U S Bans Arms Sales to South Africa by Year End
The United States announced at the United Nations that it will ban by the end of 1963 the sale of all weapons and military equipment to South Africa due to apartheid policies. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson disclosed the plan, noting existing commitments prevent immediate full enforcement, and urged peaceful settlement while considering a special U.N. representative to seek solutions.
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Fire at Guttenberg Guttenberg Hilton Homes plant destroys trailers
A Guttenberg fire caused about 250000 in losses Thursday night at the Hilton Homes Co finishing plant and adjoining building. Fire originated in a paint room near a compressor. Seven house trailers were destroyed along with a 60 by 250 foot finishing plant and a 35 by 60 foot annex. Firefighters saved a larger adjoining facility housing offices and equipment. Eight undelivered trailers in the yard were towed to safety. Two semi loads of refrigeration units were lost. The firm plans immediate rebuilding.
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Severe Weather Warning Issued for Northeast Iowa
The weather bureau issued a severe weather forecast for northeast Iowa with possible severe thunderstorms bringing damaging winds and hail from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The storm area spans about 60 miles on both sides of a line from Mason City to Dubuque, placing Cedar Rapids on the southern edge of the area.
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Samuel Yette Becomes Peace Corps Executive Secretary
Washington AP reports Samuel Yette has assumed duties as executive secretary of the Peace Corps. He is identified as a Negro. The appointment marks a key leadership step for the agency amid ongoing Cold War development work.
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President Working Faster To Get Powers
Senate Republicans said President Kennedy is accelerating requests for presidential powers and federal funds. A GOP study counted 207 money requests and 70 power requests in the first six months of the current session, more than double the earlier period, noting some duplicate requests across separate congresses.
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Pulitzer Prize Poet Roethke Dies at 55 in Seattle
Seattle AP reports Theo dore Roethke 55, Pulitzer winning poet of 1954, died Thursday night from a heart attack at a neighbor's swimming pool. Roethke, an English professor at the University of Washington, collapsed in shallow water. author of many books including The Waking which won the Pulitzer.
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Papal Move Prompted by Pope Paul VI to Castel Gandolfo
Vatican City AP reports Pope Paul VI will relocate early next week to Castel Gandolfo, the Papal summer residence southeast of Rome, as part of his customary seasonal residence change.
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Rights Bill Quiz Winds Up in Clash
Washington AP says a heated Senate commerce committee session over Kennedy civil rights legislation featured Sen. Scott questioning Minnesota Governor Rolvaag about Miami conference votes. Rolvaag defended a full civil rights discussion, while Pastore condemned the questioning as unfair.
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Passenger Train Hits Truck Derails in Minnesota
In Owatonna Minnesota a Rock Island passenger train struck a gravel truck en route to Kansas City killing two men in the truck and derailing at least five cars. One trainman was injured and no passengers hurt.
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JFK to Girls More Beautiful Than Governors
President Kennedy greeted 100 Girls Nation members in the White House rose garden under American Legion Auxiliary sponsorship. He joked that girls are more beautiful than governors, dodging ties to last week’s Boys Nation remarks and a civil rights resolution passage.
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Ward scandal trial turns grim as nurse vows revenge
In London AP report Christine Keeler and Julie Gulliver relate Ward’s critical condition after a drug overdose and recent coma. A Barnett ventilator keeps him alive while a trial verdict leaves him facing up to 14 years. Gulliver threats loom amid personal distress and public scrutiny. In Belgium, a bus crash kills nine, injures six.
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Stephen Ward
Christine Keeler
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Secret Hideout Under House Admitted After 3 Years
MIAMI AP A 47 year old man Gilbert Kennedy admitted living under a widow Rose Haaskins yard house for three years. He told police it was cheaper than rent and was found with a pallet suitcases of clothing and water jugs. Kennedy was charged with vagrancy after the discovery and custody.
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Russia Tops Pekings Hate List By Geoffrey Ho
A Korean war turncoat Low ell Skinner of Akron Ohio told a Hong Kong press conference anti Russian feeling runs higher in Red China than anti American sentiment. He blamed the Chinese Communist economic pullout for factory closures and said he worked 21 hours daily during the great leap forward. He plans to seek work in Akron after returning to the United States.
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Pollution Suit Delayed To Next Week In Cedar River Case
Cedar Rapids reports that an injunction to force Waterloo to stop polluting the Cedar River will likely not be filed before Tuesday. Attorney General Evan Hultman’s office, tied up with governor’s day in Clear Lake, said filing in Black Hawk district court in Waterloo is postponed to late this week or early next week.
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Landis Pleads Guilty to Five Year Tax Delinquency
James M. Landis former Harvard law school dean and Kennedy adviser pled guilty to late filing and payment of income taxes for 1956 to 1960. He said public duties and a family need drove the situation while noting recent voluntary disclosures. The case stemmed from information by a federal grand jury with a maximum penalty of one year and $10,000 per count. Landis awaits sentencing August 30 and had offered full cooperation in the probe.
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