Storm Lashes Dubuque and Eastern Iowa with Hail and Floods
Severe storms swept eastern Iowa with Dubuque taking the hardest hit. Rain totals reached 1.17 inches in Dubuque, hail up to baseball size reported near Waupton, and wind damage including a roof torn from a fire station in Asbury. East Dubuque, Illinois, evacuated about 2,000 at a horse show as floods and outages affected multiple counties.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Asbury
Mississippi River
East Dubuque
Ill
Waupeton
Dumont
Butler County
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Villa Sangro To Be Mrs Kennedy Vacation Home
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline will vacation for two weeks in August at Villa Sangro in Ravello Italy. The old villa offers privacy behind a high wall and rests on a 1227 foot hill over a medieval village with winding streets and quiet atmosphere.
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Italy
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
Sangro
$200 Stolen During Break-In at Keota
Keota and Keokuk County authorities investigated a Sunday night break-in at the A. A. Hulse department and grocery store in Keota. Cash, checks and securities totaling about $200 were taken from an unlocked safe after a rear door was forced by breaking glass.
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Keota
Keokuk County
A. A. Hulse
Three Girls Die In Iowa City Crash
Three teenage girls died when their car plunged off a barricaded highway end and was crushed by a following car. A fourth girl and the second driver were injured, and all four had graduated from Iowa City High School last month.
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Iowa City
UPI
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sharon Ann Francis
Coralville
Mary Louise Purvis
Judith Brack
Miriam Stallfort
University Hospitals
Iowa City High School
Leo Paul Houston
Sioux City
Richard Reddick
State Highway Patrol
Iowa 1
Interstate 80
Reddick
Rural Accident Survey in Six Iowa Counties Underway
The Institute of Agricultural Medicine at The State University of Iowa directs a year long Rural Family Accident Survey in six eastern Iowa counties. Led by William MecConnell Jr. the study seeks reports on all farm family injuries causing lost work time or disability to inform prevention efforts.
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Institute of Agricultural Medicine
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Muscatine
Washington
Johnson
Cedar
Linn
Institute
The
United States Public Health Service
William MecConnmell Jr
McConnell
Iowa State University
Ames
Washington County
SUI Institute
County Farmers Battle Hoppers Fight Grasshoppers Toll in County
Washington County sees heavy grasshopper damage this summer with outbreaks rivaling 1955 and 1956. County Extension Director James Frier urges proper insecticide use to avoid residues and lists spraying guidelines for fields, pastures, hay, and corn areas.
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Washington County
James Frier
Frier
Iowa
Davenport Woman Dies After Self-Immolation Under Bridge
Marilyn Kelding 31 was found burned under a Davenport creek bridge after dousing herself with paint thinner and igniting. Her husband said she was despondent and seeing a psychiatrist. medical examiner ruled death by own action, with 80 percent burns. She left a wedding ring and family records destroyed. four children aged 2 to 6 affected.
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Davenport
UPI
Marilyn Kelding
Robert
Rollin M. Perkins
Scott County
Perkins
Kelding
Congress Eyes Closed Hearings on Tax Cut Debate
The House Ways and Means Committee ordered closed hearings on the economic case for a tax cut this year. Witnesses will include experts from business, labor, academia and other non-government fields. Keith Funston urged reductions in corporate and top income tax rates, but tied cuts to evidence of spending restraint. He suggested cuts to lower brackets and capital gains, while warning that tax cuts could widen the deficit without spending reform. Kennedy was to decide within a month whether to pursue an income tax cut.
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UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Funston
Congress
Administration
Kennedy
Houseways and Means Committee
Plane Crash at Honolulu Airport Kills 27
A Canadian Pacific Britannia four engine propjet crashed near Hickam Air Force Base after diverting from a landing at Honolulu International Airport. 27 killed, 13 survivors among 40 aboard Flight 301 from Amsterdam via Vancouver. Fire and explosions followed as the tail section likely detached. Witnesses described a raging inferno and mangled bodies. FAA said no distress prior to impact.
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Honolulu
UPI
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Vancouver
Canada
Sydney
Australia
Hickam Air Force Base
Federal Aviation Agency
Michigan 4-H Guests Arrive for Washington Exchange Week
About 50 Indians and 30 Kalamazoo County 4-Hers arrive in Washington for a week of hosting and activities. Welcoming ceremony in Central Park includes peace pipe, then introductions to local host families. Plans include a pool party and family-night events with host families and chaperones guiding the exchange.
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Michigan 4-H
Washington County
Central Park
Michigan
Joe Redlinger
Joe
Tom Heflin
Kalamazoo
Hubert Redlinger
Washington
Journal
Bob Elliott
Kalamazoo County
Harold Stevens
Elaine Paisley
Pat Lowe
Columbus Junction
Shirley Conklin
Keota
Kathleen Walsh
Riverside
Janet Canady
Rosann Crayne
Marilyn Timmins
Nancy Statler
Ellen Knottnerus
Ainsworth
Sheila Chabal
Linda Warner
Linda Timmins
West Chester
Donna Stout
Crawfordsville
Pat Gerdes
Alfred Neal Rites In Des Moines
Word has been received of the sudden death of Alfred Neal in Des Moines. Mrs. Neal is the former Mabel Hazen of Washington and the family home is at 6627 Forest Court. The funeral will be held at the Dunn Funeral Home Des Moines at 10 am Wednesday.
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Alfred Neal
Des Moines
Antique Cars At Washington County Fairgrounds Parade
A large crowd viewed around forty antique cars from the Southeast Iowa Antique Car Club at the Washington County fairgrounds. The display included 1910 to 1920 era remakes and a later model Rolls Royce, followed by a square parade after a club picnic.
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Washington
Iowa
Antique Car Club
Washington County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Governor Rejects Clemency in Iowa Murder Case
Gov. Norman A. Erbe refused to grant clemency to Charles N. Brown, sentenced to die for the 1961 murder of Alvin Koehrsen. The Iowa Supreme Court denied a rehearing for Brown’s accomplice Charles Kelley, who faces execution after the governor’s ruling. Brown’s execution is scheduled for 5 a.m. Tuesday at Fort Madison, marking Iowa’s first lethal measure in a decade.
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Des Moines
UPT
Norman A. Erbe
Charles N. Brown
Iowa Supreme Court
Brown
Charles Edwin Kelley
Erbe
Iowa
Kelley
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Alvin Koehrsen
Walnut
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Arthur
Opal) Kelley
Minneapolis
M Erbe
Judges Named for Washington County Fair Begins Monday
Jim Frier announces the Washington County Fair starts Monday July 30 with judges Walter Olson Calamus IA for baby beeves and beef heifers on Wednesday and Charles Cottrell Van Horne IA for the swine division. A carcass show will award prizes to eligible pigs slaughtered by Rath Packing Company and certified by the Washington County Swine Producers Association. Junior cattle feeder division plans 13 pens of three.
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Washington County Fair
Jim Frier
Walter Olson
Calamus
Iowa
Frier
Charles Cottrell
van Horne
Fair to partly cloudy Iowa five day forecast
Weather forecast for Iowa projects fair to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with mild lows in the 55 to 65 range. Expect highs in the 80s, with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms mainly in the south and east on Wednesday. Through Saturday temperatures run 3-5 degrees below normal with moderate to locally heavy precipitation on Tuesday and again Thursday.
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Iowa
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A. C. McKinstrey
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Mary Kriz
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Harp
Rural Vinton
Thomas McDermott
Fort Dodge
Gary Houser
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