Training Exercise for CD Officials Saturday
Cedar Rapids and Linn county officials will conduct an emergency operations simulation Saturday led by Civil Defense Director William Bjerenson. The mock exercise runs 8 30 a m to 12 38 p m in city hall basement with city council and county board decision makers, focusing on pre and post attack scenarios including radioactive fallout.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Civil Defense
William Bjerenson
United States
Bjorenson
City Hall
Linn
Woodbury County
County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Actuated Signal Installed at S. C.R. Intersection
An actuated traffic signal system was installed at the southwest Cedar Rapids Wilson Avenue and J Street intersection. Traffic will stay green until a vehicle or pedestrian requests crossing by pushing the button. Bicycles and small motorcycles may not actuate the coils and should use the pedestrian button.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson Avenue
J Street
Harry Green
Green
Five of Vacationing Family Drowned in WV Embankment Crash
A Colorado family of seven drove off an embankment into the Elk River near Clendenin West Virginia. Erelyal Stewart 31 and her daughters Lola 9 Susan 8 Carol 6 Natalie 2 died. Leonard Stewart 31 and Michael 10 survived after escaping through open windows. Police say the car left the road after the driver appeared to fall asleep en route from Morgantown to Louisville.
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Clendenin
W. VA
UPI
Colorado
Elk River
Erelyal Stewart
Leadville
Lola
Susan
Carol
Natalie
Leonard
Michael
Stewart
Morgantown
Louisville
Paraguay Flags Two Emblems Distinct Sides
Paraguay stands alone with a different emblem on each side of its flag. One side bears the coat of arms and the opposite side shows the treasury seal, reflecting a unique national design.
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Paraguay
Treasury
Police in Tampa extend 12 hour shifts and curfew
Tampa police ordered an 11 p.m. curfew in Negro neighborhoods after violence on Sunday, with 12-hour shifts, shotguns for cruisers, and riot helmets for officers. Mayor Nick Nuccio pledged indefinite 12-hour shifts while rain helped keep streets quiet and no trouble was reported.
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Tampa
Nick Nuccio
Fruehauf Named Third Party in Fatal Iowa Crash Suit
A wrongful death suit over a May 14 1966 crash on Interstate 80 near Wests Branch names Fruehauf Trailer Co as third party defendant. Charles C Conn of Des Moines was killed. Blythe C Conn as administrator seeks 973430 in damages from Fred E Small of North Platte Neb, the semi driver. Small accuses Fruehauf of insufficient trailer lights and reflectors while also claiming state negligence in road signs and crossover maintenance. Small allegedly turned into Conn’s eastbound lane, causing the collision.
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Edward J. McManus
Small
Fruehauf
Tthat
Conn
Robbery Suspect Shot To Death In Chicago
Police in Chicago shot and killed 34 year old Robert Miles after Miles allegedly struck a detective with a revolver and fired on officers as detectives in disguise concealed in a truck during a patrol area tied to more than 10 armed robberies of truck drivers. Miles had recent prison history and fitted the description of a suspect in the robberies.
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Chicago
Robert Miles
Homer Gill
Jacksonville
Fla
Miles
Gill
SEATO Sea Dog Exercise Opens With 30-Ship Fleet
Manila AP reports a 30-ship SEATO exercise including carriers destroyers oilers subs and patrol craft steaming toward the South China Sea from the Philippines Thailand Australia New Zealand the United States and Britain. France and Pakistan do not participate. In Hannibal Missouri three boys remain missing after two months with search continues in Murphy's Cave as mothers seek leads.
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Seato
Hannibal
Manila
South China Sea
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Philippines
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
Britain
France
Pakistan
Hannibal, Mo
Murphy’s Cave
Mike Hoag
Billy
Joey
Me Dowell
Carsons Targeted in Terrifying Crime on TV
A frightening incident targets the Carsons of Peyton Place at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in color on KCRG TV Channel 9.
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Carsons
Peyton Place
Kcrgtv
Channel
Six-Day Parcel Post Returns to Nearly 5000 Cities
Post offices in about 4,891 cities will resume six day parcel post deliveries, ending the five day period that started in May 1964. First class and some larger second class offices are included, with restoration dates varying by location and local announcements by postmasters.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office Department
O’brien
Two youths injured in Monday traffic incidents
Jerold B Klima 17 of Linn Boulevard SE sustained multiple lacerations after losing control of his motorcycle in Bever Park Monday night. Karyn M Karr 3, daughter of Garylord Karr, suffered facial bruises and a loose tooth when her father's car was rear ended on Center Point Road at E Avenue NE. Police noted no charges in Klima case. Detectives reported a Nordstrom Oil break in with entry through a restroom window and a burglary at 634 Fourteenth Avenue SW with missing items not detected.
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Jerold B. Klima
Linn Boulevard
Bever Park
Karyn M. Karr
Garylord Karr
Route One
Marion
Karr
Center Point Road
E Avenue NE
Nordstrom Oil
Pecious
Fourteenth Avenue
Employes
Quarterly Report Of Bus Operation To City Council
The Regional Transit Authority will present a 90 day operation report at the city council meeting. Trustees respond to Mayor Johnson by pledging to cut operating losses and curb expenditures to essential items for minimal bus service.
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The
Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Bob Johnson
Rides on Jets For N Y Kids To Curb Riots
New York City hosts 158 Brooklyn children aboard a jetliner from Kennedy Airport. The flight, arranged by the Mayor's citizens summer committee, aims to keep youths busy and deter summer violence. Overseas National Airways pledges 1,000 city children for a neighborhood round trip before September.
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New York
Brooklyn
Kennedy Airport
Mayor’s
Overseas National Airways
Boy Electrocuted By Steel Probe
In Middle River Maryland a 3 year old boy was electrocuted when he grabbed a wet steel probe while his father held the wooden handle during a worm searching outing. Police said the incident occurred at the family home drawing immediate tragedy.
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Middle River, Md
Douglas Alt
Douglas
Baltimore
U S lends veteran ship to Spain for five years
The 11,000 ton aircraft carrier Cabot renamed Dedalo will be loaned to Spain for five years. Spain to fund crew training and ship modernization costing about 400 000 dollars with operations to be based from Rota and Guantanamo.
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Washington
Cabot
Dedalo
Spain
U. S
Defense Department
Pentagon
Philadelphia
Guantanamo
Cuba
Prairie Creek outage shows power pool aid in action
Iowa Electric Light and Power reports a boiler j trouble at Prairie Creek station Tuesday morning caused a 48.00 kilowatt loss. The lead dispatcher activated interconnections, ordered emergency generation from multiple plants, and canceled the Pool request when Iowa Electric could cover the load. Peak load reached 446000 kilowatts versus 470279 last year.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Prairie Creek
Iowa
Marshalltown
Ames
Britt
Belmond
Spirit Lake
Perry
Fairfield
Sixth Street
Iowa Electric
Towa Electric
Flood Forces Evacuations As Creek Surges In Kentucky
In Elizabethtown Kentucky about 100 residents fled their homes as heavy rains caused Valley Creek to flood. Firemen used boats to evacuate people from eastern city sections where water reached over a foot inside several houses.
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Elizabethtown
UPI
Plane Crash Kills Six in South Korea
A Korean Air Force F-5 crash near Suwon air base kills the pilot and five civilians on the ground, with a sixth civilian wounded. The U.S. eased travel restrictions tied to Lebanon as the incident occurred amid ongoing tensions in the region.
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Seoul
Suwon
Washington
UPI
U.S
Lebanon
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Iowa Highway Commission
AAA
Cedar Rapids Auto Club
4Th
Ava
4Th Ave
Cedar Rapids, Lowe
Shor Yaris
UNO IG
JET Actionwisier
Frigidaire
Batts
Tor
Isten & Taege, Inc
Second Avenue
Karyn Karr
Nordstrom Oi
Boy
Steel Probel
Rota Naval Base
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
U. S. Navy
C.R
Calvert Extra
Calvert Dist. CO
W.Y.C
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