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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1961
Page
1
Variable cloudiness with widely scattered showers or thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Little temperature change with river stage at 8.0 feet. High Sunday around 82, low 58. Noon reading 84.
Western analysts describe Khrushchev as grave and restrained in Vienna, seeking to size up the new U. S. leadership under Kennedy. Diplomats say he showed control and restraint, avoiding pressure on Berlin, while signaling readiness to pursue cautious diplomacy over the potential for direct Soviet expansion.
Mickey Cohen associate Max Tannenbaum, 49, was wounded by shotgun blasts early Sunday outside a West Los Angeles bar. Doctors fear loss of an eye and most teeth. police guard stationed at UCLA Medical Center. Tannenbaum is a crime figure facing tax evasion charges and did not comment.
Oakville resident Lenta Anna Wykert, 38, died at Mercy hospital Burlington from internal injuries after a one car crash on loose gravel east of Oakville. Survived by husband Earnest Wy kert and two daughters Janet and Judith Ann. Funeral June 7 at Oakville Methodist Church.
Capt. Bernard J. Westfall of Lone Tree and Capt. Louis Y. Gang of Phoenix start a 17 day simulated space flight at Brooks Air Force Base Texas. They will breathe semi pure oxygen at high altitude conditions and test problem solving while operating a behavior simulator. Westfall, a former Air Force ROTC instructor, is tied to Lone Tree through family and education.
The Associated Press reports Iowa's traffic death toll climbs well past sixty for the year. Through this year 250 people have died on state highways, 32 more than the same date last year. Weekend fatalities include six deaths on Saturday, Cedar Rapids man James Bernard Hall, 25, killed on Highway 30, and five others in separate crashes in Boone and Des Moines area counties.
Adlai E. Stevenson's presidential mission to South America opened with a warm Caracas reception as he held private talks with Romulo Betancourt and Venezuelan officials. U S officials expressed pleasure at the cordial welcome, and a crowd of 400 to 900 greeted him at the airport amid armed guards and peaceful mood despite past protests in downtown Caracas.
Boston industrialist Bernhard Goldfine was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and fined $110,000 for income tax evasion. US District Court Judge George Sweeney also placed his secretary Mildred Paparman on three years probation for a related charge.
Jacqueline Kennedy chats with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Admiralty House in London before a luncheon hosted by Macmillan and his wife for the Kennedys AP Photofax shows the moment with dignitaries in formal meeting context
In Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic soldiers and police killed retired Gen Juan Tomas Diaz the reputed chief assassin of dictator Rafael Trujillo during a gun battle Sunday night in the city. An alleged accomplice Antonio de la Maza also died. Diaz was shot by machinegun fire and died on the street while the pair sought refuge as a house to house search of 100 men closed in after a tip. De la Maza carried a gun Diaz had with him during Trujillo's fatal ambush last Thursday. Diaz had been a friend of Trujillo during much of the dictator's years in power.
Washington The Supreme Court today upheld the government's long effort to compel the Communist party to register as an arm of the Soviet Union under the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950. The 5-4 decision, delivered by Justice Frankfurter, allows forced disclosure of membership lists finances and labeling of literature as Communist propaganda.
Elaude Charles 66 of Dayton died after his car crashed into a tree on Highway 174 Saturday. Survived by his widow and son Dr Donald Charles a psychology professor at Iowa State University.
President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev wrap a Vienna talks phase with cautious notes on Laos cease fire and Berlin rights. Kennedy plans a nationwide radio television address while Macmillan and Kennedy hold further discussions for a four power approach amid limited progress.
The Justice Department argued that access to education is tied to future voting rights, contending that withholding schooling can leave a child unable to pass state voting tests. The brief challenged a St Helena Parish public education program as unconstitutional in a Baton Rouge district court.
General Electric president Ralph Cordiner described the price fixing conspiracies the firm faced as a humbling experience. He testified before the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee that self-discipline and strict compliance with antitrust laws are essential to keep the United States competitive. An 11 month old, Ricky Mathias, died in an early morning auto accident on Highway 212 three miles west of Marengo.
A KRLA sponsored Zuma Beach party drew 25,000 to 30,000 youths. Violence erupted after 11:15 p.m. with rapes, beatings, and eye injuries. Fifty officers cleared the crowd after four hours. Four teens were arrested for drunkenness and alcohol violations.
Communist delegates at the East-West Laos conference downplay cease-fire violations as Vienna talks begin. J Michalowski urges momentum toward a political settlement while Pushkin questions the issue. Malcolm MacDonald says Vienna may aid Geneva talks toward a neutral Laos.
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