Tidal scare ends as no Pacific Ocean wave materializes
In a wide alert across Hawaii and the West Coast after a strong Aleutian quake, hundreds of thousands fled low-lying areas. No tsunami arrived. warnings followed a 1946 fatal precedent, with evacuations at Waikiki and Seaside and ongoing safety efforts by police and media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Kawaihae
Ated
Mauna Kea Beach
Laurance Rockefeller
Waikiki Beach
Kansas River bridge collapses in Topeka traffic disaster
An aging five span bridge on Kansas Avenue collapsed during rush hour dumping vehicles into the flood swollen Kansas River. One man is dead and police fear more victims may be under debris as rescue crews search for two missing cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas River
Kansas Avenue Bridge
Dana Hummer
Abram Pratt
Changes in vehicle titles registrations and liens fees
Washington County Treasurer William Howell announced changes from House File 229 and 484 effective July 6 1965. New charges include $1.50 for special or transferred titles and liens and $1.00 for new title applications and registrations with semiannual mobile home tax due January 1 and July 1. Detective details list reporting requirements for mobile homes in parks and deadlines for updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
William Howell
61St General Assembly
House
16Th General Assembly
Howell
Iowa Fourth of July traffic death toll rises to three
A Rockwell City three year old, Richard Schaefer, died in a head on crash on U S 20 eight miles east of Rockwell City. His mother Carol Schaefer was hospitalized. In separate incidents two other men died in crashes near Chariton and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Rockwell City
Iowa
Richard Schaefer
U.S. 20
Carol Lois Schaefer
Marion Hymes
Daniel Martley
Humeston
Chariton
Danny Lee Martley
Lee William Martley
Lucas County Hospital
John B. Heston
Rural Derby
Robert Cooley
Des Moines
Cooley
Dwight
Robert
Ronald Thomas
Marvin de van
Soldier in 13th day fast protests Army discharge
Pvt. David R. Ovall, 23, of Los Angeles, enters his 13th day of fasting at Fort Monmouth New Jersey to protest Army refusal to discharge him as a conscientious objector. He repeats he will not accept any discharge other than conscientious objection and says he is prepared to die for his cause. He was drafted a month before entering Los Angeles City College as an art major and cites a University of Pennsylvania reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Monmouth
N. J
UPI
David R. Ovall
Army
Los Angeles
Calif
Ovall
Los Angeles City College
University of Penn
Sylvania
U. S. Army Signal Center
Carlisle Barracks
Pennsylvania
Army Department
Patterson Army Hospital
Holiday traffic toll mounting
The traffic death toll rose as millions sought Fourth of July weekend fun. A United Press International tally at 7:30 a.m. EDT put 36 killed since Friday night with 1 drowning and 1 miscellaneous death, totaling 38. The National Safety Council forecast up to 570 deaths and thousands of injuries over the 78 hour period ending Monday midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
National Safety Council
Mose D. Blanton
Atlanta, Ga
Blanton
4-H Project Meetings Scheduled Next Week
Two 4-H groups will meet at the Extension office next week. On Wednesday July 7 at 1:30 p.m. members in Plant and Tree Identification attend. On Thursday July 8 at 9:30 a.m. Entomology participants meet.
Resort ready for the punks on the Sierra
In Bass Lake California deputies armed for a possible ride in by Hell’s Angels and up to six other motorcycle clubs. A special emergency restraining order targets up to 500 named individuals and bars weaponized gear as hundreds of officers stand by at Oakhurst and Yosemite area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass Lake
Calif
UPI
Sierras
Madera County
William Helm
Elm
Oakhurst
Angels
Laconia
N.H
Helm
Highway Patrol
Yosemite National Park
California
Dist. Atty
Everett Coffee
John Does
Jane
Teachers corps idea welcomed
President Johnson unveiled a national teachers corps to aid urban slums and rural poverty areas. Senators Nelson and Kennedy backed the concept, predicting swift Senate approval. The plan calls for 5000 recruits, trained then sent in teams to schools, paid at beginning-teacher salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Teachers Corps
National Education Association
NEA
New York
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Edward M. Kennedy
D - Mass
Nelson
Congress
Peace Corps
Junction to survey sewage disposal with federal grant
Columbus Junction will receive a 4800 public works grant from the Housing and Home Finance Agency to fund an advance planning study for the public sewerage system. The project totals about 415200, with construction set for 1946. Powers Inc. of Iowa City will conduct the engineering survey, paving the way for future federal funds if planning continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Community Facilities Division
John R. Schmidhauser
H. M. Duncan
Powers Inc
Iowa City
Air Raids Claim Big Viet Cong Losses in South Viet Nam
U S and Vietnamese planes killed 230 Viet Cong guerrillas in 160 sorties in South Viet Nam on Friday, with ten U S service members wounded in scattered ground fighting. Air action focused on North Viet Nam truck convoys, while Can Tho airfield endured a 45 minute mortar barrage. Marines at Da Nang went on full alert after a Thursday attack that destroyed five aircraft and killed one American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
U.S
South Viet Nam
Phu Bon
Viet Nam
Oriskany
Hanoi
Can Tho
U. S
da Nang
Junkyard operator in more trouble
Independence Iowa reports Richard Axline faces further enforcement as city officials review possible additional violations after fines totaling 75 dollars for stacking cars beyond limits and fencing, with a 10 foot fence built in a residential area and a related health hazard charge pending against Cecil Axline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Iowa
UPI
Richard Axline
Axline
Frank Craig Friday
Cecil
Cecil Axline
Brezhnev warns U S over missile threat in speech
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev told military academy graduates that U S intervention in Vietnam the Dominican Republic and the Congo worsens world tensions and that Russian missiles can finish off any aggressor He said U S strategic aims seek to prop up a bankrupt policy of nuclear blackmail and warned any attack on Soviet capabilities would be fatal Tass reported he and other leaders attended the exercises making a USS Independence Day reception unlikely
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
API
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Congo
U.S.S.R
Brezhnev
Tass
Yas Cises
Let Freedom Ring Pageant Draws Community Crowd at UP Home
The annual historical pageant Let Freedom Ring was staged on the lawn of the United Presbyterian Home on Friday July 2 before about two hundred adults and many children. The Home cast acted seven scenes from Pilgrims to the Spirit of 76 with Betsy Ross and Paul Revere featured. A final sequence showed immigrants mingling with the cast as fireworks concluded the patriotic celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Home
Richard Colby
Rex Ray
Chris Rinner
Paul Revere
Enthusias
Colby
Patrick Henry
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Immi
Grants
Iowa Weather Outlook Quiet and cool tonight and Sunday
Fair skies and continued cool conditions across Iowa. Lows tonight range from 50 to 55 in the north and around 60 in the south. Sunday highs near 80. Monday looks partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers and thunderstorms by late afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seaside
Ore
Crescent City
John Frazier
Kansas
Frazier
Walter N. Morris
Morris
Goldie
Lyle Roeber
Hummer
Boy
Luci
Luci Baines Johnson
St. Matthews Cathedral
Teachers Corps Idea
Million Dollar
Sigourney
Kingsberry Homes Corp
Georgia
Midwest
UPI Telephoto
U.P
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!