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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1962
Page
1
A second juror is removed from the James Hoffa jury in Nashville after he says an FBI agent warned him that someone from Detroit or Louisville was attempting to reach him.
President Kennedy will send to Congress a budget of more than 99 billion dollars, surpassing wartime 1945 peak. Deficit eyed about six billion for fiscal 1964 with revenues near 93 to 94 billion, and tax cuts possible. Article notes arms and space outlays drive most growth and hold-the-line spending on domestic programs.
Belgrade AP Tito says Moscow policy differences remain unresolved after talks with Khrushchev. He notes foreign policy is clearer but will continue pursuing independent communism. Khrushchev accompanied Tito from Moscow to Kiev.
Adlai Stevenson stated the U S military mission to the Congo has one objective to bolster Secretary General Thant in his unification plan. He said there is no Soviet interference and no political implications tied to the mission.
A brief warming Friday night gives way to much colder air by Sunday as southerly winds push warmer air in followed by a sharp temperature drop. Light snow fell in southwest and extreme southern Iowa, with icy highways and frigid lows in the 20s to near 30.
A Miami to New York Silver Star passenger train collided with a tractor trailer loaded with oranges near Okeechobee Florida. Two train crew members died and several cars derailed as the lead locomotive and cars toppled leaving wreckage across the tracks. Firefighters contained diesel fires as investigators described the fatal collision and ensuing flames.
The first nasa style satellite launching failed, delaying navy navigational aids. In Seoul, a major was sentenced to death with four others for misappropriation. A train wreck injured 12 Miami military academy cadets and others, with a Montreal passenger and his wife among the injured.
Richard E. Scherling was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for 1963 succeeding James E. Coquillette. Other officers named include Sutherland Cook as first vice president James Colbert as second vice president Sutherland Dows Jr treasurer and Robert H Caldwell executive vice president and secretary. The board also endorsed Allen Whitfield of Des Moines for the U S Chamber board and asked city council to approve a minimum housing code aligned with federal standards.
Warsaw veteran Wieslaw Skowronski perished in a Christmas Eve plane crash on approach to Warsaw. His brother Zbiegniew, waiting at the airport with a photograph, had long hoped for a reunion after 18 years apart from WWII fighting in the Warsaw uprising.
The DOJ planned criminal contempt charges against Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett for resisting James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi. Delivery delays prevented filing, as papers air mailed to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans failed to arrive. The case follows a civil contempt action seeking fine penalties up to 100000 dollars or 10000 daily for ten days, still pending.
Prime Minister Nehru told Hearst editors that India will not abandon non alignment despite accepting around 30 million dollars in U.S. and Britain military aid and the forthcoming delivery of six Soviet Mig fighters. He discussed Kashmir, China, and India’s army modernization, while signaling willingness to propose China for U.N. membership.
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan unveil a two stage NATO nuclear shield. US and Britain set aside bomber assets for NATO and Polaris missiles for shared use on submarines by 1970. Britain to fund missiles, retain warheads, with national veto rights for supreme interests.
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