Johnson Sends Rusk to Saigon for Talks
Secretary of State Rusk will meet South Vietnam Premier Khanh and Ambassador Lodge in Saigon. The trip extends an earlier Manila schedule for the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization anniversary. Rusk called the stop a show of U.S. concern and support in the war against communist guerrillas.
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Washington
Johnson
Rusk
Saigon
South Vietnam
Khanh
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Manila
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Far East
Anchorage
Alaska
White House
James G.O.P
Bowker
Cedar Rapids
Rotary
Harvey Siglin
Perry
Plumbing Parley May Draw 400 Iowa Contractors
Nearly 400 plumbers from across Iowa are expected in Cedar Rapids for the Iowa Association of Plumbing Contractors diamond jubilee convention. R G Canier says registrations began Friday at the Roosevelt hotel with a Saturday 9 p.m. dance finale. Dr Walter Kerr of Tyler Texas will speak on The Young Idea Saturday at 10 30 a m. His work includes Youth Foundation leadership and White House conference roles. John Seabrooke of Carrollton Ohio will discuss Meeting the Challenge of the Modern Market at 11 30 a m Saturday. Delegates will elect officers in a 1 30 p m Saturday session and present officers will be introduced at the evening event.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Assn
R. G. Canier
Boone
Roosevelt Hotel
Walter Kerr
Tyler
Texas
National Youth Foundation
Young Idea
Kerr
Germany
White House
Carrollton
Ohio
John Roof, Jr
Waterloo, Press
C.R. Architects Named for ISU Center Project
Crites and McConnell of Cedar Rapids and Brooks Berg of Des Moines were approved as architects for the Iowa State Center at Ames. The $10 million project covers multiple buildings with plans due for approval within six months. After acceptance, a schedule will be drawn and contracts awarded.
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Des Moines
Crites and McConnell
Cedar Rapids
Brooks- Berg
Iowa State Center
Ames
Iowa State University Foundation
Board of
Regents
Peter Sellers Off Critical List
HOLLYWOOD AP British actor Peter Sellers was removed from the critical list at Cedars of Lebanon hospital where he remains treated for a heart attack. A hospital spokesman said his condition is now listed as serious and that marks a big difference in his status.
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Hollywood
Peter Sellers
Cedars of Lebanon
$200000 Suit Filed In Airplane Crash
A $200000 suit against an Iowa man for injuries suffered in an airplane accident was filed Friday in Cedar Rapids federal court. Plaintiff Allen N Geil of Maryland alleges negligence by pilot Jack Atkins Murphy, identified as an Iowa resident, after a Dec 9 1962 takeoff from Mt Airy Maryland ended with a crash into a tree. Geil seeks damages for extensive and permanent injuries.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Allen N. Geil
Maryland
Jack Atkins Murphy
Geil
Murphy
Mt. Airy
Garage Fire Blamed on Three Boys Playing With Matches
Three 6 year old boys playing with matches caused a garage fire at the John Yossi residence 815 Tenth Street SW. None were injured. Fire crews received the alarm at 4 14 p m. The gutted garage held tools and old newspapers and magazines.
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John Yossi
Tenth Street
KCRG Starts New Program Insight on Social Problems
KCRG TV Channel 9 launches Insight a discussion series on social and personal issues including divorce mental health and alcoholism The first program covers Inter Faith Marriage with Cedar Rapids clergy Father Thomas Hulme Father J Robert McDonald and Dr Ira L Reiss from the University of Iowa School of Sociology The program airs on the second and fourth Sundays each month with Bob Henry as news editor and co producer alongside Father Hulme.
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Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Hulme
Grace Episcopal
J. Robert McDonald
St. Patrick’s
Ira L. Reiss
School of Sociology
University of Iowa
Bob Henry
Father Hulme
Lawrence Miller Injured in Semi Trailer Crash
Lawrence J. Miller, 63, of 2925 Johnson avenue SW, escaped serious injury when his car was struck by a southbound semi at Third avenue and Sixth street SW Friday at 9 45 am. He was treated for a back injury at Mercy hospital and admitted. The truck driver, Dallas F. Buffum, 24, of Muscatine, was charged with disobeying a traffic signal. Damage to Miller’s 1955 car was total. The semi trailer rig sustained about $500 damage to the left front tractor.
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Lawrence J. Miller
Johnson Avenue
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Mercy Hospital
Miller
Dallas F. Buffum
Muscatine
Seminar Slated At Columbia U For City Editors
City editors from 18 states and two Canadian provinces start a two week city editors seminar April 20 at the American Press Institute of Columbia University. Jack Illian of The Gazette is among 29 daily editors enrolled. Visiting editors include J P Brown Don Carter Lawrence Fitzpatrick and Ben Reese. Faculty includes Prof Edmund C Arnold J Montgomery Curtis and E Douglas Hamilton.
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Jack Illian
The
Gazette
American Press Institute of
Columbia University
J. P. Brown
Ypsilanti
Mich
Press
Don Carter
National Observer
Lawrence Fitzpatrick
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Ben Reese
Institute
Cochairman
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Edmund C. Arnold
Syracuse University
J. Montgomery Curtis
E.douglas Hamilton
New York
Regents Okay Negro College SUI Exchange
Des Moines The state board of regents approved a test program for the University of Iowa to exchange students with three Negro colleges in the South. Up to 10 students per semester from a maximum of three accredited schools would participate in 1964 65 with Fisk Grambling and Talladega named as interested institutions.
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Des Moines
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Ray L. Heffner
SUI
Fisk
Tennessee
Grambling
Louisiana
Talladega
Alabama
Exchange program to aid Negro students at three southern schools
A university committee will select SUI students for the exchange and arrange an orientation before departure. The plan provides potential scholarships to cover transportation and housing costs to prevent participation barriers. An SUI committee will continue negotiations with three southern schools to finalize details.
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SUI
Three Are Hurt In 2 Car Crash
Three Cedar Rapids residents suffered minor injuries in a two car collision at Third avenue and Fifth street SE Friday at 12 59 am. Francis J Engrav 31 and his wife Carolyn 22 and Irene P Wicks 45 were treated at St Luke s hospital and released. Wicks drove south on Fifth street and collided with Engrav who drove on Third avenue. Mrs Wicks was charged with failing to yield at a stop intersection.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue
Fifth Street SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Francis J. Engrav
Avenue NE
Carolyn
Irene P. Wicks
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Street
Motorist Fined $25 for Violation
James W. Ferguson 32 of 1906 Washington avenue SE was fined $25 and costs in municipal court on leaving the scene of an accident. Police alleged he drove away April 4 after hitting a parked car in the 100 block of Third street NE. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr imposed the fine.
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James W. Ferguson
Washington Avenue
Ferguson
Third Street
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Knife incident at College Community High results in suspensions
Two ninth grade boys at College Community High School were suspended for three days after a scuffle in which one threw a knife at the other. The knife struck the victim in the back but he received treatment from his family doctor and was released. The incident, reported by Principal Bob Purcell, occurred Thursday between classes around 1 30 p m and involved students from Cedar Rapids and Shueyville. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
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Purcell
Linncoln
College Community High School
Bob Purcell
Little School
Cedar Rapids
Shueyville
Soviet dirigible aims to spot fires over Russia forests
Soviet engineers in Moscow are drawing blueprints for a dirigible to serve as a fire spotting aircraft over Russia’s vast forest regions, a plan reported by UPI.
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Moscow
UPI
Leningrad
Russia
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Columbia U
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Okay Negro College, Sui Exchange
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Heffner
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Student Assn. On Racial Equality
Addi
Fillworth Co
Curtis Mathes
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Future Public Meeting
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Pro
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