Bicycle Car Crash Injures Marion Boy in City Intersection
Ten year old Thomas McCracken was injured when his bicycle collided with a car at Third avenue and Twelfth street. He suffers multiple abrasions and is in good condition at St. Luke's hospital. Driver Warren E Read, 42, of 1680 Eighth avenue, said sun glare obscured his view as he traveled east on Third avenue. No charges filed. Fire Control classes begin tonight through Thursday by the Marion fire department at the fire station 600 Eighth avenue conducted by ISU. Gerald Mills of ISU will teach the three hour sessions with Eastern Iowa firemen in attendance.
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Marion
Third Avenue
Twelfth Street
Thomas McCracken
Robert McCracken
A Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Warren E. Read
Eighth Avenue
McCracken
Marion Fire Department
Iowa State
Fire Service Extension
Iowa
Gerald Mills
ISU
Marion and Linn-Mar schools plan day off this week
Students in the Marion Independent and Linn-Mar districts have a vacation day this week for the Iowa State Education Assn convention in Des Moines. No school on Friday. The notice also lists community events and club updates from Marion area groups and ads.
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Marion Independent
Linn-Mar
Iowa State Education Assn
Des Moines
Labrador litter born at Lumir Pobuda residence
On Friday October 13 at 497 West Eighth Avenue the Pobuda family welcomed 13 Labrador puppies from Jessie Belle. 12 survived, including four males and eight females, as they raise registered Labradors and view Friday the 13th as lucky. The day also includes community notices of local PTA and school board meetings for Linn-Mar and Marion districts with upcoming dates and topics.
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Lumir Pobuda
West Eighth Avenue
Jessie Belle
Pobudas
French Airline Cancels Flights Over Pay Dispute
Citca the French airline cancel flights to Saigon Hanoi and Vientiane for Indochina truce commission dues. The commission owes about 580000 dollars with several major powers behind on payments including Britain and the United States halting further support until loans for helicopters are repaid.
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Vientiane, Laos
International Control Commission
Saigon
Hanoi
Vientiane
Iice
Jan Vitek
Citca
Commission
Indochina
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Red China
China
Vietnam air raids pause as weather hampers North targets
Weather delays US strikes on Haiphong and Hanoi areas but vows to renew missions. Vice Admiral John Hyland, departing for Hawaii, says bridges in Haiphong have been cut and North Vietnamese repair work continues with temporary pontoon structures. Air raids focus on supply lines toward the DMZ as planes report three new losses while others are aimed at Bai Thuong and 12 listed airports. In Saigon region fighting persists with casualties among U.S. forces and Viet Cong mortar exchanges.
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North Vietnam
Haiphong
Saigon
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
7Th Fleet
John Hyland
Hyland
Pentagon
U.S. Command
Hanoi Haiphong
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Bai Thuong
Vinh
Phuc ‘Yen
Gia Lam
South Vietnam
Mekong
U.S
18 Arrested in Draft Protest at Oakland Induction Center
About 60 anti draft demonstrators surrounded the Oakland Army Induction Center at dawn. Eighteen or more were arrested for blocking an entrance while several draftees entered. The action was led by Civil Action Day Committee and linked to UC Berkeley student plans for an all night teach in against the draft and a Tuesday morning move to immobilize the center.
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Oakland
Calif
Oakland Army Induction Center
Civil Action Day Committee
Bay Area
University of California
Bus Plunge Kills 41 in South Korea Sightseeing Trip
A sightseeing bus carrying 53 people veered off a steep road 100 miles southeast of Seoul. Police report 41 dead and 12 seriously injured. The group, mostly Buddhist women in their fifties, hoped to visit Kyongju and other temples.
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Seoul
Korea
Kyongju
Vietnamese Refugees Riot in Udorn Thani Thailand
Police fired into the air as Vietnamese refugees mobbed police cars in Udorn Thani. The clash occurred when officers tried to rescue an elderly Vietnamese man attacked by a mob in a settlement of about 40,000 refugees who fled Indochina in the 1950s.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Udorn
Air Superiority Lost Purposely Says General Schriever
Anaheim, California AP Gen Bernard Schriever says the United States is sacrificing strategic air superiority to the Soviet Union to foster peace. He argues U S parity in missiles with Russia would keep peace by allowing equal strength.
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Anaheim
Calif
Bernard Schriever
United States
Soviet Union
Schriever
U.S
Russia
Perkins Engines founder Frank Perkins dies at 78
London AP reports Frank Perkins, 78, founder of the Perkins Engines group with 10,000 units in operation across 14 countries, passed away Sunday.
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London
Frank Perkins
Perkins Engines Group
British Uncover Almost Seventy Bombs In Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, during a rising terrorism campaign, a 16 year old bomb thrower and an army demolition expert were wounded on a roof as nearly 70 bombs were uncovered by noon and two terrorists blew themselves up. Four killed in total, with a wounded suspect in critical condition and forty three dead since rioting began last May. Officials say students acted as bomb couriers and pro communist schools housed explosives.
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Hong Kong
Italian counterespionage arrests foreign woman on spying charges
Italy's state police announce the arrest of a foreign woman accused of spying for Hungary. The operation was conducted by the network unit of the counterespionage service and occurred in Florence. No further details were released.
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Florence
Italy
Counterespionage Service
Hungary
Mother and three children die in Depew apartment fire
A 35 year old mother Lorraine Galuski and her children Dawn Champane 16 months Lee Ann 18 months and Kelly Champane 5 died in the blaze that swept a two story apartment building in Depew east of Buffalo. The two story building housed eight apartments and damage was placed over 35000 with 24 other residents displaced by the fire.
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Depew
N.Y
Buffalo
Lorraine Galuski
Lee Ann
Dawn Champane
Kelly Champane
Fire Leaves Ten Children Homeless, Cause Undetermined
Reports say ten children and other residents were made homeless by a fire. Officials have not yet determined the cause of the blaze and ongoing investigations are planned.
Andrews Weatherfoll Uses Egg Timers to Cut Costs
SLOUGH England UPI Andrews Weatherfoll Ltd heating and ventilation engineers admits using old fashioned egg timers to limit costs. Switchboard girls at the factory have been instructed to cut off calls that exceed the timers shown on the devices.
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Slough
England
UPI
Britain
Andrews Weatherfoll, Ltd
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