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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1963

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Five Rescued and Death Toll in Mine Disaster Climbs

A mine disaster near Moath Ulah i ends with 18 killed, five survivors rescued in good condition, and ten found dead. Two rescued earlier. 28 miners trapped 3,000 feet down after an explosion. Rescue efforts followed as officials plan joint state federal investigations.

June Crawford Texas Gulf Sulphur Co Dheming Fugnel Ani Gase Sandhei Air Line Moab Utah

Rescue claims sighting of body in mine chamber

Secretary HB Chawrabuty said television cameras showed what appeared to be a man’s body in a mine chamber where Henry Throne and David Fellin were rescued earlier. Rescuers search for Louis Bova, separated from the others by debris and a wall, with a helmet and boots sighted near the body.

Hazleton Alate Henry Throne David Fellin Chawrabuty Louis Bova Wamere Calanent Weon Wellin Throne Bova Charrahury Worl Jin Macleinn David Folin Uusday Louis Bava H. B Charmbury Miter Deulstom Fellin Dan Louis Bova

Unclear cave death body sighting raises alarm in Tasmania

Report cites a cave in at Macleinn Tasmania where rescuers statement and a TV crime era tie raise questions about a possible body in a chamber. Dan Bova sighted an unidentified object while Fellin throne were earlier rescued, officials cautious amid confusion.

Press Hunt Aims to Find Missing U S Airmen

U S air search expands for eleven missing crew from two B-29 type planes thought lost in the Atlantic between Bermuda and Nassau. Coast Guard says cutter Owasco found debris 335 miles southwest of Bermuda and an Air Rescue Service spokesman vows continued efforts to locate survivors and the crew.

Amiami Fla Atlantic Bermuda Nassau Bermud

Record Filed In Appeal by Robert Barry

Des Moines reports that the Supreme Court clerk’s office received the record in an appeal by Highway Commissioner Robert Barry of Danbury Democrat. Barry was convicted of improver use of dealers’ license plates and appealed after a district court upheld the conviction in April. The state has filed a reply to the appeal.

Des Moines Toiva Supreme Court Robert Barry Danbury Democrat Jon Barry Justice of the Peace Court Wootbury County District Court

Moving Blockade Spurs White Neighborhood Tension

A Black couple and their two year old daughter were blocked from moving into a Philadelphia home near Falcoft, Pennsylvania Thursday night as demonstrators obstructed entry. Police dispersed the crowd and the family plans to relocate to the all white neighborhood.

Horace Baker Philadelphia Falcroft

Tito declares unity of Belgrade and Moscow during Khrushchev visit

Tito proclaimed Belgrade and Moscow united on major world issues as Khrushchev attended a miners’ ceremony in Slovenia. He denounced Red China as undermining communism and racism, insisting on defense of Marxism-Leninism and opposition to pseudo-revolutionary deviations.

Velenja Yugoslavia Khrushchev Tito Belgrade Moscow Red China Umiphant Tilo

Concern Over Red Fishing Fleet Off Cape Up

Edward M. Kennedy voiced concern about a fleet of Russian fishing vessels near Cape Up. The activity prompted heightened monitoring by the Coast Guard as authorities keep the situation under watch and log details as they unfold.

Edward M Tod) Kennedy Dy Wass Cape UP Coal Guard Russi Kenn

U S Civilian Payroll at Peak

U S federal civilian payroll costs reached a peak of 15 348 000 000 in fiscal 1963, a Senate House committee reported. This was an increase of over 1 billion from fiscal 1962. Postal workers received a raised wage last fall and classified service employees got a 3 0 per boost. Total civilian government employment averaged 3 493 372 in the year ended June 20, up from 2 443 008 the prior year.

Washington Senate House Committee

Muhleman Not Indicted In Bribery Probe

State Attorney Richard Stengel announced bribery and attempted bribery charges against Mayor Morris E. Muhleman after a county grand jury investigation. A report found no true bills on all ten charges including bribery and solicitation. the panel did accuse council members Peter Cassini Robert Maurus and Charles Hertford of offers to influence votes on an ordinance granting city manager hiring and firing powers over police and fire chiefs. Hertford said he was offered 5000 in a phone call to change his vote. Muhleman requested to testify before the grand jury amid rumors before the report.

Kmored Richard Stengel Morris E. Muhleman Stengel Stenge Saic Grand Belett Board of Police Peter Cassini Mmuerity

Passports of Student Group Are Suspended

New York students defied a State Department travel ban by standing at Idlewild Airport to protest rough Cuban policy. Passports were suspended for travel due to the Cuba issue, letters handed to each student noted. Several were summoned to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

New York State Department Madavid U.S. Policics Idlewild Passpork Iota Vic Lee Levi Laub Columbia University

Strategic Havana Alerts Grow With Troop Buildup

Fidel Castro's government raises armed forces alert and concentrates troops and militia at Havana strategic points. Reports indicate intensified preparations after intelligence warned of possible anti-Cattra offensives. Costa Rican and Nicaraguan exile activity, Soviet presence around Havana, and refugee accounts of military buildup add to regional tensions.

Havana Fidel Castro Florida Kennedy Cuba

Indictments Follow Raid Upon Still

James Russel Orr, 48, of Anamosa, indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts linked to operating a farm distillery. He was arrested during a raid when agents confiscated the still and goods. Bond set at $5,000. Counts include unregistered distillery business, distilling without bond, illegal still possession, unstamped spirits, and liquor property used for distilling law violations.

Sioux City James Rusgel “Oi Anamosa Orr Is Lece

Iowa districts to receive less than half of supplemental aid

Iowa school districts will receive less than half of the supplemental aid requested from the state while general aid will be paid in full. Transportation aid funds are also limited, with checks mailed and prorated payments set at about 58 percent of claimed amounts.

Iowa Des, Moines Partment,of Public Instruction Rabaveld Hardlay Whart

Smathers Doubts Action on Kennedy Tax Bill

Sen George Smathers of Florida doubts the Senate will move on Kennedy tax cut bills this year. He cites House delays, possible slow Senate action on civil rights, and long public hearings. Smathers, a Finance Committee member, supports a tax cut but says progress hinges on civil rights debate. He expects eight weeks of hearings plus committee action.

Washington George A. Smathers D-Fla Senate Kennedy Smathers House Harry F. Byrd Russell B. Long D. la Finance Committee Spathers

Army Turncoat Dismayed With Reds Leaves China for Belgium

Albert Belhomme, former sergeant from Ashland Pennsylvania, crossed into Hong Kong with his Chinese wife Hsio Ying and three children aged 1 to 6. He plans to move to Antwerp Belgium with his family amid political disillusionment and poor prospects in Communist China. His mother still resides in Ashland. A second defector, Lowell Skinner of Akron, Ohio, also left China with a Chinese wife but returned to the United States.

Hong Kong Albert Bels Noming China Ashland Hsio Ying Belhommed Belgium Antwerp Bel Gium Ash Land Lowell, Skinner Akron Ohio United States Belhomme

Landis Given 30 Days Term

Former Harvard Law School dean Landis was sentenced to 630 days in prison on tax charges. U.S. District Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ordered the term served immediately, signaling a swift enforcement of the ruling.

New York Mis Landis Harvard Law School Sylvester J. Ryan

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