Four Boys Drown in Riverside Farm Pond Tragedy
Four boys ranging from 8 to 13 years old drowned after entering a dangerous farm pond near Kalona Riverside. The youths Raymon Gingerich 13 John Yoder 11 Carl Bell 10 and David Bell 8 had been placed in a guardianship two days earlier by juvenile authorities. Coast Guard auxiliaries and volunteers recovered the bodies within an hour near Mast farm pond.
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Gazette Riverside
Raymon Gingerich
Mose Gingerich
John Yoder
David Yoder
Carl Bell
David Bell
Ruby Shuman
Churdan
Bell
Gingerich
Johnson County
Gingerich Boy
Bell Brothers
Kalona
Noah Mast
Riverside
Iowa Coast Guard Auxiliary
Coast
Korth Insists Better TFX Plane Picked
Navy Secretary Fred Korth testifies before the Senate subcommittee that the General Dynamics TFX won the award on merit over Boeing. He cites faster speed, greater maneuverability, longer range, and easier production as advantages.
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Washington
Navy
Fred Korth
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Uniformed Air Force
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Boeing Co
Seattle
Boeing
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
General Dynamics
Hoover Shows Continued Improvement in Health
Former President Hoover, recently stricken by a bleeding digestive ailment, is reported to be improving. He sits up in bed at the Waldorf Astoria, reads newspapers, and takes a lively interest in events, according to doctors.
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New York
Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria
Swedish Colonel Pleads Guilty to Spying for Russia
Stockholm police report Colonel Stig Wennerstrom confessed to selling Swedish military secrets to Russia. The case details his guilty plea filed Friday, marking a high profile breach of national defense.
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UPI
Stig Wennerstrom
Russia
Girl Admits Pushing Boy Into River
A 13 year old girl admitted pushing four year old William Stalkfleet into the Cedar river Thursday afternoon. The boy drowned in about four feet of water near the 1200 block of First street NW. The two sisters, ages 6 and 13, gave conflicting accounts before police and county authorities. The Stalkfleet boy was pronounced dead at St Luke's hospital at 1 45 PM. County Attorney Jack Fulton filed for a court finding on the matter.
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Cedar River
James Shannon
Stalkfleet
Earl Stalkfleet
Third Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
First Street
Shannon
Jack Fulton
Municipal Court
Khrushchev’s Berlin Visit Draws Tepid East German Welcome
Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin to attend Walter Ulbricht’s party birthday celebrations but received a sparse crowd compared with Kennedy’s West Berlin reception. He rode with Ulbricht in a rain-soaked, subdued procession as Ulbricht claimed Kennedy’s trip aimed to destabilize East Germany. Ulbricht teased future talks while Khrushchev thanked East German leaders, with Tereshkova absent amid propaganda rumors.
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Schoenfeld
Khrushchev
Ulbricht
Berlin
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East Germany
Schoenefeld
Russia
Valentina Tereshkova
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Go‘mulka
Janos Kodar
Keeler testifies Astor paid rent for shared apartment
Christine Keeler, 21, testifies that Lord Astor paid rent for an apartment she shared with Marilyn Rice-Davies, saying there was no ulterior motive. The magistrate's hearing on Dr. Stephen Ward's vice charges continues as names including John Profumo and Yevgeny Ivanov surface in testimony.
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John Jacob Astor
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Mandy
Rice-Davies
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Nancy Astor
Cliveden
Bronwen Pugh
John Profumo
Yevgeny Ivanov
Moscow
Christine
Miss Rice-Davies
Barden Named Cedar County Sheriff Following Leverenz Resignation
Richard Barden 47 of Bennett was named Cedar County sheriff to succeed Jack Leverenz. A longtime deputy since 1959 and pilot, Barden's appointment leaves Cedar County as the only county in the state with an active pilot sheriff. Barden is a Navy veteran and former Wake Island prisoner of war with 44 months in prison camps.
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Bennett Friday
Cedar' Sounty
Jack Leverenz
Bennett
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Assn
Iowa Sheriffs’ Assn
East Central Iowa Police Officers’ Assn
National Sheriffs’ Assn
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The
Elks
Cedar
Elwood Hemmingway
Leverenz
Wake Island
China
Japan
Thant probes U.N. call girl ring at headquarters
Secretary General Thant said he has asked U.N. officials to investigate charges of a call girl ring operating inside the United Nations building in New York. He noted past cases and tied the issue to broader disarmament concerns and shifting world alignments for the 1970s.
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UPI
Gen. Thant
U.N
World Organization
New York
U.S. Attorney’s Office
China
Thant
U.S
Europe
Russia
Chuckle Dignity Quote Reflects Self Control
A witty maxim emphasizes dignity as the restraint to keep hurtful thoughts unsaid. The line frames self discipline as a guardrail against spoken impulsiveness.
Navy Finds Yellow Shoe Cover Marked SSN Linked to Thresher
Navy search commander Captain Frank Andrews said a yellow shoe cover marked SSN was photographed during the Trieste dives and may have originated from a nuclear submarine like the Thresher. Submarine doctor Dr. A Dalton James explained such gear is worn entering reactor decks to guard against dust. The item was found in the high probability area of the loss, with at most two more dives planned.
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Navy
Frank Andrews
Andrews
Thresher
Trieste
Kennedy urges small nations to back UN peace effort in Ireland
President Kennedy addressed Ireland's Dail urging small nations to imitate Ireland's support for the United Nations as essential to world peace. He praised Ireland's stance on nuclear arms, pledged U.S. effort toward an inspection and control agreement, and called the UN machinery worthy of strengthening.
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Kennedy
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Dail
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U.N. Assembly
Macmillan Aims to Lead Conservatives in 1964 Vote
London AP reports Prime Minister Macmillan expressed intent to head the Conservative party in Britain's next general election due by October 1964. He dismissed speculation he would resign this fall.
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London
Macmillan
Britain
Iron Handshake in Cork Tumbles Kennedy in Heap
In Cork Ireland President Kennedy is jostled by a strong admirer as crowds surge past barriers at city hall. Secret service officers struggle to clear a path and Kennedy briefly tumbles from his car before regaining his balance and continuing to greet supporters.
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Detroit
George
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