Two Bids Weighed Upon Relocation of Mad Creek
The city council received two bids for the Mad Creek relocation project both above estimates. Central Engineering of Davenport bid 318,019 with two alternates. McCarthy Improvement Company bid 237,519. Base bids were 293,725 and 359,275 respectively, with various item estimates for excavation, riprap, sewer work, and borrow areas. A separate bid for a reinforced interceptor sewer crossing near East Second Street Bridge was 19,477.30 by Gjellefalel and Associates of Forest City, about 8,000 over the engineer’s estimate.
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Mad Creek
Central Engineering of
Davenport
McCarthy Improvement Company
Central
McCarthy
Wo Bkiders
Storpa
Harold
Pat) Finnegan
Stanley Engineering
Russell H
Lela V. Day
Alvin Carter
Day
Monroe Street
Roy Kautz
E. W. Hoopes
Harold E. Sadrl
East Second Street
Fourth
Fifth Street
Gjellefalel and Associates
Forest City
Papoose Creek
London Smog Kills 106 as Grip Lingers Over City
A severe London smog causes 106 deaths with over 1,000 in hospitals. Visibility improves late morning as weather services predict better air, but transportation remains disrupted. Thames estuary ships idle, buses idle, and trains delayed while fog persists into the night. Pope John XXIII makes a rare public appearance at the Vatican amid illness.
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London
British Automobile Association
Thames
Norfolk
Suffolk
British Isles
Chnos
Heavy Loss In Fire at East Moline
A fire of undetermined origin caused about 100000 in damage to a John Deere building site in East Moline. Flames destroyed two tool sheds trucks and supplies. No injuries. Firemen from East Moline and Silvis battled smoldering ruins until mid morning, saving a nearby farm house. Two gold tractors on site valued at about 95000 each and Deere officials estimated company losses at 30000.
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Moline
John Deere Alles
Aim
East Meline
Silvis
Deere
President Kennedy’s Atomic Trip to US West
President Kennedy travels by presidential jet from Andrews AFB toward SAC headquarters in Omaha then to New Mexico and Nevada for secret missile development and testing stations. He will rest at Palm Desert with Lyndon Johnson and senior officials aboard a three day mission featuring top commanders and AEC chair Glenn Seaborg.
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Washington
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Jane
New Mexico
Nevada
Bing Crosby
Palm Desert
Call
Our
Lyndon 5. Johnson
Glenn T. Seabwort
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Armed Services
Funeral services for C. D. Collis scheduled Saturday
Clinton reports funeral services will be held Saturday for C. D. Collis who died Wednesday at his home after a long illness. Collis was board chairman of Collis Co maker of wire products and machine tools, which he founded in 1912.
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Clinton
C. D. Collis
Collis
Collis, Co
Adenauer to Leave Post Next Fall in West Germany
Bonn reports that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer plans to retire next fall, a move expected to trigger a coalition shift. Heinrich von Brentano said Adenauer announced the retirement at a party executives meeting, as the CDU weighs a new coalition with the Free Democrats after the Spiegel affair. West German officials note the 13-year chancellorship and party pressure for younger leadership. Des Moines reports State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch says 68 of 75 unmarked Highway Patrol cars ordered are now on duty.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Laday
Heinrich von Brentano
Brentano
Free Democrats
Spiegel
Adenauer
Des Moines
Carl Pesch
Lentohe
Gas Rubble Delay Mine Rescue Near Carmichaels Pa
Rescue crews pressed toward the Robena No 3 mine of U S Steel Corp in Pennsylvania as they neared 4000 feet of 37 men trapped by a blast at 111 pm. Secretary Lewis Evans called the situation desperate but hopeful the miners may be alive amid gas hazards and barricade efforts.
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Carmichaels
Robena No. 3
U.S. Steel Corp
Lewis Evans
Pennsylvania
Union
Ted
Té-yeat
Robena
Evans
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Clairton, Pa
Nix
James Girod
Crash on 218 Fatal to Jowan
A Cedar Rapids man Chile Johnston, 60, died in a Thursday night crash on Highway 218 eight miles south of town. Warren Stall, 38, Cedar Rapids, the truck driver, escaped injury in the car truck collision.
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Ceder Rapids
Chile Johnston
Cedar
Rapids
Highway 218
Here
Warren A. Stall
Cedar Rapids
Wayward Polaris Missiles Lands in Atlantic East of Savannah
Reported mishap details a Polaris missile degraded during a test flight drifting into the Atlantic 250 miles east of Savannah. Range safety said destruct system functioned, but a large powered segment failed to detonate and posed no nuclear threat. past incidents prompted safety fixes after similar near misses near Cocoa Beach.
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Atlantic
Savannah
Tange
Snine
Air Force
Sea
Cape’ Canaveral
Cocoa
Navy
Mine Trapping at Robeno No 3 Deep Underground
A diagram shows 37 miners trapped deep underground in the Robeno No 3 mine of U. S. Steel Corp at Carmichosis Po. There was no contact with the men since a gigantic blast Thursday afternoon. AP Photofax.
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Robeno No. 3
U. S. Steel Corp
Carmichosis
AP Photofax
Winners in Brand Name Cash Contest Announced
The Muscatine Journal reports Mrs. L Cecil of 1908 Mulberry Avenue won $7 first prize in the Brand Name cash contest. Mrs. Massey and Mrs. Yerington won second and third prizes. thirteen additional contestants receive $3 each. All awards paid in cash.
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Cecil
Mulberry Avenue
Muscatine
Muscatine Journal
Musca
Div Massey
Alvin Werington
New Hampshire
Massey
Yerington
Robert Lucas
Pine
Alice Noble
Jackson
Martin Shelangoski
Lucas
Lucille Strouse
East Third
Irene Schnechter
East Seventh
Helen’ Richardson
Ray
Dan)' Crow
Lord Avenue
Howard
West Ninth
J. J. Braun
Iowa Avenue
Har Sywassink
Chestnut
Kenneth Mathes
Maple
Pat McRoberts
Woodlawn
Elbert Noble
Elevator Burns At Dysart Destroying Grain and Fertilizer
In Dysart a wooden elevator owned by the Tania Benton Cooperative Co. was burned early today. It contained about 13 000 bushels of oats and 75 to 100 tons of fertilizer along with a pickup truck. Firefighters from Dysart Traet and Garrison prevented spread to a nearby lumber yard. Damage is estimated at 60 000.
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Dysart
Tania-Benton Cooperative Co
Ed Ocheltree
Beleon
Traet
Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow Across Large Regions
The season's first major snow storm blankets areas from the Great Lakes to New York and south to Tennessee. Temperatures drop as winds push snow across the Midwest and Northeast, causing travel hazards. Five people died shoveling snow and four in traffic accidents. Cleveland schools closed and Cleveland Hopkins Airport shut. Power outages affected about 1,800 homes as crews cleared roads and restored lines. Snow depths reached 11 inches in Olean and up to 12 inches in Geauga County, with widespread accumulations in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York State.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
New York
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Mid-Atlantic
Florida
Michigan
Cleveland
Ohi
Indiana
Ohio
Olean
Geauga County
Youngstown
Tennesace
Newfound Gap
Smokies
Elking
W. Vas
Wrong Way to Decorate Yard Ennersburg Tale
Laurens man Bellinghausen built a nativity scene behind his home and was arrested after park rangers found four pines cut from Rush Lake State Park for the display. He was fined 100 dollars per tree, with 300 dollars suspended if he rehabilitates the trees in the park by next June.
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Enmersburg
Bellinghausen
Laurens
Siauz Conservation Commission
Rush Lake State ‘Park
Tustlee
The
Péage
Elmer el Hs
Emmetsburg
Belling ‘Hausen
Heavy Snow Hill Delays Transport Across Northeastern Ohio
A major snowstorm pounds northeastern Ohio with drifting snow up to five feet and winds 30 to 35 mph. Trains buses planes halted, schools closed, and more than 30 factories idle as flights at Cleveland Hopkins shut for hours. Power outages affect about 30,000 customers as crews repair lines.
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Cleveland, Onion i
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Muminating Co
Columbus
Toledo
Dayton
Canton
Novelty
Geauga County
Canton-Akron
Ashland
Cleveland Hopkins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Regents Seek Exemption on Iowa Sales Tax
Des Moines reports the State Board of Regents plans to pursue a sales tax exemption as legal, after the attorney general’s opinion and the State Tax Commission refusal. The board will seek court or legislative clarification, and approved $3.3 million in UI building contracts while accepting a gifted Iowa City apartment building.
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Des Moines
State Board’ of Regents
Attorney General's
State Tax Commission
Attorney General
Attorney General's Office
Board of Regents
State University of Iawa I
Iowa City
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Vatican City
John Soni
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Vatican
East Moline
Atom Centers
Jowan
Feosty Kun Snarty
Mrs, Cecil
Upper East Tennessee
Regents
Iowa
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