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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1959
Page
5
Geneva talks raise fears in West Berlin as delay and concessions threaten 2,200,000 residents and the 52 million in West Germany. U S Secretary of State Herter faces a dilemma over timing and policy amid ongoing negotiations with Khrushchev and Gromyko.
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko pressed for Western troop withdrawal from West Berlin in a two hour secret session. Western leaders, including Herter Couve de Murville and Lloyd, rejected the demand and reported no sign of a breakthrough.
John Amick 43 of Brainard Minnesota and Guttenberg narrowly escaped death Saturday after his tractor brakes failed on a downhill run. The tractor hit a tool shed and plunged off a 20 foot cliff into the river landing on a fishing boat, which split in half. Amick was rescued by William Boyce and treated for back injuries and facial cuts with no serious condition.
Senator Albert Gore said he and Senator Rourke Hickenlooper were invited to Geneva as advisers at the nuclear weapons suspension conference. Gore indicated he would attend and expected Hickenlooper to join. Hickenlooper was unavailable for comment. Gore previously spent 15 days in Geneva as an observer.
Billy Morris 17 drowned Saturday evening while swimming toward a diving platform in Each's lake 4 miles southeast of Parnell. Witnesses said he sank after crying I cannot make it while others assisted. body recovered after 15 to 20 minutes as Marengo rescue squad failed to revive him with pulmotor. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ellis Morris, living on a farm between North English and Keswick with two other sons.
Casper C. Cook, 32, of Evansdale, drowned while swimming at a dam on the Wapsipinicon River near Lotton. He recently moved from Kokomo Indiana and worked at the John Deere Tractor Works in Waterloo.
Omaha's ten day bakery strike ends after negotiations. Edward Ries of the Federal Mediation Service announced a two year contract effective last May 3 with wage increases of 10 cents an hour the first year and 7 cents the second year plus fringe benefits.
A severe thunderstorm in New York City and New Jersey caused two children to die in Central Park when lightning struck a tree during a family picnic. Four golfers and a caddy at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus were knocked down by a bolt, with one golfer hospitalized in fair condition.
President Eisenhower will address a national conference of state advisory committees in Washington at the Statler Hilton. Delegates and observers from 48 state committees will attend as the Civil Rights Commission seeks to gather more facts on voting education and housing issues.
Metro official Holovachka accuses Senator Robert Kennedy of targeting him over opposition to the Kennedy brothers. Senate committee chair McClellan says Holovachka refused to turn over records tied to a probe into alleged lake county rackets affecting independent pinball operators. Holovachka vows to testify Monday about rackets and community reputation while denying misconduct.
Defense Secretary McElroy returns from Geneva with a proposed air defense master plan. It outlines roles for Nike Hercules and Bomarc missiles and aims to settle service disputes by outlining each branch's defense duties. The plan, drafted by the joint chiefs, is to be submitted to Congress later this month.
In Lyon France a 13 year old boy Roger Martinez rescued a woman trapped in a burning trailer after she cried for help. He entered the smoke filled trailer twice and pulled her to safety suffering burns to his arms and legs. The woman, Madame Bizy, was hospitalized. Roger writes to his father that he is fine and does not understand why he acted.
A winged nine inch appendage cat named Thomas a girl cat with eight lives was reported alive after rumors of death. Doug Shelton a 15 year old high school freshman found the cat in the woods and a newspaper correspondent confirmed the cat was alive. An NBC appearance was planned but later he decided to forgo the show and did not travel to New York.
The Associated Press reports widespread turmoil as Ecuador and Nicaragua face student riots, martial law, and rebel actions. Nicaragua sees invaders from Costa Rica. Ecuador reports 24 dead, 150 injured, 450 arrests amid protests linked to political and economic grievances.
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