Longshoremen Return as Nationwide Maritime Strike Widens
New York port resumes work after a one day stoppage while the nationwide strike expands. About 85 000 ships officers and crewmen walkout and 150 vessels are idle in 90 ports along the coasts. Oil producers urge Kennedy to use Taft Hartley for a 90 day cooling off period. ILA non member ranks oppose crossing picket lines.
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East
West
Gulf
Texas
Kennedy
ILA
Deported Czech U.N. delegate Miroslav Naevalac to fly home
Miroslav Naevalac 39 a top Czech U.N. delegate arranged a flight from New York with his wife and two sons to escape deportation on espionage charges. The United States said he could leave voluntarily or be deported after revoking his U.N. status. Prague denied the charges and accused Washington of violating U.N. headquarters immunity.
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N.Y
U.N
Miroslav Naevalac
U.S
Naevalac
New York
Nacvalac
Czechoslovakia
Washington
United States
Vienna
Laos Three Princes Agree on National Union Government
At the Zurich summit the Lao princes Boun Oum Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong agreed to form a temporary national union and to integrate the three armed forces into a single force. The plan values neutrality and a cease fire, but no power-sharing details were settled.
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Switzrland
Laos
National Union
Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Dolder
Union
National Assembly
Savang Vathana
Lace
Two Iowans Die in Small Plane Crash
Tyler Minnesota witnesses reported a small plane crash near Tyler airport killing two Iowa men. A search and rescue team investigated the site as officials sorted the investigation and causes.
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Minnesota
Tyler
Plan fences along unfinished road in Ames
The Iowa High authorized taking bids for fencing at about 17000 dollars to close an unfinished road. District Engineer Robert Given of Council Bluffs said cars and motorcycles have been driving on the graded road.
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Ames
Iowa
Laborers Union Accepts Three Year Contract
Local 177 of the Laborers Union accepts a three year contract starting immediately with a 1 cent hourly raise and 15 cent boosts on May 1, 1962 and May 1, 1963. Workers were paid 2.00 prior to the agreement and part of the 15 cent raise funds welfare benefits. Pleasant weekend forecast with cooler tonight and highs in the 60s through Saturday.
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Des Moines
Weather Outlook Shows a Pleasant Cool Thursday
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions Thursday with lows in the 50s. Friday warms to near 80 degrees with fair skies. The weekend looks broadly fair and warmer, with Saturday topping the period’s warmth.
Iowa Newsboys Bus Rolls Off Road in Annapolis
A charter bus carrying 35 Iowa newsboys ages 11 to 15 left the road after a sharp turn in Annapolis Maryland. Five were treated at Anne Arundel General Hospital and released two were held for care. Driver Frank J Delmonte of Arlington Virginia faces reckless driving charges.
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Iowa
Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel General Hospital
Ray Congreve
Davenport
Ricky Hidlebaugh
Muscatine
Frank J. Delmonte
Arlington
John Jocas
Jocas
Washington
Baltimore
Katanga President Tshombe Freed After Detention
Moise Tshombe of Katanga was released today after two months as a prisoner of the Congo central government. He arrived at Premier Joseph Néo's residence in Leopoldville with Gen. Joseph Mobutu and declared to reporters that he is free.
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Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Tshombe
Joseph Neo
Leopoldville
Joseph Mobutu
Cass County Board Awards Rock Contract for Cemetery Project
The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved a contract with Schildberg Company to purchase 1,000 tons of rock for 1,850 dollars. The material will be used on the Marne cemetery road project.
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Cass County Board of Supervisors
Schildberg Company
Marne
Khrushchev vows Soviet nuclear tests if US resumes
In a Kremlin broadcast marking the Nazi invasion anniversary Nikita Khrushchev warned that the Soviet Union has developed several nuclear devices and will resume testing immediately if the United States does. He urged a German settlement and hinted at signing a separate peace with East Germany by year end if Western powers do not join. He said the Western powers would bear full responsibility if testing restarts.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
East Germany
Khrushchev
U.S
Geneva
Britain
France
Grand Palace
Uses Exhibit A to Gain Freedom in Miami Beach Case
Alanis S. Stein, 34, convicted of picking the lock of a Miami Beach mansion appealed and was granted bond set at 7000 dollars. Bond forms were locked in a deputy sheriff's desk. Stein reportedly borrowed Exhibit A, the lock picking tool, from the desk and opened the bond before being released.
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Miami, Fla
Miami Beach
Alanis S. Stein
James Regan
Stein
Rites Set For John Van Amburg 57 At Atlantic
Funeral services for John D. Van Amburg 57 of 301 Poplar Street are planned Saturday at 2 PM at Roland funeral home with Rev. Dale Brown officiating. Interment will be in Atlantic cemetery. Van Amburg died suddenly at 12 10 PM Wednesday at the Iowa highway commission district office building where he worked. He was born November 24 1903 in Marysville Kansas and married Mary Johnson July 24 1942 in Maryville Missouri. He was a World War II veteran. Surviving are his wife a step son Gene Johnson of Plattsburg Missouri a stepdaughter Beverly Johnson of Palm Springs California two brothers Ben Van Amburg Washington Kansas Kenneth Van Amburg Marysville Kansas five sisters Mrs Oscar Duckworth Emportia Kansas Mrs Roy Cobb Frankfort Kansas Mrs Henry Schell Marysville Kansas Mrs Paul Pross Atlantic and Mrs Nellie McNew Maryville Missouri and a granddaughter. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
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Roland Funeral Home
Dale Brown
Atlantic Cemetery
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Iowa Highway Commission District
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Augusta van Amburg
Mary Johnson
Maryville
Atlantic
Gene Johnson
Plattsburg
Beverly Joan Johnson
29 Palms
Calif
Ben van Amburg
Washington, Kans
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Oscar Duckworth
Emporia
Roy Cobb
Frankfort
Henry Schell
Paul Pross
Nellie McNew
J. R. Gordon
William van Amburg
Four Killed As Gas Truck Collide At Bettendorf Crossing
A gasoline truck and a Burlington freight train collided near Bettendorf, killing four Illinois men including three train crew and the truck driver. The crash destroyed six train cars and damaged fifteen, with fire spreading across the area and officials unsure of the crash cause.
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Ncar
A. E. Blackewell
Galesburg
Ill
William G. Lauder
Robert R. Jacobs
Howard Wierenga
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Jacobs
Wierenga
Blakewell
Davenport
Clinton
Service Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
J. F. McNamara
Caboose
Thirty First Street
Three School Officials In Buying Probe
Pottawattamie County Attorney Peter J. Peters says federal surplus items bought by the Carson Macedonia School District were found on the farms of three school officials. Supt. E H Eyerly and board members Merrill Houser and Clifford Stille face an ongoing investigation. no charges have been filed.
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Pottawattamie County
Peter J. Peters
Carson- Macedonia
Peters
E. H. Eyerly
Merrill Houser
Clifford Stille
Eyerly
Houser
Stille
Des Moines
Army officers to attend governors parley in Honolulu
Army will send senior officers to the Governors Conference in Honolulu to promote a plan for a 10 division quick reaction force drawn from the National Guard and reserves. Governors meet to hear Army case before the National Guard Committee led by Gov. Ernest Vandiver. The plan could win strong support or face cuts due to manpower and budget limits.
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Army
Honolulu
National Guard and Reserve
National Guard
Ernest Vandiver
Georgia
Elderly couple found shot to death at Indianaola farm
Otis Paul Wilson and his wife Elsie Wilson, aged 67 and 64, were found dead with a 22 caliber rifle at Wilson's foot on their farm seven miles south of Indianola. Sheriff C J Richards called it murder and death by own action. Wilson had a prior stroke and had visited a doctor Wednesday. Elsie lay face down in the yard.
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Indianola
Here
C. J. Richards
Otis Paul Wilson
Elsie
Wilson
Jaycee election at Atlanta picks president and ten vice presidents
Delegates at the 41st U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Atlanta elect a new president and ten vice presidents. Four candidates seek the top Jaycee post: R. Dean Arbuckle of Jefferson Iowa Lew Aronowitz of Albany New York Bob Conger of Jackson Tennessee and John E Hulgate of Phoenix Arizona.
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Atlanta
U.S
Compromise Road Bill Reached by Senate House Conferees
Senate and House conferees reached final agreement on a compromise interstate highway bill. The pact preserves a Senate provision for two more years of bonus payments to states that control interstate billboards and plans to raise 11.56 billion dollars over 11 years through taxes and fees. The bill keeps a provision for federal cost sharing on road repairs to missile bases and schedules a final House vote early next week.
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Washington
Senate
House
Former Queen Marie of Yugoslavia dies at 61
London AP reports former Queen Marie of Yugoslavia died after a long illness at age 61. She endured exile after Tito overthrew the dynasty in 1945 and her husband King Alexander I was assassinated in 1934. Her citizenship and royal possessions were revoked by Tito in 1947.
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Marie
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Peter
Romania
Alexander I
Marseilles
Ante Pavelich
Tito
Tragedy on Iowa hayrack ride claims Baldwin youth
Duane Baldwin 22 died when he fell from a hay rack pulled by a tractor driven by his father Charles Baldwin of Des Moines. Brother Larry 9 and sister Nancy 10 were aboard at the Everett Mauch farm three miles east of Bondurant.
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Bondurant (Ap
Duane Baldwin
Charles Baldwin
Des Moines
Duane
Larry
Nancy
Everett Mauch Farm
Here
Schwengel names Cochrane as legislative assistant
Rep. Fred Schwengel announces James D. Cochrane of Larrabee Iowa will join his staff as a legislative assistant for one year. Cochrane, a graduate assistant in political science at the State University of Iowa, will begin July 6 and serve a political internship.
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Washington
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
James D. Cochrane
Larrabee
Cochrane
State University of Iowa
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