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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1963

Page

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U S Navy Tracks Hijacked Freighter Anzoategui in Caribbean

U S Navy ships and aircraft pursue the hijacked freighter Anzoategui amid claims it aims for Cuba and Santiago. Venezuelan authorities and U N officials coordinate efforts while Fidel Castro offers asylum to the hijackers and crew if they reach Cuban ports.

Washington U. S. Navy Caribbean Anzoategui Santiago U. S State Department Fidel Castro Havana Radio

Luther Fire Probe Nets Firecrackers on Campus

Special to The Gazette Decorah investigation into campus fires reveals students in dormitories used firecrackers and match snipping as pastimes. Olson hall blaze started by a student. Larson hall fire blamed on pyrolysis from an overheated steam pipe. Five students contained a fire before crews arrived.

The Gazette Decorah Luther College Olson Hall Larson Hall Reynold Hentges Alta Vista Hentges

Warming Trend Slated Sunday for Iowa

Weather officials expect a warmup Sunday as southerly winds bring moisture into Iowa. Light snow fell in western and central counties, with temperatures ranging from 18 below at Anamosa and Waterloo Thursday night to 13 above at Council Bluffs. Cedar Rapids reached 12 above Friday noon after a 5 below Thursday.

Iowa News Iowa Mercury Anamosa Waterloo Oelwein Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs

Teamster Executive Is Voted $50 000 Raise

Anthony Provenzano, head of Teamsters Local 560, received a $50,000 raise to $95,000 in a closed meeting attended by about 400 members. A prior raise on December 20 boosted his pay from $20,000 to $45,000 amid 800 attendees.

Hoboken N. J Anthony Tony Pro” Provenzano Teamsters Provenzano Stephan Harnes Bergenfield James Hoffa International Teamsters Union Detroit Teamsters Local

Anamosa Boy 2 Dies in Farm House Fire

In Anamosa area, a two year old named Betzer died when a fire destroyed the family home about 8 15 a m Friday. Two older sons escaped partially dressed. The blaze occurred as the parents worked in the barn nearby. Prairieburg fire department responded. cause undetermined.

Anamosa Dean Betzer Betzer Betzers Prairieburg

Arraignment of Cassini Delayed in Trujillo Case

Federal Judge Matthew McGuire postponed until Feb 25 the arraignment of Igor Cassini and a lawyer associate on charges of failing to register as publicity agents for the late Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.

Washington Matthew McGuire Igor Cassini Rafael Trujillo

Wilson Urges Britain to Scrap Polaris Pact

London AP Harold Wilson, 46, the youngest Labour leader, calls for Britain to abandon nuclear arms and scrap the Nassau Polaris missile agreement with the United States. He favors withdrawal talks and keeping Western alliance unity while NATO oversees bases like Holy Loch. Brown may seek deputy leader post despite Wilson's victory.

London Harold Wilson Labor Party Britain U.S Russia Wilson Labor Macmillan Laborites George Brown James Callaghan Brown House of Commons Nassau Kennedy West Holy Loch NATO Western Alliance Hugh Gaitskell Gaitskell

Five Held In Plot To Kill De Gaulle

Paris AP report says three military officers and two women were arrested early Friday on charges of plotting to kill President de Gaulle with a high powered rifle at L Ecole Militaire. The group included a teacher at the school and possible generals, with links suspected to a prior August machine gun attack. The visit proceeded without incident. CAPE TOWN AP says South Africa expands police reserve forces to aid in combatting serious crime and acts of atrocity.

Paris de Gaulle L’ecole Militaire Military School Interior Ministry Seine Eiffel Tower Watin Algeria Cape Town South Africa

Maasdam Strikes Weser Wrecks. All Aboard Safe

The Maasdam struck two underwater wrecks in fog at the Weser mouth. Six hours later all 230 passengers and about 200 crew were ashore with no injuries. The ship, part of the Holland America Line, was en route from Bremen to New York on its inaugural direct West Germany to U.S. service.

Bremerhaven Germany Maasdam Weser West Germany U.S Holland-America Line Rotterdam Bremen Hague Holland- America New York J. H. C. Wirth Britain R. A. Bishton Margarethe Bitter Harborough

Khrushchev Sees East West Ties At Laos Reception

Khrushchev told reporters at a Laos hosted reception that communism would bury capitalism together with China, praising ongoing Sino Soviet cooperation. He dismissed questions on Mao and said the politicking was staged for Western audiences, not a press conference.

Moscow Khrushchev Russia China Mao Tzetung Laos Brezhnev

Africans Assail Bulgarian Treatment as Racial Bias Sparks Exodus

Seven Ghanaian leaders head a mass departure of about 500 Africans studying in Sofia under a communist aid program. They say they faced racist abuse and poor living conditions, while Bulgarian authorities arrested union leaders and broke up protests. Ghana's ambassador accompanies the exodus as arrests and detentions unfold.

Vienna Bulgaria Ghana Students’ Union Sofia Union Bonn Appan- Samong Red Tatah Tawia Tawia London

Hike fad labeled highway hazard by auto group

The Automotive Legal Association criticized the 50 mile hiking fad as dangerous to road safety. Philip Wallwork, safety director, warned that pedestrian fatalities are already high without thousands of hikers on highways.

Boston UPI Automobile Legal Assn Philip Wallwork

Polaris Subs Timetable Outlined for Mediterranean

Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric said three U S manned Polaris submarines to be controlled by NATO supreme commander in Europe will begin stationing in the Mediterranean about April 1. He announced this after talks with NATO officials in Paris and with Italian and German officials in Rome and Bonn.

Washington NATO Europe Mediterranean Roswell Gilpatric North Atlantic Treaty Organization Paris Rome Bonn

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