Skoplje Earthquake Devastates Yugoslavia City
A catastrophic earthquake leveled much of Skoplje, Yugoslavia, with early estimates of up to 5,000 dead and thousands injured. Buildings collapsed, including the 80 room Macedonia hotel, as rescue teams and Yugoslav authorities scrambled amid communication cuts and widespread panic.
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Yugoslavia
UPS
Skoplje
Tanjugens Agency
Geneva
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross
League
Coplie
Republic of Macedonia
Tanjug
Macedonia
Yugoslav Macedonia
UPI
Aleksandar Blagojevi
Yugoslav Airlines
Balkan Mountains
Scupi
Attorney General to File River Pollution Suit in Waterloo
Iowa Atty Gen Evan L. Hultman announced a suit to halt dumping of inadequately treated sewage into the Cedar River by Waterloo. The action in Black Hawk County District Court seeks an injunction under 1955 river pollution law, following Health Department findings of delays in upgrading the Waterloo sewage plant. River tests in Cedar Rapids showed bacteria counts up to 7 million per 100 ml.
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DES Moines
UPI
Cedar River
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Atty
Evan L. Hultman
Hultman
Iowa State Department of Health
Cedar Rapids
Ed Jochumsen
Department of Health
Towns Involv
Iowa
State Board of Health
The
Conservation Commission
University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory
Student Speaker At Nazarene Church Here
Michael Grimshaw a junior religion major at Olivet Nazarene College will be guest speaker and singer at the Washington Church of the Nazarene 410 E Jefferson Sunday July 28 at 11 a.m. He is visiting Nazarene congregations in the Midwest to report on Olivet’s campus development and to help raise funds for a new Science Building. The Central Educational Zone aims to add 650 000 this summer to 350 000 already pledged by business industries and individuals.
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Michael Grimshaw
Olivet Nazarene College
Kankakee
Ill
Washington Church of the Nazarene
E. Jefferson
Eddie D. West
Grimshaw
Stores to Close For County Fair Event
Washington stores will close Tuesday afternoon August 6 to allow merchants and staff to support the Washington County 4H and FFA Fair. At the fair grounds the program features a water fight and tugs of war between rural and town teams plus a greased pole contest. A free watermelon feed follows with five tons of ice cold fruit.
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Washington
Washington County
Mrs Grace Stephens Dies This Morning
Grace Stephens a Washington librarian and longtime resident died here this morning. Funeral arrangements are at Jones Funeral Home with tentative services set for Monday at 4 PM. She was the widow of Homer Stephens a longtime local jeweler born June 8, 1886.
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Grace Stephens
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Stephens
Homer Stephens
Postmaster Day resigns to enter law practice in Washington
Postmaster General J Edward Day resigns to return to private life and join Sidley Austin firm as Washington partner. He cites an unusual opportunity and says the Post Office Department is in excellent condition. Kennedy has accepted the resignation and awaits a successor.
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Washington
UPI
J. Edward Day
Post Office Department
Day
Kennedy
Post Office
Brawley Day
White House
H. W. Brawley
Brawley
Democratic National ‘Committee
Abraham Ribicoff
Health
Education and Welfare
Connecticut
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court
Chicago
Sidley, Austin, Burgess ,and Smith
Harvard Law School
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Union Speakers at Central Park Sunday Service
The Rev Harold DeVries of First Presbyterian Church will speak at the union worship in Central Park Sunday at 7 30 p m on What Are You Living For The Rev Carlyle Smith will preside and a male quartet from the Presbyterian Church will provide special music.
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Harold DeVries
Pasr
First Presbyterian Church
Central Park
DeVries
Carlyle Smith
The
Presbyterian Church
Platinum stolen from Iowa chemistry dept returned to suit
More than $9,000 worth of platinum instruments stolen from the University of Iowa reappeared on a university official’s front porch. An anonymous call led residents to check a cardboard box containing the platinum items and extra silver pieces with a note warning the silver was not platinum. Some instruments were damaged but the metal’s value remained in the platinum itself.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa
John Hanna
Hanna
Moose Lodge Applies For Liquor License
The Moose Lodge No. 543 sought a Class A Bona Fide Club license at the west edge of Washington. The Washington County board of supervisors approved another liquor license, sending the Moose Lodge application to the state liquor control commission for final action. The lodge received a Class A license from the state commission today.
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Washington County Board of Supervisors
Moose Lodge
Washington
State Liquor Control Commission
New York Center of Integration Riots
United Press reports four days of anti discrimination protests in New York City have drawn 534 arrests and spread planned actions to Brooklyn and Staten Island borough halls. Police halted sit ins at sites with 84 demonstrators. five demonstrators were sentenced for disorderly conduct.
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New York City
Brooklyn
Staten Island
T. Vincent Quinn
Attle
Wash
City Hall
Human Rights Commission
Charleston
D. C
Los Angeles
Eduction Board
North Bergin
N.J
Farmville
Prince Edward County
Kennedy appeals for action on partial test ban pact
President Kennedy says the Moscow accord is a positive first step toward slowing the nuclear arms race but not a end to the cold war. He outlines the pact banning air, space and underwater tests while allowing underground testing and urges Senate ratification with careful public support. Khrushchev in Moscow urges further talks to erase cold war divides and warns the treaty cannot by itself end the arms race.
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Kennedy
Russia
Edt
Moscow
Senate
Dean Rusk
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Hailsham
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Rusk
Harriman
White House
Hyannisport
Mass
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NATO
Kremlin
France
Red China
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
UPI
Izvestia
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Union
Britain
Africans Push for Portugal Arms Ban at U N
The Security Council debated an Africa backed resolution demanding immediate independence for Portuguese colonies and an arms embargo to curb repression. Sponsored by Ghana Morocco and the Philippines the measure stops short of a total ban to avoid NATO opposition, requests Thant ensure enforcement and report by September 30.
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UPS
Security Council
Ghana
Morocco
Philippines
Portugal
United States
NATO
Ted
Thant
Mrs Effie D Will Dies at Ainsworth
Mrs Effie D Will is 87 and died at her home in Ainsworth. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Methodist Church in Ainsworth with Rev William Simbro in charge. Burial will be in Ainsworth Cemetery. Effie Delilah Long was born July 2, 1875 in Ainsworth to John T and Emma Carl Long. She lived on a farm southeast of Ainsworth and was married to Thomas Henry Will who died October 24, 1948. Survivors include one daughter Mrs Don Rabenold of Ainsworth, five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Effie D. Will
Ainsworth
Wiliam Simbro
Ainsworth Cemetery
Jones
Effie Delilah Long
John T
Emma Carl Long
Thomas Henry Will
Will
Methodist Church
Don Rabenold
Weather Outlook With Showers North West Areas
United Press International reports a partly cloudy start through Saturday with scattered showers or thunderstorms in northwest and north central regions and extreme west. Highs reach the 80s in the northwest and near 90 in the southeast, with cooler northwest a Saturday. The five day outlook shows average temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal, modest daily changes, normal highs upper 80s north to near 90 southwest, normals lows near 60 to upper 60s, and precipitation averaging about a quarter inch through the period.
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United Press International
Fiveway
A Little Refreshment Anyone
When heat hits, people differ in drink choices. Gordon Miller of Kalona gulps hot coffee while nine year old Steve Custer, son of Richard and Mrs. Custer of Washington, stands with a cooling drink in a bygone scene showing varied habits.
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Gordon Miller
Kalona
Steve Custer
Richard Custer
Washington
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