Briton Blake Receives 42 Year Spy Sentence
London reports George Blake a British diplomat who converted to communism during three years in North Korea was jailed 42 years for spying for Russia. He admitted passing Moscow secrets for nearly a decade. the sentence was Britain’s harshest peacetime espionage penalty.
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London
North Korea
Russia
George Blake
Moscow
Britain
Atom
Klaus Fuchs
Reginald Manningham-Buller
Blake
Ouster Hinted as Erbe Probes Iowa Liquor Board
Gov. Norman Erbe signaled removal proceedings against Iowa Liquor Control Commission members after a review found 2 712 bottles missing from the locked sample room and reports showing 3 000 plus unaccounted bottles. He said action will await a senate committee report but will be executive and based on his findings.
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Des Moines
Norman Erbe
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Erbe
Senate
Commission
C. J. Burris
Maquoketa
Gerald W. Smith
Creston Republican
92 Foot Floating Classroom Albatross Sinks Near Key West
A 92-foot sailing vessel carrying youths sank in a Gulf storm with six believed lost and thirteen survivors. The Albatross, owned by Ocean Academy of Darien, Connecticut, sailed from El Progreso to Nassau with 14 youths, 2 professors, a cook, captain and wife aboard. Survivors were rescued by the Dutch freighter Gran Rico and brought to Tampa. Captain Christopher Sheldon and his wife, both aboard, were part of the crew guiding the voyage. The craft had a months long Caribbean cruise and previously appeared in a film.
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Key West
Gulf of Mexico
Gran Rico
Tampa
Coast Guard
Christopher Sheldon
Mystic
Conn
Sheldon
Wellesley
Cornell University
Florida
Laos rebels order cease fire while attacking government forces
In southern Laos a battalion aligned with the Pathet Lao reportedly attacked Western-backed government troops after a rebel command issued a general cease-fire. Vientiane reported a mortar strike on its command center as talks continued. Observers expect a cease-fire to hold though communications issues persist. A 14 nation Geneva conference to finalize peace is slated to begin May 12.
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Vientiane, Laos
Laos
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Prince Boun Oum
Kong le
Souvanna Phouma
Geneva
Town man donates IBM stock valued at 402500 to village
Chauncey Winters, 68, cashier and VP of Independent Bank of Richmondville, gives the village of 743 people IBM stock worth about 402000 after previously donating 100 shares. He says the stock grew from 7000 bought after the 1929 crash and now helps fund local projects including a sewer water plan and a firehouse.
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Richmondville
N. Y
Chauncey Winters
Winters
Independent Bank of
George Davis
Davis
IBM
Sidewinder Mishap Blamed on One-in-a-Million Leak
The air force blamed a moisture leak for a Sidewinder misfire that downed a B 52 over New Mexico on April 7. Moisture seeped into an F 100 electrical circuit causing a short that released the missile. The service ordered electrical system modifications and suspended flights until tested. Lt James Van Scoye was cleared of blame.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
New Mexico
James van Scoye
Airport Bonds Sale Planned for May 22 in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids plans a May 22 sale tentatively for 1.7 million dollars in airport bonds plus 200 thousand dollars in park bonds. City council approval is needed and bid material will be available at the city clerk. The 20 year bonds fund airport renovations including runway extension to 7000 feet, lighting upgrades, and terminal additions.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Don Hines
the Gazette
Park Department
Hines
House Stalls Redistricting Vote In Iowa Legislature
In Des Moines the Iowa House, 54 to 50, moved to reconsider a 52 to 50 rejection of a conference committee redistricting report that would merge eight congressional districts into seven. Action was deferred again until Thursday after a call of the house was briefly begun but later dropped as several members could not be found.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Cubans Capture Rebel Chief Manuel Artime
Havana radio reported the capture of Capt. Manuel Artime a leader of the failed invasion of Cuba. He claimed he survived 16 days in a swamp peninsula and said the expedition was aided by U S destroyers and financed by the United States.
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Key West
Havana
Manuel Artime
Cuba
Artime
U. S
Nicaragua
Fidel Castro
Castro
Mexico City
National Agrarian Reform Institute
Tito
Russia
Suspect in Girls' Slayings Seized in Midwest
Kadoka South Dakota police say a boy arrested Wednesday near a truckers' restaurant matches the description of a suspect wanted for the slayings of two girls near Holland Michigan.
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Kadoka
S.D
UPI
Holland
Mich
Shepard's man in space flight delayed to Friday
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Alan Shepard must wait until Friday to become the first American in space as the Redstone booster is readied again after draining fuel. Weather forecasts add squall risk, with a possible Saturday push and a plan to resume Monday countdown if needed.
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Cape Canaveral
Alan Shepard
Space
Walter Williams
Project Mercury
Weather Bureau
Williams
Shepard
U.S
John Glenn
Iowa Senate Approves Last Major School Aid Bill
The Iowa senate passed the final of five school aid measures, approving a general aid package of 19.53 million dollars per year totaling 29.93 million dollars with Gov. Norman A. Erbe’s recommended total. The bill faces House consideration amid debates over two provisions restricting local boards and the Department of Public Instruction.
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Iowa Senate
Senate
Norman A. Erbe
State Department of Public Instruction
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Department
Warning of Texas Tower Collapse Warned Three Days Early
Undersecretary Joseph Charyk said the air force was warned on January 12 that Texas Tower No. 4 near New Jersey was in serious condition. The radar structure collapsed January 15 during a storm, killing 28 occupants. The warning came from an architect engineering firm at a meeting.
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Washington
Joseph Charyk
Air Force
Texas Tower No. 4
New Jersey
Charyk
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
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