General Mills to Start Work on New Spin Protein Plant
General Mills begins construction on a major new facility on Cedar Street to mass produce a spun protein product. Jamies P. McFarland, president, announced at a noon luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel that the multi million dollar plant is needed to meet rising demand and expand capacity beyond the pilot plant.
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General Mills
Cedar Stupids
Jamies P. McFarland
Say Protein Fonds
Roosevelt
Ceneral Mills Management
McFarland
Heavy Rains Delay Field Work In Iowa Regions
Wet weather slows spring farming as showers and thundershowers sweep Cedar Rapids to Carroll County. Drying fields teased tractors but remain lagging behind. Cooler air and 40s to 50s highs accompany the unsettled pattern through midweek. A General Mills plant groundbreaking in Iowa is postponed until weather clears.
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Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
McFarland
Coon
Rapids
Carroll County
General Mills
Ray Praises General Mills Cedar Rapids
Governor Ray lauded General Mills at a Cedar Rapids luncheon for boosting jobs and payrolls while supporting minority groups through large scholarship programs. He praised Cedar Rapids as a community success story and noted soybean production in Iowa and Illinois as a major industry benefiting the region. The Cedar Rapids plant will sit in the heart of soybean country and is viewed as a global hope for affordable essential proteins.
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Ray
General Mills
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Gov. Ray
Towa
Iinois
Cedar Stupids
Gazette Writers Win AP Contest Honors in Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Gazette sports writer Al Miller and sports editor Gus Schrader earned second and fourth places in the annual AP contest. Karen Luken of the Sioux City Journal won overall and first in feature for a ten part juvenile delinquency series. George Saucer of the Waterloo Courier won spot news. Jim Martz of the Des Moines Register won first in sports. TAPME president Bill Eginton presented certificates at a Des Moines banquet opening the spring meeting of API papers.
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Gazette
al Miller
Gus Schrader
Town Associated Press
Assn
Karen Luken
Sioux City Journal
George ‘Saucer
Waterloo Courier
Jim Martz
Wes't Moines Register
Bill Bginton
Iowa City Press
Citizen
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Des'c
Moines
Hanquetly
API
No Action by Congress on Fortas Likely
Congress shows little chance of action against Justice Abe Fortas over a Wolfson family fee after joining the Supreme Court. Senate and House leaders say impeachment is unlikely and jurisdiction is disputed. Critics concede there is little they can do, noting no illegal activity.
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Fortas
Washington
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Louis E. Wolfson
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
House
Senate
Iowa U boycott debate over funds and tuition rise
In Des Moines students at the University of Iowa boycotted classes to protest proposed tuition increases tied to a Senate approved 91.4 million dollar state university appropriation. The action drew wide attendance declines in the English Philosophy building and sparked sharp debate on whether the two year section should be included in the bill.
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Ford Clark Chinpue
English Philosophy
Senate
Pelton
Man Hid in Attic Since 1946 Revealed in Hungary Case
Budapest based report says Guyal Dorghazi killed a friend in 1946 during an argument and hid in his father’s attic to wait out a 23 year statute of limitations. He reportedly emerged weeks ago, took a mechanic job, and is now 48 years old.
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UPI
Guyal Dorghazi
Ariend i
Hungary
Dorghazi
Purdue Camp-In Arrests Raise Campus Tensions
Campus police at Purdue arrested 209 students during a camp-in protesting a tuition increase. Frederick Hovde ordered the camp closed amid fears of counter protests. In Montgomery, Alabama, black students faced charges for disobeying a police order as they demonstrated at the state capitol. City College of New York ended a two week student occupation with the campus reopening.
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Purdue
Finch
Frederick Hovde
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State College
State Capitol
City College of Yew
York
Alabama
Brewer
Levi Watkins
Watkins
Alvin Holmes
Holmes
UL City College
Viet Reds Attack Along Border Near Saigon
AP report describes North Vietnamese raids against U S forces along the Cambodian frontier. In the heaviest attack since border hostilities reignited, U S and allied forces repelled the assault with multiple losses on both sides. U S commanders report dozens of enemy killed and prisoners taken amid air cavalry operations and ground fighting near a patrol base north of Saigon, with several helicopters shot down and casualties on both sides.
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Namese
U.S
First Air Cavalry Division
Carolyn
Northwast
Bodia
Caralyn
Chafee rejects Pueblo court martial findings
Navy Secretary John Chafee announced that no disciplinary action will be taken against Pueblo crew members despite a court of inquiry recommending general courts martial for Captain Lloyd Bucher and Lt. Stephen Harris. He praised Bucher for morale during captivity and said the incident reflected broader failures in command, not sole blame on individuals, and that the case is effectively closed.
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Navy
John Chafee
Coort of
Iue
Puebla
Lloyd Bucher
Bucher
Stephen Harris
Chafee
Harris
Edward Murphy, Jr
The
Pueblo
Frank Johnson
Japan
Everett Gladding
Johnson
Oly
Ruchel
Court of Inquiry
Thomas Moorer
Melrose
Mass
Morris
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Chuckle Aght Marital Twist In Witty Rhyme
A playful note observes that the humorous figure Chuckle Aght no longer marries a mani for better or worse. She now weds him for more or less in a lighthearted twist reflecting comic wordplay and copyright quirks.
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Mani
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