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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1962

Page

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JFK and MacMillan to Meet in Bahamas Conference

The White House announced President Kennedy and Prime Minister MacMillan will meet in Nassau on December 19 and 20 for a sixth informal review of world issues. A spokesman noted Press Secretary Salinger was in Nassau to arrange the conference, though specifics of the discussion were not disclosed.

Washington White House Kennedy MacMillan Bahamas Nassau Salinger Andrew Hatcher Cuba Berlin Southeast Asia Mr. Kennedy Key West London Bermuda Hatcher

State Dept Suspends News Reporting Rule

The State Department suspends 1961 Cuban crisis era rules requiring officials to report news interviews. Assistant Secretary Manning says the policy may be reinstated if needed after discussions with Secretary Rusk and President Kennedy. Officers will still note interviews after the fact and identify the correspondent and organization involved.

Washington UPI State Department Department Robert Manning Rusk Kennedy Manning Bureau of Public Affairs

Hospital Dark For 35 Minutes After Blowout

Two transformers failed in heavy rain, cutting power to Robert B. Green hospital for 35 minutes and leaving it without full power for about an hour. Nurses manually operated a cancer patient pump and tended a dozen incubator babies as smoke filled parts of the facility amid rising floodwater and fire department assistance.

San Antonio Robert B. Green City County George Williams

Exodus Begins as U.S. Troops Start Thai Withdrawal

Three jet transports departed in the morning, marking the start of the withdrawal of the bulk of American combat infantrymen from Thailand as the operation proceeds.

Korat Thailand

Strike Hits Ford Plant in Mahwah New Jersey

About 4,200 workers walked out at the Ford assembly plant in Mahwah the world’s largest auto plant over 81 UAW grievances. Ford offered to negotiate but no new talks were scheduled. Strikers worked long overtime shifts while 600 salaried employees remained at work.

Mahwah, N.J UPI United Auto Workers Ford Northeast Dearborn Mich

Girl Skydiver Faith Pappageorge Dies In Fall At 5200 Feet

A 19 year old skydiver Faith Pappageorge of Las Vegas died after both parachutes failed to deploy during a jump in Bullhead City Arizona. Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Crawford said she either forgot or didn’t attempt to open her parachute. The main and auxiliary chutes were undisturbed and ripcords not pulled.

Bullhead City Ariz Faith Pappageorge Las Vegas Lloyd Crawford

Santa’s Helpers Want Ad Says Toys Sell Fast

Mr. Gene Power of Marion reports “Everything sold in 4 hours” as buyers chase toys listed in Want Ad Classification 22. Wonder Horse, Pedal Car, 1% inch Tricycle in good condition. dial 377 5013. Nine calls in one day. Want Ad costs $1.20. To place an ad call EM 2 112.

Gene Power Marion Dial

Scolaro Attacks JP Pay as Waste of Tax Money

Cedar Rapids report details Linn county board chairman Anthony Scolaro condemning justice of the peace salaries in Marion township as a taxpayer burden. He notes 1963 salaries total 6 750 for two JPs and two constables while a nine month JP collects 2 164 in fines and costs. Each JP gets 1 875 and each constable 1 500 annually under state law for townships over 10 000. Scolaro urges action by county and state representatives.

Justice of the Peace Marion Township Anthony R. Scolaro Linn Board of Supervisors Scolaro

Hick in Visit to Indian President

Senator Hickenlooper of Louisiana calls on India's president at the start of a three day visit to India as part of a world tour. He is set to be the senior Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the new Congress.

New Delhi Hickenlooper U Thant U.S Cuba Mikoyan New York Havana Adlai Stevenson Vasily Kuznetsov Stevenson John J. McCloy President Kennedy

No Softening of Castro's Stand, Mikoyan Indicates

Anastas Mikoyan stated sharp differences remain between the United States and Russia over Cuba and there was no softening of Fidel Castro's position. He spoke after a dinner for U Thant and noted discussions included Castro's demands but did not quash the quarrel, and he did not discuss a White House visit.

Castro Mikoyan United Nations Anastas Mikoyan Cuba U.S Russia Fidel Castro Washington White House State Department Khrushchev U.N Thant Security Council

Telstar Satellite Balks at Taking Orders

Telstar, the four month old communications satellite, balks at receiving commands to switch its receiver on and off. Bell Laboratories says the receiver and transmitter are operating, telemetry reports remain unaffected, and all original Telstar experiments have been completed.

Murray Hill N. J Telstar Bell Telephone Laboratories Bell

American Eastern merger denied by board examiner

A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner recommended disapproval of the American Eastern Airlines merger, contending the combined carrier would restrain competition. The analysis was presented in Washington.

Washington API Civil Aeronautics Board American Eastern Airlines

Quit Soon- Adenauer pressured to retire next year

Bonn AP sources say Chancellor Adenauer, 86, was urged by his Christian Democratic party to retire early next year or by summer at the latest. The unanimous opinion emerged during a Tuesday meeting of the party's parliamentary delegation amid government crisis from the Der Spiegel affair and FDP resignations.

Bonn Adenauer Christian Democratic Party Free Democrats der Spiegel

Russians Back Cuba Mikoyan Says Soviet Support Solid

Anastas Mikoyan told Fidel Castro that Cuba can count on the complete support of the Soviet Union and socialist nations as he left Havana after a stay. He thanked Castro and Corticos for hospitality and praised fraternal understanding during his visit.

KEY West Anastas I. Mikoyan Fidel Castro Cuba Soviet Union Havana Mikoyan Castro Corticos

Supreme Court Justice Predicts Red China Influence Shaping U.S. Russia Deal

Justice Douglas of the Supreme Court says China’s rising influence will steer a political settlement between the United States and Russia, reflecting broader Cold War dynamics as observed in Nashville.

Nashville Supreme Court Douglas

Atomic science aids crime work in war on crime

Atomic science, a nuclear Sherlock Holmes, is presented as a tool for policing. Reports cite tritium aging of whisky, gunpowder residue tests from hands, and trace matching of grease, plastic, paint, glass, or hair to link suspects to crimes. FBI and police monitor these methods.

Washington Atomic Science American Nuclear Society FBI Guinn

Sherlock to Probe Deaths of Eric XIV and Napoleon Relic

Swedish researchers testing exhumed remains of King Eric XIV found arsenic poisoning as a likely cause of his death four centuries ago. In Scotland scientists analyzing Napoleon Bonaparte's hair relic found evidence suggesting arsenic poisoning from medicines may have contributed to his death in 1821.

Eric XIV Eric Scotland Napoleon

Peru Scene Of Brazilian Ship's Loss

A Varig Airlines Boeing 707 with 97 aboard crashed into mountains south of Lima during a flight from Brazil to Los Angeles with intermediate stops in Colombia Panama and Mexico. Witnesses reported eight and a half miles of visibility and a 1500 foot ceiling. Passengers included Raul Cepero Bonilla and Jesus Melgar.

Lima Peru Los Angeles Peruvian Aviation Ministry Varig Air Lines Brazil Colombia Panama Mexico Varig Rio de Janeiro New York Raul Cepero Bonilla Fidel Castro Cuban National Bank Jesus Melgar Food and Agriculture Organization Mitsuce Nizidori Jose Marie Ivonne Trivelatto Samuel Mercedes Laredo Manuel Gracel Alcindo Ferreira Antonio Costa Oswald Viravello Bogota Mexico City

Katanga Funds Hope Punctured

UN reports Belgian Foreign Minister Spaak warned U N officials that Union Miniere, a major Katanga mining firm, cannot divert profits to Congo central government without Katanga President Moise Tshombe's permission. Thant had considered boycotting Katangan metals based on earlier reports.

United Nations Paul-Henri Spaak U.N Union Miniere Katanga Central Congo U Thani Moise Tshombe Thant

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