Tighten Controls Over Trucks On Muscatine Bridge
Muscatine bridge commission votes stricter traffic rules for two axle trucks and single axle semitrailers at the high bridge. Plans call for signs, an attendant’s house, a parking lane on the Illinois end, and a toll-house tele phone link to Muscatine traffic central. A 20 mph limit will be enforced and heavier trucks remain restricted.
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Bravel and Cement
Junction Store Robbers Net Large Haul in Burglaries
Sheriff Ralph McDowell and three Columbus Junction merchants report about $985 in currency and a large merchandise haul from burglaries Sunday night. Targets included Hawkins Variety Columns Bowl and Roundy’s Supermarket with items such as clothes, jewelry, watches and purses. a stolen 1960 Duncan Motors car later found dumped near Letts. investigation ongoing with no definite suspects yet.
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Ralph McDowell
Columbus Junction
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Hawkins
U.N. Troops Close In On Kolwezi
UN forces press the Katanga crisis as they seize a northern Katanga rail line and advance toward Kolwezi and Norweet. Moise Tshombe faces a hard ultimatum with international pressure to surrender while Thant aims to enact a unity plan by January 4 before a possible UN strike.
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Katanga
Moise Tshombe
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U.N
Tshombe
Norweet
New York
U Thant
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Thant
Resistance Ends Open to Kolwesi Leader in Katanga
Kolwesi from dudosville about 00 miles southeast may keep a power foothold if he agrees to end his resistance as central government administrators absorb Katanga into the Congo in the wake of U.N. armies.
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Congo
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Secrecy Oath Brings Beloit Sorority Ban
Beloit College suspended its Delta Gamma chapter after pledging a Negro student. President Dr Miller Upton said the campus ban on secrecy oath discussions with officials was approved December 7 by the Executive Board and has not yet drawn a reply from the national organization.
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Beloit College
Delta Gamma National Sorority
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Delta Gamma
Beloit Delta Gamma
Iowa seeks Kerr-Mills medical care funding
Des Moines Iowa Harold Hughes announced plans to ask the legislature for an appropriation to implement the Kerr-Mills medical care bill in Iowa. He discouraged guessing the amount, saying it will be less than four million dollars and likely far below that figure to leverage federal funds for state and aged pensioners.
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Olad Harold
Hughes
Kerr-Mills
Iowa
Stiml
Towa
Slim Edge For Changed Rules Seen In Washington
President Kennedy faces a slim margin in Congress as he seeks to expand the Rules Committee and push major legislative proposals. A White House briefing previews his program for the 88th Congress opening, with possible moves on ending literacy tests in voting. Senate GOP opposition to a majority vote on rule changes is reported as the session looms.
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Kennedy
Congress
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House Democrats
Rules Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Iminois
Hawarden Car Crash Fatal to Three
A two car head on crash on Highway 10 six miles east of Hawarden killed Mrs James Bushby 20 of Ironton her infant son and Adrian Hoekstra of Sheldon formerly of Hawarden. Mrs Bushby was driving east after dropping her husband at work and Hoekstra was traveling west to his job at Smith Garage. Authorities said the collision happened in the north lane and both cars were demolished.
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President Kennedy and Leaders Plan Domestic Push
President Kennedy returns to Washington as the 88th Congress convenes. He meets with party leaders and top aides to map a domestic program including tax cuts, medical care for the aged, education aid, and a new farm program while weighing foreign policy priorities amid Sino Soviet tensions. He seeks to expand the House Rules Committee to favor his agenda.
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One Dead Five Hurt in Dexter Iowa Crash
A two car crash at the end of Interstate 80 near Dexter, Iowa, left one dead and five injured. The deceased is Mrs. Joseph Brown, 23, of Valparaiso, Indiana. Injured: her husband, his brother Andrew Brown, 22, plus Howard Blunt, 37, of Davenport, his wife, 38, and their daughter Patricia, 14. The Blunt car burned after the collision. all injured were reported in satisfactory condition at Des Moines hospitals. Browns had been married two weeks. Mrs. Brown's body was found after her husband inquired while en route to the hospital.
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Valparaiso
Andrew
Howard Blunt
Davenport
Patricia
Blunt
All Des Moines
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Gantt Appeal To Be ArgueD Alexandria Admitted E
Harvey Gantt, a 20 year old African American from Charleston South Carolina, will have his appeal argued Wednesday before the fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Alexandria Virginia. He was denied admission to Clemson College for not completing his application and claims race as the cause. A former student at Iowa State University.
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Harvey Gantt
Charleston
S.C
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Clemson College
Towa State University
New Action Mapped to Curb Communist Threat
The United States pursues stronger pressure against Cuba amid Soviet forces in Cuba and renewed diplomatic talks with the Soviet Union. Ambassadors Stevenson and Kuznetsov informed U Thant that they had not resolved all issues but hope for preventing war and adjusting differences. About 17,000 Soviet personnel remain in Cuba, mostly advisers and technicians, with 4,000 troops having left after missile and bomber withdrawals. The role of trade limits and economic measures is noted, plus Cuba's ongoing economic woes and damage to agriculture under Castro.
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United States
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Soviet Union
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
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U.S. Foreign Agriculture Service
Castro
Macmillan to Visit Rome on Italian Invitation
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan has accepted an invitation from the Italian government to visit Rome soon, according to official sources in London.
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Associated Press
Harold Macmillan
Rome
London
Iowa Taverns Move to End Liquor by the Drink
The Associated Press reports Iowa tavern operators and county attorneys plan to halt liquor by the drink under Gov elect Harold Hughes. Officials in Davenport Carroll and Dubuque pledge cooperation and expect voluntary compliance before Hughes takes office. Legal enforcement could follow if needed, with 27 state officers on standby.
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Iowa
Chad Skaggs
Associated Press
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Davenport
Scott County
Martin D. Leir
Tauch, Blegart
Blevatt
Carroll County
Robert
Bruner
Carroll
Dubuque
Newsman Dwight Jensen named Hughes aide in Des Moines
Harold Hughes named Dwight E. Jensen, Des Moines Register reporter, as his chief executive assistant with a $12 000 annual salary. Jensen, 32, becomes part of a growing governor’s staff as Beverly Huffman continues as confidential secretary and more hires are planned for both male and female aides. Jensen is West Branch native and former Daily Iowan editor.
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Harold Hughes
Des Moines
Dwight E. Jensen
Hughes
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Jensen
Des Moines Register
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Miss Huffman
Cedar Rapids
Drake University
L. N. Huffman
Calvary Assembly of God Church
West Branch
Register
University
Youth Facing Murder Charge Hearing Jan. 17
Robert Kenneth Hammond, 28, of Middleboro Massachusetts, held without bond after pleading innocent to a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Omaha taxi driver William R Edwards, 59. A preliminary hearing was set for January 17 and attorney Peter J. Peters was appointed.
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Ft. Knox
Robert Kenneth Hammond
Middleboro
Mass
Omaha
William R. Edwards
Allan Ardell
Peter J. Peters
Council Bluffs
Hammond
Soldier and wife electrocuted in bath tub tragedy
In Newport News a Fort Eustis soldier PEC Richard Brewer, 19, and his wife Sue, 20, were electrocuted Monday while bathing in their metal tub. Authorities say a short circuit in the all-metal trailer likely caused the twin electrocutions. The couple’s infant daughter and 18 month old son survived. Brewer hailed from Granby Missouri and served in the 329th Transportation Co.
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Richard Brewer
Sue
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Granby
329Th Transportation Co
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