Iowan Cashes 146 Bad Checks Across Iowa
A 53 year old Waverly man, jailed in Charles City, admits to cashing 146 false checks in 32 Iowa counties without verification. Checks ranged from 2 to 50 in value, mostly about 5 dollars. He previously served jail terms in Atlantic and Hampton and faces up to one year in jail locally. He was last employed with a Fairfield carnival in October. He wrote five rechecks for five dollars in Charles City.
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Charles City
Iowa
Paula
Oestetich
Svith
Atlantic
Hampton
Oesterich
Fairfield
Black Hawk
Cerro Gordo
Webster
Fayette
Hancock
Kossuth
Palo ‘Alo
Dallas
Calhoun
Adair Crawford
Pocahontas
Bughannan
Union
Linn
Benton
Cedar
Tama
Poltawattamle
Warren
Teas
Clay
Buena Vista
Sac
Floyd
Cass
Bremer
Condemned Irish Setters Given New Lease on Life
Pittsburgh readers rallied regional sympathy and a judge ruled the dogs Brickland and Sunny Birth are personal property and may live until an estate audit concludes. Ida M. Capers, who died, ordered their euthanasia in her will to ensure they would be cared for, but now protections are in place while potential adopters and offers flood in from across the country.
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Pittsburgh
William Rahauser
Allegheny County
Ida M. Capers
Brickland
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Walter EB. Aleasandtons
Miss Capers
Thomas Miller
Miller
California
Florida
Kansas
Iowa May Escape Flu Epidemic Of 1958
Des Moines reports from health authorities suggest Iowa may escape a full Asian flu epidemic this winter. Dr. Ralph Heeren notes isolated cases by county, while Dr. Albert McKee cites partial immunity from 1957, vaccine use, and warmer weather as factors reducing outbreak risk. Heeren also mentions flu as a cold-weather disease.
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Des Moines
Jowa
Ralph Heeran
State Health Department
Albert McKee
State University of Towa College of Medicine
T le World Health Organization
McKee
Governor May Use Seal Declared Reserved for Official Use
Iowa's Great Seal may be used only by the governor or official state capacities. Governor Harold Hughes requested clarity after his office received repeated requests for permission to display the seal for various purposes.
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Chaps
Iowa
Towa
ren+neral
Harold Hughes
Moon Core Like Fruit Cake Hypothesis Spurs Space Belief
NASA scientists say the moon may have an internal structure like a fruit cake with iron spread or a molten iron core. If the October unmanned lunar seismograph mission confirms this, it could bolster the idea that inhabited planets exist beyond our solar system and widen expectations among executives of media groups.
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Washington
Space Agency
Robert Jastrow
Jastrow
Institute of Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Navy Denies Red Flights Made Carriers Vulnerable
Washington reports quote Defense Secretary Robert McNamara saying Soviet heavy reconnaissance aircraft flew 3,500 miles to reach U S carriers Forrestal and others. Navy denies that those flights exposed carriers to danger, noting routes and international waters legality.
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Navy
Washington
Fental Zoan
U. S
Robert
Mer Namara
North Atlantic
North Pacific
McNamara
Feu
Shiiet Union
Forrestal
Azores
U. S. Air Force
Iceland
Tome
Ocean liner crew witness light plane crash at sea
Coast Guard reported a Beech 35 bound from San Juan to St Petersburg sank 235 miles south of Cape Hatteras after the pilot E W Harman left an IFR plan. Queen Elizabeth and two ships, Esso Washington and Ault Navy ship, searched the area as two survivors were reported. The liner carried 1,095 passengers on a Nassau bound five day Caribbean cruise.
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Portsmouth
the Coast Guard
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Petersburg
Flay
E. W. Harman
Tala Grande
FFA
Coast Guard
Esso
Ault
Wene
Esso Washington
Frederick Watts
Nassau
New York
Cuban Claim US Destroyer Rammed Coastal Vessel
A Havana newspaper cites Cubans claiming a U S destroyer based at Guantanamo Bay rammed a Cuban coastal food vessel bound for two north coast towns. It identifies the destroyer as the Harold J Edison, says it struck February 25 near Lan I Son Amatia, took 45 minutes of photos, and deliberately damaged the port side. No Cuban protest had been filed.
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Havana
Cuba
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Harold J. Edison
Lcot Joven
Pipe-Smoking Widow Reaches 90 in Syracuse
Mrs Rose Yorkers of Syracuse celebrated her 90th birthday on Thursday by lighting her favorite pipe. She dismissed common notions about aging and staying young, saying she did not hold much stock in them.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Rose Yorkers
Apportionment Case Trial To Open March 28
A U S district court trial will begin March 28 at 9 40 a m to challenge the reapportionment of the Town Legislature on a population basis. Judges Roy Stephenson Edward J McManus Martin Van Oosterhout will hear the case brought by five Iowa Federation of Labor officers including Charles L Davis and Arthur J Lewis.
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Des Moines
U. S. District Court
U.S
Roy Stephenson
Edward J. McManus
Cedar Rapids
Martin van Oosterhout
Orange City
Sh Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Iowa Federation of Labor
Charles L. Davis
Arthur J. Lewis
McCone cites 1000 to 1500 Latin trainees to Cuba in 1962
CIA Director John A. McCone told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on February 19 that at least 1000 to 1500 Latin Americans traveled to Cuba in 1962 for sabotage and guerrilla training, with more reported this year. He described covert travel, prolonged instruction in arms use and making Molotov bombs, and noted security edits to the released statement.
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Washington
Contra Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
Cuba
McCone
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Armistead Selden
D-Ala
Selden
AMA Backs Kennedy Mental Health Program
The American Medical Association and trustee Dr. Gerald Dorman of New York voiced support for President Kennedy's proposed elderly mental health program at the State Mental Health conference. They endorsed community based care, federal matching grants, and funding parity with medical costs, while opposing centralized state institutions.
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Amorigat Medical Association
Kennedy
Gerald DB. Dornan
New York
AMA
Dorman
Whirling Prop Kills Stewardess at Logan Airport
An off duty stewardess, Barbara Hill, 30, was killed at Logan International Airport when she ran toward a four engine DC aircraft as it prepared for takeoff to Newark. Witnesses say she rushed from the loading platform toward the plane with 24 passengers and a crew of five aboard.
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Boston
Newark
N. T
Logan Inernational
Barbara Hill
Newarks
Resume Talks to Settle Strike at Swift Plant
Talks at the Swift & Co. meat packing plant in Sioux City resumed with representatives from the company and United Packinghouse Workers of America. No agreement reached. plant shutdown idling 630 workers. Key figures: Jesse Prosten and Richard Tagg, both from Chicago. The dispute began February 23 after seven union members refused a one hour shift and were suspended.
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Swift
Sioux City Ia
Swift & Co
United Packing- House Workers of America
UPWA
Jesse Prosten
International Union
Richard Tagg
Chicago
Agents Raid Taverns in Two Cities Across State
Government agents raided taverns in Davernord and Carter Lake on Thursday night after undercover purchases confirmed illegal liquor sales by the drink. Five people were arrested at the Shangri La Club in Carter Lake in the early hours.
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Des Moines
Davernord
Carter Lake
Harold Hughes
Upper German House Ratifies French Treaty
The Bundesrat approved the France West Germany cooperation treaty after Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged support. The seven to three abstentions vote cleared the upper chamber and the measure moves to the Bundestag for a later vote this month.
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Boon
Germany
France
West Germany
Bundesrat
Konrad Adenauer
Bundestag
Iowa Safety Chief Seeks Bill to Warn Licenses Before Expiry
Des Moines State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch warned that a bill to notify drivers by mail before license expiration is a costly and unworkable idea. He criticized bills expanding administrative duties and a looming July 4 implementation, noting staff and funding gaps. He also questioned implicit consent and patrol staffing needs amid pending Senate action and a pending replacement for his post.
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Des Moines
Carl Pesch
Pesch
Safety Department
Senate
State Safety Department
Howse
Pesci
Dciveys
Bel Oul
Harold Hughes
Wiliam F. Sueppel
Towa
Norman Erbe
Sueppel
Iowa
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