Frontier Reinforcements Rushed To Kuwait Border
Kuwait dispatched armored reinforcements to its undefined northern frontier after reports of two Iraqi brigades massing nearby. British armored cars with Kuwaiti crews moved through Kuwait City as Iraqi Premier Kassem claimed the oil rich sheikdom after its independence from Britain. State Department sources indicated warnings had been issued to Britain and other nations involved.
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Kuwait
Kassem
Persian Gulf
Britain
State Department
Washington
Department
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
John Richmond
London
U. S
Boy Found on Raft in Ocean With 2 Bodies
A 14 year old boy was found on a life raft 90 miles off the California coast after a fishing trip with his step grandfather and another man. He and two bodies were lashed to the raft and he is in shock from lack of food and water. The Ruth Marie recovered the boy and crew reported the raft had sunk near the anchor.
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San Diego
UPI
Ruth Marie
Terry McClelland
Huntington Beach
Calif
Russell Bradford
al Hartman
Santa Ana
Newport Beach
Albacore
Kuwait
Bahrain
Gulf
Bulwark
Victorious
Far East
Singapore
President Frees Commie Winston From Prison
President Kennedy commuted Henry Winston’s 1949 conviction for conspiring to advocate overthrow of the government. Winston, a former Communist party official, is blind and may undergo brain tumor surgery. His sentence was cut to time served, with Jan. 4, 1962, as the scheduled completion date.
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Washington
Kennedy
Henry Winston
Communist Party
U.S.A
Justice Department
Winston
Disarmament Talks Pause Before Moscow Visit
The United States and Russia adjourned the first phase of East West disarmament talks. White House press secretary Salinger said negotiations would resume in Moscow on July 17 after a courtesy visit between Valerian Zorin and President Kennedy. Zorin said Kennedy wished to discuss the matter and show official interest.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Russia
White House
Salinger
Moscow
Valerian Zorin
Kennedy
Zorin
Rusk Says Berlin Talks Likely With Russia
Secretary of State Rusk said talks between Western Powers and Russia over Berlin are likely, with no firm prediction on format. He urged exploring all peaceful options and avoiding miscalculation, noting possible NATO increases and a U.S. forces redeployment in Europe may be studied. The White House kept decisions secret.
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Washington
Rusk
Russia
Berlin
U.S
Kennedy
National Security Council
White House
Salinger
Europe
NATO
West
Pressure Is Coming Up But Taste Is Still Bad
Waterworks reports progress on west side shortages with pressure restored by Friday morning and taste and odor problems still unresolved. Assistant Superintendent Dick Wilford says lawn sprinkling restrictions may be lifted by late Friday. emergency measures include a third auxiliary pump and a 1 million gallon reserve buildup at Chandler Hill. The shortage began when a 24 inch Cedar River main was damaged during spring floods, leaving Nissen Trampoline Co and nearby homes without water until Thursday afternoon.
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Dick Wilford
West Side
Chandler Hill
Nissen Trampoline Co
Apache Trail
Cheyenne Road
Bowling
Twenty-eighth Streets
Cedar River
Wilson Avenue
Wilford
Shot for Study Of Space Dust Proves Failure
WALLOPS ISLAND Virginia AP A Scout rocket lifted off for a space dust study but 13 minutes after launch NASA announced the fourth stage failed to ignite ending the attempt to fire all four stages. The package aimed to learn how tiny space particles might erode or puncture a spacecraft at speeds up to 45 miles a second.
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Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Signs $5.6B Housing Bill
President Kennedy signed a $5.6 billion housing bill on Friday funding slum clearance playground construction and easier home purchases.
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JFK
Washington
UPI
Kennedy Friday
Pair Begin New Life of Service
GLENWOOD LANDING New York AP Jack and Dorothy Binns long time married couple with notable pre mission careers choose to become Jesuit lay missionaries. They plan a 7 month voyage to the Marshall Islands aboard their 40 foot ketch Capella funded by parishioner donations. They will be accompanied by two young graduates and will carry supplies and personnel to far flung missions as they dedicate the rest of their lives to service.
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Glenwood Landing
N.Y
Jack
Dorothy Binns
Long Island
Pacific
Dorothy
Marshall Islands
Binns
Msgr
John Ryan
St. Mary's Church
Roslyn
Father Ryan
Accord May Spell End Of Ship Walkout
An conditional agreement between the National Maritime Union and two shipping groups was announced by David Cole. The pact with the American Merchant Marine Institute and the Tanker Labor Service Committee would not become a contract until accord is reached with Masters, Mates and Pilots and the American Association. The deal envisions a four year contract with an immediate 4 percent wage increase and 2.4 percent raises in years two through four. The question of unionizing American owned foreign flag vessels would be referred to a fact finding committee.
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New York
National Maritime Union
David Cole
Kennedy
American Merchant Marine Institute
Tanker Labor Service Committee
Cole
Assa
Navy Reports Injun and Greb Satellites Not Separating
The Navy announced two of three satellites launched Thursday have not separated and are operating at reduced efficiency while Transit 4A has separated and works perfectly. Injun and Greb are designed to study radiation in space.
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Washington
Navy
Injun
Greb
Earth
Decrease in Rail Rates on Large Steel Shipments
Cedar Rapids and several Iowa cities will see roughly 30 percent cuts in rail rates for large steel shipments. The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the new schedule to take effect July 14, lowering rates from 44 to 29 cents per hundred pounds for shipments over 100 000 pounds. The changes aim to aid Cedar Rapids industries and other Iowa cities including Des Moines Marshalltown Newton Ottumwa and Waterloo with high volume steel moves.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Sterling
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Cities
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Newton
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Transportation Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Mothers and two children die in Muscatine flash flood
In Muscatine a 6 hour cloudburst sent Mud Creek out of banks flooding low areas. A mother Mrs. Robert Smith 24 and her children Bobby 6 months Sissy 2 perished in a torn house swept downstream. The bodies were found downstream while neighbors watched in vain to rescue the family as floodwaters raged through eastern Muscatine.
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Muscatine
Robert Smith
Bobby
Sissy
Mrs. Smith
Mud Creek
Ray Pace
Lois
Smiths
Pace
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