Storms Rake East Iowa Striking Strawberry Point and Dubuque
A fickle summer squall line drenched eastern Iowa on Saturday with rain hail and strong winds. Strawberry Point and Dubuque reported the heaviest damage while nearby towns fared better and parts of Illinois also suffered impacts.
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East
Iowa
Gazette Area
Strawberry Point
Dubuque
Illinois
Merle Sandhagen
Mabel Rankin
Backbone
Letters Flood Congress on Auto Gripes
Hundreds of readers flood committees with car complaints and safety worries amid ongoing auto safety hearings. Some seek buying advice, others demand defect fixes, while inventors push safety devices to Congress as a broad auto safety bill nears approval.
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Congress
Washington
Congressional
Senate Land House
Commerce Department
Lynda Bird Ends Visit to Germany
Lynda Bird Johnson ended her tour of Western Germany after visiting ruins and medieval monuments. Persistent afternoon showers forced her to cut the visit short in Bonn.
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Bonn
Lynda Bird Johnson
Western
Germany
Surveyor 1 Revives After Moon Battery Cooldown
Surveyor 1, thought dying on the moon, suddenly revived and could yield more photos. Engineers noted the overheated solar battery began cooling from 140 to 130 degrees, with a limit of 141, while scientists hoped for a further drop to 125 to resume imaging.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Izvestia Pays Poet Wife of British Leader
Mary Wilson, wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson, received a check from Izvestia for a poem about The Bomb. She donated the amount to the National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children. The poem After the Bomb condemns mankind and envisions Lucifer overlooking postwar London.
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London
UPI
Mary Wilson
Harold Wilson
Izvestia
Ouster of Propaganda Chief in Peking Purge
Peking discloses the dismissal of Lu Ting I propaganda chief and top purge target. He is replaced as head of the central committee propaganda department. Observers expect loss of other posts including culture minister and vice premier. The purge has also trimmed leaders of Peking and Nanking universities and the late top victim Peng Chen.
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Tokyo
Red China
Lu Ting-I
Communist Party
Central Committee
New China
China
Peking
Peng Chen
Communist Party Committee
Nanking
A Woman Watches Man Make a Fool of Himself
A light quip notes a woman tolerates a man’s foolish antics if another woman isn’t assisting him. The joke hinges on timing and social dynamics, delivered in a concise humor voice.
Costanzo divorce cited kiss issue
Los Angeles UPI reports Jack Costanzo a bongo player at the Kiss Kiss Club was divorced after his wife Jodi testified he would not even kiss her. The testimony described the strained marriage and cited the musician's aloof behavior as a key factor in the breakup.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jack Costanzo
Jodi
Tawes Orders Probe Into Friday Maryland Prison Riot
Governor J Millard Tawes ordered an intensive probe into Friday's prisoner riot at the Maryland penitentiary in Baltimore that caused 500000 in damage. Guards were stationed with shotguns and inmates allowed out only for showers as officials investigated alleged brutal treatment and low pay in prison workshops.
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Baltimore
UPI
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland Penitentiary
Tawes
Rusk calls Russia protest on Vietnam bombings unnecessary
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Moscow's protest note over US air strikes on Haiphong was unnecessary and urged a peace conference. He expressed doubt the protest would halt U S air raids and spoke to reporters at Andrews Air Force Base after returning from a two week Far East trip.
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Congressional
Washington
Dean Rusk
Russia
Vietnam
Kremlin
Rusk
Moscow
U. S
Haiphong
Andrews Air Base
Soviet Union
Britain
Indo-China
Far East
Southeast Asia
Poland
Beniowski
U.S
Warsaw
Talks on airline strike resume without progress
The machinists union and five major airlines restarted talks after Thursday’s halt but made little headway due to the absence of union chairmen on all lines. Defense and Civil Aeronautics Board steps were taken to ease pressures as planes were sent to bring union officials to Washington.
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Machinists
Defense Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Pentagon
Miami
Minneapolis
M. B. Wilhelm
John Burch
Elston Barstad
Department of Labor
Byrd Remains in Deep coma From Brain Tumor
In Berryville Virginia former Senator Harry Byrd stayed in a deep coma Saturday as doctors reported no change in his condition due to a malignant brain tumor.
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Berryville
Harry Byrd
Goldberg Talks Viet War Moves With Italians
Arthur Goldberg U S ambassador to the United Nations met with Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani on Ischia to discuss the Vietnam war and other U N matters. The talks followed lunch at a resort hotel with Goldberg outlining U S reasons for escalating the war and exploring peace prospects. Fanfani planned official visits to Turkey and Poland later this month to discuss peace.
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Ischia
Italy
Arthur Goldberg
U. S
United Nations
Amintore Fanfani
U.S
U.N
Fanfani
U. N. General Assembly
Goldberg
United States
Vietnam
Turkey
Poland
Soviet protest over U S air raids near Haiphong
Moscow protested to Washington over U S air raids near Haiphong North Vietnam saying they threatened Soviet merchant ships and sailors. The note claimed Soviet ships were nearly hit and described the action as provocation violating free navigation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U. S
Haiphong
North Vietnam
I. S
Kuibyshev
Sovietsk
Ustilug
Komsomol
Malong Bay
State Department
Washington
Defense Department
Tass
Vietnam
Four Years Ends in Tears of Joy in Tulsa Reunion
A Tulsa family embraces their daughter Peggy Yuan at Tulsa International Airport after a long visa battle and a cross‑country journey from Taipei Formosa. Hanss Yuan and his wife reunite with Peggy alongside supporters including Gene Hopkins and Preston Moore who helped secure her visa.
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Tulsa
UPI
Peggy Yuan
Tulsa International Airport
Taipei
Formosa
Peggy
Hanss Yuan
Willie
Yuan
United States
Yuans
U. S
Gene Hopkins
Dorsett Electronics Co
Preston Moore
Hopkins
Moore
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Verda Welcome
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