Airlift by Americans Resumed in Congo Crisis
U S transports resumed airlift to U N troops fighting Katanga rebels as Moise Tshombe denounced American actions as cowardly. The Leopold hospital and nearby camp were targets in night fire, 700 patients spared serious injury, and U N jet fighters struck Katangan bases while the Security Council discussion tightened around Britain and France.
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Elisabethville
U.S
U.N
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Congo
Mr. Nehru
Katangan
Leopold
Camp
U. S
Leopoldville
Jadotville
U. N
Fourth Street parking facility dedicated in Cedar Rapids
A ribbon cutting and luncheon marked the dedication of Cedar Rapids new Fourth Street SE parking lot replacing the old Union station. About 100 people attended the 11:30 a.m. ceremony with city officials and longtime residents recalling Union station’s 1897 dedication and the depot’s demolition.
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Union Station
Fourth Street SE
Sheraton-Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Jim Meaghan
Edwin C. Evans
Greater Downtown Assn
Fourth Street
Fourth Street Committee
Dows
Dog Saves Four Cattle in Fire
Farmer John Johannes credits his mongrel dog with rescuing three heifers and a bull from a burning barn. The fire destroyed thirty four head of cattle. The dog slept in the barn and learned to release the latch and open the door, chasing out the four animals. The farmer noted fresh scratches on the house door suggesting the dog tried to rouse the family.
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Little Falls
Minn
John Johannes
Johannes
Burglars Fight Two Patrolmen at Brecht's Tavern Escape
Early Friday two burglars broke into Brecht's tavern at 1623 Jst SW. Officers Shimek and Baker found a broken rear window and two men in a rest room who resisted arrest and fled after wrestling with the officers. Police fired two warning shots. suspects evaded capture and remain unidentified.
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Brecht
Jst
Joseph Shimek
Raymond Baker
Two-Man Vehicle Planned For Rendezvous in Space
NASA plans a 500 million 2 man spacecraft to orbit and rendezvous with another craft. Project director Robert Gilruth announced at a Houston Chamber of Commerce dinner that tests could begin in 1963 or 1964 with unmanned flights from Cape Canaveral and eventual manned missions.
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Houston
U.S
Robert Gilruth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Houston Chamber of Commerce
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Communist Party Pleads Not Guilty to Agent Registration
The Communist party through attorney Joseph Forer pled not guilty to failing to register as a Soviet agent. Arraigned before Judge Matthew McGuire the party faces trial set for February. Party leader Gus Hall attended but did not speak and sat with spectators.
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The
Communist Party
Matthew McGuire
Party
Gus Hall
New York
Small Stroke Suffered by Goldfine in Federal Prison
Bernard Goldfine, 71, suffered an apparent small stroke Thursday night at the federal correctional institution where he serves time for income tax evasion. Warden Frank Kenton said he is much improved and that his condition Friday is satisfactory.
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Danbury, Conn
Bernard Goldfine
Federal Correctional Institution
Frank Kenton
Rusk Roles U N in Katanga and Congo Policy
Secretary of State Rusk said the United Nations seeks only to stabilize Congo so Kinshasa can form its own government. He denied a U.S. blueprint for Congo while pledging strong aid to the U.N. He warned Katanga’s lack of peaceful integration could lead to anarchy and Communist takeover. Castro’s admission he is a Communist is noted as easing U.S. case abroad.
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Washington
State Rusk
U.N
Katanga
U. S
Congo
America
Cuba
Rusk
Fidel Castro
Castro
Paris
NATO
Berlin
Moscow
West
Germany
Young Russian Mother Sparks Tass Exercising
In New York Tass employees, led by Helen Vassiliev, a 30 year old mother from the USSR, exercise daily at 11 30 am to imitate Soviet office calisthenics. The routine began after she demonstrated moves and had a ballet music tape made for accompaniment. A new Rockefller Plaza building site overlooked the activity.
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New York
Kennedy
Manhattan
Tass
U. S
Ussr
Helen Vassiliev
Vassiliev
Rockefeller Plaza
Tragedy at Hartford Hospital Fire In Hartford
A Hartford hospital fire Friday afternoon killed between twelve and twenty people. The blaze gutted part of the upper building with reports of trapped patients on the ninth floor and elevators failing. Spectators crowded the scene as fire and medical staff evacuated patients from the tenth floor up and transported some with plasma bottles attached.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Hospital
Mission Folk Rescued After 52-Hour Crossfire Stand Off
In Elisabethville a Seventh Day Adventist mission evacuated 29 trapped persons after a 52 hour crossfire. U.N. convoy cars carried the evacuees to safety late Thursday amid tense conditions.
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Elisabethville
Heavy Snow Predicted Across Iowa Through Saturday
Associated Press reports heavy snow expected in southern and southeast Iowa Friday night into Saturday with up to four inches possible. Other areas may see lighter totals as temperatures plummet across cities including Dubuque Mason City Waterloo Cedar Rapids Davenport Burlington and Spencer.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Dubuque
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Burlington
Spencer
January Draft Call Trimmed to 15000
The Defense Department issued a January draft call for 15000 men the lowest since August as Berlin crisis buildup continued. The December total was 16000 and the September peak reached 25000. All January draftees will be sent to the Army.
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Washington
Defense Department
Berlin
No Obstacle to JFK Trip Seen
PALM BEACH AP A White House spokesman said Friday that anti U S demonstrations in Venezuela would not keep President Kennedy from visiting that country Acting Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher called reports for demonstrations Friday in Caracas slightly exaggerated.
U S Presses Allies for Help in South Vietnam
The United States urged allied and non Communist nations to bolster South Vietnam economically and militarily as Vietnams fight intensifies. Secretary Rusk backed a White Paper warning of a clear and present danger and said the U S is consulting with other nations on aid while pressuring the ICC to act on charges of covert aggression.
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Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
State Department
Asia
Southeast Asia
State Rusk
Russia
Red China
Vietnam
Rusk
Ngo Dinh Diem
International Control Commission
North Vietnam
India
Poland
Canada
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Harry Boyd
Don Hines
Sutherland Dows
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Howard Hall
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