Iowa Supreme Court Testimony Sheds Light on Apportionment
Iowa lawmakers defended present and proposed legislative apportionment as witnesses testified in a labor case. William Kendrick, chief clerk, acknowledged big-city reps are more sympathetic to labor issues, while the labor federation pressed that current seat alignment harms cities and unions. The hearing ran into closing arguments with State Comptroller Selden also testifying on fund distribution.
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UPI
Iowa
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Evan Hultman
Iowa Federation of Labor
Charles Davis
Arthur Lewis
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House
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Hultman
Marvin Selden, Jr
Selden
Labor Federation
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Lewis
Robert Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Eisenhower urges Congress to cut Kennedy budget
Former President Eisenhower calls for major surgery on Kennedy's budget including space and defense. He backs GOP leaders Halleck in trimming more than 13 billion from 108 billion in new spending and links cuts to tax reductions. He faults space costs as spongy and urges prudent defense spending.
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UPI
Eisenhower
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Charles Halleck
Halleck
G.O.P
White House
$640000 Jewel Robbery Hits Rome Society Figure
Police hunt Angleo Valentini the butler after $640000 in jewels vanish from the Rome apartment of the former Mrs. Harrison Williams and her Count Albert Edward von Bismarck. The couple returned from Capri to learn the loss and insurance, with items including a diamond necklace and emerald heirloom necklace among the missing valuables.
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Rome
Harrison Williams
Albert Edward von Bismarck
Germany
Isle of Capri
Angelo Valentini
Valentini
Distress Call Followers Amid Cuban Sea Attack Claims
The Floridian reports two Russian built Migs fired on the 20 miles off Cuba. Shots crossed bow and stern prompting an immediate distress call to the Miami coast guard. Navy jets reached scene 55 minutes later. Executive captain Curtis Olson and crew describe 15 to 30 explosive shell bursts near the ship.
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Miami
Florida
Floridian
Cuba
Coast Guard
Key West
Norman Teeples
Dania
Fla
Three Crushed by Ice in Vermont Quarry
In Barre Vermont a giant chunk of ice fell into a quarry pit crushing a warming shack where three men were killed and two injured during their morning coffee break. Local authorities said the incident occurred Friday and the victims were workers at the quarry.
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Barre
Greek Lawyers Start Two Day Strike Across Athens
More than 11,000 lawyers walked off courts in Athens on Friday for a two day strike. They demand the government halt issuing licenses to graduates practicing other professions, halting judicial operations.
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Athens
Greece
Aid Sought From Senators For Families Of Vanished Flyers
Two U.S. senators and a representative were asked to aid families in Charleston and Miami whose husbands, Robert Thompson and Robert Swanner, disappeared after a December 1961 leafletting mission over Cuba. Refuges said the plane was shot down. widows struggle while payments and insurance await official confirmation.
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U. S
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Robert Swanner
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Bay of Pigs
Double Check Corp
Double Check
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Swanner
Beatrice Thompson
Joyce Swanner
George Smathers
Dfla
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Clifford McIntyre
Maine
Washington
Melbourne
Fla
Blanche DeBolt
W.va
Lawrence Paradis
Mrs. Thompson
You Can't Catch Me Says Burglar At Lamont
A 20 year old Lamont man broke into the Eggleston tavern at Lamont then defied authorities to arrest him. Danny Coonley of Lamont is jailed on a charge of breaking and entering after police traced him from an anonymous call he made claiming the break in.
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Lamont
Danny Coonley
Independence Police
Eggleston
Hotel Fire Claims Four Die in Boston Sherry Biltmore
Four people died and at least 25 injured when a pre dawn blaze swept the Sherry Biltmore in Back Bay. Firemen carried about 75 guests to safety as Rodgers and Hammerstein cast members from The Sound of Music escaped via ladders and windows to the street. The blaze began on the fourth floor. cause under investigation. damage about 100000.
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Boston
Sherry Biltmore
Charles O’connor
Marcelyn Meyers
Janella
Gretel
Note Has Earmarks Of Apology
Washington says Cuba told the United States its MiGs probably fired in error at the USS Floridian and Cuba had no intention of shooting the ship. The Castro regime said forces were only searching for a suspect boat. The U S issued a demand for full explanation and Havana sent a second message nearing an apology.
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Washington
Cuba
U.S
State Department
Lincoln White
Havana
White
Soviet Demands Damages From U S For Cuban Raid On Baku
Moscow demanded Friday that the United States pay damages for a Cuban raid that crippled the Soviet freighter Baku three days earlier. The note also threatened measures to protect Soviet shipping from anti Castro guerrilla attacks in Cuban waters and charged U S actions were planned provocations directed from U S territory. The Havana press linked the raid to a U S reconnaissance over Caibarien and said it showed U S approval of counterrevolutionary acts.
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Russia
U.S
Baku
U.S.A
Havana
Revolucion
Caibarien
U. S
Iowa House Defeats Reconsideration Of Highway Access Bill
After a two hour fight the Iowa house rejected by 68 to 36 a motion to reconsider approval of a highway access rights bill. The measure would return to the governor after earlier passage by both houses and the session battle centered on funding and control of access to major roads.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Mexican President Lopez Mateos Begins Yugoslav Visit
Belgrade AP reported President Adolfo Lopez Mateos of Mexico arrived Friday for a three day official visit to strengthen friendship with this communist country.
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Belgrade
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Wires Needed for Better Education Admit by TV Radio Hi Fi
A humorous note suggests improving children's education requires pulling a few wires across TV radio and hi fi. The snippet points to media influence as a playful prerequisite without further details.
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