Snow forecast highs and lows for Iowa weekend
Heavy snow is expected tonight across south and southeast Towa with up to four inches in spots. Western Iowa starts the snowfall tonight, spreading statewide by Saturday with rising winds. Temperatures dipped to 12 degrees and 29 daytime, with 20s tonight and near 30 Saturday. Snow removal equipment is ready as officials anticipate mainly snow in southern Iowa and light snow elsewhere. Presidents Kennedy rests in Palm Beach, attends Mass at St Edward's Church after a beachfront stay, amid Immaculate Conception observations.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
County Engineering Department
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Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Mason City
Inch
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Florida Coast
Oceanside
St. Edoward's Church
Jeremiah P. O'Mahoney
William Grigg of Wapello Killed in Farm Accident
William Grigg, a Wapello farmer, was killed today when caught in the power take-off of a combine. His body was found at 12:30 by his wife in the field east of Wapello. Services pending at Dudgeon McCulley Funeral Home. He is survived by his mother and several siblings. his wife Martha Peters Grigg was a former West Liberty schoolteacher.
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Wapello
William Grigg
Grigg
Dudgeon-McCulley
My. Grigg
West Liberty
Martha Peters
State Tax Unit Broadens Valuations Hike in County
The Iowa state tax commission proposed a 10 percent rise in assessed real estate valuations in Muscatine county excluding a few towns and certain building classes. The change, set for assessments in 1962 for taxes due 1963, follows prior objections and hearings with decisions due later this month. Public objections by local officials remain possible until December 18.
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State Tax Commission
Muscatine County
Nichols
Conesville
Alabska
Stockton
Mervin Shafer
A. L. George
Commission
Muscatine
Sweetland
Bloomington
Fruitland
Wilton
Wilton Township
West Liberty
Wapslonoc Township
Evan Hultman
Vandals Strike Pine Mill School Forcing Closure Today
Vandals damaged Pine Mill No 2 school east of Wild Cat Den park in Montpelier forcing closure. They knocked the thermostat from wall and cut wiring to the furnace, scattered Christmas presents and teacher records, damaged books, and ground crayons. Second incident this week prompts repair and resumption of classes Monday. investigation by county sheriff’s office continues.
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Pine Mill
Montpelier No. 2
Wild Cat den Park
Lyla ‘Linkrod
Ralston
Sherif's
Hee
Four DuPont Executive’s Family Die in Fire Tragedy
In Wilmington suburb, Mrs Marshall A Stephens and four of her children Mary Teresa Loretta and John died in a pre dawn blaze. The DuPont Co executive was away on business in San Francisco at the time of the fire.
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Wilmington
Del
DuPont’ Co
Marshall A. Stephens
DuPont
Mary
Teresa
Loretta
John
Stephens
San Francisco
Tshombe accuses Americans amid Congo fighting
Katanga President Moise Tshombe denounces Americans as cowardly and decadent for bombing schools, a church, hospital and residential areas as the Congo conflict enters its fourth day. He accuses Washington of sending money planes and diplomats but not soldiers.
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Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Elisabethville
Congo
U.S
Katanga Situation Seen Good by U N Spokesman
U N spokesman said Elisabethville area is secure with Katanga forces holding only two med tent posts in the capital. He noted no immediate U N assault planned and mentioned other positions of lesser importance still under Katanga control. Swedish claims to hold a tunnel near the capital were disputed by the U N.
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United Nations
YA U.N
Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Txhombe
Lido Hotel
U.N
Lewser
Culex Wansports
Congo
Globemaster
Mrs Tandy Sues For Separate Maintenance
Mrs Irene L Tandy filed suit in District Court for separate maintenance from her husband Maj Gen Fred C Tandy who has resigned as adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard. She sought $400 a month for herself and their 18 year old son. Tandy, 63, resigned last month and will become superintendent of services at Parsons College.
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Des Moines
Irene L. ‘Tandy
Fred C. Tandy
Iowa National Guard
Tandy
Parsons College
Clear and Present Danger of Red Conquest Cited
The United States urged allied and neutral nations to aid South Viet Nam economically and militarily against increasing Communist pressure. State Department White Paper warned of a clear and present danger of Communist conquest as Dean Rusk indicated steps to bolster President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government and a new reform program.
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United States
South Viet Nam
State Department
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Viet Nam
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Diem
Hearing Set on Gas Storage Project Near C Junction
The State Commerce Commission will hold a hearing January 2 in Washington, Ta, on the Natural Gas Storage of Blinds proposal to establish an underground gas storage field southeast of Columbus Junction. Exploratory drilling in Loviga County around Cairo and southeast of Columbus City sought a dome shaped formation for storage. Landowners are being contacted for rights to land and the Maree Landowners Association is forming to negotiate and study the project before leases.
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Washington
Associated Press
State Commerce Commission
Summeny
Loviga County
Cairo
Columbus City
Marea Landowners Association
Muscatine City Invests Over $91 000 in Parking Lot Real Estate
Muscatine city funds total about $91 487.17 for seven parcels to create an East Second Street metered lot. Aldermen approved the final property at 328 East Second with 61 meters and 120 foot frontage after five members backed the appraisal. dissent came from three ending aldermen. The city issued a $175,000 bond to cover the project, repaid from meter revenue, as other parcels ranged from 9,558.67 to 18,000 dollars. A public hearing is set for December 21 on remaining parcels including Ida Johnson's property.
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East Second Street
Walnut Street
Jones
Charles Rebwaldt
East Mississippi Drive
Ida Johnson
East Second
Mississippi Drive
Frank 0. Schmitt
Alderragn Jones
Faruc
Rehwalde
Swithoutr
Chamber of Commerce
Allen
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Police. Department
Secret Communist War Plans Stolen Diary Reveals North Viet Nam Strategy
Washington reports reveal a diary from a Wet Cong commander detailing winter to spring 1961 62 operations. The plan calls for creating safe bases then triggering simultaneous incidents in the South Viet Nam mountains to harass the enemy and push into plains and midlands.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
State Department
Mary
Possile
U.S. Communists Plead Innocent in Registration Case
The Communist Party of the United States pleaded innocent to charges of failing to register as a Soviet agent. Judge Matthew F. Guire presided as Joseph Forer waived reading of the 12 count indictment. A trial was set for February 1 with pretrial motions allowed.
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Washington
Communist Party of the United
Aid to Poland Slashed as U S Cuts Aid Program
United States officials report a major reduction in Polish aid for the coming year, exceeding 10 percent. The plan, to be announced this month with a new Polish American aid agreement in Washington, includes about 10 million in U S surplus commodities, mainly wheat, on long term credits.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.S
Leader of Tanganyika to be granted independence tomorrow
Jultus Nyerere, prime minister and head of the Tanganyika African National Union, is described as a former teacher guiding Tanganyika toward independence. Tanganyika, a United Nations trust territory administered by Britain, is the focus of the transition.
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Jultus Nyerere
Tanganyika
Nyerere
Tanganyika African National Union
United Nations Trust
Britain
Tanganyika Faces Independence Under Nyerere’s Plan
Tanganyika, now independent after British rule, sees Nyerere as prime minister to steer a largely agricultural economy with a budget deficit in its first year. He seeks Western foreign aid while maintaining neutrality, promising hard work and democratic ideals to build the new state.
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Car Es. Salaam
Tangannyika
Nyerere
Tanganyika
No Firm Plan Yet On Release of 156,000 Callups
The Pentagon said today it does not yet have a firm plan for releasing the 156,000 National Guardsmen and Reservists mustered into active duty this fall.
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Washington
Pentagon
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