Windstorm Kills Des Moines Man Start Grading Project On K Road
A Des Moines man was killed by a windstorm as county road grading expanded on K Road south of Iowa 90. The Bill McMullen Construction Co began grading 5.2 miles and extending culverts while A M Cohran Co will build a pre stressed concrete bridge over Turkey Creek. The county also finished grading a mile of road in Noble township and started a six mile test surfacing project on county H east of Fletcher Chapel to compare calcium, salt base, and ChemPac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McMullen
Iowa 90
Turkey Creek
A. M. Cohran Company
McMullen Company
Noble Township
Robert Abild
County H
Fletcher Chapel
Adams
Shelby
Carroll
Mills
Griswold
Abild
Ie County
Walt Turk
Atlantic
Atlantic Youth Wins Soap Box Derby in Clarinda
Edward Navigan 11 built his own racer Red Comet and won the Clarinda derby finishing 35 seconds on a 700 foot hill. He earned a trophy a $500 bond and a chance to race at Akron Ohio August 13 with his car shipping to the national contest. Hoegh Oil sponsored the local entry for 28 vehicles and Lions Club held the event with about 200 youngsters expected at Akron for $30 000 in scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Navigan
Clarinda
Akron
Ohio
Joe Narigan
Rt. 3
Narigan
Atlantic
Clarinda Lions Club
Narigon
Hoegh Oil Company
Weather outlook for Saturday and Sunday across regions
Southwest area shows partly cloudy skies while east and north face scattered thunderstorms at night. Lows run around 70 in the east and 70 to 75 in the west. Sunday brings fair south, partly cloudy skies with thundershowers in the north and a cooler northwest with highs in the expected range. Outlook remains partly cloudy and not as warm on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maenday
Chinese Envoys May Be Ousted From Moscow Soon
Moscow reports that the Soviet Union demanded the recall of three Chinese embassy members as a rift widens between Beijing and Moscow. Western diplomats say the move could trigger a Chinese boycott of the planned ideological talks set to open in Moscow on July 5.
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Khrushchev
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Moscow
Peking
West
East Berlin
Red China
Soviet Union
New China News Agency
China
Soap Box Derby Winner Narigon Triumphs in Clarinda
Edward Narigon 11 wins the Clarinda soap box derby and earns a trophy and a $500 bond. He becomes eligible for the national contest in Akron Ohio on August 13. Sponsor was Hoegh Oil company manager Knudsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Narigon
Richard Knudsen
Joe Narigon
Clarinda
Akron
Ohio
Knudsen
Hoegh Oil Company
Narigon
Kennedy Says Farewell To Irish People Returns Home
Kennedy bids farewell in Ireland after a three day visit with Irish crowds cheering. He vows to return to Shannon airport and take all the Irish with him while reflecting on shared history and pride in Irish descent. Proceeds to Galway Limerick and Shannon before talks with Prime Minister Macmillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Limerick
Ireland
Jack
Shannon
England
America
Galway
Harold Macmillan
West Coast
Woman on Learner Permit Crashes, Wrecks Store Window
Olga Hansen, 51, who had repeatedly failed driver tests, parked at the Department of Motor Vehicles lot in Sillflower California. She claimed she pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, sending her car through a store window and creating a 12 by 15 foot hole. Deputies reported she was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sillflower
Calif
Olga Hansen
Sheriff's Deputies
New Iowa Dairy Commission Members Named
Five new members of the Iowa Dairy Industry Commission were named to two year terms by Secretary L B Liddy. Appointed were John Dane Homer Fike Alvin Vander Wilt and George W Opperman. Reappointed were Arnold Pancratz Wallace McKee Willis McAlpin and Ted Huser. The appointments take effect July 1. Dwight Armentrout’s family noted among parade winners at the Lewis homecoming kiddies parade.
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Dairy Commission
Des Moines
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
L. B. Macmillan
Liddy
John Dane
Ag City
Homer Fike
Waterlolo
Alvin Vander Wilt
Leighton
George W. Opperman
Manning
Arnold Pancratz
Dubuque
Wallace McKee
Carlisle
Willis McAlpin
Villisca
Ted
Bids Considered on Hoover Home Project at Library Site
Bids for the Hoover home project at the presidential library site were reported, with totals under 460000 and a lower average cost per square foot than the original library. Low bidders listed include William Knudson and Co Descee General Contract Cedar Rapids plumbing and heating Paulson Electric Co electrical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Petnolice
The
Fermier
William Knudson and Co
Descee General
L. Looney
Paulson Electric Co
Cedar Rapids
Pay Hikes for College Heads in Iowa
AP reports salary increases for Iowa state college presidents. Virgil Hancher of the State University, Iowa City and James Hilton of Iowa State University in Ames will earn 28000 dollars annually while J W Menke r of State College of Iowa rises to 23000 dollars under board approved budgets effective Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
State Board
Virgil Hancher
State University of Iowa
James H. Hilton
Iowa State University
Ames
J. W. Mencker
State College of Iowa
Hal King Dies After Stroke in Council Bluffs
Hal King died at 11 this morning at Jennie Edmanrdsen hospital in Council Bluffs after a stroke several days ago. The body will lie in state at Wagler funeral home.
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Griswold
Hal King
Jennie Edmnrdsen
Council Bintis
Wagler Funeral Home
Claude Turner Dies After Sunday Auto Crash Near Audubon
Claude Turner 76 of 303 West Third street died Friday at Atlantic Memorial Hospital from head injuries after an auto crash on U S 71 three miles south of Audubon. His son Joes Turner 45 was treated and released from Atlantic Memorial. The 1949 Dodge driven by Jess Turner left the highway and struck a telephone pole into a ditch. Claude Turner, a retired operator of a community grocery, was born May 21 1887 in Ava Missouri. He and Diamia Margaret Huffman married in 1911 and observed their golden anniversary in 1961. He and his wife operated Turner grocery at 211 Cedar street eleven years before retiring in 1956. He is survived by eight sons Harrison Turner Herman Turner Jess Archie and Merle Turner Raymond and Freeman Turner Willie Turner and a daughter Woodsie Young, three brothers and a sister, 24 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Roland funeral home with interment in Atlantic cemetery. The family will receive relatives Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Turner
West Third Street
Audubon
U. S. 71
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Turner
Joes
Audubon Hospital
Jess
Audubon County
Mr. Turner
Ava
Liz Turner
Diamaia Margaret Huffman
Turner Grocery Busines
Cedar Street
Harrison Turner
Sebastopol
Calif
Herman Turner
Lewis
Archie
Merle Turner
Atlantic
Raymond
Freeman Turner
Omaha
Willie Turner
Duluth
William Rhoden Dies Here Friday Rites Today
William Winfield Rhoden 8 of 612 West Sixth street died at 3 50 Friday at Atlantic Memorial hospital after admission Thursday Funeral services were held at the Church of the Nazarene Rev James R Hall officiating interment in Atlantic cemetery He was born January 19 1879 in Mennes Missouri and married Maude Daggett in 1907 They came to Atlantic in 1899 and he worked as a farm laborer later a gardener His wife died in 1954 Surviving are a daughter Mrs Clair McChesney of Van Wert Ohio two sons Earl Rhoden Osceola Missouri and Raymond G Roden Springfield Missouri four sisters a brother six grandchildren and five great grandchildren Previous relatives include a son and a daughter deceased The Meyer funeral home directed services with organist Cheri Beebe and singers Clifford Hall and David Hall contributing to the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Winfield Rhoden
West Sixth Street
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Church of the Nazarene
James R. Hall
Atlantic Cemetery
Mr. Rhoden
Mannes
Elijah and
Ramey Rose Rhoden
Maude Daggett
Atlantic
Rhoden
Boy Fatally Injured Falling From Home Roof
Larry Wolf, 16, died after falling from the roof of his Charles City home while aiding his father Adolph Wolf. He died en route to a hospital after the Saturday accident.
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Charles City
Larry Wol
Aall
Adolph Wolf
Larry
Mother of Keys quadruplets dies in Oklahoma City
Mrs. Flake M. Keys 80 mother of Oklahoma's Keys quadruplets died early Friday in hospital. Survivors include the quadruplet sisters, Mrs. Robert T. Hall and Mrs. Bob W. Fowler of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Roland S. Torn of Houston, and Mrs. aes J. Alderson of McKinney.
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Oklahoma City
Flake M. Keys
Oklahoma
Keys
Robert T. Hall
Bob W. Fowler
Roland S. Torn
Houston
Tex
Aes J. Alderson
McKinney
Lynda Johnson Engaged in University of Texas Romance
Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of Vice President Lyndon Johnson, is wearing Ensign Bernard Rosenbach's diamond engagement ring. She is a UT Dallas? No, UT Austin freshman. Rosenbach is a recent Annapolis graduate from Comfort, Texas.
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Lynda
Lynda Bird Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Ens
Bernard Rosenbach
University of Texas
Annapolis
Comfort
Tex
C H Christensen Dies After Long Illness
Chris H Christensen 81 of Poplar Street a retired farmer died at Atlantic Memorial hospital after four months as a patient Born in Copenhagen Denmark September 8 1881 he came to the United States in 1884 Settled in Scranton Greene county married Lena Hansen in Neola March 3 1906 They farmed near Panora moved to Atlantic retired 1948 Survived by wife four sons five daughters two sisters two brothers 23 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren A daughter preceded him in death Funeral at St Pauls Lutheran Church Atlantic Monday at 2 with Rev R L Christensen Interment Atlantic Cemetery Remains to be taken from Roland Funeral Home to church Monday morning Family gathers at the funeral home Sunday evening
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Chris H. Christensen
Oo Poplar Street
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Copenhagen
Denmark
Lawrence Peter
Marie Christensen
United States
Scranton
Greene County
Lena Hansen
Neola
Panora
Atlantic
Christensen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
George P. Christensen
Arvada
Colo
Ted Christensen
Wiota
Max
Freddie Christensen
Casey
Pearl Bebensee
Marjorie McMurphy
Thelma Templeman
Stuart
Johanna Lind
Erma Furlong
Des Moines
Anna Christensen
Extra
Mary Michaelsen
Omaha
Charles Christensen
Leon
Harry Christensen
Coon Rapids
Anna Darlene James
Agnes
Tillie
Peter Christensen
Thirteenth
Cherry Streets
R. L. Christensen
Atlantic Cemetery
Roland
Submarine Search Intensifies As Trieste Dives Again
The bathyscaphe Trieste made its fourth attempt to locate the submarine Thresh on the ocean floor aboard the USS Fort Snelling. Lt Cmdr Eugene J Caeh joined Lt George W Martin and Kenneth V Mackenzie on the dive, commanded by Capt Frank A Andrews, as surface ships monitor a 26 mile exclusion near the dive area.
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Fort Snelling
Thresh
Navy
Cmdr
Eugene J. Caeh
Orchard Park
N.Y
George W. Martin
Bethlehem
Kenneth V. Mackenzie
San Diego
Frank A. Andrews
Trieste
Ward Trial Witness and Iowa Storm Toll
A Paris nightclub dancer known as a potential witness in the Stephen Ward vice hearing is named Ronna Ricardo. The Ward case links to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies as sensational testimony unfolds in London. Separately, severe Iowa weather with 75 mph winds caused deaths and widespread damage from Des Moines to Marshalltown, with thousands losing power and many structures damaged.
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London
Paris
Stephen Ward
Ronna Ricardo
Ward
Christine Keeler
Mandy Rice-Davies
Miss Ricardo
Chrstie
Mandy
John D. Profumo
Harold Macmillan
Christine
Profumo
Evgeny Ivanov
Ivanov
Leo Gradwell
OM Bailey
Central Criminal Court
Vice Trail of Society Osteopath
Paul Mann
Mrs Crook Nominated for PTA Head in Iowa
Mrs June Crook wife of Atlantic postmaster and current first vice president was nominated for president of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers Inc at the annual state convention in Des Moines October 24 25 announced by Rev Ernst F Martin Ida Grove chairman of the nominating committee Other nominees include Mrs Sherman B Watson Cedar Rapids first vice president Leo Esbeck Ventura second vice president Mrs Harold Borden Burlington secretary and Rev Mr Martin treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Crook
East Eighteenth Street
Bob’ Crook
Atlantic
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
Des Moines
Ernst F. Martin
Ida Grove
Crook
Sherman B. Watson
Cedar Rapids
Leo Esbeck
Kennedy presents Civil War flag to Ireland in Dublin
President Kennedy in Dublin presented the flag of the 69th New York Volunteers Irish Brigade that fought at Fredericksburg to Ireland. The flag, preserved from the December 13, 1862 battle, honors a unit of 1,200 Irishmen in the brigade with only 280 survivors.
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Dublin
Ireland
Kennedy
New York Volunteers
Fredericksburg
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Atlantic Youth
Berlin
Gettysburg Battle Site
Gettysburg
District of Columbia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pickett
Suh
Dwight, Armentrout
Wilbur Armentrout
Plum Street
Kevin Rattenberg
Becky Wheelock
Lewis Homecoming
William Rhoden
Cheri Beebe
Zion's Hall
Robert
William
David Hall
Meyer Funeral Home
Henry Ruhr
Forrest McCord
Robert Hall
Richard Keller
C. H. Christensen
Vice
Associated Press
Morris C. Schultz
Indianola
Fort Des Moines
Des Miones
Veterans Hospital
Minnesota
South Dakota
Bancroft
Kossuth
Marshalltown
Bondurant
Ankeny
Elkhart
Town Power and Light Co
Dea
C. E. Keeling
Pat Mc Thon
Paul Turner
Broadlawns General Hospital
JFK
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