Jury Tampering Probe Follows Hoffa Mistrial
In Nashville a $1 million conspiracy trial of Teamsters President James R. Hoffa ends with a hung jury as jurors report a 7 to 5 acquittal vote. The judge orders a probe into possible tampering by two Hoffa associates after the mistrial.
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Hoffa
Nashville
Tenn
Justice Department
James R. Hoffa
Trisl
Teamsters Union
Ing
Michigan
U.S
Hoffa Jury Dismissed After Deadlock in Nashville Case
Jurors in the Nashville case were replaced by alternates after a 17 hour deliberation and a hopeless deadlock. Judge Miller dismissed the panel saying no verdict could be reached. Hoffa expressed disappointment at no acquittal but relief at no conviction. Special assistant to the attorney general James Neal and Kennedy’s office weighed retrial prospects. Secret sessions and alleged tampering tied to Nashville locals and a state highway patrolman’s wife led to dismissals including Mrs. Paschal.
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Miller
Hoffa
James F. Neal
Robert F. Kennedy
Snillion
Teamsters Union
Washington, D.C
McClellan Committee
New York
Neal
James Paschal
Woodbury
Gratin Fields
Nashville
Weekend Mator Mishaps Claim Five Lives in Iowa
Iowa weekend traffic toll rises with five fatalities including William John Klages 22 near Lacona and Leonard Goettsch 36 near Mechanicsville. Other victims Wendell Philips 21 near Davenport and two teens David Risdall 16 and Jack Mead 15 in Colo. Traffic deaths total five as storms and holiday travel affect conditions.
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Mator
Iowa
William John Klages
Lucal Lacona
Lacona
Warren County
J. Richards
Klages
Leonard Goettsch
Clinton
Mechanicsville
Goettsch
Eldora State Traiing
David ‘Risdall
Jack’ Mead
Colo
Chicago’ and North Western
Wendell Philips
Buffalo
Davenport
White Yuletide Still Possible Over the State
Weather Bureau foresees a potential white Christmas in Iowa as a southwest storm develops. Western Iowa could see snow tonight with light accumulations possible, but the storm bears a risk of heavier snow later. Overnight lows dip into the negatives in northern Iowa, while highs Christmas day stay mostly in the 20s.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Dubuque
Lamont
Fire Blazes Through Osceola Lumber Yard and Warehouses
A dramatic Osceola fire destroyed two business warehouses and a lumber yard building after a blaze started in Langfit Elevator and spread under strong winds. Firefighters from multiple towns battled the flames for about two hours, with a barrel of turpentine exploding and flames reaching nearby structures. Estimated damage around 200000 dollars, officials say the state fire marshal’s office may investigate.
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Osceola
Langfit
Johnson Produce Co
Myers Motor Co
Motor Company
Indianola
Creston
Leon
Chariton
Kenneth Sikes
Walter Langit
Oren Dolinson
Gurney Adams
Midwest Lumber Co
Duburne
Atvive
Chicago
Burlington
Dainsville
Des Moines
Produce Company
No Paper To Be Published Christmas Day
The Muscatine Journal will join with organizations and businesses in the community in observing Christmas Day. No edition will be published Tuesday as the Journal office remains closed.
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The
Muscatine Journal
Aga Hate
1963 Iowa legislature to hear many reform proposals
Des Moines lawmakers plan a busy start to the 6th General Assembly with bills to scrap county sheriffs in favor of multi county law enforcement districts. Other measures seek daylight saving time repeal, expanded bingo and betting activities for nonprofits, and substitute reapportionment plans. The session will also confront must pass appropriations and tax relief, with about 1,400 bills typically introduced and roughly 500 enacted. Representative LeRoy Chalupa proposes abolishing sheriffs and forming three member law enforcement boards overseeing districts, removing politics from enforcement.
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William L. Eberline
Des Moines
Associated Press
6Th General Assembly
Nuclear test reported by Uppsala Institute
The Uppsala seismological institute said another Russian nuclear test was recorded near Novaya Zemlya. The report noted a seismic event detected in Sweden today with no further details on magnitude or immediate effects.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Novaya Zemlya
Ter Risteterl
Seismological ‘Institute
Longshoremen Strike Hits East and Gulf Ports Coastwide
Shipping along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts shuts down as longshoremen walk out under Kennedy’s 90 day postponement plea ignored. ILA members valued around 1000 participate, with pickets at New York Newark Houston Lake Charles as ships rush to clear before the strike deadline. Key dispute centers on cutting work gangs from 20 to 40 plus workers to curb featherbedding while owners push for larger economies. The Taft Hartley injunction has been in effect since October to cool tensions.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Kennedy
ILA
Newark
J. J. Houston
Tex
Lake Charles
Philadelphia
Planes Bring More Prisoners Out of Cuba
A massive airlift delivered 426 Cuban invasion survivors to Florida as Pan American DC-8s evacuated prisoners from Havana to Miami. The operation, part of Operation Ransom, began at 7 a.m. with four flights and ended after the final plane arrived near midnight, prompting emotional reunions at Homestead and Miami.
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Isidro Lopez
Hernandez
United States
Cuba
Miami
Dinner Key Stadium
Leifed
Florida
Pan American World
DCBS
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami International
Havana
Pan Ameriscan World Airways
Fidel Castro
Key
Audios Inn
Liberation
San Antonio ‘de Los Banos
Hawana
One Day of Peace Set By Castro
Fidel Castro declared a 24 hour state of peace with the United States as 1,113 invasion captives swap began. Relatives toasted the release in Havana while Castro personally escorted a group of Americans aboard the freighter African Pilot and oversaw the eleven million dollar payment in the deal.
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Navana
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Aftican
Havana
Farmer and 9 Children Die in Fire in Nova Scotia
In Broughton Nova Scotia farmer Robert Bateman aged 33 and nine of his children perished as their one story wooden bungalow burned. Bateman aided his wife to safety before reentering to save the children and died. Firemen from Birch Grove found the house leveled on arrival. Cause undetermined. Mrs Bateman shivered in subfreezing cold under heavy snow and alerted neighbors. she was hospitalized in Glace Bay with shock.
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Glace Bay
State Rose Production Hits Record High in 1962
Des Moines report from the Towa Development Commission shows Iowa’s combined industrial and agricultural production surpassed 8 billion dollars in 1962. Industrial output reached about 5.85 billion, agricultural 2.66 billion, with 3,500 new jobs and 81 million in government contracts across 42 communities.
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Des Moines
Towa Development Commission
Iowa
Bernard F. Nowack
Town Development Commission
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