Levies Up In 64 Linn Tax Areas
Linn County supervisors approved the 1962 tax levies payable in 1963 for 64 Linn areas. Cedar Rapids property taxes rise to 98.379 mills a 2.296 mill decrease from last year, Marion residents face 11 dollars more per thousand of assessed value, and Mt. Vernon millage climbs to 89.140 mills, up 4.061 from 1962.
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Jake Factor Granted Christmas Pardon by Kennedy
Palm Beach AP report states John Factor known as Jake the Barber was granted a Christmas pardon by President Kennedy. The 170 pound ex Chicago underworld figure turned philanthropist had a 1943 Cedar Rapids mail fraud conviction wiped clean, ending deportation proceedings to England. Factor, paroled in 1949, built a $2 million donation record including support for Cuban invasion prisoners aid.
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Cedar Rapids
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Jackie Gives Engraved Whale Tooth to JFK
FAIRHAVEN MASS. UPI President Kennedy received a Christmas gift from his wife a whale tooth etched with the presidential seal by Milton Delano at Hyannis Port. Delano found the tooth in New Bedford and spent 160 hours carving and 80 hours polishing the seal. He did not disclose the price.
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New Bedford
Last-Minute Push Averts Ransom Snag
In a rapid, high-stakes drive, nearly 3 million dollars was raised in 24 hours to secure the release of Cuban prisoners. A $2.9 million check drawn on the Royal Bank of Canada, tied to Fidel Castro, kept the exchange on track as efforts spread across private citizens and government officials.
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Swift
New York Times
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Ion
Justice Department
Eight East German refugees escape to West Berlin by bus
An eight-person group including the bus owner, driver, wives, and four children fled Neugersdorf at dawn. They rammed three barriers near Berlin with an armor plated bus while guards fired, injuring one from flying glass. They reached West Berlin and were taken to a reception center for interviews.
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Neugersdorf
Berliin
Babelsberg
West Berlin
Dreilinden
Hundreds of Russians sail from Cuba on Admiral Nasimov
Hundreds of Russian men women and children boarded the Admiral Nasimov in Havana for home after a two week stay. They arrived in long convoys and carried rolled blankets suitcases and bags. The influx followed dismantled missile sites and prior Russian moves to Cuba last summer as technicians.
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Cuba
Admiral Nasimov
Berlin
Bodyguard Named in Tunis Plot Against Bourguiba
Tunis AP report says President Bourguiba stated his own bodyguard was among plotters who planned to assassinate him in bed at his white-walled palace near Tunis.
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Tunis
Bourguiba
Iin
Cuban prisoners’ kin to arrive in Florida by ship
In miami an American vessel prepared in havana to ferry about 1000 relatives of released Cuban prisoners to port everglades. The African Pilot will land parents siblings spouses and children who stayed in Cuba. Swiss and American relief groups plan meals and aid on arrival as the voyage marks the end of the 20 year service of the aging freighter.
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South Florida
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Florida
U.S
Berta Barreto
Finis
Committee of American Steamship Lines
Iowa Cold Snap Sets Records Across State
Oelwein tops Iowa as the coldest site at 27 below zero on Wednesday morning, with Cedar Rapids at 18 below and Marshalltown sharing the honor. Forecasters warn of a brief warming trend then more subzero spells, while roads improve to near normal.
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Lowa
Oelwein
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
State Highway Commission
General Lewis Truman Visits Congo Capital on Christmas
Lt. Gen. Lewis Truman head of the U.S. military mission to the Congo was said to make a quiet Christmas Day visit to Elisabethville, the separatist capital.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Lewis Truman
U.S
Congo
Relatives Of Bay Of Pigs Prisoners Board Cuban Freighter
About 1 000 relatives gathered at the Havana docks Wednesday to board the African Pilot for the United States. Many fainted or cried as security lines and Cuban Red Cross officials guided families through checkpoints. Dozens of Americans arrived with cots and blankets to ease the voyage amid Cuba’s travel restrictions.
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Red Cross
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