Armed guards discussed for U.S. flights in hijack crisis
Senate aviation subcommittee hearing reviewed a bill to make hijacking a federal crime with life imprisonment. Stuart Tipton said armed guards are on some U S flights, with support from Sen. Monroney and Sen. Engle. FAA allowed trained crew to carry firearms after a July hijacking to Cuba. Eastern Airlines reportedly uses guards posing as passengers on some San Juan to mainland routes.
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Washington
Stuart Tipton
Air Transport Assn
U.S
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Cuba
Monroney
D-Okla
Sen. Engle
Dcalif
el Paso
Federal Aviation Agency
Tipton
Herbert Miller
Justice Department
Miller
FBI
Attorney General
Eastern ‘Air Lines
San Juan
Mainland
Bond Set On Dubuque Baby Sitter in Manslaughter Case
A 29 year old Dubuque babysitter Mary Kathryn Madigan faced manslaughter charges in the death of Gail Nemmers 3, who suffocated while in her care. Bond set at 8000 dollars. plea date granted for August 15.
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Dubuque
Mary Kathryn Madigan
Gail Nemmers
Miss Madigan
Percy Lucas
Khrushchev Plans Nationwide Radio Address On Berlin
Premier Khrushchev will deliver a nationwide radio and TV speech Monday in Moscow likely reacting to President Kennedy’s Berlin address. Western diplomats say he urged East German leader Ulbricht to pressure on border closure and warned that an airlift could trigger nuclear war.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
East
West Berlin
Fanfani
Italy
Mr. Kennedy
Vienna
Foster Dulles
U.S
Two Boys Found Dead in School Icebox Tragedy
In Huntington West Virginia two 9 and 11 year olds, Roger Bias and Johnny Carter, were found dead inside a walk-in refrigerator at a school. Henry Carter, 9, survived after being pulled from the appliance and rushed to a hospital. An older boy with a knife allegedly forced the trio into the cooler before the doors were closed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Roger Bias
Johnny Carter
Henry Carter
Johnny
Harold Frankel
Henry
Ohio
Gavandotte
Frankel
Tshombe Offered U.N. Security for Talks in Leopoldville
U.N. officials offered security guarantees to Katanga leader Moïse Tshombe if he travels to Leopoldville for discussions with Prime Minister Adoula's central government. The talks would address reconciliation after Congo's recent political changes and aim to stabilize the country.
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Leopoldville
U.N
Katanga
Tshombe
Adoula
Khrushchev Plans Tunisia Visit With Bourguiba Invite
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev will visit Tunisia after accepting an invitation from President Habib Bourguiba, announced by Tais news agency on Saturday.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Bourguiba
Tunisia
Tais
Iowa City Pvt Wyatt Found Dead at Fort Sam Houston
The decomposed body of Pvt George M Wyatt Jr 21 of Iowa City Iowa was found by maintenance workers at Fort Sam Houston Texas near a clump of trees. Cause of death pending laboratory tests and time of death estimated at 2 or 3 days. He had been in a reserve program and planned to return to Northwestern University after two years. He survived by his parents and two younger brothers. The body will be returned to Beckman funeral home.
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Texas
George M. Wyatt, Jr
Iowa City
Fort Sam Houston
Wyatt
George M. Wyatt
Mercy Hospital
Brooke Army Medical Center
Northwestern University
Iowa City High School
William
Steve
Europe
Beckman Funeral Home
Storm Damages Reported in Cedar Rapids Area
Thunderstorms with 70 mph winds and gusts to 84 mph hit Cedar Rapids after 9 p m with .62 inch rain. Tower at Municipal airport evacuated briefly as wind battered glass. aircraft stayed secured. Trees and branches felled. utility lines tripped at J Avenue and Eleventh Street NW.
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Cedar Rapids
J Avenue
Eleventh Street
J and I Avenues
Kennedy Urges Towering Effort for Latin America
President Kennedy urges a towering effort to lift Latin America from hunger and poverty. In a message to the inter American economic conference, he calls for a Marshall Plan scale program and a unified front among North and South American nations. Ernesto Guevara’s Cuba is seen as a potential threat while U S and Brazil back a 10 year alliance plan.
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Uruguay
Kennedy
Latin America
Eduardo Victor Haedo
America
Organization of American States
Americas
Treasury
Dillon
Ernesto
Che” Guevara
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Guevara
U. S
Brazil
Eisenhower to Campaign for Mitchell in New Jersey
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will make several appearances in New Jersey this fall to back former Labor Secretary Mitchell in the race for governor. The stops are part of a broader campaign effort to rally support for Mitchell's bid.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
New Jersey
Mitchell
Mayenne honors WW II hero James McRacken and widow
Mae McRacken and her daughter Myrtis arrived in Paris then Mayenne to accept the town’s annual tribute to James McRacken, the American who saved the Pont McRacken bridge during the Normandy push. The 1944 event is marked by wreaths, gifts, and a reception at the town hall with Mayor Lucien de Montigny.
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Mayenne
France
Mae McRacken
Myrtis
Lucien de Montigny
Charlotte
N.C
Pont McRacken
Burlington Car In Wrong Lane Says C R Trucker
A Cedar Rapids truck driver testified the Nielsen car was in the wrong lane before a head on collision south of Vinton that killed Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen. The Farris car and an 18 month old were among minor injured.
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Burlington
C.R. Trucker
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
George Nielsen
Nielsen
Lester Dostal
Paul Janett
Dostal
Janett
Two Cuban Envoys Quit in Protest
Two Cuban consuls with almost a century of service quit to protest the Castro regime and sought political asylum in Argentina. Leonardo Bravo y Puig, formerly in Uruguay, and Viterio de la Torre y Perez, based in Argentina, took refuge Friday night in a Buenos Aires hotel after being told they could stay.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Leonardo Bravo Y Puig
Uruguay
Viterio de la Torre Y Perez
Bearden Father Son Held In El Paso Hijacking Case
In El Paso Leon Bearden and his son Cody await a Monday hearing by a special grand jury on their hijacking charge. The possible penalty remains uncertain as the case advances.
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el Paso
Leon Bearden
Cody
Braggarts and Gossips Mark Social Exchange
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