Cuban Invasion Fallout Sparks New Controversy
Senate Republicans move to launch an independent inquiry into the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion as Democrats argue the move is political. Dagoberto Marias, an invasion veteran, accuses President Kennedy of betrayal while Kennedy supporters defend the administration’s handling. Senators Dirksen and Goldwater clash over the president’s account, with Fulbright and Humphrey criticizing partisan motives and affirming accountability.
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Senate
Republican
U.S
Bay of Pigs
Miami
Adtv
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
Dagoberto Marias
Kennedy
Ihe
Giron Beach
Ererett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Dirksen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
White House
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hubert H.humphrey
Minnesota
Democratc
State agents ready crackdown on liquor violations in town
Gov Harald Hughes ordered immediate action as complaints about illegal liquor sales poured in from a wide area. State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch and the SBI will target first strikes while 27 agents are trained for enforcement. Liquor store sales fell sharply last week by 100000 and for two weeks this year by 180000 versus 1962.
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Des Moines
Harald Hughes
Hughes Nnr
Carl Pesch
Hughes
Senate
Pesch
State Safety Department
Sait
Posah
Norman Erbe
State Bureau of Investigation
Liquor Control Commission
County School District Bill Under Study in Iowa
A bill in Des Moines would reorganize Iowa’s 99 counties into county school districts with 20 intermediate districts offering special services. The plan, explained by Rep Dunlon, aims at administrative changes without shrinking or merging all high schools, allowing counties to keep existing high schools if chosen.
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Iowa
Keith Dunlon
Thoveburg
Dunton
Dunlon
Minburn Bank Break In Opens Safe Deposit Boxes
Milbuinsie Burgins report a break in at the Minurn branch of the Dallas County Savings Bank Tuesday night. About 30 safety deposit boxes were broken into after a back door to the vault was forced. A cleaning woman found the entry when she arrived for work today. Crumley said it was unclear if any money was taken.
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Minurn
Dallas County Savings Bank
Mel
Ww. L. Crumley
Plans Dropped for Secret Weapon Base at Ottumwa
The Air Force reportedly scrapped plans for a secret surveillance weapons system at Ottumwa Naval Air Station Iowa to detect intercontinental ballistic missiles. Rep John Kyl said the facility was intended as an operational base for the system now canceled. The base has cost about 250000 since 1958 and will begin action to terminate its lease.
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Ottumwa Naval Air Station
Towa
Midas
John Kyl. Rlown
Ottumwa
Thomas G. Cor Din
Otummwa Naval Air Station
Meredith Goes To Jackson as Semester Ends
Omord Mississippi UM James H Meredith leaves the University of Mississippi Tuesday night. The 25 year old Black student departs amid laughter and remarks after shattering segregation. He heads to Memphis then Jackson for a vacation and will stay during the semester break.
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Jackson
Omord
Miss
James
H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Max
Memphis
Mississippi
JFK Faces Risks to Secure Test Ban Pact
U S and allied negotiators press for verifiable safeguards as Khrushchev considers on-site inspections. Kennedy seeks eight to ten annual inspections to prove earth shocks stem from quakes or underground nuclear tests, while Khrushchev proposes two to three yearly checks.
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United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kennedy
De Gaulle Shelves Britain Entry Into European Market
Paris reports say President de Gaulle agreed with West German Chancellor Adenauer to have the European Economic Community executive commission study Britain’s entry, with no set deadline, and to submit recommendations to foreign ministers. Adenauer then left for Bonn after a three day Paris visit that included a new Franco German cooperation accord.
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Chaves de Gaulle
Britain
de Gale
Conrad
Adenauer
Executive Commission of
Te European Economy Community
Ifor Bonn
de Gaulle
Corporations May Pay More Under Kennedy Tax Plan
Washington reports that corporations may pay more in the first year of President Kennedy's three year tax package as personal deductions are curbed. The plan would cut corporate and individual rates by 13.5 billion but raise 3.9 billion in revenue and speed up corporate tax payments toward a current basis, delaying full relief until 1969 while individuals would see quick benefits from a five billion cut phased by changes to loopholes.
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Washington
Kennedy
Jalsohat Kennedy
Congress
Seek Cash for Iowa Pension Payment Fund
A House subcommittee studies a plan to divert about 18 million dollars labeled quit money from the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System IPERS to boost members benefits. Rep Avt Mensing, committee chair, says the measure will go to the House floor as a committee bill. The quit money comes from contributions paid into IPERS by former public employees who have left service.
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Des Moinesm
Iowa
New Acton Apportionment Competes in Iowa Senate
A second legislative reapportionment measure was introduced in the Iowa Senate to rival the previously approved Shaft plan. Sen. J. E. Mincks of Ottumwa authored the proposal, following last week’s introduction by Sen. J. T. Dykhouse of Rock Rapids.
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Senate
J. EB. Mincks
D-Ottumwa
J. T. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
Three Sisters Die In Farmhouse Fire West Of Morris
A Morris area fire killed three young sisters aged 15, 12, and Kay who perished in a second floor bedroom as their farm home burned. Their three brothers James 20 John 18 and David oh leaped from windows and escaped with injuries. The parents Hendley Matteson were rescued and hospitalized for shock and smoke inhalation as the house burned to the ground.
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Carol Matteson
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James
John
David
Hendley Matteson
Officers Here Lend Hand as Stork Hovers
Mrs. Robert Cloke of Birmingham Iowa City gave birth in Muscatine General Hospital after a bus ride to town. Officers aided the delivery team and transported the mother to the hospital where a four pound seven ounce baby was born at 12 14 a m.
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Rouse
Birmingham
Towa
Muscatine General Hospital
University Hospital
Towa City
Cloke
Iowa City
Town Avening
Mike Martin
Gerald Barclay
Gary Butts
Frigid weather continues with record lows in the region
Temperatures plunged to 20 degrees below zero in the area marking the coldest in over twenty years. Tuesday’s high was followed by a 36 degree drop, with downtown readings near 10 below. A new cold snap is forecast for southeast Iowa tonight, with 13 to 18 below zero, while Thursday should bring a modest rebound to 2 to 7 degrees above. Snow to 6 inches remains on the ground as winds ease and snow removal continues.
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Second Street
Journal
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Dan No. 16
Was Colder 27 Years Ago At Muscatine
A quoted local weather note recalls the day 27 years ago when Muscatine recorded minus 24 to minus 20 degrees. The report cites a 23 degree low in Delaware, noting the 1996 winter's severity and the unusually cold streak remembered in local history.
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Han
Frigid Iowa Snow Halt Silences Schools and Roads
The frigid wave blanketed the state with drifting snow and subzero readings. Major highways remained open while hundreds of schools and several businesses closed. Governor Hughes reported his official car failed to start and he rode to work in a private vehicle.
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Associated Press
Elkader
Iowa Falls
Marold Hughes
Alto
Five Republican senators seek item veto for Iowa bills
A group of five GOP senators proposed giving the Iowa governor item veto power over individual appropriations. Governor Harold Hughes had urged such authority in his inauguration address, as the current constitution only allows vetoing entire bills.
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Deg Momes
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Southeast In Path of Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports a wintry cold wave spreads across the nation. arctic air brings heavy snow and ice, forcing school closures and widespread travel disruption from the Midwest to the Southeast. Subzero readings reach Texas Panhandle and a blizzard covers Montana to the Great Lakes as winds howl and snow depths grow.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Rockies
Michigan
Texas Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Montana
Upper Great Lakes
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Upper
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Muskegot
Mich
Lake Michigan
European Snow Strikes Greece And Also Italy
Snow swept south across Europe bringing Greece and Italy to a standstill as winter pressed hard. Italy faced a fourth day of heavy snow with towns like Foggia and Baia iced over while Salonika reported snow depths up to five feet and traffic and rail lines blocked.
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Italy
London
Europe
Foggia
Baia
Salonika
Paris
Istanbul
15 Flee From Apartment Fire
A two story apartment house in Jgurney West Virginia was destroyed by fire Tuesday night leaving 15 occupants, eight adults and seven children, driven into the cold. Origin of the blaze undetermined.
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