Reed Denies Plan to Quit Iowa Race After Bribery Offer
Des Moines businessman Dean Reed admitted Jolley offered money to withdraw from an 8 way Republican primary for state commerce commission er but Reed said he had no intention of quitting. Jolley testified he sought Reed’s withdrawal to aid Herbert Reed’s candidacy. Reed cited anonymous calls offering up to 1000 dollars to persuade withdrawal.
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Iowa Legislative Investigation Committee
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Panora
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Tallman
J. C. Tallman
Guthrie Center
Sisters Take Tot Flee To Bar Adoption
Two teenage sisters left a note with their parents and fled Sun Valley California with 20 month old Mike. Sandra Hill 16 and Genevieve 13 were found asleep with the child in a Burbank park. They said they took Mike because the parents planned to adopt him out.
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Sandra Hill
Genevieve
Burbank Park
Burbank
Sandra
Mama
Daddy
Lyle Hill
1761 Daily Newspapers Now Being Published
Classified ad promotes Gazette ads to sell or rent items with a sample success story. Mae Wilson on 345 17th St SE received 25 to 30 calls after placing a one day want ad. Includes sale of an extension ladder and miscellaneous tools at 35-3728.
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Mae Wilson
17Th St. SE
Antenna to Aid Lunar Probe Program in Mojave Desert
A multimillion dollar 85 foot bowl shaped radio antenna will be built in the Mojave desert to support the lunar probe program. Army jet propulsion laboratory scientists will construct it at Camp Irwin 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles. It will track space vehicles to 250000 miles and operate by year end with Blaw Knox Collins Radio and Rucker Co as principal contractors.
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Mojave Desert
Defense Department
Army
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Camp Irwin
Los Angeles
Roy W. Johnson
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Eberhardt Rechtin
U.S
Blaw-Knox Co
Pittsburgh
Collins Radio Co
Cedar Rapids
Land the Rucker Co
Oakland
Alaska statehood optimism deflates then rekindles
In Boise Idaho AP recounts J Gerald Williams Alaska attorney general nicknamed Doubter Williams for doubting statehood this session. He offered to push a peanut 120 miles with his nose if statehood passed. The Senate sent the bill to the President as Williams visited Boise prompting a rueful jab about getting his nose in shape.
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Alaska
Doubter Williams
Territory
J. Gerald Williams
Congress
Statehood
Tok Junction
Big Delta
Senate
Williams
Boise
Busiest Canal Year Sets Traffic Record
The Panama Canal recorded 9 468 ocean going vessels passing through in the last 12 months ending at midnight Monday, marking the busiest fiscal year in its history.
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Panama
Alaska Becomes 49th State After Senate Vote
The Senate approved statehood for Alaska by 64 to 20, sending a bill to President for approval. Alaska would enter as the 49th state later this year, with two senators and one representative. The move ends territorial status dating to 1867 and allows Alaskans to vote for president and governors while seeking state government.
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United States
Texas
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Mike” Monroney
Oklahoma
Alaska Celebrates Statehood Move After Gold Rush Fever
Alaskans marked the largest celebration since the gold rush as the senate passed statehood. Voters must accept three propositions on a August primary plus elections for governor and legislature, with constitutional voting ages and a special session for election funding to be set by Gov. Stepovich.
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Alaska
Mike Stepovich
Territorial
Vote Puts Crimp In Texas Song
William Marsh co author of Texas Our Texas faces questions after a congressional move to admit Alaska spurs calls about altering the state song line. Marsh says the composer may swap brightest for largest to reflect Alaska’s size.
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Fort Worth
William Marsh
Alaska
Marsh
Fox Hearing Defended by House Group
House investigators of the Sherman Adams case say they acted properly in public hearings after questioning Fox, Adams' accuser. The panel will next question Bernard Goldfine as part of the inquiry amid libel threats and debate over session secrecy.
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House
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Adams
Boston
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Bernard Goldfine
Fox
Goldfine
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Gravedigger Killed Setting Tombstone in Cremona
In Cremona Italy grave digger Luigi Bonvini aged 66 died after falling from scaffolding while lifting a tombstone. The stone toppled onto him and crushed him, ending the life during the work on Monday.
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Cremona
Italy
UPI
Luigi Bonvini
Rural crash kills Marion Rich in Cedar Rapids drive
An 18 year old Cedar Rapids boy, Marion Merwin Rich, died when the auto he rode in crashed through a barricade on the old Macbride road and overturned after a pursuit for a shortcut to Iowa City. He was the son of Mr and Mrs M J Rich of 1235 Forty second street NE Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa News
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Cedar Rapids
Marion Merwin Rich
M. J. Rich
Forty-second St. NE
Macbride Road
Walker
Washington High School
Collins Radio Company
Mervil J. Rich
Nellie Marie
Richard Serovy
Paul Straub
Richard North
Robert Kale
George Harris
Roy R. Rich
Ce‘dar Rapids
Beatty Bearle
Boulder Cemetery
Central City
Highway detour backsfires in Iowa crash
An 18 year old Cedar Rapids man Petersen drove on the old Macbride road seeking a shortcut to Iowa City. His car collided with a fence and overturned. passenger Rich died. Petersen and Albaugh sustained minor injuries. Rich, a Cedar Rapids native, was a Collins Radio employee. Petersen faces a court appearance for failure to control his vehicle.
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Iowa City
Jon Dean Petersen
Cedar Rapids
Smith
Petersen
North Liberty
Solon
Rich
Young Petersen
Macbride
State Park
Johnson County
California
Albaugh
Barred by Club Has Last Laugh in England
Building contractor Pat Pateman, 42, who was denied membership at a golf club, bought the club instead and threatens to renew its lease only with permanent membership for him and his wife. He vows the sport will no longer be for the rich and snobby.
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Paris
Russia
Dulles
Loughborough
England
Pat Pateman
Pateman
SW Iowa Listed In Storm Area
The weather bureau forecast severe thunderstorms for southwestern Iowa and western Iowa. The warning noted storms may intensify this afternoon with large hail and damaging winds along a corridor extending about 60 miles on either side of a line from 60 northwest of Concordia, Kansas, to Lamon, Iowa.
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