Senatorial push for shorter Iowa ballot moves to House
In Des Moines six Republicans including two from Linn county joined 28 Democrats to pass SJR14, a proposed constitutional amendment to shorten the ballot by shifting appointive power to the governor for treasurer attorney general and secretary of state and to the legislature for the state auditor. The measure, approved 34 to 25, heads to a Republican controlled House with an uncertain fate.
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Des Moines
Linn County
Senate
Sen
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Owen
Gov. Hughes
Owen
Riley
Kenneth Benda
R-Hartwick
Benda
Joseph Flatt
R-Winterset
Eugene Hill
D Newton
Vern Lisle
R Clarinda
John M. Ely, Jr
Dcedar Rapids
Sim
Chicago hit by new snowstorm piles up to foot in some areas
A surprise blizzard struck the Lake Michigan region late Thursday into Friday causing heavy snow and many highway closures. Chicago airports were shut for hours and drivers abandoned cars on expressways. Winds reached 62 mph as western Michigan saw more snow and schools closed. The winter storm left at least 10 deaths nationwide and followed another system moving from Newfoundland.
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Lake Michigan
Chicago
O'Hare International
Midway Airport
Meigs Field
Milwaukee
Indiana
Michigan
Interstate 94
Joseph Kendzierski
Buchanan
Mich
Miles
St. Joseph-Benton Harbor
Newfoundland
New England
Subzero Cold Records Fall Across Iowa as Winds Ease
Iowa shivered Friday with temperatures plunging to record lows up to 18 below in New Albin and 13 below in Charles City. The Weather Bureau forecast warmer weekend highs in the single to low teens, with a five day outlook showing two to four degrees below normal and little snow. Cedar Rapids logged 7 below overnight and 5 at 2 pm, while 1910 record lows were approached or broken in several towns.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Dubuque
Davenport
New Albin
Waukon
Elkader
Fayette
Oelwein
Decorah
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Municipal Airport
Powell Liked by Leaders Face Powell Censure and Fine
House Speaker McCormack and GOP leaders back a select committee verdict to seat Adam Clayton Powell but censures him and imposes a record 40000 fine for gross misconduct. The nine member panel also moves to strip 22 years of seniority from Powell and discharge Corrin Huff. Powell stays silent at a Bahamian fishing retreat as leaders pledge action.
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Washington
McCormack
Adam Clayton Powell
Tostrip
Corrin Huff
House
Powell
G.O.P
Ford
Rep. Celler
Select Committee
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Three Germans convicted in Dutch wartime murders
Former SS officers Wilhelm Harster and Wilhelm Zoepf and secretary Gertrud Slottke were convicted in Munich for aiding in the mass murder of Dutch Jews. Harster received 15 years, Zoepf nine, Slottke five, with pre trial imprisonment to be deducted. Anne Frank's case noted among those pursued.
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UPI
Gertrud Slotke
Wilhelm Zoepf
Wilhelm Harster
Anne Frank
Marster
Anne
Munich
Holland
West Germany
Gertrud‘Slottke
Zoepf
Harster
Amsterdam
Otto
Fire Destroys 2 Bennett Stores in Zero Weather
A fire in Bennett destroyed the V and M Royal Blue grocery and the adjacent Bennett Beauty Salon. Fire Chief Don Hamann said both structures burned, with smoke damage to nearby Steinkes barber shop and Horstmann's Market. No injuries. crews from Bennett Tipton and New Liberty battled the blaze in near freezing temperatures.
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Bennett
Don Hamann
V and M Royal Blue
Bennett Beauty Salon
Steinkes
Horstmann
Virgil Barklay
Ralph Anderson
RTA set to open sealed bids for city bus operation
The three man Regional Transit Authority announced it will receive sealed bids for operating the city bus system. Bids must be submitted to the city clerk by 1 30 p.m. March 14 and will be opened at a public hearing after that date. Copies of the proposed contract are available to interested concerns. The notice was published in today's Gazette and will run again next Friday as required.
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Coder Raph
Dean Wagner
RTA
Transit Authority
National City Lines
U S opens shelling of North Viet Nam
U S announces start of long range artillery shelling from South Vietnam into North Vietnam for the first time in the war. 175mm guns from Camp Carroll fire into the DMZ as 45 000 American troops advance in Operation Junction City toward Viet Cong Ninth Division positions.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
U.S
Junction City
Dmz
U.S. Air Force
International Control Commission
Camp Carroll
DeSalvo Escapes From Bridgewater Mental Hospital
Albert DeSalvo the Boston strangler and two fellow inmates escaped from Bridgewater State Hospital by using a key to unlock a wall gap, crawling the elevator shaft, and scaling the 20 foot wall with improvised staging. A major manhunt was launched as authorities brace for dangerous escape.
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Bridgewater
Mass
UPI
Boston
Albert DeSalvo
Fridday
Bridgewater State (Mental) Hospital
DeSalvo
Massachusetts Supreme Iourt
F. Lee Bailey
Massachusetts
John Volpe
Scotland Yard selects 21 year old West Indian as London’s first Negro policeman
London police chief announces the appointment of a 21 year old West Indian as the city’s first black police officer under the Yard’s new diversity effort. He will join frontline duties after training and disciplinary checks.
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London
Scotland Yard
Ferrie Died of Natural Causes in Kennedy Probe
Coroner Nicholas Chetta said chemical analysis found David Ferrie died of natural causes from a ruptured brain artery. Ferrie, a pilot linked to District Attorney Jim Garrison’s Kennedy assassination inquiry, was found dead in bed. Chetta noted no alcohol or drugs. autopsy report due next Tuesday.
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New Orleans
Nicholas Chetta
David Ferrie
Rrison
Ferrie
Chetta
Chella
Jim Garrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Garrison
Man Called Theory Sparks Chuckle in Daily Jokes
A lighthearted quip notes a man nicknamed Theory for rarely working, playful jab captured in today’s humor brief.
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