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Governor Leo Hoegh has requested a voluntary  reduction in speed from 50 miles per hour by night and 60 miles per hour by day over the  Labor Day weekend this voluntary limitation will be in effect from 6:00 p.m. Friday September 2nd  to midnight Monday September 5th we believe that wholehearted cooperation by all Iowans will  prevent accidents and save lives the Highway Patrol reports indicate that speed too great for  the existing conditions figures in almost every accident over the fourth of July weekend only one  fatality occurred after the motoring public was asked to reduce speed we do not think that this  was mere happenstance proof that positive steps are necessary is already in the record eight  persons died on Iowa's highways yesterday how many more will die before midnight September  5th is up to you the driver please help us to help you to put a stop to this senseless waste  of human life and property Frank the National Safety Council is predicting that there will be  eight deaths on Iowa's highway miles highways this weekend have you any suggestions for the  Iowa motorists which will reduce this toll yes I have commissioner I think if we can get our Iowa drivers to hold down their speed and start early so they won't need to hurry if they will signal  their intentions to turn far enough in advance so that the driver behind them will not be caught  napping if they will stay in their own lane and never pass unless they have plenty of room to  spare and keep plenty of distance between their car and the car ahead and expect the car ahead  to do the unexpected and don't drive while drinking I think we can reduce that commissioner  Dave what's the Patrol going to do to help this cause Commissioner we're going to be out in full  force all days off have been canceled over this Labor Day weekend and again we're going to use  the planes and helicopters we're going to have ten planes and the helicopters to cover  our state and give us the air support that we had over the fourth of July weekend with your help  we can have a safe holiday weekend in Iowa (inaudible) alleged communist infiltration and espionage  Mr. Tito did you ever work for General Electric Company yes sir over to  Mr. Roy Cohn the chief counsel of the commission and all that we used to exchange  information [schenectady?] at the Pittsburgh office bill will you tell us approximately when you  joined the Communist Party 1941 or 1942 will you tell us what your reasons were for joining  the party I volunteered as an informant for the FBI was it before or after you had discussed  the matter with members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that you joined the party it was after I had discussed it with the Federal Bureau of Investigation I joined the Communist Party at the hearing this morning did you identify  any persons as being members of the Communist Party yes a Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Mills I  identified as being members of the Communist Party in view of the testimony under oath today before  the permanent Subcommittee on investigations of the Senate Committee on government operations  that you are a communist and your failure to avail yourself of the opportunity offered to deny  this testimony you are hereby suspended from the employment of the General Electric Company pending  our further investigation and determination Walter you are the new manager of the Dodgers  and say I knew that hat looks great I think it fits pretty good Mr. O'Malley it fits pretty good and you're gonna fit pretty good too Walter you're going to have a nice group of athletes to work  with we have fine boys on our club and they're out to win every single game and they all know  that our real ambition is to win a World Series this is my first opportunity to manage a major  league ball club and I can't think of a better ball club to start out with than the Brooklyn  Dodgers the Dodgers have a great ballclub and I certainly appreciate the opportunity that  has been given me to manage this Brooklyn team at cape canaveral florida the air  force releases details on how a lightning-fast IBM computer maintains  range safety during missile firings as the missile rises from its launching pad a  complex system of telemetering devices and radar tracks the missile from the Florida coast and  downrange island stations across the full width of the South Atlantic this information is fed  directly into an IBM 704 computer which 10 times a second pinpoints visually where the missile would  fall if its power were to fail at that instant this missile is running into mechanical  trouble as it starts to go off course the Range Safety Officer does two things he  checks to be sure the debris will fall in a safe area then he presses the button marked  destruct electronic computers accelerate man's reflexes and let him deal safely with  the powerful vehicles of the space age