Vietnamese Communists broadcast claim of captured American soldier
The Liberation Radio in North Vietnam reportedly aired a statement by Spec. 4 George F. Fryett Jr. denying U S actions in South Viet Nam. Fryett, missing since December 24, was with the U S Military Assistance group in Saigon. US officials urged caution, noting no confirmation of the broadcast. His parents live in Long Beach California and Los Angeles.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
George F. Fryett Jr
California
Ngo Dinh Diem
Fryett
Bien Hoa
Liberation Radio
North
Viet Nam
U. S
Fryet
South
Argentine Train Hits Bus Killing Dozens in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires a fog bound crossing crash left 43 dead and 81 injured, many children under 10. Medics worked to save victims as blood supplies ran out, with 1,500 donors responding in two hours and police detaining the crossing attendant, engineer, and a fireman for questioning.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pilot Wounded While Supporting Vietnamese Operation
A U.S. Army helicopter pilot attached to the 8th Transportation Company was slightly wounded Sunday during a mission against Communist guerrillas in Vietnam. Officials did not identify the pilot.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
8Th Transportation Company
Weather outlook shows mild, cooling, then gradual warmup
Fair to partly cloudy through Wednesday with cooler, less humid conditions Tuesday night. Lows range from 45 to 50 in the northeast and 50s elsewhere. highs reach the 70s Wednesday. The outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and a modest warmup Thursday.
U S Keeps Forces in Thailand Despite Laos Accord
Washington reports the United States will retain about 4 800 troops in Thailand for now to block Communist infiltration and guard a pro Western line. Officials cite Laos political unity efforts and anticipate a July Geneva meeting to implement new accords and neutralize Laos.
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United States
Thailand
Laos
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Wae
Wank
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U.S
Viet Nam
Souvanna Phouma
Geneva
National Union
Compromise On Medicare Sought
Washington AP report says President and Health Secretary Ribicoff pressed for a Medicare reform bill with Social Security financing. The panel signaled the proposal faces steep odds without major changes and may not pass before adjournment and the campaign season. Kennedy reportedly demands Social Security funding for a health program for the aged.
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Secretary of Welfare
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Kennedy
Three Troopers Die In Bus Crash On New Jersey Turnpike
Three state troopers died and five others were injured when a Royal Blue Coach bus rammed their patrol car on the New Jersey Turnpike. Troopers Joseph De Frino Milan Simcak and Arthur Abagnale Jr. were killed. bus driver Raymond Peters Jr. said brakes failed. Investigators from state police the Public Utility Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission examined the scene.
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New Jersey Turnpike
Raymond E. Peters Jr
Easton
Royal Blue Coach Inc
Public Utility Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph de Frino
Lyndhurst
Milan Simcak
Paramus
Arthur J. Abagnale Jr
Cliffside Park
Peters
Des Moines Club names Murphy Bent Cane Award winner
The Des Moines Press and Radio Club named Donald R. Murphy a contributing editor of Wallaces Farmer as this year’s Bent Cane Award recipient for distinguished service to journalism.
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DES Moines
Des Moines Press and Radio Club
Donald R. Murphy
Wallaces Farmer
Murphy
Chiang Kai-shek wife raises funds for Chinese refugees
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek hosted a tea for 90 prominent Chinese women in Taipei raising 81,6560 for refugees who fled Communist China to Hong Kong. Mrs. Chen Cheng gave the largest gift of 10000. the Nationalist government offered to admit some refugees to Formosa but no arrangements were set.
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Formosa
Hong Kong
Communist China
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of China
Chen Cheng
Harlan Man Killed in Rolling Machine Accident
Melvin Metcalf, 61, of Harlan, died Monday when a 10 ton rolling machine he operated on a county road resurfacing project near Fort Dodge overturned and crushed him. The machine slipped off the road edge, an official said. Western Engineering Co. of Harlan is the contractor on the job. Metcalf was unmarried.
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Fort Dodge
Melvin Metcalf
Here
Western Engineering Co
Metcalf
Freeman Dies in Minneapolis Father of Ag Secretary
Orville E. Freeman aged 78, father of Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman, died Monday after a stomach ailment. He had been hospitalized about two weeks.
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Minneapolis
Orville E. Freeman
Orville L. Freeman
Mass Polio Immunization Scheduled Here June 24
A community wide effort to wipe out polio in Cass county will be launched under sponsorship of the Cass County Medical Society and other groups. All residents three months old and over are urged to report at the immunization station Sunday June 24 to receive the Sabin oral polio vaccine. There will be a 25 cent donation. no one will be refused. Two additional shots follow six weeks apart on August 5 and September 16.
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Cass County Medical Society
Cass Pharmacists
Atlantic Registered Nurses Club
Atlantic Jaycees
Lady Jays
W. F. Giegerich
Petersen Named Director of Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Dr Magnus C Petersen of Rochester Minnesota was named director of psychiatric education and research at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute. The appointment is effective July and funded by a National Institute of Mental Health grant for resident training in psychiatry. Petersen previously led Willmar State Hospital in Minnesota and Rochester State Hospital before entering private practice.
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Cherokee
Magnus C. Petersen
Rochester, Minn
Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Willard C. Brinegar
Iowa
Brinegar
National Institute of Mental Health
Petersen
Omens
Rochester
Willmar State Hospital
Minnesota
Rochester State Hospital
Denmark Celebrates 50th Fourth of July in Iowa
Gov. Norman Erbe sent congratulations to Denmark on the United States Fourth of July celebration marking 50 years. He praised Danish descent pioneers and the long peace and friendship between Denmark and Iowa.
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Des Moines
Denmark
United States
Norman Erbe
Erbe
Iowa
Reformed Church reports progress and new congregations
The Reformed Church in America said 10 new congregations were organized in the past year. Dr. Bernard Mulder announced a $1,126,000 budget and noted three colleges in Holland Michigan Pella Iowa and Orange City Iowa together enroll 2,426 students. The annual men’s convention is set for Chicago November 23 to 25.
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Buck Hill Falls
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Bernard Mulder
Mulder
Holand
Mich
Pella
Orange City
Iowa
Chicago
Iowa Council approves food samples for welfare use
The Iowa Executive Council approved a policy to turn over samples tested by the State Agriculture Department for use in state welfare and other institutions. Agriculture Secretary noted large annual volumes of milk butter ice cream meats and cheese are tested by the department.
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Des Moines
Iowa Executive Council
State
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Julia Carstensen Dies Monday At Hospital Here
Miss Sulla C 78 former teacher died at 5 20 after five weeks as patient. Born January 9 18 4 in Shelby county she taught 14 years. Survived by brothers Anton Hans J Carstensen sisters Helen Laura all of Atlantic. Funeral at Rol and Funeral Home Thursday 1 15 pm then Elk Horn Lutheran church 2 pm interment church cemetery Rev Eugene Wekander officiating.
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Hans
Mary Petersen Carstensen
Shelby County
Anton
Miss Carstensen
Elk Horn Lutheran Church
Hans J. Carstensen
Helen
Laura Carstensen
Atlantic
Roland Funeral Home
Eugene Wekander
Physics class admits Negroes at East High
In Memphis two Negro students, a boy and a girl, joined a summer school physics class at East High, marking the first time Black students attended high school classes with white pupils in the city. Superintendent E C Saimbert noted they had attended private schools outside the state during the regular year. Desegregation had started last fall focusing on first graders.
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Memphis, Tenn
East High
Memphis
E. C. Saimbert
Patrol Boosts Saturation Coverage for July Fourth
Des Moines reports the State Highway Patrol resumes its saturation squad enforcement through the Fourth of July holiday with officers concentrated in undisclosed locations to deter violations.
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DES Moines AP
State Highway Patrol
Business leaders to study Kennedy efforts on payments deficit
A group led by Roger M. Blough of U.S. Steel met with President Kennedy to plan a balance of payments study and potential remedies to halt the outflow of U.S. gold. White House officials said cooperation between government and business was key to stabilizing the economy amid stock market jitters and tax-cut proposals. GOP leaders criticized Kennedy's approach, arguing deficits would rise and confidence suffer as taxes and spending rise.
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Kennedy
U.S
11.S. Steel Corp
Roger M. Blough
White House
Pierre Salinger
Yale University
Salinger
GOP
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Charles Halleck
Indiana
America
Dirksen
Halleck
Fourth Soviet Ship In U.S. Test Area Sparks Security Watch
The Soviet Union sends a fourth armed snooper to the Pacific to observe U.S. high altitude nuclear tests near Johnston Island as the U.S. plans another shot likely late this week. FAA warns of instant HF radio blackout lasting 32 hours.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Pacific
United States
Johnston Island
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Nigeria Praises Peace Corps Delegation Seeks More Volunteers
Nigeria’s Senate president Dennis Chuhude Osadebay and House Speaker Tbra him Jalo Waziri lauded U S Peace Corps volunteers at an African American Institute banquet in Washington They urged sending more volunteers while noting a previous threat of expulsion over a critical postcard.
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Washington
Nigeria
United States
Dennis Chuhude Osadebay
Nigerian Senate
Tbrahim Jalo Waziri
African-American Institute
Osadebay
Peace Corps
Waziri
Luther Ring Stolen From Church in Mankato
Thieves burned into a cabinet in St. Mark's Lutheran Church office and stole a silver German ring believed to be Martin Luther's wedding ring. The pastor Rev. Martin Birkholz reported the ring, a family heirloom gifted about four years ago by Mrs. Russell Fowler, has a ruby setting with a Christ image.
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Mankato
Min
Martin Luther
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Martin Birkholz
Birkholz
Russell Fowler
Luther
Christ
Body found under Hedrick house linked to Smith case
Sheriff reports the body of a woman found under a Hedrick, Iowa house is believed to be Juanita Smith, stepmother of Gayne G. Smith. Smith, 24, is jailed in Sigourney on five murder charges for the massacre of his uncle, aunt and three teen cousins.
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Sigourney (Ap
John Wallerich
Gayne G. Smith
Hedrick
Iowa
Juanita Smith
Smith
Sigourney
Drunk Man Requests Jail Time for Intoxication
An unshaven man in work clothes entered the Mason City police station and asked to be locked up for intoxication. He identified himself as Smith, saying that was all there is to his name. Police charged him and suggested a 36 day sentence, while he pressed for 10 days. a police court judge would rule on Wednesday.
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Mason City
Smith
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