Weekend Weather and Local Birth Announcements Summary
Saturday temperatures ranged from the high 50s to mid 80s across cities including Chicago New York and Miami with scattered showers expected Sunday and Monday. Rainfall totals for May reach 0.98 inches by 6 p.m. and several families announced births in May with multiple names and cities listed.
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Bismarck
Apolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
D. Moines
Omaha
Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Ceese
Seaweed Smell Grips Gulf Coast Tied to Hurricane Carla
Galveston reports heavy seaweed piles along 30 miles of beach two feet deep. Health officials warn of persistent odor from decaying marine life as Hurricane Carla’s effects stir Gulf waters. Albert Collier of Texas A&M marine lab notes Carla lifted nutrient-rich water to the surface, fueling seaweed growth and shoreward winds pushed it ashore.
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Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Carla
Gulf Coast
Gulf
Albert Collier
Texas A&m College Marine Laboratory
Explosion in Quebec home kills eight blamed on gas leak
Authorities said a Saturday explosion shattered a two story home in Quebec and caused eight deaths. Investigators tied the blast to leaking propane gas.
Gazette CoLD Ps Daily and Sunday Postal Notice
Postal notice from Cedar Rapids Iowa dated 1883 indicating publication details for The Gazette Co LD Ps daily and Sunday at 500 E Cedar Rapids and paid at Cedar Rapids.
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The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
News Gazette Subscription Rates and Policies
By carrier 45 cents. By mail night edition 6 issues seven dollars. Ten a month, eleven a year. Afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues one dollar twenty a month, twelve a year. In states bordering one fifty? seven fifty? a year. Other states and territories twenty dollars and fifty cents a year. No subscriptions accepted in towns with Gazette carrier service. This paper is the exclusive property of Gazette Press and is authorized for republication of all local news and AP dispatches.
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Fapecigies
Entitiea
Obituary Notices From Appleton, OSS and Garrison Areas
Bertha Parkinson 78 of Appleton at Edgewood remains. Services Monday 10 at St Francis de Sales. Rosary tonight 8 at Schmitz's. Joseph W Biser 64 of Garrison to be laid to rest Thursday 1 30 at Church of the Brethren with Fry and Holland's in attendance. Kenneth Gerald Chamberlain 15 of Olin to have services Monday 2 at the Methodist church Campbell's in charge.
Kids Pack Justice Department Party for Kennedy
A Washington AP report describes Attorney General Robert Kennedy hosting a Saturday party at his office for about 100 children aged 5 to 9. FBI sharpshooter Zeiss, magic and puppet acts, a barbecue, pony rides, and Kennedy and Supreme Court Justice Byron White mingled as youngsters enjoyed the event.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Robert Kennedy
FBI
George Zeiss
Bureau
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Byron White
Polaris Sub Tender Hunley Prepares for Sea Trials
NEWPORT NEWS Virginia AP The Hunley submarine tender the first ship built to service Polaris submarines will sail Monday to begin sea trials.
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Newport News
Hunley
Navy
Eight-year-old struck in leg by stray bullet
An 8-year-old Cedar Rapids boy, William Marion, was hit on the right leg by a .22 caliber bullet when a playmate struck a found bullet with a hammer. He received three stitches at Mercy hospital and was released. Police reported the boys found bullets behind D and E Distributing Co. before the accidental shooting.
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Cedar Rapids
William Marion
Leo A. Marion
Sixth Street
Mercy Hospital
William
Kevin Kennedy
Emery Kennedy
Second Avenue
D and E Distributing Co
Kennedy
Kevin
Eleven Hurt as Freight Derails Passenger Train
In Ravenna Ohio a Baltimore and Ohio freight derailed causing eleven injuries on a Washington to Cleveland passenger train. One passenger car lay on its side while another tilted at forty five degrees. The freight line from Lorain to New Castle Pa derailed eight cars along the right of way as a middle car derailment appeared to strike the passenger train.
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Ravenna, Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Cleveland
Ravenna
Lorain
Ohio
New Castle
Forbid Hams To Chat With U S Astronauts
NASA bans amateur radio chats with orbiting astronauts citing safety concerns. NASA release notes Scott Carpenter’s 15 megacycle UHF frequency was not monitored by the capsule though global radiomen could listen. Officials say unauthorized calls risk endangering the astronaut.
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Washington
UPT
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Volta Dam Key to Ghana's Industrial Drive
President Nkrumah of Ghana says in an Izvestia interview that the Volta river dam project is essential for his country's industrial development. He describes the project as pivotal to Ghana's economic growth and modernization.
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Volta
Ghana
Moscow
Nkrumah
Izvestia
Volta River
Hran's Cabinet Is Reshuffled in Tehran
Premier Ali Amini reshuffled his year old cabinet naming former Trade Minister Jehangir Amuzegar as finance minister and ex Tehran mayor Mohssen Nasser as minister of state.
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Tehran
Ali Amini
Jehangir Amuzegar
Mohssen Nasser
Marines move 1 800-man battalion aboard Seventh Fleet ships
An 1800-man Marine battalion was put aboard Seventh Fleet ships to replace the unit landed in Thailand, enabling rapid reinforcement of U S forces there if needed. The BLT commanded by Lt Col Fred Harbin now accompanies a carrier and transports heading for Okinawa, with artillery tanks and armored boats as part of a self-sufficient force.
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Washington
Seventh Fleet
Thailand
Pentagon
U. S
Navy
Marine Corps
Southeast Asia
Valley Forge
Okinawa
Ninth Regiment
South China Sea
Gulf of Siam
South Vietnam
Fred Harbin
Statesville
N. C
Pacific
Udon
Laos
Khorat
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SFATO
Hawaii
Kennedy
City Council Agenda Highlights 1961 Sessions
City council meets at 10 a m in city hall with invocation by Rev Earl W Osnes. Items include drainage fix in Timberlane Third addition, rights and interests sale of sidewalks and streets to Harper and McIntire Co, Robins sewer system inquiry, two hour parking rule on north side of 34th street, annual fire and police annuity reports, and no parking zones on Johnson Maple and nearby streets.
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Earl W. Osnes
Ellis Park
Robins
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-fourth
F Avenue
Collins Radio Co
Johnson Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Maple Drive
Sixteenth Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
B Avenue
Poppy Sale in Cedar Rapids Totals $1350.66
American Legion auxiliary poppy sale in Cedar Rapids on Saturday raised $1350.66. Officials attributed poor weather to low sales. The top sellers were Mr and Mrs Otis Mead of 1203 Center NE Mrs Arthur Lahman of 2017 Mallory Street SW and Mrs Charles J Jasa of 1110 Twenty-fifth Street NE.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids
Otis Mead
Center Street
Arthur Lahman
Mallory Street
Charles J. Jasa
Twenty-fifth Street
Philippines Independence Day Observed in Hawaii
Independence Day in the Philippines will be celebrated in Hawaii on Tuesday June 12 as President Macapagal changes the date from July 4. The ceremony honors Philippine independence with officials from Hawaii and Manila in attendance.
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Philippines
Honolulu
Hawaii
Macapagal
Brokers Grapple with Market Confidence Slump
The piece quotes Wendell Witter of Dean Witter & Co and Sidney Lurie of Josephthal & Co as they describe shaken confidence in the market. Witter predicts a leveling of prices and renewed buying by pensions and funds, while Lurie warns investors against emotional extremes and notes shifting concerns from short-term gains to potential long-term losses.
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San Francisco
Wendell Witter
Dean, Witter & Co
New York
Sidney Lurie
Josephthal & Co
Exports Fall as Rice Shipments from Red China Plunge
Rome AP reports rice exports from Red China have declined about two thirds over the past three years, signaling a shrinking trade flow and potential impact on markets.
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Rome
China
Four Killed in Auto Collision Near Palos Park
Four people died in a late Saturday auto collision near Palos Park, Chicago area. Police and investigators cordon off the crash site as emergency crews respond. Further details on victims and causes were not immediately released.
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Chicago
Palos Park
Appointed to Naval Academy for William A Bloomhall II
William A Bloomhall II receives a midshipman appointment to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis through Senator Rourke B Hickenlooper. The 18 year old will graduate from Washington High School on June 8 after involvement with the student forum swimming and tennis teams St Michael's Episcopal Church National Honor Society and the French club.
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William A. Bloomhall, II
William Bloomhall
E Avenue NE
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Bill
Washington High School
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Estes Case Reopened In March After New Evidence
The Department of Justice suspended earlier inquiries after six months with no banking law violations found. New information in February prompted a March 3 decision to reopen the file. Pecos Texas provided most evidence about non existent fertilizer tank mortgages while interstate transport details led to the eventual indictment. The FBI had limited scope initially to Estes finances and not his grain or cotton schemes.
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Department
Department of Justice
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
U.S
Texas
Washington
Pecos
Agriculture Department
Pearl Harbor Memorial Set for May 30 Dedication
The USS Arizona Memorial of the Pacific, completed Friday, stands over the sunken Arizona as a new memorial bridge will be dedicated on Memorial Day May 30. About 1,000 expected for services with 200 on site and 800 on Ford Island.
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Pearl Harbor Memorial
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Arizona
America
New Memorial
Hawaii
Marine Corps
Navy
U.S
Olin Teague
Dtexas
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Memorial
Ford Island
OSU to expel over 30 students for campus riot
Oklahoma State University will expel more than 30 students for a four hour riot at two women’s dormitories. The president said those named will be dismissed and held responsible for damages, with seniors barred from graduation if involved. Initial lists were prepared by the student conduct committee. County estimates had reached 1000 participants, later revised to about 500.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State University
Oliver William
University
Viet Cong Claim 1 863 Govt Troops Killed
The Viet Cong claim they killed 1 863 government troops and wounded 981 while taking 635 prisoners in four months since January, according to New China News Agency reported from Tokyo by AP.
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Tokyo
South Vietnam
New China News Agency
Nasser Renounces Lifelong Presidency Plan
Cairo AP reports Gamal Abdel Nasser rejects remaining president for life and denounces one man rule. He proposes collective leadership for the United Arab Republic.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Deaf student graduates with honors from Fontbonne College
Dolores Wolters of Effingham Illinois, deaf since age six from meningitis, completed four years as a Fontbonne College student and graduated with honors on Saturday. She has never heard a lecture.
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ST. Louis
Dolores Wolters
Effingham
Ill
Fontbonne College
Deaths Emma Pazour 79 Rites Held in Cedar Rapids
Miss Emma Pazour 79 of 1621 Tenth Street SE died after a long illness. Born in Cedar Rapids August 21, 1882 she was a lifelong resident and retired Quaker Oats employee. Survived by sister Rose Stary and five Cedar Rapids relatives. Rosary Society member. Services Tuesday at 9:15 in Kuba funeral home and 9:30 at St. Wenceslaus Church. Burial at St. John's. Rosary recited Monday at 7:15 at the funeral home. friends may call.
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Emma Pazour
Tenth Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Rose Stary
Rosary Society
St. Wenceslaus Church
Kuba
Anthony W. Chihak
St. John’s
Msgr
Chihak
The
Obituaries: Mrs. Gage Agnes Vincent Buschhusen Knake
Obituaries list multiple funeral notices with services at Turner chapel and Calvary Baptist church. Names include Mrs. Harry M. Gage Agnes Sinclair Vincent John Buschhusen Martin Knake. Burials set at Oak Hill Linwood Cedar Memorial. Services conducted by Dr. Joseph McCabe Dr. Francis Pritchard Rev. Don Anderson Rev. Theodore Youngquist and others.
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Linwood
Knake
Martin Eorward
Turner Chapel
Theodore Youngquist
First Lutheran Church
Richmond Anderson
Hope Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial
Antimissile Rocket Shot Called Success at Mugu Test
A Nike Zeus antimissile rocket shot straight up in a Saturday test at Point Mugu California. All three stages fired and army spokesmen called the launch 100 percent successful, demonstrating the solid fuel projectile can reach extreme altitude rapidly.
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Point Mugu
Calif
Army
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