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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1961

Page

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Rumored Anti Castro Force Reported Landing in Northeast Cuba

Reports from Oriente Province Havana and travelers allege a large anti Castro force has landed on Cuba’s northeast coast near Moa Bay and opened a second front. Officials offered no information amid a government news blackout as rumors of defectors and refugees spread, with claims of up to 1000 men and potential movements toward Sierra Cristal.

Marana—i Cuba Oriente Aha Rinepartment Havana Fidel Castro Escambray Armed Forces Ministry Gastro Racer Pr Moa Bay Consul Erating Sierra Cristal Oriente Yange Santiago Fidel Raul Castro Fulgencio Batista Sierra Crista Baracon Escambrays

Death Claims Brinks Robber in Prison Hospital

Henry Baker, 51, one of eight men sentenced to life for the Brinks robbery at Lynk's Armored Morey Transfer Service in Boston, died Monday night in Norfolk Prison Colony Hospital from bronchial pneumonia after being stricken at the facility. He was among the group that stormed the Brinks Boston office on January 17, 1930, and hoisted $1,219,000 before escaping.

Walpole Mags Lynk Armored Morey Boston Henry Baker Norfolk Prison Colony Siete

Tests On Inaudible Heart Sounds In Philadelphia

Physicians at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital conduct experiments using ultra sensitive microphones to detect sub audible heart sounds that may precede heart attacks. More than 300 patients are tested with devices capable of picking up sounds from 1 to 50 cycles per second.

Philadelphia Hahnemann Medieal College and Hospital

House Unit's Revamp Plan Survives Two Substitutions

Iowa House debate on reapportionment continues as a House committee plan survives two amendments. The plan proposes a 99 member House with one from each county and a 56 member Senate, aiming for population based districts. Supporters argue for a bipartisan commission, while critics say the proposal still favors county lines and lacks reform. Rep. David Stanvey criticizes the bill as faulty and outside his hoped for improvements.

David Sharf R.clinton House Iowa Supreme Court Shaif House Committee Senate

Proposal to Reclassify Land North Of City Continued Under Advisement

Muscatine County supervisors and city planners deliberated on reclassifying about 14 acres north of Park Avenue from residential to light industrial. Proponents urged a site near Highway 38 61 for potential plant. opponents warned of market shifts and reduced residential value. Some urged locating industry elsewhere or aiding relocation without rezoning.

Muscatine Ahd Ronal Park Avenue Weed Park Woshell Walter Barnhart Ute Ite Johm Rex Charles Meerdink Meerdink Muscatine Development Corporation Leslie Steen Fosholt Sone

British Arms Blueprint Shown in Washington

Paul Dixon, Kennedy’s choice for FTC chair, heads the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. The Britain defense blueprint calls for a defense budget of 1,165,600,000 pounds for the year starting April 1, 39 million pounds more than now, signaling a shift toward conventional forces despite nuclear programs.

Washington Paul Dixon Kennedy Federal Trade Commission Dixon Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee AP Photofax China Harold Macmillan

Iowa Senate Approves School Entrance Age Bill

The Iowa Senate sent to the governor a uniform school entrance act setting ages for kindergarten and first grade. The bill requires children to be 5 by Oct 15, 1962 for kindergarten and 6 by the same date for first grade, with the start date moved to Sept 15, 1963 and maintained annually. Edwards Air Force Base notes X15 rocket plane slated to fly this week with engines four times as powerful as prior, Maj Bob White aiming for 300 mph and an altitude record of 136,500 feet.

Des Moines Iowa Senate Edwards Air Force Base Clair Bob’ White

Salary Hikes for Muscatine Teachers Approved

The Muscatine Board of Education granted teacher salary increases from 100 to 250 dollars plus increments at a Monday meeting. The plan includes sick benefits for all district employees up to 50 days, three weeks summer vacation for custodians, and a new 16 step schedule costing about 44,500 extra dollars in salaries, depending on new hires.

Muscatine Puble Board of Education Lewis

Washington Lawyer Named Executive Assistant to RFK

Andrew Oehmann, a 50-year-old Washington attorney, was appointed last night as executive assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, according to AP photos.

Andrew Oehmann Washington Robert Kennedy AP Photafax

Loveless Says He Knows Nothing Of No Job Appointment

Gov Herschel Loveless said he knows nothing of the Federal Renegotiation Board post designated by President Nemady. He told reporters he is before the Senate Finance Committee and awaiting its call to confirm the 320,000 a year position, succeeding Donald Ross of Princeton, New Jersey.

Condemn Early Releases From Eldora School

A committee of Towa District Court judges condemned early releases from Eldora State Training School for Boys and the transfer of youths to the Men's Reformatory. Headed by Judge James P. Gaffney, the group urged no parole for potential troublemakers and criticized too few parole agents. The report notes Iowa Code commits youths to Eldora until 21 but the Board of Control may release after 18.

Towa Chy Towa Eldora State Board of Control Comitee Eldara Anamosa James P. Gaffney Marengo Iowa Board of Control

Soviet demands Congo pullout and censure Belgium

The Soviet government withdrew recognition of Dag Hammarskjold as UN secretary general and called for all foreign troops to leave the Congo within a month. Tass demanded Belgium be censured for Patrice Lumumba’s ouster and Tshombe and Mobutu be arrested and tried for Lumumba’s death. Riots in Moscow targeted the Belgian Embassy as protests spread across the Iron Curtain. Hammarskjold’s term ends in 1963 with no plans to resign.

Congo Belgium London Dag Hammerskjold U.N United Nations Patrice Tamba Tass Moise Tshombe Katanga Lumumba Moscow Hippolyte Colls Aginst Iron Curtain Con Dag Hanmarskjold Nust Reppublic of the Hammarskjald Tshombe Joseph Mobutu Mobutu Lie Soviet Union U. N Hammarskjold von Ja Vesigh

Venus-bound Soviet space station relays data

The Venus-bound Soviet space station sped at 2.8 miles per second and relayed a large data volume about space conditions to Earth. Tass reported data transmissions triggered by Earth radio commands from 303,600 miles away between Cetus and Pisces. The craft aims to study cosmic radiation magnetic fields interplanetary matter and micrometeorite collisions as it nears the gravitation sphere.

Soviet Union Earth Tass

Violent Outbreaks Feared Across Cities Over Congo Crisis

Demonstrators protested Congolese ex Premier Lumumba in Moscow Cairo Korin and Rome. Belgian embassies were besieged while police dispersed riots. In Stanleyville Lumumba supporters faced preventive pressure and Katanga officials reported villagers slain after escape. Hurricanes near East Pakistan killed or swept away thousands.

USN Congo Lumumba Stanleyville Victor Luridula Katanga Sumumbi

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