Navy court hearing details Thresher sub rescue sounds
Navy testimony reveals the Thresher submarine sent garbled messages while trying to surface as air rushed into ballast tanks. Lt. Cmdr. Stanley Hecker described a relaxed tone before the final frantic exchange and his concern for Skylark’s safety as the sub neared.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thresher
Navy
Cmdr
Stanley Hecker
Brooklyn
Hecker
Skylark
City Scraps Viaduct to Fast Track Expressway Plan
Cedar Rapids city council asks the state highway commission to shift 423000 from the First avenue viaduct project to the northeast expressway. If approved, work could start next year, with the Third Street W to Tenth Street E segment finishing in 1966 and city maintenance responsibilities expanding.
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State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Road
First Avenue E
The
Highway Commission
Third Street W
Tenth Street E
First Avenue
Allis Chalmers
Cedar River
Fiftieth Street
Mass Florida Exodus Begins
Police report show thousands of vacationing college students leaving Fort Lauderdale by car bus train and plane in a quiet exodus. Police Chief J Lester Holt praised orderly departures with only a few minor disturbances and an estimated 25 000 students spent the vacation period in the city.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lauderdale
J. Lester Holt
Holt
Inquiry into Steel Prices and Profits Ordered
A congressional inquiry into steel prices profits and production problems was ordered by Sen Paul Douglas chairing the Senate House Economic Committee. The probe follows price increases by Wheeling Steel and Lukens Steel with hearings planned early next week to examine costs labor raw materials and foreign competition.
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Washington
Paul Douglas
D-Nl
Senate House Economic Committee
Wheeling Steel Corp
Lukens Steel Co
Kennedy
Lukens
Douglas
Exiles Back Kennedy Cuba Policy In Hit and Run Debate
A Cuban exile group the triple A Democratic National Front endorsed Kennedy's Cuba policy and rejected more hit and run attacks, arguing such tactics limit other exile groups. The group led by Aureliano Sanchez Arango also urged caution amid exile anger over U.S. policy. The Bay of Pigs Veterans association failed to pass a motion to return the invasion flag to Kennedy for a free Havana. The Cuban Revolutionary Council said it is in permanent session amid a crisis created by U.S. policy.
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Miami
Kennedy
Cuba
Democratic National Front
Aureliano Sanchez Arango
Carlos Pino Socarras
Council
Jose Miro Cardona
Assn. of
Bay of Pigs
Havana
Sanchez Arango
U.S
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Arctic Sealer Sinks Near Newfoundland. 70 Rescued
Halifax AP reported the 749 ton sealing ship Arctic Sealer sank Monday off Canada Bay at Newfoundland's northern tip. The 70 crew were apparently rescued by sister ship Arctic Endeavor, according to dispatches from Halifax.
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Halifax
N.S
Canada Bay
Newfoundland
White House says Kennedy will skip news conference this week
Palm Beach AP reports the holiday White House announced that President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week. The decision follows a busy schedule and ahead of year-end engagements.
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Palm Beach
White House
Kennedy
Estes Sentenced To Fifteen Years In Federal Prison
Billie Sol Estes received a 15 year federal prison sentence for mail fraud and conspiracy related to a scheme to defraud finance companies of millions. He had already been given an eight year state sentence for the swindle.
Art Prize to Tot of 22 Months in California Show
Theresa Bates a 22 month old from South Gate won an art prize in an adults show her father Albert Bates entered her work. Judges defended the choice calling a child’s art fresh and uncorrupted while some adult entrants withdrew their paintings. Theresa’s chaotic mural across kitchen cabinets impressed judges with its expressive black and white style though controversy followed.
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South Gate
Calif
Theresa Bates
Grandma Moses
Theresa
Albert G. Bates
Bates
Chuey
Chouinard Art Institute
Los Angeles
Frederick Black
Long Beach
Drake University President’s Wife Fights Prowler at Home
Mrs. Harmon and her husband Drake University President Henry G. Harmon confronted a prowler early Monday after he forced entry by breaking a living room window. The intruder, tall blond in work clothes, warned he had a gun and fled when asked to surrender. No items were taken.
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DES Moines
UPI
Drake _ university
Henry G. Harmon
High Court Nixes Court Power Over Freight Rate Cuts
The Supreme Court held lower federal courts lack authority to block railroad rate cuts before ICC rules, saying Congress gave ICC sole power to suspend rates. Justice Brennan authored the majority. Justice Clark dissented criticizing the ruling's impact on Tennessee river transportation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southeast
Justice Brennan
Congress
ICC
Clark
Tennessee
Warren
Iowa Senate medical bill blocked by federal aid rule
U S officials notified Des Moines that no federal funds would back a state senate plan to spend 1.7 million dollars for Kerr-Mills medical care. The rule bars aid to those who received Old Age Assistance within 90 days prior to applying for Medical Assistance to the Aged. Senate backer Shoeman described the provision as a curb on pension-to-medical transfers and urged possible waivers in extreme cases.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State
Senate
Harold Hughes
John J. Hurley
Bureau of Family Services
U.S. Welfare Administration
Washington
John Shoeman
Atlantic
Shoeman
House
House Drama Over 3 Percent Sales Tax Amendment
Iowa House fails to halt a 3 percent sales tax in the $65 million property tax bill. Rep. Maurice Van Nostrand proposed removing the tax and extending the 2 percent levy to lodging and trailer camps, but the amendment drew only 38 votes to 61. Rep. Elmer Vermeer warned it could slash $37 to $40 million from the bill, leaving little for property tax relief.
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Iowa House
Maurice van Nostrand
R-Avoca
William Scherle
R Henderson
Elmer Vermeer
Rpella
Condition of World War I Hero York In Critical State
Sgt. Alvin C. York, famed World War I hero from Pall Mall Tennessee, was listed in critical condition at St Thomas hospital Nashville with heart trouble possible pneumonia and a circulatory disturbance. He was brought in after his condition worsened and his wife and seven children were summoned. York has suffered multiple hospitalizations in the past year and has been bedridden since a stroke left him paralyzed from the waist down.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin C. York
Pall Mall
Tenn
St. Thomas Hospital
York
Auto Pact Formed For Pre Bargaining Study
General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers union agreed Monday to create a joint pre bargaining study committee to examine bargaining issues ahead of formal talks.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Boutwell Sworn in as Birmingham Mayor
Albert Boutwell, 58, attorney and former Alabama lieutenant governor, is sworn in as Birmingham mayor amid racial unrest. About 350 attend the ceremony, including around 75 Black residents. A promised Negro demonstration did not develop.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Boutwell
Alabama
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