Johnston Denies State Aid Threat Used As Weapon
In Des Moines, testimony continued in a Cass County case challenging the Iowa Board of Public Instruction’s plan to remove Lewis Consolidated School District from state aid. State Supt. Paul Johnston denied using aid threat as leverage, stating removal signals a deficient program, not a push to force consolidation.
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DES Moines
Iowa Board of Public Instruction
Lewis Consolidated
Cass County
Polk County
Gibson C. Holliday
Lewis School Board
Richard C. Turner
Council Bluffs
Turner
Paul Johnston
Johnston
Holliday
C&m
Cumberland and
Massena
Lewis
Lloyd Weppler
Roscoe Woodward
Riley Clarke
State Department of Public Instruction
Couple Reunites For Long Awaited Pennsylvania Wedding
In 1912 Mae Heasley Pump and Harry Moore planned a Lawrence County wedding on July 5 but family objections stopped it. They later married others, Mae in Wisconsin with three children, then moved to Mobile, and now at ages 69 and 71 they plan to wed again in the same small Pennsylvania church where the ceremony was to occur.
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Mobile
Ala
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Mae Heasley Pump
Harry Moore
Harry
Mae
Wisconsin
Moore
Reappointed Lewis Official Heads County Assessor Board
Robert Bell of Lewis was reappointed to a six year term on the county assessor's board of review by the county conference board which met yesterday. The conference board also approved the assessor's budget for the coming year.
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Robert Bell
Lewis
County Conference Board
Unclear Forecast Stages Likely Thunderstorms Northwest
Weather outlook shows generally fair conditions through Friday with scattered thunder showers likely in northwest and extreme west central areas. Warm and humid conditions continue with high temperatures around the upper 90s. Friday night remains warm with possible low temps near 70s. Partly cloudy then Saturday brings more scattered showers and thunderstorms, continued heat and humidity.
Freeman Says No Money Lost From Estes Deal
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman defended the department’s handling of the Billie Sol Estes affair in Senate testimony. He acknowledged errors and said some shortcomings require responsibility, including Estes receiving extra cotton acreage allotments.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Secretary of Agriculture
McClellan
Freeman
Estes
Brayton Resident John Daugard Dies at 77
John Daugard of Brayton died at Carroll hospital at age 77. Funeral services led by Rev. Joseph Sibert will be Sunday at 2 pm at Brayton Lutheran Church with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. He is survived by three brothers Henry of Britt and Fred and Ed of Brayton, with four sisters and another brother predeceased him.
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John Daugard
Brayton
Carroll Hospital
Roland Funeral Home
Joseph Sibert
Brayton Lutheran Church
Oak Hill
Soren
Anna Daugard
Henry Daugard
Britt
Fred
Ed Daugard
Daugard
Rocket Launch From Vandenberg AFB Propels Satellite
The Air Force reports a Thor Agena B booster satellite launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base California on a mission typically used for Discoverer. NoFurther details were released.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Churchill Falls In Monte Carlo After Hip Fracture
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, fell at the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo and suffered a left hip fracture. A Monaco Hospital nurse said X rays were being studied and a decision on travel to London would wait until results are complete.
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Winston Churchill
Monaco Hospital
Chatelain
Churchill
Chartwell
London
Riviera
Col de Femur
Winston
Hotel de Paris
Anthony Montague Browne
Macmillan
Firm Sues City of Mechanicsville
Iowa Road Building Co. of Fairmont Minnesota sues Mechanicsville for 113 407 to be paid for street improvement work started March 22 1961. Cedar County court action asks if the town may be paid and if it can issue bonds for assessments.
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Tipton
Iowa Road Building Co
Fairmont
Minn
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Cedar County
Kennedy Says School Prayer Ruling Must Be Backed
President Kennedy urged support for the Supreme Court school prayer decision as the law of the land and encouraged families to pray at home. He avoided personal opinion, stressed constitutional principles, and warned Congress not to adjourn without advancing the administration’s program.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Congress
New York
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
United States
House
Former Detroit manager Mickey Cochrane dies
AP reports Mickey Cochrane, Hall of Fame former Detroit Tigers manager, died at a Lake Forest Illinois hospital at age 58. A Detroit club official confirmed the death and noted the broadcaster had been in and out of hospital care over the past year. The hospital spokesman said the exact cause was not yet determined.
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Detroit
Gordon Stanley
Mickey) Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Baseball
Hall of Fame
Lake Forest
Ill
Cochrane
Woman Rescued From Burning Mayberry Apartment
Firemen saved Peggy Sorensen from a smoke filled apartment at 1405 Chestnut Street shortly after 2 am. The blaze started near a wall air conditioner in her southeast corner living room. No injuries reported. The Mayberry building owner is Eldon and Irwin Mayberry. It was the first use of the new American LaFrance engine.
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Peggy Sorensen
Mayberry
Chestnut Street
Pat Crawford
Miss Sorensen
Edward P. Cole
Chestnut
Eldon
Irwin Mayberry
la France
Lutherans Merge to Form The Lutheran Church In America
In Detroit a historic merger unites four Lutheran bodies into The Lutheran Church In America. About 2,500 delegates witness the ceremony at Cobo Hall as 32 million members join under one faith, ending long standing language and national origin divides. The new church combines United Lutheran, Augustana, Finnish Evangelical, and American Evangelical Lutherans.
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Detroit
America
Franklin Clark Fry
New York
Cobo Hall
P. C. Bersell
Minneapolis
New
United Church
Lutheran Church In America
United Lutheran Church
Augustana Lutheran Church
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Plane returns safe to Des Moines after engine trouble
A United Airlines DC7 with 31 passengers aborted a flight to Chicago and landed at Des Moines Airport 15 minutes after takeoff. Passengers, mostly headed for Cedar Rapids and Moline, were transferred to a later flight without incident.
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Des Moines
United Airlines
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Moline
Helgens Killed in Marshalltown Traffic Crash
James Gordon Helgens 21, University of Iowa football end and Monticello High School standout, died Thursday when a State Board of Control truck collided with another vehicle. The crate truck carried reformatory steel chairs and license plates destined for local offices. Driver Larry Tremmel, 22, of Sigourney, already sentenced for false checks, survived with minor injuries. Coca Cola driver Delbert Sonnenberg, 26, suffered minor cuts. Helgens was born August 2, 1940 and starred in football basketball and track before joining Iowa.
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Marshalltown
James Gordon Helgens
University of Iowa
Helgens
Reformatory
Anamosa
State Board of Control
Larry Tremmel
Sigourney
Tremmel
Monticello High School
Vernon Helgens
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Prison Industries
Iowa Soldiers Home
Marshall County
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Delbert Sonnenberg
Sonnenberg
Hawkeyes
Lutherans Debate World Council Membership At State Convention
Waverly Iowa delegates from 395 congregations debated whether the American Lutheran Church should join the World Council of Churches. Dr. Frederik Schiotz urged action amid fears of radical right groups opposing Orthodox inclusion and stressed the need to address federal aid to education and its impact on religious freedom.
Man Killed in Tractor Accident at Iowa Farm
Walter Westerbeck, 70, was killed Wednesday on his farm 74 miles southeast of Columbus Junction after his tractor rolled down an embankment and a wheel passed over his chest while he was mowing weeds.
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Walter Westerbeck
Here
Westerbeck
Soblen Arrested in Tel Aviv on U S fugitive case
Israel police arrested Dr Robert A Soblen a U S fugitive and Soviet spy in Tel Aviv after he arrived on a Canadian passport from New York via Paris He was arraigned and held for charges within 10 days Officials noted no U S Israel extradition treaty but Morgenthau said efforts would be made to secure his return
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Robert A Soblen
United States
Soblen
New York
Paris
Beras Soble
Savoy
U.S
Robert M. Morgenthau
Topiay
Washington
FBI
State Department
Beras Sobel
Beras
Bruce
Ani Ankoricn
Jerusalem Post
Ahalom Yarkomiand
Artificial liver treatment shows promise for coma from liver failure
A tube filled with ion exchange resin cleanses blood to remove ammonia and revive some coma patients. Doctors from Jefferson Medical College reported at the AMA convention that 5 of 10 treated patients recovered from coma. bleeding limits effectiveness and not all liver conditions respond.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Nathaniel P. H. Ching
Thomas F. Nealon Jr
John H. Gibbon Jr
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Top hog price in Omaha market hits 18.50
Joe Lawton and Sons drew the top price of 18 dollars and 50 cents for hogs on the Omaha market yesterday. The deal involved 19 head weighing 233 pounds.
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Joe Lawton & Sons
Omaha
Diana Dors and Richard Dawson Welcome Baby Son
British actress Diana Dors and comedian Richard Dawson welcomed a 110 pound 2 ounce newborn son at Cedars of Lebanon hospital on Wednesday. The couple already has a two year old son named Mark Richard.
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NEW Son
Hollywood
Diana Dors
Richard Dawson
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Mark Richard
Cass County youths to report for July selective service
Four Cass county young men will report July 2 in Omaha to take physical examinations under the selective service system. The Cass county selective service said today the local board has not yet received its draft quote for July, secretary Mrs. Harold DeKay said.
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Cass County
Omaha
Selective Service
Cass County Selective Service
Harold DeKay
Soblen Vanishes Before Lifelong Prison Surrender
Dr. Robert A. Soblen, 62, a convicted Russian spy and psychiatrist on Park Avenue, disappeared hours before a scheduled surrender to life imprisonment. His wife says she last saw him Monday. a bench warrant is issued as authorities fear he may be dying of blood cancer.
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Robert A. Soblen
New York
Park Avenue
Soblen
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