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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1962

Page

12

Kennedy arrives in Mexico City with crowds and flags

President Kennedy and First Lady arrive in Mexico City for a three day visit amid a festival atmosphere. López Mateos greets them with a 21 gun salute as about 25,000 people cheer the open limousine parade through a city decorated with flowers and banners.

William Ryan Mexico City Kennedy Mexico U.S U. S Kennedys Adolfo Lopez Mateos Ve. Kennedy

Diplomatic Shuffle Outlook For U S Envoys

Authoritative sources report a planned reshuffle among top U S diplomats with two likely outcomes. Llewelyn Thompson may leave Moscow for Washington while Fay Kahler replaces him. Charles Bohlen could move to Paris to replace James Gavin as ambassador.

Washington U.S Moscow Paris Mace Llewelyn ‘Thompson Fay Kahler State For European Affairs Thompson Charles “Chip” Bohlen Bohlen James Gavin Kohler Bureau of European Affairs Gavin Rusk Europe Foreign Service Berlin

Erbe Warns Republicans Economy Poisoned at Convention

Gazette reports Gov Norman A Erbe told Linn county delegates at the Republican convention in Des Moines Cedar Rapids Friday morning that the economy was harmed by federal hostility to business since the New Deal He urged party unity and noted minority concerns voiced by Cedar Rapids delegate Clarence Scott amid a tense session with more than 200 delegates and 75 spectators.

Frank Ny Gazette Linn County Defin Erbe B. D. Silliman Forrest K. Binger Cedar Rapids Clarence Scott G.O.P Iowa Smith Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Scott Roosevelt Hotel Eisenhower Gettysburg Linn Coun Hershey

Lawyer seeks July grand jury session in Iowa murder case

Keokuk county attorney plans a special grand jury session in July to weigh murder charges against Gayne Gilbert Smith who is accused of killing Mr and Mrs Andy McBeth and three of their four children on a Martinsburg area farm last May. Sheriff Wallerich says he will present evidence to the grand jury within a week and they may also consider murder charges in the death of Smith's stepmother.

Sigourney Gayne Gilbert Smith Keokuk County Smith Prand Peace Court Andy McBeth Martinsburg Leo Martin Stephen Gerard Wewel Mundt Freeman Reeves Texas Rep John Agricultural Stabilization Dent Pennsylvania And Madea Air Base Utah United Air Lines Hill United Salt Lake City Mills Eisenhower Thomas B. Curtis Missouri

Kennedy Trade Expansion Bill Passes House 298 to 125

The House approved President Kennedy's sweeping trade expansion measure 298 to 125, defeating a Republican bid to extend the current program. The vote followed a 253-171 rejection of substituting a one year extension, with 43 Republicans joining 210 Democrats against the substitution.

Washington House Kennedy Senate

Youth survives 45 minutes under water in Tennessee river

In McCaysville Georgia, 15 year old Bill Townsend and companion Douglas Passmore 16 fell from a car into the Ocoee river during a rainstorm. Passmore freed himself while Townsend was pulled from the river limp and discolored. An ambulance crew revived him with artificial respiration and he is expected to go home soon.

Bill Townsend Ocoee Copper Hill Tenn Townsend Douglas Passmore Bucktown Hvere North Georgia Tennessee Passmore Buddy Finch Finch

Estes Data Lack Stirs Complaint

Washington AP Sen Mundt clashed with Agriculture Secretary Freeman over missing written records of conversations in the Billie Sol Estes case. Freeman cited red tape and promised measures, while Mundt urged permanent records and signed receipt books for directives to curb irregularities.

Washington Sen Mundt R-5.d Agriculture Freeman Billie Sol Estes Department Senate Estes Agriculture Department Texas

Committee backs farm substitute bill clears House panel

Washington reports the agriculture committee approved a new farm bill by a 21-11 vote. The measure would drop production controls, extend a two year incentive payment program to farmers who voluntarily reduce plantings of feed grains, and proceed toward floor consideration.

Washington UPS House House ‘Agriculture Committee

Chamber urges sweeping tax cuts to spur economy

The U S Chamber of Commerce calls for immediate income and corporate tax cuts totaling 5.5 to 7.5 billion dollars to stimulate the economy, arguing the move is urgent despite risk to the federal budget. President H Ladd Plumley cites need to free funds for productive investment over consumer demand. AFL CIO demands lower bracket relief while Chamber favors larger cuts for high earners and a cut in the corporate rate from 52 to 47 percent.

Washington U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chamber Organized Labor Kennedy H. Ladd Plumley U.S Canada Europe Afl-Cio Plumley

Red Cross Official Cites Oxygen Survival Table

Robert Lucey of the Red Cross in Atlanta supplied a figures table estimating survival chance for a person with 11 minutes without oxygen at .005 level. The record notes no estimate for longer periods.

Robert Lucey Red Cross Atlanta

Churchill Surgery Reported Successful After Fractured Thigh Fix

Doctors announced that a procedure to pin the bones of Sir Winston Churchill's fractured thigh was completed successfully. A hospital bulletin noted his condition as satisfactory, while Lady Churchill and her daughter Diana left the hospital smiling after the operation and recovery steps.

London Sir Winston Churchill Lady Churchill Diana Churchill

Oldtimer Act GENOA Giovanni Torre Arrested on Bus Pocketing

AP reports Giovanni Torre aged 80 was arrested Friday in Genoa on a charge of picking pockets on a bus. The supposed victim was 93 year old Carlo Toso.

Genoa Giovanni Torre Carlo Toso

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