Holiday Traffic Violators Face 30 Day Licenses
Iowa Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch says drivers convicted of 20 mph plus over limit or no passing violations during the Fourth of July holiday will be summoned for hearings and may have licenses suspended for 30 days. The measure targets emergencies to save lives during a dangerous driving period.
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Des Moines
Carl Pesch
Thursy
Pesch
Iowa Highway Patrol
Neual
Peech
New Disarmament Agency Urged By Kennedy Plan
President Kennedy proposes a permanent United States disarmament agency with powers to draft plans negotiate and enforce arms control. The autonomous bureau would replace the current Disarmament Administration and expand staffing from 80 to about 200 with a budget rising to 6 to 7 million.
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Washington
Ledy
U.S
Administration
United States
Kennedy
Congress
United States Disarmament Agency
U.S. Disarmament Administration
State Department
John J. McCloy
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William C. Foster
McCloy
Kennedy Signs Highway Bill with Tax Shifts and Increases
President Kennedy signs a highway bill reallocating 5 percent of truck and bus excise tax to the highway fund, adding 150 million for roadside advertising. The use tax on trucks over 26,000 pounds doubles from 1.50 to 3 per 1,000 pounds, while tread rubber tax rises from 3 to 5 cents per pound.
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Kennedy
House
General Treasury
Highway Fund
Navy divers search for victims after plane crash
A Navy diving team was deployed at La Push Washington to locate bodies from a light plane crash in the Pacific Tuesday. Five men died with three bodies recovered. missing are Ed Koterba a 42 year old Scripps-Howard columnist from Washington DC and Don Cornwell from El Paso Texas the pilot.
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LA Push
Wash
Weather outlook with clouds and showers through Friday
Partly cloudy conditions continue with scattered showers or thunderstorms mainly west and through Friday. Humidity remains high, especially in the northwest Friday night. Overnight lows 70 to 75. Daytime highs around 90 to 95, with little change expected into Saturday.
Iowa Injun Satellite Launched From Cape Canaveral
One of three satellites sent into orbit in a Cape Canaveral triple header is the Iowa Injun built at the University of Iowa under Dr. James Van Allen. The satellite aims for a near circular 175 mile earth orbit and carries 980 solar cells in a 16 by 13 inch cylinder.
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Iowa City
Cape Canaveral
Iowa
North America
van Alien
Brian O'Brien
William A. Wheipley
Donald Garnett
Cedar Rapids
Don Stillwell
SUI
Lima Peru
San Diego
Chile
Winkfield
England
Madison
Wis
Curtis Laughlin
John Freeman
Brezhnev Demands Separate East German Peace Treaty
In Moscow, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev reiterated insistence on a peace treaty with East Germany despite Western threats of counter-measures. He asserted there would be no blockade of West Berlin while Khrushchev and Pham Van Dong look on among the delegates.
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U.S.S.R
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
North Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Moscow
East Germany
West Berlin
Kennedy and NSC weigh options on Berlin crisis
President Kennedy and the National Security Council study military, diplomatic, and civilian defense measures to address the Berlin crisis. Proposals from State and other agencies are being considered, with Dean Rusk and aides eyeing two-front action as tensions rise with the Soviet bloc.
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Disarmament Agency
State and
Defense Departments
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Kennedy
National Security Council
Soviet Union
Berlin
NATO
Europe
Dean Rusk
Kuwait Returns to Normal After Iraqi Threat
Kuwait officials say Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem is likely to drop his claim to Kuwait due to lack of Arab support. The city warmed to the 90s and resumed normal life with crowds at the fish market and oil port while Bedouins lined up to send telegrams pledging support to Sheikh Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah.
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Abdel Karim Kassem
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Sir Abdullah As-Salim As-Sabah
Beirut
Sheik Abdullah Mubarak
Iraq
Two Injured When Motor Boat Strikes Floating Mattress
Waterloo police report two people seriously injured when an air mattress used for a group float on the Cedar River was struck by an upstream motor boat. Mary Jo Greenlee, 22, suffered a severed right arm and chest injuries. Lawrence Halpin, 25, had a broken left leg and other injuries. The boat, driven by William Tear, 44, of Waterloo, struck the mattress in darkness. the party could not see what they hit.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Mary Jo Greenlee
Lawrence Halpin
William Tear
Tear
Nebraska Legislature Bans Communist Party
The Nebraska Legislature passed a bill by unanimous vote deeming membership in the Communist party or related groups as sedition. violators face imprisonment from one to twenty years with prosecutions by the state attorney general.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Communist Party
United States
Beer confiscated from supermarket sent to dump
About $1,000 worth of beer feared confiscated from a Des Moines area supermarket and buried in the city dump after violating Iowa labeling law. The brewing company disposed of 11,580 bottles and cans, claims the beer predated the July 4 rule change.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Ray Kuehl
Des Moines
State Beer Permit Board
Peter J. Peters
the Brewing
Man Fined for Kiss at Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Conrad E. Eskew of Des Moines pleaded guilty to entering the nurses home at Iowa Lutheran Hospital on May 21 and kissing nurse Jacqueline Harris who slept in her room. He was fined $50 or 15 days in jail, chose the fine, after a brief jail stay. The YMCA building will close at 4 pm Saturday and remain closed overnight.
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Des Moines
Conrad E. Eskew
Eskew
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Jacqueline Harris
Fourth of July program set by Atlantic fire department
The Atlantic Fire Department announces a Fourth of July celebration at the airport marking the airport runway opening. Events start at 5:30 with the dedication, followed by a softball game, a helicopter demonstration, a band concert, and a mammoth fireworks display at 8:30. Free admission with parking assistance by firemen.
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Atlantic Fire Department
Earl Garside
Dewey Kuiken
Chamber of Commerce
Howard F. Lundberg
H. A. Westbrook
Westbrook
Atlantic Summer Band
Fatally Injured Woman Dies En Route To Hospital
In Forest City Mrs Os stairs died after injuries at home and passed away en route to Mason City hospital. Her husband is a local Forest City architect.
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Forest City
Osstairs
Mason City
Northwestern Bell Revises Toll Call Rates Within Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone announces July 1 changes in long distance rates for Iowa calls. Three minute station-to-station rate stays the same for local distances and person-to-person calls up to 16 miles. other person-to-person rates rise 11 to 2 percent by distance. Discount for long distant P to P calls after 6 pm Sundays and holidays ends. Per minute charges beyond three minutes will be rounded to the nearest penny with electronic data processing.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Atlantic Merchants Schedule Softball Tests
The Atlantic Merchants are scheduled at Avoca tomorrow night at 8 o clock and will play Harlan at Sunnyside diamond Sunday at [time missing].
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Atlantic Merchants
Avoca
Harlan
Sunnyside Diamond
Kennedy warns of war threat over Berlin confrontation
At his first news conference since Khrushchev escalated the Berlin crisis, President Kennedy warns the nation of the danger of war if Russia tries to oust the Allies. He compares Khrushchev to a hunter choosing a wall spot before the tiger is bagged, saying this tiger has other ideas.
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Khrushchev
Berlin
Kennedy
Russia
Kennedy Board Talks With Ship Owners On Strike
President Kennedy's emergency fact finding board met ship owners in New York as it aims to settle a 14 day maritime strike and avert a Taft Hartley injunction. Chairman David L. Cole expressed cautious optimism while pressed to report to the President if progress continues.
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New York
Kennedy
David L. Cole
Cole
Washington
Pillsbury Moves Tidy House Products Unit to Minneapolis
Pillsbury Mills transfers the Tidy House Products division from Shenandoah Town to Minneapolis. J. C. Rapp and 10 other key marketing, sales, and research staff move. Shenandoah plant will be abandoned. A few plant accounting staff shift to Omaha, and some clerical workers are terminated.
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Minneapolis
Shenandoah
Town
Pillsbury Mills
J. C. Rapp
Pillsbury
Omaha
Man Drowns on Fishing Trip Near Burlington
William H. Doran, 63, of Burlington, apparently drowned Thursday while fishing in the Mississippi River about two miles north of Burlington. Dragging operations were begun after he fell from a boat as it sped away after the motor was started. He was not wearing a life jacket. Surviving companions were Bill Bradford and Pansy Chewning.
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Burlington
William H. Doran
Mississippi River
Here
Doran
Bill Bradford
Pansy Chewning
Hog market prices at Omaha on yesterday sales
Howard Borth received 17.35 dollars for 357 head of hogs averaging 245 pounds and 305 dollars for shows weighing 2 pounds at the Omaha market yesterday.
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Omaha
Howard Borth
Kennedy Family to Spend Long Weekend at Hyannis Port
The Kennedy family will depart Washington at 3 45 p.m. Friday for a long Fourth of July weekend at Hyannis Port Massachusetts. They will fly from Andrews to Otis Air Force Base and then by helicopter to the Hyannis Port residence with a return to Washington planned for early Wednesday morning.
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Washington
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Otis Air Force Base
Falmouth
Pierre Salinger
Andrew Field
Otis Field
Four Wounds from a Falling Gun in Wyoming
John Kastner, 35, was fishing with friends near Laramie when a .44 revolver dropped, discharged, and struck his body. The bullet hit his leg wall grazed his thigh wrist and upper arm. He is hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Laramie
Wyo
John Kastner
Kastner
No Relaxation for Iowa Sheriffs Over 4th July Weekend
Des Moines IA AP sheriff officials say there will be no time off for sheriffs and their wives during the four day Fourth of July weekend. J B Steiner business manager of the Iowa State Sheriffs Association warns good weather and heavy traffic could make the period the busiest of the year for sheriff staffs and radio operator wives who handle emergency calls.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. B. Steiner
Iowa State Sheriffs Association
Rites Planned for Dr Henry G Langworthy
(AP) Services set for Friday morning for Dr Henry G Langworthy 80 a Dubuque medical specialist who died Tuesday night in a hospital. Langworthy cofounder of the American Post Graduate Medical Association and served as its secretary for many years.
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Dubuque
Henry G. Langworthy
Langworthy
American Post-Graduate Medical Association
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