Eight Die In Iowa Traffic Toll Rises Including Davenport Spirit Lake Victims
Iowa’s Friday and Saturday traffic incidents killed eight people raising the toll to 617. Victims include J Doyle Young 32 near Davenport. Mrs C R Dice 45 of Lake Park. Orville Dowd 44 of Calmar. Mrs Dowd and Norman Woldum 49 of Decorah. Carl George Kauffman of Des Moines. Sylvia Bothne 71 of Bode. Eugene A Oines 28 of Council Bluffs. and Peter Limprecht 23 of Grimes.
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J. Doyle Young
Davenport
C. R. Dice
Lake Park
Spirit Lake
Dice
Orville Dowd
Calmar
West Union
Dowd
Waterloo Hospital
Phyllis
Norman Woldum
Decorah
West Union Hospital
Woldum
Fayette County
Carl George Kauffman
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Sylvia Bothne
Bode
Dickens
Mississippi Officials Arrested for Rights Violations
The Justice Department reports five men including Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price were arrested in Philadelphia Mississippi on charges of depriving local Black citizens of rights. Accused aided by four others in a case linked to the deaths of three civil rights workers.
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Washington
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Miss
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Neal Burkes
Richard Willis
Glen Barnett
Sam Germany
Biloxi
Price
Rainey
Kirk Kulberson
U.S
Kulberson
Nuclear Blast at Nevada Test Site Sparks Federal Action
The Atomic Energy Commission announced an underground nuclear detonation at its Nevada test site on Friday. The test underscores ongoing weapons development and federal oversight of nuclear experiments.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Nixon Urges GOP Unity in Cedar Rapids Campaign Stop
Former Vice President Nixon pitched unity to a Cedar Rapids audience during a two day Iowa swing stressing that Republicans must unite against the Democratic incumbent. He linked the campaign to turning the tide for Barry Goldwater and urged moving from defense to offense to win back Republican defectors. A separate report notes the death of 20 year old Cedar Rapids construction worker Charles Dwaine Blanchard who died when a 40 ton earth moving machine toppled him on Highway 150 vicinity. Blanchard, employed by R B Burch Inc, was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital.
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Charles Dwaine Blanchard
Allerton
Blanchard
R. B. Burch, Inc
Gordon Allison
Mt. Vernon
Sheriff's Deputies
Mercy Hospital
Merle Spicer
Bertham Road SE
New Highway 150
Cedar Rapids
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Minnesota
Iowa
Plane Wreckage Found Near Spain Mountain Peak
Wreckage of a French plane was found near a mountain summit in Trevelez Spain with 80 people aboard. no survivors. The incident followed a Paris to Africa flight that strayed over a south slum area causing 1200 homeless and several minor injuries to 30 people.
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Trevelez
Spain
Panama
Orn
Paris
Africa
The Futility of Riches Provokes Chuckle
A witty quip notes that the toil for wealth is undercut by two authorities the Bible and the income tax form. The line underscores futility with light humor, reflecting a classic verse style and tax season irony.
Cuban Children's Defense Committees Reported Active
Havana radio announced that children’s defense committees are functioning in the capital, modeled on the Castro revolution’s block committees. The groups monitor counterrevolutionary activity, manage ration card administration, and are said to criticize the errors of those who have been mistaken.
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Miami
Children’s Defense Committees
Havana
Cuban Radio
Havana Radio
Congress Adjourns Amid Veterans Pension Accord
The 88th Congress adjourned after steady work since January 1963 as a pension bill compromise passed. Revisions limited GI insurance reinstatement for those with service-connected disabilities or deemed uninsurable by private insurers. Agencies also resolved a supplementary ant poverty budget issue while debating sugar and coffee policy.
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House
Senate
Monster Hurricane Hilda devastates Louisiana coast
Monster Hurricane Hilda hits the Louisiana coast with hurricane winds and tornadoes. A LaRose tornado kills at least 20 people, with a coast guard helicopter airlifting victims to aid stations. A navy doctor counted 12 dead at the LaRose scene as authorities tally the disaster.
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Louisiana
Golden Meadow
Galliano
LaRose
New England
Hilda
New Orleans
Eddie St. Marie
Navy
Coast Guard
Refugee mother in hurricane shelter gives birth to girl Hilda
Morgan City Louisiana AP reports Caroline Williams, a hurricane refugee, delivered a six pound eight ounce newborn girl at a Red Cross shelter Friday night. The baby is named Hilda.
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Morgan City
Caroline Williams
Red Cross
Hilda
Tornado Strikes LaRose Causing Death and Destruction
A powerful tornado spawned by Hurricane Hilda pounded LaRose Louisiana killing at least 20 people and destroying more than 30 homes. Rescue teams from coast guard and civil defense rushed to help while a navy physician treated the injured.
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McCormack
Dmass
Coast Guard
Congress
Civil Defense
Raceland
LaRose
Ed Callais
Callais
LaRose Cutoff School
Navy
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