Tidal Wave of Air May Have Caused Plane Crash
Government investigators lean to the theory a Continental Air Lines jet was torn apart over northeast Missouri by clear air turbulence. All 45 aboard died as Flight 11 battled a squall line near 39,000 feet en route from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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Gazette
L W. Ward
Highway
A. F. Carstensen
Davenport
Jones County
Lewis Dreibelbis
Anamosa
Continental Air Lines
Centerville
Carstensen
Missouri
Continental Flight 11
Chicago
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Associated Press
Feowbibabiet
Know Your Highway Patrolman Howard Reid Shapcott
Know Your: Highway Patrolman series profiles Howard Reid Shapcott 28 of 1106 East Washington Iowa City who joined the Iowa highway patrol August 1 1957 and has two children Laurie and Brian. A Malvern native he served in the air force 1951 55 and before the patrol worked for Montgomery Ward Co. His hobbies are fishing hunting and gardening. He aims to promote traffic safety through safety education and driver education and to stress the importance of safety belts.
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Howard Reid Shapcott
East
Washington Street
Iowa City
Iowa Highway Patrol
Pauline Kessler
Laurie
Brian
Montgomery Ward and Co
Malvern
Air Force
Flight 11 Crash Report Details and Debris Finds
Air traffic radios captured Flight 11 signaling heading toward Kirksville then Kansas City before vanishing in a squall line. Fragments and fuselage parts were found near Cincinnati Iowa and Unionville Missouri with insulation and Continental airline items located at Keota and Bud Harris farms.
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Mechanicsville
Solon
Keota
Unionville
Continental
Cletus Reed
Bud Harris
Traces Near Keota Discovered After Plane Crash
Wreckage traces found near Keota late Thursday prompt searchers to recover items from a plane incident. Three Marengo high school juniors Mickey Simmons Steve Buswell and Wayne Singleton planned to attend Boys State at Camp Dodge in Des Moines June 3 10 under sponsorship of the Legion Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.
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Keota
Marengo
Marengo High School
Mickey Simmons
Steve Buswell
Wayne Singleton
The
Legion, Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Deputy To Patrol On Hartwick Lake
Leonard Odell of Manchester, a former police officer, will supervise a Hartwick lake patrol from Delhi dam to Bailey’s Ford bridge on the Maquoketa. Sheriff George Ponsford says Odell’s main duty is lake patrol with other tasks. The conservation commission will set water safety rules after a court house hearing. Boat accident forms and safety regulations will be available at Hartwick Marina, which furnishes the patrol boat, motor, and office space.
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Manchester
Hartwick Lake
Delhi Dam
Bailey’s Ford Bridge
Maquoketa
Leonard Odell
Odell
George Ponsford
Conservation Commission
Ponsford
Hartwick Marina
Decorah Woman Bound Over to Grand Jury in Assault Case
Mrs. Vernon Rude of Decorah waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury, which meets June 27. She faces an assault to do great bodily injury charge for an April 20 stabbing of her husband with a butcher knife in Decorah.
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Decorah
Vernon Rude
Justice of the Peace Court
Rude
100th Birthday for What Cheer Woman
Nellie Lamb observed her 100th birthday Friday at Ella Danner’s home where she has lived for eight years. She was born in Illinois in 1862 and spent most of her married life in What Cheer. Her husband died in 1941. She is mother to Ross, Lacey, Mabel, and Lillian.
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The
Gazette
What Cheer
Nellie ‘Lamb
Ella Danner
Illinois
Mr. Lamb
Marengo names Ed Jahr local justice of the peace
Ed Jahr, longtime Marengo store manager, has been appointed justice of the peace in a recent local government action. The decision elevates Jahr to a judicial post serving the community.
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Marengo
Ed Jahr
Resignation to California Announced for June First
The successor to C. E. Simmons will take over after his resignation to move to California around June 1. The change signals a planned leadership transition as the outgoing official prepares for relocation.
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C. E. Simmons
California
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