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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1961

Page

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No Iowans In Troops Called Up

Washington AP reports the defense department orders 76 500 reservists and national guardsmen to active duty in the largest mobilization since the Korean war. About 4 300 report Sept 25 to Fort Polk Louisiana others report Oct 1 to fulfill 58 ships and 85 ships added to the fleet with some units from Iowa not listed.

Washington Defense Department Iowa Berlin Secretary of Defense McNamara Army Air Force National Guard Iowa Air Guard 133Rd Fort Dodge Sioux City Air Force Navy Congress Fort Polk Fort Carson Colo

Three Attorneys Arrested in Boston for Bribery Attempt

Three attorneys Nathaniel Bergman Saul Glassman and Paul Gorin were arrested in Boston on charges of offering to bribe IRS official Charles McCaffrey with 10000 dollars to drop prosecution of Bergman for tax fraud. The case followed a 10 week investigation.

Washington UPI Boston Internal Revenue Justice Department Nathaniel Bergman Hartford Saul Glassman Paul Gorin U. S Peter Nelligan Charles McCaffrey Internal Revenue Service Bergman McCaffrey IRS Thomas Howard Raymond Kiely Glassman Gorin Treasury Marine Corps

African envoy, policeman clash in Harlem

Police say Guinea UN deputy permanent representative Michel Collet, 36, attacked Patrolman James O Grady after his car hit a taxi driven by Kenneth Morris. Collet invoked diplomatic immunity. O Grady injured a sprained thumb while Collet suffered a forehead laceration.

New York Harlem Michel Collet Guinea U.N Collet Kenneth Morris Manhattan Morris James O'Grady

Japanese Move To Slow Boom

Tokyo reports government order to slow Japan's economic growth to curb an uncontrolled boom sweeping the country. The move targets rapid expansion across sectors and aims to stabilize markets and prices.

Tokyo Japan

Draft Deferment Denied for Peace Corps Member

Miami AP A local draft board refused to defer 21 year old Charles Kamen facing service after unanimous vote. The board said he would be better off in regular service where he would learn Americanism rather than in the Peace Corps. Kamen had heckled a film at a Rotary meeting last December.

Miami Peace Corps Charles Kamen Roy Jones Kamen House un-American Activities Committee

Blast Kills Five Workers at Naval Propellant Plant

Five civilian workers died when a blast shattered a reinforced concrete building at the Indian Head Maryland propellant plant. The Friday explosion marked the third accident this year at the plant making fuel for rockets and missiles, and the eighth explosion since January 1959 with at least nine deaths overall.

Indian Head

Sailors Wait for Wives. Mix Up On Pier 12

Two sailors from the carrier Forrestal and their Georgia wives converged on Norfolk’s Pier 12. Miscommunication led wives to board the Randolph instead of the Forrestal, which then sailed out, leaving families briefly bewildered and amused after seven months at sea. Subsequent calls clarified the mix up and all returned to shore happily.

Raymond Burnette Chamblee Carlton Simpson Atlanta Forrestal Mediterranean Georgia Pier 12 Randolph Mrs. Simpson Mrs. Burnette Honey

Auto Collision Claims 4 Lives

Four people were killed and another seriously injured in a head on collision on a straight highway stretch in Richland Center Wisconsin. Deputies said one car drifted onto the wrong side after rounding a curve away from the crash site.

Richland Center Wis

Troops Battle Canadian Forest Fire in Newfoundland

Hundreds of troops joined the effort in Newfoundland on Saturday to fight one of the worst forest fires in the province’s history. Local crews and officials mobilized as the blaze threatened towns and forced precautionary evacuations.

Ottawa Newfoundland

Advertising executive Louis Wasey dies at 77

East Hampton New York reports Louis Wasey 77 advertising executive and co founder of the Barbasol Co died Saturday. He helped build Barbasol into a cosmetic and personal care brand and was a prominent business figure in the early days of the company.

East Hampton N. Y Louis Wasey The Barbasol Co

U S General Protests East German Berlin Travel Rules

Maj. Gen. Albert Watson, U S commander in Berlin, protested to Soviet commander Col. Andrei Solovyev over East German limits on crossing points between East and West Berlin. West Berliners protested and police closed new entry offices after Soviet opened them to issue permits for entry into the East sector amid 4 power travel dispute.

Berlin Albert Watson U.S East West Berlin Andrei Solovyev West Brandt

Brazil in crisis after sudden resignation of Quadros

Brazil faced turmoil as President Janio Quadros resigned after seven months. Vice President Joao Goulart prepared to assume power, while pro Quadros protests and military influence heightened nationwide tension. Quadros cited forces opposing him amid shifting foreign policy hints and unrest.

Rio DE Janeiro Brazil Janio Qualdros Joao Goulart Goulart Labor Party Singapore Red China Mao Tze-tung Peiping Quadros Communist Bloc U. S Brasilia Russia Fidel Castro Cuba

American Motors in Spotlight

Detroit based American Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers announced a three year contract including a profit sharing plan for employees, a first in the auto industry. The deal preserves wage increases and cost of living adjustments while creating a progress sharing fund from surplus and preserving management rights. AMC has 23 000 employees and the agreement could set a pattern for GM Ford and Chrysler negotiations.

Detroit UPI American Motors Corp United Auto Workers UAW Walter Reuther Cushman General Motors Ford Chrysler Joint Insurance Fund Progress-Sharing Fund AMC

Allies Denounce Soviet Threat Over West Berlin Air Corridors

The United States Britain and France delivered notes denouncing the Soviet threat to West Berlin air corridors. Messengers delivered the notes at their foreign ministries with simultaneous release planned in Washington London Paris and Moscow. The notes echoed the White House stance that interference with allied access to West Berlin would be an aggressive act for which Russia would bear responsibility.

Moscow U.S Britain France West Berlin Foreign Ministry Washington London Paris White House Russia

Jet Crash at Tinker Kills Two Young Girls

An F100 jet from Myrtle Beach to Nellis Air Force Base crashed during approach to Tinker near Oklahoma City. Two girls, Tibbie Tuttle 2 and Judy 4, died in the residential wreckage. Pilot Lt. W. H. Barbour bailed out. mother and brother hospitalized. Fire destroyed seven homes as debris blanketed the block.

Jacqueline Cochran Edwards Air Base Calif Col Chuck Yeager Oklahoma City Air Force Tinker Air Base W. H. Barbour Donald Tuttle Tibbie Tuttle Judy Donald Sally Chapman

No Shelter for Soviet Embassy Says It Relies on U.S. Protection

Washington reports the Soviet embassy will not build an atomic bomb shelter, with Second Secretary Ivan Azarov stating protection comes from the American government. Iowa observers enjoyed a coppery red moon eclipse visible under clear skies, described by scientists as caused by atmospheric refraction.

Washington Ivan Azarov Iowa News Iowa American Museum- Hayden Planetarium Earth

Five Die in Algiers Restaurant Siege

Europeans and Moslems dining in an Algiers restaurant were killed or wounded when a grenade exploded and submachine gun fire followed. Five people died and ten were seriously injured as a rebel band struck for a brief, brutal attack.

Algiers

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