Streamlining Car License Distribution Debate in Iowa
State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch explores centralized issuance using a Des Moines office and IBM cards mailed to owners. Proposals aim to cut county workload, save costs, and move to multi year plates, with full implementation years away and political hurdles noted.
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USDPA
Carl ‘Poscht
Department of Public
Des Moines
IBM
Safety Department
Pesch
Pasch
Corinty
Peseh
Expedition team to explore Mount Everest next spring
Members of an American scientific team preparing Mount Everest exploration list a climatologist, a physicist, three medical doctors, a psychologist, a sociologist and an historian among the scholars slated to join the spring venture.
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Mount
Everest
Kidnapping Alarms Saigon Area During Star Installation
Vietnamese guerrillas abducted a Roman Catholic priest and three nuns near Saigon while driving from a leprosarium. A government spokesman said the driver and car were released but details on the four hostages remain unclear. The Viet Cong also holds three American Missionaries including a woman doctor in a distant capture.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Durant Student Heads to Congress Capitol Trip Next Week
Durant Community high senior Judy Bruhn earned a place in the Senate Youth program. Selected by the state to join 100 students nationwide, she will travel from Moline to Washington via Chicago and Baltimore, attending Senate and House sessions and committee meetings. Expenses are covered by the William Randolph Hearst foundation. Bruhn, a top student and active leader, plans to major in math or journalism at Iowa State University, aiming to attend in 195? and balancing two hours daily study with her duties at Durant.
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Judith Bruhn
Durant Community High
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Congress
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Chicago
Baltimore
Senate
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Judy
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Dolm Krebill
Keokuk
William Randolph Henest Foundation
House
Duely
Sanders
George Bruhn
Allan
State University of Iowa
Tim
Castro Leaves Cuba on American Freighter Flight
Hundreds of Cubans depart Havana aboard the American freighter Shirley Lakes under new Castro regime rules. Evacuees forfeit lives and cars, pay utilities, and may take only three outfits with no jewelry. No sailing date announced. Bay of Pigs prisoners’ ransom linked to the trip. The Pant American Airways plane returned to Miami with 402 passengers, all US citizens or Cuban descendants.
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United States
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Bay of Pigs
Red Cross
Miami
Fort Everglades
Fla
Pant American Airways
Cuba
Judge Weighs Testimony in Damage Action Kilmer case tests arrest claim
A district court hearing in Montezuma weighs whether two officials arrested 6 year old Carl Amos Kilmer during questioning about his father's NFC actions. Sheriff William R. Welsh and principal Herbert Haas face a $10,000 suit over alleged wrongful arrest, with testimony detailing custody, duty, and confinement claims.
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Carl Amos Kilmer
Kimy
National Farmers Organization
L. R. Careson
Poweshick County
Wiliam R. Welsh
Herbert Haas
Brooklyn
Welsh and Haas
Kilmer
Guernsey
E. W. McNeil
Adison Parker, Jr
Harry Druker
Marshalltown
Haas and
McNeil
Cayson
Winter freezes kill hundreds across Southern Europe
Winter's grip tightens from Italy to Greece and Yugoslavia with nearly 60 deaths reported in the region. Snow and ice strand mountain communities, halt shipping in the Adriatic, and trigger fuel shortages. Livestock losses mount as railways and canals freeze, while Britain endures a record cold spell with power cuts and factory shutdowns.
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Yugoslavia
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Adriatic
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Danube
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Wood
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Buckingham Palace
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Sandringham
Germany
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North Atlantic
Gov Hughes May Appoint Iowa City Attorney State Safety Commissioner
Des Moines DPA reports a young Iowa City attorney, William Pesch, is likely to be named State Safety Commissioner. Pesch, 33, a Republican, would replace current appointee Surpale, a Democrat and 1958 law graduate, whose term expires June 30. Legislature debates how to choose the State Board of Public Instruction.
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Iowa City
State Safety
Des Moines
DPA
Towa
William P. Suepple
Towa City
Carl Pesch
Surpale
State University of Town Law School
Resch
Norman Erbe
Pesch
Harold Hughes
State Board of Public Instruction
DeGaulle's Attitude Darkens U.S. Trade Prospects Abroad
French President Charles de Gaulle's rift with Common Market partners and Britain worsens U.S. trade outlook. The Geneva leader's stance deepens the balance of payments deficit and raises pressure on U.S. defense costs. European divisions complicate bargaining on tariffs and quotas. Christian Herter leads talks, with preliminary discussions expected to take about 15 months under tough terms.
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AP Business News
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Great Britain
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Seny
Herter
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