Governor decries interim panel bid to usurp power
Gov. Harold Hughes accuses the legislative interim committee of trying to seize the governor’s powers and create a dual system of government. He cites amendments to curb his authority, including a bill denying salaries to highway commission appointees not confirmed by the Senate. He notes a fiscal director duplicating comptroller duties causes confusion and references ongoing contention over an interim appointment for Donald Barry.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Legislative Interim Committee
State Highway Commission
Senate
Hughes
Highway Commission
Donald Barry
Danbury
Commission
Comptroller
Critics Clash Over Luxury Dorm at Iowa University
State regents heard criticism of Burge Hall as a luxury dorm as they considered an addition to Currier Hall designed by Altfillisch Olson Gray and Thompson of Decorah. Regents questioned costs and comparisons to Iowa State while university officials defended Burge Hall as essential to dormitory progress and cost efficiency.
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DES Moines
Burge Hall
University of Iowa
State Board of Regents
Currier Hall
Altfillisch, Olson, Gray and Thompson
Decorah
Currier
Virgil Hancher
Hancher
Stanley Redeker
Boone
Iowa State
Group Agrees To End Birmingham Racial Conflict
A bi racial citizens committee reached a nonbinding plan to desegregate lunch counters restrooms fitting rooms and drinking fountains in stages within 90 days upgrade Negro employment in 60 days and release demonstrators on bond with improved dialogue between races. King supports the good faith accord though city officials reject binding status.
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Birmingham
Martin Luther King, Jr
King
Goldwater Receives Warm Praise At $1,000 Dinner
At a Washington dinner honoring Sen Barry Goldwater donors filled the room as applause topped for the Arizonan. Many GOP leaders favored Gov George Romney as the likely 1964 nominee while talks named Sen Thomas Kuchel as possible VP. Goldwater expressed mixed feelings about pressure to run and noted he expects repayment from his earlier campaign investments. Endorsers Eisenhower and Rockefeller sent telegrams of praise.
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Washington
Sen
Barry Goldwater
G.O.P
Michigan
George Romney
California
Thomas Kuchel
N.Y
Nelson Rockefeller
Goldwater
Romney
Rachel
Eisenhower
Augusta
Rockefeller
Kennedy and Pearson Meet as Old Friends of the U S
President Kennedy welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Pearson at Otis Air Base Mass saying they would set a new course of friendship after talks. Pearson called their relations frank and friendly as they planned discussions in Hyannis Port Massachusetts with hopes to ease strain from past comments by former Prime Minister Diefenbaker.
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Otis Air Base
Mass
Pearson
Kennedy
Giffer
Diefenbaker
Jail Trusted Prisoner Halts Mass Break at Kentucky Jail
George E. Collins a 42 year old Alton Illinois inmate used a pistol kept at the McCracken county jail to stop nine inmates from escaping. He forced the men back to their cells and helped lock them up for the night. Collins faces potential four more years in jail though clemency petitions have been discussed. Night Jailer Caskey Moss sustained minor injuries during the incident.
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Alton
Ill
McCracken County
Collins
Caskey Moss
Moss
Paducah
Hughes Holds Up on Judge Appointment
Des Moines Gov Harold Hughes told a committee for the 18th Judicial District that he could not accept their recommendations for district judge to succeed Floyd Philbrick. He said he plans to name a Democrat and asked for at least one Democrat on the list. The district bar named two Republicans Warren Rees and Clinton Shaeffer while William Eads, a Democrat, ranked third but fell short by three votes.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Cedar
Jones and Linn
Floyd Philbrick
Cedar Rapids
18Th Judicial District
District Bar
Warren Rees
Anamosa
Clinton Shaeffer
William Eads
Bar
North Iowa Hit by Wind and Hail Storms
Torrential rains up to 5.4 inches drenched Charles City and surrounding areas as a tornado and hail struck northern Iowa. The Cedar River rose four feet in three hours and floods forced rescues of the Martin family near Charles City. Rail derailments and a fatal auto accident followed as bridges washed out on the Rock Island Lines and Milwaukee Road.
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Charles City
Iowa
Rock Island Lines
Milwaukee Road
Nora Springs
Rock Island
Rules Against Board Of Control Strings
Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman said two Iowa appropriation bills carry unconstitutional strings for the state board of control. The measures provide 22.52 million dollars annually for operating board institutions and 4.75 million for capital work, but require legislative interim committee approval before certain expenditures. The House approved the bills as Rep. Ely sought to delay.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Control
Evan Hultman
John Ely
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Halling
R-Orient
Board of Control
Legislative Interim Committee
House
Ely
Streamlining of Army Completed
The army announced that its streamlining of the national guard and reserve was completed May 1, a month ahead of schedule. The reorganization involved eliminating eight guard and reserve infantry divisions and dropping more than 730 out of date units, despite earlier opposition from governors and guard groups.
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Washington
Army
National Guard and Reserve
Record Temperatures Shatter Cedar Rapids and Burlington
Cedar Rapids logged 93 degrees on Thursday May 9, breaking the 1896 May 9 record of 92. The 91 degree mark on Wednesday topped the old 90 degree May 8 record from 1896. Burlington also set a Thursday high of 92, eclipsing a 1934 record.
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Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Washout on gravel road blamed for fatal auto crash near Thompson
Heavy rain washed out a 25 foot by 6 to 8 foot section of a Winnebago county gravel road three miles southwest of Thompson, causing a crash that killed James Vincent Keil of near Thompson early Friday. Mason City received 2.46 inches of rain with Ed Erickson's two basement walls collapsing in his $15,000 two year old home. A tornado struck two farms near the Winnebago Hancock county line.
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Winnebago County
Thompson
James Vincent Keil
Mason City
Ed Erickson
Iowa Liquor Books Unneeded After Bill Abandoning Permits
Iowa faces 342000 liquor permit books now unused after legislature passes bill to abandon permits. State printing chief says books cost 13304 dollars for one dollar each and will not be issued to buyers as the measure becomes law on publication.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
S. E. Tennant
State Printing Board
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Associated Press
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Frank Nye
Gazette
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Luxury
Robert Valentine
Centerville
Joseph Rosenfield
John Oberhausen
Dubuque
Harry H. Hagemann
Waverly
Oberhausen
By Raymond Crowley
U.S
Merriman Smith
Patrick Henry
Jail Trusty
Paducah, Ky
George E. Collins
North
Henry Martin
18Th Judicial District Bar
W. Howard Smith
John Locher
Ernest Pence
Charles J. Lynch
David J. Bleakley
Kenton Schmerda
Marion
John G. Giblin
Williamsburg
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