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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1962

Page

4

AMA Attacks Kennedy Medicare Plan as Cruel Hoax

Representatives of the American Medical Association said on Monday that President Kennedy's medical care plan would be a cruel hoax and a delusion for the aged. They warned it would cover millions who don't need it and ignore trillions of others who do.

New York The American Medical Assn Kennedy Madison Square Jail Garden Leonard Larson Bismarck N.D Association

Kennedy accuses AMA of confusing public on health plan

In a nationwide TV rebuttal, AMA leaders counter Kennedy claims that his health plan would lower medical quality and steer America toward government medicine. The broadcast responds to Kennedy remarks made to Democratic congressional leaders.

Washington Kennedy AMA

Covington Zoning Change Endorsed for Howard Mitchell Housing

Linn county zoning commission recommended broader zoning changes to allow Howard Mitchell to build a housing development across Highway 74 from Covington on a 65 acre tract. The plan shifts from 7 500 square foot lots with central water to 20 000 square foot lots with individual septic tanks and central water. The supervisors will review the proposal after neighbor objections slowed the first attempt.

Linn County Zoning Commission Howard Mitchell Highway 74 Covington Mitchell Jim Hunt Commission Goodnough Tom Rawson

Tito Sees John Glenn Capsule at Yugoslav Fair

President Tito opened Yugoslavia's sixth international tech fair and admired the capsule from John Glenn's orbital flight. U S officials gave Tito a plastic model and a commemorative envelope. The capsule is shown in a U S transportation exhibit with 27 nations participating.

Belgrade Tito Yugoslavia John Glenn U. S U. S. T Transportation

Market Dropped As Heavy Selling Hits Stocks In New York

New York AP reports heavy selling drove the stock market lower on Tuesday with notable declines among leading issues. Traders watched the Dow and other indices slip as selling intensified across sectors.

New York

Two Iowa Boys Phone Astronaut For Space Chat

In Bettendorf two seventh graders Tom Will and Scot Staine sought space knowledge by calling astronaut John Glenn after calling President Kennedy. The boys discussed man in space programs and expressed interest in learning more from the astronaut.

Iowa Bettendorf Tom Will Scot Staine John Glenn Will Glenn

City Employees to Get July Pay Rise Under City Plan

City council approved a wage survey plan by J L Jacobs Co to raise about five percent of payroll starting July 1, with longevity steps from seven to 18 years phased in on later dates. Most workers move to the next higher rate, while police and firefighters follow a special schedule with about ten dollar monthly increases at start and longevity steps up to 455 dollars a month after 20 years.

Rlo Jacobson J. L. Jacobs Co Chicago Aji

27 Die in Navy Four-Engine Plane Crash in Germany

A four-engine U S Navy plane on a secret mission exploded in midair and crashed near Markt Schwaben in Bavaria killing 27 aboard. Early reports differ on crew numbers with officials citing 27 aboard and others saying 24 or 20 bodies recovered. the aircraft originated from Rota Spain and had flown via Frankfurt before returning there.

Ebersberg Germany U. S Atlantic Fleet Air Force Norfolk Air Force

Exhumed Texas official tied to Estes case investigated

County grand jurors sought more witnesses as experts studied the exhumed body of Henry Marshall 52 chief administrator and investigator for Texas cotton allotments. Marshall died by a self inflicted gunshot last June amid ongoing probes into Billie Sol Estes fraud and theft schemes.

Jerry Pillard Franklin Texas Agriculture Department Billie Sol Estes John Barlton Henry Marshall Secretary of Agriculture Freeman Estes Marshall

Grain move to remove Estes storages over 18 months

The Agriculture Department will relocate about 42 million bushels of grain from Estes linked elevators and warehouses to other sites in an orderly 18 month process. The move, costing about 2 million dollars, is to align with public policy concerns and preserve government storage value.

Washington Agriculture Department Billie Sol Estes Texas George Barnes Freeman Barnes Secretary of Agriculture Department Estes Prain Coleman McSpadden

Ends Life on Eve Of Tax Sentence

Milwaukee furniture salesman Orin Kohn aged 56 leapt from a viaduct and died Monday shortly before a sentencing for failing to file an income tax return in 1955. He was to be sentenced on the tax charge.

Milwaukee UPD Orin Kohn

Hodges Opposes Shorter Work Week Debate at White House

Secretary of Commerce Hodges told a Kennedy conference that the 40 hour work week should not be scrapped except in hazardous jobs. He said full use of capacity requires full employment on a 40 hour basis and faced questions from labor leaders and economists. Joseph Keenan of the IBEW called for ending zero hour weeks for the unemployed and supported some shortening as part of automation solutions. Harvard economist John Dunlop forecast cuts where unemployment stays high, while Charles Slight of the NAM warned productivity gains may come as leisure rather than higher living standards.

Tor John Wil Glenn Arlington Cocoa Beach Fla Cape Canaveral Norman Walker Washington Hodges Kennedy Joseph Keenan International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers John Dunlop Harvard Charles Slight The Tional Assn

Havana Admits Cane Fires Hit Sugar Fields

Havana radio acknowledged fires in Cuba sugar cane fields and blamed careless smokers. It urged volunteer cutters to handle matches and cigarets with care while travelers in the United States speculate on sabotage and widespread blazes.

KEY Westap Havana Radio Cuba U.S

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