Missing 24 Million Bushels Grain Shocks Senate
Senator Williams reports 24 million bushels of U S grain shipped to Austria under a barter deal have disappeared. Senator Dirksen calls for a special committee, citing possible collusion and diversion to West Germany or other European markets for dollars. Investigations target Austrian importers with seven arrested. no American official named responsible.
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Washington
Williams
Cel
Senate
U. S
Austria
Dirksen
R-Nl
G.O.P
West Germany
U.S
Conservation Group Joins Cedar Rapids Pollution Fight
The All Iowa Conservation council joined Cedar Rapids and Isaak Walton groups in demanding pollution cleanup of Iowa streams. Council secretary M. E. Clark urged a plain speaking health department and robust abatement programs, citing decades of inaction and urging cooperation from state officials and local clubs. The Cedar Rapids council approved a Waterloo plant injunction and forwarded it to the health department for study.
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All Iowa Conservation Council
Cedar Rapids
Isaak Walton
M. E. Clark
Clark
State Department of Health
State Health Department
State Conservation Commission
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Health Department
Waterloo
Ralph Heeren
Paul Houser
Public Health Engineering Department
Fed Board Uplifts Rediscount Rate and Deposit Ceiling
The Federal Reserve Board approved raising the rediscount rate from 3% to 3.4% at seven banks to curb international balance of payments problems. The board also raised the maximum interest on time deposits and certificates to 4% for 90 days to one year, previously 3.5% for longer terms and 2.5% for shorter terms.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Peking Attacks Russians Aid to India in Fall War
In Moscow the clash over aid to India continued as China and the Soviet Union accused one another of dividing the world communist movement. Peking criticized Soviet economic and military aid to India during the border war, while Moscow accused China of shifting influence away from the Kremlin and toward colored races.
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Peking
India
Moscow
Izvestia
Kremlin
Russia
China
Wallace Says He Won't Enforce Federal Public Accommodations Law
Governor George Wallace of Alabama said he would not enforce or urge compliance with the federal public accommodations law in Alabama. He told the Senate Commerce Committee he would let federal authorities enforce it if they choose to.
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Washington
George Wallace
Alabama
Senate Commerce Committee
Wallace
Kennedy
Atty
Robert Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
Justice Department
Ervin
D-N.c
Hart
D-Mich
Long
D-Mo
Dirksen
R-Ill
Keating
R-N.y
Senate
Heaven
Sen. Thurmond
D-S.c
Commerce and Judiciary
Iowa Town liquor rules urged to be shortened and cleaned
Des Moines AP report says the towns liquor control commission was told by a legislative rules committee to cut down and remove duplications from its enacted rules for the liquor by the drink law. Senator A V Doran noted the rules were not in proper form and duplicated the new law.
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DES Moines
Town Liquor Control Commission
Whites Win Curfew Relaxation Amid Race Tensions
In Cambridge, Maryland, a crowd of about 300 white business men heard Col. Maurice Tawes announce immediate relaxation of curfew rules due to racial strife. Stores may stay open to 9 p.m. and streets to 10 p.m. liquor sales remain banned. Negro leaders pledged quiet for 24 hours as a bi racial committee is formed. In Baltimore, Negro leaders expect weekend demonstrations at Gwynn Oak park over desegregation proposals.
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Cambridge, Md
National Guard
Maurice Tawes
Tawes
Baltimore
Gwynn Oak Amusement Park
Rain Floods Hot Springs Citywide flood toll soars
In Hot Springs Arkansas water overwhelmed downtown streets with three feet in shops and four feet in a hotel. Cars swept onto sidewalks and stocks flooded the road. Police urged travelers home and boats were requested to rescue stranded residents.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Malvern
Cove Creek
North Korea Refuses Release of Two American Captains
North Korea again declined Tuesday to free two American army captains held amid the Panmunjom tensions. The impasse prolongs uncertainties over their detention and shifted focus to how long negotiations may continue.
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Panmunjom
North Korea
Jake Factor Becomes a Citizen
John Jake the Barber Factor, 70, took the oath before U.S. District Judge Leon Yankwich becoming a naturalized citizen. Factor, once implicated in a 1943 mail fraud case and later pardoned by President Kennedy, has donated millions to charity and plans to vote as a Democrat. His son Alvin attended the ceremony. Bella Factor was absent.
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Los Angeles
John
Jake
Factor
U.S
Leon Yankwich
Yankwich
Immigration Service
Cedar Rapids
California
Bella
Alvin
England
Poland
St. Louis
Chicago
America
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Burlington
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Department of Justice
Dr. Heeren
Vinton
Cedar River
Cedar Falls
the Gazette
By Preston Grover
Lenin Hills
Pravda
Communist Party of China
World Socialist Camp
International Communist Movement
Nehru
Peking People’s Daily
State Department
Sen
A. V. Doran
Rboone
Doran
Commission
Statehouse
Homer Adcock
Adcock
Cambridge
By John Woodfield
New York
Wagner
Rockefeller
Washington Post
Civil Service Commission
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