Four Tractor Emissaries Arrive in Cuba for Prisoner Exchange
A four member American mission arrived in Havana to negotiate a tractors for prisoners exchange with Fidel Castro's government. The group including three university professors and a labor union machinery expert met officials at the Institute of Agrarian Reform and later Dorticos. A protester in Miami accused them of violating the Logan Act as police kept him apart.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Luis Crespo
Institute of Agrarian Reform
Enrique Cabre
Institute
Fernando Otero
Corticos
Castro
Oriente
Naval
Dorticos
Roy Banner
University of California
Miami_ International airport
Douglas Voorhees
Miami
Cuba
Washington
Merchants Bank Employee Charged in Embezzlement Case
Mary Jane LeMasters 40 of 1065 Twelfth St NE was arraigned in Cedar Rapids federal court on a 3 count information alleging embezzlement of 1000 dollars from Merchants National Bank. She pled guilty to all counts and awaited sentencing with further investigations noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Jane LeMasters
Twelfth St
Merchants National Bank
FBI
Miss le Masters
Fifteen Construction Workers Die In Mexican Truck Crash
In Minatitlan Mexico fifteen construction workers were killed when a truck plunged into a ravine on Monday. Rescue teams recovered the bodies as investigators examined the wreckage for causes and safety lapses related to the deadly incident.
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Minatitlan
Mexico
Car and Train Collision Kills 16 Year Old
Kenneth Albaugh of Mechanicsville, 16, died in a crash east of Lisbon when his northbound car struck a westbound North Western freight train at a clear crossing. He was a Mechanicsville High School sophomore. Funeral arrangements are by Morgan Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon.
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Lisbon
Kenneth Albaugh
Mechanicsville
Here
Albaugh
North Western
G. B. Croxen
Boone
Glen Albaugh
Mechanicsville High School
Morgan Funneral Home
Mt. Vernon
Morrison Picked As OAS Envoy
President Kennedy named Mayor deLesseps Morrison of New Orleans as ambassador to the Organization of American States Morrison will resign as mayor to take the post He said he speaks Spanish fairly well.
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Washington
Kennedy
deLesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Organization of American States
Morrison
Cedar Rapids flash flood swamps Cedar Rapids streets
Cars were tossed like bobbers as 4 foot walls of water flooded Cedar Rapids southeast side near Second Third and Park. Ronald Rodgers escaped from a submerged car near Park Court SE after its rammed water carried it away, describing the scene as worse than any naval experience. Continued on Page 5.
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Cedar Rapids
Second
Third
Park Avenues
Park Court SE
Ronald F. Rodgers
Seventh Ave
Rodgers
Naval Reserve Training Center
Thunderstorm Finds Target in S. C.R.
A southeast Cedar Rapids flood from a regional storm caused extensive water damage. Second Avenue and Park Court SE saw five feet of water with a car overturned. Downtown stores on First Avenue suffered backwash damage with losses estimated between $19,800 and $22,100.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Park Court
Cedar Rapids Teen Drowns in Sand Pit Near Palo
Richard L. Strickler 19 of 22514 Fourteenth Ave SE Cedar Rapids drowned Monday night while swimming in a sand pit two miles east of Palo. He went under at about 9 pm and deputies recovered his body at 10:15 pm. This followed the prior Cedar Rapids area drowning of 11 year old Gene Benedik at Palisades Kepler state park. Strickler was born Jan 30 1942 in Delhi and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1959 from Hermanville Michigan. Surviving relatives include his mother Lillie Bluecher and father Wesley.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard L. Strickler
Fourteenth Ave
Palo
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Strickler
Ceidar Rapids
Gene Benedik
Frank Benedik
Elberon
Cedar River
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Richard Lee Strickler
Delhi
Hermanville, Mich
Lillie Bluecher
Wesley
Kennedy cancels speech to aid back recovery
President Kennedy called off a lunch address to the U S conference of mayors to speed his back's recovery. Press Secretary Salinger stressed the change shows no deterioration, just time to improve. Kennedy walks on crutches and hopes to discard them soon as doctors consult with Dr Travell and Dr Wade.
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Washington
Kennedy
Salinger
U.S
Rayburn
White House
Preston Wade
New York
Palm Beach
Janet Travell
Travell
Paul White
Eisenhower
Traveis
Scarbeck Accused of Leaking Secrets to Polish Reds
Irvin Scarbeck a 41 year old foreign service officer was arrested on a charge of passing classified security information to a Polish Communist agent. He served as second secretary at the Warsaw embassy since Dec 14 1958. He was arraigned on bond set at 50000 and faces up to 10000 fine or ten years imprisonment. The case may go before a federal grand jury within 10 days.
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Washington
Irvin Scarbeck
State Department
Foreign Service
Atty
Kennedy
Europe
Office of Security
Poland
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FBI
Scarbeck
U. S
Foreign ‘Service
Sam ‘Wertieb
Rusk
Kennedy Proposes Broad Jobless Insurance Overhaul
President Kennedy urged Congress to vastly expand unemployment compensation with higher benefits and longer duration funded by payroll tax increases. The plan, potentially in effect by 1968, would extend coverage to about 50 million workers, raise state benefits, and require job retraining for continued benefits.
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Kennedy
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Kenneth Harmer
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