Hijacker Cadon Held After Cuba Jetliner Grab
U.S. files two counts against Albert Cadon 27 a French native held in Havana for hijacking a Pan Am DC-8 to Cuba. No injuries reported. Cadon claimed protest over U.S. policy in Algeria. Passengers released. Cuban note on hijack swap proposal discussed.
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U.S
Cuba
High Seas
CADON
Pan American World Airways
Havana
Caden
Miami
Algeria
FBI
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Senate OKs death penalty for plane hijacking in 92 to 0 vote
The Senate approved a bill to make plane hijacking punishable by a possible death penalty with a 92 to 0 vote. An amendment set a 20 year minimum and allowed life or death. Sen. Yarborough, the author, argued mandatory death would be too drastic.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Yarborough
Texas
Hijacked Cuban Aircraft Target Pan American Flight
Several Cuban aircraft have been hijacked by Castro opponents and flown to the United States. The latest incident involved a Pan American flight from Houston to Panama City via Mexico City.
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Houston
Panama City
Panama
Mexico City
September draft quota set at 25 000 largest since Korean War
Washington AP reports the September draft quota is 25 000 all for the army, the largest call since June 1953 when it reached 32 000. The September quota marks the biggest since the Korean War.
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Washington
Iowa to furnish 400 men for September draft
Des Moines Iowa selective service director Col Glenn Bowles says Iowa must provide 400 men in September as part of the draft. He expects mostly 22 and 23 year olds, single or married with no children, to be called. He notes the backlog of draft volunteers is nearly cleared and non volunteers will make up most of the September quota.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Glenn Bowles
Selective Service
Clinton Faces Flood as Storm Sweeps Earlville
Severe electrical storm at about 5 a m damaged three Earlville homes with lightning striking the Frank Dettbarn house and tree strikes at the Ed Guetzke residence. A tree fell at Will Winistorfer’s home and windows blew out on the east porch. Fire calls rose as the storm disrupted sirens and phone lines while Clinton logged 3.19 inches of rain causing outages and evacuations.
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Iowa News
Earlville
Frank Dettbarn
Ed Guetzke
Will Winistorfer
Clinton
Burlington
Mercy
Waterloo Health Dept Reviews Sewage Plant Upgrades
Waterloo officials and state health department engineers met in Des Moines to discuss needed improvements at the Waterloo sewage treatment plant. The closed session included Mayor Ed Jochumsen, engineers from Veenstra and Kimm, and plant superintendent M. L. Wickersheim. no decisions were announced.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
Ed Jochumsen
Health Department
Jochumsen
Stanley Engineering Co
Houser
Houser and Jochumsen
H. R. Veenstra
J. W. Kimm
Veenstra and Kimm
Veenstra
Kimm
Stanley
M. L. Wickersheim
J. R. Shay
Iowa Corn Crop Forecast Sets New Records
The agriculture department forecasts a 1961 Iowa corn yield of 69 bushels per acre and total production of 696,762,000 bushels, surpassing July projections and the 1958 record. National output is estimated at 3,352,037,000 bushels, up 176,860,000 from last month.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Department
Hijacking attempt on Cuban airliner ends in deaths
Enemies of Fidel Castro tried to seize a Cuban Aerovias Q airliner en flight from Havana to Isla de Pines. Gunfire killed the captain and a guard, with several others wounded as the co pilot improvised a crash landing in a sugar cane field before hijackers fled.
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Castro
Turbay
Havana
Fidel Castro
Aerovias Q
Isle of Pines
Cuba
U. S
Luis Alvarez Regato
Silvino Sanchez Almaguer
Alberito Bayo
Cane Field
Bayo
Ramon Ferrandis
Pan American
Special Election Set for Cedar Rapids 4-Year Terms
Mayor James J. Meaghan announced a Sept. 19 special election on changing Cedar Rapids city mayor and council terms from two to four years. Petitions met the 10 percent required, and the law mandates a call within 30 days to 2 months. If approved, the top three vote-getters in November receive four-year terms while the two lowest face a 2-year re-election.
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James J. Meaghan
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lra
Meaghan
Bia Defense Bill Passed by Congress
Washington AP reports Congress sent to the White House a peace time defense bill totaling 46.66 billion dollars. The measure funds military forces and includes 207.6 million for a rapid expansion of civil defense capabilities, with both houses approving the legislation.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Contract Set For Lincolnway Drainage Project
A contract was awarded Thursday to H. S. Ostlin Co. of Prairie City for the Lincolnway Village drainage system at 124 829 86 dollars, about 21 000 under engineers estimates. The Linn board of supervisors signed the contract and Ostlin expects to begin work next week. The project, funded by assessments on nearly 400 homes, follows a long Cedar Rapids county dispute over cooperation amid annexation.
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Cedar Rapids News
Lincolnway Village
H. S. Ostlin Co
Prairie City
Linn Board of Supervisors
H. S. Ostlin
Ostlin
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy Announces Border Patrol Guards On Planes
President Kennedy says border patrolmen will fly on some U S and international planes in plain clothes and armed to deter hijackings. Door to pilot cabin to be kept locked. Salinger notes few details on numbers or flight assignments.
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Washington
Kennedy
Salinger
U.S
Kennedy presses for disarmament in Berlin talk
President Kennedy, addressing Khrushchev, emphasized stopping the nuclear arms race and pursuing renewed negotiations. He avoided a sharp reply to belligerent Berlin comments, citing alliance unity and the absence of a U.S. move without allied support as Secretary Rusk returned from talks.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Berlin
Russia
U. S
Rusk
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Albert Charles Cadon
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Florida
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