Weather wrap shows heat waves across major cities
Saturday high readings reach 91 in Minneapolis and 95 in Denver while Chicago 85 New Orleans 85 Los Angeles 65 Seattle 66. The Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Sunday and Monday with scattered showers mainly northeast on Sunday and cooler conditions in the northwest. Highs Sunday 80 to 90, lows Sunday night 50 to 60, with little temperature change Monday. Also reported are June precipitation totals, barometer, humidity, wind at municipal airport, sun times for Monday, and a list of local births and divorce notices along with fire alerts and upcoming funeral services.
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New Orleans
Denver
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Washington
Iowa
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Kennedy says underworld syndicate runs labor and fronts
Senator Kennedy announces a task force to expose an organized underworld syndicate that infiltrates unions and controls legitimate businesses. He cites 40 business types and multiple unions as infiltrated. McClellan lists named operatives and planned witnesses from police and narcotics agencies.
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Underworld
Kennedy
McClellan
Abe Chait
New York City
Frank “Buster” Wortman
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Thomas
Brown” Luchese
New York
Pennsylvania
James “Jimmy Doyle” Plumeri
New ‘York City
Johnny Dio
Edgar Croswell
New York State Police
James Hamilton
Los Angeles Police
Daniel J. Sullivan
Greater Miami Crime Commission
Harry J. Anslinger
Martin F. Pera
Italy
Turkey
Louis T. Shupnik
Grasshoppers Devastate Colorado Farmland Reveals Widespread Damage
Clouds of grasshoppers sweep southeastern Colorado with vast crop land ruined. Emanuel Grauberger lost 310 acres of alfalfa near Lamar as spraying lags. farmers replant sorghum repeatedly. County officials urge action as range crops face heavy losses and owners share spraying costs with state and federal aid lacking.
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Lamar
Colo
Colorado
Emanuel Grauberger
Clifford Hart
Prowers County
Lais Schmidt
De Gaulle reshuffles army command over Algeria crisis
Paris premier Charles de Gaulle ordered a shake up of the army top brass after a 90 minute cabinet meeting. Gen Henri Lorillot resigned as army chief of staff and Gen Marie Zeller, 62, was named to replace him. New Algeria measures were delayed until de Gaulle visits North Africa this week.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Henri Lorillot
Sees Marie Zeller
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Lorillot
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Pierre Pflimlin
Paul Henri Ely
Austrian Girl Is Miss Europe 1959
Hanni Ehrenstrasser of Austria was crowned Miss Europe 1959 by an international jury in Istanbul. The 19 year old model won over entrants from 15 nations with Dagmar Herner of Germany as runner up and others from France Holland and Finland following. About 3000 fans cheered the event on a Bosphorus hilltop.
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Turkey
Hanni Ehrenstrasser
Austria
Dagmar Herner
Germany
Annie Simplot
France
Lucienne Struwe
Holland
Piikko Monnola
Finland
Bosphorus
Rebels Claim Kidnap Clamp in Cuba Warns of Returning Captives
Rebels allege they are holding a group of men as reprisal for U S aid to the Cuban government and accuse U S planes of using Guantanamo base for operations and refueling. Cuban army says a Communist group led by Raul Castro organized the kidnappings and notes ongoing operations delayed by rains while a major offensive nears.
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John Schissler
California
U.S. m
United States
Guantanamo Navy Base
Smith
Raul Castro
Oriente
Fidel Castro
Mao
Door Invisible Man Is Injured in Bar Chase
Benito Garcia fled a bar in Culver City pursued by three hoodlums and ran into a plate glass hospital door. He received treatment for head cuts and said he did not see the glass door during the chase that followed a bar brawl.
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Culver City
Calif
Benito Garcia
Garcia
Soviet Claims U S Plane Forced Down Near Armenia Border
Soviet note states an American military plane violated border air space near Armenia and Turkey and was forced to land in Soviet Armenia. Nine crew members in American uniforms were captured, with evidence they served in the U S Air Force. A U S Europe command said no missing planes confirmed.
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Mt. Ararat
Turkey
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Wiesbaden
Germany
Europe
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Soviet Armenia
Roving Sea Lion Cyril To Return Home to London Ontario
The wandering sea lion Cyril, captured after a long swim from London Ontario, will be shipped back to its original owners. Toledo zoo director Phil Sheldon said Cyril is not travel ready yet, with travel likely midweek after recovery from tranquilizer darts and wounds.
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Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Phil Sheldon
Toledo Zoo
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Ont
Springbank Park
Sandusky Bay
Forces on standby avoid direct Lebanon involvement
The United States and Britain resist direct deployment to Lebanon while moving forces nearby. Britain has troops in Cyprus ready to fly to Lebanon if needed, and the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean ships marines. Officials say Lebanon’s political crisis must be solved domestically with UN intervention aiding restraint.
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Lebanon
Britain
Cyprus
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
U.N
Former Drake Pharmacy Dean Found Dead in Car
The body of George Edward Crossen, former Drake University College of Pharmacy dean 1942 to 1945, was found north of Corvallis, Ore. He apparently took poison, said Benton county coroner Joe McHenry. He had been missing since Thursday after leaving USC campus, with a note found in his locked car.
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Ore
George Edward Crossen
Drake University College of Pharmacy
Here
Crossen
Oregon [State College School of Pharmacy
Drake
Des Moines
Benton County
Joe McHenry
USC
Deaths in Cedar Rapids: Flora Shomler and Alpha Weiss
Flora Shomler widow of Charles E. Shomler of Cedar Rapids died Friday. Services in Turner chapel Monday at 1 30 p m with burial in Linwood cemetery. Alpha L Weiss longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday at 7 a m after sudden illness. Body to Turner chapel. funeral plans later.
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Charles E. Shomler
Twenty-sixth St
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Theodore Lilley
First Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Alpha L. Weiss
Third St
Heath
Robert E. Heath
Esio Heath
Second Ave
J. Willard Heath
First Ave
Des Moines
Hamilton
Shellsburg
Drowning Tragedy At Appleton Pool Claims Brother
In Appleton Wisconsin George Reinke Jr 13 drowned at a public pool despite his 14 year old brother Joe Reinke attempting a rescue. George slipped from the shallow edge near a gate and could not swim. He went under and was later found by authorities. George was taken to a hospital in shock.
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Appleton
Wis
UPI
George Reinke, Jr
George Reinke
Joe
George
Dodd Nominated By Connecticut Demos for Senate
Connecticut Democrats nominate Thomas J. Dodd for the U.S. Senate by acclamation at the state convention in Hartford. Bowles and Benton backed a unanimous vote after a first roll call, and Dodd pledged to win in November against Republican William A. Purtell. Gov. Ribicoff was also unanimously renominated for a second term.
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Conn
Thomas J. Dodd
U.S. Senate
Connecticut
Chester Bowles
William Benton
Bowles
Benton
Dodd
Democratic Party
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Abraham Ribicoff
Fred R. Zeller
Gomulka Defends Socialist Unity Attacks Yugoslavia
In a Gdansk speech broadcast by Radio Warsaw, Polish Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka rebuked Yugoslavia for its independent brand of communism and attacked Western defenders of Imre Nagy. He urged unity among socialists and criticized Yugoslav revisionist theories, warning that the rest of the bloc stands united against Western reaction.
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UPI
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Yugoslavia
West
Imrenny
Gdansk
Radio
Gomulka
Soviet Union
U N Sends Canadian Expert to Aid Jordan Tourism
The U N Technical Assistance Administration dispatches veteran Homer Smiley Robinson of Canada to advise Jordan on developing its tourist trade. Jordan's main attraction is ancient Jerusalem, drawing visitors to historic sites and religious landmarks.
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U.N. Technical Assistance Administration
Canada
Homer Smiley Robinson
Jordan
Old Jerusalem
Linn Service Dealers hear engineer talk at Coca Cola plant
Linn County service dealers Association schedules an 8 p.m. talk by Champion Spark Plug Company engineer Gene Manley at the Coca Cola plant, 716 Fifth Ave. SE, Linn County.
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Linn Service
Gene Manley
Champion Spark Plug Company
Linn County Service Dealers Association
Coca Cola Plant
Fifth Ave
Supersonic Jets Fly Nonstop From U S to Belgium
Four F-101 Voodoo jet fighters based at Andrews Air Force Base flew nonstop to Liege Belgium with in flight refueling over Newfoundland. The fastest plane completed the Atlantic crossing in 6 hours 12 minutes at an average speed of 640 mph. The Air Force said the mission demonstrated mobility rather than speed records.
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Washington
Belgium
Newfoundland
Andrews Air Force Base
Liege
Air Force
Larger Defense Contracts Given Goldfine Before 1953
Senators defend using official access to help constituents. Goldfine, a textile magnate, secured defense contracts before 1953 totaling about 12 million across two periods, while 1953 onward shows a lower volume. No impropriety proven. Adams linked to inquiries under fire. Bridges says he presents facts to agencies for constituents and seeks timely agency decisions.
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Truman
Adams
Washington
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Goldfine
Bridges
Senate Republican Policy Committee
New Hampshire
G.O.P
Escofala
Landslide kills canal workers in Quito Ecuador
Nine workers cleaning a canal in Quito were killed by a landslide on Thursday, with earlier reports suggesting up to 30 may have perished. The incident was confirmed on Saturday as rescuers continued to search the debris.
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Quito
Ecuador
Iowa Woman Loses Arm in Collision Near Red Oak
Mrs. Mary Alice Neligh 26 of Malvern lost her left arm above the elbow in a crash five miles west of Red Oak on US 34 when her car blew a tire and hit a watermelon truck. She also had a fractured right wrist and a fractured left knee, was in fair condition, and four others had minor injuries. The truck driver Jose M. Garcia 32 of Arlington Minnesota escaped injury.
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Mary Alice Neligh
Malvern
Here
Neligh
Argentina to Issue IGY Stamps Next Month
Argentina will issue five million 40 centavo stamps to honor the International Geophysical Year. The black and red stamps feature a map of the Arctic region and the milestone is set for release next month.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
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