Agencies granted time to curb Mississippi River pollution
Des Moines officials and Muscatine city leaders won a delay from the State Health Department to develop a $2 million sewage and industrial waste plan for the Mississippi. A timeline through 1983 to 1964 was set, with site acquisition, design submissions, and plant operation targets, while Grain Processing Corp. faces a parallel schedule.
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State Health Department
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Des Moines
Edmund Zimmerer
Robert Jebring
Grain Processing Corp
Mississippi
Myron Brower
GPO
Elmer Bloom
sTehring
Jehring
Bloom
Dimmerer
Jehving
Paul Houser
Heart Department
Engineering Services
Houser
Hultman Rules On Trailer Fee Des Moines
A $3 registration fee for house trailers and mobile homes was due last July 4. Attorney General Evan Hultman states the legislature enacted a new registration concept and the fee was due when the law took effect. The opinions were requested by state Rep. Tom Riley.
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Des Moines
Evan Hultman
Hultman
Tom Riley
Rcedar Rapids
Former AGVA Director Denies Enforcing Protections for Entertainers
Ernest Fast, ex Midwest regional director of the American Guild of Variety Artists, testified before a Senate subcommittee that he never enforced rules protecting women entertainers from being pressured to hustle drinks or mingle with customers. He said he had no personal knowledge of prostitution among AGVA members, while other witnesses described abuses, intimidation, and retaliation against those who complain.
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Washington
Ernest Fast
Midwest
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Jerome Ad
Lerman
Aire
Fast
The
AGWA
Tuan
Chicago
Afl
Calumet City
Iil
Jones
Fierlein Estate Bequeaths 4500 For Charities In Will
The will of Fltaabeh B. Fierlein filed in Muscatine provides 4500 for health and welfare groups, with 8500 for specific heirs. It directs 1000 to a diabetes fund and allocates balances pro rata to Muscatine County Tuberculosis and Health Association, Town Heart and Piney Woods School each receive 1060, and 500 bequests to Muscatine County Humane Society Boys Ranch of Texas and Boys Town of Omaha. Executor Harold B Maurer named, Fierlein an artist who spent time in the Southwest and published a drawing book for children.
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Tealth
Fltaabeh B. Fierlein
Hershey
County Humane Society
Boys Ranch
Texas
Boys Town
Omaha
Meb
Fierkin
Muscating
John Sinclair
Coronado Monument
Bernadillo
New Mexico
Aerothy Smith
Cave Creek
Arizona
Harold B. Maurer
East Sixth
Ben Bunter
Mulberry Avenue
Willy
Anti Medicare Stand Rejected at Mount Vernon Meeting
A proposed resolution by Rev. D. L. Harbour of Dows urging North Town Methodists to oppose compulsory health insurance was tabled at the annual meeting. The plan favored handling health insurance through a voluntary program and failed to advance.
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Mount Vernon
North Town Methodists
D. L. Harbour of
Dows
Car Crash Kills Iowa Man Near Fort Dodge
Fred B. Gonzales, 36, of Fort Dodge died when his car left Highway 20 ten miles east of here. The vehicle struck an electric pole, causing a power outage in Durcombe. Gonzales was alone.
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Fort Loage
Fred B. Gonzales
Fort Dodge
Highway 20
Here
Solvents Corp Head Denies Ties With Estes
Washington Maynard C Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp testified before a House subcommittee that his company’s relation with Billie Sol Estes was only customer and supplier. He challenged testimony by Frank Cain and denied aiding Estes’ Brazil business or offering Swiss bank deposits.
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Washington
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
House
Government Operations
Estes
Wheeler
Frank Cain
Finance Company
Texas
Cain
Dallas
Reaves Pacific Finance Co
Brazil
Wheeler Heads
Whegler
Charges Against Student Unlikely in Farm Shooting
A 20 year old Central College student, Howard De Wild, fired from a farm home during a gun battle that killed 61 year old Marinus Aalbers. Marion County officials expect no charges. The incident began when Aalbers visited the farm to confront his estranged wife. family members hid upstairs as shots were exchanged over about 45 minutes. De Wild and his father reported firing in self defense. The De Wilds plan to marry Judy Vande Kieft, a Central sophomore, this August.
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Louis DeWild
Pella
Marinus Aalbers
DeWilds
Aalbers
DeWild
Howard
M— County
Here
Louis Pr J Wild
Marinus Rene Aalbers
Howard de Wild
Elled Aalbers
Central College
Judy Vande Kieft
Fieancee
Mavkus Aalbers
Vande Kielt
Keokuk County killings tied to stepmother discovery
The macabre find of Mrs. Juanita Marcell a Smith, 43, buried in a grave outside her Hedrick home, adds to a string of five murders in Keokuk County. Her stepson Gayne Gilbert Smith, 24, is jailed on five murder charges. Autopsy identified the nude, lime-encrusted body as Mrs. Smith. Authorities say she disappeared last October and was killed by blows to the head and throat cutting. Sheriff Tol Wallersen says Gayne admitted slaying the McBeth family, though an attorney notes Gayne expressed surprise at the Smith case. The investigation notes possible death months before the Martinsburg killings.
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Sigourney
Juanita Marcella Smith
Hedrick
Keokuk County
Gayno
Andrew McBeth
Gayne
Wallersen
McBeths
Trading Suspension Hits Bruce Stock After Withdrawals
The American Stock Exchange suspended trading of E I Bruce Co after the president Edward M Gilbert resigned and disclosed that $1 953 000 was withdrawn without authorization. Gilbert said withdrawals occurred between May 28 and June 6. Bruce and directors face ongoing developments as the exchange seeks details.
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Rew Svre—Am
American Stock Exchange Today
E. IL. Bruce Co
Edward M. Gilbert
New York City
Exchange
Committee On Securities
Gilbert
E. L. Bruce
Stock Exchange
Bruce Stock
Bruce
Stocks Firm In Late Trading
New York stocks steadied late in the session as heavy trading helped erase early losses and push the Dow Jones average to 502.71, up 1.80, with volume strong and NYSE tape lagging transactions by about 15 minutes. Gold mining shares rose from Monday’s and Tuesday’s declines but remained softer than earlier in the week.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Ucket
Laos Coalition Formation Encouraging Step Says Kennedy
President Kennedy told Khrushchev the Laos coalition government under Prince Souvanna Phouma marks a milestone toward East West solutions. He urged continued U S and Geneva efforts to ensure neutral, independent Laos and warned against any actions disrupting progress.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Laos
Souvanna Phowna
Vienna
Bnt
Ued
United States
White House
U. S
Kennedy Bux
Thailand
D. 3
State Department
Dean Rusk
Local Dentist Dr Hathaway Dies At 52 In Muscatine
Dr J B Hathaway a life resident of Muscatine died at 8 45 am today at Muscatine General hospital from complications after a heart attack. He lived at 9014 Culver Street and was born Sept 22 1909 in Clearwater Minnesota. He married Dorothy Keckler Aug 23 1934 at Aledo Illinois. Surviving are wife Dorothy two children Jerold B Hathaway Jr and Carat Ann Hathaway five brothers and five sisters along with a grandson. Funeral services pending at Ralph J Wittich funeral home after 1 pm Thursday.
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J. B. Hathaway
Clsgaliné
Muscatine General Hospital
Culver Street
Dy. Hathaway
Muscatine
William
Clara Miller Hathaway
Clearwater
Minn
Aledo
Dorothy Keckler
Hathaway
First Methodist Church
Triune Lodge
Dorothy Hathaway
Jerold B. Hathaway Jr
Fairfield
Carat Ann Hathaway
Harry
Frank
Ray
Seward
Kenneth
R. E. Gillett
San Bernadino
Calht
Josephine
Youthful Jail Escapees Caught
Potawatomi County jail escapees Roy Haskell Owens and John Leroy Barrett were recaptured after officers found them hiding at Alfred Hetherington’s home in Council Bluffs. Sheriff Lford Wichael said Monte Hetherington answered the door and led deputies inside. Inside, Jean Marie Bell, 16, was located downstairs while Owens and Barrett were found in an upstairs bedroom.
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Pot
Jean Marie Bell
Manawa
Owens
Barrett
Johnston Defeats Hollings in South Carolina Senate Race
Senator Johnston routed incumbent Hollings in South Carolina, winning the Democratic nomination by a landslide. With 1,469 of 1,604 precincts reporting, Johnston had 175,073 votes to Hollings 148,487. Johnston will face Republican W. D. Workman Jr. in November.
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Columbia
S.C
Sea Blin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
Winnins
Baslé
Senate
Johnston
W. D. Workman Jr
Journal Newsman to View Navy Marine Operations
Gil Dietz of The Muscatine Journal is chosen with 30 Midwest editors to observe a Norfolk Virginia Navy and Marine Corps demonstration. He will tour the nuclear USS Shark, witness amphibious landings, fly to USS Forrestal, and file a series of articles for The Journal. The trip, starting June 17 from Glenview, includes meals and lodging paid by the paper.
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Muscatine Journal
U.S. Navy
Marine Corps
Norfolk, Va
Dietz
Glenview Air Station
Chicago
Lstate Midwest
John
McCain Jr
Atlantic
Norfolk
Journal
Henry H. Ferrero
U.S. Naval Reserve
Davenport
Glenview
N. “Swanson
Ninth Naval Naval Air Station
Great
Lakes
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Juanita Smith
Keokuk Co
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Sen. Johnston
Hollings
S. Carolina
Iowa
Associated Press
Gil Dietz
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