Fruitland Crash Kills Woman 59 in Intersection Incident
A two car crash at a Fruitland intersection late Saturday night killed Mrs. Robert R. Jamison, 59, route 2, and injured several others. Sanford Lukenbach, 18, route 5, faces a stop sign violation charge. Miss Dorothy McCormick, 16, and others were treated and released. Jamison’s death marks the seventh traffic fatality in Muscatine County this year. Funeral services were held at Fairbanks funeral home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Route 2
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Route 5
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Hershey Avenue
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Thelma Nesbitt
New Hampshire Street
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Fairbanks Funeral Home
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Grandview Community Church
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Leonard Gleaves
Arthur Fromer
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Iowa Frost Warning Low Temps Predicted Nationwide
The Weather Bureau forecast frost and freezing temperatures for Iowa tonight with lows in the 20s and a slow rise to the 40s. Through Saturday readings are expected to run 2 to 5 degrees below seasonal normals, as Dubuque marked a record low of 2 for the date.
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Colder May 9 Sets Record In 15 Years In Iowa
Cold May 9 in Iowa drops 0.39 inch at some spots as ice forms. Heinz Co spokesman says damage to tomato plants not yet determined while fieldmen survey. Council Bluffs records 34 overnight low after 92 Saturday. highs Sunday ranged 82 to 47 across cities with light rain showers statewide.
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Key May Help Identify Body Taken From River
The body of a man found in the Mississippi River near Dam 1 is being checked for identification. An Army Corps of Engineers employee recovered the body and a hotel room key linked to Clinton Iowa manager Fred R Petersen, 49, who vanished April 6. His coat glasses and billfold were found earlier on the river bank in Clinton. Petersen, a bachelor in poor health, had occupied a Lafayette Hotel room.
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Eisenhower at Walter Reed for routine exam
Washington AP reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will remain at Walter Reed Army Hospital for an undetermined period for a routine examination. The brief item notes other AP dispatches from London and Des Moines, including Rhodesia talks, a theft in Tingley, the rescue of Japanese seamen, Saudi missile purchases, and Iowa driver education mandates.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Blood Sample Ruling Overturned Rights Case in Iowa
Luisa County case revolves around consent law. Judge Van Allen ruled the implied consent statute shocks the conscience after two highway patrolmen secured a blood sample from Jerry Alter, unconscious from a motor vehicle crash that injured a woman and her son. Alter challenged the search as unlawful.
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Wapello
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MIG18s Flee as U S Jets Hit North Viet Nam Missile Sites
U S jet pilots knocked out two Soviet built missile sites in North Viet Nam and chased off two MIGs in MIG Alley about 35 miles from the Chinese frontier. F105 Thunderchiefs closed in as Skyhawks struck a SAM site 12 miles north of Hanoi. One U S plane was reported downed, the Cao Nung railroad bridge 55 miles northeast of Hanoi. Bridges and highways near Hanoi Haiphong were targeted to cut supply routes.
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Air Action Hits Two North Viet Nam Missile Sites
Fighter-bombers knocked out two North Viet Nam missile sites and drove off a flight of Communist MiGs north-northeast of Hanoi. The action reflects ongoing air campaign efforts in the region.
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Iowa Tax Revenue Rises On Broad Tax Collections
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Tax Commission reported a ten month period ending April 30 with gains above 45 million dollars. Income tax withholding yielded 12.25 million and other sources 32.8 million. Total taxes collected reached 169.68 million with 41.19 million from individual income tax by April 28. Sales tax rose 12.6 million to 75.78 million since the fiscal year began, aided by taxes on hotels and motels. Cigarette taxes climbed to 19.50 million as rates increased from five to eight cents per pack.
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China says it detonated its first hydrogen bomb
AP reports Communist China announced it had exploded a device of thermonuclear material in western China on Sunday. Radio Pe King hailed the test as a great victory for the three great revolutionary movements. It did not specify whether the device was air planted or tower based. China earlier disclosed two atomic tests in history.
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Truman Is Lauded On Birthday
Harry S. Truman, 13 years out of the White House, was praised as "the man of peace" as 400 friends gathered in Kansas City. President Johnson and Chief Justice Warren planned to telephone congratulations. He dedicated a federal office building in Independence and spoke after receiving a U.S. seat miniature. A large birthday cake featured a frosted image of the planned Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
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Fire guts Fort Madison brush plant
A fire gutted Philley Brush Manufacturing Company at the south edge of Fort Madison leaving brick walls and a two story shell. Firemen contained the blaze after about three hours. the plant housed punch presses lathes and heavy equipment and employed 14 workers.
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Nichols School Reorganization Faces Legal and Boundary Challenges
The Nichols Independent district awaits state action on attaching Area Six and Montpelier No 2 to Muscatine district with July 1 effective date. Lone Tree district appeals the March 31 state decision, claiming boundary and jurisdiction issues and a division of Nichols town. Also, Secretary Rusk says Viet Nam elections will occur this September amid Senate debate.
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Mansfield Backs U S Recognition of Mongolia
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged recognizing Mongolia as a U S ally amid Cold War rivalries. He said it would ease tensions between Red China and the Soviet Union and provide the United States a listening post between the two giants. He spoke as Kennedy and McGovern urged a blue ribbon commission to review policy toward Communist China.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
United States
Mongolia
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Soviet Union
Asia
Mansfield
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
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D-S.d
Weather Forecast With Frost Tonight And River Level
The forecast warns a freeze tonight with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Tuesday will be mostly fair and cool with highs in the low to mid 50s, followed by Sunday sun and possible frost. Expect 0.07 inch of rain Sunday and a river stage around 10.1 feet through the period.
Ky Declares Stay in Power Sparks Viet Nam Storm
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky faced internal and external pressure after declaring he would remain in power for at least another year. Buddhist leaders warned of protests if elections are delayed, while censors cut the statement from Vietnamese papers. Ky urged calm as threats of counteraction rose.
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National Assembly
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Buddhist Institute
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Thich Minh Chieu
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