Flooding Across Eastern Iowa From Heavy Rains
Heavy rains caused rivers and creeks to overflow in eastern Iowa damaging bridges and roads. Coralville dam released 13 000 cubic feet per second to avert reservoir overflow while Salt Creek Hood rose. Moved by 8 inch rainfall, towns including Winthrop Lamont Manchester Palo Toddville Delhi and Hopkinton reported flood impacts and livestock being moved to higher ground.
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Lowe Wii
Salt Creek
Mtheron
Coralvile Dam
Hood
Town River
Coralville
Winthrop-Lamont
Manchester
Palo
Toddville
Delhi
Hopkinton
Buchanan County
Winthrop
Marvin Hayward
Independence
Buchanan County Highway Department
Fremont
Madison
Coho
Newton Township
Cavnlry Club
Drowning Tragedy Near Newhall Claims 9 Year Old
Special to The Gazette nine year old David Erger drowned when a bridge approach collapsed under heavy rain near the Alphonse Erger farm in Newhall. The boy, son of Donald Erger of Huntington Beach, was swept downstream as authorities awaited repairs. Search efforts continued into Saturday with the body recovered downstream in ten feet of water. Funeral plans were announced by Fellmer funeral home Keystone.
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Newhall
David Erger
Alphonse Hrger
Donald Erger
Huntington Beach
Calif
Alphonse Ergers
Harold Reardons
Erger
Benton Countty
St. Paul's Church
Alphonse Erger
California
Fellmer
Queen Elizabeth Sold to American Firm for Hotel Project
Cunard announced the sale of the Queen Elizabeth, once Britain's pride of transatlantic service, to The Queen Ltd for 2.6 billion dollars. Edward Moldt of Utilities Being, a Cedar Rapids native and former Collins Radio executive, leads the deal. The plan is to convert the liner into a Florida hotel and convention center with theaters and restaurants, plus developing 209 acres for a marina, recreation, and apartments in Fort Lauderdale area.
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London
Cunard; Shipping Co
Britain
Florida
The
Queen, Ltd
Joeasing Corp
Haverford
Cunard
North America
South America
Far East
Australia
South Aflies
Edward Moldt
Utilities
Beasing
Moldt
U.S
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Papyrus Boat Ra Abandoned Near Caribbean After Shark Attack
Thor Heyerdahl and his crew abandoned the battered reed boat Ra 600 miles from their destination after a crewman was chased by sharks and both papyrus toppes were lost. They boarded the fishing craft Shenandoah and headed toward Barbados, expected this weekend.
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Christiansted
Thor Heyerdahl
Heyerdah
Shenandoah
Barbados
Penn Central Moves to Drop Two Trains
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Penn Central Railroad request to drop two trains operating between St. Louis and New York.
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Washington
UPI
Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Central Railroad
St. Louis
New York
Chuckle Man Calls Disasters Act of God Label
A satirical note accuses Chuckle Man of branding most calamities as acts of God to dodge responsibility, implying he takes credit for the good things while blaming misfortune on divine will.
Midwest power cut to ease sweltering East outage
The 10 state power grid MAPP supplied 50 000 kilowatts as officials urged Boston New York and Washington consumers to reduce electricity use. Offices lowered lighting elevators and air conditioning as executives ordered cuts in power consumption during the heat.
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MAPP
Midwest
Boston Ang
New York
Washington
Flood-Linked Accident Claims Cedar Rapids Man
A Cedar Rapids man, Elmer Vernon Daclerman, 118 L Avenue NW, died after an electric pump failed during a flood related outage. He was found in a basement with about a foot of water, the accident prompted emergency declarations by the Potomac Electric Power Co and federal authorities as PJM reported up to 2,000 megawatts.
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Philip, Morris Co
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Junior Achievement
Greater Cedar Rapids
Federal Power Commission
Cedar Ramas Nawa— Rookesahe
Elmer Vernon Daclerman
L Avenue
Bronner Island
Tom J. Hill
Pennsylvania Power & Light
L Avenue NW
Pennsylvania-New Jersey, Maryland
PJM
Potomac Electric Power Co
Washington
Dochterman
P.m
Boys Send Space Greeting From Farragut Jamboree
Two Texas brothers promised an Apollo 11 greeting to 35 000 Scouts at Farragut State Park Idaho. Neil Armstrong read their message on TV as the crew prepared to place the flag on the moon.
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Byrd Farragut
Neil Armstrong
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Armatrong
Ded
Lloyd Reeder
Mike
Neil
Irving Feist
Newark
Boy Scouts of America
Manned Spacecraft Center
Hoy
Farragut
Lloyd
Mike Reeder
Apollo 11 Flight Reaches Lunar Orbit Ahead of Landing
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins entered lunar orbit after a 44 minute blackout, with mission control reporting a stable orbit and plans to fire the engine to adjust height. They expected to land Sunday at 3 14 pm and continue toward the surface with trials and observations from Eagle and Columbia.
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Space Center
Houston
Lunar
Moon
Armstrong
Aldrin
Earth
Mission Central Center
Clifford Charlesworth
Columbia
Eagle
Mission Control
Kennedy in Water Crash Destroys Status, Passenger Dies
Edgartown Massachusetts AP reports Senator Edward Kennedy escaped injury when a car he drove plunged into water near Martha's Vineyard Chappayu ddick islands. Passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, 29, of Washington drowned. Kennedy remained at police HQ noon before returning to Hyannis Port.
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Edgartown
Mass
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Dominic Arena
Martha's Vineyard
Chappayulddick Islands
Spakestan Tor Arena
Mary Jo Kopeehne
Washington
Conttol
Arena
Luna Alters Moon Orbit
Jodrell Bank director Sir Bernard Lovell reports Luna 16 altered its lunar orbit on Saturday shortening its return by three to six minutes during its 27th pass. The probe appeared to transmit at low power while hidden behind the moon, raising speculation but no confirmed cause.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Lovell
Ile
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Harold
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Oxford
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C.R
Dubuqne
Collins Radio Co
Hayden-Stone, Inc
the Power Co
Aach
C.R. Man
Howard Benedivct
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Michael Callins
Rana
Tycho
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Luna
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