Parks Department Tests New Parking Meters in City
The city approves trials of Park-O-Meter and Duncan Parking Meter devices installed by Chicago firms at no cost. The manual meters require turning a handle to set time and show coin data, with Park-O models to be compared for a year against Duncan meters praised for accuracy and low maintenance.
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Duncan Parking Meter Company
Chicago
Park-Ometer Company
Park-O-Meter Company
Duncan
Duncan Company
Albert Adams
Harry Hjortshoj
Jack Chracter
Rites for Perry Shafer Held Thursday in Corning
Funeral services for Perry Shafer a former Atlantic resident of 60 years will be at 1:30 p m Thursday at Roland Funeral Home Corning Interment in Atlantic Cemetery He died at his daughter Mrs Troy Huelling s home in Corning His wife Stella Gillett Shafer died November 7 1952.
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Perry Shafer
Atlantic
Roland Funeral Home
Corning
Atlantic Cemetery
Shafer
Troy Ueling
Stella Gillett
Kyle Returned to Black Hawk Jail in Waterloo
John Kyle, 16, charged in the knife slaying of 19 year old neighbor Diane Kay Gable, was returned to Black Hawk County jail from University Hospitals at Iowa City after 11 days of psychiatric tests. The tests’ findings will aid Kyle's defense. he is the son of a Waterloo bank president. The partly clad body was found June 1 in the living room of Gable's home.
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Waterloo
John Kyle
Black Hawk County
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Kyle
Waterloo Bank
Diane Kay Gable
Weather Outlook With Warmer Temperatures Ahead
Forecast shows fair weather through Thursday with a warmup in the west and north. Highs in the United States. lows Wednesday night in the 50s. Outlook remains partly cloudy and slightly warmer on Pridey.
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Thureday
North
50S
Maryland Family to Seek Religious Asylum in Hawaii
Mary land atheist Madalyn Murray and her family left Baltimore for Hawaii after a weekend dispute over their daughter's marriage. An earlier hailstorm damaged crops in Iowa will be discussed at two meetings with agronomist Harvey Thompson guiding the session.
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Maryland
Hawaii
Fletcher Chapel
Massena
Harvey Thompson
Iowa State Agronomist
San Francisco
Madalyn Murray
Baltimore
U.S. Supreme Court
Murray
Murrays
William
Susan Abramovitz
Susan
FBI
Robert London
William G. Manz 79 Dies at Griswold
William G. Manz 79 of 202 West Thirteenth Street died this morning at Martens Manor Griswold after a two month illness. He was born July 13 1884 in Shelby son of Peter and Augusta Manz married Clara Bolz April 13 1913 in Council Bluffs. He lived in Minden Council Bluffs Atlantic and died after moving to Atlantic in 1961. He leaves a daughter Mrs Franklin G Miller a sister Mrs Charles Warner and a granddaughter. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at Minden Congregational Church with Rev Claude Smith officiating. Interment in Minden Cemetery.
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William G. Manz
West Thirteenth Street
Martens Manor
Griswold
Shelby
Peter
Augusta Manz
Clara Bolz
Council Bluffs
Minden
Atlantic
Carpenters’ Union
Ioof Lodge
Franklin G. Miller
Charles Warner
Lydia Walker
Claude Smith
Advertising bingo scheme ruled illegal in Iowa
Sioux City district judge M E Rawlings ruled National Food Stores promotional bingo cards violate Iowa lottery laws. The Iowa attorney general’s office brought the action, stating patrons could win prizes by filling numbers on cards displayed by the stores.
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Sioux City
National Food
Iowa
M. E. Rawlings
Six Freight Cars Derail Near Redfield
Six Milwaukee Road freight cars derailed about three miles west of Redfield. The westbound train from Des Moines carried soybean meal. no injuries reported. Cause was not immediately known.
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Redfield
Milwaukee Road
Here
Des Moines
Steamboat Race Planned for Dubuque Summer Festival
A Mississippi steamboat race is scheduled in Dubuque as part of the Summer Festival. Pilot Richard Bissel of The Pajama Game fame joins other pilots with Vaughn Monroe, Phil Ford and Mimi Et, and jazz master Louis among the celebrities slated to participate.
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Dubuque
Mississippi
Richard Bissel
Vaughn Monroe
Phil Ford
Mimiet
Louis
Fireworks Barage Blast Kills Two During New York Show
A fireworks laden barge exploded on the Hudson River during Macy’s fireworks display killing two men and injuring several others. Spectators along the riverbanks remained unaware of the danger as crews on other barges continued firing.
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New York
Hudson River
Manhattan
New Jersey
Macy's Department Store
Lew
96Th Street
Asr
John Serpico
International Fireworks Co
North Bergen
N.J
Anthony Amato
Secaucus
Anthony de Francisco
Sparkill
N.Y
National Guard
Eclipsed Moon Illuminates Cadillac Mountain View
Moonwatchers expect a striking reddish glow tonight with Cadillac Mountain in Mount Desert Maine offering a premier vantage. The eclipse begins at 5 48 p m EST with totality from 7 16 p m to 8 57 p m and ends when the moon leaves the penumbra at 11 14 p m. The event marks the first of two total lunar eclipses this year.
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Mount Desert
Maine
Cadillac Mountain
Air Force navigator dies after hatch door blows off B52
Capt. Richard Carroll aged 35 fell six miles to his death when a B52 hatch door blew off over Lewisville Texas. His body was found on a farm northwest of the city during a search by eight county officers and state land agents.
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Lewisville
Tex
Air Force
Richard Carroll
Here
State Land
Civil rights workers held in Mississippi custody
In Moss Point two civil rights volunteers Ronald Ridenour and Howard Kirchenbaum were arrested for vagrancy and investigation. A COFO spokesman said sheriffs deputies would not disclose charges and three attorneys headed to Moss Point. The volunteers arrived to assist in civil rights projects alongside about 175 others. A civil rights meeting hall burned Tuesday night in Moss Point, with only a brush fire reported nearby.
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Moss Point
Miss
Jackson County
Hubert W. Alferd
Alferd
Ronald Ridenour
Venice
Calif
Howard Kirchenbaum
Long Beach
L.A
New York
Gulf Coast
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Bob Byers
Council of Federated Organizations
Byers
L.I
N.Y
Three Civil Rights Workers Missing In Mississippi
Federal and state agents resume door to door and gully to gully search at daybreak for the three missing workers. A charred station wagon linked to the case was found nearby as Allen Dulles plans a White House mission to Mississippi. The trio Andy Goodman Mickey Schwerner and James Chaney are missing from Meridian and New York.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
FBI
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
New York City
James Chenery
Meridian
Plans Approved for U.S. 6 Relocation near Council Bluffs
The U S bureau of public roads approves plans to relocate U S 6 east of Council Bluffs and upgrade U S 6 and Iowa 64 within the city limits. A hearing occurred March 26, with construction set for 1965 through 1968 at an estimated cost of 4,049,600 dollars.
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U.S Bureau of Public Pads
Council Bluffs
U.S. 6
Iowa 64
Scranton seeks West Virginia aid in presidential bid
Gov William Scranton flies to Charleston West Virginia to win Southern Republican support as Lodge joins his campaign. He keeps Southeast Asia as the central issue against the Johnson administration while targeting West Virginia delegates and Florida’s bloc.
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Newark
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Charleston
W.va
Scranton
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Lodge
Viet Nam
United States
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
West Virginia
Florida
Dennis Templeman Promoted to Airman Second Class in England
A'3c Dennis Templeman son of Mr and Mrs Harley Templeman has been promoted from apprentice to aircraft mechanic with the air force in England. He took a five level test scoring 90 out of 95 the highest in his class.
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Dennis Templeman
Harley Templeman
Air Force
England
Japanese Port Welcomes Communist China Built Freighter
In Tokyo a 4,600 ton freighter Liao yuan arrived with 5,000 tons of corn from Tsingtao under a private trade deal. The ship marked the first visit of a vessel built by the Chinese Communists to a Japanese port.
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Tokyo
Tsingtao
Premier Praises U. S. Efforts to Stop Commies
Premier Nguyen Khanh praised U S efforts to curb communism and said free world support stands with South Viet Nam. He cited Gen Maxwell Taylor as ambassador as proof of Washingtons resolve to exterminate communism. Chinese and Japanese critics warned of grave Indochina tensions and possible U S military moves.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Peking
Indochina
U.S
Khanh
Maxwell D. Taylor
Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
Chen Yi
United States
Laos
Vietnam
Taylor
Japan
Asahi
Yomiuri
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Conventions Planned Friday for Cass County GOP and Dems
Dick Redman of Des Moines will keynote the Cass county Republican convention at City Hall Friday at 10 am. Democrats meet at the Cass county courthouse at 8 pm to select delegates for Des Moines in July and the Seventh district in Audubon on July 8. Donald C. Karns will preside. The GOP aims to send delegates to Des Moines for the state convention in July. six candidates failed to reach 35 percent in June. Iowa AG ruled any eligible for nomination, not limited to primary contenders.
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Dick Redman
Des Moines
Case County
Case County Court House
Cass County
Donald C. Karns
Anita
Casa Democrats
Audubon
Casa
Congress
Iowa
Iowans See Moon Eclipse Tonight in Des Moines
Iowans will view a lunar eclipse Wednesday night as the moon enters Earth's shadow. The eclipse starts at moonrise around 8:50 p.m. and lasts until about 10:03 p.m., with best viewing from a high vantage point on the eastern horizon.
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Des Moines
Iowane
Horzon
Visiting Parents Stay Month With Winston Family
Visiting Parents Mr and Mrs Allen Winston of Arlington Virginia are spending a month with his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Winston in the community.
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Allen Winston
Arlington, Va
iMra
Jims Winston
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National Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Robert E. Joyce
West Haven
Conn
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Don Stoaks
Bob Reason
Hubert Waters
Bob Stuetelberg
Harold Shupe
Bill Nolte
George Stuetelberg
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Vernett Martens
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