Iowa Highway Patrol promotes 27 officers in major reorganization
Des Moines Iowa State Safety Commissioner Clinton Moyer announced sweeping promotions for all 27 supervisory officers of the Iowa Highway Patrol. Chief David Herrick becomes colonel and James Machholz rises to major as new ranks align with neighboring states. Six lieutenants become captains and thirteen sergeants are promoted to lieutenant to staff the 13 districts with two sergeants each after 26 new sergeants are chosen.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Highway Patrol
Moyer
David Herrick
James Machholz
Iowa
S. N. Jespersen
Suervisor
Kermith Heades
Howard Wilkins
Atlantic
Lyle Dawson
Spencer
Donald French
Cedar Falls
Leonard Simms
Iowa City
Pete Tometich
Leo Leonard
Osceola
James Latchaw
Robert Reese
Denison
M. D. Calhoun
Cherokee
Everett Kitts
Lloyd Meyer
Humboldt
M. L. Dean
Mason City
John Schneider
Melvin Howe
Oclwein
James E. Clapp
Cedar Rapids
Richard Hohl
West Liberty
Charles Cole
Fairfield
Ted Mikesch
Thomas Soppeland
Joe Dixon
Fort Dodge
Harry Cloud
Cedar Aree
Howard Miller
Iowaty
Leon Chevalier
Graham's New York Crusade Opens with Stirring Sermon
Billy Graham started his New York crusade at Madison Square Garden drawing 18,500 in a six week program. He warned of moral decline, urged personal repentance, and reported 485 converts at a dramatic first night. городе
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George Cornell
New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Graham
God
Christ
America
Israel
New York Area
New Bi
League of Women Voters Convened in Iowa City Meeting
More than 200 members gathered in a state convention at the Sheraton Montrose to hear Mrs Rolland Grefe Des Moines voice views on the fifty seventh general assembly calling it a rat race and urging members to share knowledge harmonize interests while noting actions on mental health child welfare education and reapportionment.
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Cedar Raunds
League of Women Voters
League
Sheraton-Montrose
Rolland Grefe
Des Moines
Grefe
Fifty Seventh General Assembly
General Assembly
League of Women Voters ‘Convention
Assembly
Firemen and Police Resist Council Wage-Change Plans
Cedar Rapids officials delay action on a proposed wage and hour change for about 202 police and fire personnel as 55 department spokesmen press for larger raises and hours adjustments. The council adjourned subject to call with no vote, while critics demand more money and question the timing of a $10 monthly raise retroactive to Jan 1.
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Council
Jim Meaghan
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Waterloo
Darrell Carter
Carl Badger
Out of Darkness by John Howard Griffin
Unforgettable account of ten years of blindness and a sudden recovery. Griffin narrates blindness's grip, adaptation to a sightless life, and the emotional moment of seeing his wife and two children again. An inspiring, dramatic personal memoir set to begin Sunday in The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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John Howard Griffin
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Discordant Note At Graham Rally
At Madison Square Garden Billy Graham opened his crusade in New York when a photographer reported his camera and tripod stolen during a brief distraction.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Ben Mancuso
Beck Says He Will Seek Re election As Teamsters President
Sen Beck testified he has no plan to resign and will seek re election in the fall He said he would consider stepping down if the executive board demanded it He disclosed paying 370000 to the union treasury as loans and noted a dispute over loans recorded by the Western Conference bookkeeper A family link appeared as Norman Gessert testified and Beck promised to defend himself before the AFL CIO executive council in a suspension hearing
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Dave Beck
Senate
Teamsters
Beck
Union Treasury
Donald McDonald
Afl-Cio
Labor Organization
Teamsters Treasury
Kennedy
Becky
Union
McDonald
Western Conference of
Western Conference
Joint Council
Raymond H. Fields
Nathan Shefferman
Shefferman
Tornado Rips Silverton Texas Killing 20 and Injuring Dozens
A devastating tornado struck Silverton Texas killing 20 people in the town and surrounding areas and injuring at least 60 many seriously. The Panhandle town 65 miles southeast of Amarillo faced collapsed homes a damaged cotton gin and a shattered community as responders rushed in with generators and radios.
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Silverton
Texas
Highway Patrol
J. W. Blackwell
Silverton Reserve
E. E.puckett
Billy Stevens
Texan Panhandle
Amarillo
Stephens
Panhandle
Benson Denounces House Move Against Soil Bank Program
Agriculture Secretary Benson condemned Congress for attempting to end the soil bank program next year calling it false economy without justification. He accused the House of pre judging the program's acreage and harming farm support.
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Benson
House Agriculture Committee
Soil Bank
Washington — Agriculture
House
East Germans Report Revolt Plot Smashed
East Berlin authorities say East German students planned a Hungarian style revolt. The secret police announced the plot was broken and the plan thwarted.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Iowa House votes to extend soil bank payments defeat
Washington AP reports six of Iowa's eight congressmen backed continuing soil bank payments beyond this year as the House defeated the measure 192 to 187. Voting against ending payments were Reps Coad and Cunningham, Jensen, LeCompte, Schwengel and Talle. several others were not listed as voting.
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Washington
Iowa
House
Coad
Cunningham
Jensen
LeCompte
Schwengel
Talle
Safe burglars net 850 from Anamosa Pearson market
Anamosa sheriff reports $850 stolen from a Pearson supermarket safe early Thursday. Entry came via a shed rear door then a window pry into the store. A 700 pound safe was moved, suggesting a professional job and possible link to other area burglaries. A state agent may join the investigation.
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Anamosa
Pearson
Lewis Dreibelbis
Dreibelbis
Dreibelbi
Crescent Electric Tapped for $223
Agile burglars climbed a fire escape to the Crescent Electric Supply Co on 610 First Street SE Cedar Rapids and pried a vault open to steal 223.20 dollars. Police say two men used a hammer and screwdriver to break in through a second-story window before fleeing. A second break-in at Smulekoff's Furniture was reported, with no items missing.
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Cedar Rapids News
Crescent Electric Supply Company
First Street
Smulekoff
Floods pound Oklahoma towns forcing Dover evacuation
Overnight rains near 12 inches flooded northwestern Oklahoma forcing the evacuation of about 350 residents in Dover. Three people were reported dead as eight feet of floodwater swept into the town from the Cimarron river and its tributaries. Enid, with 35 000 residents, saw water 5 to 12 feet in sections amid 10 inches of rain.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dover
Cimarron River
Enid
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