Iowa Commerce Commission Faces Probe Over Unity Club Funds
An Iowa legislative committee condemned the state commerce commission for accepting Unity Club contributions and for funds from interests transacting business before the panel. It urged an immediate end to both practices and asked the attorney general for guidance on possible prosecutions.
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DES Moines
INS
Legislative Investigating Committee
Iowa State Commerce Commissioners
Unity Club
Commission
Clark McNeal
Rbelmond
Attorney General’s Office
The
Commerce Commission
McNeal
Attorney General
Kenneth Hoke
Boy Scouts
Unity Fund
Blind St Ambrose Senior Receives 300 for Seeing Eye Dog
John Bush a senior who has been blind since birth at St Ambrose receives a 300 gift from classmates and college community to fund a Seeing Eye dog. The fund grew from dorm and campus donations led by Bob Varley and Jim Wright and backed by Rev. Shepler. John graduates June 1 and plans job hunting possibly in teaching or social work.
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Davenport
John Bush
St. Ambrose
Bob Varley
Omaha
Jim Wright
Ottumwa
Davis Hall
John
Ambrose Hall
Harold Bush
Rochelle
Ill
Jacksonville
Francis Marlin
Department of
Speech and Drama
Water switches color hair dyeing tied to cleaning
Gray hair turned black after washing, a caller from Schenectady explains. Water Supt. John Meehan says hundreds reported similar complaints as a private company cleans the water system, stirring murky deposits that can color hair and cloth while assuring the water remains safe for the week.
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Schenectady
John Meehan
Meehan
Swimming Pools Top Youth Need Survey Reveals
Cedar Rapids report shows outdoor and indoor pools as the top youth recreation need. The Linn County Council of Social Planning youth committee led by Dr. James Lewis also urged a drag strip study, increased family activities at home, weekly teen activity schedules in The Gazette, and surveys in all city high schools.
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Cedar Rapids
James Lewis
Linn County Council of Social Planning
the Gazette
City Hall Extends Voter Registration To Tonight
City hall stays open until 9 PM to finish last minute voter registrations for the June 2 primary. After tonight the registration books close for 10 days, and individuals not on file or changing addresses must register at the city clerk on the third floor to vote next Monday.
Sub Attacked By Argentina Possibly Sunk
Argentine President Frondizi announced that four destroyers attacked an unidentified submarine off the southern coast with depth charges and oil slicks suggesting damage. He noted radar tracking and periscope sighting, while U.S. submarines were not reported in the area 650 miles south of Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Frondizi
Florit
Argentina
U.S
Deep Gulf
Blood Pressure Serum Hinted to Curb Hypertension
Philadelphia AP reports Dr. George Wakerlin medical director of the American Heart Association predicts within five years a serum to control high blood pressure will be produced. The claim outlines a future treatment advance and potential impact on hypertension management.
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Philadelphia
George Wakerlin
American Heart Association
U.S. Moves to Prevent French Algerian Crisis Spread
Washington officials reported the United States is pressing diplomatic efforts in Washington Paris and North Africa to stop the French Algerian crisis from spreading to Tunisia and Morocco. They say efforts are limited and focus on urging restraint while Pflimlin seeks to stabilize France. The main danger is North Africa where French forces linger in Tunisia and Morocco after independence.
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Washington
U.S
Tunisia
Morocco
Paris
North Africa
Pflimlin
Mand
Algeria
de Gaulle
France
North
Africa
Child Mauled By Zoo Bear
A 10 year old girl, Mary Heibner, was mauled by a bear during a school outing from Waukegan Illinois at a Racine zoo. She required emergency hospital treatment after the bear reached through a cage and clawed her right arm. zoo attendant Thomas Faucett used a stick to drive off the animal.
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Racine, Wis
Waukegan
Mary Heibner
Thomas Faucett
Fire kills twelve children at Ana ham reserve hospital
Fire on the Ana ham Indian reserve hospital in Williams Lake British Columbia killed twelve children and injured others after two unexplained explosions. Rescuers faced equipment shortages as flames leveled the hospital in the Cariboo region.
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Williams Lake
B.C
Anaham
Cariboo
Japan re elects pro West Kishi in landslide vote
Nobusuke Kishi's Liberal Democratic Party wins 287 of 467 seats in the House of Representatives. Record turnout defies Socialist calls to move toward the Communist bloc and affirms continued Western alignment. The margin is 107-seat larger than a simple majority.
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Japan
Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal-Democratic
Kishi
House of Representatives
Civilian Air Space Slash is Proposed
Lt Gen Elwood Quesada heads the air coordinating committee and urged cutting civilian airways to free space for military flights. He told a Senate aviation subcommittee that safety measures and radar gear require time, while officials stress that congestion will worsen as jet traffic rises.
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Washington
Elwood Quesada
President
Air Coordinating Committee
Air Force
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Christenson
Airways Modernization Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Monroney
Federal Aviation Agency
CAA
Commerce
Zoning Push Ends Solar House Display In Scottsdale
The solar house run by the Association for Applied Solar Energy faces zoning rulings in Scottsdale. It must stop charging admission and end parking lot operations after residents complained and a county board ordered the restrictions.
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Association For Applied Solar Energy
Coney Island
Omas Barrett
Solar House
Barrett
Jurors Rule Mass Killer Gets Chair
A Nebraska jury found Mass Killer Charles Starkweather guilty of first degree murder and sentenced him to death in the electric chair. The panel of 8 women and 4 men rejected insanity defenses amid Starkweather’s killing spree that claimed eleven victims in late January.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Nike Revision Off Pending Blast Inquiry
The army suspended nationwide modification work on Nike Ajax missiles after an explosion near Middletown New Jersey killed ten. Modifications had been completed elsewhere without incident. The halt remains until the cause is found. The disaster, called an accident that could not happen, started with one missile triggering seven more.
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Washington
Middletown
N. J
No Sale Missile Blast Kills and Mourns in New Jersey
A man showing a prospective buyer was nearby when eight Nike missiles exploded over Middletown New Jersey. Gen Charles Duff said seven killed and three missing believed dead. Six soldiers and four civilians died none from Iowa. Three injured one seriously. Two servicemen survived from a 20 foot pit under a missile pad. Joseph McKenzie 33 Framingham Mass walked from the pit unhurt. Private Joseph Abbott 24 Grindstone Pa treated for shock and hysteria.
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Middletown
N.J
Charles Duff
Army Defense Command
Iowa
Joseph McKenzie
Framingham
Mass
Pfc
Joseph Abbott
Grindstone
National Oats To Acquire Two Eastern Popcorn Firms
National Oats Company plans to acquire Northwest Popcorn and Seed Company of Delaware Ohio and Popcorn Processors Company Inc of Hagerstown Maryland effective Oct 1. The Cedar Rapids based firm will become the largest popcorn processor, boosting annual production by about 10 million pounds and expanding distribution with its 3 Minute and Butterflake brands.
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Cedar Rapids News
National Oats Company
James L Cooper
Cedar Rapids Company
Northwest Popcorn and Seed Company
Delaware
Ohio
Popcorn Processors Company, Inc
Hagerstown
Cooper
National Oats
Wall Lake
All Algeria Committee Formed In Algiers Support De Gaulle
A civilian military junta in Algiers proclaimed the All Algeria Committee of Public Safety in opposition to Paris and backed Gen Charles de Gaulle to lead a new French government. The body, led by Gen Raoul Salan with cochairmen Jacques Massu and Cherif Sidcara, meets behind a guard of paratroopers with 40 members from all Algerian departments. The move follows riots and signals a broader push to keep Algeria connected to France while urging similar committees elsewhere. In Paris, Pflimlin seeks constitutional reforms as the assembly delays a crucial vote amid Tunisian tensions and shooting incidents between Tunisian and French soldiers.
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Algseria
Algiers
Paris
All-Algeria Committee of Public Safety
Charles de Gaulle
Republic
de Gaulle
Madagascar
French Equatorial Africa
Martinique
Raoul Salan
Algeria
Coichairmen
Jacques Massu
Pierre Pflimiin
Cherif Sidcara
Felix Gaillard
Salan
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
Massu
Sahara
Trench National Assembly
Pflimlin
Tunisia
Jean-Pierre Benard
Tunis
Britain rejects Soviet protest on Pacific nuclear tests
London reports Britain has rejected a Soviet protest against resuming British nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific. The formal statement was released Friday.
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London
Britain
Pacific
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