Five-vehicle crash injures Iowa City man on icy highway
An early Tuesday crash on highway 218 near Sixtieth Street SW involved five cars after icy conditions. John R. Moran, 50, was in critical condition with head and chest injuries and a fractured leg. Charges are pending as other drivers suffered minor injuries.
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Herbert Davis
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Money salvaged from St Louis apartment fire
Firefighters saved more than twenty thousand dollars in usable currency from an apartment blaze in St Louis on Monday. The money was found hidden in several spots within the apartment. The occupant, eighty one year old Elsie Ilgen, received treatment for burns at a local hospital.
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ST. Louis
Elsie Ilgen
House Bill Would Punish Those Who Aid Viet Cong
A proposed measure by Rep. Joe Pool would punish aiding the North Vietnamese or Viet Cong with up to 20000 dollars and 20 years in prison. Penalties for blocking troop trains could reach 10000 dollars and five years. The bill, supported by most of the Un American Activities Committee, awaits House debate as Congress reconvenes.
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U.S
Vietnam
Joe Pool
D-Texas
Rules Committee
House
Congress
House Committee On UN
Failures in Sprint Interceptor Tests Prompt Pentagon Clarification
The Sprint anti missile interceptor showed several test failures but the Pentagon said such issues are expected in missile development and will not delay deployment. Sprint tests at White Sands included a high heat maneuver flight on Oct 10 and a later successful computer guided hit. The $5 billion Sentinel system aims to be combat ready in five to six years.
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Pentagon
White Sands
Sentinel
N. M
Sprint
Court Stalls Road Through Negro Section
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart halted a three mile segment of Interstate 40 through a predominantly Negro area in Nashville to hear the NAACP Legal Defense Fund appeal alleging racial discrimination. The action pauses construction pending ruling on the case challenging routing as a federal interstate project prerogative.
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Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Nashville
Tenn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
N.A.A.C.P
Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Stewart
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Executive Department of Government
Judiciary
Sweden Grants Sanctuary to Four Vietnam War Deserters
Sweden granted sanctuary to four American deserters who fled from Japan over the Vietnam War. The decision by the aliens commission was unanimous and labeled humanitarian, not political asylum, with potential to attract more deserters. At least 12 Americans are said to be in Sweden amid similar asylum requests from U.S. soldiers.
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Japan
Aliens Commission
Sweden
U.S
AWOL GI Surrenders in Yokohama Hotel
Pfc. Peter Wiggins 21 of New York, an AWOL marine on leave from Vietnam, surrendered voluntarily to U S navy authorities in a Yokohama hotel after failing to report for a flight home on October 18 and disappearing on October 19.
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Peter Wiggins
New York
A.w.o
Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Yokohama
Wiggins
Former Somali Foreign Minister Convicted of Treason
Ahmed Jusuf Dualeh, former Somali foreign minister, was convicted Monday of treason for disclosing state secrets and sentenced to 24 years in prison.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
Ahmed Jusuf Dualeh
Avengers Return on Channel 9 Wednesday Nights
The Avengers comeback is announced with a 6:30 PM Wednesday slot on Channel 9 in color marking a new airing of the series.
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Channel 9
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