Grassley seeks softened moratorium on school district reorganization
Iowa representative Charles Grassley proposes an amendment to ease a two year moratorium blocking district reorganizations. He aims to win rural support by letting districts proceed if desired and hints at a rider on state aid preventing any school size from losing funding next biennium. Grassley calls the board of public instruction bill dead but vows further action if the amendment stalls.
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DES Moines
API
Iowa
Charles Grassley
New Hartford
Friday Grassley
Board of Public Instruction
Grassley
House
Grasstey
Butler County
University of Iowa
ISTC Students Caught With Examination Data
Four Iowa State Teachers College students were suspended indefinitely for pilfering exam data and campus access. Two men faced attempted theft of examination data, while two faced unauthorized possession of campus keys. One student was caught removing a scoring key from an instructor’s file.
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Cedar Falls
UPI
Iowa State Teachers College
Paul Bender
Bender
Kennedy May Decide On Nikita Visit
President Kennedy weighs a fast turn to meet with Soviet Premier Khrushchev after a strategy session with top Russia experts. April meeting possibilities hinge on progress in Korea and Laos as Berlin and disarmament loom.
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Kennedy
Nikita
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Moscow
Liewel Ian E. Thompson
Charles E. Bohlen
Rusk
Averell Harriman
George F. Kennan
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
New York City
Congo
Laos
Berlin
Germany
Rusk Expected to Visit Far East for SEATO Meeting
Asian diplomats anticipate Secretary of State Dean Rusk will travel to Bangkok for SEATO Council talks March 27 to 30 and may visit other Asian capitals, despite his no travel pledge. The trip would test his intent to stay at his desk while facing pressure from allies on Laos neutrality and U.S. policy.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Far East
Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Bangkok
Kennedy
Laos
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Harold
Riverside Lone Tree School District Reorganization Talks
A Riverside steering committee studying a Lone Tree Riverside Hills school district reorganization met to review district lines. Residents urged a large central high school, with five director districts proposed and next meeting set for February 15 at Lone Tree School. Public encouraged to attend.
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Riverside
Lone Tree - Riverside - Hills
Dale E. Stortman
Lone Tree Community
Scott Township
Pleasant Valley Township
Lone Tree School
Lumumba Reported Dead or Escaped in Katanga Chaos
Katanga officials say Patrice Lumumba's escape car was found wrecked in a ditch near Mutshatsha 40 miles from Elisabethville, fueling belief his jailbreak was a cover for death. International pressure grows as UN and others seek clarity on his fate and possible murders.
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Elizabethville
Katanga
UPI
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
United Nations
International Red Cross
Mutshatsha
Elisabethville
Angola
Maurice Mpolo
Joseph Okito
Senate
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasavubu
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Mutshatasha
Godefroid Munongo
Leopoldville
Cleophas Kamitatu
United Press International
Kamitatu
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Cargill to close eight soybean crushing plants
Cargill will shut down all eight soybean crushing plants indefinitely due to high bean prices. Four plants are in low demand sites. operations at Chicago Cedar Rapids Washington Sioux City Fort Dodge Port Cargill Memphis and Norfolk will cease, with Washington closing next week.
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Chicago
UPI
Cargill Corp
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Port Cargill
Minn
Memphis
Redman to Speak For Young Republicans Dinner
Richard E. Redman executive secretary of the Young Republicans of Iowa will speak at a 6:30 pm dinner meeting of the first district Young Republicans February 16 at the Captains Table Restaurant in Washington. Leaders from twelve counties will attend and discuss the Action Program 1961 political education project.
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Richard E. Redman
Young Republicans of
Iowa
Washington
Wall
Harlan Bainter
Mr. Pleasant
Loveless Office Seeks Nod to Department Post
Former Iowa Governor Herschel C. Loveless expected in Washington next week to take a vacancy on the defense contracts renegotiation board. Don Ross, the current member appointed by Eisenhower, has not indicated his resignation and Kennedy has not yet set a Senate hearing date for Loveless.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Kennedy
Donald Ross
Ross
Eisenhower
Senate
United Press International
Palm Beach
Fla
Ottumwa
Senate Finance Committee
Goldberg Tour May Herald Jobless Benefit Increases
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg on a five state tour said President Kennedy will urge Congress to raise unemployment benefits by April 1. He noted studies on ending tax incentives for overseas plant building and urged unity to revive the economy amid Detroit auto layoffs.
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Detroit
UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Congress
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Goldberg
Avalanche Tragedy Hits Ski Class in Lenzerheide
Grim rescue teams hunted for a final victim after an avalanche on Piz Scalotta buried 19 students and teachers. Ten members of the skiing class died, including teenagers. five escaped, three were rescued by helicopter, and the disaster marked a deadly surge in Swiss avalanche deaths over two weeks.
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Lenzerheide
Switzerland
UPI
Piz Scalotta Mountain
Heliopter
Chur
Swiss Alps
Alpine Rescue Squad
Joint Scout Meeting To Feature Jamboree Slides
Troops 241 242 and 237 meet Monday February 13 at United Presbyterian Church at 7 30 pm. Jay Grimes Keota explorer scout presents color slides from the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Colorado plus Camp Philmont New Mexico. Public invited. Refreshments after program.
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United Presbyterian Church
Colorado
Jay Grimes
Camp Philmont
New Mexico
Five day forecast shows mixed warmth across district
Weather forecast from United Press International projects near normal temperatures eastward and 46 degrees above normal in the west. A warming trend begins early, followed by cooling Sunday and Monday. normals range from 12 to 18 degrees in the north and 30 to mid 30s in the south with light precipitation and possible snow after Saturday.
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ISTC
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New York
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Middleburg
Denay
NATO Council
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Kathy Jungbluth
Jean Rinner
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Pam Thomassen
Logan Heilman
Cecil Horst
Merwin Swanson
Phil Ahrens
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Barbara Miller
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Pat McClure
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