Fidel Castro tractor swap proposal studied by citizens committee
A Detroit committee studied Fidel Castro's latest terms for swapping 1 200 Cuban invasion prisoners for 500 American tractors. The group pressed for official confirmation and a Cuba delegation to negotiate, with observers including Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower.
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Detroit
Citizens’ Committee
Fidel Castro
Walter Reuther
Tractors For Freedom
Joseph Dodge
Castro
Reuther
Dodge
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Cochairman
Cuba
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Cedar Rapids Weather Quiets Algae Smell With Rainfall
Rainfall totaling 2.50 inches over Cedar Rapids raised the river about 24 feet and diluted algae causing odor in the water supply. Officials say the odor should fade and normal conditions will take weeks to return. Water works report reduced taste and a large supply remains in mains and tanks as outages and flooding linger.
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Cedar Rapids
Specialist: Utah sabotage blasts were not amateurs
A defense specialist testified before a Senate subcommittee that the May 28 Utah sabotage blasts which disrupted transcontinental wire and television communications were not the work of amateurs. Major Robert Ewell said the sites were likely blasted with a composite explosive and noted lessons learned in restoration.
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Washington
Utah
Robert Ewell
Defense Department Office of Telecommunications
Senate Appropriations
Ewell
Air Force
Nye to be honored by Des Moines journalists
Frank Nye associate editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette wins the 1961 Bent Cane award from the Des Moines Press and Radio club announced by Club President William Dorris. The honor recognizes service in journalism for Nye's work promoting legislative reapportionment and his campaign support for a Iowa constitutional convention. the award dinner is set for June 14.
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DES Moines
Frank Nye
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Des Moines Press and Radio Club
Bent Cane
William Dorris
Dorris
Nye
Iowa
Cuban Returns Home With Detergent and Suitcase
A Cuban citizen who flew to Havana Tuesday prepared to cope with shortages on the island. He carried a light suitcase under one arm and a 20-pound box of American detergent under the other, illustrating the period’s supply constraints.
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Miami
Havana
Von Wiegand Dies at 86 Hearst Foreign Correspondent
Karl von Wiegand, 86, dean of American foreign correspondents and longtime Hearst chief foreign reporter, died Wednesday in Zurich of pneumonia. He spent six decades in journalism covering major wars and historic events.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Karl von Wiegand
Hearst Papers
Kennedy says Vienna talks not a victory keep hopes for peace
President Kennedy told the nation that neither he nor Khrushchev won in Vienna and that the talks reduced the risk of war by clarifying each side's stance. He described the discussions as sober and useful, with limits on private deals and no new aims stated in private. He flagged possible resumption of testing and stressed Berlin rights, praising his Paris and London visits and de Gaulle's cordial reception.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Vienna
Geneva
U.S
Berlin
America
de Gaulle
Britain
Elected Head of 1961 Hawkeye Boys State
Cedar Rapids teen Ed Bastian 17 was elected governor of Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge. A Washington high school student and basketball player, he is sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Gazette and ran on the Nationalist ticket as 763 boys split into Nationalist and Federalist groups during the encampment.
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Cedar Rapids News
Ed Bastian
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye
Camp Dodge
Kenneth Bastian
Linden Jr
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids Gazette J
Bastian
Bill Jackson
Ames
Lieu
Diefenbaker defies U S export ban on grain to Red China
Prime Minister Diefenbaker said Canada will keep grain shipments to Peiping flowing and may build its own unloading equipment to replace U S machinery under the export ban. He warned U S law will not halt Canadian exports and cited a Canadian firm ready to produce unloaders in three weeks with 300 tons daily capacity. Lester Pearson proposed a state run alternative to avoid U S law.
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Ottawa
Canada
China
U. S
Diefenbaker
United States
U.S
Red China
Peiping
Ontario
Washington
Arnold Heeney
Lester Pearson
Canadian Commercial Corp
Laos Truce Violations Loom Over Geneva Talks
Geneva conference on Laos nears collapse as Communist actions widen breach of cease-fire. U S officials consider but reject total withdrawal from talks. Padong capture seen as bad faith. Prince Boun Oum plans return to Laos within two days. South Vietnam reports over 80 Red terrorists killed.
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U.S
State Department
Geneva
Red China
Russia
Padong
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Kennedy
Prince Boun Oum
Paris
France
Riviera
South Vietnam
Mehaffey bridge replacement funds urged in subcommittee
Washington Iowa officials and university representatives urged the house public works appropriations subcommittee to vote planning money and, if possible, funds to start construction of a replacement for the Mehaffey bridge. The project estimated at 1 320 000 would shorten a 11 1 mile trip for North Liberty to Solon and improve access to Coralville reservoir and Lake Macbride.
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Washington
House Public Works Appropriations
Ray Justen
Johnson County
John J. O'Meara
University of Iowa
John W. Crabb
Jamaica
Iowa Conservation Commission
U. S
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Schwengel
Mehaffey
Iowa Highway Commission
North Liberty
Solon
Justen
Coralville Reservoir
Lake Macbride
Iowa City
Corps of Engineers
Macon Golf Course Desegregated by City Board
Macon Georgia AP reports the Macon board of aldermen voted to desegregate the municipal golf course, the first public facility to integrate in the city's 138 year history.
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Macon
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