Indiana Time Zone Split Revised by Federal DOT
The U S Department of Transportation shifted Indiana toward the Eastern time zone with 12 counties in the northwestern and southwestern corners remaining in Central time. The change follows notices in the Federal Register and comments from 1967 and 1968 and aims to allow states with multiple time zones more flexibility under the Uniform Time Act.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Indiana
Illinois
Department
Federal Register
Congress
Kaiser to Raise Ingots Prices 3.9 to 5 Percent
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp announced price increases on primary aluminum ingots and related products ranging from 3.9 to 5 percent. The hikes affect ingots billet alloy and extrusions with orders after January 17 and shipments from February 15.
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Kaiser
Oakland, Calif
UPI
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Alcoa
Reynolds
Guttenberg Plant To Close January Thirty First
Guttenberg plant of Muter Co division in Chicago announced its closure effective January thirty first. The Guttenberg facility employs about 200 workers with an annual payroll around 500000 dollars. Plant Manager Charles Cain cited rising imports of loudspeakers and related equipment as the primary reason for shutdown.
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Guttenberg
UPI) Jensen Manufacturing Division
Muter Co
Chicago
Charles Cain
Fire Kills Twelve At Ryan Hog House Blaze
Twelve sons perished when a hog house burned on the David Kirby farm five miles southwest of Ryan Saturday night. Firemen from Ryan and Coggan prevented the blaze from spreading to other outbuildings.
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Ryan
David Kirby
Ryan and
Coggan
Atalissa Man Among 6 Killed Over Weekend
A rural Atalissa man, Gilbert Popp, 66, was killed when struck by a car crossing old highway 1 near Rochester in Cedar County. The driver, Mrs. La Perch Peasley of Tipton, was not charged. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Sheets and Son funeral home in Tipton. Surviving include his wife Meta and several stepchildren and grandchildren.
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Gilbert Popp
Rochester
Cedar County
la Perch Peasley
Tipton
Popp
Sheets and Son Funeral Home
Meta
Andrew Wehde
Iowa City
Leland Wehde
Lubbock, Tex
John Hays
Lubbock
Harry Pursley
Carmania Runs Aground On San Salvador Island Bahamas
The Cunard Line cruise ship Carmania with 471 passengers aboard ran aground on Gardner Reef off San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. Salvage tugs from Bermuda and San Juan were to attempt refloating while the ship remains intact about five miles south of Cockburn Town.
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San Salvador
Miami
Cunard Lines
Florida
U.S
San Salvador Island
Bahamas
Gardner Reef
Port Everglades
Kingston
Jamaica
Ben Asterige
Asterige
Mexico City
Alice Moran
Jenroute
Bermuda
San Juan
P.R
U.S. Coast Guard
Carmania
Coast Guard
Cockburn Town
Columbus
New World
Navy Joins Marines Narratives Steady Family Navy Nickname
Los Angeles AP reports U S Navey, a high school nickname Navey Beans, enlisted in Hamilton Ohio and joins the Marines. He is assigned to the 28th Marines 5th Division Camp Pendleton California and expects to depart for Vietnam next month. His brother Ulyses Navey served in the Navy, while their father C B Navey served eight years with the Seabees.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Navey
Navey
Upton Steve Navey
Steve
Hamilton
Ohio
28Th Marines
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Vietnam
Ulyses Samuel Navey
Ulyses
C. B. Navey
The
Seabees
Sweden Upgrades Cuba Mission to Full Embassy
Sweden announced it will raise its Havana mission to a full embassy during a parliamentary session opened by King Gustav IV Adolf. The move follows earlier steps in recognizing Hanoi and drew picket protests and anticipated U.S. displeasure from the State Department.
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Sweden
Cuba
U.S
North Vietnam
Gustav IV Adolf
Hanoi
Havana
U.S. State Department
Vietnam
Mrs Walter Wheeler of Shellsburg Dies
Mrs Walter Wheeler 51 died unexpectedly Sunday at Virginia Gay hospital Vinton after being admitted hours earlier. Former Cedar Rapids resident, she moved to Shellsburg six years ago. Survived by husband a daughter Patsy Frisby two grandchildren sister Izetta Weasel of Cedar Rapids and two brothers Jesse and Willard Stinson Muskegon Michigan. Services Wednesday 1 p.m. Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids with burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Fry and Holland Vinton until 6 p.m. Monday and Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids after 7 p.m. Monday.
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Shellsburg
Walter Wheeler
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
Patsy Frisby
Izetta Weasel
Jesse
Willard Stinson
Muskegon
Mich
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Fry and Holland
Narcotics Raid Nabs Kin Of JFK Biographer At Williams
Fourteen youths were arrested in a weekend narcotics raid at the home of Williams college professor James MacGregor Burns's wife. Among those charged were Burns's son David 21 a Harvard student and his sisters Deborah 17 and 15 for being present where narcotics were found.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
James MacGregor Burns
Kennedy
Burns
David Burns
Harvard
Deborah
Cedar Rapids Native Named First Dean at Virginia Medical College
Dr. Thomas C. Barker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Barker of Cedar Rapids, has been named the first dean of the Medical College of Virginia's newly created school of allied health professions. He will oversee physical therapy, medical technology, radiologic technology, and hospital administration programs. Mrs. Barker, formerly Mary Irene Beerkren, is also Cedar Rapids native.
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Cedar Rapids
Medical College of Virginia
School of Allied Health Professions
Thomas C. Barker
Carl E. Barker
Thirty-eighth Street
Richmond College
Barker
Mary Irene Beerkren
Soviet Union developing multiple A warhead system
The Washington Star quoted sources saying the Soviet Union is developing a 10 headed nuclear warhead like America’s MIRV but not yet at testing. The United States is testing the MIRV.
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Washington
Soviet Union
America
The
Washington Star
U.S
Czech Labor Flexing Their Reform Muscles
In Prague unions of printers push for reform by refusing to print material they deem at odds with post January reforms under Dubcek. The action follows a campaign backing Josef Smrkovsky and signals growing pressure from workers and students for freer information while avoiding direct clash with Soviet aligned leaders.
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Prague
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Smrkovsky
Tribuna
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
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