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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1960

Page

2

AFL-CIO Moves Toward End of Union Feud

AFL-CIO leaders outline a four point peace plan to halt internal feuding. The pact would ban cross union boycotts, establish binding arbitration with a disputes director, and settle jurisdictional lines between craft and industrial unions in construction and maintenance.

Afl-Cio Washington UPI Aflcio Executive Council Miami Beach Aflcio al J. Hayes Hayes J. Albert Well Building Trades and

Reds in Cuba Seen as Aid to International Communism

U S intelligence testimony says Fidel Castro's government exerts extreme policies that aid Communist influence. Gen. C P Cabell testified that Castro delegates to pro Communist figures and that Communists have free opportunity to organize propagate and infiltrate in Cuba and Latin America.

Washington (Ap U.S Fidel Castro C. P. Cabell Central Intelligence Agency Castro Cabell Latin America United States Latin American Argentina Brazil Chile Cuba Venezuela Colombia Uruguay Mexico Ecuador

Sunday Index From East Lowa Gazette Section II

Miscellany notes include late news deaths editorials arts and town items from Marion IA and Iowa political notes plus service roundup and ads. brief listings hint at captions from sections including television farming and classifieds with puzzle clues and parade magazine content.

Basement Window Entry Is Fatal

Denver police report James E. Green 32 hanged himself accidentally in a basement window at home. He crawled through a 30 by 12 inch opening after returning from work when the aluminum sash fell on his neck. His wife Dana 32 heard cries but could not free him.

Denver James E. Green Green Dana

Lipstick Coloring Materials Ordered for Hearing

The government ordered a public hearing for February 17 to decide if 14 lipstick coloring materials are unsafe and should be barred. Three other materials previously suspected were declared safe by the FDA.

Washington Food and Drug Administration Ase

Hungarian Reds execute teenagers in Hungary report

London AP reports Britain’s radio said Hungarian authorities executed 150 teenagers for joining the 1956 anti-Communist uprising. The dispatch notes 54 adults also executed as rebels in the past six months while Hungary denies holding youths until age 18 for execution.

London Britain Douglas Stewart Vienna British Broadcasting Corp Hungary Foreign Office United States

German Set Pilot Is Convicted of Treason

Horst Ludwig, a West German naval jet pilot, was convicted of treason and espionage for the Soviet Union. He received five years in prison while his former boatswain’s mate Fritz Briesemeister was sentenced to four years. The court said the case endangers Western alliance security if details are revealed.

Karlsruhe Germany Soviet Union Supreme Court Horst Ludwig Fritz Briesemeister Briesemeister

Jap Parliament Opens Annual Session To Ratify Pact

Tokyo reports the Japanese parliament began its annual session with the government seeking ratification of the revised U S Japan military pact. Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi’s party holds 288 of 456 lower house seats and 136 of 248 in the upper chamber.

Tokyo Nobusuke Kishi

MacArthur hospitalized for prostate condition in New York

General Douglas MacArthur, 80, is in Lenox Hill hospital for a urological exam after tests showed a benign enlargement of the prostate. He rests comfortably and is not in distress. Major General Courtney Whitney, his former chief aide, stayed nearby.

New York Douglas MacArthur First Army MacArthur Manhattan Lenox Hill Hospital Gordon Barclay George W. Slaughter Lenox Hill Slaughter Courtney Whitney

Massu Meets De Gaulle Aide Amid Algiers Tension

Paris reports mass troop unrest as President de Gaulle’s government holds a surprise meeting with paratroop General Jacques Massu. Massu’s visit coincides with escalating Algiers violence and a new ban on Algeria travel and private flights from France. The Council of the Order of the Liberation backed Massu and De Gaulle.

Paris UPI Charles de Gaulle Jacques Massu Algiers de Gaulle Massu Michel Debre Algeria France Paul Ely Council of the Order of the Liberation Order of the Free French Veterans Order

Gravel Truck Skids Down Hill on Ice in Iowa City

Frank Vermace, 55, skid on the Dodge Street hill as a gravel truck overturned on ice. The vehicle slid upright about 150 feet then tipped and slid a another 150 feet shedding its load of sand. Vermace was uninjured.

Iowa City Dodge Street Frank Vermace Vermace

Diehards Defy De Gaulle Call To Surrender

French insurgents refuse de Gaulle surrender order as thousands of settlers reinforce barricades. Rebel radio proclaims aim to overthrow the government amid tense clashes at the capital’s outskirts.

de Gaulle Algiers UPS Charles de Gaulle

Cedar Rapids Area Eyes $35 Million Construction Year

The Gazette documents $28,682,240 in planned Cedar Rapids area building for 1960 with major shares in schools and government work. Lindale Plaza progress and a new Iowa Concrete plant are noted as sizable未known totals, while three fourths of home builders and possible 1961 starts could raise total well beyond $30 million. Executive VP Caldwell cautions competition for industrial expansion is fierce despite abundant land.

Lindale Plaza Iowa Concrete Products Co Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Caldwell Iowa City Hunter Airport Marion

See Chance For Saving Of France

President Charles de Gaulle earned praise from U S officials for his decisive handling of the Algerian crisis. Washington growth of confidence hinges on his ability to resolve the crisis without damaging French prestige and NATO unity.

France Charles de Gaulle U.S de Gaulle Washington Eisenhower Harold Macmillan Paris Britain United States

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