Scott Chides President On Civil Rights Delays
Sen. Hugh Scott scolded the Kennedy administration for delaying civil rights legislation. At a Senate Commerce hearing on public accommodations, Burke Marshall testified that desegregation needs reform, citing Birmingham protests and ongoing injustices since Reconstruction.
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Scott
Washington
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Kennedy Administration
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Birmingham
Ala
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
Linn County June draft call names five inductees and enlistees
The Linn County draft board announced five men named Roy E. Wilson James A. Cook Russell L. Foubert Leon D. Jones and Dennis C. Rosdail will report to Fort Des Moines for induction. Navy reports two enlistees one WAVES member and one more in the Navy. A Vietnam era pay grade promotion rule for enlisted soldiers was announced allowing advancement without quotas with limits and conditions.
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Linn County
Fort Des Moines
Roy E. Wilson
Tenth Street
James A. Cook
Toddville
Russell L. Foubert
Second Street
Leon D. Jones
Sixteenth Avenue
Dennis C. Rosdail
Fourth Avenue
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Michael D. Folkers
Scotch Grove
Neil R. Hoffner, Jr
Clarence
Rosemary Grace Cook
Twentieth Avenue SW
Bainbridge
Department of the Army
Vietnam
Army
Drifting Down Des Moines River Ends in Drowning
Ottumwa fisherman Roy Kinman recounted a fatal river accident Sunday night when his friend Art Gardner, 67, fell from their tipped trotline boat in the Des Moines River. Gardner vanished under the current as Kinman lacked a second oar to reach him. Gardner's body was recovered at about 1 a.m. Monday.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Roy Kinman
Art Gardner
Kinman
Gardner
Motion to set aside auto accident judgments filed in Cedar Rapids court
A motion to set aside 22 858 52 in auto accident judgments was filed in Cedar Rapids federal court. Milford Jones of Columbus Indiana challenges the jury verdicts accusing Judge Edward J. McManus of legal error and lack of evidentiary support. Three new bankruptcy petitions were also listed: Ben C and Mildred Cummins with debts of 1 567 86 and assets 600. Donald F Kastli and Mrs Kastli with debts totaling 27 573 66 and assets 10 180 29 and 1 851 46 in assets respectively.
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Cedar Rapids Federal Court
Milford Jones
Columbus
Ind
Ben C
Mildred Cummins
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Donald FE. Kastli
Readlyn
Kastli
Fire at Madrid Plaza de las Ventas Bullring
The Plaza de las Ventas, the world's leading bullring, caught fire early Monday. Twenty Madrid fire department engines brought the blaze under control.
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Madrid
Youth Fined $125 For Traffic Violations
A 20 year old Cedar Rapids youth was fined $125 in municipal court after pleading guilty to failing to have his car under control and failing to report an accident. Robert W. Netolicky Jr of 3237 Soutter Ave SE was charged after police said he left the scene when his car went over an embankment at 2224 Country Club Parkway. Judge L M Hullinger levied a $100 fine for loss of control and $25 for failing to report, plus $7.50 costs. Netolicky had prior guilty verdicts on five other traffic violations.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert W. Netolicky, Jr
Soutter Avenue SE
Country Club Parkway
L. M. Hullinger
Netolicky
Hitchhiker Attack Leaves Marion Man Injured
Merlie Boone, 45, of Orchard Trailer court in Marion, was hospitalized Monday with a broken jaw and a facial cut after a Saturday night hitchhiking incident. He picked up a man near Nineteenth Street and Mt. Vernon Road SE who assaulted him when Boone said he had no money. Boone cannot recall driving home.
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Merlie Boone
Orchard Trailer Court
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Boone
Nineteenth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Illinois Man Dies Three Hurt in NE Iowa Crash
Center Grove near Dubuque reported a broadside collision between a car and a semi truck. Thomas Morse 51 of Woodstock Ill. died. Olive 45 and Lawrence 15 Morse were injured. Peter Overbroeklig 28 of Luxemburg Ill. was treated for non serious injuries. The Morse car crossed a divider and struck a motel damaged by a previous fire.
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Center Grove
UPI
Here
Thomas Morse
Woodstock
Ill
Morse
Olive
Dubuque
Lawrence
Peter Overbroeklig
Luxemburg
Mrs. George Kirk 79 Dies in Center Point Rites Tuesday
Center Point widow Mary Wheeler Kirk born February 16 1884 in Center Point died Saturday night. She married in Center Point January 28 1904 and served as pianist at the Alice EUB church for 30 years. Survived by husband a son George W. Kirk Jr a daughter Mrs Lee Stewart a brother William I Wheeler seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from Alice EUB church with calling at Murdoch chapel Center Point.
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Center Point
George Kirk
Alice
Mary Wheeler
Alice Eub
George W. Kirk, Jr
Lee Stewart
William I. Wheeler
Murdoch
Eclipse of Sun Visible in Eastern Iowa July 20
Eastern Iowans will see a partial solar eclipse on July 20 with about 75 percent of the sun covered. The event starts around 2 18 p.m. CST, reaches midpoint near 3 30, and ends about 4 42 p.m. CST.
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North America
Eclipse cautions warn against viewing with naked eye
Astronomers warn that infrared rays from the solar eclipse on March 7 1970 can burn the retina. The event will be visible only in Mexico and California.
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Mexico
California
Equipment stolen from Dyer Construction site
Construction equipment valued at 232 dollars was stolen from a Dyer Construction Co. project site between Wednesday and Friday, police were told Sunday. Jim W. Dyer said 50 hanger brackets, 100 corner clips, an eight ton jack, a scissor jack and a bull float were taken from the vacant lot at Spencer Drive and Johnson Avenue NW.
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Dyer Construction Co
Jim W. Dyer
Spencer Drive
Johnson Avenue NW
Two Ossian Girls Injured In Postville Car Crash
Two Ossian teens Jean Barthelme 19 and Marilyn Suchan 18 were injured when their car failed a curve and slid down an embankment a mile east of Postville. Both were hospitalized at Postville hospital.
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Postville
Jean Barthelme
Marilyn Suchan
Here
Post- Ville Hospital
Nervousness Not In Text Books Curable By Dr Clark
A 48 year old woman with a long history of sinusitis asthma headaches and digestive problems recovered after chiropractic spinal adjustments addressing nerve disturbances. She had suffered for decades and improved with treatment. she reports sleep digestion and overall health restored and remains well years later.
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Llow
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Evanston, Ill
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