Kennedy push for civil rights progress outlines gains
The Kennedy administration touted important progress in civil rights during its first year, citing gains in voting, education, transportation and school desegregation. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy attributed much to local and state action and noted action without court suits when possible.
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November Bank Transactions Rise in Muscatine
November bank check transactions in Muscatine rose 4.8 percent from November 1960, part of a six city increase across 11 Town communities. Muscatine also showed higher activity than the prior month with a 14 percent rise over October 1951 totals, as reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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State Tax Unit Faces Threat Of Court Action
Cedar Falls state tax officials plan to raise property values for 47 entmies to raise taxes, facing a mandamus suit by Cedar Falls Republican Rep. Chet Hougen who hired an attorney to compel the commission to fulfill its duties. Police question two boys over a typewriter theft as one held the door open to aid the other, denying it was difficult to steal.
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Search For Missing Watson Continues In Iowa River
Law enforcement and volunteer units pressed on today in Muscatine County for 31 year old David Watson a bakery truck driver reported missing after his truck plunged through a wooden guard rail into a river near Hills Iowa. Officials said a farmer reported picking up a young man that day and the investigation expanded to check new leads while workers combed the river with rescue equipment. Watson is married with four sons and lived at 1027 West Fulham.
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Shooting Mishap Fatal to Youth in Des Moines Area
Joseph Short, 17, of Madrid, Iowa, died after a .22 caliber bullet struck him in the skull during a shooting incident described by authorities. Lance Alar, 17, of Huxley and Tuck Titus, 18, of Madrid, were with him when a rabbit darted into the road. Lance said he fired three times at the rabbit, and Short moved into the line of fire amid the darkness Thursday night.
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Weather notes and forecast for area town
In a garbled weather blurb the text hints at a warm Saturday in the south town with highs around 15 and lows between 8 and 12. Mentions river, Saturday sale, and readings but details are unclear due to OCR errors.
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Astronomer debunks doomsday claim of February end
New York astronomer officials dismiss Hindu astrologers' forecast that the human race will be destroyed in February. Priests chant, sacrifices are planned in India to avert disaster as planetary alignment in Capricorn nears. Predictions include world war, plague, and earthquakes between February 3 and 5.
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Capricorn
Paroled dope admits killing minister in burning farm home
Paroled convict Lynn E Houck admitted tying up Rev Roy R Decker, a retired minister, and leaving him to die when a fire started in the burning farm house. He claimed the blaze began accidentally from an electric heater. Houck denied setting the fire after pouring inflammable liquid and fled in the minister’s car after taking a car key and cash from the wallet. State police said the confession followed lie detector testing amid questioning. Houck, 28, had been paroled after a 1950 burglary sentence and was staying at the vacant house near the scene.
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Roy R. Decker
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Higher Airline Fares Approved by Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized the nation's 11 major airlines to boost fares by 3 percent on a temporary basis, projecting a $54 million annual rise. Officials said higher rates alone won’t solve industry woes, urging broad reforms including load-factor improvements and cost-cutting measures such as charging for alcoholic drinks and selective discounts. Airlines expect around $30 million in annual losses even with the raise.
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Details Ironed Out Aims At Boosting Farm Income
Secretary Freeman says the farm income program has generalized presidential approval and will be included in Kennedy’s State of the Union and a special agriculture message to Congress. Freeman, returning from Palm Beach, notes plans to base policy on abundance to aid farmers while Kennedy reviews reports and schedules for January 10 joint session. Joseph P Kennedy remains hospitalized in West Palm Beach with partial paralysis after a December stroke and pneumonia.
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Arab League warns on Kuwait crisis amid British force show
The Arab League threatened to withdraw security forces from Kuwait if British troops return. Sayed Nafal, deputy secretary general, said Afshnadians would not allow joint action with Britain. The bloc criticized Britain’s dispatch of seven warships and reinforcements to the Middle East, a move seen as easing Iraqi threats to annex Kuwait.
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Return Trip From Moon A Hot One
The heat of reentry for a man returning from the moon could reach up to 9,000 degrees as the rocket plunges into Earth's atmosphere. Friction creates shock waves that heat surrounding air to between 18,000 and 27,000 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter than the sun's surface, according to Peter H. Rose of Aveo Everett Research Laboratory. The craft travels about 36,000 miles per second, a speed higher than returning satellites or missiles, with air radiating heat back to the rocket during a bright white air glow. Rose spoke at the American Astronautical Society meeting during the AAAS annual gathering.
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Jamerican Association For le Advaneement of Science
Hickenlooper Seeks GOP Policy Committee Post
Washington senator Bourne Hickenlooper may headline the GOP Policy Committee chair race as the party conference weighs successors to Styles Bridges. Hickenlooper Friday allowed his name to be considered, potentially facing Sen. Leverett Saltonstall for the post amid Senate Republican realignments.
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Keokuk Tavern Fire Claims Third Victim
A third death was recorded today from a blaze that swept through the For gume tavern and restaurant in Keokuk. Mary Washburn, 23, died in a hospital Thursday night from burns. James Short, 40, of Warsaw, an employee of the Keokuk Sted Casting Co., was burned to death. Ernest Rittman, 54, died of a heart attack while aiding firefighting efforts as night superintendent at the nearby Hubinger Cereal plant.
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Keokuk
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Hubinger Cereal
Laos Parley Collapses in Vientiane Coalition Talks
Three Lao princes failed to convene a unity conference as Souphanouvong left Vientiane for Plaine des Jarres while Souvanna Phouma and Boun Oum showed no sign of joining. A spokesman said new attempts would be made to revive talks to form a coalition government.
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Bad Weather Snarls Britain
Snow sleet and freezing rain caused nationwide transportation chaos across the British Isles. The Royal Automobile Club notes 129,009 miles of roads affected as heavy snowfall blankets Scotland and Snowland with eight foot drifts near Glasgow and Aberdeen. Ice delays at London airport halt jet traffic. rail lines ice clogged switches and shipping off the European coast is hampered.
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French Report Serious Attacks by Guerrillas
The French army reported two major guerrilla ambushes in eastern Algeria and the Algiers region. Eleven French soldiers and ten Muslim troops were killed in the attacks on Wednesday and Thursday, highlighting ongoing violence in the area.
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89 Year Old Widow of Woodrow Wilson Dies
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson former First Lady and widow of Woodrow Wilson dies in her Washington town house after a month long illness. Born October 15 1872 in Wytheville Virginia she married Wilson December 18 1915 and nursed him after his 1919 stroke. She had planned to dedicate a Potomac bridge plaque but died before ceremonies.
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