Mystery dynamite blast stalls on Rock Island line
Federal state and county officers meet to examine evidence in the attempt to explode 99 sticks of dynamite under the Rock Island Lines Rocky Mountain Rocket passenger train near Des Moines. The fuse was cut by train wheels and later reset but failed to detonate.
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Rock Island
Des Moines
Iowa
George Schuck
West Des Moines
UPI
Rock Island Lines
Rocky Mountain
Polk County
Wilbur Hildreth
FBI
Eldon Lewis
Lewis
Reese
Four Burned in Heater Explosion at Farm Home
Story City Iowa four persons two of them children were critically burned when a gas water heater exploded in the basement of their farm home Robert C Weltha 32 appeared to be lighting the pilot light Donna Mae 28 wife and two children Joel five and Diane three also suffered burns Mrs Weltha drove the family to a doctor in Story City then the doctor took them to Ames for hospitalization
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Story City
Iowa
UPI
Harold Holm
Robert C. Weltha
Weltha
Donna Mae
Joel
Diane
OAS Eyes Broad Caribbean Inquiry Over Nicaraguan Revolt
The Organization of American States asks 13 Caribbean nations for urgent details on the Nicaragua situation and signals a potential wide probe of Caribbean tensions. A four nation committee backs a broad inquiry, while delaying an on site invasion investigation tied to Costa Rica.
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Washington
UPI
Organization of American States
OAS
Caribbean
Nicaragua
Julio A. Lacarte
Uruguay
United States
Lacarte
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Colombia
Venezuela
Panama
Costa Rica
Honduras
el Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Brazil
Adenauer’s Change Of Mind Splits West German CDU
Bonn reports a serious split in Chancellor Adenauer’s Christian Democratic Union after his decision to remain as chancellor rather than pursue the presidency. Top leaders Gerstenmaier and Krone challenged the move, signaling a possible postponement of the July 1 presidential election and uncertainty over Heuss’s successor.
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Bonn
UPS
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democratic
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Heinrich Krone
Gerstenmaier
Krone
Geneva
Heinrich von Brentano
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Theodor Heuss
Ludwig Erhard
Franz Etzel
Townsley Park Fair Association Elects Officers Directors
Frank Kleese was re elected president Cloid Willits vice president Milo Orris secretary and treasurer. Board members elected for three year terms include Marvin Bohr William Gam on Monroe Yoder Robert Ross George Horn Herb Campbell Cloyce Statler Joe Jones and Dude Lowe new member. Holdover directors list also noted. Plans and premium increases announced for the upcoming county 4H and FFA fair at Townsley park the first week of August.
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Townsley Park Fair Association
Frank Kleese
Cloid Willits
Milo Orris
Marvin Bohr
William Gamon
Monroe
Yoder
Robert Ross
George Horn
Herb Campbell
Cloyce Statler
Joe Jones
John Gamon
Herman Wagenknecht
Ernest Wagner
Marion Augustine
Charles C. Hotle
Cloud Willits
Don Robison
John Young
Maurice Crawford
Harold Mangold
LeRoy MecGraw
Bruce Cowden
Townsley Park
Norstad Defies Khrushchev Threats At Atlantic Congress
NATO supreme commander General Lauris Norstad warned Soviet Premier Khrushchev that the West will not fear Albania’s missiles. He urged modern weapons and atomic warheads for Europe and pledged readiness to force a pause if a clash occurs. Two American delegates pushed an economic challenge to world Communism.
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London
APL
Lauris Norstad
Nikita Khrushchev
West
Albania
Europe
Khrushchev
NATO
Norstad
Berlin
Congress
Harold Norton Infant Dies. Rites Held at Elm Grove
Harold Lloyd Norton infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Norton of 702 West Monroe Street died at the local hospital. Born June 6 1959 he graveside at Elm Grove Cemetery at 11 this morning. Survivors include his parents one brother and a sister and maternal grandparents of Washington with Jones Funeral Home in charge.
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Elm Grove Cemetery
Harold Lloyd Norton
Harold Norton
West Monroe Street
R. W. Thompson
Jones Funeral Home
Arangements
Harold Lloyd
Mary Kathryn Carey Norton
Dennis Eugene
Kathryn Pearl
John Carey
Washington
Berlin Talks Shadowed by Communist Threats and Blockade Hints
Western diplomats at the deadlocked foreign ministers conference faced ominous threats of a Berlin blockade from Communist leaders. East German chief Ulbricht dismissed the status quo as unrealistic, while Khrushchev’s stance remained pivotal. Brandt invited to meet Western ministers next Friday for briefings.
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Geneva
UPI
Berlin
West
West Germany
Selwyn Lloyd
Herter
Brandt
Peter Hall
Big Four
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Christian A. Herter
Walter Ulbricht
Dresden
Khrushchev
Ulbricht
Nikita Khrushchev
Foreign Ministers
Atlanta Orders Time to Plan School Desegregation
UPI reports two federal judges in Atlanta set a reasonable period for a desegregation plan after a one day hearing. Judge Hooper with Judge Sloan ruled the city must present an integration plan not racist in tone and the state law may force school closings if desegregation is not pursued. The city appealed while the court noted Supreme Court guidance deems segregation unconstitutional.
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Boyd Sloan
Frank Hooper
Atlanta
Georgia
UPI
Hooper and Sloan
Atlanta School Board
U. S. Supreme Court
Trains collide killing 45 in Brazil rush hour crash
Two commuter trains on the same track near a Sao Paulo suburb collided during rush hour killing 45 people and injuring more than 70. Officials said one train was diverted to a siding by error, then returned to the main line as the other train approached.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
UPI
House Members Vote To Slash Defense Budget
The House approved a 38.8 billion dollar military bill boosting missile and defense programs while trimming Eisenhower’s overall request. The package eliminates 260 million for a super aircraft carrier and includes cuts to other proposals, with amendments defeated to add Army manpower and block the Bomarc missile. The measure advances to the Senate as other money bills proceed.
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Washington
UPI
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Army
Air Force
Senate
Commerce
Lewis L Strauss
Ogden R. Reid
U. S
Israel
White House
Treasury
Post Office
Funeral Trip Ends in Tragedy Near Boone
Two killed and five injured when a Des Moines car likely blew a tire and plunged into a ditch on US 169 one mile north of Bouton in Boone County. Victims include Gladys Wright and Jane Edge. Injured: George Wright Bernice Williams Bernice Bollinger two daughters Jeannine and Rachelle. Wright was a Des Moines Register and Tribune driver.
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Boone Dallas County
Bouton
Dallas County Hospital
Perry
Wright
Bollinger
Williams
Long Time Brighton Resident Dies Friday
Silbert Hagans 74 died Friday evening at Washington County Hospital after months of illness. Funeral at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton Monday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Roger Williams officiating. Buried in Hilcrest Cemetery. Hagans born Sept 16, 1884 in Canton Illinois. moved to Brighton at age eight. Survived by wife Nellie Ed wards two sons Glenn West Liberty and Walter Brighton two sisters Mrs William Nordyke and Mrs Maude Hyde both of Fairfield two brothers James Ottumwa and Ed Fairfield five grandchildren two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents an infant son and two brothers.
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Brighton
Silbert Henry Hagans
Washington County Hospital
Gould Funeral Home
Roger Williams
Hilcrest
Hagans
Canton
Ill
Nellie Edwards
Brighton Christian Church
E. P. Lodge
Glenn
West Liberty
Walter
William Nordyke
Maude Hyde
Fairfield
James
Ottumwa
Two Men Die In Car Fire Near Minburn Iowa
Two men were burned to death when their car overturned and caught fire on the shoulder of Iowa 169 south of Minburn. Kenneth Leroy Retmen, 30, of Perry, and Richard Dean Dickerson, 25, also of Perry, were pinned in the wreck. The car jumped a culvert and tumbled off the roadway near a cattle underpass.
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Minburn
Iowa
UPI
Dallas County
Evan Burger
Kenneth Leroy Retmen
Perry
Richard Dean Dickerson
Burger
Retmen
Mystery still shrouds fate of Libyan bomber crew
Pentagon confirms a New Yorker led a B24 Liberator found in a remote Libyan desert area. Pilot Lt. William J. Hatton remains missing after the 1943 mission to Naples. A nine man crew included Robert F. Toner and others from Massachusetts Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania. Ground and air investigations will follow the discovery.
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Pentagon
William J. Hatton
Amelia
Rose
New York City
Stuart A. Brodrick
Hatton
Defense Department
Soluck
Libya
Naples
Army Mortuary Service
Frankfurt
Germany
Wiesbaden
US Air Forces
Europe
Kufra Oasis
Robert F. Toner
North Attlehore
Mass
D. P. Hays
Lee's Summit
John S. Woravka
Cleveland
Ohio
Harold S. Ripshinger
Saginaw
Mich
Robert E. LaMotte
Lake Linden
Guy E. Shelley
New Cumberland
Vernon L. Ford
New Boston
Samuel KR. Adams
Eure- 4
Rosemary O'Brien 19 Dies at Kinross Home
Rosemary Elizabeth O'Brien aged 19 died Friday night at her Kinross area home after a long illness. A requiem mass was set for Monday at Sacred Heart Church in Kinross with a rosary at the family home the prior two evenings. Funeral arrangements are with Powell Funeral Home Keota. She was born March 22 1940 in Kinross, a daughter of Edmund J. and Mabel J O'Brien, and she is survived by her parents two brothers Donald of Keota John Robert and one sister Ruth Ann, all at home.
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KEOTA
Rosemary Elizabeth O'Brien
Kinross
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powell
Mabel Johnston O'Brien
North English
Sacred Heart Church
Donald of
John Robert
Ruth Ann
Coppock rites set for Mrs Alma Alters at 75
Final rites for Mrs Alma Cook Alters 75 of Coppock will be held at 2 p m Sunday at the Coppock Christian Church. She died of a heart attack at her home Thursday night. Body to be taken from Stacy Funeral Columbus Junction to the church at noon Sunday. Moonshine outlawed Florida bill makes possession of more than one gallon a felony and less than a gallon a misdemeanor.
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Alma Cook Alters
Coppock Christian Church
Tallahassee, Fla
Weather Iowa forecast shows warmth through Sunday
United Press International reports a generally fair Iowa outlook with continued warm temperatures through Sunday. Tonight's lows around the lower 60s, Sunday highs near 84, with partly cloudy skies and a small chance of scattered afternoon thundershowers Monday.
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United Press International
Iowa
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William B. Reese
House Rules Committee
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Rosemary O’brien
Alma Alters
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