Iowa clarifies implied consent law on drunk driving
Atty. Gen. Evan L. Hultman issued a formal interpretation clarifying Iowa's new implied consent rule ahead of the July 4 effective date. The opinion outlines who may administer tests, the writing requirement for drivers’ requests, and allowable testing methods including breath, urine, and saliva in addition to blood drawn by licensed medical personnel.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Evan L. Hultman
Carl Peseh
Safety Department
Hultman
Pesch
North Dakota
Merger Hinges On Rock Island Vote
The Rock Island Railroad approves a plan to merge with Union Pacific, with the Rock Island Lines board set to vote on the offer. Chicago North Western Railway counters with a merger proposal and talks with Milwaukee Road hint at a possible three way deal. News notes the impact of stock prices on the bid as discussions continue.
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Chicago
UPI
Rock Island Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Cicavours
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Chicago North Western Railway
C&nw
Milwaukee Road
Rock
Conway May Deal With Governor Over Board Appointment
Walter Conway the lone Democrat on Iowa's Board of Control offered a deal to Governor Harold Hughes to resign July 1 in exchange for appointing an urban Democrat in his stead. He argued Corbin Crawford has a Republican rural background and warned the governor would lack urban representation with no Republican appointees on the board.
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Muscatine
UPL
Walter Conway
Iowa
Crawford
Conway
Overnor
Owa
Carroll Price
Knoxville
Jim C. Henry
Carson
Price 5
Pottawattamie County
House passes 47 million defense bill amid Senate caution
The House approved a 47 million defense appropriations bill by 410 to 1, trimming 1.9 billion from the president’s request. It covers almost half of the 98.8 billion federal budget for the new fiscal year. Senate action is not expected until after the year begins. The debate notes bomber programs and future manned aircraft despite a shift toward missiles.
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Senate
Congress
Defense Department
House
Defense
Robert S._ McNamara
U.S
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Aged Coppock Man Dies Early Today
Frank Manning 3 of Coppock died at Rest Haven Nursing Home Mt Pleasant. Funeral at Coppock Christian Church Saturday 2 PM with burial Cottonwood Cemetery. Survived by widow 12 children 67 grandchildren 127 great grandchildren and a brother Charles Mt Pleasant. Manning born Henry County Nov 22 1869 married Martha in April 1896. He was preceded in death by three children.
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Wayland
Frank Manning
Coppock
Rest Haven
Mt. Pleasant
Coppock Christian Church
Cottonwood Cemetery
Manning
Henry County
Martha Turn
Urvivors
John Kauffman
Ray
Robert
Ethel Thompson
Pearl Mowery
Dallas Schtimer
Henry
Victor Calhoun
Howard Gingerich
Iowa City
Clifford Baker
Brighton
Edith Maker
Ottum
Charles
Mt Pleasant
Tax Dollars Are Paid in Silver
Spindale Mills workers will receive plastic bags of silver dollars with their weekly salaries to dramatize how much federal taxes cut into earnings. The monthly eye opener shows $220,503.24 withheld last year for 500 employees, about $6,163.52 weekly, and urges voters to curb government waste and agencies.
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Spindale
N.C
UPI
Spindale Mills
Charles H. Reynolds
Reynolds
Washington
No Applications Here For Liquor Licenses
Today was the first day for liquor by the glass licenses in Iowa with no applications received by the Washington County board of supervisors or the Washington city clerk Application forms are available from both sources and may also be submitted to town councils in other incorporated towns In county outside town establishments applications go to the county supervisors.
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Iowa
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Washington City
Five Seek Supervisory Post After Resignation
Five men have been asked to be considered for appointment to the Washington County board of supervisors to fill the vacancy from the resignation of W. C. Bill Robertson. The resignation becomes effective at the close of business on July 8. A committee of Fred Bourgeois, county auditor, Robert Porter, clerk of district court, and Lena Stewart, county recorder, will name a successor. Names of the five men were not disclosed by officials.
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W.C
Bill Robertson
Robert
Busness
Fred Bourgeois
Robert Porter
Lena Stewart
Cancer Crusade quota exceeded in county
AM Schell of the Washington County Cancer Crusade announced at a directors meeting that the $5,690 quota had been surpassed by $160 this year. He commended many organizations and individuals who solicited. Mrs Joe Knotek county chairman presented Schell a citizen plaque from the American Dance Society.
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Cnawman
Washington County
Caner Crusade
Joe Knotek
Schell
American Dance Society
Winifred Anderson
M Pleasant
Washington Evening Journal
KCH
Students Defy Ban On Travel to Cuba
About 50 U S college students reportedly sought travel to Havana financed by Castro regime. They left New York for Europe and planned Cuban charter via Prague, but officials warned that Canada would block the flight and that travel without a specially validated passport risks five years in jail or a $5000 fine. None had permission to visit Cuba.
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UPI
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U. S
Canada
Cuba
New York
Europe
Prague
Department of ‘Transport
Amsterdam
KLM
BOAC
London
Paris
U.S
United States
Man in tuxedo tries to kiss Princess Margaret at theater
An unknown small white haired man wearing a tuxedo and black hat attempted to kiss Princess Margaret at the Sadler's Wells Ballet Theater entrance on a Wednesday night. A theater official pushed him aside and the man stepped into the crowd, waved his hat, smiled, and walked off.
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ONDON
UPI
Princess Margaret
Sadler's Wells Ballet Theater
Kennedy Visits Ireland in People’s Tour and Tea at Kinship Home
Crowds surged as President Kennedy traveled by helicopter and car through southeastern Ireland visiting New Ross Dunganstown and Wexford. He greeted relatives toured the Kennedy homestead and shared tea at Mrs Mary Ryan a third cousin's house amid calls of welcome and security pushbacks. The trip includes honorary degrees and city freedoms with plans to England and Italy before returning to Washington.
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UPI
John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Vie
Ryan
Lemass
Eamon de Valera
England
Italy
Washington
Dail
Mary Ryan
U.S. Navy
Dungans
Ken Wexford
de Valera
Ballykelly School
New World
Jim Kennedy
Jimmy
Barrow
Jim
Kennedy Visits Ancestral Home in Dundanstown Ireland
President Kennedy makes a sentimental visit to his Irish ancestors in Dunganstown a shabby shack now a potato shed. He chats with Mrs Mary Ryan and her daughters greets locals hugs children and shares a toast with tea. He poses for photos amid a countrified homecoming mood before departing by helicopter.
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Ireland
Kennedy
New World
Mary Ryan
Kennedy Homestead
Iowa Sky Holds Partly Cloudy Outlook Through Friday
The Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions through Friday with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the east and south during the afternoon or night and drier west. Temperatures hold steady with nights in the 60s and Friday highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s along the north border and southward. Saturday outlook stays partly cloudy with little temperature change and scattered thunder showers.
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Iowa
Labor secretary urges tools to end job discrimination
Wirtz told the House Judiciary Committee that two provisions of the seven point civil rights package would curb hiring and promotion bias. He cited progress by the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, noting 118 unions and 20 million federal contractors have signed anti-discrimination pledges, while urging permanent authority to block federal funds for discriminatory programs. He highlighted construction site disparities where Negro workers are predominantly laborers and warned that job shortages and skill gaps drive unemployment, stressing the need for broader hiring and training efforts.
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UPL
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Ida
House Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
U.S
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