Kennedy Nominates McManus and Hanson for Iowa Judges
President Kennedy nominates Edward J. McManus to a northern Iowa district judgeship and William C. Hanson to a combined northern and southern Iowa seat. Both nominees face Senate confirmation. McManus succeeds retired Judge Graven and Hanson fills a new judgeship amid Democratic debates.
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Washington
Kennedy
Edward J. McManus
U.S
Iowa
William C. Hanson
McManus
Henry N. Graven
Hanson
Senate
Keokuk
Iowa Senate
Two Teen Girls Die In Rural Iowa Car Crash
Special to The Gazette reports a one car crash on a gravel road north of Webster killed Rosalie Ritter 18 of Blakesburg and Karen Phillis 19 of Shenandoah. Twila Gerard 21 of Millersburg was hospitalized with a broken leg.
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Webster
Here
Rosalie Ritter
Blakesburg
Karen Phillis
Shennandoah
Twila Gerard
Millersburg
Sigourney
Miss Ritter
Norlan Ritter
Verl Bair
Miss Phillis
Miss Gerard
Dean Gerard
Raymond Phillis
Shenandoah
Ottumwa
The
Valley Supply Co
Gerard
Powell Funeral Home
South English
Fugitive Nabbed After Chase by Decorah Officers
Decorah Police arrested Morton Stee after a nighttime high speed chase. Stee, a printer at the Decorah Newspapers office, was found with 230 dollars in his car after crashing on the gravel fish hatchery road. He faces larceny charges and is held on a 500 dollar bond.
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Decorah
Morton Stee
Kenneth Ringdahl
Alvin Thune
Stee
Robert Hitesman
New Albin
Hitesman
de ‘Corah Newspapers
Winneshiek County
No Americans Among Victims in Caribbean Air France Crash
In Guadeloupe an Air France jet crashed Friday, killing 113 people. No Americans were reported aboard the doomed flight.
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Caribbean
Guadeloupe
Air France
Air Force launches Thor Agena B satellite from Vandenberg
A satellite using a Thor Agena B booster, typically linked with Discoverers, was launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Base California by the Air Force.
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Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
Air Force
Second Try at Terror Robbery Foiled by Banker
CORRECTIONVILLE AP The president of a northwest Iowa bank, P. S. Hart, 52, of Corn Belt State Bank, escaped an armed robber at his garage door Saturday morning. The would be bandit demanded Hart drive him to the bank to open the vault. Hart fled as the attacker fled the scene. The gun was described by Hart as a pistol with a barrel as big as a stove pipe. The suspect was about 30, heavy build, dark complexion. The incident followed a 1958 robbery at Hart’s home.
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Correctionville
Northwest
Iowa
P. S. Hart
Corn Belt State Bank
Hart
Eisenhower Calls for Major Defense Budget Cut
Former President Dwight Eisenhower urged substantial reductions in the 51.6 billion defense budget at a Republican dinner, criticizing administration spending while warning against overmanned, outdated concepts and tax-and-spend policies. He denounced Medicare, space programs, and political paralysis, urging across party lines for restraint and a broad tax reform paired with federal spending cuts.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
Laos installs 19 man coalition cabinet after feuding
King Savang Vathana installed a 19 member coalition cabinet led by neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma in Vientiane. Premier Boun Oum resigned after 18 months of civil war as the United States and other powers press for a nonaligned Lao government. The new cabinet will choose a unified delegation for a 14 nation Geneva conference to secure Laos removal from the cold war.
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Savang Vathana
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Boun Oum
U.S
Pathet Lao
Russia
Souvanna
Souphanouvong
Geneva
Frank L. Martin Dies at 63 Prominent Cedar Rapids Leader
Frank L. Martin 63 president of Martin Rousa Tractor and Equipment Co died at University hospital Iowa City after a brief illness. A Cedar Rapids resident 27 years he was active in Boy Scouts serving on multiple councils and committees and earned the Silver Beaver award. He also served Mercy Hospital Mt. Mercy College and Holy Name Society. He married Helen Lammers in 1929 and is survived by two sons and three brothers.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank L. Martin
Martin-Rousa Tractor and Equipment Co
University Hospital
Iowa City
Latham, Ill
Martin
Mercy Hospital
Mt. Mercy College
Hawkeye
National Scout Council
Iowa
Scouting Council
Holy Name Society of All Saints Church
Catholic Laymen’s Club
The
Elks
Mr. Martin
Helen Lammers
Quincy, III
Michael F
Frank L., Jr
Oscar Martin
Harristown
Ill
Charles
Raymond
Illiopolis
Concern at Midwestern Fallout Told
ST. LOUIS AP Surgeon General Luther Terry released a letter confirming federal concern over radioactive materials from nuclear explosions absorbed by children in midcontinent areas. He cited thyroid dose estimates in infants approaching federal guidelines and said further actions are under serious review as data on U.S. and Russian tests remains uneven. Des Moines readings showed 300 micromicrocuries per liter on May 17 and 70 on June 11.
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ST. Louis
Luther Terry
Greater St. Louis
Nuclear Information
Terry
Mid-Continent
Federal Radiation Council
Health Service
Council
U.S
Russia
Kansas City
Des Moines
Minnepolis
Ruling for One of Two Airlines Hit
Flight engineers strike targets Pan American World Airways and Eastern Air Lines. Eastern cancels all flights. Pan Am plans to run schedules using other qualified personnel. Union leaders push to preserve current crew sizes amid broader labor tensions across railroads.
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NEW York
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Pan American
Goldberg
Trans World Airlines
Pan Am
Canada
Mexico
Ford Peace Ended Local Strike at Ford Plants
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union announced a settlement of a 17 day strike that idled 77 000 workers in U S plants. Local 420 members walked out over hourly production panel quotas prompting closure of 16 passenger car assembly plants. No details of the agreement were released.
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Chicago
iThey
Cleveland
Ford Mootor Co
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
Fluoridation in Chicago Upheld After Six Year Fight
In Chicago a six year court battle over fluoridation of the municipal water ended with the county law parlor court upholding the fluoridation. Chicago claims to be the largest city with a fluoridated water supply. The injunction suit was filed in 1956.
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Chicago
County Law Parlor
Rain Drenches Anamosa as Iowa Sees Weekend Storms
A weekend weather update notes showers and thunderstorms sweeping Iowa. Anamosa recorded 2.54 inches of rain while Williamsburg measured 1.57 inches and Newton had a brief heavy shower near midnight. hail pea to two inches accompanied the rain.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Anamosa
Williamsburg
Newton
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