East Iowa Storms Hit Region With Tornadoes and Rain
Eastern Iowa faced rain hail and high winds over three days. Five tornado funnels were spotted by Iowa Highway Patrol, two near Iowa City and others near Grand Mound Lowden and Clinton. Cedar Rapids total reached 4.40 inches in three days, Marengo reported 1.5 inches, and a Baker County area saw trees toppled and a dairy cattle loss from lightning.
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa City
Grand Mound
Lowden
Clinton
Iowa Highway
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
Harold Romaine
A. B. Chesebro
South Amana
Waterloo
Sumner
Oelwein
West Union
New Hampton
Clinton County
Kennedy injures back May strain may require crutches
Washington AP story reports President Kennedy suffered a back strain on May 16 while planting a tree at Government House Ottawa. Official says no serious concern, with crutches used briefly and Dr. Janet Travell treating the injury. Kennedy to rest in Palm Beach before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Janet Travell
Salinger
Ottawa
Government House
Canada
Mr. Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Europe
Vienna
London
Dr. Travell
Travell
Travel
Palm Beach
Florida
Boy asks Dad to let Mom drive during trip
A bored boy asks his father for Mom to drive, claiming she would be more exciting. The line captures a playful family moment on a road journey.
Professor Dies in Route 30 Crash Near DeWitt
Dr. W Vaughn Lewis aged 25 of Cambridge University England was killed when a car collided with a semi on highway 30 two miles west of DeWitt. Dr. Wesley Cales 47 of the University of Chicago suffered a basal skull fracture and was critically injured. The pair were returning from a field trip to Kansas Nebraska and Iowa after visiting Iowa State University in Ames. The truck driver Merlyn Leroy Harrelson 25 of Vinton Iowa was uninjured.
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Dewitt
W Vaughn Lewis
Cambridge University
England
Here
Wesley Cales
University of Chicago
Lewis
Cales
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Iowa State University
Ames
Merlyn Leroy Harrelson
Vinton
Cedar Rapids Petition Demands City Trash Pickup Service
The Cedar Rapids chamber of commerce clean-up campaign delivered petitions with about 1400 signatures to the city council calling for a city trash pickup service. Committee chairman Frank Sheppard said more signatures will be added as petitions are turned in. The request covers grass clippings leaves branches and any trash that a single man can carry bundled for pickup.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Sheppard
Sheppard
Brittany Farmers Seize Morlaix in Price Protest
Four thousand Brittany farmers led a dawn protest through Morlaix blocking highways and occupying the town hall to press for higher farm prices. About 5,000 gathered in the square as riot police arrived from Paris to maintain order. Sub Prefect Jacques Seron and aides fled to a police station as leaders vowed action if demands were not met.
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Morlaix
France
Brittany
Interior Ministry
Paris
Jacques Seron
Procedure for Street Assessments Described for Cedar Rapids
The city outlines the 19.7 mile paving program with state law chapter 391 of the 1958 Code of Iowa guiding assessments. Notices were mailed to all property owners who may bear charges, including those not abutting the street. Assessments rely on property area and distance from the street, not frontage. the city covers overages beyond 25 feet on wider streets and 19 percent of costs on narrower ones.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Flood Peril Grips Vast N W Area
Flood threats from the Kootenai river push Dike District 10 near Bonners Ferry to mobilize 1,700 workers as 37.3 foot levels loom. Muddy floodwaters cover 1,800 acres of wheat. 70 families evacuate as dikes age. The river stands at 37.08 feet with districts 6 9 and 13 at risk.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Kootenai
Hope
Kootenai Valley
British Columbia
U.S
Harold Buroker
National Guard
FAA Okays Expansion of Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport
The FAA approved Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport renovation and expansion with federal aid up to 1 144 480 for about 2 500 000 total cost. City bonds will cover the remainder as plans call for extending the runway to 7 000 feet and adding high intensity lighting. The grant agreement was presented to and authorized by the city council.
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Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Don Hines
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Hines
Man Builds Personal Rocket Belt For Flight From Ground
Bell Aerosystems unveils a small rocket lift device capable of lifting a man over ground in controlled flight using hydrogen peroxide steam. Test pilot Harold Graham achieved 20 mph in 30 flights and a 360 foot horizon, lifting up a 30 foot hill with ease. The device mounts on a fiberglass corset and uses two throttles and deflectors to steer, with safety belts and no protective clothing needed due to steam temperature.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Bell Aerosystems
Bell
Army
Wendell Moore
Moore
Iowa Teacher Is Found Innocent Of Hitting Pupil
A jurors verdict in Ottumwa finds Sam Rodgers Jr. not guilty of assault and battery after the Evans junior high math teacher was accused of striking John Miller 15. The courtroom erupted with cheers from teachers as the 3 men and 3 women deliberated 35 minutes.
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Ottumwa
UPI
Sam Rodgers
Evans Junior High School
Bargaining In Havana Ruled Out
New York United Press International reports that Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt and no member of the Tractors for Freedom Committee will travel to Havana to negotiate release of 1,200 prisoners with Fidel Castro. A spokesman said the committee never seriously considered Castro’s demand for face to face talks and Mrs Roosevelt called his demand unrealistic.
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New York
UPI
Franklin D., Roosevelt
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Cuba
Castro
Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
Milton Eisenhower
Detroit
Joseph Dodge
Havana
Dicker
Reuther
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
William Pawley
U. S
U S Reds Refuse Court Registration Order
U S Communist Party leader Gus Hall says the party will not register as a foreign power arm. He states officers would rather face jail than reveal member names and betray trust, defying the Supreme Court ruling.
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New York
U.S. Communist Party
Supreme Court
Gus Hall
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