Icebox Temperatures Dip Below Zero Across Muscatine
Muscatine and surrounding areas faced a brutal frost with official readings plunging below zero and as low as 28 below near Moingona. Snow removal crews intensified efforts as a cold wave reshaped travel conditions, while forecasts promised a gradual warm up by Thursday.
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Muscatine
Qiesiay
Weather Bureau
al Qelwein
Iowa
Moingona
Boone County
Oaktest
Nation Town
Labor Leaders Agree on Plan For Settling Internal Warfare
Bar Harbour Fla labor chiefs announce a plan to settle internal disputes within the AFL-CIO. George Meany portrays the pact as a major achievement, outlining mediation first, then an umpire if unresolved, with appeals to a three member executive council and possible referral to the full Roman council.
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Bar Harbour
Fla
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Federation
Executive Council
Flu Epidemic Shuts Potosi Schools In Missouri
A fast spreading flu outbreak hits Potosi Missouri forcing the closure of schools for the week. About 800 of 2400 students are affected and workers are now sidelined. The town lies 45 miles south of St Louis with a population around 2800 and many pupils come from rural areas nearby.
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Potosi
Afteer Boo
Heefty
St Louis
Fire Threatens 2 Story Home on East Fourth Street
A noon fire at 606 East Fourth Street threatened a two story rental house with three apartments. Water seeped to the ground floor as flames burned upward from the basement into the attic. Damage ran into hundreds of dollars. Residents escaped. neighbors aided by evacuating pets and a parakeet. The blaze followed a blow torch attempt to thaw frozen plumbing in the basement.
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East Fourth Street
Speer
Lses
Kenneth Phelps
Logan Street
Lloyd Huber
Suson
Peggy
Charence
Bob) Yocum
Andrew Wettendorf
U.S. Demands UN Objectives Before Congo Cease Fire
The United States opposes Britain's call for an immediate Congo cease-fire, insisting Cease-fire only after UN objectives are met. Undersecretary Ball outlined the aims, noting differences with Britain but unity on a stable, united Congo and fears over Katanga and mineral-rich areas drifting to external influence.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Congo
United Nations
George Ww. Ball
Ball
Dean Rusk
Paris
U. N
U Thunt
Katanga
U.N
Molxe Tshombe
Bull
U.S
United Nation
Kalenga
Record Number OF Businesses Set Up in Iowa
Des Moines area saw a record rise in new business incorporations in 1961 with 1463 filings in the first ten months, up from 1439 in 1960, a two percent gain. Secretary Melvin Synhorst linked the surge to the 1959 legislature incorporation law amid a nationwide drop.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
Synhorst
Adolf Eichmann faces no mercy as trial nears verdict
Jerusalem reports Eichmann rejects mercy plea claiming he must suffer for others and bear fate alone. He denies Nazi guilt, claims deception behind conviction, and urges blame onto others in heated Israeli tribunal session. Tribunal to discuss sentence Friday with death penalty likely.
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Jerusalem
Wm— Isratl
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Blehmann
Rusk Says U S Will Not Bargain Over Berlin Rights
Secretary of State Dean Rusk pledged that the United States will not negotiate away war won Western rights in Berlin. He told NATO ministers the U S position opposes any deal with the Soviet Union that endangers Allied troop garrisons access to Berlin or its freedoms and economy. French and American views remain divided over how to address the Berlin question amid East‑West tensions.
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Paris
Dean Rusk
America
United States
Berlin
Soviet” Union
Rusk
Germany
Europe
China
Swedish Jets Bomb Katanga Hotel in Elisabethville
Swedish Jets blasted the Lido Hotel in Elisabethville in what appeared to be a move to flush out Katanga teeps. UN forces launched a general attack as Katanga's government in Brussels claimed mission support and U.N. weaponry and jet air power were superior.
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Elisabethville
Katange
U.N
Lido
Katanga
Brussels
Moise Tshombe
Gimnt
Air Force
Globe Masters
el Vilco
Ubat
Ute
U.S
Globemasters
Leopoldville
Europe
Batanga
Norbert Make
U. N
Decision Near On Dropping of Guard Units
Washington The Kennedy administration nears a politically touchy decision that could eliminate eight or ten Army National Guard and Reserve divisions. Backers say the reshuffle would keep better rated units on the rolls, drop poorer ones, and bring remaining divisions closer to full strength for potential active duty. About 27 Guard divisions exist, with two on active duty and ten in Reserve. some drill pay may be reduced.
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Washington
Army National Guard
Socretes
Bettendorf Man Shot in Motorcycle Dispute at Cadwallader Home
Grant Cadwallader 39 of near Bettendorf was listed in serious condition after a shooting following an argument over a motorcycle. His brother Richard Zoephel 39 of Lost Nation was in custody. police said a motorcycle Cadwallader left at his home disappeared three weeks ago and surfaced at a service station.
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Bettendorf
Bellendorf
M— Grant Cadwallader
Ielow
Richard Zoesphel
Nastion
Porlice
Zoephel
Cadwallader
Servier
Bank President B L McKee Dies in Muscatine
Byron Leland McKee 72 longtime Muscatine Bank and Trust Co president and civic leader died after a heart attack at the bank. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church with burial at Greenwood. Survived by wife Mildred, a daughter, a brother and a sister with three grandchildren. Memorials to Muscatine Junior College Building Fund.
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Byron Leland McKee
Muscatine
Trinity Episcopal Church
Phillip Auffrey
Burlay
Greenwood Cemetery
Ralph J. Wittich
Muscatine Bank and Trust Co
Central State Bank
Ment Corporation
Diocese of
Iowa
Robert Phillips
L. R. McKee
Neltie Coffine
Canesville
Joan
Byron
Richard
Phillips
Kennedy to Fly 6370 Miles on South American Visit
President Kennedy will undertake a 6370 mile trip by plane helicopter and car including stops in Venezuela and Colombia this weekend. He plans roughly a dozen speeches with two major addresses at an agrarian reform site near Caracas and at Bogota's San Carlos Palace. Private talks with Presidents Betancourt and Lleras Camargo are scheduled as he promotes the Alliance for Progress program.
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Washington
Lft
Kennedy
Lrip
Venezuela
Colombia
Caracas
San Carlos Palace
Bogota
Romulo Betancourt
Alberto Litras Camara
Illinois City Man Killed In Crash
Karl Kraklow 32 of Illinois City was killed instantly when his pickup collided with a cement abutment on highway 2, 14 miles west of Milan. An inquest is pending. He served in the Army in Germany during the Korean conflict. Surviving family includes parents, four brothers, three sisters, and a grandmother. Funeral arrangements at Larson Funeral Home Milan with services Friday at 1:30 and 2:30 at Zion Lutheran Church built in Buffalo Prairie township.
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Milan
Karl A
M Helen Sievers Kraklow
Moline
Unntil
Ilinols Cit
Kraklow
Norberg Equipment Company
Rock Island
U.S
Germany
David J
Daniel P
Muscatine
Duane B
Allen R
Toulon
Frank G. Hapner
Allen J. Baker
William T. Schmidt
Carlsbad
N. Mex
Mary H. D. Sievers
Larson Funeral Home
Zion Evangelisea Lutheran Church
Builato Prairie’ Township
John L. Steube
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Rockefeller Denies Leaving Public Life Rumor
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller dismissed a report he will quit politics after recent family troubles and divorce. He called the claim absurd, said he will finish his term and seek re election next year, and noted campaign plans and a leaders meeting in Albany on December 2.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Albany
New York Daily News
Request Authority for Louisa Co Gas Storage Facility
Natural Gas Storage Company of Ulinals seeks authority to develop an underground gas storage facility near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. Filing with the Federal Power Commission and Iowa Commerce Commission outlines six injection withdrawal wells, 12 observation wells, and supporting facilities in a 9,000 acre area to store about 2.3 billion cubic feet in 1962 with an estimated cost around 2.69 million dollars.
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Louisa Co
Chicago— Authority
Columbus Duneion
Louisa County
Natural Gas, Storage Company
Ulinals
Federal Power Commission
Washington
D. C
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Towa Commerce Commission
Herscher
Rankallee
Cooks Mills
Mattoon
G. P. Garver
Garver
St. Peter
Natural Gas Pipeline Company
Dfinais
Columbus Junction
NGSC
T 9
Herschel
FEC
Cook Mills
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Tshombe
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