Navy at Work Raising H Bomb in Mediterranean Depths
U S Navy experts at Palomares Beach Spain prepare to raise the missing H bomb recovered by the Alvin sub. The device lies about 2 300 feet down five miles off Spain’s southern coast and could take up to three days to lift with the Fort Snelling crane. Officials say the bomb appears intact with no evident radiation leakage and no photos will be released due to security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish
Palomares Beach
Spain
Mediterranean
Fort Snelling
Adm
William Guest
Time extension given for Muscatine county tax payments
Muscatine County property owners receive an extra 60 days to pay the first half of 1966 taxes. County Treasurer Lauren Goddard announced the deadline extension before penalties begin, now set to start June 1. Second half taxes remain due September 30 with penalties starting October 1. Tax bills total 5,276,686.73 dollars on a tax book value of 60,038,397 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masculine
State Tax Commission
Muscatine County
Goddard
Married Men Escape Draft For 3 Months
DES MOINES AP Young Iowa married men may avoid military draft for at least three months. Col Victor A Gillespie of the State Selective Service Board cited the April call and a drop in draft totals as easing the burden for men married before August 26. Those wed after that date remain listed as single. Enlistments have helped limit the number drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Victor A. Gillespie
State Selective Service Board
Gillespie
Reynolds Rescinds Cigarette Price Increase At Johnson Request
New York AP report says RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co voided its price increase after President Johnson urged restraint. The company stated the rescission aligns with the president's push to avoid consumer price hikes at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnson
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co
United States
Waterloo group seeks probe of alleged marriage mill
A district judge, a Waterloo attorney and Atty. Gen. Lawrence Scalise filed written requests to Minnesota officials calling for an investigation of an alleged "marriage mill" at Presto, Minn. They describe a place where marriages occur without proper identification, without age checks, and without the customary five day waiting period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Lawrence Scalise
Minnesota
Presto
Minn
Shared Time Rules For Iowa Private School Courses
Des Moines AP reports public school boards moved closer to allowing shared time programs with parochial and other private schools. The State Board of Public Instruction drafted specific rules on Thrivesday outlining how districts may initiate shared-time arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Public Instruction
Campaign Mapped Against Junk Cars in Linn County
In Cedar Rapids Linn County authorities announced a campaign to remove junked and abandoned vehicles. The effort targets all unlicensed cars for 1966 and plans to start today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Sexton Named Deputy State Treasurer in Des Moines
Jon Sexton of Danbury was named deputy state treasurer today by State Treasurer Paul Franckenburg in Des Moines. He succeeds in a move announced by the office, reflecting state fiscal management changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jon Sexton
Danbury
Paul Frankenburg
Sukarno Loses Power as Army Seizes Cabinet
Singapore reports Suharto led a military takeover in Jakarta after detaining 15 pro-Communist ministers including Subandrio. New cabinet ministers named to replace them, while observers say Sukarno is finished. Students had long protested Subandrio’s influence as anti Communist actions escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
API
Sukarno
Indonesia
Subgadrio
Suharto
Jakarta
Subandrio
Radio Jakarta
Sin
Gapore
Subanario
Merdeka
Fire Fatal To Couple At Red Oak
RED OAK AP Mr and Mrs Thomas B Lomas died Thursday night in a fire that ruined little of their two story home. Fire Chief Dale Rogers and Gate Odem deputy state fire marshal said the couple aged 63 and 59 were suffocated. Lomas body was found in a second bedroom and Mrs Lomas in an adjoining hall. Mrs Lomas had three grown children from a prior marriage. Officials said a cigarette ignited a chair in a downstairs den. The fire damaged mainly the den with heat and smoke elsewhere. Lomas was an agent for Thomas D B Murphy Co of Red Oak a calendar and advertising firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Oak
Thomas B. Lomas
Dale Rogers
Gate Odem
Atlantic
Lomas
Thomas DB. Murphy Co
Steps Taken To Ease Wests Car Shortage
The Interstate Commerce Commission moved to address the severe boxcar shortage in the Pacific Northwest. Chairman John W. Bush warned relief unlikely soon despite emergency orders requiring railroads to immediately return boxcars rented from Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Jary
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Northwest
John W. Bush
ICC
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
Nichols District Split by State Board of Public Instruction
The State Board of Public Instruction divided the Nichols School District between Lone Tree in Johnson County and West Liberty in Muscatine County. The portion south of Iowa 22 and west of the railroad to Nichols joins Lone Tree. the rest goes to West Liberty. Superintendent Paul F. Johnston noted the plan has long been debated and followed a department survey showing divided resident support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
State Board of Public Instruction
Muscaline
Johnson
Nichols
Lone Tree
Johnson County
West Liberty
Muscatine County
Iowa 22
Lone Tree District
Paul F. Johnston
Excommunication Lifted Mixed Marriage Rules Change
Pope Paul VI lifted excommunication for Catholics who marry outside the church and ended the requirement for non-Catholics to pledge to raise children Catholic. The Latin document allows a non Catholic minister to bless a mixed wedding before a Catholic priest and makes the changes effective on an experimental basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Bolton
Vatican City
Paul VI
Michael Ramsey
Canterbury
Church of England
Paul
Ramsey
Vatican
Con
Gemini 8 crew in Hawaii after emergency spaceflight
Armstrong and Scott rested in Honolulu while scientists probed why Gemini 8 spun wildly in orbit. The crew, returning from Okinawa, were welcomed by Admiral Persers and Col. Borman as they awaited debriefings at Cape Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Hawaii
U.S
Okinawa
Agena
Hickam
Tripler Army Hospital
Armstrong
Scott
Cape Kennedy
Kennedy urges Negro equality at Oxford campus
Senator Robert F Kennedy addressed the University of Mississippi urging a society where Negroes are as free as other Americans. He linked southern issues to national ones and warned of broad security precautions, with the talk moved to the 8500 seat Coliseum and limited to students and faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miss
Robert F. Kennedy
University of Mississippi
America
Law School
Kennedy
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
University
U S Forces Press Deep in Jungle North of Saigon
U S forces push deeper into Communist held jungle areas around Saigon with little Viet Cong resistance. An infantry spearhead found a large cache of abandoned radio equipment while 335 enemy dead have been counted since Operation Silver City began. A Viet Cong mine near Tuy Hoa killed 15 rice farmers, as U S and allied troops sweep the rice belt and weather turns cooler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
U.S
D Zone
Tuy Hoa
Cedar Rapids Man Convicted In Drug Case
Jaham Pilicer 68, president of Pilco Laboratories, was found guilty by a Federal Court jury of dispensing drugs without a proper prescription and in mislabeled bottles. He denied knowledge of any illegal channeling of his company’s drugs. Sentencing postponed pending pre-sentencing investigation after six hours of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jaham Pilicer
Pilco Laboratories
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy
Alvin
Lauren Goddard
Sexton
West
David Scott
Neil Armstrong
Tripler General Hospital
AP Photafax
Gemini
Army Strong
Lwere
Pacific Ocean
Leonard F. Magen
Air Force
Henry S.persers
Pacific Recovery Force
Frank Borman
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Borman
New York Democrat
Meredith
Edward McManus
Pilicer
John Walsh
Food and Drug Administration
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!