Ruling Sought On Peace Corps Fund Lobbying Use
Senator Tower asked Attorney General Kennedy to rule if Peace Corps funds were used to lobby for more funding. He cited Comptroller Campbell and a letter to lawmakers, while referencing the firing of Texas applicant Janie Fletcher and ongoing agency scrutiny.
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Soviet Drops Proposal to Adjourn Disarmament Talks
The Soviet Union abandoned its plan to suspend the 17 nation disarmament conference for two months and move it to New York. Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin cited opposition from Western and Neutralist delegations and said negotiations would continue in Geneva without a break.
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Soviet Union
New York
Zorin
U.N
U.N. Assembly
Security Council
French Culture Minister Malraux to Visit United States
Paris reports that André Malraux, French minister of culture, will make an official visit to the United States. The trip aims to strengthen cultural exchanges and discuss postwar art and education collaborations.
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Paris
Andre Malraux
U. S
Republican Road Show travels through five Iowa communities
The 1962 Republican road show called Candidates Caravan wrapped a seven day statewide tour with stops in Decorah Postville Qelwein Anamosa and Cedar Rapids. Governor Norman A. Erbe delivered a theatre style performance and sparred with opponents while addressing issues from disarmament to the National Guard.
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Frank Nye
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Embassy Club
Decorah
Postville
Qelwein
Anamosa
Iowa City
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Burlington
Norman A. Erbe
David and Goliath
Tornado Warning Issued for South Iowa
UPI reports the weather bureau issued a tornado warning for counties from northern Harrison county Missouri Valley to central Cedar county Tipton in Iowa. Thunderstorms were expected to develop rapidly this afternoon and become severe with likely tornadoes from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Des Moines
UPI
Weather Bureau
Harrison County
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Cedar County
Tipton
Two Americans Shot in Vietnam
Two Americans were wounded by communist fire and four helicopters were hit during military operations in South Vietnam on Wednesday and Thursday, according to dispatches from Saigon.
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Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Linn County to Restore Abbe Creek School Museum
Linn Conservation Board wins state approval to restore the Abbe Creek School two miles northwest of Mount Vernon as a public museum built on 1.5 acres. Administrator R K Alman said the 1854 brick building is the county’s oldest school and near the site of the first cabin by William Abbe.
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R. K. Alman
State
Abbe Creek School
Mt. Vernon
Highway 156
Eddie Pitlik, Jr
Ajman
Linn County
Alman
William Abbe
Senator Miller Hitchhikes After Plane Misses
Senator Jack Miller of Louisiana was in Dubuque for archbishop installation ceremonies and missed all flights to Chicago. With nowhere to go, he stood with his luggage on the Julien Dubuque bridge until a Madison doctor gave him a ride to Madison, enabling him to catch connections to Chicago and Washington for a literacy test bill vote.
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Congress
Jack Miller
Rla
Miller
Washington
Chicago
Julien Dubuque Bridge
Madison, Wis
Madison
Millionaire Gilcrease buries in Indian rite at Tulsa museum
Thomas Gilcrease 72, a Tulsa oilman and collector of Indian art, was honored with a Sioux like burial ritual by Acoma Pueblo delighters on the museum grounds. The service featured cornmeal, a blessing, and a ceremonial arrow symbolizing the spirit’s journey through life’s four ages.
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Tulsa
Thomas Gilcrease
Gilcrease
Guy Tetrick
Acoma Pueblo
Wolf- Robe Hunt
Indian Museum
Hunt
Collins Outlines Its Role in the Apollo Program
Collins Radio Co. outlined seven telecom functions for the Apollo spacecraft under a $40 million NASA contract. The system covers voice communication, in-craft intercom, a TV system with a cockpit view, a spacecraft view receiver, telemetry for biomedical and scientific data, and tracking and ranging beacon gear. Earth stations will relay voice and data to the crew as needed.
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Cedar Rapids News
Collins Radio Co
North American Space and Information Systems Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
State suspends nine mutual funds sold on contract
Iowa Insurance Commissioner William Timmans says nine funds have been suspended from sale on contract plans after an Attorney General ruling. The ruling limits fund distributors to 22 percent commission from a single contract payment, far below typical 50 percent. Officials note about 10 funds are registered for sale in Iowa, with nine approved for contract sales. Robert L. Waiters, State superintendent of securities, cites concern over investor information about penalties in contract plans. Continued: Page 3, Col. 2.
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DES Moines
Iowal
William Timmans
Iowa
Atty
Evan Hultman
Hultman
Mutual Funds
Mutual
Robert L. Waiters
Ional
West German High Court Sentences Harold Borger
The West German supreme court on Thursday sentenced American businessman Harold Borger to 24 years in prison for betraying U.S. military secrets to the communists. The court reduced the sentence by two months and one week already served since his arrest March 3, 1961, in Nurnberg. He is the first American to face espionage charges before West Germany’s highest court.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Supreme Court
Harold Borger
U.S
Borger
Nuernberg
West Germany
Estes Fine Of $554,162 Is Assessed
The agriculture department fined Billie Sol Estes $554,162 for cotton production on alleged illegally acquired allotments. He can appeal to a three member farmer committee. a committee ruling could push the matter to courts. Estes faces related fraud indictments and has drawn scrutiny from a Senate subcommittee.
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Estes
Washington
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Focal Farmer
Prand i Jary
Senate
Four Firms And Trade Assn Plead Innocent In Antitrust Case
Four executives from Bethlehem Steel United States Steel Erie Forge and Steel and Midvale Heppenstall with the Open Die Forging Institute pled not guilty to Sherman antitrust charges. Judge Sidney Sugarman released them on recognizance. Trial set for July 1. potential penalties include up to a year in jail and 50000-dollar fines per defendant and 50000 for corporations and the association.
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Bethlehem Steel Co
United States Steel
Erie Forge and Steel Corp
Midvale-Heppenstall Co
Open Die Forging Institute, Inc
New York City
Eric Gurney
Bethlehem
Robert Barnes
Emil Lang
Eric Forge
R. B. Heppenstall, Jr
Midvale-Heppenstall
Sidney Sugarman
Iis
Homer Lackey
Sugarman
Army
Navy
Stocks Take Sharp Drop
New York traders saw one of the year’s steepest declines in heavy afternoon trading. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped through the 656 level as selling accelerated and ticker tape ran late amid bearish sentiment.
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New York
Rusk Arrives in New Zealand for 24 Hour Visit
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrives in Wellington for a brief 24 hour visit to New Zealand. He is met by officials and expected to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues.
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Wellington
New Zealand
U. S
State Rusk
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