Iowa City fire devastates Alpha Tau Omega house
Firemen battled the three story Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house in Iowa City from Tuesday afternoon until early Wednesday, with the roof collapsing after a gas line ignited. Firefighters faced ice and weather as they worked to determine the blaze's cause while casualties were reported none among Americans.
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Phyllis Fleming
Iowa City
Alpha Tau Omega
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Wedsday
U.S
Vientiane
Robert Me Jing
Phoumi Nosavan
National Police
Siho Lamphaoutacoul
Department
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Siho
Bounlet Sycossie
McCloskey
A. F. Rittenmeyer
Rittenmeyer
Fraternity House
George Biskup Named Bishop of Des Moines
George Biskup named bishop of Des Moines to succeed the late Edward C. Daly killed in a Rome jet crash after the 1964 Vatican Council. He is the second Cedar Rapids priest to hold the post. installation date pending as FBI and Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation join a separate Des Moines burglary case involving a vault break-in.
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Edward C. Daly
Rome
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Maines
Sav Thomas Drumm
Passings Bank
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van Burentor of St. Patrick’s, Went of County Community Earleyr
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Drumm
Orville Lee
Oni
Hervey In
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FBI
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Sun Wins In Weather Tug Of War Across Iowa
A Wednesday report shows gradual warm up in Iowa as sun strengthens against persistent sub zero cold. City highs near 0 to 25 above in different towns, with Decorah at 22 below, New Albin 21 below, Elkader 15 below, Cedar Rapids at 2 degrees with overnight low 11 below. Frigid nights expected to ease slightly into Friday with sunshine anticipated.
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Council Bluffs
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New Albin
Elkader
Cedar Rapids
Guaranteed annual customer idea stirs business doubt
Businessmen weigh a guaranteed annual customer before embracing a guaranteed annual wage, signaling caution about new spending and staffing commitments amid evolving labor policy discussions.
House GOP Secrecy Bid Fails Delays Issue in Senate
House Republicans sought a vote to end secrecy on confirmations but failed. The Senate bill repealing secrecy stalled after leaving the House committee. Governor Hughes sent four appointments for confirmation, prompting a session to receive his message. Senator O Malley requested Republican help to force a vote.
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Des Moines
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Egidio Vagnozzi
United
Harold Hughes
Floyd Edgington
Sheffield
George O'Malley
Nab 700 Negro Youths in Alabama
In Selma about 300 teen-age Negroes were arrested and some sat singing arm in arm as sheriff James Clark acted. Nearby in Marion 400 youths were arrested as right to vote protests increased. Troopers and deputies corralled groups with some held behind a jail fence and others pressed against a courthouse wall. Edginton cited ending secrecy as a major Democratic plank in a party platform.
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Ala
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James Clark
Clark
Court House
Fear Yank Seized by Viet Reds
SAIGON AP dispatch reports Gustav Hertz, 46, of Leesburg Virginia, chief of the public administration division for a U.S. aid mission in South Vietnam since 1963, missing after riding his motorbike from Gia Dinh Tuesday afternoon. A search began when he did not return within two hours. No solid evidence of kidnapping yet.
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Two Iowa Men Die in Arkansas Carbon Monoxide Tragedy
Two prominent Iowa men died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a deluxe camper bus at a rest area off Interstate 55 near Osceola Arkansas. Dean Powers of Cedar Rapids and Henry Harms of Monticello were en route to Florida when their bus, recently converted into a camper, became fetid with fumes. The coroner noted the bus’s windows and interior were smoke stained, with no sign of foul play. Powers was president of Dean Powers Co and owner of Powers Truck Port and the Irish Inn. Harms owned Harmsway Truck Lines in Monticello. The men, both in their late 40s, left Cedar Rapids last Thursday afternoon after departing at 3:30. They were traveling for a vacation and were found Tuesday afternoon. The investigation included highway officials and a coroner’s report on the scene. Authorities indicated the two were last known to be in the rest area on I-55 near Osceola before the bodies were discovered.
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Delux
Interstate 55
Osceola
Ark
Jim Stovall
Hertz
State Highway Department
Americrew
Ican University
Washington
US Shot Aimed for Solar Job
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports the Sunshine satellite OSO-2 launched by a three stage Delta rocket will study the sun and its effects on Earth and other planets. The 545 pound payload carries a coronograph to simulate eclipses and observe the solar corona from about 350 miles up.
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Solar Observatory
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Senate Passes Day Parole Bill
DES MOINES Iowa senate approved 49 to 5 a bill allowing county jail prisoners day parole under court order to seek work, perform work, run a business if self employed or receive medical treatment the measure now goes to the house
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Wilson Delays U S Trip to Washington
Prime Minister Wilson postpones his planned February flight to Washington for talks with President Johnson and a UN General Assembly address. He may wait until after meeting West German Chancellor Erhard in Bonn, with U Thant seeking a UN financial solution delaying the visit. Bonn backs a multilateral force plan.
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