U.N. Troops Claim Katanga Control After Eight Day Battle
Lt Gen Sean McKeown said U.N. forces have Katanga under control after an eight day fight with Tshombe's army. He blamed Elisabethville whites for ongoing fire and denied Indian brutality amid ceasefire violations. The U.N. reported ceasefire holds elsewhere with 30 000 Baluba refugees nearby.
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Sean McKeown
U.N
Katanga
Elisabethville
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Nash Finch plans million-dollar Cedar Rapids warehouse
Nash Finch Co announced plans to build a new $1 million warehouse and office complex in northeast Cedar Rapids. The 134000 square foot facility will employ about 125 people, a 50 percent increase. Construction to start by November 1 with completion in roughly nine months. The site near Blair's Ferry Road and Milwaukee tracks sits on 10 acres, behind the Downing Box Co. plant.
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Nash- Finch Co
Third Street SE
Lloyd Salter
Sun Mart
Nash-Finch
First Avenue Building
William M. Valentine
Salter
Blair's Ferry Road
Milwaukee Tracks
Downing Box Co
Sunday’s Index City Hall Notes Late News Deaths Food Farm Movies
City notes cover local government, obituaries, and community events. Highlights include updates from City Hall, late-breaking items on municipal actions, and brief reviews of new films and books alongside farm and travel notices.
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City Hall
Episcopalians Approve Broad Merger Talks Across Denominations
Deputies and bishops at the Episcopal convention voted to pursue union talks with United Presbyterians and to invite Methodists United Church of Christ and Polish National Catholics to join. The move aims at a sweeping church reunion in American history with the process expected to take many years.
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Detroit
Episcopalians
Episcopal
Howard Foulkes
Milwaukee
United Presbyterians
United Church of Christ
Kassem accuses U S and Britain over Kurdish revolt
Damascus radio quoted Iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassem accusing the United States and Britain of backing the Kurdish tribal revolt in northern Iraq. Kassem warned he would make them pay and threatened to close the British embassy in Baghdad.
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Bagdad
Abdul Karim Kassem
U.S
Britain
Iraq
Kassem
Russia Proposes U N Plan For U N Leadership Change
Soviet deputy foreign minister Valeria Zorin reportedly proposed a meeting of the Big Four to discuss a temporary UN leadership. The plan would create a troika of Bunche, Arkadev, and Narasimhan to replace Dag Hammarskjold. U.S. Secretary of State Rusk rejects any troika solution.
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Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Sir Patrick Dean
Britain
Armand Berard
France
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Ralph Bunche
Georgy [Arkadev
Chakravarthi Narasimhan
India
Rusk
New York
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Gromyko
Kennedy
Mennonite Families Withdraw Children From Public Schools
About 63 children from East Earl Township conservative Mennonite families have pulled their pupils from public schools. They established two private classrooms on nearby farms citing atheism and science in public education. The East Earl board closed smaller schools, building Union Grove and Blue Ball facilities, while road access and vehicle use influenced the move.
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East Ear
Lemon Martin
Township Education Board
Union Grove
Blue Ball
Martin
Ralph Campbell
East Earl
Paul Geren Named Deputy Head of Peace Corps
President Kennedy announced Paul Geren as deputy director of the Peace Corps. Geren, 47, a career foreign service officer, currently serves as deputy director of the Office of International Financial and Development Affairs. His salary will be set by the President up to 19500 annually. Geren hails from El Dorado Arkansas and earned a Harvard PhD in economics in 1941.
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Louisiana State
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Pearl Harbor
Gordon Seagrave
Joe Stilwell
U.S
From Reform to Teaching Quest Bay Seeks Washington Certificate
Eight years after a grand larceny conviction Bay earned a college degree and started a family while serving as a lay Baptist minister. He now teaches seventh grade at a private Seattle area school and seeks a Washington teaching certificate blocked by Oregon board rulings. The decision rests with State Superintendent Louis Bruno who weighs individual and school interests. Bay, 32, was convicted in 1953, reformed through Oregon College of Education studies, and has support from his college, local chamber, and supporters who cite rehabilitation. He teaches at King’s Garden School and aims to guide youth toward citizenship.
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Wash
Dean Bay
Washington State
Washington
Louis Bruno
Bruno
Bay
Goldendale
Eastern Oregon College of Education
la Grande
Weston
Ore
Oregon
Chamber of Commerce
Harris Hunter
Washington Board of
Leon Minear
Clay signals no change in U S Germany policy on Berlin
Gen. Lucius D Clay told reporters in West Berlin that U S policy toward Germany remains unchanged though he urged West German officials to face the existence of East Germany. He suggested a possible future bargaining aim with the Soviet Union linking limited East German recognition to Western rights in Berlin.
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Berlin
Clay
Bonn
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Germany
Doolittle Urges Strength to Avert War With Soviets
Retired Gen James H Doolittle speaking at the Air Force Assn convention warned that a general war with the Soviets could be avoided only through strength. He predicted six months of negotiations with no appeasement and noted the Minuteman missile entering U S weaponry by 1963. Lyle Garlock announced his resignation as assistant secretary of the air force for financial management.
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Air Force
James H. Doolittle
Air Force Assn
Doolittle
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Ussr
U.S
Russia
Lyle Garlock
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Garlock
Titan Missile Test Firing Reaches 4500 Miles To Wake Island
A Titan missile fired from Vandenberg Air Base in California launched its mock warhead toward a target near Wake Island. The 97 foot tall 110 ton missile marked the first combat-type Titan fired from an armored combat launch site beneath ground silos. Exact distance details were not released.
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Vandenberg
Calif
Wake Island
Air Force
France to Extend 28 Month Military Service
Paris officials state France will keep the 28 month compulsory military service for at least another year due to the tense international situation. The decision comes amid ongoing global strain and military readiness concerns.
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Paris
France
Texas Woman, 84 Found Stabbed In Home
Martha Hathcock, 84 and mother in law of the mayor Dr. Lee Rogers, was found stabbed to death in her blood spattered home in Big Spring Texas. Police Chief Jay Banks said she was stabbed in the throat and a note threatening her was found under the body. The weapon remains missing.
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Big Spring
Texas
Jay Banks
Martha Hathcock
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