Approval of Lewis School Is Assured
The Lewis consolidated district will operate a kindergarten through eighth grade program in the 1962-63 year after the state assured Superintendent George Belken by phone that the plan would be approved in writing. The board dropped the tenth grade, moved toward a new building, and tuitioned out students to Atlantic and Griswold. State Sen. Richard C. Turner said the ruling meets the objective but will pursue a constitutional challenge to the board’s power. Trial is underway in Polk County District Court.
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George Belken
State Department of Public Instruction
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Lewis Board of Education
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Supt
Belken
Griswold
Atlantic
Richard C. Turner
Council Bluffs
Board of Instruction
Polk County
Des Moines
Adair man Virgil Harwood dies at home from self-inflicted gunshot
Virgil Harwood died this morning at eight from self inflicted wounds with a 22 gauge rifle at the family home authorities said. The death by own action occurred at the residence here.
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Adair
Virgil Harwood
Omaha Woman Arrested After House Entry
Hazel Kreps 37 of Omaha is jailed in Cass county on a burglary charge with $1000 bond after police say she broke the glass front door of Clifford Martindale’s home at 306 Pine Street early this morning.
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Omaha
Cass County
Clifford Martindale
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Weather outlook for state with clouds and showers
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers or thunderstorms in the northwest and extreme west Saturday night. Warmer winds in the northwest with low temperatures in the teens. Sunday highs in the 80s. Outlook shows thundershowers and continued warm conditions Monday.
Senate unveils bipartisan health bill for aged care
A bipartisan Senate plan to extend health care for the aged through Social Security financing gains momentum with support from five Republicans. The proposal allows 66 year olds to choose between Social Security administration benefits or a private policy with equivalent coverage, funded by payroll tax increases. It targets 2.5 million not covered by Social Security and 15 million under its umbrella by 1964, offering benefits as a right with no means test.
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Senate
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House
Minnesota
Ways and Means
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D-N.m
Anderson
Social Security Administration
Accused Killer Reads While In Jail Awaiting Action
SIGOURNEY AP Gayne Gilbert Smith, held on five murder charges, reads magazines and does jigsaw puzzles in his Keokuk County jail cell while investigators decide whether to charge him in the death of his stepmother, Mrs Juanita Smith. Authorities say he has admitted killing five other relatives but has pleaded innocent to the McBeth family deaths.
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Gayne Gilbert Smith
Keith Bryant
T. A. Thompson
Town Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Smith
Juanita Her Smith
Hedrick
Gayne
John Wallerich
Andrew McBeth
Stephen C. Gerard
Thompson
Bryant
Keokuk County
McBeth
Amos
Anna
Donna Jean Kelleg
Patsy Lou McBeth
Executives from rail unions to meet in Cleveland
Louis J. Wagner of Cedar Rapids Iowa president of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen will attend a five member railroad brotherhood meeting in Cleveland next Friday to discuss a recommendation they arbitrate a dispute over crew size on the nations railways.
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Louis J. Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
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Red China rejects Kennedy Formosa peace call amid artillery display
AP reports Red China brushes off Kennedy's renunciation of force regarding Formosa Strait as artillery displays near Quemoy and Matsu continue. Kennedy warns of U S action to defend Formosa while preserving a 1954 no force pledge with Chiang Kai-shek. Peiping calls it imperialist intimidation and reiterates internal affairs stance. In Washington, William E Morris faces further questions over Estes ties as House panel probes funding and influence schemes involving farm aid.
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Iowa department store sales rise in several cities
The Federal Reserve Bank reported May sales in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids up 10 percent over May 1961. Sioux City gained 3 percent and Waterloo 2 percent, while Dubuque figures were not available. Month over month increases were 6 percent in Cedar Rapids, 2 percent in Des Moines and 1 percent in Waterloo, with Sioux City down 15 percent.
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Hopley Robbery Trial Set To Open Monday
George Donald McCreary aged 40 of Omaha faces a robbery with aggravation charge for the January 14 break in at the Westland Hopley farm home. He is held in Cass county jail after arrest in Missoula Montana. Police say the trio held four people for over an hour, looted a safe worth 806 dollars and three diamond rings, and bound Mr and Mrs Hopley and two guests before fleeing.
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Omaha
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Algeria Moslems Ready for Referendum on Independence
Algeria's Moslems prepared for a sun day referendum to approve independence from France. Some say yes could reach 99 percent as six million voters were to cast ballots at about 6,500 polling places on the single question of becoming an independent state.
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Iowa Democrat Urges GOP to Focus on State Problems
Davenport AP E B Smith Iowa Democratic candidate for the U S Senate told the Scott County Democratic convention that Republicans should concentrate on their own problems not Kennedy. He criticized Gov Norman Erbe and Sen Rourke B Hickenlooper for attacking the President instead of advancing Iowa farm feed train plans Medicare for the elderly and tax relief for businesses. He said running against Kennedy in Iowa would be unprofitable.
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Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Kennedy's Mexico Visit Deepens Ties Amid Economic Talks
President Kennedy begins talks with Mexico's Adolfo Lopez Mateos in Mexico City to discuss strengthening the Americas against political and economic threats. The visit draws massive crowds and may influence cooperation on the Alliance for Progress and other U S Mexico issues.
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Mexico City
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Americas
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U. S
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
United States
Nebraska Trooper Wounded in Seward Shooting
State Trooper Donald E. Krull was hit on the head by a .22 bullet after stopping a North Dakota registered black Oldsmobile near Seward. He recovered after five stitches and resumed duty amid a manhunt for two suspects, Clarence Heitz aged 20 and John Black aged 27, believed linked to an escapee car theft.
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Neb
Donald E. Krull
North Dakota
Krull
Jamestown
N.D
Nebraska
Clarence Heitz
John Black
Black cutworms devastate crops in Appanoose County fields
Appanoose County reports severe damage to corn and bean fields from inch long black cutworms. Extension Director Harold Holder says the infestation is widespread and resistant to previously used insecticides, marking the third straight year of outbreaks and the worst yet this summer.
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Appanoose
Harold Holder
Holder
Salvation Army warns of possible fund bilking by man
Des Moines AP report says Salvation Army committees in Iowa were alerted to a man suspected of touring the state with gifts of gasoline, food and money two years earlier. Brigadier Samsel notes that such transients should receive meals or gasoline rather than cash, citing a Massena encounter where only $10 was given.
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Salvation Army
Iowa
T. F. Samsel
Massena
South Dakota
Samsel
Cherokee Tree Still Sings With Lightning Strikes
A cottonwood on Dave Davis’s farm north of Cherokee was struck by lightning twice. The first hit June 19 caused minor damage. a Friday strike shattered bark, knocked out power to a nearby house, melted a wall clock and radio, and damaged a utility pole and switch box. A second bolt later disrupted KCHE’s transmitter line, delaying the station’s morning opening by seven minutes.
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Here
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KCHE
Britain Grants Uganda Independence by October
London reports that Britain agreed on Friday night to grant Uganda independence by October. The decision marks a major step in decolonization as Uganda moves toward self rule after decades under colonial governance.
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Britain
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