Regional Warm Up Follows Severe Cold Snap
After two subzero nights and record cold across many states a thaw began here with downtown readings at 11 above. Forecasters expect gradual warming tonight and fair, breezy conditions for Saturday into next week while a broad cold spell continues elsewhere with snow and freezing rain. Montana ranchers report livestock losses and the Space Needle restaurant closes due to ice and burst pipes.
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Bids Omitted in Chamber Refurbish Plan
In Des Moines the special committee to refurbish the legislative chambers for the 1965 re apportioned legislature faced objections over bid procedures. Chairman Rep. William Carrington acknowledged heat from members after remodeling the lieutenant governor's office without bidding, with costs exceeding 8000 dollars. Sen. John Walker is among the protesting members.
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Jury Acquits Youth Of Murder Charge In Iowa
Eldora reports Frank W Berlin a ten year old former West Des Moines football star, acquitted of all charges in the death of James Robert Ward, a Toledo Falls company employee. The trial lasted two weeks and ended with a not guilty verdict.
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Frank W. Berlin
West Des Moines
James Robert Ward
Towa Falls
Jewelry and cash stolen in Moline armed holdup
Two men robbed Weber's jewelry store in Moline Thursday. They took about $2,000 worth of diamonds rings and swatches and $250 in cash, totaling an estimated $2,280. The bandits fled the scene after the armed attack.
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Tshombe Ends Berlin Visit and Heads to Brussels
Congo Premier Moise Tshombe curtails his Berlin trip and plans to depart today by USS Air Force plane for Brussels, Belgium. Diplomats report no explanation for the change in schedule as the Berlin leg ends.
Recovery Continues After Duke of Windsor Operation
The Duke of Windsor, aged around 70, makes progress after arterial surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Doctors say he will leave the hospital bed briefly today as his wife, the duchess, stays by his side and plans to remain until his convalescence is well advanced.
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Hughes weighs clemency plea in Tice death case
DES MOINES Gov Harold Hughes met for nearly an hour with Leon Tice Jr.’s attorney Ross Caniglia and Protestant Chaplain Lester C Peter seeking clemency. The governor offered no indication on commuting the 23 year old condemned slayer’s death sentence to life in prison.
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New Weapon For Viet Troops Unveiled In Mekong Delta
An airboat with a front mounted machine gun and a 150 horsepower engine debuts for Vietnamese troops in the Mekong Delta. The craft ferries six combat soldiers across rivers canals and rice paddies as newsmen observe.
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Shortcomings in Iowa Highway Program Spark Partisan Clash
Des Moines reports show the Legislative Interim Committee finding serious administration flaws in the highway program. The six Republicans released the majority report while four Democrats planned a minority response. The panel urged swift ethics legislation and questioned the 1963 switch from concrete to asphalt on a key Interstate 80 section, deeming it not in taxpayers’ best interests. Meanwhile in Italy, Amintore Fanfani faced moves toward the presidency with pro communists' backing.
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Flames Sweep Nursing Home in Fountaintown Indiana
A bitter cold nursing home fire in Fountaintown Indiana killed at least sixteen residents and left two rescued inmates dead with two missing. Three attendants saved fifteen patients before the structure was consumed. Fire officials attributed the blaze to an overheated furnace or a potentially ignited hot air duct.
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Fanny Wicker
England to Defer $188 Million Loan Payments
London reports Britain will postpone principal and interest installments totaling about 187.6 million dollars due at year end on postwar loans from the United States and Canada. Both nations are said to have accepted the plan, with payments added to the loan’s end date in 2002 amid Britain’s strained balance of payments.
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Britain
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Canada
Four Dead In County Home Blaze
A fire at Bu rage County Convalescent Home killed four maintenance workers and injured two other county home employees and a firefighter. Officials from Winfield and Wheaton battled the blaze in zero weather as the main buildings housing 1,169 elderly residents were not endangered.
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Row
Burage County
Witrfield
Wheaton
Chicago
Long Terms Given Pair For Spying
An American engineer John W. Butenko and Russian chauffeur Igor Ivanov were sentenced in Newark New Jersey for conspiring to spy for Russia. Butenko received 30 years on the espionage charge plus concurrent five year terms. Ivanov got a 25 year total with concurrent five year term on a second count. Both were convicted of conspiring to violate foreign agent registration and Butenko also as an unregistered agent of the Soviet Union.
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Russia
John W. Butenko
Igor Ivanov
Butenko
Soviet Union
Moon Eclipse Visible Tonight Across Americas
A celestial spectacle with a total lunar eclipse will be visible tonight across North and South America as Earth's shadow begins to cross the moon during Central Standard Time. The event promises a striking view for sky watchers in multiple regions.
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North
South America
Scented Disturbances Prompt Saigon Police Full Alert
Saigon police put the city on high alert amid Buddhist and Viet Cong threats over the weekend. Buddhist leaders may stage immolations and hunger strikes to protest government policies, with rumors of protests near the U S embassy and presidential palace. U S Ambassador Taylor discussed the crisis with Premier Huong, while several cabinet ministers reportedly resigned under Buddhist pressure.
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Tran van Huong
Ngo ‘Dinh Diem
National Front For the Libera
U. S
Maxell D Taylor
Huong
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