GM Issue Is Settled Overnight
The GM labor dispute triggered by a UAW strike was settled overnight. Ninety plants remained idle as 91 plants closed, with 253,199 workers idled and fears of further stoppages across GM’s 129 plants and 350,000 workers.
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General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
International Union of Electrical Workers
Warren
Ohio
IWE
Goldberg
Walter Reuther
Heavy Rain From Carla Sweeps Iowa
Heavy rain driven by hurricane Carla soaked Iowa with unofficial reports exceeding three inches in many areas. Cla rinda recorded 4.28 inches while forecasters warned for continuation into Thursday and possible southeast Iowa thunderstorms. Temperatures fell 20 to 30 degrees as cool fronts moved in, with highs from 56 in Spencer to 88 in Burlington and Tuesday’s lows from 52 to 64 across the state.
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Lowa
Spencer
Burlington
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Discoverer XXX Rocket Soars Toward Space Capsule Recovery
At Vandenberg Air Base California the 30th Discoverer Satellite rocket lifted off Tuesday in a bid to recover a space capsule. Officials expected word on orbit status two hours after launch as teams monitored the mission.
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Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
Officer Watches Breakin Nabs 3 New York Youths
Patrolman William R. Leng spotted three youths from New York at the Smith Oil station in Cedar Rapids at 1 a.m. They were arrested after a breakin in full view of the officer. The suspects were George Reed 18 Vestal Endicott 17 Paul Hadock 17 and Jerome Valenta 16 Tioga Center.
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Cedar Rapids
New York
George Reed
Vestal
N. Y
Paul Hadock
Endicott
Jerome Valenta
Tioga Center
William R. Leng
Smith Oil Station
Aave, NE
Strike and Rain Halt Cedar Rapids Paving Work
Heavy showers stopped the city paving program on Tuesday and Laborers Local Union No 43 picketed from 7 a.m. The dispute centers on a 10 cent an hour raise the union seeks while contractor Glenn Perkins says bids were based on 1.75. He notes the statewide contract under review and doubts a long disruption.
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Laborers Local Union No. 43
Laborers Union
Glenn Perkins
Quad City Construction Co
Perkins
Norwegian Labor Party Loses Balance of Power
Oslo AP reports the ruling Labor party lost its parliamentary majority as the new Socialist People’s party won 2 pivotal seats in the 150 member chamber. Labour stands at 74 seats, non Socialist opposition 74, and the old 78 seats shift fuels political maneuvering without immediate NATO danger. Finn Gustavsen vows to block a non socialist government.
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Oslo
Labor Party
Socialist People’s Party
Norway
Atlantic Alliance
Pabites
Gerhardsen
Socialist Party
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Finn Gustavsen
Eastern Iowa School Board Election Results
Results of Eastern Iowa school board elections are reported on page 8. The item notes that results from Monday's voting are available, likely including winners and vote totals for several board seats.
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Iowa
Russia Tests Air Nuclear Blast Near Jovaya Zemlya
The Soviet Union conducted another atmospheric nuclear detonation early Tuesday near Jovaya Zemlya in the Arctic, as reported by the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Atomic Energy Commission
Arctic
Jovaya Zemlya Island
Senate rejects Kennedy school aid extension
Washington AP reports the Senate rejected a one year extension of the impacted areas school aid program by a 45 to 40 vote. The move blocks the presidents request amid ongoing education funding debates.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Russia Defends East Berlin Travel Rules Amid Berlin Tension
Moscow rejects Western protests over border sealing and says East German regime may regulate foreign travel to East Berlin. It urges the U S Britain and France to address their complaints to East Germany. Khrushchev seeks Western recognition of East Germany, seen as a Soviet puppet.
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Berlin
Russia
East Berlin
U.S
West Germany
Khrushchev
East Germany
Mikhail Pervukhin
Berlin rift widens as East German warns on Western troop moves
Pervukhin warned Western forces could provoke West Berlin fascist and revenge seeking elements by reinforcing troops at the border. He noted foreigners may soon be barred from East Berlin and described cross-traffic routes via Friedrichstrasse Zimmerstrasse. ADN published his letter to U.S. envoy Dowling. Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd at Invalidenstrasse as Berlin remains divided under four power control.
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West Berlin
Pervukhin
East Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
Zimmerstrasse
U.S
Walter Dowling
ADN
German Democratic Republic
G.D.R
Voters Elect Pence Loufek And Sargeant
Frank Loufek and Harry Sargeant were reelected to Cedar Rapids board of education and Ernest Pence was elected to succeed Frank Pfaff. Two special propositions approved sale of 8.5 acres at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street SE and four lots with two wooden buildings used as temporary schools in Cedar Hills.
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Frank Loufek
Harry Sargeant
Board of Education
Ernest Pence
Frank Pfaff
Cedar Rapids
Pence
First Avenue
Fifteenth Streets
Cedar Hills
Loufek
Sargeant
Charles Bradshaw
Texans Assess Carla's Cost as Coast Battered
Coastal counties face millions in losses from hurricane Carla with early estimates hinting Texas totals may exceed 200 million dollars. Damage spans Corpus Christi to Cameron with rice producers hit hard and crops damaged across Central Texas. Texas officials cite 140 million in crop losses and 75 million in property damage plus extensive harm to Freeport industries.
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Houston
Carla
Corpus Christi
Texas
Cameron
Austin
Texas Agriculture
John White
Path blocking tornado rips Galveston after Carla
A waterspout spawned tornado cut a two mile wide path through Galveston island as Hurricane Carla's floodwaters lingered. At least six people were killed and 50 to 60 hurt as windows shattered and buildings collapsed. Rescuers used boats while power failed and hospitals ran on emergency generators. One evacuee died of a heart attack and a policeman was bitten by a snake during the search for victims.
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Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Red Cross
Big John Sealy Hospital
Raymond Adams
Sealy Hospital
Refugees From Angola Now Over 130000 in Congo
United Nations briefing from Congo reports more than 130000 refugees from Portuguese Angola in the neighboring Congo. The memorandum projects a further rise of about 10000 by year end, submitted by Congo Chargé d’Affaires Gerivais Bahizi.
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Angola
Congo
U.N
Gerivais Bahizi
Wittke Testifies Before Linn Grand Jury In Police Probe
Cedar Rapids public safety commissioner candidate Rudolph Wittke appeared before the Linn County grand jury at 1 32 PM carrying a subpoena to testify about charges he made against the Cedar Rapids Police Department. The Sept 5 statement accused officers of accepting money bribes and gratuities.
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Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Wittke
Wittke
Grand Jury
Chuckle Motto on Improvement for Tomorrow
Short quip notes that people often plan to do better tomorrow and suggests starting today to make progress. A light, motivational line about self improvement.
Newton Woman Is Murdered in Bed
Anna Maxine Sherrick, 39, was found shot to death in her bed in Newton. Police say a single bullet through the left temple killed her, with no clues to a motive or the killer. An uncle found her and she wore glasses with a book in hand. Authorities believe the shooting occurred around midnight as state investigators assisted local police.
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State Bureau of Investigation
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