Kennedy Makes Progress on Cabinet as Dawson Declines
President elect John F Kennedy said he is making progress toward completing his cabinet and still has five of ten posts to fill. Speaking from his Georgetown home he noted he may announce further appointments today or tomorrow and discussed possible moves amid cabinet speculation.
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Baudouin Weds In Ancient Royal Splendor
Baudouin of Belgium marries Dora Fabiola in a royal ceremony as revolution and unrest shadow Europe. The event draws five kings, four queens and 46 royals, with Leopold II’s son taking long to choose a queen. Cabinet posts remain vacant as Kennedy contemplates appointees for treasury, justice, and labor.
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Miller Selects Two for Staff in Senate Office
Lions. City U. S. Sene elect Jack Miller announced today he has appointed Loyal Meek, a Cedar Rapids newspaperman, as special assistant in Miller's Senate quarters. James Locke, 52, of Toledo, will be office manager in Miller's Washington staff.
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Moon Shot Fails Sixth Time as Atlas-Able Explodes
The United States suffered its sixth consecutive moon shot failure when a 10 story Atlas-Able rocket exploded on the pad at Cape Canaveral at 4 11 am EST. The planned satellite carrying a 388 pound payload aimed to study the moon's environment. NASA launched an investigation to determine the cause of the blast.
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Man Strays From Nursing Home Found Dead Near Railroad Tracts
George H. Burmeister, 86, who wandered away from a nursing home last Sunday, was found dead Wednesday near railroad tracts about a mile east of Marshalltown. Officials said he died of exposure. he formerly lived at Marengo.
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Ethiopia upheaval sparks fighting in Addis Ababa
London reports fighting breaks out in Addis Ababa with casualties. British officials confirm rapid developments as Crown Prince Asfa Wassan proclaims a new king and Ras Imru named prime minister amid Haile Selassie’s exile legation.
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Nike Hercules Batteries To Guard Airbases
Nike Hercules batteries armed with nuclear missiles will take over protection this summer of 18 American metropolitan and airbase areas, the Army says. The Hercules replaces Nike Ajax, with three times the range and over twice the altitude, deadly against bombers and air launched missiles but unable to stop intercontinental ballistic missiles. Lt General Wood urges stepped up development of Nike Zeus for anti-missile defense. Bloomfield man Don Kight, 31, dies from an electric shock at his farm after contact with a high voltage line. investigators say he may have tried to remove a failed telephone line.
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Castro Blasts U S For Equipping His Enemies
Fidel Castro denounced the United States for arming his revolution opponent forces in a 20 hour midnight speech to the Electric Workers Union. He accused U S agents and Pentagon elements of supplying a powerful new explosive to anti-government factions.
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Fifth Avenue Santa Delivers Christmas Cheer for Charity
A sidewalk Santa on Fifth Avenue recalls braving a blustery day to bring Christmas joy and raise funds for the Volunteers of America. Fans and shoppers filled the scene as pins and trinkets streamed from nearby buildings, with office girls among the generous donors and even a French poodle contributing to the chimney fund.
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Laotian royal commander flees to Thailand amid fighting
Kong Le's forces clashed in Vientiane as Chief Kong Le's commander Sounthone Pathammavong fled to Thai authorities during heavy street fighting. The former commander crossed the Mekong River and surrendered at Srichiangmai amid Laotian civil turmoil.
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Installation of Lights on Rural Roads Vote Approval
Ames Town Highway Commission voted December's close meeting to start work on installing lights at rural primary intersections along the Interstate Highway System. The plan includes radio links to assist maintenance crews on superhighways and Civil Defense operations. Contracts will be signed with companies for light placements and fifteen additional intersections were chosen to reduce night driving hazards.
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Heart of Capital Ablaze in Laos Battle
Reports from Bangkok say anti Communist forces battle in Vientiane with the heart of the city in flames. Embassies and the French hospital are hit as Americans flee toward Thailand, leaving wounded under two French doctors. The Mekong border area sees mass desertions amid shelling and a Soviet charge of U S intervention sparks international alarm.
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Hearing Set In Johnson County Court Over School Reorg Appeal
A hearing is scheduled in Johnson County district court at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning December 21 on a motion filed by Muscatine county board of education to dismiss the appeal regarding the Lone Tree school district reorganization plan. The Lone Tree board of education filed an appeal in Johnson County court seeking reversal of a State Board of Public Instruction decision which dismissed the proposal. The Nichols board withdrew from the appeal in early November. Action on the motion to dismiss was delayed pending a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday on the Durant school reorganization involving a corridor to Montpelier power station of Eastern Town Light and Power Cooperative.
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Kennedy Wins Vote Battle In Illinois
President elect John F Kennedy secured Illinois 27 electoral votes with unanimous certification by the Republican controlled State Electoral Board. The board said Kennedy would reach 300 electoral votes, thirty one above the minimum, unless Southern electors stray. Evidence did not support noblesale vote fraud charges in Democratic Cook County including Chicago.
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Linwood Bituminous firm pays back wages to three workers
The Minneapolis NLRB regional office ruled that Bituminous Material and Supply Co of Lingwood Davenport discharged three employees Noah Hou James Marberry and Byer Nicewanner of Local 7 Teamsters Union illegally in June 1958 and must pay 7250 in back wages. The examiner found threats of reprisals against other workers who supported the union.
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Davenport
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Schwengel Names Research Aide for Staff
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa announced Thursday the appointment of Dr. Dei Wright, political science instructor at State University of Town, as director of his three man legislative research staff.
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Bishop Denounces Reactionaries as Greatest Threat
Des Moines. Methodist Bishop FE Gerald Ensley warned the greatest danger to the western world is not radicals but reactionaries. In a speech for the Boards of Christian Social Concerns in St Louis he said hostility among men toward Negroes whites capitalists and Communists could destroy peace unless expelled.
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Kennedy message welcomed by Farm Bureau at Denver
President elect John F Kennedy telegraphed the Farm Bureau Federation convention in Denver saying he would welcome the group's help in solving crop surpluses and low farm incomes. TheFarm Bureau readers hailed the message as signaling potential broad support for a national farm program.
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