Iowa Congressman Delves Into Capitol History Through Manhole Tour
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa led a press group on a capstone tour into Capitol recesses to showcase We The People, a Capitol history book his U S Capitol Historical Society produced with National Geographic. Schwengel, who once swapped golf for reading, founded the society in 1962 to illuminate Capitol lore. The book, a best seller, retails for a dollar in the Capitol rotunda.
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Iowa
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Capitol
We the People
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National Geographic Society
U.S. Capitol
New York
U.S. Capitol Historical Society
Capitol Rotunda
Powers enters Lovelace Clinic for routine physical
Francis Gary Powers the former U2 pilot and Soviet spy figure checks into Lovelace Clinic for a yearly physical. He is currently a Lockheed test pilot based in Burbank California and will undergo standard tests given to test pilots.
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N.M
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Lovelace
Powers
Lockheed
Burbank
Calif
Beagle Gets Boat Ride After Plunge
Dixie the beagle fell through thin ice on a seven foot deep pond in Troy New York. Rescuers and bystanders braved icy water including the owner Bill Scho legel and two 11 year old friends. A policeman and two other officers finally reached Dixie in a rowboat and the dog was returned to shore while the rescuers walked safely ashore.
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Survived Diriggible Crash Dies at 77
Shine S. Halliburton 77 an early Navy airman and dirigible crash survivor will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He died Monday nearly 25 years after retiring as a warrant officer in 1939.
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Mass
Shine S. Halliburton
Navy
Arlington National Cemetery
Halliburton
Foreign Aid Funds Remain at 2.6 Billion Level
The State Department runs the foreign aid program at a 2.6 billion annual pace while Congress debates final appropriations. A House approved 3.6 billion ceiling authorization may head to the Senate, with actual funding still in committee. If Congress funds near 3 billion, the program could rise in the second half of the fiscal year.
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Indicted in Indiana State Fair Coliseum blast deaths
A grand jury charged seven people with involuntary manslaughter and neglect of duties in the 72 fatalities from the Halloween night explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Indicted are five connected with bottled propane gas and two public officials, Fire Marshal Ira J. Anderson and Fire Chief Arnold Phillips. The involuntary manslaughter list includes Melvin T. Ross of Indiana Coliseum Corp, Edward F. Franger of Discount Gas Corp, Fred J. Helms, Richard Ensign, and Floyd James.
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Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Ira J. Anderson
Arnold Phillips
Melvin T. Ross
Indiana Coliseum Corp
Edward F. Franger
Elkhart
Ind
Discount Gas Corp
Fred J. Helms
Richard Ensign
Brownsburg
Floyd James
Veterans of Foreign Wars convenes in Cleveland in August
The 1964 national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will take place in Cleveland from August 20 through August 28.
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National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Johnson to Start Personal Diplomacy
MINNEAPOLIS AP President Lyndon B Johnson will pursue personal diplomacy to build knowledge of international problems, according to Sen Hubert H Humphrey. Humphrey noted Johnson as vice president cannot match Kennedy overseas and predicted civil rights and education aid legislation by Easter.
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Kennedy
Minnesota
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Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
William Scranton
George Romney
McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
Easter
Judge Clears Nude Model of Charges
In New York a judge acquits Jan Tice, 27, a nude model charged in the case People v Jan Tice after posing on Liberty Street in Manhattan’s financial district on November 10. The judge ruled breach of the peace requires public presence and found no onlookers.
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Manhattan
People
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Miss Tice
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Financial District
Criminal Court
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Lodge Denies He Will Enter Campaign for President
AP report notes a trial balloon of Henry Cabot Lodge for president surfaced but had little impact. Amid Lyndon B. Johnson’s rise, Republicans rethink strategy with Dwight D. Eisenhower reportedly urging Lodge to seek the nomination. Lodge, 61, serves as ambassador.
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Washington
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Ambassador Lodge Urged to Enter New Hampshire Primary
A Manchester businessman said he spoke with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge by radio and urged him to enter the New Hampshire Republican primary on March 10. Victory hopes rest on Eisenhower’s backing, though Lodge has not received a letter from the general. If he consents, a campaign organization would be formed locally.
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New Hampshire
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