Van Allen says artificial radiation belt losing strength
Dr James A Van Allen told a Washington audience that the man made electron belt created by the Starfish test in July has shed about 85 percent of its initial electron content within six months. He noted rapid early decay with a slower later rate, and predicted detectable Starfish particles could remain for up to 10 years.
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U.S
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National Bureau of Standards
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Iowa
Ex-Iowa airman sentenced to life for wife’s stabbing death
James E. Lord Jr., a former Iowa resident and Lincoln air base airman, received a life term after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the February death of his 21-year-old wife Suzanne. Judge Ronin cited 140 puncture wounds and called the slaying incredible and shocking. Lord’s parents live in Durant, Iowa. his wife was from Guthrie Center.
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James E. Lord, Jr
Lord
Herbert A. Ronin
George Lord
Bondurant, la
Guthrie Center
Home Rule Amendment Advances in Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate approved the home rule amendment 41 to 7, sending the proposal to the house. The measure would grant cities and towns authority over most local affairs except where taxes are barred or explicitly limited.
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Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Rigler
Governor says liquor is not a moral issue in Iowa
Governor Harold Hughes told a Des Moines church group that liquor laws deteriorate because local officials know citizens do not want enforcement. He urged that morality centers on aid to dependent children and care for the aged, while promising to enforce existing liquor laws even as he claimed legal drink could improve conditions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Iowa
Tama Firemen Ball Date Set At Eagles Building
The annual firemen's ball will be held Friday at the Eagles building from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Proceeds will be used to buy fire equipment.
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TAMA
Eagles
Captain Binghamton Plays Hero On McHale's Navy
Laughs fill the screen as Captain Binghamton attempts heroism in a Thursday night episode of McHale's Navy at 8 30 p m on television 9.
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Binghamton
McHale
Second Sabin Sunday Set in Delaware County
Registration forms are being distributed for the second of three Sabin oral Sundays at the old high school gymnasium in Manchester. The event runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 26 serves as the final general immunization date for those completing all three doses.
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Manchester
Sabin
Delaware County
Delaware County Medical Society
Eastern Iowans Injured in Falls
Three youths and one adult from Tama Maquoketa Earlville and Chelsea were hurt in falls. Randy Potter 214 suffered concussion a deep forehead gash and bruises after falling from a ladder at a grandparent home and is in Marshalltown hospital. Sharon Nieman 12 broke left arm in gym class at Maquoketa Valley school. Kathleen Henle 13 broke left arm after falling from a railroad rail near Chelsea.
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Randy Potter
Tom Potter
Glen Potter
Tama
Marshalltown
Sharon Nieman
Harold Ni
Plea Entered in Drunk Driving Case in Iowa City
Roland Gordy 25 of Lone Tree pleaded guilty in district court to a drunk driving charge. Judge James Gaffney fined $300 and costs and suspended Gordy s license for 60 days.
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Iowa City
Roland Gordy
Lone Tree
James Gaffney
City council rejects building permit for all steel garage
The city council, acting on a plan commission recommendation, rejected Marion Willson and Garland Malone's request for a building permit to erect an all steel garage west of Hilltop cafe.
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City Plan Commission
Marion Willson
Garland Malone
Hilltop Cafe
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