Pro-China Reds Open New Party in Italy
In Leghorn a pro-Chinese faction proclaimed a new Communist party to challenge PCI leadership. Vincenzo Miserari announced the founding amid closed-door meetings attended by about 200 delegates, largely Soviet-aligned, amid PCI’s postwar crisis and Palmiro Togliatti’s 1964 death.
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Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
PCI
Vincenzo Miserari
Communist Party of Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
Miserari
Paolo Emilio Taviani
Trusties Foiled Linn Jail Break At Linn County Jail
Five prisoners in cell block one attempted to saw through window bars at Linn County jail in Cedar Rapids. Jailer Dennis Fiser detected the break near 10 p.m. with a hacksaw used on one bar and a second bar started. Sheriff Walter Grant noted possible outside-origin sawing and said a full Sunday probe would name involved parties.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter Grant
Grant
Fiser
Linn
Vacation Ads Don't Match Reality Says Resort Trends
A light, ironic note on vacation imagery showing that many resort ads feature glamorous models not present in actual guest experiences. The piece wryly contrasts glossy campaigns with ordinary holiday routines and common travel disappointments.
Lilienthal Claims 1954 Entrapment Attempt
Former AEC head David Lilienthal charges he faced an entrapment attempt in 1954 while testifying before a government panel on J. Robert Oppenheimer security clearance. He says papers were removed to trap him into errors to undermine his truthfulness.
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NEW York
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Lilienthal
Riverside Woman Killed in Muscatine Area Crash
In a two car crash about five miles east of Muscatine Ellen Hall 69 of Riverside died as passenger in a car driven by Lora Thomas 59 Iowa City. Thomas and her husband were hospitalized Thomas in good condition. Roy Hall Mr Hall was treated and released.
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Here
Ellen Hall
Riverside
Lora Thomas
Iowa City
Highway Patrol
Soviet Union ignores Khrushchev downfall anniversary
Moscow marked the Sec ond anniversary of former Premier Khrushchev's fall with no official comment or ceremony. The event drew attention as observers noted the leadership's stance and public response amid ongoing political intrigues.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Belmond Tornado Disaster Seen As Miraculous By Hughes
Governor Hughes surveyed Belmond after a Friday tornado and called it miraculous only six lives were lost. The Red Cross counted 172 injured, 116 homes destroyed, 100 with major damage, 368 with minor damage, and 85 percent of the business district wiped out. Volunteers were urged to report to the sheriff in Clarion for transport into the area.
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North Town Farm
Hughes
The
Red Cross
Clarion
Iowa
State Highway Patrol
Jack Beaman
Second Battle of Hastings reenactment thrills 1966 crowd
In Hastings England the second Hastings battle replayed on a sunny hill before 25 000 spectators lasting minutes instead of hours William the Conqueror’s forces defeated Harold again with modern aids such as a mobile post office for reporters Royal air force helicopters patrolled while medieval jousting and archers competed for a silver cup from Miss World 1966 Lesley Langley with Kent and Sussex students joining in a beer contest
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England
Hastings
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Sussex
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Royal Air Force
Lesley Langley
Salt price fixing suits settled in Iowa agencies towns
Iowa Attorney General Lawrence Scalise announced that Carey Salt Co Cargill Inc and American Salt Co have paid 123500 to settle price fixing suits. The firms allegedly conspired from 1957 to 1961 raising road salt prices from 12 to 17 per ton. Cities counties and state agencies across Iowa share the settlement.
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Lawrence Scalise
Iowa
Scalise
Carey Salt Co
Cargill, Inc
American Salt Co
Carey
Butler County
Cedar Falls
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Estherville
Grinnell
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Mason City
Ottumwa
Pella
Sioux City
Waterloo
St Louis Printers Tentatively Agree Ending City Dailies Walkout
Negotiators announced a tentative agreement Saturday night to end a printers walkout that halted publication of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and Globe Democrat, the city's two leading daily papers.
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ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Globe-Democrat
Johnson ties crime drop to antipoverty policy at Maryland talk
President Johnson urged a national strategy against crime centered on antipoverty laws. He outlined five objectives including better policing, fairer justice, and prison reform, arguing poverty is the root evil and crime will lessen as prosperity and education rise. He supported bail reform and warned against indiscriminate firearm sales amid 17,000 annual gun deaths.
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College Park
Johnson
Conference of State Committees On Criminal Administration
Playright
George Bernard Shaw
Thant Voices Concern Over Zionist Invasion at U.N.
United Nations Secretary General Thant voiced concern Saturday over the invasion by young Zionists of the Syrian U.N. mission on Friday. He pledged to raise the incident with the United States and seek clarification.
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United Nations
UPI
Thant
U.N
U.S
Podgorny to Visit Austria in Mid November
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny will visit Austria from November 14 to 21, according to official Vienna reports. The trip will include discussions with Austrian leaders and cover regional and international issues.
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Vienna
Nikolai Podgorny
Austria
President Urges Mayors to Fight Inflation
President Johnson met with 30 major city leaders in Washington urging restraint on spending to curb inflation. He noted federal city programs rising from 5.6 to 8.3 billion this year and projected to 14.6 billion by 1967, and called for delaying nonessential plant investments and construction.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Gems Lost In Major Tiffanys Robbery In Chicago
Four masked men robbed the Tiffany and Co store at 715 N Michigan Ave in Chicago early Saturday. Loot valued at about $100000 included unset diamonds rubies and emeralds in platinum and gold settings. Victims were herded into a storeroom as vaults were opened and alarms disabled. Police called the raid highly professional and New York firm officials headed to Chicago to tally losses.
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Chicago
Tiffany and Co
New York
Michigan Ave
Elizabeth Arden Co
Tiffany's
Earl Johnson
Glass bottom boat explodes injuring tourists in Bahamas
An explosion aboard a glass bottom boat from Paradise Island to Nassau injures at least 16 American tourists. Emergency crews evacuate victims as authorities investigate the blast site and cause.
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Nassau, Bahamas
Paradise Island
Nassau
Platforms Show 1966 Differences Democrat Republican
The Gazette begins printing the 1966 state party platforms to compare what Democrats and Republicans stand for. Beginning today the platforms will be published section by section on the editorial page, inviting readers to study party positions.
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