Editorial Briefs on speed record and world affairs
A speed record of 2.650 mph with half throttle on an X-15 prompts musings on full power. Liz Taylor recovery praised, doctors critiqued. Khrushchev’s repeated threats viewed as hollow propaganda. March 1961 weather in Iowa marked by storms and heavy snow. USSR Amerika USSR magazine exchange noted. free life lacking in USSR. British-US ties praised and viewed as mutually learning leaders.
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USSR
United States
Amerika
Soviet Union
The
Shaff Redistricting Plan Advances to House
The Shaff plan for legislative reapportionment moves to the House after Senate final approval. It keeps 99 House seats with one per county and creates a 58 member Senate by population districts. Legislative leaders expect House approval and voter consideration as a constitutional amendment.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Communist dominated Latin America Peace Conference outlines Red strategy
The conference approved a 10 page set of resolutions assigning blame for Latin American woes to the United States and urging a break with imperialism. It calls for closer ties with the Soviet Union and Red China. Delegates totaled 154 from 20 nations, none official government representatives.
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Mexico City
Latin America
United States
Soviet Union
Red
Miners Rescued After Fukuoka Coal Mine Fire
Rescuers pulled 15 miners from the dense fumes of a coal mine fire in Fukuoka Japan. The fate of 69 other workers remained unknown amid the blaze and thick smoke.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Atlantic News-telegraph pricing and publication details
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists pricing by carrier and mail including Atlantic rates for one month to one year and rates for Cass and adjoining counties, other Iowa areas, the United States, and Canada. It also notes publication schedule evenings except Sunday and editor F D Simpson with contact details.
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Walnut St
Atlantic
Iowa
News-Telegraph Pub. Corp
F. D. Simpson
Congress
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Cass
U. S
Canada
Stevenson Warns on Red China in UN Vote
Adlai Stevenson warns Kennedy the UN will admit Red China this fall and urges a decision on concessions for Formosa. Britain and Japan shift to supporting China, with Brazil set to recognize Red China, altering U.S. opposition. Rep. Vinson blocks probes into GI servant abuses amid Pentagon protection. Globetrotters face cautious reception in Moscow with toned down humor.
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Drew Pearson
Adlai
China
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
United States
United Nations
Red China
Japan
Brazil
USA
Stevenson
Formosa
Globetrotters continue to thrill Soviet crowds in 1961
The Globetrotters drew gasps in Moscow as officials were challenged by the crowd. They plan summer travel to Poland Hungary and Czechoslovakia expanding their Soviet bloc reach and fan base.
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Trotter
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Bloc
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Car Mover Nabbed for Old Traffic Violation
Rodulus Wilcox, 43, blocked a car in a private Detroit lot near Recorders Court and began pushing it out with a friend. From a fifth floor window Judge W McKay Skillman watched as police intervened. Wilcox appeared before the judge who freed him after he promised to settle a delinquent traffic violation uncovered during the incident.
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Detroit
Rodulus Wilcox
Recorder’s Court
Wilcox
Tamawa Democratic Club robbed during DeSapio visit
In Tamawa New York three unidentified gunmen stormed the Tamawa Democratic Club while Car mine G DeSapio was in Washington. They escaped with 3000 dollars. No injuries reported. Police investigating and reviewing neighborhood footage.
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NEW York
Carmine G. DeSapio
Washington
Tamawa
Democratic Club
Cooling Pain of Shingles in Long-Lasting Cases
Dr. Fern reviews shingles pain lasting years and notes varied remedies from Novocaine injections to nerve protectors and a frosty freezing spray. In a recent English case series, the spray helped 12 of 16 patients, with four not relieved, and several weeks or months of relief reported. Readers are invited to send questions to Dr. Fern through the newspaper.
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Dr. Ferns
Dr. Fern
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Kennedy ethics push widens from maids to generals
The article traces President Kennedy s push for ethics in government from early rules on conflicts of interest to a broad policy rollout. It notes a three member panel tax new guidelines, pledge by White House staff not to write about their jobs, gift rules, and a tightened ban on armed forces cashing in on stories. It also mentions gifts to Kennedy from Lillian Rogers Parks and foreign dignitaries and a Harvard chair offered to stay at the White House. A Dutch expedition reached Connecticut first in 1614 with Hartford’s 1624 trading post.
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Washington
de Gaulle
Bourguiba
Tunisia
France
Kennedy
Soapy
Williams
Africa
USA
Carl Mundt
Eisenhower
Ihe
South Dakota
FBI
W. M. Newton
Tampa Tribune
Sigma Delta Chi
Crusade For Democracy
Leo Morrison
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Executive Branch
White House
Lillian Rogers Parks
Executive Mansion
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Smithsonian Institution
Pentagon
United States
County Wexford
Ireland
County
Wexford
Harvard
Connecticut
Hartford
Becker Championship Play Highlight in Contract Bridge Masters
A report on B. Jay Becker’s master show in the North American contract bridge masters event. The piece recalls Sylvia’s debut night at a duplicate tournament, her unconventional but effective approach, and a dramatic four hearts contract outcome driven by a sensational jack of clubs lead that altered the play and energised the club.
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Jay Becker
Sylvia
King Fent
Iple
Car
South
Deteter
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
The Hermit and his secluded life are described as he rejects society after grief. The piece contrasts his bitterness with the common human experience of suffering and resilience found in others who endure sorrow.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Local Listings Prompt Residents to Call Before 7 PM
Readable fragments urge residents to phone specific numbers for various neighborhoods including East Side West Side Highland Addn LaVista Place and Fairlawn Addn before 7 p.m. The exact purpose and action requested remain unclear in the damaged text.
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East Side
West Side
Highland Addn
LaVista Place
Fairlawn
Zurfiuh
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Hollywood
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Atlantic News-telegraph
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Relph W. Emerson
Sy Obe
Carl Vinson
Milledgeville, Ga
Armed Services
House Armed Services Committee
Brass Hats
Cong
Frank Kowalski
Air Force
Cong. Kowalski
Armed Services Committee
Harlem Globetrotters
Big Brothers
Globetrotters
Lenin Sports Palace
Dave Zinkoff
Philadelphia Warrior - Globe
V. Pearson
Democratic National Committee
GOP
Courtney Burton
Nixon-Lodge
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Owner
Judge W. McKay
ROB Club
Burton H Fern
AKD
North
East
Declarer
Res Syndicate, Inc
George Matthew Adams
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