Tractor Crushes Stockton Man 65
A Stockton man, Louis Wehde, 65, was found crushed beneath an overturned farm tractor in a ditch about a half mile south of highways and two and a half miles east of Stockton. Death was likely from head injuries with time of death about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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John Masbeer Chews
Louis Weddle
Stockton
Wehde
Ronnie Gruenhagen
Davenport
Sather
Hugo
Delbert
Lamp
Walcott
Hugo Gruenhagen
Verde
Ta Line County
Hamman Wehde
Tipton
Frank ‘Hamman
Wilson
Swayze
Journal
U S Missile in Successful Test
Cape Canaveral Fla A Polaris AY submarine missile modified to carry the guidance system for the advanced A3 model was launched on an 1800 mile test flight. The Navy said the missile lofted from a land pad met all objectives on the early morning flight and tested the Mark 2 guidance for the follow on sail...
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Rioting convicts slain in Argentine prison attack
In Villa de Voto penitentiary Buenos Aires 23 inmates were killed as 400 rioters seized control sparking a 15 hour riot. Police reported 10 guards died and 4 were critically hurt while 100 guards led a retaliatory surge through damp corridors before surrendering.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Villa de Voto
da. m
Spo
Prisson
Car Goes Off Road Kills Davenport Man Porter
Davenport resident Davenpor t-Byron A Porter 2 of Davenport was killed when his car left Highway 61 about 10 miles north of home Tuesday night. Porter was married with one child and had recently moved to Davenport from Clinton. Passengers William Ackerman 23 Davenport and Lee Dunlap 21 Rock Island were thrown from the car and rushed to Davenport hospital for treatment.
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Davenpor
Byron A. Porter
Davenport
Highway 61
Hore
Porter
Harold S. Porter
Clinton
William ‘Ackerman
Lee Dunlap
Rock Island
Erbe Names 2 To Davenport New City Court
Gov Norman Erbe announced appointments to Davenport and Keokuk courts. Two attorneys, Berram B Metcalf and Phillip T Steffen Jr, receive one-year terms starting Jan 1 for Davenport Munic ipa Court, after Scott County Bar nomination. Ralph B Smith will replace Paul Procter as judge of the Keokuk Superior Court, effective Jan 2.
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Des Moines
Norman Erbe
Munitifa Court
Davenport
Navy satellite fails on data link during launch test
A Transit 5A Navy satellite failed to transmit data after a Tuesday launch from Point Arguelo California. Officials said the spacecraft reached orbit and the five attempts to communicate were unsuccessful. The mission aims to create a global navigation data network to help ships determine position in all weather.
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Igton
Navy
Point Arguello
Calif
Richard B. ‘Kershner
Johns Hopkins, Applied Physics, Laboratory
San Diego
San Francisco
Air Force
Hopes Rise For Early Freedom For Cuban Prisoners
Negotiators led by James Donovan press new talks with Fidel Castro for release of Bay of Pigs prisoners by Christmas in exchange for food and medicines. Donated supplies are assembled as Castro agrees to accept aid instead of cash. Prisoners may be flown to Miami on chartered planes.
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Berla
Barreta
Castro
Air Force
Opalocke Air Field
Miami
Fidel Castra
Havana
AP Photofax
Tax deduction on drugs eyed by Kennedy admin
Washington sources say the Kennedy administration weighs a 325 million tax deduction for drug manufacturers donating medicines for a proposed Cuban prisoner exchange. The plan would base the deduction on the wholesale value of shipments to Cuba, awaiting final approval.
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Washington
Kenedy, Administration
Cuba
Cuban Relatives Help Bid for Release of Cuban Prisoners
In a report from Miami, Donovan arranged a trade involving US pilot Francis Gary Powers and Russian spy Rudolf Abel to aid the Cuban families. Accompanying him were Alvaro Sanchez and Virginia Bevancourt, members of the Cuban Families Committee, a group of prisoners’ relatives, who traveled toward Mexico seeking release.
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Miami
Fla
Donovan
Francis
Gary Powers
Rudolph Bel
Banana
Alvaro’ Sanchez
Virginia Bevancourt
Jeials
Hante of Mex
States eye 12 grade districts under statewide plan
Sentiment favors placing all Towa areas into L-grade districts by 1961 with statewide coverage. Most respondents oppose immediate tax burden, arguing non high school districts should support only outbound student tuition. A majority favor gradual deadlines to 1964 or 1965. opinions split on full funding and legislative support.
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Towa
Associated Press
Johnston
Unis
Castro Shares in Hope Report on Prisoner Talks
Reports from Havana say Fidel Castro and negotiators show high hopes in a new round of talks begun Tuesday night. A U.S. negotiator led by James B Donovan said the conversation was very favorable as Bay of Pigs prisoners await food and medicines.
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Havana
Bay of Pigs
Castro
Chrismas
J.S. Food
New York
James 3. Donovan
Fidel Castro
Casino
James B Donovan
Four Perish In Home Fire In West Omaha
A family fire in Omaha West left four dead including Joan Henderson 41 Austria Henderson 39 Debra Henderson 7 Ingrid Henderson 16. Surviving: John Henderson 18 and grandmother Thelma Dahlquist 80 treated for minor burns. Fire started in living room chair possibly from a cigarette. victims found in master bedroom.
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Omaha
West Omaha
Joan Patrick Henderson
Austria
Debra Henderson
Ingrid Mario Henderson
John Patrick‘ Henderson
Thelma Dahlquist
Young Henderson
Iowa Farmer Fatally Burned On Farm Fire
Goodell Iowa farmer Jacob Erdman aged 65 died after his clothing caught fire while burning cobs on his west of here farm late Tuesday. His wife and neighbors found Erdman’s body several hundred yards from the farmhouse.
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Goodell
Jacob Erdman
Here
Erdman
Kennedy and Macmillan Meet Over Congo Crisis
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan opened two days of talks on a Congo crisis and the Skybolt missile dispute. They discussed NATO unity, Sino-Soviet tensions, and European nuclear prospects while addressing Britain’s defense needs and Anglo American policy.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Congo
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
George W. Ball
Lord Home
Peter Thorneycroft
U. S
U.S
Matehers
Britain
Macmillan
Hame
NATO Alliance
France
Mission to Speed Arms For Congo Mission to Speed Arms For Congo
A high level U.S. military mission was sent to UN headquarters to begin delivering new mill equipment to bolster the UN force in the Congo. Led by Lt. Gen. Louis Truman the team will confer with Secretary General Thant before deployment. U.S. Ambassador Stevenson said equipment would mainly be air transport gear and stressed moral support rather than troop involvement.
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N.Y
U. S
U. N
White House
Congo
A. U.N
Lous Truman
A. Thant
U.N
Natanya
Adlair. I Stevenson
Thant
United States
U.S
Stevenson
Jury expected to get Hoffa case Friday
In Nashville, Judge William Miller outlined a nine week trial and 312 hours of arguments while jurors could hear the 1 million conspiracy case against James R. Hoffa, international president of the Teamsters, accusing him of conspiring to violate the Taft-Hartley Act by using union influence to profit from a truck leasing business.
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Justice Department Attornneys
Hoffa and Commercial Carriers, Inc
Corp
Holfa
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