Magician's luggage mistaken for dynamite at La Guardia
A suitcase in the American Airlines lost and found at La Guardia appeared explosive but held magician's gear. FBI and police halted a hangar lockdown as tests clarified the tubes contained stage powder and theatrical items. The bag traced to Dallas and sent to New York after Los Angeles no one claimed it.
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New York
UPI
la Guardia
American Airlines
Lost
FBI
Dallas
Tex
Los Angeles
Red Oak Woman Dies In Two Car Crash In Council Bluffs
Mrs Shirley Sadler 34 of Red Oak was killed and five others injured in a two car collision at the Brentwood Heights entrance. C W Sadler husband of the deceased and his two children were hospitalized with injuries. The two teenage boys in the other car were uninjured besides minor wounds for the boy Douglas 9 and Julie 6. The accident occurred as a car with the teens turned left onto Iowa 92.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
Shirley Sadler
Red Oak
Brentwood Heights
Iowa 92
Sadler
C. W. Sadler Sadler
Mercy Hospital
Douglas
Julie
Twenty First Baby To Be Her Last
Mrs Edith Hill age 46 wife of a postal worker greeted her 21st child a boy born on Christmas Day and again declared this is definitely her last. The Hills married 30 years ago when she was 16. eldest child is 29. Two died in infancy six married others live with parents in a four bedroom house. Total weekly income about 56 dollars with expenses near 50 dollars.
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Leicester
England
UPI
Edith Hill
Hills
Burns Kill Ames Woman At Home Accident
Lille B. Johnson 69 of Ames died at Mary Greeley Hospital from burns suffered when her bathrobe sleeve ignited on a stove while she reached for a coffee pot. Fire officials say she tried to put out the blaze with water. She retired as a cook at Iowa State University and is survived by five sisters.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
Lille B. Johnson
Miss Johnson
Mary Greeley
Kenneth Taylor
Iowa State University
John Sjurson
Rites Friday For William W. Nolin
William W. Nolin, 70, died December 28 1960 at the Veterans Hospital Des Moines after 18 months illness. A memorial fund for Assuit College Egypt is started. Survived by Ruth Hemenway wife four children and nine grandchildren. Funeral Friday 10 30 am Sherman Eden Funeral Home. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Nolin born July 4 1890 Sloan Iowa served as United Presbyterian Missionary in Egypt from 1922 to 1956. World War I veteran.
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William W. Nolin
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Sherman-Eden
Vernon Elgin
Elm Grove Cemetery
Assuit College
Egypt
Nolin
Sloan
Iowa
Washington State
Ruth Hemenway
United Presbyterian Church
France
Iowa Highway Patrol to crack down on drunken drivers
Des Moines Iowa will see a statewide New Year crackdown as the Iowa Highway Patrol stages an all night operation. Chief David Herrick says more than 100 trouble spots including rural clubs taverns and dance halls will be monitored with officers patrolling roads and entering venues briefly to deter intoxicated driving. DWI arrests will trigger immediate license suspensions and penalties include 60 days minimum loss plus a $300 minimum fine or up to one year in jail.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Highway Patrol
David Herrick
Herrick
Deaths: Joe A. Conrad Crawfordsville Resident 75
Joe A. Conrad 75 of Crawfordsville died at Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant at 8 a m today December 29 1960 after a week long illness Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at the Methodist Church Crawfordsville with Rev Paul Pennington pastor Burial in Crawfordsville Cemetery Jones Funeral Home in charge He was born June 9 1885 in Henry County son of Jacob and Mary Alliman He married Goldie Adeline Messenger November 24 1910 who died in 1948 He was a Methodist and survived by four sons Willie Olds Vernon Mt Pleasant LeRoy and Allen Crawfordsville a daughter Mrs Grace E Krantz Washington 15 grandchildren two great grandchildren a brother Jacob and two sisters Ida Conrad and Mrs Emma Springer Wayland
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Crawfordsville
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Methodist
Paul Pennington
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. Conrad
Henry County
Jacob and
Mary Alliman
Wayland
Goldie Adeline Messenger
Methodist Church
Willie
Olds
Vernon
LeRoy
Allen
Grace E. Krantz
Washington
Jacob
Ida Conrad
Emma Springer
Pensioners Told to Report Incomes to Keep VA Pensions
The Veterans Administration warns disabled veterans and dependents of deceased veterans to report annual income promptly to avoid suspension of monthly pensions. About 18,500 disabled veterans and 8,400 survivors in Iowa will get a questionnaire with January checks, due within 30 days. Pension limits: under old law, single up to 1400 and with dependents up to 2700. under new law active since July, single up to 1800 and with dependents up to 3000.
Services Friday For Tom McGraw In Ainsworth
Tom McGraw 89 of Ainsworth died December 28 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services Friday at 1 30 p m in Jones Funeral Home with Rev William Simbro officiating. Burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Born December 9 1880 in Falmouth Kentucky to James and Jane McGraw. Survived by son Earl Davenport. daughters Dorothy Blair Monmouth Illinois Evelyn Murphy Haskins. five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. one brother J L McGraw Washington. He was a retired farmer and Methodist.
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Tom McGraw
Ainsworth
Mercy
Humphrey Likely Named Senate Assistant Leader
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey appears headed for the post of assistant Democratic leader in the Senate with little southern opposition. He is expected to succeed Mike Mansfield as whip when Mansfield becomes Democratic leader after Johnson takes office. Southern senators lean toward Humphrey on farm policy despite civil rights and federal aid differences.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Humphrey
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Mansfield
Lyndon B Johnson
Mother and 11 children die in Quebec fire tragedy
In Noyan Quebec a one room home burned after an oil heater exploded. Marjorie Vosburg 43 died racing back inside to save her children. Abel Vosburg escaped with four surviving children. temperatures were 8 to 9 degrees above zero. Police listed victims Doris Ray Richard Phyllis Catherine Audrey Beverly Robert Caroline Leo Dewayne and six months old Dewayne. Fire chief cited an oil spill and a fireball that consumed the tiny wooden corrugated house in under 40 minutes.
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Noyan
Here
Marjorie Vosburg
Abel
Novan
Quebec-Vermont
Willy Beerworth
Clarenceville
Nogan
Beerworth
Doris
Ray
Rich
Ard
Phyllis
Catherine
Audrey
Beverly
Robert
Caroline
Leo
Dewayne
Winter Swim Schedule Listed for YWCA Program
The YWCA announces a winter swim schedule running January 10 to March 17 with eight lessons over ten weeks. Fees: children 3 dollars for 30 minutes 3.50 dollars for 45 minutes. adults 3.50 for members 4 for non members. Instructors are Mrs Harlan Neuhart Mrs Max Owens and Mrs Richard Schiebel. All swimmers wear caps and small dip fees apply. Schedule blocks show times across three instructors and days including Tuesday Friday and evening slots.
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YWCA
Harlan Neuhart
Max Owens
Richard Schiebel
Iowa State Enrollment Reaches 9422 Mark This Winter
ISU registrar Dr. Arthur M. Gowan announced 9,422 students enrolled this winter quarter, about 600 more than last year. Gains are seen in engineering, sciences and humanities, and the graduate college as the term runs from December through February.
Rioters clash as King Baudouin returns to Belgium
Rioters clash with gendarmes in Brussels during King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola's return from abroad. About 15 000 demonstrators attacked streets, bank windows and a postal truck while security forces charged or stood by. A railroad switch sabotaged a Liege to Brussels train with no casualties.
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Belgium
UPI
Baudouin
Fabiola
Socialist Party
Royal Palace
Eyskens
Gaston Eyskens
Rue Royale
Het Volk
Boulevard D'Anspach
Liege
Ans
Sharecroppers Ousted for Votes in Tennessee Tenant Camp
UPI reports government seeks a full trial on charges that white landowners in Fayette and Haywood counties Tennessee evicted Negro tenants who registered to vote. Judge Marion Boyd rejected injunctions. a tent city of about 75 jobless Negroes formed on Shepherd Towles farm.
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Ohio
UPI
U.S. Justice Department
Tennessee
Circuit Court of Appeals
Marion Boyd
Memphis
Tenn
Boyd
Fayette
Haywood
West
John Martin
FBI
Shepherd Towles
Chicago
Somerville
I. P. Yaney
Police Chiefs Deny Withholding Data On Drunken Driving
UPI reports police chiefs in Davenport Council Bluffs Sioux City and Des Moines challenged State Safety Commissioner Stattons claim that arrests were being underreported for drunk driving The official said some departments reported only convictions and would follow directives to report arrests in a year old policy context with court rulings supporting arrest based suspensions ahead of hearings and no action planned by Statton while political changes loom with a new safety commissioner pending next month
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Des Moines
UPI
Towa
Donald M. Statton
Statton
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Luther Glanton
State Safety Department
State Supreme Court
Herschel C. Loveless
Atty
Norman A. Erbe
Stores To Close Saturday Evenings In Jan Feb In Washington
The Washington Chamber of Commerce distributed cards to local businesses asking them to post Saturday night closing hours for January and February. Harold Johnson said the display informs shoppers about weekend closures, a longstanding local practice, and stressed New Year’s Eve unaffected this Saturday.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Harold Johnson
Johnson
Retail Trade Committee
Trimnastics Classes Start at YWCA Next Tuesday
The YWCA offers two trimnastics classes to begin Tuesday January 3 for ten weeks. A beginners class at 10 am and an advanced class at 9 am will combine after four weeks if growth requires. Mrs. James Rossen teaches with nursery arrangements available. fees are 3 dollars for members and 3 50 for nonmembers.
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YWCA
James Rossen
Trimnastics
Rossen
Eige
FBI Joins Search For Iowa Witness
The FBI joins the search for missing witness Richard G. Long in Des Moines. Long faces unlawful flight charges after implicated burglaries involving Des Moines officers Elwell, Nicodemus, and Brightman. The case affects grand jury inquiries and civil service hearings for the officers.
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FBI
Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
U. S
James L. Bennett
Richard G. Long
Long
Atty
Ray Hanrahan
Richard Flwell
Melvin Nicodemus
Hanrahan
Civil Service Commission
Elwell
Nicodemus
Commission
Fear Massacre By Congo Tribesmen
Katanga officials fear scores of passengers fled or were abducted by Baluba rebels from a train carrying school children home for New Year. Attackers used machetes and rifles as about 300 Baluba aboard the Elisabethville to Kamina train. at least 20 killed and many injured.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Elisabethville
Kamina
Kasai
Katuga
Weather Iowa Mostly fair tonight and Friday outlook
Mostly fair conditions in Iowa tonight with patchy clouds forming Friday. Cooler temperatures dominate east and south central. lows range from 5 to 20 with highs 28 to 38. Saturday looks mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and little temperature change.
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Iowa
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Quebec
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Harry Perkins
Polk County
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Martin B. Brightman Jr
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