Snow Drifts Stifle Iowa Roads After First Big Storm
Western Iowa bore the brunt of the blizzard with over three inches of snow in places and drifting by northerly winds. Heavy accumulations included 3.44 inches at Rock Rapids and Sibley, with 3 inches at Audubon Spencer Humboldt and Lamoni and 2 inches at Des Moines Mason City Oktaska Burlington and Sioux City. Three deaths were reported in traffic accidents as roads remained slick and visibility poor. Temperatures ranged from the 20s in the north to the lower 30s in the southwest with clearing skies expected in western towns tonight. Continuous updates noted Sunday’s heavy winds and snowfall easing but lingering hazards on western highways.
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Fires Add To Perils Of Storm
Two fires added to storm dangers in Iowa. A nursing home in Osceola with about 300 patients was evacuated after flames were found in an elevator shaft. No injuries. A Crystal Lake grain elevator containing corn and soybeans burned, with wind shifts driving sparks away from nearby oil tanks.
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Seven Indicted in Indianapolis Halloween Gas Explosion
A Marion County grand jury indicted seven individuals in the Halloween gas explosion at the Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum that killed 72 people. Indictments include involuntary manslaughter. names withheld pending warrants.
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Highways and Streets Return to Normal After Snow
Slippery streets after melted snow froze overnight were reported near normal by noon. Light rain turned to snow Saturday night with ongoing snowfall Sunday. About half an inch remained this morning as salting and sanding began Sunday evening and continued into today. Temperatures rose to 32 Sunday, then fell to 21, today up to 25 with mixed skies and lows around 16 to 30 projected for Tuesday.
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Pan American 707 crashes in lightning storm near Delaware
Scene near Elkton Maryland reports an airliner crash where 61 people perished while Pan Am Flight 24 en route from San Juan to Philadelphia broke apart during a lightning storm. FAA and Civil Aeronautics Board investigators arrived as wreckage scattered across four square miles near the Maryland Delaware line.
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Hames
AP Phaotefax
Johnson Weighs Out in Defense Expenditures
President Johnson focused on the federal budget with a plan to curb spending by eliminating some defense installations. He scheduled a morning meeting with Secretary McNamara and General Taylor to review the military budget with Budget Bureau officials including Director Gordon. The discussions include possible consolidation of overseas military assistance groups and review of Defense Department programs.
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Kermit Gordon
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Severe Snowstorm Slams North Central Midwest Regions
The season’s most severe storm dumps up to a foot of snow across North Central states and parts of the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Nebraska. Blizzard conditions, drifting snow, and hazardous driving closed highways as cold air spreads, with at least five deaths and eight injuries near Little Falls Minnesota after a bus crash.
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Hughes Delays Reapportionment Call Pending Federal Ruling
Governor Harold Hughes said he will wait for federal court guidelines before deciding on a special session to draft a new reapportionment plan. The three judge court has new arguments scheduled for Dec 20 in a suit filed by two Iowa Federation of Labor officers, continuing after Iowa voters rejected the Shaff plan.
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United Lines Plane Skids at Buffalo Airport No Injuries
A United Air Lines plane carrying 46 passengers and a crew of four skidded on the runway while landing at Greater Buffalo International Airport Sunday night. No one was injured. A spokesman said he did not know why the four engine turboprop aircraft touched down off the runway. The craft was not damaged.
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Rock Island Crash Kills Mrs. Harold Avy. Three Hurt
Mrs. Harold W. Avy aged 65 died on arrival at St Anthony s hospital Rock Island after a collision on a slippery Rock Island street near Zayre department store. Her husband and grandson Louis Powell 14 Illinois City were injured. Mrs Esther J Stoye 37 Milan Tr was in fair condition. Coroner to hold inquest. Harold Ary and Mrs Stoye faces charges. Funeral for Mrs Avy at George A Witties funeral home.
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Sant Pedro
Calif
Sherman Powell
Ilinois City
Harold Miller
Ten Iowa road deaths mark grim weekend toll
Associated Press reports ten traffic fatalities across Iowa over a snowy weekend. Four Parsons College students died near New London while other crashes claimed two in Mount Ayr country and one in Des Moines. Names and ages include David Taylor Ross 22 and Richard Howard Downing 21 as well as Philip Gosse ns 20, Carolyn Frank 19, Lloyd Eldon Pierce 20, Harold Smith, Ronald Shea 30, Eugene Stewart Tomy Jr 27, and Richard Fleisher 15. Fatal and serious injuries occurred in multiple accidents as storms added peril to driving.
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New London
Iowa
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Washington, D. C
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Ronald F. Shea
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Shea
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Eugene Stewart Tomy, Jr
Richard J. Fleisher
Bellevue
Defiant Miners Hold Hostages and Issue Ultimatum
Bolivian miners aligned with leftist Vice President Juan Lechin seized Americans and others, demanding government action within 24 hours. They broadcast from strongholds south of La Paz, threatening consequences if troops were deployed and rejecting Johnson’s offer of U.S. aid to resolve the hostage crisis.
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Apportionment Arguments Heard By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court weighs whether Delaware's legislature must be reapportioned by population, with three more arguments heard on the issue. The case frames disputes over how both houses should reflect demographic shifts.
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Supreme Court
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Farm Bureau Head Calls for Easing Farm Controls
President Charles 5. Shuman urged a new direction in farm policy during the opening address at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in Chicago. He framed the plea as meeting a wish of rural people for fewer agricultural controls.
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Johnson
Charles 5. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Sinatra Jr. Abducted. FBI Involved In Tahoe Area
Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped from a Stateline motel Sunday night as he prepared to perform. Police identified two suspects, Joseph James Spree and Thomas Patrick Keating, both linked to a bank robbery in Long Beach and youths escapees from Tracy camp, with the FBI joining the manhunt. Roadblocks were set along snowbound mountain routes near the California Nevada border as deputies pursued the suspects in the Lake Tahoe region.
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