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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1961
Page
9
A week-old lion cub at Camp Park Zoo in St Paul latched onto a large ice cake as heat topped 93. Keepers tried to remove the icy treat but the cub snarled and menacing protests followed. AP Wirephoto
The Carbondale fire department responded to alarms Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday. A grass and trash fire was extinguished at 1 45 p.m. Wednesday on South Illinois Avenue. A call at 22 00 a.m. today involved a gas leak at 718 S Burlison Ave. No damage occurred.
Francisco Molina, a Cuban army member, was sentenced to 20 years to life for second degree murder in the death of Magdalena Urdaneta, nine, a Venezuelan visitor. She was killed as gunfire erupted between pro and anti Castro factions in a west side restaurant during Castro’s New York visit. Castro sought to trade Capt. Manuel Artime for Molina.
President Moise Tshombe stated Katanga will send deputies to the Congolese Parliament while insisting the province remains independent. He insisted Parliament should wait for a national leaders summit, proposing a meeting outside the country or at Kamina in Katanga, a UN protected neutral zone.
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