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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1962

Page

2

Laos Princes Form Coalition Cabinet to End Civil War

Laotian princes reach a coalition government agreement to end the civil war and bring Laos into the nonaligned fold. Souvanna Phouma to lead as premier with Phoumi Nosavan and Souphanouvong as deputies, cabinet posts allocated among neutralists royalists and Pathet Lao. Formal signing to follow in Luang Prabang with Geneva ties.

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Hundreds of Franco Foe Arrests Spark Spain Crackdown

In Madrid hundreds of Franco opponents are arrested in a nationwide sweep. Five Monarchists returning from Munich face forced residence in the Canary Islands. others exile in Paris or Fuertaventura. Authorities cite a decree curbing movement amid ongoing coal and industrial strikes.

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Lightning Kills Cedar Lake Waterskier

Cedar Rapids man Robert Heald, 52, was killed by a lightning strike while water skiing behind a boat on Cedar Lake slough. Heald, of 2469 Johnson Avenue NW, was 160 feet from shore when a thunderstorm struck. His wife was at the helm. Fire Chief Earl Bearbower watched from shore.

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World War II veteran tears over Japanese girl adopted in America

Baker, a Marine with battle service from Guadalcanal to Okinawa and Inchon, spoke of adopting Yukie a Japanese orphan in a Los Angeles area suburb. The story details his heartbreak as the girl, previously adopted, was killed when a Northern Pacific train derailed in Montana while en route from Seattle to Chicago for the World’s Fair. Investigators examine train speed and cause amid the tragedy.

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Savings League abandons fight against tax

The Savings and Loan League ends its opposition to the withholding tax on interest and dividends, informing Secretary Dillon it will drop its campaign. The move comes as the tax bill advances in Congress and faces Senate scrutiny, amid a broader dispute over its impact and public ads funded by financial groups.

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Iraq Ends U S Contacts Over Kuwait Recognition

Baghdad reports ambassadorial ties with the United States were severed after Iraq protested Washington's recognition of Kuwait. Premier Abdul Karim Qassem asserted Iraq's sovereignty over the oil rich sheikhdom, ending official talks.

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Retiring Rev Walter S Robinson Looks Back at Life and Golf

Decatur Georgia AP report on the Rev Walter S Robinson aged 91 retiring from active ministry for the second time after 64 years in service. He reflects on golf saving souls, ministerial education, death, and plans to move to Monroe to live with a daughter in July.

Decatur Walter Scott Robinson Methodist Monroe

New York Court Ordered to Hear Remap Suit

Washington report says the Supreme Court, in a 7-1 vote with Justice Harlan dissenting, orders a federal court in New York to hear a suit challenging the state legislature’s apportionment as discriminatory against metropolitan residents. The ruling follows the March Tennessee decision on urban versus rural representation.

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Kennedy urges new life for economy at Yale commencement

President Kennedy urged critics to drop ancient clichés and join government in reviving America’s economy during a Yale Old Campus address. He asserted the administration is not anti business but will act to block recession and foster prosperity amid a shifting postwar world.

New Haven

Satellite Project Shifted to Air Force by Pentagon

The Pentagon moved the military communications satellite project from the army to the air force. The air force will develop a smaller satellite, ready two years earlier, using existing rockets instead of unproven boosters.

Washington Pentagon Army Air Force

Confident economy relies on broad partnership, Ker says

Mr Ker argues that speculative talk masks a simple truth: genuine mutual confidence requires government and all sectors pursuing economic progress together. He rejects hostility to business over a single dispute and says corporate plans rest on economic, not political, confidence.

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