Nine die in Iowa weekend traffic toll rises
The Associated Press reports eight two car crashes killed nine people over the weekend. The toll for the year climbs to 180 from 250 a year earlier. Victims include George Nagel 90 and Irene Nagel 59 of Fort Madison. Connie Joe Nagel 3%. John Brue 28 and his daughter. Henry Bockenstedt 26. William Ward 26 and his uncle Charles Schneider 49. Colesburg. Allen Nielsen 18. Dean Wayne Olson 8. Robert Nelson 23 and John David Kent 20.
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Lowa
John Brue
Parnell
Connie Joe
Henry Bockenstedt
Colesburg
William Ward
Washington
Iowa
Charles Schneider
Weirton
Allen Nielsen
Central City
Dean Wayne Olson
Marlin Olson
Leland
Brue
Iowa City
Ward
Highway 18
Young Nielsen
Highway 5
Atlanta in Mourning After Paris Jet Crash
Atlanta mourns as 115 Georgians die in a Paris jetliner crash with 15 additional victims. Prominent leaders among the dead include Del Paige and Katharine Bleckley. Mayor Allen headed to Paris. city flags at half staff.
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Atlanta
Paris
Winecoff Hotel
Ivan Allen Jr
Allen
Fulton County
Atlanta Art Association
del Paige
The
Art Association
Frederick Bull Jr
Elizabeth
Betsy
Ellen
Bull
Frederick Bull Sr
Robert Newcomb
Pen Pal Link Helps Philippine Youth Attend Esterville Graduation
Joselito Pascual, 19, of Cabantuan City Philippines, joined Mary Jo Handeland at Esterville High School graduation after a pen-pal friendship sparked four years of correspondence. He later came to the United States via the 199th National Scout Jamboree pathway, now studying motion pictures at Columbia College Chicago and working part time at a bank. Mary Jo, daughter of the Handelands, initiated the project in her English class and invited Joselito to the commencement.
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Esterville
Iowa
Joselito Pascual
Cabantuan City
Philippine Islands
Mary Jo Handeland
Joselito
Mary Jo
United States
Almight
Joselite
Colorado
States
Columbia College
Chicago
Birger Handeland
Estherville
Handeland
Laughton Hospitalized After Fall and Kidney Cancer
Actor Charles Laughton, 62, is in Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases. His manager said examinations were planned and that sacroiliac troubles and a collar bone fracture from a bathtub fall in Flint, Michigan last January were being reviewed. Reports say he may have kidney cancer removal surgery.
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New York
Charles Laughton
Memorial Hospital For Cancer and Allied Diseases
Bob Hulter
Laughton
Hulter
Flint
Mich
Burma Hosts World’s Richest Ruby Mine
Burma is cited as the home of the world’s richest ruby mine, highlighting the country’s prominence in precious gem production and market demand. The report notes the mine’s famed ruby deposits attracting buyers and contributing to Burma’s mining profile.
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Burma
Oklahoma Turns the Dial on Bourbon as Dry Era Ends
Oklahoma after 52 years of prohibition shows a strong rise in liquor sales led by bourbon. In 1961 Oklahomans bought 454 421 cases of bourbon and 50 000 cases blends, with vodka and scotch also growing. Officials debate whether repeal drives crime, while private clubs flourish and tax revenue climbs in the first years of legal liquor.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Roy P. Parham
J. Ross McLennan
Parham
McLennan
FBI
Lon
U.S. Has Its Dry Spots
A nationwide survey shows liquor laws vary by state and locality with many counties and towns remaining dry. Only Mississippi is fully dry since Oklahoma repealed statewide prohibition, while Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have more than half of counties dry.
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New York
United States
Oklahoma
Mississippi
The
Distilled Spirits Institute
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
New Mexico
Virginia
West Virginia
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Olson
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America
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Britain
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Oxford Manufacturing Co
Robert Pegram Jr
Bank of Georgia
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Jones
Congress
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Paul Doussans
Omaha
Neb
Georgia
W. D. Cogland
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Ernest Vandiver
U.S
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Marvin Griffin
Griffin
Patricia
Atlanta Journal
Constitution
Siren
Elizabeth Taylor
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Main and
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Austin, Minn
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Miss
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Hastings
Minn
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Norelco
Remington
TIMEX
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