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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1961
Page
5
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Iowa state officials faced a dispute as the Interim Committee set an $18 000 salary cap for top doctors at state hospitals prompting mixed reactions from staff. Mount Pleasant psychiatrist Dr James Folsom vowed not to quit, while others weighed the impact of the cut and questions about which employees are affected. The panel scheduled another meeting for June 27 as state budgets take effect July 1.
The Organization of American States mission questions 31 prisoners at Victoria Prison in Ciudad Trujillo about Dominican Republic conditions. The group also questions inmates tied to the Rafael Trujillo assassination as part of its probe.
The Tractor for Freedom Committee heard a secret report from four technicians who negotiated with Fidel Castro. They offered no decision on his demand for 28 million dollars in tractors for 1,167 Cuban rebels. A fuller written report was promised before any statement.
President Kennedy urged support for an eight point eight billion dollar five year foreign aid program at a National Conference on International Economic and Social Development. He argued the danger lies in spending too little too late and pressed allies to implement reforms in administration education taxation and social justice to empower other nations.
Partly cloudy and warmer Friday night and Saturday with Loews in the 50s. Highs Saturday range from 75 to 90. Further outlook calls for partly cloudy and mild conditions Sunday.
Iowa Patrol reports 18 091 traffic summonses in first half of 1961 with 7 433 speed violations 520 drunk driving arrests 1 829 stop sign violations 1 585 illegal passing 1 771 unsafe equipment summonses issued.
A very strong earthquake was recorded today by the Boston College seismograph station placing the epicenter about 2700 miles south of Boston in north central Colombia, South America.
Dr. James H. Jensen 54, provost at Iowa State University since 1953, selected as president of Oregon State University. He will resign to be presented next week and begin duties October 1. Jensen’s career spans Brookings Institute work, AEC biology branch chief role, and professorships at Nebraska and North Carolina State. He and his wife have four children.
Northwestern Bell plans dial telephone service here starting July 16 after tests and customer briefings. Atlantic phones already converted and a new directory will be issued shortly. Duane Feltz and family depart for Fort Collins to attend Colorado A and M extension summer school.
Dubuque police seized two teen suspects in an attempted holdup at the Wagner Coin Shop while a statewide alert sought 18 year old Larry Gene Brewster of Goose Lake. Brewster, nicknamed the scrambled egg bandit, had admitted earlier break ins at Charette and Camanche schools.
Italian army opened fire on four dynamiter suspects near the Ponte Gardena power plant as tension rises in South Tyrol. Police said the men fled at dawn after refusing to halt. Interior Minister Mario Scelba ordered heightened guard, with 1000 carabinieri patrolling power lines amid more than 40 blasts that damaged plants and left thousands jobless. German-speaking residents in Bolzano press for self-government amid Austrian backing.
Western Europe viewed Khrushchev's latest Berlin stance as a tough restatement of past Soviet demands. He urged an immediate peace conference that would leave borders and occupancy as is, threaten a thermonuclear response to border changes, and warned of action if the West opposed talks. The British press framed his remarks as a firm warning on Berlin.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy told reporters in New York that materialism in American society drives organized crime. He said the government has limits in fighting crime while people place high importance on bigger consumer goods and extra earnings.
Adlai E Stevenson flies to Peru after a night of rioting in La Paz where four leftist demonstrators were killed and five wounded. Extra troops and police were deployed for Stevenson's Lima visit to deter violence as demonstrations sought to embarrass President Paz Estenssoro during Kennedy's envoy tour.
Rudolf Nureyev, 23, principal male dancer of the Kirov Opera Ballet, fled at Le Bourget Airport as the troupe prepared to depart for London. He asked for asylum in France, signing the request in the Soviet Embassy’s presence after police were alerted. The rest of the troupe proceeded to London.
The Kennedy family gathers at the White House marking the first time in three weeks as Mrs Kennedy returns from Greece. The President had been away for talks with Khrushchev De Gaulle and Macmillan in Europe.
AP reports a 20 year old Raymond Hoover, former employee at Sioux City Dressed Beef, was beaten as he left a roller skating rink. His car was later damaged near his home. Hoover had been laid off during a dispute with United Packinghouse Workers.
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