Rusk Named Rockefeller Foundation Distinguished Fellow
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will become the Rockefeller Foundation’s first distinguished fellow after completing Washington duties. The one year appointment, with no fixed stipend disclosed, lets him design his own research program on issues affecting national well being. Rusk, 59, has served in the JFK era since 1960 and remains in office under Johnson.
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New York
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
Washington
Foundation
Rusk
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Mills College
California
State Department
Division of Internal Security Affairs
State Car Pool Studied
DES MOINES AP The state executive council directed a special committee to study forming a state car pool after a report found substantial use of state vehicles for commuting. The auditor's office said 83 cars logged home to office mileage with up to 31 leaving Des Moines daily and eight outside the city.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
State Auditor’s Office
Richard Sydney
Executive Council
Elkader Teen Escapes Injury in Highway 52 Crash
Jay Powell 17 of Elkader escaped injury when his car rolled after losing control to avoid a deer on Highway 52, about half a mile north of Millville. Sheriff Milton Klink said Powell was unhurt as the vehicle overturned.
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Elkader
Jay Powell
A. R. Powell
Millville
Clayton County
Milton Klink
Powell
Paul Harvey Commends Freedom Derivation on TV News
A brief Monday through Friday color TV segment on TV-9 at 5 30 and 1 PM News features Paul Harvey praising freedom derived from personal independence in a concise commentary.
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Paul Harvey
TV-9
George Burns
Eva Gabor
Joey Bishop
Channel 9
Controversy over government study of communications policy
Washington AP report on the Rostow commission study delivered to the White House drums up sharp dispute. Officials say several agencies on the 15 member panel want to add views, signaling dissatisfaction despite referral to the White House. The 450 page report chaired by Undersecretary Eugene Rostow urges a government backed international monopoly and limits on equipment makers.
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State Department
White House
Eugene Rostow
U.S
Comsat
Robert McCloskey
Rostow Commission
Johnson
Area Ten site haltover dispute stalls apprentice work
An apparent dispute over layoffs halted construction at Area Ten Community College campus off Bowling Street SW. Carpenters Local 308 represents a lone picket at the site while Abell-Howe Construction Co. seeks to resolve the issue. Over 50 workers are on site. Officials cite difficulty reaching Earl Edwards about the situation. A break in at Chansky drug store on Sunday night left $20 in change missing and $75 in bills untouched.
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Area Ten Community College
Bowling Street
Earl Edwards
Carpenters Local 308
Abell-Howe Construction Co
Edwards
Ben
Solon
Johnson County
Chansky Drug Store
Retweed Home Paul Youth Cub Meeting
The Hiawatha Youth Cub at 209 Eighteenth Street held a meeting at the youth center after a Mercy hospital visit. The patient was listed as a surgical patient and the group is sponsored by the Hiawatha Optimists.
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Retweed
Paul
Hiawatha Cornette
Eighteenth Street
Mercy
Hiawatha Optimists
Public Employes Meet Monday in Cedar Rapids Area
East Iowa public employees to meet in Cedar Rapids next Monday to discuss IPERS reforms. The event, part of a regional session, gathers workers from multiple counties to review retirement system improvements and legislative proposals.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Fashion Cleaners
Center Point Rct
Coliseum
George E. Mendon
Mason City
Dick Thornton
Ed Jones
Floyd A. Jones
Des Moines
The
Iowa Assn
Linn
Buchanan
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Jones
Johnson
Cedar
Icott
Muscatine
Benton
Settlement in suit against Great Western railroad reached
Settlement out of court ends a suit brought by Michael Rath of Waterloo against the Chicago Great Western railroad. Rath sought 25740 with a claim arising from a collision at Great Western crossing on February 28 1966 southwest of Sumner.
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Michael Rath
Waterloo
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
Rath
Great Western Crossing
Sumner
Crossing Crash Trials Loom Near Sumner
A federal case involves a passenger Kath in a car driven by David Wooster of Sumner. The car collided with the sixth vehicle behind a train. A separate lawsuit against the railroad over a crossing accident near Sumner is set for trial January 6.
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Federal Court
Kath
David Wooster
Sumner
Coggon Man Named in Suit By Farmers Unit
The Farmers Home Administration sues in Cedar Rapids federal court over six head of cattle tied to a 1967 operating loan. Bud Smith of Coggan is named, with cattle valued at $643.36 and the petition seeking $643.36 plus interest. The agency says possession was taken without consent.
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Farmers Home Administration
Cedar Rapids
Coggons
Bud Smith
Coggan
Darrel
Vernice J. Hymer
Fairfax
Smith
Sonntag Missed Trial Triggers Warrant Issuance
Dan W. Sonntag aged 23 failed to appear for a scheduled trial on narcotics charges. A warrant was issued by Judge Ansel Chapman after Sonntag missed the session. Miss Melone, 20, Des Moines, also faces possession charges and is set for trial next Monday.
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Sonntag
Dan W. Sonntag
62Nd General Assembly
Ansel Chapman
Keleie Melone
Des Moines
River Road
Miss Melone
Star-studded gala promotes MNB Christmas Club
In a Mount Vernon Bank promotion, stars such as Harry Belafonte Lana Cantrell Vic Damone Arthur Fiedler and Henry Mancini back an MNB Christmas Club. Open an account with weekly saves of 1 2 3 or more and in November 1969 receive a check for the total. Sign up downtown or at 34th Street Mount Vernon Road SE. Also available by depositing 10 or buying a 500 Savings Certificate.
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ED Ames
Harry Belafonte
Lana Cantrell
Vic Damone
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops
Morton Gould
AL Hirt
Norman Luboff
Henry Mancini
Peter Nero
Leontyne Price
Robert Shaw
MNB
34Th Street
Mount Vernon Road
S.E
Purenass
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Breakin
Hood Sewing Center
3Rd Ave
Coin Club
YWCA
Jerome
Pierson’s Florists
McGuire
David McGuire
Cedar Rauids
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers
Albert's Cleaners
1St Ave
Wayne Farms
Turkey
Hladky’s
4Th Ave
Francis J. Brehms
Thirty Fourth Street
Madeline
St. SE
Berger Furtler, Marion
Pat B. Kelly
Oelwein
Fourteenth Street
Jane Boyd
Larry Harmon
Oak Hill-Jackson
Marvel Foster Clubroom
Pfaff
Dorothy McCalley
Thirty-second Street
Robert A. Sediacek
Wm. 8. Galbraith
Cedar Valley Medical Bldg
A Ave
Jones, Manhattan
Noelridge Parks
Myrtle Repass
Twentieth Street
Hilltop House Furniture
Great Western
Farmers Unit
Henry Keyes
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Chapman
Tion
Edserial
Louis Harris
Evans and Novak
William S. White
Entertainment
DuBrow
Leonard Lyons
Financial
John Cupniff
Sam Shulsky
Sylvia Porter
Dr. Andelman
Jacobys
Gus Schrader
Don Walton
Art Buchwald
Merchants National Bank
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