Hospital Awards Honor Muscatine's Friendliest Workers
A Muscatine General Hospital employee and a J C Penney stock clerk were named the area’s King and Queen of Courtesy after winning The Journal’s Friendliest, Most Courteous awards. The breakfast ceremony at Hotel Mustatine honored 22 top winners and 20 runners up with merchandise, certificates, and cash prizes totaling 83,000 votes cast.
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Muscatine
Gordon’ Rogers
Muscatine General Hospital
Betty Dunker
J. C. Penney
Hotel Mustatine
Hr. L. Nelson
Journal
Nelson
Wee
Bill Fahy
John Talbot
the Journal
Plane Crash Injures Two Near Linstron Schoolyard
Two occupants suffered minor cuts after a light aircraft struck a schoolyard near Linstron, about 45 miles north of the Twin Cities. Pilot James Wright, 40, from Charles City Iowa, and Walter Droegemueller, 39, from Battle Creek Michigan, were treated and released from a hospital. Deputy Sheriff Grant Holmquist quoted Wright saying they had flown from the Minnesota State Fair in St Paul and were returning to Iowa.
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Linstron
Twin Cities
James Wright
Charles City
Iowa
Walter Droegemueller
Battle Creek
Mich
Grant
Holmquist
Wright
Towa
Minnesota
Solons Rush to Avert Nationwide Rail Strike Deadline
Washington officials race to pass emergency legislation to force arbitration over two disputed issues in a wage and rules dispute. Congress aims to avert a nationwide rail walkout by midnight, with the House and Senate fast tracking a version that could go to the President for signing.
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Solons
Washington
Congress
Tre
Senate
Flouse
Sennedy
House Commerce, Comparttee
Wide Showers Sweep Iowa Statewide
A wide band of showers and thunderstorms doused many Iowa locales with over two inches of rain. Reports include 2.26 in Greenfield and nearly two inches in Waterloo and Dubuque. A high pressure system from western Canada will bring cooler weather and clear skies Thursday with lows around 65 across the state.
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Associated Press
Iowa
St John's Lutheran
Denver
Waterloo
Des Moines
Veterans Hospital
Raste
Develou
Independence
Greenfield
Trage
Grimes
Dubuque
Coma
Chaples’ City
Clarinda
Garvin
Canada
Council Bluffs
Lamon
Accident Fatal to Boone Man Oscar J Gordon
Boone resident Oscar J Gordon of 122 died after a traffic crash. Police reported the fatal accident occurred in Boone, and authorities were investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision.
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Boone
Oscar J.’ Gordon
Drillers Reach Underground Cavity In Cave-In Rescue
An expedition in a mining accident digged toward an underground cavity where Louis Bova, 54, is believed trapped after a cave-in. A three-inch probe reached 1927 feet early Tuesday, and drilling attempts continued as officials held off on confirming a successful reach or recovery. Bova has had no food since the cave-in and may have water Nahrung from seepage. contact with Fellin was reported but not confirmed.
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Bova
Civil Rights March Draws 120000 as Nation Sees orderly Protest
Washington dispatch reports a massive civil rights march estimated between 120,000 and 250,000 people gathering at the Lincoln Memorial. Police kept order as attendees chanted and waved placards calling for an end to segregation. Leaders met with Senate and House leaders about civil rights legislation, with Dirksen signaling support except on public accommodations.
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Zhoved
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Rept
Braneh
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NAACP
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Indiana
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D-Mass
Mare
Viet Nam U S clash over Buddhist crisis
Saigon reports President Diem’s regime denounces U S doubts about Viet Nam’s government citing erroneous information. A State Department note linked to Aug 21 decries security force methods against Buddhists on Aug 2. Demonstrations drew religious groups and celebrities. Saigon warns against political saboteurs while military leaders push martial law.
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Viet Nam
Ngo ‘Dinty Diem
U.S. State Department
South Viet Nam
State Department
Joint
Diem
Nine Survivors Reported in Moab Mine Blast
Voice contact established with nine of twenty five miners trapped more than 2700 feet underground at a Utah phosphate mine. Hugh Crawford of Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. said a bottom shaft rescuer heard a call for help and replied with the question how many are there. The answer was nine as rescuers faced deadly carbon monoxide in the depot.
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Moab
Utah
Phosphate
Hugh Crawford
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Gas slows rescue at deep Texas mine entombing 25
An explosion trapped 25 miners at a deep Texas Gulf Sulphur mine shaft of 9 712 feet. State Mine Inspector Steve Hatsis said gas filled the bottom area as rescuers battled heat and air loss. Efforts centered on ventilating the shaft and probing two lateral tunnels for pockets of air, with some hope of survivors.
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Moab
Utah
Tash
Steve Hatsis
North America
Matels
Tomball Field
Hatsis
Frank Tinpie
Pote Ash
Texas Gulf Sulphur Go
Tippie
Buessi
Saeral
First and Fifth Days Worst in Fellin's View
Hazleton Pa David Fellin 58 said today the first and fifth days of his entombment more than 500 feet underground were the worst. He spoke at a brief news conference at Hazleton State Hospital where he is recovering from the ordeal. Fellin and Henry Throne 28 were trapped in a cave they entered with Louis Bova 54 on August 13. Throne and Fellin were rescued early Tuesday. Bova is still missing. Fellin expressed confidence Bova is alive, noting water down there and the possibility of survival without food. He appeared rested and answered a few questions before returning to his room.
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Hazleton
David Fellin
Fellin
Hazleton State Hospital
Henry Throne
Louis Bova
Throne
Bova
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