Iowa agencies seek 61 percent budget rise for next two years
Iowa state agencies and departments requested about 181.42 million dollars per year, a 61 percent rise over current budgets of 112.43 million, to fund 52 agencies during hearings for Gov elect Norman Erbe. The social welfare department alone seeks a 35 percent increase to 24.825 million, boosting old age, dependent children, and blind aid, with higher medical payments and expanded child welfare and relief funds.
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George B. Brown
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Norman Erbe
Erbe
Department of Social Welfare
Department
Tama
Gormly Carried to Jail After Court Contempt
Walter F. Gormly of Mt. Vernon was sentenced to seven days in jail for contempt of court amid a long running tax dispute. Deputies carried him from his home to court and to county jail as he refused to appear of his own accord for a third time in five weeks. The 25 minute hearing included Gormly seated in a chair wheeled into the courtroom.
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Walter F. Gormly
Mt. Vernon
Gormly
Hunger strike claim noted in federal contempt case
Walter F. Gormly received a seven day jail term in federal court for contempt and declined meals in Linn County Jail. Jailer Russ Pratt said there is no hunger strike, only refusal to eat. Food sent to his cell was shared with other inmates as he skipped meals Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
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Walter F.gormly
Linn County
Russ Pratt
Gormly
Gormlyn
Burma Buddhist Riots Drive Out State Religion Commission
Rioters in Myitkyina northern Kachin state expelled government commission members aiming to establish Buddhism as the state religion. Reports describe clashes and local upheaval in Rangoon and northern regions.
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Burma
Rangoon
Myitkyina
Kachin
Russia Charges Mock Attack on Freighter
The Soviet Union accuses the U S destroyer Corry hull No 817 of a hour long mock attack on a Russian freighter in the Mediterranean on November 4 nearly causing a collision. Moscow delivered a protest note demanding severe punishment for those responsible.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Mediterranean
Corry
Machines too humanlike to need any intelligence
A comic note mocks machines advancing to near human likeness where tasks appear automatic, suggesting cleverness is bypassed and implying irony about artificial intelligence surpassing human reasoning.
Gilpatric Named Deputy For Defense
President elect Kennedy chose Roswell Gilpatric a 54 year old New York lawyer and former undersecretary of the air force to be deputy secretary of defense. Gilpatric will serve under Robert McNamara at the Pentagon as McNamara becomes defense secretary.
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Gilpatric
New York
Pentagon
Defense McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Kennedy
Air Force
Defense Establishment
Rockefellers
Sen
Jackson
Bandit Net s 20 000 At Des Moines Safeway
An armed bandit tied assistant manager Kenneth Dalton and three other employees at the Merle Hay Plaza Safeway Store in Des Moines around 12 20 a m and escaped with about 20 000 in cash. He left roughly 1 500 in change after ripping out a phone.
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DES Moines
Kenneth Dalton
Merle Hay Plaza
Israel's Atomic Work for Peace
Prime Minister Ben-Gurion told parliament that Israel's Negev atomic reactor will be dedicated entirely to peaceful research. He noted the second reactor would not be completed for three or four years.
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Jerusalem
David Ben- Gurion
Israel
Negev Desert
Ben-Gurion
Loveless to Probe Erbe Probe Over State Job Claims
Governor Herschel Loveless said he will conduct a thorough investigation into Norman Erbe s assertion that a Democratic official pressured for a state job for his wife and attempted to sell life insurance to state officials. Ro bert Hutte branded the charges a political smear and questioned Erbe s motives as a future opponent. Loveless plans to review a report from the state bureau of criminal investigation and seek a copy for review.
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Des Moines
UPI
Herschel Loveless
Norman Erbe
Erbe
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Robert Hutte
Osceola
Hutte
Me” Las
Loveless
U N Approves Congo Budget Amid Soviet Opposition
The United Nations General Assembly ends its 15th session after approving a 48.5 million dollar Congo operation funding plan amid strong Soviet opposition. Secretary-General Hammarskjold is authorized to spend up to 24 million for the first quarter of 1961 as the 99-nation body adjourns for an 11 week recess.
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United Nations
General Assembly
U.N Congo
Russia
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
99-Nation Assembly
Khrushchev
Hammarskjold
U.S
Ite
Roshchin
Security Council
U. N
Winter Plunge Grips Iowa with subzero weather
Bone chilling cold swept across Iowa on Wednesday with Spencer recording 16 below zero and Cedar Rapids 3 above at 2 p.m. Forecasters predicted a continued cold spell into Friday with lows of 10 to 15 below in the south and a gradual warming trend over the weekend.
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Waukon
Elkader
Iowa
Spencer
East Iowa
Strawberry Point
West Union
Oelwein
Manchester
Postville
Cedar Rapids
The
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Lamont
Ottumwa
Burlington
Davenport
Dubuque
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Sioux City
Towa
Canada Bans Tax Concessions in Major Budget Move
Ottawa moves to curb foreign investment by imposing 15 percent taxes on dividends to non residents and raising rates on interest for provincial and government bonds. The plan targets foreign ownership while exempting existing bond issues. Prime aim is to boost Canada’s economy amid a projected 286 million deficit and steps to spur domestic investment.
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Dian
Canada
House of Commons
Donald Flemming
U.S
U.S. Commerce Department
Flemming
February Draft Call of 6 000 Men
Washington AP reports the Army issued a draft call for 6 000 men in February matching the January quota. Ford Motor Co of Canada chairman Karl Scott says legislation should not harm Canadian firms that are foreign controlled and questions implications for the budget and the selective service resume.
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Washington
Army
Karl Scott
Janu- Ford Motor Co
Canada
Sep Ford
Christmas Tree Set for Edward Dying from Lye
In Pontiac Michigan a Christmas tree was placed in 2 year old Edward Reno’s hospital room as doctors fear he will not live to Christmas Day. Edward drank lye from a kitchen drain cleaner at home in White Lake Township on Monday and was placed in an oxygen tent. His mother Lucy 25 was nearby but preoccupied.
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Pontiac, Mich
Edward Reno
Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital
Edward
White Lake Township
Lucy
Unclear OCR Entry on PUC and Year End Call
Fragmentary text references November and December and a new call bringing the total to two. No clear people organizations places or events can be confirmed from the readable words.
US Pledges Aid for Cuban Refugees in Nation
Ambassador Bonsal told the OAS that the United States will welcome suggestions from member nations to handle a humanitarian problem involving more than 100000 Cuban refugees. He noted unaccompanied Cuban children facing hardship and described U.S. and Florida welfare burdens amid the Miami refugee center. President Eisenhower named Tracy Voorhees to study the situation and over $1 million allocated for needy Cubans.
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Washington
U.S
Philip Bonsal
Council of the 21-Nation Organization of American States
Bonsal
OAS
United States
Eisenhower
Tracy Voorhees
Miami
Florida
Bomber Crashes Off Newfoundland No Survivors Reported
A U S Navy Neptune patrol bomber P2V crashed into the sea near the southeast tip of Newfoundland. Rescue officers say there were no survivors. The aircraft, based at Argentia, normally carries a crew of five or six.
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ST. John's
Nld
Newfoundland
U. S Navy
Argentia Nild
AT&T Increases Dividend to $3.60 a Year
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. raises annual common stock dividend to $3.60 from $3.30. The stock touched a new high of 103 1/4, reflecting investor enthusiasm and lingering demand for telecom shares.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
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U. S
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