Exile leader cites 30 000 to 35 000 Soviet troops in Cuba
Cuban exile head Dr Manuel de Varona told a House subcommittee that evidence suggests 30 000 to 35 000 Russian troops in Cuba not the 17 000 claimed by the administration He said refugees from Cuba indicate 5 000 Russians in Camaguey province and urged joint action under U S leadership with a naval and air blockade and armed support if needed Congress members urged complete withdrawal and the Kremlin hinted thousands may depart by March 15.
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Washington
Cuba
Manuel deVarona
House inter-American Affairs
Latin America
Rep. Farbstein
D-N.y
deVarona
Camaguey
Nestor Carbonell
Carbonell
U.S
Hemisphere
Moscow
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Russia
John McCee
Central Intelligence Agency
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen
Aiken
R-Vt
Russell
D-Ga
Earl Delzell Noted Mason Dies at 79 in Cedar Rapids
Earl B. Delzell grand secretary emeritus of Iowa Masons and former Grand Master in 1960 61 died Tuesday night in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born August 17 1883 in Idaville Indiana he moved to Iowa in 1899 and later served as superintendent of schools before entering Masonic service. He held multiple top posts including chairing North America’s Grand Masters conference and led Iowa Masons as grand master and grand secretary. He is survived by his wife Grace and four sons Milford Sterling Wendell and Earl Jr.
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Earl B. Delzell
G Avenue
Iowa
Masons
Grace Henry
Shannon City
Milford
Sterling
Cedar Rapids
Wendell
Hillsborough
Calif
Earl, Jr
Milwaukee
Delzell
C. C. Hunt
Grand Lodge of Iowa
AF & AM
Rome
Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Law
Sueppel
St. Mary’s
Francis W. Sueppel
Iowa House Tangles On Implied Consent
The Iowa House adjourned for noon without a vote on an implied consent bill aimed at curbing drunken driving. The measure would require license holders to consent to chemical tests for alcohol if arrested for driving while intoxicated, allowing blood breath saliva or urine tests and defining intoxication as 0.15 percent or more alcohol by weight. Page 3A.
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Des Moines
Lowa House
House
Senate
Iowa Names Youngest Public Safety Commissioner
Gov. Hughes named William F. Sueppel Iowa City attorney to the public safety commission and reappointed Mrs. Joseph F. Rosenfield to the board of regents. Both appointments await senate confirmation. Sueppel, 33, becomes the youngest safety commissioner, to a four year term starting July 1. Rosenfield begins a second six year term.
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Des Moines
Harold E. Hughes
William F. Sueppel
Iowa City
Iowa
Sueppel
Johnson County
Carl H. Pesch
Rowan
Norman Erbe
Hughes
St. Mary’s High School
St. Ambrose College
Lao King Savang Vatthana to visit United States
King Savang Vatthana of Laos will arrive in the United States on Thursday for a weeklong visit, with diplomatic and cultural engagements planned during the trip.
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Washington
UPI
Savang Vatthana
Laos
U.S
Lifejackets Link Sulphur Queen to Disappearance
Two lifejackets stenciled Sulphur Queen were found in the Atlantic confirming the tanker Marine Sulphur Queen disaster after vanishing with 39 men. A navy ship located one jacket 14 miles southeast of Key West as debris floated nearby and coast guard crews searched for survivors. The vessel had departed Beaumont, Texas on February 2 bound for Norfolk.
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Key West
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Beaumont
Texas
Norfolk
Glenns children pick name Friendship 7 for capsule
John Glenn said his children chose Friendship 7 for the capsule that orbited Earth three times a year ago. At a Smithsonian ceremony the capsule and gear were presented, with Glenn hoping the name inspires peaceful use of space and youth involvement.
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Glenn
John Glenn
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Smithsonian
Atty
Gen
Robert Kennedy
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Republican Wins In Mississippi
Meridian Democrat Dennis Goldman loses to Lewis McAllister in a runoff for a Mississippi state legislative seat McAllister a 30 year old Goldwater Republican earns 3086 votes to 2298 for Goldman confirming the first Republican state legislator in 43 years.
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Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Lewis McAllister
Dennis Goldman
McAllister
Goldman
Icy Streets Hurt Dozens In Cedar Rapids Hospital Rush
After an overnight snowstorm Cedar Rapids faced widespread ice on streets and sidewalks. Eight people were admitted to hospitals from 6 am to noon with injuries from falls on ice, while six more were treated and released. Pat Moran, 15, required 15 stitches after a fall near his home at 1517 Fifth Avenue SE. Traffic incidents were fewer, save for a double crash at Twelfth Avenue and Fifteenth Street SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Pat Moran
LaVerne Moran
Fifth Avenue SE
Twelfth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Kennedy Moves To Preserve Bipartisan Cuba Policy
President Kennedy convened a White House briefing with Republican and Democratic leaders to share word of a possible Soviet troop withdrawal in Cuba. Senators Mansfield and Dirksen framed the meeting as a pattern of keeping lawmakers informed. Goldwater and Keating challenged the limited invite scope and urged continued pressure on Khrushchev as the Cuban threat persists.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Mansfield
Dmont
Dirksen
R-Nl
Congress
Khrushchev
State Department
Keating
U.S
Russia
Hijacked Venezuelan Ship Arrives in Brazilian Port
Belem reports the Anzoategui, a Venezuelan freighter under a Brazilian flag with Brazilian diplomats aboard, has reached Macapa on the Amazon. The hijackers are to be transferred to a warship and held at Belem while Brazil decides asylum or extradition.
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Belem
Brazil
Anzoategui
Amazon River
Macapa
Equatorial
Amazon
Brazilia
Solimoes
Venezuela
Santana
Rio de Janeiro
Foreign Ministry
US to Withdraw Air Transport Squadron From India
Informed sources say the United States plans a spring withdrawal of the air transport squadron it sent to India last November during the border war with China.
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New Delhi
U. S
India
China
Kennedy news conference broadcast on KCRG radio and TV
President Kennedy's news conference will be aired live on KCRG radio at 3 p.m. and on KCRG television at 4 30 p.m. Thursday.
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Kennedy
KCRG
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Lyn
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Wilbur Wright
Anderson
D-N.h
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Friendship 7
JFK
Smete Oy
Bweeze
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Senators Goldwater
R-Ariz
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Goldwater
Brazilian
By Robert Berrellez
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Caracas
Armed Forces For National Liberation
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