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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1961

Page

3

Khrushchev Urges Horse Meat and Hybrid Corn Use

Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged using horse meat to ease shortages and promoted American type hybrid corn. In a nationwide Alma Ata radio address he praised the meat, noting its fat, nourishment, and low cost while promising upcoming economic plans. He hinted at a peace treaty with East Germany and cited the Virgin Lands republic's 40th anniversary.

Moscow Khrushchev Soviet Union Alma Ata Kazakhstan Virgin Lands Republic U.S East Germany Kennedy Vienna Berlin West Kremlin

38 Hurt in Crash Mixup Involving 2 Cars 2 Buses

A four-vehicle collision on the New Jersey Turnpike near Newark injured 38 people. The sequence began with stalled car in the right lane, then rear impacts involving John Maass of Philadelphia and Charles Forkas of Bath, Pa, followed by a bus being struck by a Trailways bus. The Woodbridge driver Samuel Wilson was trapped for 40 minutes and hospitalized in fair condition. The chartered Ravelin bus was filled with 41 women from Trenton Catholic Rosary and Altar Society en route to see The Unsinkable Molly Brown in New York.

Newark N.J Passaic River New Jersey Newark Airport Robert Santelli John Maass Philadelphia Charles Forkas Bath Gerald Ravelin New Brunswick Ravelin Trailways Samuel W. Wilson Woodbridge Wilson Weehawken St. Mary's

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Czechoslovak Red Regime Shuffles Top Posts

Vienna via UPI President Antonin Novotny dismissed Interior Minister Rudolf Barak and Ladislav Brabec in a major reshuffle. Lubomir Strougal becomes interior minister and Vratislav Krutina succeeds Brabec as party secretary. No reason given for the purge.

Vienna UPI Antonin Novotny Czechoslovakia Rudolf Barak Radio Prague Novotny Ladislav Brabec Barak Communist Party Central Committee Prague Lubomir Strougal Strougal Communist Party Vratislav Krutina Brabec

Monticello Teen Set to Graduate After 12 Years

Monticello high school senior Jack Vendermark, 18, is set to graduate without missing a day in 12 years of schooling. He plans to attend the Culinary Institute of America in New Haven, Connecticut, this fall.

Monticello N.Y Jack Vendermark Monticello High School Culinary Institute New Haven

United Arab Airlines scraps Gagarin invitation plan

Cairo AP United Arab Airlines says the invitation to Yuri Gagarin for the Moscow Cairo inaugural flight was not delivered and postponed. Spokesman cites no reason but mentions Moscow's anti Arab campaign. invitation could be renewed. American astronaut Alan Shepard expected for Cairo New York run later this year.

Cairo United Arab Airlines Yuri Gagarin United Arab Republic Moscow Gagarin Alan Shepard U.A.R New York

Miner Found Dead After Shaft Collapse in Petrol

Rescue workers pulled Charlie Kennedy, 28, from a collapsed Petrol mine shaft where he and two other men were trapped Friday. The two others are presumed dead, buried under debris as Gentry D. Hunt, who located Kennedy, described Kennedy’s crushed body folded on his knees.

Tenn Charlie Kennedy Gentry D. Hunt Kennedy Hunt

In Memory Contributions Across local groups

The snippet lists memorial gifts and tributes from Cedar Rapids engineers Munchkins staff and several local organizations. Names include O L Brokaw Sarah Pickford Frank V Orr Charles Schoen Eugenie Schoen Feitelberg Bess Hambright Joseph Mekota and donors Mrs L F Vane Mrs R R Downer Lottie Gundling and the Friendly Neighbors Birthday Club of Norway. Amounts range around 3.00 with a total near four thousand dollars in earlier reporting.

Sarah Pickford Munchkins Kitty Laura Reed Karla Kathy Anderson RED Wiens Frank V. Orr American Legion Auxiliary Hanford Post Faun Cook Joan Dake Dolly Jones Kathy McHugh Annis Moon Gay Neff Dessa Paulson Nancy Peer Sally Walker Charles Schoen Eugenie Schoen Feitelberg L. F. Vane Bess S. Hambright Joseph Mekota R. R. Downer Lottie Janda Gundling

Colombia Proposes Hemisphere Plan to Counter Castro

Washington learns the United States and other governments received a Colombian proposal for a meeting of foreign ministers from 21 American republics to determine if Cuba’s ties with Moscow threaten its OAS membership. The plan aims to assess Cuba’s alignment with the Communist bloc and o​ffer a coordinated response.

United States Hemisphere Communist Bloc Cuba Moscow Organization of American States OAS

Reaches for Ball, Both Arms Broken

Bedford Indiana AP report: Steve Fish 16 fell while reaching for a ball. both arms broke on landing. Doctors set right elbow cast and consider protecting the left wrist while enabling feeding. His mother notes concern for baseball playing. Budget figures for 1961 listed.

Bedford Ind Steve Fish Anna Fish

Japan reports nationwide polio toll and vaccine order

The Japanese government said 1160 polio cases were reported nationwide with 81 deaths. The health ministry ordered live vaccine enough for 3 million people and sent the shipment to Canada.

Tokyo Canada

Patterson Picketed by CORE at Honolulu Governors Conference

Alabama Governor John Patterson walked past CORE picketers protesting racial discrimination as he boarded a plane for Honolulu for the National Governors Conference. The demonstration was staged by the Committee on Racial Equality.

San Francisco John Patterson Alabama Honolulu Committee On Racial Equality CORE

Prisoners Reach U S From Cuba

A committee of 10 Cuban prisoners arrived in Key West aboard the Costa Rican freighter Arenal. They came from Havana to explain Fidel Castro's position in the prisoners affair to the American public. An immigration officer said the group will be paroled in the United States for an indefinite period under his jurisdiction for personal safety.

Key West Fla Immigration Service Cuba United States Louis T. Gidel Havana Fidel Castro Arenal

Dr Walter L Bierring Dies Iowa Medical Leader

Des Moines AP: Dr Walter L Bierring longtime Iowa health official and emeritus consultant died Saturday night at Iowa Methodist hospital. He would have turned 93 July 15. Born Davenport July 15 1868 he studied in Davenport Iowa City Heidelberg Vienna and Paris Pasteur Institute. He led Iowa health with posts including state health director from 1933 to 1953 and president of the AMA in 1933. He also served Drake University and the Iowa State Board of Health and chaired the Iowa Medical Society.

Des Moines Walter L. Bierring Iowa State Health Department Iowa Methodist Hospital Pr. Sierring Bierring American Medical Association Clyde Herring Davenport Davienport University of Iowa School of Medicine Heidelberg Vienna Pasteur Institute Paris Iowa City Drake University Iowa State Board of Health Iowa State Medical Soiciety

Davis Heiress Weds After Amicable Accord with Dad

Diana Cullom Davis 22 wed John Means Spencer in Scarborough New York after a public trust fund dispute with her father Shelby Cullom Davis over a 3.8 million dollar estate. The couple, who are related to Churchill, reached a settlement with Princeton University in mind and proceeded with the wedding.

Davis New York Diana Cullom Davis John Means Spencer Presbyterian Church Fashionable Scarborough Westchester County Shelby Cullom Davis Princeton University Oy Davis Diana Spencer Darrow School New Lebanon N.Y Sir Winston Churchill

Crisis Over Berlin Deepens Cold War Tensions

Washington aP report says U S foreign policy makers from President Kennedy downward view the Berlin crisis as the most dangerous test for the new administration. Kennedy-Khrushchev talks in Vienna were sobering and Moscow signals threat to access to West Berlin. The piece notes growing risk of a small clash triggering a larger war with atomic weapons nearby.

Washington U.S Kennedy Berlin Cuba Laos Latin America America Germany Europe

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