Fair Opens With 12 380 Attendance On First Day
The fair started with strong crowd turnout as children flocked to attractions. A free grandstand performance at 10 and reduced mid way prices drew families, with weather favorable and forecasts calling for no changes through Thursday. Attendance figures for Monday stood at 12 380, while Tuesday’s crowds were expected to approach previous Children's Day highs. Midway delays from a truck ban and accidents delayed Schafer's 20th Century shows, with rides gradually coming online as Carnival crews rushed to prepare for the day’s crowds.
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Schafer
Minnesota
Fort Williams
Ont
Governor Erbe's 200 Photos Spurred $400 State Purchase
Gov Norman Erbe ordered 200 pictures of himself about a week before the Iowa executive council approved spending $400 of state funds for the prints The Louisiana lab offered to do them for 100 The lone dissenter Melvin Synhorst questioned legality and propriety saying it could be campaign activity The governor proposed a centralized purchasing agency to save money and streamline state buying The executive council includes M L Abrahamson Chet B Akers and L B Liddy.
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Executive Council
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New Orleans
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all-Republican Council
Russell Ross
James Maggert
Erbe
United Press International
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Lynhorst
M. L. Abrahamson
Chet B. Akers
L. B. Liddy
Nations Reject Inter American Slap at Castro
United States and other leaders at the Inter-American Economic Conference trimmed a proclamation aimed at Fidel Castro Cuba. Brazil and Ecuador pushed to dilute it with Argentina joining. the U S reportedly agreed to go along. The changes removed a call for free and periodic elections while the main charter for Kennedy’s Latin American aid program moved toward completion.
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Uruguay
U. S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Brazil
Ecuador
Argentina
United States
Inter-American Economic Conference
Kennedy
Latin America
Free World High Command Urged by Lodge
Washington AP Henry Cabot Lodge urged creating a Free World high command to meet Communist threats with quick bold strokes. He blamed U S disunity and slow allied moves on bureaucratic inefficiency and supported Kennedy’s disarmament agency plan as a serious step.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
High Command
U. S
Berlin
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
U. N
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Defense
Joint Chiefs
Schedule of events at Farm Youth Center program
Wednesday timetable lists Agriculture department judging at 9 a.m. Garden flower show judging at 10:30 a.m. Herdsmen banquet at noon. Horse races and free acts at 2 p.m. Floral arrangement lecture titled Eastern Influence. Evening program includes country music show and fireworks at 8 p.m.
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Agriculture Department
Farm Youth Center
Princess Anne profile a palace tomboy with horse love
AP report details Princess Anne as a lively royal child. It notes her horse affinity from Queen Elizabeth II, sports interest from Prince Philip, and playful traits including curiosity about a tall footman. The piece mentions Balmoral birthday plans and fashion critiques by a British writer.
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Prince Philip
Princess Margaret
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Prince Charles
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Scotland
First Saturn Rocket Booster Reaches Cape for Installation
The first Saturn rocket booster arrived at Cape Canaveral after a 2,200 mile barge voyage from Huntsville Alabama aboard the barge Promise. Workers began preparing to erect the 82 foot booster on the pad near the Saturn service gantry by Banana River.
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Huntsville
Ala
Banana River
Princess Anne and British fashion in jeans commentary
A magazine columnist lauds improvements in British children's clothing and suggests Princess Anne could boost national prestige by wearing the best. The piece quips that queen's advisers should visit stores to see what is available, and jokes the princess might respond she wants jeans.
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Woman's Mirror
Princess Anne
Phooey
Miller Admits 4 Cedar Rapids Breakins in Assault Case
Edward J. Miller, 23, of 1406 Tenth street SE, confessed to breaking into four Cedar Rapids businesses. He pled guilty to assault and battery and received 30 days in county jail. He faces arraignment on the breaking and entering charges after serving his sentence.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward J. Miller
Tenth St. SE
Miller
John Kuba
Iowa Theater
Circle Tavern
Twelfth Ave
Midway Tavern
Ninth Ave
B & F Transfer Co
Tenth St
Earnest Gibson
Fifteenth St. SE
Gibson
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Kuba
Japan Honors Its War Dead 116th Anniversary Surrender
In Tokyo and across Japan Buddhist and Christian services marked the 116th anniversary of World War II surrender. The observance was unofficial with no central government ceremony.
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Tokyo
Japan
Warsaw talks mark 33rd meeting since 1956
In Warsaw on Tuesday Ambassador Jacob Beam of the United States and Red China’s Ambassador Wang Ping-nan met for the 33rd time since 1956, signaling ongoing diplomatic engagement between the two nations.
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Warsaw
USS
Jacob Beam
Red
China
Wang Ping-nan
Nearing Pact on Blocking Escape Trail
Washington reports that the United States Britain France and West Germany near an agreement to penalize East Germany for sealing off the West Berlin escape route. Plans for counter measures include a travel ban on East Germans and a suspension of trade between East and West Germany with details to be refined by officials before government action.
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U.S
Britain
France
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
Foy Kohler
State Department
Rusk
Berlin
East Berlin
Sharp Protests To East Berlin Amid Berlin Tensions
The United States Britain and France protest East German travel restrictions in Berlin as West Berlin plans a mass protest led by Mayor Willy Brandt. Allied notes condemn East German and Soviet measures while Hamburg and Bonn discuss possible embargo responses and a new Berlin blockade threats loom.
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East Berlin
Berlin
Willy Brandt
Record breaking Fair game aids Camp Good Health
At the All Iowa fair a KCRG radio tent invites visitors to throw baseballs at old 78 RPM records. If over half break, they win a new top pop 45. Three balls cost 10 cents with proceeds helping Camp Good Health. the deficit dropped by 98.12 dollars last Monday amid cheerful crowds.
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Cedar Rapids
KCRG
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