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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1961
Page
1
President Kennedy called for lower tariffs and a bold program to thwart Communist economic encirclement. He urged Western unity with the European Market, promote friendly nation trade, and tax policy changes to spur investment while ruling out exchange controls or higher trade barriers.
The Soviet Union unveiled a record 1962 budget totaling 61.9 billion rubles, with defense boosted nearly 30 percent from 1961 amid Berlin crisis tensions. Premier Khrushchev cited U.S. measures as a factor, while science and weapon development budgets rose to 4.3 billion rubles.
The first U. S. attempt to send a man into orbit was dated for early January with NASA naming John H. Glenn Jr. as the pilot for the Mercury orbital flight and M. Scott Carpenter as backup. The plan marks a shift from animal tests and a possible December target to a live crewed mission. Glen is identified as a Marine Corps captain.
State comptroller Marvin Selden Jr urged changes to the State Conservation Commission including creating an assistant director of operations to oversee three divisions and an assistant director of planning to craft long and short range plans. The recommendations were made after reviewing operations and an auditing report, with implementation to occur over time and no set date.
Twelve grand jurors were announced for 1962 in Muscatine district court by court clerk Mrs Florence Hetzler. The 1961 panel is in session. New jurors named include Edith Grunder Wilton Charles Edey Herbert Sywassink Harvey Barnhart Robert Wilson Willard Watters Williams Hermann Donald Day Lee Riggs Amhur Hervick Edward Hadley Millard Johnson and Millard Johnson Moscow.
Swedish air forces joined U N opposition in Elisabethville as UN jets claimed to destroy several Katanga aircraft at Kole Wori air base and Elisabethville airport. Katanga retaliated with a bomber raid. UN ground forces reinforced while mortar blasts shook near UN headquarters.
A railroad engineer Harry Deterling and 24 companions hijacked an East German train Tuesday night and sped at 180 miles an hour toward West Berlin. They cited food shortages and political pressure. Seven passengers, including the conductor, did not join the escape and returned to the Communist sector. The group included Deterling’s mother, wife, and four children. The plan involved Oranienburg to Albrechtshof line with a baby born just before the escape. They disconnected the emergency braking system so border guards could not stop the train.
Bal Harbour Florida four AFL CIO leaders called a closed session to compromise conflicting proposals for settling labor internal wars. Rival unions have proposed plans to settle jurisdictional feuds as the AFL CIO convention opens Thursday with President Kennedy to speak. Meany Reuther and Hayes lead major rival proposals while a dispute over arbitration and court enforcement runs through the talks.
Key West reports the Cuban government may confiscate all property of residents leaving the island who do not return within an authorized period. Fidel Castro's speech notes one month leave for the United States, two months for Latin America, and three months for Europe.
Detroit reports the auto industry agreed to equip all new cars and trucks beginning with the 1963 model year with anti air pollution devices. The voluntary move followed a push by Abraham Richie Cott, secretary of Health Education and Welfare, urging industry to cooperate or face consequences.
The United States offered two more Air Force transport planes to support U.N. operations in Katanga Congo. The U S Air Force now operates six four engine troop and equipment carriers in the central African country. The State Department said the U S commander in Europe was ordered to provide up to 13 C-118 planes and up to six C-130s for U.N. use.
Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, 78, admitted to a London hospital with a stomach upset. His daughter described his condition as serious but not critical, AP reports.
About 60 boys at the State Training School in Eldora will spend three days at home for Christmas under a new leave plan proposed by superintendent Anthony Travisono and approved by the State Board of Control and penal director Ben Baer. Eligible boys depart December 23 at 8 a.m. and return by noon December 26, chosen for behavior and parental supervision capability. Parents will receive written notification outlining supervision responsibilities. No boy may leave the state.
A five alarm fire swept a four story Witte Hardware Co. building near downtown St Louis injuring several women employees who were rescued and taken to a hospital.
The Leslie Sterner home in Moscow burned to the ground this morning. Fire officials from Wilton Atalixa and West Liberty fought the two story wood frame building, believed over 100 years old, with $5,500 insurance. A few clothing items survived as flames approached gas pumps and nearby structures. the origin remains undetermined.
United Nations, N Y. President Kennedy praised Adlai E Stevenson for staying at his UN post and turning down a U S Senate bid. The decision to remain as chief delegate surprised experts who expected more Kennedy consultation on foreign policy.
Textile leaders told a House Judiciary subcommittee that recent Supreme Court rulings allowing state income taxes on interstate commerce threaten industry costs. Benjamin C. Johnson of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute urged limiting state taxing power and proposed taxes be paid to the resident state to avoid multi state filings. Karl Smith of Mason City Iowa cited Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. who faced penalties and interest after Minnesota court fights over taxes, a dispute that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
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