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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1961
Page
1
The report predicts snow through Tuesday with a chance of mixed sleet or freezing rain. Temperatures remain above freezing at times with lows around 10 to 15 degrees tonight, highs near 22 on Sunday, and a low around 6 later. River level reading is 6.5 with noon reading 12 and sunset at 4:33. Rise Tuesday at 7:12.
The Israeli court found Adolf Eichmann guilty on major charges for his role as chief of the Gestapo bureau for Jewish affairs. The verdict declared personal responsibility under humanity’s laws, noting Germany’s guilt as a state does not absolve him. Sentencing procedures and possible appeals were outlined, with a death penalty noted as maximum.
The United Nations Political Committee unanimously approves a space cooperation program worked out by the United States and the Soviet Union. The accord ends a three year deadlock in the Outer Space Committee and supports applying international law to space with no celestial body subject to sovereignty.
At Harbour Florida the AFL CIO delegates rejected a bid to readmit the exiled Teamsters led by James R Holla. The convention adopted a resolution demanding clean unionism as the test for readmittance, effectively ending Hofta backed efforts to end the four year exile.
Cedar Rapids senator Hickenlooper announces he will seek another term in the U S Senate. The Iowa primary is set for June 4. At 65 he has held office as governor and lieutenant governor before entering the Senate in 1944 with reelections in 1950 and 1956.
The Supreme Court ruled Florida's teacher loyalty oath invalid as applied to public schools. Justice Stewart delivered a unanimous decision, finding the law vague. The case involves David Walton Cramp Jr of Orange County who lost his job for refusing the oath. Cramp said he is not a Communist and objects on free speech and due process grounds. The oath requires public employees to swear they are not Communist or affiliated with groups seeking violent overthrow. Stewart questioned the oath's meaning and the risk of vague terms in such measures.
The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the 11 Negro students of Southern University in Baton Rouge who were convicted for sit in demonstrations against lunch counter segregation. Chief Justice Warren ruled the convictions lacked evidentiary support and violated the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. Each student was sentenced to four months in prison with fines and suspensions.
Acting Secretary-General U Thant warned the United Nations is broke with a year end deficit of about 3107.5 million and a projected June 30 shortfall near 170 million, with only 40 million seen for the first half of 1962. He urged the General Assembly to act to establish financial responsibility and resources. The Assembly budgetary committee voted 31 to 10 with 20 abstentions to seek a World Court opinion on whether the Soviet bloc and others can refuse Congo operation payments, while the United States contributes almost 26 million plus 15 million more to delay about 50 percent of assessments for small nations.
Washington secretary Ribbolt announced ten administrative changes to the federal state public assistance program aimed at reducing abuses and supporting families. A new assistant commissioner of Social Security will help administer the plan, with Melville Hoseh in Chicago named temporarily. The 1963 projected cost is 17.8 million, split $8.65 million federal and $8.65 million state, with coercive action if states resist cooperation.
Scientists report 70 percent data yield from the first underground nuclear test near Carlsbad New Mexico. A 5 kiloton device detonated 1,100 feet underground created a steam filled cavity. A radioactive gas cloud emerged but caused no reported injuries despite blocking some observers.
The Montpelier School District No 2 board offers a 25 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of vandals at Pine Mill and Montpelier town schools. An additional 75 dollars will be paid after conviction. Recent vandalism damaged Pine Mill facilities including thermostat and furnace wiring, delaying class on Friday.
In Santo Domingo opposition charges dictatorship return and breaks with President Balaguer regime after Sunday night talks. They imply a general strike renewal against Balaguer amid heated negotiations.
Ronald Maurice Stump, 22, was given an indeterminate term up to life for second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Michael Daly, 22, in Des Moines. Judge Edwin Moore set bond at 50,000 as Stump’s family watched in a tense courtroom. Daly’s fiancee Miss Skultety testified amid stormy weather and a packed gallery.
In Elisabethville and Brussels rebels attack as the UN launches a peace overture to end seven days of fighting in Katanga. Gen McKeown says UN aims are restoring order and securing freedom of movement while Tshombe loses control and white mercenaries push foreign interests. BritishForeign Minister Home urges cease fire and unity talks. UN jets strike key Katanga targets as leaflets promise no interference in Congolese politics.
In a stormy session the Katanga debate, Ed ward Heath stated Britain will not deliver the 24 half ton bomb promised to U N forces until the United Nations clarifies policy. U Thant in New York welcomed any initiative that could move toward peace and relieve the fighting in Katanga.
Canada expelled a Soviet Embassy attache after he attempted to procure secret government information from a Canadian employee. Ottawa announced the action amid Cold War tensions and heightened security.
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