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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1963
Page
1
Pope Paul VI blessed Americans and prayed for an end to racial discrimination during a historic audience with President Kennedy in Vatican City. The meeting followed by Kennedy’s European tour and included brief remarks to reporters about peace and East West relations.
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged close Western unity with the United States while stressing real European cooperation. In an AP exclusive he praised Germany’s reintegration into free nations, discussed imminent government changes, and outlined plans to write memoirs as he readies for talks with Kennedy and De Gaulle on Atlantic Pact policy.
Towa City University of Medicine eliminates letter grades. Students now either pass or fail based on assessments. Dean Robert C. Hardin says the change has worked well, removing traditional herald grade distinctions for medical students.
President Kennedy urged sustained defense cooperation and mutual self interest in a wartime style address. He emphasized unity between East and West against global threats and called for continued partnership among nations to maintain security and peace.
President Kennedy and Pope Paul VI met at the Vatican Library at 10:11 am EST for a private audience following a ceremonial exchange. The visit included gifts such as a desk box with papal seal, and a signed photograph, with the Pope presenting a Michelangelo reproduction to Kennedy and rosary for Mrs. Kennedy.
Mrs. Donard Grimm 24, formerly Phyliss Howells of Omaha, faces voluntary homicide charges in a French district court over the death of U S Army sergeant Nusaand Grimm after a knife stabbing during a quarrel at their Grimm home. Authorities say he died Jan 3 after an automobile crash while being driven to a hospital. verdict will follow French procedures.
Dr. Zimmerer, 74, longtime Health Commissioner born in York in 1889, died at a Des Moines hospital. He led the Nebraska Health Department from 1935 and became head of the Cancer Control Division in 1941. He studied at Creighton and Harvard, received a public health master’s, and was a Knight of Columbus. Funeral services are pending.
Lt Cmdr M Scott Carpenter is selected to join a two-team scientific flight to observe the moon’s shadow crossing Western Canada during July. Eve Carpenter, described as the most science minded of the original seven astronauts, will accompany the expedition aboard Airliner 16.
The State Safety Department plans to discontinue suspending licenses of drivers charged with drunken driving to encourage test taking under the implied consent law. Commissioner William Sueppel said the policy shift aims to give arrested individuals a real chance to cooperate by taking the required test to determine intoxication.
Prime Minister Macmillan faced questions from Labour in Parliament after the Foreign Office disclosed that diplomat Kim Philby, once linked to the Washington embassy, tipped off Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess about police inquiries in 1952. Burgess denied Philby as tip-off man in Moscow. Labor denounced the 1951 statement declaring Philby clear as a breach by the previous government.
Rep Ben F Jensen of Iowa warns the nation faces bankruptcy as he joins Rep Clarence Cannon in urging cuts in federal spending and timely debt payments. He says every American family bears about 15.38 dollars monthly in interest on the national debt.
A Gettysburg parade and pageant marked the battlefield centennial with bands from five armed forces and high school groups. Meade’s stand on Cemetery Ridge and Pickett’s failed assault framed the day as 300-year memories mingled with heat and a modest turnout of about 3,000 for the memorial ceremony and opening events.
A late Monday thunderstorm dumped over an inch of rain across Muscatine and surrounding areas, easing a lengthy heat wave with 99 degree temperatures. Winds felled branches and trees, caused power and telephone interruptions, and damaged lines and poles, with repairs continuing through the night.
A six year old boy named Bernard Ziegenhorn was treated at University Hospital Town City for a broken right leg after colliding with a car driven by Nackola J. Sel Jory of Grandview around 9:28 a.m. on Schiller Street near Clinton. Police say the boy was struck, his leg possibly caught under the wheel. he was first taken to Muscatine General Hospital before transfer. No charges have been filed.
In Dubuque a refuse truck carrying three city workers was struck by a Great Western Railroad freight train on Monday. Frank Schroeder 91 was critically injured, with Barry Lorenzo 48 and Albert Defendi 63 also hurt.
The Associated Press reports a cold front moving into Iowa cooled towns from Garner to Shenandoah. Temperatures fell sharply with some areas recording 20 to 30 degree drops, and Spencer noting a low of 59. Showers, windy spells, and scattered power outages accompanied the cooldown, with relief expected as the 4th of July outlook calls for fair weather.
The State Conservation Commission elected Earl E. Jarvis Democrat of Wilton as chairman to replace A. N. Mumniston of Cedar Rapids. The seven member body gained a Democratic majority through Gov. Naydle Hughes appointments. Sherry Fisher, a Des Moines Republican, was named vice chairman, replacing Democrat George Meyer. Six-year terms were set for Hariston, Meyer, and Hyde M. Frudden of Greene, with new members Bake Zack of Mason City, N. Kinney of Ida Grave, and Rev. Laurence Nelson of Bellevue joining the board. Nelson was absent during the meeting. the others took seats for the first time.
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