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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1961

Page

3

Surgeon General Reveals Hope Of Cancer Cure

In a radio interview President Surgeon General Luther Terry says a drug has almost certainly cured a rare cancer starting in the womb of pregnant women. He notes the treatment’s success in a small group and cautions cures may not apply to other cancer types. A NIH spokesman says about half of 60 treated women survived years with some disease free.

Luther Terry Dr. Terry National Institutes of Health U. S. Public Health Service

Job Pickup Seen Continuing Through Mid Summer

The Labor Department reports a March-initiated employment pickup is likely to persist into mid July. May unemployment fell to 4.768 million while payrolls rose 1.044 million to 66.778 million as 19 major regions show improving job prospects and sectors like auto and steel drive gains.

Washington Labor Department Department Bureau of Employment Security Employment Security Bureau San Francisco Oakland New Haven Conn Fort Wayne Indianapolis Steubenville-Weirton Ohio W. Va Utica Rome N. Y Lorain- Elyria Youngstown-Warren Flint Baltimore Chicago San Francisco-Oakland

Vaccine Hope Speeds Cancer Vaccines Say VA Officials

The Veterans Administration announced a synthetic glycolipid Cytolipin H produced at the Dallas VA hospital shows promise in accelerating cancer vaccine development after initial tests. The compound appears identical to a naturally occurring substance and could speed progress in immunization research.

Washington UPI Veterans Administration Dallas VA

Challe and Zeller Sentenced to Fifteen Years

In Paris a military court handed Maurice Challe and Andre Zeller 15-year terms for leading the April insurrection in Algeria. Prosecutors sought life terms. the case noted Challe surrendered and did not order violence, aiming to avoid bloodshed.

Paris Maurice Challe Andre Zeller Algeria Antonin Besson Challe

Czechoslovak Trade Mission Arrives in Havana

A Czechoslovak commercial mission arrived in Havana on Tuesday to negotiate a trade agreement and to open an exhibition of industrial products from that nation.

Havana

Stormy Weather Looms Over Iowa With Thunderstorms

The weather bureau warned of more storms across Iowa through Wednesday night with possible tornadoes hail and damaging winds mainly southwestern areas. A Tuesday storm killed Clayton Craft 44 near Ottumwa and damaged homes while Des Moines saw a lightning strike at the Richard Lowe house. City rainfall totals varied from Denison to Council Bluffs as Cedar Rapids logged a 87 degree afternoon with a 57 degree low.

Weather Bureau Iowa Ottumwa Chicago Davis County Tama Jackson Counties Clayton Craft Bladensburg Richard Lowe Des ‘Moines Council Bluffs Denison Guthrie Center Carroll Sioux City Randolph Storm Lake Waterloo Des Moines Lamont Ames Spencer Cedar Rapids

Tower Says We Will Invade Cuba

Dallas AP reports Senator John Tower, the first Texas Republican sent to Washington since Reconstruction, declared that the time is coming when the United States must invade Cuba. He also opposed the tractors-for-prisoners swap proposed by Cuban authorities.

Dallas John Tower Washington Texas U.S Cuba

Judge Throws Out Two Race Rioting Complaints

A federal judge dismissed a justice department race riot complaint against the Birmingham police department and one of the Ku Klux Klan organizations. The ruling left intact complaints against two other Klan groups and four individuals. The case sought to end anti-violence injunctions and require police protection for interstate passengers.

Montgomery Justice Department Birmingham Ku Klux Klan Frank Johnson Federated Ku Klu Klan, Inc Lester Hawkins

Rebels plotted to overthrow Venezuela regime exposed

The government of President Betancourt announced a plot to overthrow the regime was uncovered and crushed. Two people were arrested in Caracas, and an official accused Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo of shipping arms for the revolt.

Caracas Venezuela Betancourt Rafael Trujillo Dominican Republic

Soviet Stand On Laos Hit By Harriman

In Geneva the U S accuses Russia of pressuring Laos conference with force Harriman rejects Soviet opposition to expanding ICC power to enforce cease fire Britain and Russia agree to resume talks as Kennedy and Khrushchev prepare to meet

Laos Harriman Geneva UPI U.S Russia W. Averell Harriman U. S International Control Commission Georgi Pushkin ICC Pushkin Britain Cochairmen Kennedy Khrushchev

Beiruts Saeb Salam cabinet wins narrow confidence vote

Premier Saeb Salam's new cabinet in Beirut secured a slim majority in a Tuesday confidence vote. The government pledged to push development projects and address national concerns.

Beirut Saeb Salam

Trujillo Slain Report Stirs U.S. Inquiries

Reports say Rafael Trujillo, ruler of the Dominican Republic for 31 years, was assassinated. The White House and State Department filed unconfirmed notices while Kennedy, Rusk, and Salinger tracked the situation from Paris. The capital Ciudad Trujillo was reportedly under heavy guard.

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Dominican Republic Kennedy Paris State Department Washington West Indies U.S Haiti Trujillo Pierre Salinger White House Rafael Trujillo Rusk Salinger Mr. Kennedy Vienna Ciudad Trujillo

Kennedy and Jackie greeted by 200000 in Paris

In Paris the Kennedys drew a crowd of about 200000 as Mrs. Kennedy attracted cheers with her blue outfit and wind blown hair. President de Gaulle guided Kennedy to prominence, visits included Orly and the Sorbonne, and a 101 gun salute marked the Paris welcome. Confetti showered in Rue de Rivoli as the Kennedy plane completed the six hour fifty minute transatlantic flight.

Yves Desjacques Eisenhower Khrushchev Kennedy Paris Kennedys Jack Jackie Orly Quai d'Orsay Sorbonne Harvard de Gaulle Mr. Kennedy Boulevard St. Michel Mrs. Kennedy Mme. de Gaulle Cannon Wall Street Rue de Rivoli

Kennedy De Gaulle Reach General West Berlin Accord

Paris AP report says Presidents Kennedy and De Gaulle agreed on West Berlin in a morning session of their policy conference. They discussed Berlin, Southeast Asia, Laos, and began talks on Africa. The leaders stressed alliance unity and readiness to deter Soviet pressure. Continued later.

Paris Kennedy de Gaulle West Berlin Salinger Berlin Southeast Asia Geneva Laos U.S France Khrushchev Vienna Elysee Palace

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