Escaped convict crash lands stolen plane near Grinnell
Steven Barner, 23, an escapee from a state penitentiary farm, crashed a stolen Cosgna 182 after taking off from Fort Madison airport. He was found unconscious in a hog house, suffered a deep head wound and shock, and was hospitalized with improving condition. authorities note he lacked a pilot license and was serving a sentence for forgery in Linn County Cedar Rapids.
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Steven Barner
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Richard Beck
Here
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Beck
Wayne Henrichson
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Cedar Rapids
Hawk Flying Club
Weyear Séntente
Linn County
Civil Rights Amendments Ready for Consideration
Senate leaders plan to introduce a package of amendments to a civil rights bill as Republicans push toward cloture to end a Southern filibuster. Dirksen announced late today the changes would be ready for Senate debate, with Hickenlooper signaling skepticism about the package’s impact and concerns over added bureaucracy. Some GOP senators believed passage chances improved, while others remained cautious ahead of a potential second week push for the two thirds vote.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Waganee Sea
Dixie Oratory
GOP
Top Officers For Republican Meeting Chosen
The Republican National Committee names Theuston B. Morton of Kentucky as permanent chairman and Mark Hatfield of Oregon as keynote speaker and temporary chairman for the 1964 convention. Morton faced no opposition while Hatfield assumed the combined roles amid Goldwater supporters’ push.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Theuston B. Morton
Kentucky
Gov
Mark Hatfield
Oreston
Morton
Barry Goldwater
Parsons College Ties With Church Severed
OKLAHOMA CITY The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church moved to drop Parsons College of Fairfield Iowa from church related college status on Monday. Some church spokesmen said Parsons initiated the separation with actions over the prior year while a Parsons alumnus questioned the ease of severing the relationship. Communications will be maintained between the church and the college.
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Oklahoma City
General Assembly of the United, Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
Parsons
General Assembly
Standing Committee On Christian Education
Harlan H. Naylor
Vty
Trey. Mim
Neutralist forces claim counterattack halts Communist advance
VIENTIANE Laos neutralist forces report a counterattack on the Mone Kheung sector northwest of the Plaine des Arres driving Communists back. A battalion of infantry 10 tanks and stars was said to have retaken the Muong Kheung area and two-thirds of the sector. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma warned Muong Suoi’s fall could threaten Luang Prabang and Vang Vieng. About 200 right wing troops held a line near Borikhane, 25 air miles east of Vientiane, as defense against further Communist advances.
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Laos
Mone
Kheung
Plaine Des Arres
Amkha Soukhavong
Souvanna Phouma
Muong Sour
Amkha
Muong Kheung
Souvanna
National Assembly
Muong Suoi
Luang Prabang
Vang Vieng
Borikhane
Lima Stadium Disaster Dims Peru Soccer Vibe
Police alert rises in Lima after Sunday's violent finale to a Peru Argentina match left 328 dead at National Stadium. reports cite 122 unidentified victims and blame exits and tear gas for crush injuries. International bodies seek details as protests flare and security tightens around universities and city streets.
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Peru
International Soccer Federation
Willy
Zurich
Switzerland
Peruvian Association
Asumbuja
Powerful Winds and Rains Sweep Iowa Stateswide
A fierce spring storm battered Iowa with 70 mph gusts and torrential rains. Council Bluffs recorded 4.47 inches, while towns from Pacific Junction to Sioux City faced extensive damage, downed power lines, torn roofs, and flooding. Flooded streams, shattered windows, and hail accompanied the system before weakening as it moved eastward.
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Waukee
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Pacific Junction
Glenwood
Des Moines
Omaha
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Red Oak
Audubon
Malvern
Mapleton
Correctionville
Randolph
Westen
Weather
Bureau
Clashes In Cambridge Md as Guardsmen Face Demonstrators
National Guardsmen and police fought with integration supporters in Cambridge Maryland. One guardsman was shot and three others hurt as bricks bottles and bullets flew in the Negro district. A curfew imposed by Brig Gen Gelston helped restore order while guardsmen cleared main streets and prevented marchers from leaving the district.
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Cambridge
Cupid Computer Couples Nods To Love At Ames Dance
An Iowa State University dance used a computer to pair about 1,000 students. It matched several couples including Paul Batkwart and Louise Farmer, both from Ames and Rock Island Illinois, who became engaged. William Brindley and Vivian McCollum, both of Ames, also plan to marry. Some matches claimed by the machine were incidental to real romance.
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Iawa State University
Paul Kahlwarf
Belmond
Louise Farmer
Rock Island
Kalkwarf
William Brindley
Vivian McCollam
Ames
AP Photofax
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Batkwart
Bel
Noud
Louise
Farmer
Rock Island, Til
Iowa State University
Wiliam Brindley
Vivian McCollum
Kaikwart
Miss. Farmoy
Brindley
Primaries Stir Voters Across Three States
Florida battles over the Republican party and a Democratic challenger for Bud Wilkinson frame primaries in Florida Arizona and Oklahoma. Goldwater seeks the Republican nomination while Edmonson Harris and other contenders vie in Oklahoma. Kentucky reports voter apathy as nominations proceed with Goldwater and Rockefeller active in California.
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Washington
Florida
Bud Wilkinson
University of Oklahoma
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
U. S
Howard Edmondson
Fred Harris
Wilkinson
Edmondsons
Kentucky
Anti Poverty Bill Wins OK
Washington The administration's 926.5 million anti poverty bill was approved today by House Education and Labor Committee over solid Republican opposition. The 1912 vote capped more than two months of effort on the bill President Johnson has made one of his prime legislative efforts of the session. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 includes a variety of programs.
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Washington
House
Red Chinese Conference Proposal on Laos War Claims
Tokyo broadcast from Radio Peking said Ching proposed a Laos cease fire conference while accusing the United States of planning troop movements into Thailand and entry into Laos. It cited a civil war outbreak in Laos as touch and go and said China rejected British pleas to curb the Pathet Lao offensive in Plaine des Jarres.
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Ching
Laos
United States
Thailand
Radio
Peking
China
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
United Nations policing and Cambodia border patrols debated
Stevensom proposes UN policing of diss and Cambodia borders while talks stall over joint patrols. Seydoux backs Cambodia’s bid to reconvene the Geneva conference on Indochina to secure neutrality. US and Britain blame North Viet Nam for the crisis and say an international conference won’t solve it.
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Diss
Cambodia
United States
Britain
Seydoux
Indochina
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Valve fault delays Apollo moon mission test launch
The Saturn IB unmanned test flight from Cape Kennedy was postponed due to a frozen nitrogen valve in ground support equipment. After countdown halted within an hour of liftoff, NASA canceled operations for two days to replace the valve and recheck the system. The test aims to qualify the Saturn rocket, following five prior successes, including the heaviest satellite launched to date.
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