Million Dollar Burglary Hits Rasdale Vault in Tampa
In Tampa a Rasdale Armored Car vault containing cash and checks was burglarized in an apparent inside job. FBI and local detectives questioned several firm employees while investigators assess losses and insurance coverage. Officials noted the vault opened at 6:30 a.m. after a time lock failure and a six hour entry by a jackhammer crew.
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Tampa
Fla
Rasdale Armored Car Service, Inc
R. Jackson
E.A. Rasdale
Brink's
Boston
State Alcohol Store Receipts show steady monthly totals
Washington state liquor store receipts remained around 15 000 dollars per month since opening with December 1959 peaking at 32 012 24 dollars. The figures cover July 1959 to November 1960, as reported by the Iowa Daily Press Association from Des Moines state reports.
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Washington
the Evening Journal
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Light Snow Covers Much of State
Light snow persisted across western and southern Iowa after reports of half an inch to two inches, with lighter accumulations expected through Thursday in northern areas. Snow packed highways north to the Missouri Valley line, while Mason City and Spencer logged seven and six inches at dawn amid varying cloud cover and frigid overnight lows.
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Missouri Valley
Osceola
Fairfield
Wapello
Spencer
Mason City
Burlington
Prisoner Invests In Savings Bonds
Ramon Rosario a former inmate at Leavenworth Penitentiary saved about 1348 dollars by buying US government savings bonds while earning 35 dollars a month and forgoing commissary purchases. He was released with good behavior time but faced an 11000 dollar fine still owed. a Legal Aid Society attorney helped secure temporary release of the bond funds for court action, with 60 days to sue the government or the money would go to the fine.
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New York
UPI
Ramon Rosario
Leavenworth
Kan
Rosario
Stanley Schlessinger
Federal House of Detention
Legal Aid Society
Barnard Moldow
Moldow
Samuel Hochstedler of Kalona Dies at 81
Samuel Hochstedler 81 of Kalona died 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at Hawker Nursing Home West Liberty after four months residency. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday East Union Mennonite Church with A Lloyd Swartzendruber officiating. Burial in East Union Cemetery. Born Aug 31 1879 in Johnson County he farmed in Kalona area and was married to Iva Miller in 1901. Survivors Omar Cedar Rapids Louis Raymond Kalona Monroe Wellman Robert Hills 20 grandchildren and brother John A Kalona.
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Kalona
Samuel S. Hochstedler
Hawker
West Liberty
East Union Mennonite Church
A. Lloyd Swartzendruber
Yoder
Mr. Hochstedler
Johnson County
Samuel and
Anna Miller Hochstedler
Iva Miller
Omar
Cedar Rapids
Louis
Raymond
Monroe
Wellman
Robert
Hills
John A
Tom McGraw Dies Farmed at Ainsworth
Tom McGraw eighty, a farmer living south of Ainsworth, died this morning at Mercy Hospital Iowa City at 1 30 p m. Burial will be in Ainsworth Cemetery with the Rev William Simbro in charge at Jones Funeral Home. Full obituary information will be available Thursday.
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Tom McGraw
Ainsworth
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
William Simbro
Laos Plane Fires On American Craft During Observation
An American observation aircraft was attacked by a Soviet built Ilyushin-14 over Vang Vieng Laos. The UPI report says the US plane suffered engine damage but returned to Vientiane on one engine with no injuries. Pilots were identified by rank only, and the incident follows earlier bombardment near Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
U.S
Saigon
Maj
Reisen
von Platen
Vang Vieng
Luang Prabang
Glenn Wilkinson 52 Former Riverside Man Dies in Kansas City
Glenn W Wilkinson 52 former Riverside resident and father of Mrs Charles Waldschmidt Riverside died Tuesday in Kansas City after a heart attack. Funeral services will be in Des Moines with arrangements undetermined. He was born May 1 1908 in Winterset and married Edna Ackers on April 16 1927. He lived in Riverside and Coralville before moving to Kansas City in August 1960 and was a terminal manager for Skelly Oil Co. Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Wald Schmidt of Riverside a son Edgar of Des Moines and eight grandchildren.
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Riverside
Glenn W. Wilkinson
Charles Waldschmidt
Kansas City
Des Moines
Hamilton Funeral Home
Wilkinson
Winterset
Edna L. Ackers
Coralville
Skelly Oil Co
Edgar
Loveless refutes charge of insurance scheme in Iowa
Gov. Herschel Loveless says the Iowa Liquor and Highway Commissions did not participate in a scheme linking insurance purchases to employment. A 16 page BC I report found no direct claims of pressure or improper contacts, and no evidence that Hutte or his wife bought insurance to gain jobs.
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Erbe
Robert Hutte
Osceola
Hutte
Liquor Commission
Iowa Highway Commission
Loveless
BCI
O'Neall
O’neall
Highway Commission
Osceola County
Youth escapes jailed, recaptured in Iowa City break-in case
A 19 year-old former Anamosa youth who escaped the Johnson County Jail in Iowa City on Christmas Day was picked up by Iowa City authorities and later returned. Police reported he used a hacksaw to free himself from a three quarter inch steel bar and window bolts, tied to a Washington skating rink break-in. He was jailed in Des Moines and Anamosa before the escape.
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Anamosa
Iowa City
Richard Seiberling
Des Moines
Jack Cherry
Cherry
Christmas Day
Johnson County
Washington Skateway
Seiberling
Washington
Belgian Strike Widened as 10000 Protesters Clash With Police
More than 10,000 Socialist led strikers protested in Brussels smashing bus and trolley windows and clashing with police. Rail official in Liege was seriously injured. army and riot police moved to contain violence as strikes halted two thirds of city transit and paratroopers guarded key sites. King Baudouin reportedly considering return from Spain if unrest grows.
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Charleroi
Brussels
UPI
Pierre Harmel
Liege
Gaston Eyskens
Public Service Co
Royal Palace
NATO
West Germany
Congo
Belgium
Communist Party
Red Cross Volunteers Deliver Christmas Treats to Veterans
Washington County Red Cross volunteers baked 95 dozen cookies and 10 pounds of candy for veterans at the Iowa City VA Hospital. Donors surpassed pledges, so cookies were shared with Sunnyhaven, Pines Nursing Home, County Home, United Presbyterian Home and Halcyon House.
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Washington County Red Cross Board
Iowa City
Lawrence Miksch
Ralph Martin
Red Cross
Sunnyhaven
Pines
United Presbyterian Home
Halcyon House
J. Gordon Spendrove
Arsonist Surrenders To Kentucky Posse In Cold Mountain Escape
Granville Johnson, 45, a former mental patient who shot two officers and fled into eastern Kentucky hills, surrendered to a posse near his log cabin. He wore only a suit and was handcuffed at Breathitt County jail after surrendering with an unloaded rifle. His daughter gave him 28 cents as a parting gesture.
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Jackson, Ky
UPI
Kentucky
Granville Johnson
Johnson
Breathitt
Connally named Navy secretary in Kennedy administration
President elect Kennedy picks John B. Connally Jr. of Fort Worth as Navy secretary while naming Eugene Zuckert to head the Air Force. The two defense posts are filled after consultations with Robert McNamara and Senate figures.
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Palm Beach
Air Force
Truman
James H Douglas Connally
Navy
Wiliam B. Franke
Fulbright Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Navy Post
Connall
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson and
Symington
Connally
Zuckert Connally
Johnson
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Ken
Zuckert
Surplus Property Administration
Charley's Aunt Chosen by Washington Y's Men Play
Washington Y's Men select the well known comedy Charley's Aunt as their 1961 home talent play. Don Minick announces casting nearly complete and rehearsals start in January for a February performance. The group enjoyed a gift exchange at the meeting.
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Washington Y's Men
Y's Men
Don Minick
Weather Iowa: Cloudy Much of Week With Cold Streak
Considerable cloudiness through Thursday and a modest warmup Thursday in parts. Occasional very light snow in extreme north tonight and Thursday. Low temperatures 10 to 15 northeast to 15 to 20 southwest. Highs Thursday 20s to around 30. Friday sees more clouds with little temp change. Temperatures Thursday through Monday will run 2 to 6 degrees below normal. Precipitation is light, 0.1 inch or less in the south, mainly snow late in the week.
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Iowa
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Zuckert Air Force
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Harvard Business School
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