Navy officer relieved in controversy over anti submarine article
Cmdr John James, head of the navy security branch, was abruptly relieved and reassigned after a Data magazine article advocating higher anti submarine warfare funding. Lt Marc Arnheiter, author of the piece, had its security review cleared, but the Disposition angered Vice Adm Pirie and Adm Burke. Arnheiter warned destroyers may be unable to counter Soviet submarines, citing vulnerable onboard weapons.
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Cmdr
Merle Mee- Bain
James
Arnheiter
Marc Arnheiter
Chief of Naval Operations
Data Magazine
Defense Department
Murray Queen-Smith
Navy
Robert Pirie
Naval Operations
Air
Arleigh Burke
Burke
Daniel Smith
Naval Academy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
U. S
Fire Service Approved for Annexed Area Near Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Supreme Court approved extending fire protection to a 10 square mile area southwest of Cedar Rapids after annexation. Officials expect fast service from Cedar Rapids firefighters, with a 1,000 gallon tanker moved to No. 5 station and four minute response times. Opponents have 30 days to seek rehearing. further services await final decree.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Jim Meaghan
Supreme Court
Ely
Fairfax
Worthington Acres
Jesse Hunter
Central Fire Station
No. 5
Concessions to Reds on Berlin Scrapped
The United States said it will not be bound by earlier concessions offered to Russia on Berlin. State Department spokesman Lincoln White stated publicly that any new talks with the Reds must start from scratch and that old concessions are discarded.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
Berlin
Lincoln White
State Department
Eisenhower
At 14, Girl Is 8 Feet 2 Inches Tall
New Orleans AP reports Delores Pullard a 14 year old from DeQuincy Louisiana may be the world's tallest girl at 8 feet 2 inches tall after a knee injury. Doctors suggest pituitary tumor may influence her growth and she continues to grow. Her birth weight was listed as 12 and a half pounds and her mother notes no giants in the family.
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New Orleans
Delores Pullard
DeQuincy
Congo delegate given Cadillac to ease subway ride
Gervais Bahizi, Congo permanent representative to the U.N., receives a 1961 Cadillac from Richard Lorber after publicized subway discomfort. Bahizi, a family man, accepts the offer noting his need to accommodate his wife and child. Lorber will swap the car every six months. Bahizi earned his driver license last week.
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New York
Gervais Bahizi
Congo Republic
U.N
Richard Lorber
Bahizi
Lorber
Congo leaders back loose federation with shared cabinet
Delegates in Tananarive adopted a plan for a loose federation of Congo states based on tribal and economic ties. A consultative cabinet from each state would manage economic foreign and military affairs while a common market would link the region.
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Tananarive
Malagasy’ Republic
Congo
Belgium
United Nations
Kasavubu
Tshombe
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Antoine Gizenga
East German decree allows citizen petitions
East Germany's ruling Communist regime issued a decree permitting all citizens to present petitions and to express grievances. The decree claims the right to protest subordination to central control and seeks no one to suffer disadvantages for doing so.
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Berlin
East Germany
Tshombe
Central Con
Belgium
Irish St Patrick Day Dinner Program Preview
Memphis AP reports the Irish society outlines a St Patrick day dinner program with Eddie Bousson singing Irish songs. Jimmie Demopolous also performs. Louie Pierini and his orchestra will provide the music.
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Memphis
Eddie Bousson
Jimmie Demopolous
Louie Pierini
Icebreakers Glacier and Staten Island Break Free in Antarctica
Two U S icebreakers Glacier and Staten Island freed after 29 days trapped off Thurston peninsula Antarctica. The ships battled through thick ice using ramming and searchlights to reach an open water channel before turning toward Cape Flying Fish and the final push north.
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Auckland
New Zealand
U.S
Glacier
Staten Island
Thurston Peninsula
Antarctic
Assa
Bellingshausen Sea
Cape Flying Fish
Japanese fishermen herd 100 small whales ashore in Kyushu
In Fukuoka prefecture local crews corralled and beached about 100 small whales on Thursday. The operation aimed to protect fish stocks and clarify the species involved amid ongoing whale strandings.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Kyushu
Feed Grain Bill Passed House Heading to Senate
The House approved President Kennedy's emergency feed grain bill on a 209 to 202 vote after three days of debate. The measure aims to be effective for the 1961 feed grain crop and was sent to the Senate for quick action amid a major dispute over the compliance section.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
How Iowans Voted in House Feed Grain Bill
Washington AP report shows Iowa Democrats Reps Coad and Smith voting with the majority as the house passed the feed grain bill. Five of Iowa's six Republican members opposed the measure while Rep Jensen had no recorded vote.
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Washington
Coad and Smith
Iowa
House
Republican House
Jensen
House votes down provision on selling surplus grain
Republicans blocked a plan allowing the secretary of agriculture to sell surplus government grain at cut prices. The measure, rejected 214 to 196, would raise price supports to 1.20 per bushel for cooperating corn growers who divert 20 percent of their normal feed grain acreage, with cash and in kind payments and restrictions on popcorn.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House
Scheuerman urges selfless support for Youth Building campaign
Sharm Scheuerman called for unselfish support of the Youth Building campaign led by the YMCA YWCA and Jane Boyd Community House. He spoke at the kickoff dinner in the Roosevelt hotel where about 500 attended. The drive aims to raise 1 565 000 to fund new facilities in Cedar Rapids and Marion for the three agencies.
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America
Iowa
Sharm Scheuerman
YMCA
YWCA
Jane Boyd
Scheuerman
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Scheuerman cites youth work to fight selfishness and boost Cedar Rapids project
Scheuerman told campaign workers that about $700000 had been pledged for a Youth Building drive in Cedar Rapids. He praised his University of Iowa team and YMCA roots, urged support to mold youths, and argued science alone cannot solve human relations while promoting the peace corps and national leadership.
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Scheuerman
YMCA
Iowa
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Scheverman
Search for 4 year old continues in Buchanan county
In Winthrop Iowa 150 volunteers joined the three day search for Jimmie Franck four whose disappearance Tuesday evening 30 feet from his farm near Buchanan county remains unsolved. The effort followed a reported sighting of a car near the home and a telephonic tip from a Netherlands expert. Authorities narrowed the search to a five mile radius and combed snow filled farms and buildings as darkness halted progress.
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James White
Cap
Civil Air Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Jimmie Franck
Winthrop
Everett Franck
Here
Buchanan County
Ory
Franck
Jimmie
Netherlands
Frank McSpaden
Gerard Croiset
Mc‘Spaden
Small boy asks for hair cut like his daddy with a hole
A humorous scene shows a young boy in a barber's chair demanding a haircut "like my daddy's" with a hole on top. The joke hinges on the child's mispronunciation of "part" or "hole" in the style, reflecting playful family banter.
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Adrian Porter
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Sharm
Bruce Fishwild
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Emery Hart
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