Miss America 1964 Mary Ann Mobley Crowned From Mississippi
Miss America Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon Mississippi won the 1964 title in Atlantic City after 52 contestants. She earned 100000 in scholarships and 15000 in clothes and prizes and will travel to Europe during her reign. Runners up included Miss Iowa Miss Oklahoma and Miss California.
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Mary Ann Mobley
University of Missssippi
Atlantic City
N. J
Marilyn van Debur
Denver
Colo
UPI
Brandon
Broadway
Mobley
Washington
D. C
Chicago
New York
Alaska
Hawaii
Canada
Iowa
Joanne Lucille MacDonald
Ames
Oklahoma
Anita Bryant
Tulsa
California
Sandra Lee Jennings
Riverside
North Carolina
Betty Lane Evans
Greenville
Miss Mobley
New York City
Mary Ann
Europe
Body Of Youth Found Slipped Into River
A 2 year old boy Dennis Keith of West Liberty was found dead after slipping into the Cedar River during a family weekend outing. Police and volunteers including 300 searchers and bloodhounds from Mount Pleasant aided the recovery about 1,000 feet from the cabin where the family stayed.
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Atalissa
Iowa
UPI
Dennis Keith
West Liberty
Cedar River
Henry Keith
Dennis
David
Mount Pleasant
Civil Air Patrol
Muscatine County
Dorine Peck rites set for Keota in Kinross service
Funeral services for Dorine Marie Peck, 4, will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Sacred Heart church in Kinross with Rev. Martin Manning presiding. Burial follows at St. Mary's Cemetery, Keota. Dorine died Saturday at St Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a period as a patient. She was born December 26, 1953, to Benedict and Dorothy Peck. Survivors include her parents, four sisters Rosalie Mary Ann Marlen and Darlene, three brothers Arthur Raymond and Charles, and her grandparents. Powell Funeral Home is in charge.
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Keota
Marie Peck
Sacred Heart Cds of
Kinross
Martin Manning
Mass of the Angels
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Dorine
St Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Benedict
Dorothy Ann Britten Peck
Joseph
James
John
Rosalie
Mary Ann
Marlen
Darlene
Arthur
Raymond
Charles
Charles Peck
Richland
Frank Britten
Powell Funeral Home
UAW Near Strike Ultimatum as Negotiations Resume
Walter Reuther, UAW president, returns to talks with General Motors and plans to meet Ford and Chrysler as negotiations reach a pivotal stage. He outlines a public update for Michigan and Ohio leaders, while the international board prepares a strike deadline if progress stalls.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
General Motors
Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
Michigan
Ohio
Big Three
Wildcat
Bombardment of Quemoy Shelling Destroys Escort Ammunition Ship
Communist artillery hammered the Quemoy islands destroying a Nationalist ammunition ship under U.S. 7th Fleet protection. Nationalist Sabre jets shot down seven MIGs in the Formosa Strait engagement while U.S. convoy vessels remained offshore.
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Taipei
Formosa
Aps
Quemoy Islands
Defense Ministry
U.S. Navy
U.S
Peiping
Red Chinese Foreign Ministry
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
China
Chin Ping-chun
Liu Hsien-wu
Covlentz Rites Planned for Kalona Resident Daniel Covlentz
Last rites are set for 9 30 a m Tuesday for Daniel J Covlentz 71 who died Saturday after collapsing while visiting his wife a Mercy Hospital Iowa City Death was due to a heart attack Service will be at the Menno Slanbaugh home with Mose W Yoder and Tobias J Miller in charge Burial will be in Gingerich cemetery north of Kalona Covlentz born August 31 1887 in La Grange Indiana son of Jacob and Elizabeth Weaver Covlentz He married Fannie Schrock October 2 1906 The couple lived in Oregon Montana and North Dakota before moving to Iowa in 1943 Survivors include his wife two sons Harley Kalona and David Oxford five daughters Mrs Monroe Bender Riverside Mrs Menno Staubaugh Iowa City Mattie Covlentz Arizona Mrs Andy Staubaugh Kalona and Mrs Mahlon A Miller Kalona Funeral home is handling arrangements.
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Kalona
Daniel J. Covlentz
Covlentz
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Menno Slanbaugh
Mose W. Yoder
Tobias J. Miller
Gingerich
la Grange
Ind
Jacob
Elizabeth Weaver Covlentz
Fannie Schrock
Oregon
Montana
North Dakota
Iowa
Harley
David
Oxford
Monroe Bender
Riverside
Menno Staubaugh
Mattie Covlentz
Arizona
Andy Staubaugh
Mahlon A. Miller
Yoder Funeral Home
Striking Students Begin School Return
In Van Buren Arkansas the white anti integration strike shows progress as more than half return to classes. NAACP officials file suit to force the district to enforce order to protect Negro students rights. Nearby North Little Rock High opens segregated with no Negro students present amid heavy police and crowd watches.
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van Buren, Ark
UPI
van Buren High School
NAACP
Federal District Court
van Buren High
van Buren
A. Simpson Tate
Southwest
Clarence A. Ians
Fort Smith
U.S
John Miller
North Little Rock High School
North Little Rock High
North Little Rock
Little Rock
Son of Local Couple Dies in Des Moines
Glen Storms 62 of Des Moines died Saturday at Veterans Hospital after a brief illness. Services are set for Tuesday in Des Moines with burial at 2 pm in Bentonsport Iowa. He was son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Storms of Washington and brother to Mrs David Thompson of this city. Survived by wife two sons two daughters and several grandchildren.
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Glen Storms
Des Moines
Veterans Hospital
Bentonsport
Storms
Daniel Storms
Washington
David Thompson
Encyclopedias Added to Washington Public Library
The Washington Public Library expanded its reference resources with the latest complete Britannica and the Junior Britannica added to the children's section. The new sets replace the former editions over ten years old.
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Washington Public Library
Children’s Library
Scientists Track Huge Stratospheric Balloon Flight
Scientists tracked a 3.88 million cubic foot stratospheric balloon carrying a lead shield gamma ray telescope from New Brighton Minnesota in cooperation with MIT and General Mills. The craft aimed to study cosmic ray sources and was to stay aloft about 19 hours at 105000 feet with four parachutes planned to recover the payload.
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New Brighton, Minn
UPI
New Brighton
General Mills
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earth
Iowa
Loveless and Murray Endorse Study of Government Secrecy
Des Moines Iowa Gov Herschel C Loveless and GOP challenger William Murray backed a proposed Iowa Daily Press Association study of government secrecy in a Sunday clinic session They urged openness in all state government areas and supported a legislative commission to examine the issue A later exchange touched on out of state funding for campaigns and Teamsters contributions with questions about external money in the Loveless campaign
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DES Moines
UPI
Herschel C. Loveless
William Murray
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Assn
IDPA
Loveless
Murray
John J. Mitchell
House
Government Information Sub-Committee
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
U S Defenses Remain Quiet After Quemoy Shelling
U S defense officials vow to continue convoying supplies to the Chinese Nationalists on Quemoy as long as necessary amid renewed Red Chinese bombardment. Washington views the attack as a potential face saving move while awaiting talks and intelligence. no ships were in the area during the assault. The White House signals openness to diplomatic talks and Ambassador Beam ready to meet in Warsaw.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Red China
7Th Fleet
Quemoy
Quemoys
Warsaw
Far East
Pentagon
United States
Red
Formosa Straits
Chou Enlai
Eisenhower
White House
Poland
Jacob D., Beam
Waterloo Girl Crowned State Queen of Furrow
Kay Klingaman 18 of Waterloo was named Queen of the Furrow at the 12th annual Soil Conservation District commissioners conference in Cedar Rapids. She won a Winneshiek County contest to qualify, over six rivals. Seven Iowans received special conservation plaques: Howard Rawson Independence Clemmons Manning Clinton B G Alcorn Vinton the Rev Homer A Doak Osage Ralph Bush Marengo Lyall Mitchell Fairfield and Howard Hamilton Tipton.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Kay Klingaman
Waterloo
of Soil Conservation District Commission
Klingaman
Winnishiek
Venezuelan coup attempt leaves 23 dead in Caracas clashes
In a six hour revolt led by military police officers, 23 killed and 100 plus injured as rebels seized the Caracas radio station and besieged the Presidential and Miraflores palaces. Civilians armed with machetes joined in winding down the mutiny.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Juan de Dios Concada
Vivar Ramirez
Junta
Arturo Sosa
Jose Hely Mendoza
Larrazabal
Cumana
Miraflores
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Integration Battled In District Courts
Four federal district courts in the South hear the ongoing fight over school integration and related issues. Judge John Paul in Harrisonburg Va will sign an order for Warren County to open its high school to Black students amid a state law closing integrated schools. Federal review also planned for 33 Negroes denied entry to white schools in Charlottesville and voter registration disputes in Georgia.
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South
Georgia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
van Buren
Ark
John Paul
Harrisonburg
Warren County
Charlottesville
Richmond
Newport News
Alexandria
Iowans Relieved As Floodwaters Back Off
Floodwaters in southwestern Iowa receded Sunday night with no additional floods expected. U.S. 6 near Casey suffered a washout, while the East Nishnabotna crest fell about four feet from July levels and Des Moines Raccoon River dropped after peaking. No flood casualties reported though driving rain caused one auto fatality and about 100 people evacuated from small streams and creeks.
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Red Oak
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
U.S. 6
Casey
Nishnabotna
Audubon
Adair
Cass
Guthrie
Dallas
Polk
Car Stolen From Lot Before Planned Repairs
City police say a beige 1955 two door Chevrolet owned by Dwight Baker was stolen from Tucker Chevrolet’s used car lot where it waited to enter the body shop. The car bears the license 92 3100 and had right side damage. Two drivers, Russell Avery and C F Casper, were fined five dollars for failing to stop at a stop sign.
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Dwight Baker
Tucker Chevrolet
Russsell Avery
C. F. Casper
Weather outlook for United Piece International Iowa
Partly cloudy in the northwest and generally fair in the southeast tonight with warmer readings in the low to mid 60s. Tuesday includes partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms and highs near 80 to 90. Wednesday remains mild with continued pleasant conditions. Five day trend shows near normal temperatures with slight day to day shifts and cooler late period. Normal highs range 75 to 80 and lows 53 to 57 with total precipitation around .10 to .25 inches from Tuesday and again Thursday.
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Iowa
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