Spy Ring Sentenced for Stealing Royal Navy Secrets
Five defendants including an American couple were found guilty at Old Bailey of stealing royal navy secrets for Russia. Gordon Lonsdale received 25 years while Peter Kroger and his wife Helen, both 20 years, and Harry Houghton 15 years, with Ethel Gee also 15 years.
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London
Russia
Old Bailey Court
Gordon Lonsdale
Scotland Yard
Peter Kroger
FBI
Morris Cohen
New York
Helen
Lorna Petra
Massachusetts
Harry Houghton
Portland
Ethel Gee
George Smith
Krogers
U.S
Rudolf Abel
Worcester Broadcaster Charles Worcester Killed in Two Car Crash
Charles A. Worcester 46 director of news services for WMT Radio and TV died in a two car crash on East Post road and Thirtieth street drive SE at 7 05 p m. His four injured children included Peter 18 Steven 14 and Richard 8. Clarence H Ebsen 58 of Central City suffered fractured ribs and collapsed. Alice Walton a nurse treated the injured at the scene. Worcester had been driving south while Ebsen turned left into Thirtieth street drive. The impact ripped the microphone from Worcester's car and his colleagues heard the crash over the open mic. A charge of failure to yield was to be lodged against Ebsen.
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Charles A. Worcester
WMT Radio and TV
East Post Road
Marion
S. Eleventh Street
Thirtieth Street
Worcester
Peter
Steven
Richard
Clarence H. Ebsen
Central City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ebsen
Charles Linden
St. Luke's
Kirby Tatum
WMT
Kennedy delays Laos crisis talk live broadcast
President Kennedy's news conference was moved to 5 p.m. Iowa time to await a Laos crisis development. Officials expect possible further U S military aid to the pro Western Laos government if Russia stalls a diplomatic solution.
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Washington
Kennedy
Iowa
Laos
White House
Russia
U. S
Vientiane
Feed Grain Bill Sent to President by Senate Vote
The senate approved a bill to cut feed grain surpluses by raising support prices and reducing acreage. The measure passed 58 to 31 and was sent to the White House for the president's signature.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
White House
Golden Harvest Brings Relief Supplies to Foula Island
The fishing boat Golden Harvest arrived in Foula Island harbor with relief supplies for 50 islanders cut off by storms for 77 days.
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Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Foula Island
Kennedy Adviser Sees Tax Cut Prospects Dimming
Walter Heller, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said on Wednesday that the odds of a White House request for a temporary tax reduction have lessened as signs of business improvement multiply. He noted some evidence of improvement ahead.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Walter Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Town Rallies to Help Children of Injured Pair
In Temple Texas Carl Tune 46 and his wife 44 are critically injured and unconscious in hospital. Their two daughters Janet 18 and Kay 20 left college to stay near them as the family receives community aid from a union drive and railroad workers. The fund reached 1600 after ten days.
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Temple
Texas
Carl Tune
James Pettigrew
Janet
Kay
Tune
Denton
North Texas State
Temple Junior College
Carl, Jr
Tunes
Central
Temple Quar
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Truett Tomlinson
Deepfreeze Ceremony Marks Antarctic Winter Start
Twenty U S Navy men gathered at the South Pole on Tuesday night in 63 below cold and lowered the flag for the last time this season. The ceremony at Operation Deepfreeze headquarters marked the official beginning of the Antarctic winter with darkness to last until late August.
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Auckland
New Zealand
U. S. Navy
South Pole
Pole
Burglary Ring Broken Up by Police on Long Island
Three Long Island couples were arrested Tuesday night in a police FBI action that broke up a burglary ring. Police said the group, active since 1955, committed hundreds of burglaries in Nassau and also struck in Suffolk Queens Manhattan and other states. Detectives found jewelry fur coats pawn tickets and power tools in three homes. Zabiela named as the burglar Clarkson acted as finger man and Dubois the jeweler fence. The men face burglary charges while Mrs Zabiela and Mrs Clarkson face weapons law violations.
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New York
Long Island
FBI
Nassau County
Suffolk County
Queens
Manhattan
Miami Beach
Norfolk
Randolph
Mass
Arnold Clarkson
Edith
Arthur Zabiela
Theresa
Frank Dubois
Diane
Zabiela
Clarkson
Dubois
Mass faculty exodus warned over state budget cut
Des Moines reports a grim forecast from Iowa Board of Regents heads as Gov. Erbe cuts the 1961 63 budget by 9 259 505 to 3 740 736. They warn faculty could leave for higher salaries elsewhere, leaving no funds to raise non academic pay, cover costs, or expand programs amid rising enrollments and new needs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
University of Iowa faculty lose to higher paying peers
President Virgil M. Hancher warns that top Iowa faculty are leaving for better salaries and facilities at other universities. He cites a chemistry professor moving from 8400 to 12000 dollars and Dr S J Knezevich from 9400 at Iowa to 14000 at Florida State, urging budget restoration to avoid mass exodus and higher tuition.
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Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
SUI
Arizona State
Hancher
S. J. Knezevich
College of Education
Iowa
Knezevich
Florida State
Space agency to launch Redstone with mock spaceman capsule
Cape Canaveral AP reports NASA will launch a Redstone missile carrying a mock space capsule within days. The test aims to verify fixes after performance flaws observed when Ham the space chimp flew a short mission in January.
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Cape Canaveral
Federal Space Agency
Ham
Northeast Iowa to add children’s hospital wing in Oelwein
The Fayette planning board unanimously approved a half million dollar plan to add a Northeast Lawa children’s hospital to Mercy hospital in Oelwein serving 15 counties. Board chairman Dr. Vearl McBride outlined federal funding hopes and a public drive as a new member Bernice Reinhart joined the board.
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Fayette
Lawa Children’s Hospital
Oelwein
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Iowa
State Hospital Board
Oelwein Hospital Board
Planning Board
Vearl McBride
Upper Iowa University
Bernice Reinhart
Calmar
Kennedy seeks $7 Billion loan overhaul for aid drive
President Kennedy asked Congress for a sweeping long term foreign aid reform to launch a decade of development. The plan would authorize $7.3 billion over five years for overseas loans, create a single aid agency, and bypass current appropriations procedures to fund economic projects abroad.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Eisenhower
Secretary of State
International Cooperation Administration
Development Loan Fund
Food For Peace Farm
Peace Corps of Volunteers
Aid Agency
Treasury
Kennedy saw _ long
Ex Pentagon Man Sentenced to Eight Years
Arthur Roddey, 38, former Pentagon employee, was sentenced to eight years for illegal possession of a Defense Department document. FBI recovered more than 200 Pentagon files with ratings from restricted to top secret and a government tape recorder. Roddey pleaded guilty saying he acted to protest public apathy and never intended to compromise national defense.
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Alexandria
UPI
Arthur Roddey
Pentagon
Defense Department
Roddey
FBI
New York Executive Mansion To Be Restored
Gov Rockefeller announced the state will restore the fire damaged executive mansion at an estimated 450000 versus 12 million for a new building. He released the investigation report attributing the blaze to a heating wire short circuit installed last January.
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Albany
N. Y
Rockefeller
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