Wilson
Donald H. Wilson
Grove City
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
G. E
Jennie Shepperd Warren
Atlantic
Atlantic High School
Wilson
Thelm Warren
Glynn Warren
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Wilma Bisgaard
Emmetsburg
Iona Blakely
Los Angeles
Mae Nelson
Urbandale
Jennie Marie Curtis
Roland Funeral
R. A. McBlain
Atantic Cemetery
Visiting Here With Family in Glendale
Mrs. Ruby Calderone of Glendale California visits her mother Mrs. W. R. Jones and Mr. and Harvey Larsen and other relatives and friends for two weeks.
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Ruby Calderone
Glendale
Calif
W. R. Jones
and Harvey Larsen
Johnson Targets Goldwater Strongholds In California
President Johnson tours California aiming at Los Angeles and Orange counties where Goldwater built support in the June primary. The trip blends official duties with campaign effort as heavy storms lash Iowa and Page County reports indicate tornado damage near Shenandoah and Clarinda.
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San Francisco
Johnson
California
Barry Goldwater
Los Angeles
Orange
Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Orange County
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
British Banks Extend Credit To Czechs For Fertilizer Plant
British banks agreed to 12 year credits totaling 11.2 million dollars to Czechoslovakia for purchase of a fertilizer plant. Lazard Brothers and Co signed for a syndicate including Barclays Lloyds Martins National Provincial and the Insurance Export Finance Co with government guarantees backing the loan.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Lazard Brothers and Co
Strojimport Lazard
Barclays
Lloyds, Martins and
National Provincial
Insurance Export Finance Co
Iowa fire chiefs honored at state fire school award
Six Iowa fire chiefs received special awards for community service at Iowa State University during a three day fire school meeting. Gov. Harold Hughes presented the honors to Neil Frank Red Oak Richard Bowers Montezuma Ernest Pinhall Guttenberg Art Volleger Bettendorf William Ohde Manning and Ron Reisner Arnolds Park. Paul Sonner, chairman of five men extension service at the university, also received an award.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
Harold Hughes
State Fire School
Neil Frank
Red Oak
Richard Bowers
Montezuma
Ernest Pinhall
Guttenberg
Art Volleger
Bettendorf
William Ohde
Manning
Ron Reisner
Arnolds Park
Paul Soner
University
Youngster Hit By Hailstone in Ithaca
A 12 year old girl, Carolyn Black, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Black, was struck by a large hailstone while riding in a Volkswagen with a canvas top during a late night storm near the U S 71 interchange in Ithaca New York. She sustained a slight concussion and was taken to Atlantic Memorial hospital and later transferred to Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs. The family was en route to Colorado.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Carolyn Black
Richard Black
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Colorado
Hai
U.S. 71
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