Khrushchev seeks face saving path over Berlin showdown
AP analyst William Ryan examines Khrushchev’s possible bid to delay a Berlin crisis by offering concessions to Kennedy and the Western allies. He weighs whether Moscow aims to shape a 20-year Soviet world-communism program at the looming October 22 party congress and how much is genuine negotiation versus a bid to save face.
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East Germany
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Moscow
Bell Schedules Rate Increase For Iowa Calls
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Co announced rate increases for some inter Iowa long distance calls effective Saturday. No change to 3 minute intra Iowa station-to-station or intra Iowa person-to-person up to 16 miles or local monthly rates. The initial 3 minute rate for longer person-to-person calls within Iowa will rise from 11 to 29 percent, with other adjustments and the end of certain discounts. Rising operating costs and electronic data processing enable the new pricing structure.
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Iowa
House Panel Kills Kennedy Farm Bill Compromise
Washington UPI report states the House Agriculture Committee voted 20 to 15 to kill a final compromise version of the administration farm plan. The move ends potential machinery to regulate farm production and signals a severe setback for Kennedy’s proposal.
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UPI
Kennedy
House Agriculture Committee
Cedar Rapids Seeks Water Fix as Health Dept Plans Probe
The city council seeks a solution to poor tasting water and low west side pressure. U S Health Department will send investigator Graham Walton from Cincinnati to Cedar Rapids next week. Lane Western drilling firm from Ames arrives to test wells near the water works to locate a better supply. Mayor Meaghan vows to spend necessary funds to secure pure water, possibly drawing city supply from pumps if feasible. The Chandler Hill reservoir going dry worsened pressure, halting air conditioning at the Holiday Inn.
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Cincinnati
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Cedar Rapids
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Ames
Chandler Hill
Holiday Inn
Cedar Rapids Feels 94 Degrees Amid Humid Day
Cedar Rapids saw 94 degrees at 2 p.m. Thursday with 44 percent humidity. June 12 reached 95 degrees as the hottest day so far this summer. The forecast calls for more heat and possible scattered showers with overnight temperatures around 70 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Nuff
Social Security Bill Clears Both Houses in Kennedy Push
Both the House and Senate approved President Kennedy's social security measure by voice vote, sending it to the White House. It boosts benefits for 4.42 million people, sets early retirement at 62 with reduced benefits, raises the minimum to 40 dollars, widows' benefits to 82.5 percent, and raises payroll taxes by one fifth of one percent for workers and employers starting January 1.
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JFK Urges U S Set Up Arms Unit
President Kennedy proposed a permanent U S disarmament agency with sweeping powers to draft plans negotiate and enforce any international arms control agreement The autonomous bureau would replace the disarmament administration and be led by a 22500 year subcabinet level director to report to the President and Secretary of State William Foster is eyed for the top post The plan aims to expand the staff from 80 to about 200 in the first year and follows a 1960 Democratic platform promise
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Russia
Iowa Injun Satellite Built by University of Iowa Team
Special to The Gazette Iowa City The Made rn Iowa trademark orbits again as the Iowa Injun satellite built by the University of Iowa under Dr James Van Allen with Cedar Rapids helpers Wil van atten liam Whelpley and Ramon Trachta Fairfax Don Garnett and Iowa City Don Stillwell Curtis Laughlin The crew manned a tracking station at the University of Iowa physics building to contact the Injun satellite the first radiation satellite directed north of the auroral zone The satellite passed Town City at about 1 am but could not be tracked then due to higher than planned orbit A second tracking attempt was planned for Thursday Cape Canaveral tracked the satellite early Thursday providing some data
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Cedar Rapids
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Ramon Trachta
Fairfax
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Don Stillwell
Curtis Laughlin
van Allen
Earth
University of Iowa Physics Building
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U.S
First Atom Battery Put Into Space
CAPE CANAVERAL AP The United States launched the first atomic battery into space as part of a three-satellite payload on a Thor Able Star rocket. The package included Transit 4 A a 175 pound Navy navigation satellite and two smaller detectors for solar radiation and auroral phenomena. The atomic unit generated heat to power 2.5 watts, confirming operation as the trio orbited about 600 miles up.
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Cape Canaveral
U.S
Russia
Cape
Navy
Speeding Over 20 MPH Could Cost Iowa Licenses
Iowa will suspend licenses for 30 days after hearings for drivers who speed 20 mph or more over the limit or commit a no passing violation during the Fourth of July weekend. State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch called it an emergency measure to save lives and said hearings will determine if a license should be suspended.
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UPI
Highway Patrol
Safety Department
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Names Behind NASA Satellites Spotlight Injun Greb Origin
CAPE CANAVERAL AP America’s space triplets carry naming quirks Transit named for navigation stars while Injun almost became Hawkeye due to confusion with Hawk eye A typist’s error changed Grab-for Galactic Radiation Background to Greb and the nickname stuck for all piggyback satellites, including later missions.
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America
Navy
State University of Iowa
James Fenimore Cooper
Naval Research Laboratory
Torrential Rains Ravage Japan. Toll Rises to 213 Dead
Torrential rains and floods across Japan for a fifth day leave 213 dead and 182 missing, with landslides complicating rescue efforts and widespread damage reported across prefectures.
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Tokyo
Japan
Chuckle on timing and wit vs nitwit in humor
A light quip contrasts a man who tells funny tales at the right moment with an oaf who overuses jokes, labeling him a nitwit. The brief observation notes that timing creates wit while excess dulls humor.
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