Thunderstorms follow tornado in Waterloo area
Severe storms struck northeast Iowa amid relief efforts after a Thursday tornado. In Waterloo the hardest hit area was a southwest neighborhood near Waterloo, with about 400 injured and no deaths. Homes, trailer camps, and a hospital faced damage as winds toppled roofs and shattered windows.
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Upper Clays
Inia
Waterloo Daily Coulrter
Town Public Service Co
Raymond
Waterloo Hospital
Lowa
Logansport
Boone
Schulle Memorial Hospital
Wind and storm lash Iowa towns with damage reports
Severe thunderstorms dropped rain and wind across eastern Iowa causing structural damage. In Boone and Logansport areas a tornado caused heavy damage to farms and buildings while no injuries were reported. Damaged properties included the Kimball Avenue Drug Store in Waterloo and homes in Amish Hazleton districts.
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James L. Brown
Waterloo
Kimball Avenue
Hazleton
Logansport
Ace
Boone
State Clinic Reports Muscatine Development Growth
Harold W. Ogilvie, executive director, outlined Muscatine Development Corporation’s history and 203 acres bought in 1959 for 410,000 plus 22 acres in 1960 for 98,000. Progress Park on Highway 6102 SW is platted, three lots sold to industries, with land rents totaling 96,200 in five years and 4,000 in interest. The railroad spur cost is partially liquidated by 5 per carload over ten years, aiding the spur debt, serving CGL Mull and Sons wholesale, with electric and gas lines installed and land valued at actual cost for sales to business or industry.
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CGL
Mull and Sons
Clinie
Development Corporation
Rusk Seeks NATO Aid for Vietnam War Effort
Secretary of State Dean Rusk flies to Europe to press NATO partners for greater military and economic help in South Vietnam. He will attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in The Hague after visiting Brussels. Undersecretary George Ball questions the alliance’s overall structure amid France’s de Gaulle stance.
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Washington
Dear Rusk
Europe
NATO
South Viet Nam
U. S
Chibay
Rusk
North Auantic Treaty Organization
Hague
Brussels
George Ball
Charles de Gaulle
France
Thas
Atlantic Alliance
Chinese Reject Bid for Parley on Soviet Proposal
Chinese officials disclosed they rejected a Soviet bid to hold a preliminary meeting this month to resolve the split with Moscow. Beijing suggested May of next year as the earliest possible date for talks, underscoring the ongoing tension between the two powers.
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Tokyo
China
Mostow
Peking
Court Order Ends Firemen Strike Across Four RRs
U S marshals served a court order early today ending the last of strikes by firemen protesting job eliminations under an arbitration ruling. The temporary injunction blocked 25 pickets at Joliet switching yards of the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway in Illinois as the order was issued.
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U.S
Joliet
Elgin, Joliet and Astern
Julius
J. Hoshman
Niinais
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Peoria & Pekin, Union Railway
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Washington
Pickels
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conway Ba
Sniil
Udall Praises Johnson Conservation Drive At Midwest Confab
Secretary Udall praised President Johnson as soil-loving and adept at translating national heritage reverence into policy. The Midwest Democratic Conference opened with plans to discuss the party platform, while Brademas missed due to weather and Johnson’s vice presidential pick remained undecided. Separate rail strikes disrupted several lines, prompting court orders and a Monday hearing on walkouts.
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Stewart
L. Udall
Udall
Tweeday
James Brademas
Indiana
John A. Blataik
Minnesota
Brademas
John Bailey
Truman Honored as First Ex President to Address Senate
Washington notices Harry S. Truman celebrated his birthday with a thunderous Senate welcome. He became the first ex-president to address the chamber in an official session since a rules change last year. Overcome with emotion, he could not deliver a full speech but called the rule a great one for addressing grave national problems.
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Washington
Harry
Truman
Senate
Ureder
Sen
Claiborne ‘Pell
D-R.l
Plane Crash Probe Deepens With FBI Aid
Wreckage yields a loaded 38 caliber revolver and a garbled radio message as investigators probe a Pacific Airlines crash near Concord California. Al144 aboard the turbo prop perished. FBI involvement follows found pistol and debris. Civil Aeronautics Board and FAA tape records seek clues.
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FBI
Civil . Aeronautics Board
Reno, Nev
Stockton
San Francisco
Federal Aviation Agency
George
Lacan
Johnson Voices Racial Justice Plea in Deep South
President Johnson urged racial justice in the Deep South at a breakfast in Georgia with Georgia legislators present. He called for rejecting extremists and noted the Constitution would guide the South toward peace amid racial strife, linking to Roosevelt’s 1940 Gainesville visit.
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Jaimson
Deep South
Johnson
Mem~ries
Georgia
South
White House
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Sion
Gainesville
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Missnla
Appalac
United States
Red China says Soviet aid costly. Beijing cites high prices
In a Feb 29 broadcast, Radio Peking complained that Soviet aid to China during the Korean War was not gratis and was paid back in goods, gold or convertible currency. It charged Moscow with high prices, loans largely spent on war material, and ongoing interest payments that reduce China’s yearly exports.
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China
Soviet Union
Peking
Moscow
Radio Peking
Red China
Library Group Names Officers in Keokuk Meeting
Mrs Madge Faora of Davenport is new chair man of the Town State Library Association elected at the group's annual meeting in Keokuk Thursday James Nelson of Fort Madison was named secretary, filling officer roles for the statewide library group.
Warden Acts After Anamosa Prison Uprising
Acting Warden Benjamin Baer moved swiftly after Anamosa Iowa Men's Reformatory saw a three hour riot involving about 26 inmates. He named ringleaders for charges and had state investigators prepare cases for defying orders and disrespect. The uprising began with three unauthorized inmates found in the laundry and ended after gas and gunfire quelled the disturbance.
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Benjamin Baer
Iowa’Men’s Reformatory
Baer
Bear
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Jones County
Rex Schrader
Robert Blair
State Burea
Farm Fund Reduced by Committee
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee cut Agriculture Department funding to 5.282 billion, down 1.058 billion from last year, while ordering reshuffles to protect some research stations and programs. It earmarks 3 million for tobacco and insecticide research to begin immediately, citing health findings and pesticide publicity concerns.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Department T 6
Senate to Get Recess Saturday in Civil Rights Debate
Senate leaders announced no session Saturday signaling easing of pressure after a long marathon debate. The body will recess at end of today’s business until Monday as negotiations continue in Dirksen’s office to craft amendments to the public accommodations section.
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Senate
Hubert H
Humphrey
D-Mim
Jeader
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Employment Gain Noted in Nation
Washington reports 69.9 million Americans at work last month, a notable rise from March, with the jobless rate steady at 5.4 percent. The labor force grew by about 2 million to 73.7 million, driven mainly by women entering domestic and caregiving roles, while unemployment fell by 400,000 to 4.0 million.
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