House Passes Liquor Bill in 68 40 Vote in Iowa
The Iowa House approved an amended liquor by the drink bill 68 to 40, sending it back to the Senate for concurrence. If the Senate rejects the amendments a conference committee would hammer out a compromise before final passage by both chambers.
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House
Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
Jack Schroeder
R Davenport
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Key Club
Parade Opens Cedar Rapids Clean-Up Week With 40-Unit Parade
Threatening skies did not dampen a 40 plus unit parade in Cedar Rapids to launch Clean-Up Week. The route moved along Third Avenue and Second Street SW past the First Avenue bridge, led by Washington high school band and four week queens aboard convertibles. Antique cars from the Cedar Rapids Antique Auto club were parked at City National Bank after the march. Clean-Up Week begins Monday with citywide salvage collection and Lions clubs broom sale house to house.
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Fire and Sanitation
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Third Avenue
Second Street
Washington High School
East Lon
Third Street
Second Avenue
Scarlet Angels of
Cadets
Cadet Bees
Antique Auto Club
City National Bank
Lions Clubs
Woman keeps Nashua horse memory alive with charity gift
Karen Ann McGuire of Valhalla New York bought Nashua in 1955 with her life savings then helped fund Hanover bank’s purchase of Hanover Wishing Star for her afterword. Now 15 year old Star remains a strong bond as she plans college while his playful intelligence brightens their bond.
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Valhalla
N. Y
New York
Karen Ann McGuire
Nashua
Karen
Old Hanover Bank of New York
William Woodward, Jr
Swaps
Churchill Downs
Hanover
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Dobbs Ferry
Star
Greenwich
Conn
Man 74 Beaten With Cane by Son Held by Police
John Hyde 74 of 1231 Fourth Street SE was hospitalized after being beaten with his own cane Friday night. Clifford Hyde 41, arrested on assault with intent to commit great bodily harm after claiming he returned from a tavern, argued with his father and struck him until the cane broke. Neighbors found Hyde on the front lawn around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
John Hyde
Fourth Street
Clifford Hyde
Hyde
Shaeffer and Rees Nominated for District Judge
The Eighteenth Judicial District Bar Association recommended two Republicans Warren Rees and Clinton E Shaeffer for district judge, ignoring Gov Harold Hughes request for at least one Democrat. The bar vote totaled 100 for Rees and 73 for Shaeffer from Linn Cedar and Jones counties.
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Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Judicial District Bar Assn
Harold Hughes
Warren Rees
Anamosa
Clinton E. Shaeffer
Hughes
Floyd Philbrick
Bar
Rees
Shaeffer
Linn
Cedar
Jones
William R. Eads
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
John Reilly
Gerard J. Glaza
Eads
Kennedy sends two aides to Birmingham amid race tensions
Attorney General Robert Kennedy canceled a Saturday speech at the University of Virginia and sent two top aides to Birmingham to ease tensions. Burke Marshall and Joseph Dolan met with city and integration leaders as demonstrations intensified with police dogs and high pressure hoses. Local clashes wounded several and more than 250 Negroes were arrested as teens faced juvenile detention and adults jail time.
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Robert Kennedy
Birmingham
University of Virginia Law School
Cr. Burke Marshall
Joseph Dolan
Marcus Jones
Battalion
L. H. Kirk
Rockefeller Marries Margaretta Murphy in Pocantico Hills
Gov Nelson Rockefeller wed Margaretta Murphy in a Congregational ceremony at Laurence Rockefeller’s home in Pocantico Hills. The couple, both recently divorced, plan a Venezuelan honeymoon at Monte Sacro before returning to Albany and Pocantico Hills residences.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Margaretta Fitler Murphy
Pocantino Hills
Venezuela
Albany
Pocantico Hills
Laurence Rockefeller
New York Daily News
Rockfeller
Fifth Avenue
Marion girl fitted with unique battery powered artificial arm
Wendy Jo Stoeker a Marion Iowa three year old born without arms received a motor driven artificial arm at the Area Amputee Center of Children s Hospital and Orthopedic Center in Grand Rapids. The device built with Northwestern University help aims mainly to aid self feeding and is operated by shoulder motion.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Marion, Ia
Wendy Jo Stoeker
Fred J. Stoeker
Fifteenth Avenue
Marion
Children’s Hospital
Orthopedic Center
Northwestern University Prosthetic Research Center
Wendy
Wendy Jo
Dr. Aitken
Northwestern University
Colin McLaurin
Garden Spading Teaches Old Pets New Tricks
In a lighthearted note, a reader reflects on age and activity, suggesting garden chores like spading can provoke new growth and fun. The quip contrasts aging with hands-on work, implying vitality comes from engagement and humor.
Storms Cause Flooding and Tornado Damage Across Iowa
Heavy rain drenched central Iowa with two inches in Des Moines and urban flooding on streets. A tornado near Randall destroyed barns on two farms and a machine shed on another property. Lightning damaged KJAN antenna at Anita and sparked a fire at a Maynard home, quickly extinguished by the fire department.
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Iowa
Lowa
Hamilton County
Des Moines
KJAN
Atantic
Fred Fink
Maynard
Randall
Brasilian Plane Crash Kills 32 Near São Paulo
Officials counted 32 dead after a Brazilian airliner plowed into a built up area near São Paulo. Rescue efforts hampered by 20 000 onlookers. Seventeen pulled alive from wreckage, one later died, and one passenger remains missing from 44 passengers and five crew. The plane exploded upon takeoff and parts struck a construction apartment building.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
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