Kennedy proposes U.S.-Soviet space cooperation push
President Kennedy urged Premier Khrushchev to join joint space efforts including weather and communications satellites and urged UN registration of all orbital objects. He said Washington would present concrete space proposals and seek early planning for interplanetary travel under UN auspices.
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UPI
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Space
Russia
United Nations
Outer Space
General Assembly
Outer
U.N
World Meteorogical Organization
United States
John H. Glenn
U.S
Mars
Venus
Stevenson
Berlin
Geneva
Okinawa
Deny Priest Held as Prisoner in California Monastery
San Francisco attorney claims former Catholic priest Walter Ryan is not being held. Ryan, named in a $2.3 million New York lawsuit, reportedly lives quietly on a California pension. The suit says he was placed in a monastery against his will, an assertion disputed by attorney Thomas C. O’Brien.
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San Francisco
UPI
Thomas C. O'Brien
Walter Ryan
O'Brien
Ryan
California
New York
Reservists Protest Being Held on Duty at Fort Polk
About 200 off duty soldiers in civilian clothes gathered near the Fort Polk Enlisted Men's Club to protest active duty. Maj. Gen. Harley B. West said the gathering was orderly with no disorder or marching, while noting reports of up to 600 in the 49th Armored Division being called to duty.
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UPI
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Texas National Guard
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Dallas
49Th
Service Club
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New Hampshire National Guard
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Ft. Devens
Mass
Berlin
Senate
Washington Industrial Corporation Shares Vote Elects Three to Board
The Wash ington Industrial Corporation held its annual stockholders meeting in the Iowa Southern Utilities building basement room. Theodore Johnson and W. H. Smart were re elected to the board, L A Holland filled Merritt McDaniel’s vacancy, with other directors including William Perdock William Boshart Richard Weeks James Harris and Leon Hillman. Ted Johnson reported on past year work and officers were re elected: Ted Johnson president Dick Weeks treasurer Leon Hillman secretary.
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Iowa Southern Utilities
Theodore Johnson
W. H. Smart
L. A. Holland
Merritt McDaniel
William Perdock
William Boshart
Richard Weeks
James Harris
Leon Hillman
Ted Johnson
Dick Weeks
Iowa Population Estimates Reach 2 781 850 in 1961
Iowa officials report a July 1 1961 population estimate of 2 781 850. Census data from April 1 1960 put Iowa at 2 757 537. County figures include Washington 19 400 Louisa 10 300 Jefferson 15 800 Henry 18 200 Keokuk 15 300.
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IDPA
Department of Vital Statistics
The
State Health Department
Iowa
U. S. Census Bureau
Washington
Louisa
Jefferson
Henry
Keokuk
Wapello Democrat Seeks State Senate Nomination
Dale H. Rickert a 34 year old Wapello area farmer announced his Democratic bid for the state senate representing Louisa and Washington Counties He farms 600 acres southwest of Wapello is married to Esther Jamison and has three children His father Guy Rickert sits on the Louisa County board of supervisors He is an Iowa State University graduate taught veterans agriculture at Parkersburg and served as an air force officer He is the first Democrat to announce for the seat Richard Stephens a Republican from Ainsworth also seeks his party nomination for the June 4 primary
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Wapello Area
Senate
Louisa
Washington
Rickert
Louisa County
Wapello
Esther Jamison
Guy Rickert
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Rickert
Towa State University
Ames
Parkersburg
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
Dunnington Addresses Washington Methodist Men
Dr. L. L. Dunnington, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Iowa City, spoke at the final Washington Methodist Men meeting of the season. The event at the church basement featured a dinner and program with a call to a clear vision and a faith-filled life. Wendell Eden was named president for the new year, with Jack Nelson as vice president and Ed Kemper as secretary-treasurer.
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First Methodist
Iowa City
Washington Methodist
Dr. Dunnington
Charles Rademaker
Wendell Eden
Jack Nelson
Ed Kemper
Genheimer speakers set for Prairie Flower church
Rev and Mrs W A Genheimer long time Zulu missionaries return home for furlough will address Prairie Flower Baptist church Sunday March 11 Rev Genheimer to speak at morning service and present slides in evening A noon cooperative dinner follows with a brief service Mrs Genheimer to speak and answer questions Geneimers are Ron and Myrna Reeves Genheimer in Durban South Africa all invited.
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W. A. Genheimer
Republic of South Africa
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Genheimer
Ron Genheimer
Myrna Reeves Genheimer
Durban
South Africa
Snowstorm Delays Iowa Events And Brings Up To 12 Inches
Snow swept across eastern Iowa causing school closures and travel hazards. Up to 12 inches of fresh snow layered over existing drifts amid strong winds and drifting. The Southeast Six band festival at Ft. Madison was canceled and Waterloo events shifted venues due to the storm.
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Mghway Commission
Loo
Spencer
Waterloo
Des Moines
American Bowling Congress
Iowa
Capitol
Weather Bureau
Veteran auctioneer 90 years old recalls Indians and James Boys
Dawn marks the 90th birthday of Charles Brown a longtime auctioneer whose 64 year career included 6000 sales from Washington to Des Moines He recalls seeing Frank James and growing up near Pilotburg and Wellman He later ran Brown Finance with his daughter and speaks of livestock sales lessons and a life in showmanship and auctions
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Charles Brown
Washington County Hospital
Charles
Washington and
Kalona
Oklahoma
Colorado
Chicago
Galesburg
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Des Moines
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Brown Finance
Brown
Nels (Bus) Westermark
Charlie
Wellman
Pilotburg
Cherry Sisters
Brown Charlie
Old West
Jay Brown
M.L
Bill Brown
Wilson Putnam
Nels
Bus) Westermark
Washington
Wayne C. Brown
Martha Shean
San Diego
Calif
William Thom
West Hollywood
Fla
Women Voters Back Judicial Reform in Iowa
The League of Women Voters of Iowa announced it will widely use a new publication, A Brief Case for the Judicial Amendment, to back the state constitutional reform. The amendment, already approved by two legislative sessions, would become law if the June 4 referendum passes. Mrs. Austin Getz of Ames, league president, spoke as the board met, with a state council meeting set for April 17-18.
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Getz
League
Arsenic Poisoning Suspect Arrested in Indiana
Beth Lane, 37, facing attempted murder charges after arsenic poisoning hit Edward Lane and 10 children in Bloomfield. A rat poison bottle is missing. Lane recovered in a veterans hospital and urged psychiatric care for his wife.
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Bloomfield, Ind
UPI
Edward Lane
Beth Lane
Fay Ellen
Lane
Indianapolis
Ind
Veterans Hospital
Joseph Linnenkamp Dies Suddenly at 81 Near Harper
Joseph Linnenkamp 81 died suddenly at his home two miles southwest of Harper from an apparent heart attack. Rosary Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and funeral Monday at 10 a.m. in St Elizabeth's Church Harper. Burial in St Elizabeth cemetery. Survived by three children Francis Harper Mrs John Harras Sigourney and Mrs Frank Greiner Keota plus grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Joseph Linnenkamp
Harper
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
M. J. Diamond
St. Elizabeth Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Mr Linnenkamp
Bayden
Henry
Mary Linnenkamp
Ethel Striegel
Francis
John Harras
Sigourney
Frank Greiner
Oil Tanker Gem Splits In Two In North Atlantic Storm
The 501 foot Liberian tanker Gem broke in two about 100 miles southeast of Morehead City as a fierce East Coast storm lashed the region. Coast Guard and nearby ships report only three crewmen visible on the bow as救救 rescue efforts continued amid widespread damage and a rising death toll.
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United Press International
Gem
Atlantic
Morehead
N.C
Jytte Skou
Coast Guard
Portsmouth
Urania Transportation Co., Inc
Monrovia
Liberia
New York
Willard Ivers Inc
Florida
Heavy Snow Warning Shifts Across Iowa States
Weather bulletin notes heavy snow continuing east portion through evening with new accumulation up to 12 inches east and about five inches west. Drifting and blowing snow expected with diminishing activity tonight into Friday flurries. Temperatures steady with lows 25 to 30 and highs near 30, outlook for Saturday mostly cloudy and slightly warmer with possible brief precip.
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