Army Delays Pioneer Moon Rocket To February
The Army plans to wait at least two months before attempting another Pioneer lunar probe after Pioneer III fell short of its target, reaching 66,654 miles and veering off course. Vanguard satellite launches are planned for January as Cape Canaveral tests continue. Scientists hailed data on Earth radiation belts, while von Braun called the flight 90 percent successful for a first attempt.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
French Equatorial Africa
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
Space
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion
Mayor Sues Aurora For Five Millions
CHICAGO. Mayor Paul Egan of Aurora Illinois sues the city its commissioners its attorney police chief and 12 others for five million dollars claiming civil rights violations after he was hustled from a public meeting and jailed for four hours on October 14. He alleges the police action left him sick sore and disordered for life.
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Chicago
UPI
Paul Egan
Aurora
Ill
Loop
Egan
U.S. District Court
Kane County
Wayland Rites Tuesday For Thomas Lantz 80
Thomas Benjamin Lantz 80 died Saturday evening at University Hospital Iowa City after a several day stay. He lived in Wayland for many years after moving from West Virginia where he was born February 27 1878. He married Mary Traut January 31 1901 and is survived by his wife five children Shannon Lantz Mrs Lessie Lantz Morning Sun Mrs Florence Sharpe Ollie Junior Lantz Hutchison Kansas Mrs Mildred Boshart Mt Pleasant. Funeral services are at 2 p m Tuesday at Wayland Methodist Church with Masonic rites following Zehr Funeral Home in charge burial in Wayland Cemetery.
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Wayland
Thomas Benjamin Lantz
University Hospital
Iowa City
Beauchamp
Winfield
Wayland Methodist Church
J. J. Pritchard
Maria Greer
Zehr Funeral Home
Wayland Cemetery
Mr. Lantz
West Virginia
Mary Traut
Shannon Lantz
Lessie Lantz
Morning Sun
Florence Sharpe
Ollie
Junior Lantz
Hutchison
Kan
Mildred Boshart
Mt. Pleasant
Reds Accept Treaty On Nuclear Tests
Geneva reports that Russia accepted a binding treaty obligation to cooperate with the United States and Britain in a control organization for a nuclear test ban. The accord followed a 32 hour three power conference approving the draft article on establishing the control body to police the pact extending to Soviet territory. Further West pressure demanded full Soviet cooperation to break the deadlock.
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Geneva
API
Russia
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Mrs. James Miller Dies at 62 in Springfield
Mrs. James H. Miller Jr., 62, longtime West Chester resident, died Saturday in Springfield Missouri where she and her husband ran a motel since September. Her body arrives Tuesday. funeral family service Wednesday. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include husband James, son Chester Raymond Miller, daughter Mrs. Keith White, five sisters, four brothers, and three grandchildren. J. H. Miller Sr., 93, died the same day. his funeral is planned in Carthage.
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James H. Miller Jr
West Chester
Springfield
Mr. Miller
Keith White
Keota
Emmett
Birmingham
Lloyd
Brighton
Harold
Stockport
Wilbur
Macomb
Lloyd Williams
Earnie Earls
Mae Miller
Washington
Ordinance Requires Shoveling of Walks
Washington residents are reminded that a city ordinance requires clearing snow and ice from sidewalks within 24 hours of accumulation. If not done, the street commissioner clears the walks and assesses the property owner for the cost. Compliance is urged for safety and convenience.
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Washington
Three Die in Iowa Weekend Traffic Accidents
Three people died in weekend traffic accidents across Iowa with snow and icy roads blamed. Mrs Melba Johnson 30 and her infant son 11 months from Dubuque died when Donald Johnson skidded on an icy hill on Iowa 18 at Clermont and crashed into a tree.
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Iowa
Melba Johnson
David
Dubuque
Donald Johnson
Iowa 18
Clermont
Patricia
Johnson
Gary
Debra
Harold Lee Brown
Stuart
Panora
Roy Templeman
Humphrey Delivers Khrushchev Message to Eisenhower
Senator Hubert Humphrey arrives from London carrying a Khrushchev message and two Soviet secrets for President Eisenhower. He said the items are significant and described the secrets as partly military and political while noting Khrushchev’s emphasis on stopping nuclear tests and banning nuclear weapons.
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New York
UPI
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
London
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Infant from Muscatine Dies of Asian Flu
Chris tine Lynn Parsons five week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Burton Parsons of Muscatine died Sunday morning from Asian flu. Funeral service 2 pm Tuesday at Fairbanks Funeral Home Muscatine with Rev George C Pennington of Columbus Junction officiating. Burial Columbus City cemetery. Survived by parents four brothers Thomas Michael Danny Randy and both grandparents Mr and Mrs Laird Parsons Columbus Junction and Mr and Mrs Chester Ballenger Muscatine.
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Columbus Junction
Christine Lynn
Burton Parsons
Muscatine
Fairbanks Funeral Home
George C. Pennington
Columbus City Cemetery
Thomas
Michael
Danny
Randy
Laird Parsons
Chester Ballenger
Washington Stores Abbreviated Holiday Hours Announced
Washington stores will observe special Christmas hours next week staying open evenings from Dec 18 through Dec 23. Retail trade committee announced the plan after a recent meeting. Stores will close at the usual Saturday night hour each evening starting Dec 18 except Christmas Eve when weekday hours apply. Santa visits noted with planned appearances on Dec 13 Dec 20 and Dec 23.
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Washington
Retail Trade Committee
Santa Claus
City Police Report Three City Accidents and Related Fines
City police investigated three accidents within the city last weekend. Leon Lloyd Mapel and Mary Ellen Driscoll were involved on West Madison. Mapel fined for failure to control. A collision at Second Street and North Iowa Avenue involved Daneil Eugene Aggson and David Edwin Rehan with damage estimated. Delano Everett Craig knocked over a stop sign and broke a fire plug. held on OMVI charge with bond set. In Lisbon, Aure liano Fernandes died from a head injury sustained during a game years earlier after belt buckle blow. he had prior operations.
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Leon Lloyd Mapel
Washington
Mary Ellen Driscoll
Wellman
West Madison Street
Mapel
Driscoll
Daneil Eugene Aggson
David Edwin Rehan
Ainsworth
Second Street
North
Iowa Avenue
Reha
Aggion
Delano Everett Craig
South Avenue C
Craig
OMVI
District Court
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Holden
Reds' Overwhelming Defeat in Berlin Vote Causes Threats
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Evalyn Bennett are set for 2 p m Tuesday at Gould and Eden Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield. She died Saturday in Des Moines after birth in Illinois on April 10 1866 and marriage to Willis Bennett on February 17 1902. The Brighton Fairfield area resident moved to Des Moines in 1950. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Mollie Boos and Mrs Minnie Jones both of Fairfield and one niece. Three brothers and an infant son preceded her in death. She belonged to the Christian Church.
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Brighton
Louisa Evalyn Bennett
Gould and Eden
Evergreen Cemetery
Fairfield
Illinois
Willis Bennett
Des Moines
Mollie Boos
Minnie Jones
The
Christian Church
Lyle Box Named Fort Madison Distinguished Service Winner
Lyle R. Box of Washington has been selected as Fort Madison 1958 Distinguished Service Award recipient. The W A Shaeffer Pen Co. executive is also Fort Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce officer and director of the Fort Madison Junior Achievement program plus active in the Methodist Church.
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Lyle R. Box
Ray Box
Washington
Fort Madison
Mr. Box
W.A. Shaeffer Pen Co
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Church
Iowa Cattle Sent To Farm Near Rome
A herd of 11 purebred Black Angus cattle valued at about $15,000 left Dunlap bound for Italy to fulfill Pope Pius XII’s request. The 10 heifers and one bull, weighing nearly 10,000 pounds, head to a Papal breeding farm south of Rome to aid poor southern European farmers. Don Houston will drive them to New York for chartered flight to Rome. The herd, insured for $15,000, includes two heifers sired by a bull once offered to buy half interest by Anheuser Busch.
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Dunlap
Iowa
UPI
Italy
Pope Pius XII
Rome
Europe
Pontiff
Don Houston
Houston
New York
Anheuser-Busch Co
West Berlin votes decisively against Soviet drive
West Berlin held a record turnout in city elections with 98.1 percent rejecting Moscow’s plan to drive out Allied troops and turn the city into a demilitarized free city. East German Premier Grotewohl warned of a land, sea, and air blockade if allied forces stay.
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East Zone
West Berlin
Grotewohl
Willy Brandt
East Germany
Brandenburg Gate
East Berlin
Republicans Clash Over Iowa Senate Committee Appointments
A GOP group of Iowa senators failed to reach agreement with Lt. Gov elect Edward J. McManus on 1959 senate committee appointments. Republicans plan to form a separate Committee on Committees to control appointments, citing their 32 17 majority and a vacancy from Sen. Harry Watsons death. Readouts named are Nolan Shaff Rigler Stuart Price Dewel and Hoxie.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Edward J. McManus
Senate
McManus
Town House
Keokuk
GOP
Sen
Harry Watson
R-Sanborn
Snow Falls Three and a Half Inches in City Streets
Snow that fell Sunday night and today left a slippery three and a half inch coating on Washington streets. City workers began spreading cinders at intersections to reduce hazards. By midmorning area highways were near normal, but strong winds forecast for tonight threaten hazardous driving conditions.
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Washington
Marine Captured At Davenport Claims He Murdered Man
AWOL Marine James L Leslie, 18, was arrested in a Davenport library sleeping with a sawed off rifle and knife. He claimed he fatally stabbed a man in Balboa Park, San Diego, about three weeks earlier after going AWOL from Camp Pendleton. He admitted to breaking into the library and to the San Diego stabbing. Capt. Elmer Petersen said charges would be filed.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
San Diego
Calif
James L Leslie
Charlotte
Mich
Balboa Park
Camp Pendleton
Leslie
Davenport Public Library
Elmer Petersen
Des Moines
Road Widening Planned for County Highways
County road improvements include widening of Highway 218 from the south Washington County line to the junction with Highway 92 east of Ainsworth, with bids soon. The route may shift at Crawfordsville. gravel surfacing on Pleasant Plain road near Brighton will receive blacktop next summer, and surfacing on Highway 22 from Kalona to Riverside is planned.
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Washington County
Ainsworth
Iowa State Highway Commission
Crawfordsville
Highway Commission
Pleasant Plain
Brighton
Kalona
Riverside
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Five day outlook for Iowa shows continued cold with a warming trend later in the period. Partly cloudy skies, scattered snow flurries, and below normal temperatures dominate early in the week with normal highs around 28 to 36 degrees and lows near 12 to 18.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Aureliano Fernandes
Berlin
Louisa Bennett
Lyle Box
Fort Madison Jaycees
A. C. Peterson
Peterson
Richard McCleery
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