Mrs. Cook Dies In Cedar Rapids Car Crash
Mrs. Robert Sutherland Cook 80 of the Roosevelt hotel was killed in a two car collision on highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids. Her son Sutherland Cook 50 and wife Mrs. Cook 49 were injured. he suffered a chest contusion and she a fractured jaw. Terry Robert Brumley 21 of Iowa City was injured. his car skidded, hit a guard rail, and swerved into the Cook vehicle. Brumley and Mrs. Cook's party were en route to Iowa City to visit Valissa Cook at the University of Iowa. Police reported the crash occurred about 6 10 p.m. near the Iowa River bridge. Brumley was hospitalized for observation.
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Car safety features slow second collision in 1967 models
Detroit UPI reports 1967 cars will include padding on instrument panels A pillars and headers plus a retracting steering column on some makes to limit injury in a crash The industry adheres to GSA standards with added features like reinforced seat belts frangible steering wheels and illuminated back up lights to reduce whiplash and protect occupants.
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Four Hurt In Three Car Marion Bridge Crash
Four people were injured on Saturday afternoon in a three car wreck on the Indian Creek bridge at Marion's south edge. Florence Van Skike 36 Amber sustained a possible head injury and was admitted to St Luke's hospital. Her daughter Lana 13 was treated and released. June Smith 19 Hopkinton and Doris Mckl meel 23 Langworthy also suffered injuries including facial lacerations.
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Catching Up On Paying As We Go Chuckle
A light joke notes people would gladly pay as they go if they could first catch up from paying as they go. The quip highlights financial pacing and humorous frustration with recurring payments.
Buddhist leaders seek safe talks near Da Nang amid Vietnam conflict
Rebel Buddhist leaders in Da Nang offer to negotiate if the U S guarantees their safety as U S forces withdraw some warplanes. American casualties rise with 15 service members injured in sporadic fighting as Da Nang remains a flashpoint near Viet Cong and rebel forces. President Johnson calls for unity and broader participation in governance while avoiding dictates.
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Lady Dorothy Macmillan Dies at Birch Grove Home
London AP confirms 65 year old Lady Dorothy Macmillan wife of former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan died Saturday at Birch Grove Sussex. The statement says she died suddenly in her 66th year at her country home after a quiet retirement since October 1963.
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Prairie Senior Crowned New Miss Eastern Iowa
Cheryl Trachta 18, Prairie High School senior, named Miss Eastern Iowa 1966 at Kingston Stadium during the Eastern Iowa Band Festival anniversary ceremonies. Kenneth Smykil of Mt. Monson named outstanding band master of the year for Eastern Town as Jaycees sponsor the event.
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Local Option Liquor Signed in Mississippi and Band Results
Gov. Paul Johnson signed a local option liquor bill in Mississippi ending statewide prohibition and allowing county control. The event coincides with a festival where South Tama and Smykil’s Mt. Vernon bands won class titles, and Norway and Deep River-Millersburg were runners-up.
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Englishmen Start Atlantic Row From Virginia Beach
Two Englishmen, David Johnstone and John Hoare, began a 15 foot Puffin voyage from Virginia Beach aiming to cross the Atlantic in about 53 days. Crowds watched as they set eastward in a tiny craft packed with food water and safety gear. Fellow rowers Capt. John Ridgeway and Sgt. Shay Blyth plan a separate Atlantic crossing from Massachusetts this week.
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Atlas Rocket and Satellite Prepare for Busy Cape Kennedy Launches
A new Atlas rocket and target satellite for Gemini 9 rise on a Cape Kennedy pad as NASA braces for one of its busiest periods. Five major launches are planned from Cape Kennedy in eight days starting Tuesday, including four in a 36 hour span. An Explorer satellite leads off at 9 am Tuesday atop a Douglas Delta rocket, followed by a Memorial Day Surveyor lunar mission carrying a TV camera and surface-hardness devices.
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Iowa City Bandit Swipes 2000 From A and P
A masked gunman robbed the A and P on Clin ton Street Saturday night taking about 2000 in a night deposit sack. The suspect, over six feet tall and about 225 pounds, wore fork clothes and fled as witnesses described a woman around 40 years old. Police did not confirm arrests.
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