Heavy Storms Forecast Across Iowa As Squall Lines Move
United Press International reports a chance of tornadoes, hail, damaging winds, and heavy thunderstorms across parts of Iowa Thursday evening through Saturday. The weather bureau highlighted the northwest to northeast corridor as the strongest risk area through 5 p.m. Friday with southeast Iowa slated for fair to partly cloudy skies. Rainfall totals were high with Ida Grove at 5.86 inches and multiple northwest and northern towns topping an inch.
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United Press International
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Woodbury County
Emmet County
Clayton County
Page County
Pottawattamie County
Ida Grove
West Okoboji
Estherville
Melvin
Clarion
Mapleton
Hawarden
Goldberg Named to Supreme Court by Kennedy
President Kennedy named Arthur J. Goldberg a 54-year-old labor lawyer to replace Felix Frankfurter who retires at 79 after 24 years on the bench. Goldberg pledged humility and duty, as Frankfurter retires on half pay after health setbacks. Senate approval expected quickly.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
High Court
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Senate
Goldberg
Frankfurter
White House
Chicago
Suspended Sentence For Damage To Two Local Stores
Ralph Tusing pleaded guilty in district court to malicious mischief for breaking windows and contents at the Chocolate Shop and Grecian's Jewelry. He received a one year jail term suspended with parole to county probation officer Burrell Smith and was ordered to pay costs. Judge Harold J. Fleck presided.
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Ralph Tusing
Tusing
Burrell Smith
Harold J. Fleck
Farmhand Dies In Tractor Accident Near Osage
Dean Penney 23 Osage was killed when his tractor overturned on a county road seven miles northwest of here. Penney, on his third day at a new job with Lawrence Ask, was pinned beneath the heavy machine after it left the road and fell into a 10 foot ditch. He left behind a wife and infant daughter.
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UPI
Here
Penney
Lawrence Ask
Ask
Dean Penney
Osage
Robb Receives Top Honor for Iowa County Agents
Iowa City extension director Thomas A. Robb, longtime Washington County leader, earns a distinguished service award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents in Las Cruces New Mexico. Also honored are Arlie A. Pierson of LeMars and Jasper M. Risdal of Newton.
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Thomas A. Robb
Iowa City
Washington County
Iowa County
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Arlie A. Pierson
LeMars
Jasper M. Risdal
Newton
Robb
Iowa State University
Iowa Association of Extension Directors
State University of Iowa
Mrs Anna Pokrantz 94 Dies in Wellman
Mrs Anna Pokrantz 94 died at Washington County Hospital after a two week illness Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p m in Wellman with Rev William Stock officiating Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Joetown cemetery Powell Funeral Home Wellman in charge She was born May 18 1868 in Johnson County to William and Barbara Emde Married August Pokrantz on November 30 1893 She belonged to the Lutheran church Survived by three daughters Anna Staufer Brookly n Emma Marner Wellman and Freida Miller Keota She was the last of her family
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Wellman
Anna _ Pokrantz
Washington County
William Stock
Millersburg
Pleasant Hill
Joetown
Powell Funeral Home
That
August Pokrantz
Lutheran Church
Anna Staufer
Brooklyn
Emma Marner
Freida Miller
Keota
Pokrantz
Kiwanians Hear Miller's Trip Abroad
At a Kiwanis Club luncheon Bob Miller of Crawfordsville spoke about his and his wife’s Europe trip for the International Lions Club Convention in Nice France. They rented a car and did a brief motor tour noting Europe’s postwar changes since World War II. Chuck Bilby and Tim Hayes were welcomed as guests and new member respectively.
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Kiwanis Club
Bob Miller
Crawfordsville
Europe
International Lions Club
Nice
France
Miller
Chuck Bilby
Tim Hayes
Stoplight Poles Scheduled for Sept 10 Shipment
Poles for the South Iowa Avenue and Madison Street intersection will be shipped September 10. City officials report preliminary installation work is complete and crews await the arrival of the poles to finish the project.
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Iowa Avenue
Madison Street
Reserved Seats for Demon Football Fans at Washington
Washington High School Demon football offers 150 reserved seats for five home games at Case Field. Tickets go on sale 8 a.m. Tuesday September 4 at Schoonover Drug Store for $5, with regular season tickets at $4 and individual game prices set at $1 adults 60 cents students 50 cents juniors 25 cents elementary.
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Washington High School Demon
Tom English
Schoonover Drug Store
Washington
Demons
Oskaloosa
Mid-Prairie
Fairfield
Centerville
Keokuk
Case Field
Ben Bella Faces Civil War Test as Algerian Army Moves
In Algiers, Ahmed Ben Bella appeals for aid from regular army units and loyal Willayas to enter the capital and restore authority. Loyal forces clash with rebellious Willaya IV fighters around Casbah as a planned demonstration is canceled, signaling a power struggle over the two month old republic.
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Algiers
API
National Liberation Army
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Willaya
Algeria
France
Willaya V
Willaya IV
Casbah
Willayas
Republic
Canadian and U S Calendar Distributors Visit Iowa Plant
Representatives from Canada and 13 states, top calendar distributors, visited the McCleery-Cumming Calendar Co. in Iowa. They toured the local factory, dined at Captain's Table, and enjoyed a Sunset Park picnic before returning to Chicago.
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Canada
McCleery-Cumming Calendar Co
Chicago
Iowa
Sunset Park
Crawford and Liddy to Debate on WOI TV Sunday
Crawford of Ainsworth a Democratic candidate for secretary of agriculture will debate Republican opponent L B Liddy on WOI TV channel 5 at 9 30 p m Sunday Officials remind ponies are banned on city sidewalks and urge owners to keep streets clear and clean after their animals.
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Corbin Crawford
Ainsworth
Secretary of Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
Woi-Tv
Channel 5
Labor Day Safety Plea From Iowa Official
Iowa Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch urged motorists to drive safely during Labor Day weekend. He cited past tolls and warned cornfield intersections create visibility hazards. The highway patrol will boost enforcement statewide and drivers must follow rules to prevent tragedy.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Carl Pesch
Iowa Highway Patrol
Pesch
Kennedy Says Reds Rushing Aid to Castro Due to Cuban Economic Mismanagement
President Kennedy attributes Soviet help to Cuba as a response to economic mismanagement and crop failures rather than a military buildup. He cites Cuba’s slowing economy and shortages, with Russia rushing in goods and technicians, while also announcing Justice Felix Frankfurter's retirement and Arthur Goldberg’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He supports a January target for a nuclear test ban and calls for an effective inspection system.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Russia
Felix Frankfurter
Labor
Arthur J Goldberg
Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Goldberg
Geneva
United States
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Wirtz Named To Succeed Goldberg As Labor Secretary
President Kennedy chose W. Willard Wirtz to become labor secretary succeeding Arthur J. Goldberg. Wirtz, 50, is undersecretary of labor and known as Goldberg’s chief aide and a former Chicago law associate of Adlai Stevenson. Goldberg will move to the Supreme Court to replace Felix Frankfurter amid illness.
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Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Kennedy
Wirtz
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Supreme Court
White House
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Felix Frankfurter
Afl-Cio
Public Swearing In of Levy as Acting Postmaster
Public invited to attend brief ceremony Friday at 2 p.m. in Washington as Harry Levy is sworn in as acting postmaster. Walter Farrell chairs the program to be held on the parking lot west of the post office.
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Levy
Harry Levy
Washington
Walter Farrell
Blanche Gilchrist Dies in Sigourney
Blanche E Gilchrist 41 died Wednesday afternoon in Keokuk County Hospital Sigourney after a brief illness She was born April 1 1921 in Delta and married Jan 21 1940 to Robert Gilchrist Funeral services 2 pm Friday at Delta Methodist Church burial Springfield cemetery Powell Funeral Home Keota in charge Survived by husband three sons parents and one sister One infant son preceded in death
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Keota
Blanche E. Gilchrist
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Methodist
Delta
Ray Rubey
Springfield Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Gilchrist
A.C
Maude Beach Rhinehart
Robert Gilchrist
Keola
Methodist Church
Jimmie
Gary
Robert Thomas
Mildred Smith
Coloado Springs
Colo
Earthquake Strikes Mountain Region Across Three States
A magnitude 6.1 quake hit the intermountain west causing brick and plaster damage in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho with a power outage in Cache Valley and a Utah church roof bricks falling inside. The quake occurred at 8:55 a.m. and lasted about 100 seconds.
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Salt Lake City
UPS
Intermountain
Caltech Seismological Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
University of California At Berkeley
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Cache Valley
Logan
Richmond
U.S
Vernal
Rice Allotment Scandals Tie To Federal Probes
A UPI report from Houston says a federal grand jury indicted three men in a rice acreage allotment fraud linked to the Bil lie Sol Estes case. David Stephens, Tacitus Thornhill, and Laurence Newman face multiple bribery and conspiracy counts for offering and taking bribes to transfer rice allotments.
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Houston, Tex
UPI
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Office
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Pecos
Tex
FBI
David ©. Stephens
Angleton
ASCS
Brazoria
Stephens
Tacitus C. Thornhill
Chappell Hill
Waller County
Laurence G. Newman
Lake Jackson
Rail strike shuts Chicago North Western. talks falter
The United States faces the nation's largest rail walkout in 16 years as the Chicago and North Western Railway halts operations across nine midwestern states. Labor Secretary Goldberg fails to avert the strike. 1,000 telegraphers walk off and 16,500 more refuse to cross picket lines. The stoppage disrupts commuter service for about 72,000 daily riders and threatens regional economies and dam projects in the Dakotas.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago and North Western Railway
North Western
Arthur Goldberg
Francis O'Neill
Goldberg
Afl-Cio
Middle West
Great Plains
Loop
Minneapolis
Oake Dam
Big Bend
South Dakota
Archie Gubrud
Louisville and Nashville
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
North
Nebraska
Wyoming
ORT
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Union
Iowa Weather Roughly Clears Into Weekend With Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy through Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Locally severe storms possible this evening and a chance of a tornado or two in the north. Lows tonight 50s northwest to 60s southeast. Highs Friday in the 80s. Scattered storms Saturday with little temperature change.
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Iowa
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U.S. Office of Education
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