Air Force readies third Moon rocket after postponement
Cape Canaveral officials resumed preparations for the 88 foot four stage Thor rocket after a late postponement. A new auto cut off system will halt the second stage at proper speed and angle by radio from a ground station. Queen Frederika of Greece and daughter Princess Sophia were visiting but would leave after dawn. The Army plans two authorized lunar probes with the first shot expected in December.
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Fla
UPI
Air Force
Cape
Frederika
Greece
Chicago
Sophia
Lunar Sphere
Army
Muleap
Isroads
Washington High School Basketball Season Tickets On Sale
Season tickets for Washington High School varsity basketball games are on sale in three local stores and also sold by players. Priced at 3.50, the pass admits nine home games and may be used by one person or by a group for a single game. Season opens November 21 against Keota. tickets available at Klein Clothing Co Falk's Clothing and Wilson Clothing on the square.
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Washington
John V. Phleger
Klein Klothing Co
Falk's Clothing
Wilson Clothing Stores
Muscatine Man Cleo Peters Gets Life After Ohio Commutation
Gov. C William ONeill commuted Cleo Eugene Peters of Muscatine Iowa from death to life imprisonment for the 1957 slaying of Amish farmer Paul Coblentz near Millersburg Ohio. Peters was 19 at the crime. his accomplice Michael Dumoulin received life. The ruling followed a thorough case study and marked ONeill’s second clemency action.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
William O'Neill
Cleo Eugene Peters
Muscatine
Iowa
Peters
Paul Coblentz
Millersburg
Michael Dumoulin
Wooster
Dumoulin
Hal Conefry
O'Neill
Raymond O. Morgan
W.F. Anfang Jr
Myron Peters
O Neill
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Open House Planned At Veterans Hospital
Open House at the Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital is set for Monday November 10 from 2 to 4 p m. The event aims to show how a VA hospital operates with a program in the Hospital Lobby at 2 p m and invites all citizens to attend. The initiative mirrors similar events at 172 VA facilities nationwide led by Administrator Sumner G Whittier.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Iowa
L. E Stilwell
Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital
U. S
Sumner G. Whittier
Veterans Affairs
Iowa City VA
Twenty Men Rescued By Plane From Arctic Ice Floe
Twenty men stranded on a 1000 by 1000 foot ice floe in the Arctic Ocean were rescued by a C123J plane from Thule Greenland. The group, including Capt James F Smith and several airmen, were taken to Ladd Air Force Base Alaska after the operation went as planned amid 20 degree below zero weather. The expedition also included Rev Tom Cunningham of Point Barrow.
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Alaska
UPI
Arctic Ocean
Thule
Greenland
Point Barrow
Alaskan Air Command
Fairbanks
Air Force
James F. Smith
Richard van Natta
George Coleman
T. A. Boger
C. Beaupre
C. O. Williams
R. E. Wise
George B. Marcus
John M. Cecil
C. Sprague
MacNeel
Tom Cunningham
Point’ Barrow
Attlee to Speak at Iowa Teachers Convention
Des Moines Iowa teachers convene for the Iowa State Education Association's 104th session with about 15 000 in attendance. Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee will address the gathering on World Government or World Chaos.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa State Education Association
Great Britain
Clement Attlee
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review
United States
Soviet Union
Cousins
Russia
Asia
Africa
America
Eisenhower
State Department
Education Week Film Shown In Area
Washington school officials promote the NEA and IowaSECTION Education Week film Mike Makes His Mark about juvenile delinquency and prevention. It will air on KCRG at 1 30 p m Sunday WMT at 1 p m Saturday and WOC at 4 30 p m Saturday. Washington High observes Education Week next week with nine local groups visiting daily to discuss school conditions with Principal John V Phleger.
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Washington
Mike
National Education Association
Iowa State Education Association
American Education Week
KCRG
WMT
WOC
Washington High School
John V. Phleger
Eisenhower to Monitor Nuclear Test Ban Amid Soviet Tests
President Eisenhower announced continued suspension of U S nuclear tests for the time being despite two Soviet detonations since the Oct 31 deadline. The AEC reported two low power Russian tests on Nov 1 and Nov 3 in southern Russia. Talks on a permanent test ban began in Geneva on Oct 31 with Western hopes for a de facto suspension.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Arctic Circle
Geneva
Switzerland
Soviet Union
White House
United Nations General Assembly
Britain
Kremlin
Fugate's statements link Starkweather murders to killings
Testimony from Caril Ann Fugate's chaperone says Caril spoke of 10 murders while fugitives Starkweather and Fugate were on the run. Starkweather has been sentenced to death for Jensen's and King's killings. Caril faces the same penalty if convicted. Her 163 page unsigned statement was to be submitted as evidence.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Caril Ann Fugate
Robert Jensen
Carol King
Gertrude Karnopp
Caril
Nebraska
Wyoming
Charles Starkweather
Karnopp
Starkweather
Washington High hosts dinner for football players
Washington High School honored varsity junior varsity sophomore and freshman football players at a Thursday dinner in the school house. Also invited were individuals who aided or promoted the team during the 1958 season.
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Washington High School
Sophiomore
Death of Dr J R McKirahan in Dunedin Fla
Dr J R McKirahan noted Wayland physician for 30 years died in Dunedin Florida Thursday at age 80 after a year of declining health. Funeral set for Moss Funeral Home in Clearwater on Monday Nov 10. Survived by wife and two sons Will of Texas and Robert of California.
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Wayland
J. R. McKirahan
Dunedin
Fla
McKirahan
Des Moines
Florida
Moss Funeral Home
Clearwater
Will
Texas
Robert
California
Johnson D Touts 12 Point Dem Program for 86th Congress
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson outlines a 12 point program focusing on space exploration atomic uses peaceful century of expansion and housing farm air port urban renewal and economic growth. He pledges bipartisanship with the President but omits civil rights and tax details. Postmaster D W Pearson notes Ainsworth P O hours on Veterans Day with no rural delivery.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic Congress
Eisenhower
America
House
Johnson
Big Spring
Tex
Congress
Space Agency
Daryl W. Pearson
Ainsworth
Benson Aides Frame Benson as Strong Campaigner in Farm Policy Fight
Ezra Taft Benson's aides portray the Agriculture Secretary as a potent political force who helped limit a Democratic wave in the recent elections. They cite 22 GOP incumbents who won re-election after his campaigning in marginal farm districts, with several districts showing notable farm populations, while losses occurred in some farm belts.
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Washington
UPI
Ezra Taft Benson
Administration
Benson
Iowa
Kansas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Colorado
GOP
Missouri
South Dakota
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
GOP House
Four Iowa Counties Get Federal Flood Aid
Sixteen Iowa counties will not receive Eisenhower flood aid after final studies showed they did not suffer sufficient damage. Twenty counties had been allocated 175000 dollars to supplement 600000 already approved, with Adair Audubon Cass and Guthrie among the hard-hit areas.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Eisenhower
Adair
Audubon
Cass
Guthrie
Richard Flowers
Herschel C. Loveless
Appanoose
Clarke
Davis
Fremont
Henry
Jefferson, Lee
Madison
Mahaska
Marion
Monroe
Montgomery
Pottawattamie
Wapello
Wayne
Mental hospital head Cromwell tops state salary figures
Iowa records show Dr. J O Cromwell, director of mental institutions, earning 25000 for running state hospitals and schools for the mentally retarded. University of Iowa leaders Virgil Hancher and James Hilton also rank high with 22000 salaries, aided by housing allowances.
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DES Moines
UPS
J.O. Cromwell
Iowa Mental Institutions
University of Iowa
Virgil Hancher
Iowa State College
James Hilton
S.W. Needham
Loveless Praises Patrol at Iowa briefing in Des Moines
Gov Herschel C Loveless addressed 270 Iowa Highway Patrol officers at Camp Dodge praising their service and urging more help through legislation. He noted a need for 150 additional patrolmen and a 50 mph limit for secondary roads, and explained a new state credit card gas and oil purchasing system set to begin December 1.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Highway Patrol
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Robert Hassett
Hassett
Iowa Highway Commission and Board of Regents
Highway Patrol
Camp Dodge
Here
Iowa Weather Forecast Across Five Days
Cloudy tonight with strong winds and light rain in the northeast. Warmer in the southeast then turning colder in the extreme west. Saturday clearing and colder with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Sunday mostly fair and cool. Temperatures will run about 5 degrees above normal through Tuesday with normal highs 44 to 50 and lows 28 to 32. Precipitation totals 0.10 to 0.20 inch as scattered showers occur early and again midweek.
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Iowa
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Russell Brown
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