Plane Survivors Rescued After Pacific Downing
Ist Lt Gerald Bona navigator from Vacaville California among three rescued from a C120 crash 600 miles southwest of Hawaii near Hickam Field. Capt Jonathan Brown pilot from Travis AFB and flight engineers James Phillips and James Vanderre survived. two others died.救
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Gerald J. Bona
Vacaville
Calif
Charles E. Entrekin
Atlantic City
N.d
Thomas Tasco
Fairfield
Philip E. Johnson
Air Force
Honolulu
API
Coast Guard
Hickam Field
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Jonathan W. Brown
Travis Air Force Base
James M. Phillips
Vacavile
James P. Vanderre
San Rafael
Confession Frees Man Convicted in Carolina Slaying
James Fulton Foster, on death row for 1956 murder in South Carolina, is freed after Charles P. Rothschild of Cairo Illinois confessed to killing Jefferson Georgia merchant Charles Drake during a burglary attempt. Rothschild cited Bible verses in his confession and faces imprisonment. Foster and his Greer family react with relief as Foster is told he may return home.
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Columbia
5. C
James Fulton Foster
Charles P
Rocky) Rothschild
Cairo
Ill
Georgia
Foster
Greer
S. C
Rothschild
Charles Drake
Jefferson, Ga
Jefferson
South Carolina State
Spartansburg
Jefferson Area
Plan New Effort To Gain Release Of 45 Kidnapped
Havana reports U S Consul Wollam is due back at the rebel stronghold of Raul Castro in an effort to free 45 hostages, including Americans and Canadians. Earlier flights freed five, but negotiations stalled and a helicopter ban followed. Embassy and Guan tànamo Navy tightened secrecy, with Wollam meeting Ambassador Earl E Smith and returning to Havana for talks.
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Havana
UPD
U. S
Vark Wollam
Raul Castro
Wollam
United States
U.S
Guantanamo Naval Base
Navy
Earl E. T. Smith
State Department
Whales Confesses Writing Letter Threat About Pilot
William Stanley Whales, 34, an unemployed farmhand in Britain, admitted writing the letter to Soviet Ambassador Milik that warned of a pilot dropping a hydrogen bomb off England. The U S Embassy and Air Force called it a hoax. Moscow Radio framed it as desperate wartime propaganda. Police questioned Whales and released him with no formal comment from authorities.
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London
UPI
William Stanley Whales
England
Jacob Milik
U. S
U.S
Britain
Royal Air Force
Moscow
North America
United States Air Force
Levi Metzger Rites Will Be Today
Last rites for Levi Metzger age 79 former area farmer will be at 2 p m today at Winfield Methodist church. He died Wednesday at Memorial hospital. Burial will be in Winfield Scott township cemetery. Born October 3 1878 southwest of here to Nathan and unnamed mother, he married Alice Pierson in 1914 then Mary Vince. Survivors include wife three sons Russell Ronald Virgil two daughters Dewey Jones and Fred Brockman a brother J D Metzger six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Columbus City
Levi Metzger
Winfield Methodist’ Church
Mt. Ples
Winfield Scott Township
Mr. Metzger
Here
Nathan Metzger
Alice Pierson
Mary Vince
Russell
Mr. Pleasant
Ronald
Olds
Virgil
Dewey Jones
Columbus Junction
Fred Brockman
Ames
J. D. Metzger
Winfield
Lauderdale Services At Conesville Today
Funeral services for Kermit Lauderdale 56 will be held at 2 p m in Conesville Methodist church with burial in Conesville cemetery. Rev. Nancy Nichols will officiate. He died Thursday at his home northwest of here. He lived 30 years in Oakland township. Born February 15 1902 in Hilman Indiana to Jasper R and Minnie Lauderdale. Survived by his mother two brothers Allen of Brighton and Thomas of Crawfordsville and five sisters Mrs Robert Cowan Conesville Mrs Orval Van Horn Muscatine Mrs Vern Keandman Riverside Mrs Junior Whitaker Conesville and Mrs Lloyd Stoker Durant.
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Conesville Methodist Church
Conesville
Nancy Nichols
Stacy Funeral Home
Columbus Junction
Lauderdale
Oakland Township
Hilman
Ind
Jasper R
Minnie Lamar Lauderdale
Allen
Brighton
Thomas
Crawfordsville
Robert Cowan
Orval van Horn
Muscatine
Vern Keandman
Riverside
Junior Whitaker
Lloyd Stocker
Durant
Sunshine Takes Over Across State Today
The showers ended in Iowa today and sunshine and cooler, fair weather will take over for the next several days. Moisture from the Fourth of July was light, with measured amounts in Burlington, Ottumwa, and Lamont. Highs reached the mid to upper 80s in places, with cool nights in the 50s to 60s, and skies partly cloudy.
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Iowa
Burlington
Ottumwa
Lamont
Sioux City
Spencer
Towa
Elizabeth Grabner 85 Dies in Keota
Elizabeth Grabner 85 longtime Keota resident died at 3 35 am in Sigourney Hospital after a week there She had spent five years as a patient at Gries Rest Home Sigourney Funeral services set for 9 30 am Monday at St Mary's Catholic Church Keota Parish rosary 8 pm Sunday Powell Funeral Home Burial in St Mary's Cemetery Survivors include sisters Mrs John Olinger Peosta IA and Mrs Charles Biewen Ames IA and brothers Wendell Baker Keota and Joe Baker Pomeroy IA
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Keota
Elizabeth Grabner
Sigourney Hospital
Gries Rest Home
Sigourney
St. Mary's Atholic Church
Powell Funeral
St. Mary's Cemetery
John Olinger
Peahontas
Charles Biewen
Ames
Wendell Baker
Joe Baker
Pomeroy
Reds Reveal New Nuclear Detection Methods at Geneva Conference
At the East West technical conference in Geneva the Soviet Union unveiled some previously secret means to detect nuclear explosions. Soviet scientists, including Nobel laureate Nikolai Semenov, presented data beyond what had been publicly known, while Western experts noted progress and a cooperative atmosphere as talks continued.
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UPS
Sovet Union
Hans Bethe
Cornell University
Britain
France
Canada
United States
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Thanv
Nikolai N. Semenov
Mikhail A Sadovski
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Bethe
Flood disaster in Iowa prompts federal aid declaration
President Eisenhower declared the flood-stricken Iowa counties a major disaster, enabling federal grants for public facility rehabilitation after surveys. Audubon and other towns suffered extensive damage with hundreds homeless, dozens of deaths, and extensive farm and road losses.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Iowa
Herschel Loveless
Loveless
White House
Audubon
Cass
Guthrie
Montgomery
Pottawattamie
Fremont
Page
Town Highway Commission
Shelby
Red Cross
Herschel C. Loveless
State Agricultural Disaster Committee
Des
Heavy Fourth of July Toll Exceeds Predictions
The Fourth of July weekend toll rose beyond forecasts with 235 total deaths, including 146 traffic deaths and 82 drownings as of 8 am EDT. California led with 15 fatalities, while Oregon fireworks blast and other accidents added to the grim tally amid storms and crashes nationwide.
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United Press International
Lifornia
Texas
New York
Ohio
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Ned Hi. Dearborn
Early July weekend accidents kill four in Iowa report
United Press Internatio reports four people killed during the Fourth of July weekend in Iowa. Fatalities include a man in a car, a plane crash victim, a pedestrian struck by a train, and a heart attack death not counted in traffic toll, with multiple other injuries noted from a separate South Omaha Bridge crash.
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Towa
Mason City
Marble
Armour and Co
Jackson
Rock Island
McClelland
Pottawattamie County
Jay Stuelke
Jon Michael Waver
Colum
Renshaw
Darrell Jones
Council G Farm
Clear Ae Tear
Lake
Marvin Renshaw
Clearly Lake
Ape
N.L. Jackson
McClelland, Tows
Albertus Marble
Weaver
Jones
South Omaha
Iowa
Two Boys Injured In Out of Control Truck Crash
In Crawfordsville and Wyman, two boys were injured Thursday afternoon when the pickup they were riding in left the road and overturned one mile west of Wyman. Lint, 14, of Crawfordsville, was driving. Melvin Huston, 13, of Wyman, was a passenger. Both were hospitalized in Washington County Hospital. Lint faces a charge of driving without a license.
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Caaw Runuovium
Crawfordsville
Wyman
Ephone
Pole Sheriff's
Meinte
Melvin Huston
Harold Tuston
Washington County Hospital
Lintz
Huston
Sherif
Portland Fireworks Warehouse Explodes in Portland
A fireworks warehouse in southeast Portland exploded early today causing extensive damage to nearby homes. One child, a little girl, was killed and more than 20 people were injured, with many injuries from shattered windows. The resulting blaze sent huge flames and smoke high into the air, attracting a large crowd and a traffic jam, and fire officials said the fire was under control an hour after the blast.
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Iowa
Ordway
Colo
Howard Gibb
Portland
Ore
Explo
Moke
Iowa Weather: Partly Cloudy With Cooler Tonight
United Press International reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies through Sunday with little temperature change. Cooler tonight, highs Sunday around the mid 70s to low 80s in the northwest and southeast regions. Tonight’s lows near 50 in the northwest and around 39 in the southeast. Monday also expected to be partly cloudy with minimal temperature change.
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Iowa
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