Laos asks U S to train Laotian army with MAAC aid
Laos formally requests a U S military aid program to train the royal Laotian army and attach a Military Assistance and Advisory Group to the embassy. The move follows a paratrooper operation and signals consideration of foreign military help to defend the landlocked kingdom.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
United States
Chao Sopsai- Sana
Boun Oum
Winthrop G Brown
MAAC
France
PEO
U.S
Pathet Lao
Thakkek
Thailand
Sopsaisana
NFO Ends Livestock Holding Action As Markets Open
The National Farmers Organization ended its 12 state holding action today at market opening. President Oren Lee Staley said the test action was successful and will serve as a springboard for further organization plans. The action began April 3 with members urged not to sell cattle hogs and sheep to push prices up to set minimum levels for survival.
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National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
Death of Jason Glen Boller at Kalona Farm
Jason Glen Boller died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at his Kalona area farm home. He was born May 15, 1892 and married Emma Miller in 1913. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Thursday at East Union Mennonite Church with two officiants. He is survived by his widow, a daughter Mrs Joe N Kauffman, a son Martin, a brother Willard, five grandchildren, and a sister Mrs Alva Miller.
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Kalona
Jason Glen Boller
East Union Mennonite
A. Lioyd Swartzendruber
J. John J Miller
Yoder
Mr Boller
Jacob A
Mary Swartzendruber Boller
Emma . Miller
Joe N. Kauffman
Iowa City
Martin
Willard
Helen
Alva Miller
Four Nominations Made by Erbe for State Commissions
Des Moines based report cites Gev Norman A. Erbe nominating four Republicans for key Iowa commissions. Sen. Lawrence Putney would join the state board of social welfare, Sen. Carroll Price to the board of control, Sen. T. Prentis to the tax commission, and former Sen. J. C. Colburn to the liquor control commission. Names, ages, and replacement Democrats listed. effective date July 1.
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Des Moines
UPI
Gev
Norman A. Erbe
Senate
Lawrence Putney
Gladbrook
State Board of Social Welfare
Carroll Price
Knoxville
Board of Control
T. Prentis
Mount Ayr
Tax Commission
J. C. Colburn
Harlan Republican
Liquor Control Commission
Putney
L. L Caffrey
Cresco
Board of Social Welfare Price
George Callenius
Granville
Prentis
Leon N. Miller
Tax
Colburn
Gerald Smith
Creston
Cancer Crusade Kickoff Meeting in Washington
The annual Cancer Crusade kickoff was held in the Farm Bureau Building Washington Tuesday evening with many volunteers present. The drive runs from Monday April 17 to May 1 and aims to contact every Washington home for cancer fund donations. Mrs. Robert Grubb leads the city effort with ward chairmen Mrs. Dale Sheetz Mrs. Robert Dunbar and Mrs. Hubert Wilson Jr. County chairman Dwight Bode spoke on fund use for patient care and research, and a Horizons of Hope film was shown by Mrs. LeRoy McGraw.
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Washington
Farm Bureau
Robert Grubb
City of
Women of the Moose
Grubb
Dale Sheetz
Robert Dunbar
Hubert Wilson Jr
City
Dwight Bode
Washington County
LeRoy McGraw
Near Washington
Federal Test Demand in Krebiozen Libel Trial
Secretary Ribicoff told Judge Miner the government is prepared to test the controversial cancer drug Krebiozen if Dr. Andrew Ivy provides complete clinical data. The Illinois official and Stoddard face a libel suit over a book alleging the drug’s efficacy, with trial proceedings paused for data submission.
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Washington
UPI
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Julius H. Miner
Chicago
Ribicoff
Miner
Andrew ©. Ivy
National Cancer Institute
Ivy
University of Illinois Department of Clinical Sciences
George D Stoddar
University of Illinois
New York University
Stoddard
Krebiozen
Claude Woods Speaks At Y's Men's Club Meeting
Claude Woods secretary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce presented a program on the Washington community at the Y's Men's Club meeting Tuesday evening. He arranged a slide and taped commentary to illustrate local assets.
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Claude Woods
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Y's Men's Club
Mr. Woods
Riots Hit U S Embassy Across Global Protests Over Cuban Crisis
Across Sofia Cairo Tokyo Moscow Paris Helsinki and Berlin thousands of demonstrators attacked U S embassies or gathered in anti American protests. In Sofia 3000 to 10000 youths pelted the U S legation with rocks and ink while police kept Americans inside. Demonstrations spread to Cairo Tokyo and Moscow with police cordons preventing larger clashes.
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U.S
Sofia
Cuba
Patrice Lumumba
Sofia Legation
Czechoslovakia
United States
Moscow
Red
Paris
Helsinki
East Berlin
Kennedy warns Soviets against Cuba intervention
President Kennedy issued a firm note to Khrushchev warning that any Soviet armed intervention in Cuba would be met with immediate U.S. action. He urged Moscow not to use Cuba to inflame other areas, stressing the hemisphere’s defense under the Inter American system and noting thousands of Cuban refugees support fellow Cubans. Kennedy rejected U.S. involvement in Cuba and urged restraint to protect world peace.
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Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Mikhail Menshikov
State Department
Khrushchev
Republic of
Cuba
United States
U. S
Invasion in Cuba Report Sparks Frontline Action
The Cuban Revolutionary Council said the south Cuba invasion completed its first phase and linked with Escambray guerrillas. The statement claimed resistance against Soviet tanks and air power, while Castro’s regime boasted of four planes shot down and vowed to wipe out the invaders in hours amid terror campaigns and arrests.
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Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
Escambray
Revolutionary Council
Cochinos Bay
Cienfuegos
Bahia de Cochinos
Revolutionary Command
Fidel Castro
Castro
Angus McNair
Coral Gables
Fla
Howard Anderson
Yakima
Wash
United States
Eichmann Testimony Played In Israeli Trial
The recorded voice of Adolf Eichmann told the court he deserved no mercy and perhaps should hang himself in public. He blamed superiors for orders and said he never shaped policy, only followed commands in the Nazi death camps. The testimony was played as evidence as Capt. Avner Less testified Eichmann agreed to give a statement after arriving in Israel.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Fichmann
Eichmann
Israel
Argentina
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Avner Less
Israel Police
Less
Eich Mann
Volunteers honored at Veterans Hospital Iowa City
Thursday April 20 marks Volunteer Day at the Iowa City V A Hospital recognizing regular volunteers. Dr J Gordon Spendrove reports over 50 000 hours in 1960 and more than 368 000 since 1952. Washington women among 99 five year plus volunteers will receive plaques. many more honored for service under five years.
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Iowa City V. A. Hospital
J. Gordon Spendrove
Washington
Lela Miller
Ethel Palmer
Edna Simmering
Ruth Anderson
Jessie Arnold
Vivian Baumgartner
Virginia Booth
Eula Mae Coon
Mable Cox
Willa Freshwaters
Esther Martin
Edith Zook
Lucille Denison
Bessie Humble
Vote on Daylight Savings Time Set for Thursday
Washington residents vote on daylight saving time Thursday at the Legion rooms city hall polls open 8 am to 8 pm. City council favored a straw vote after petitions, with many eastern Iowa communities already adopting fast time for summer.
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Washington
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Iowa
Pleasant
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Emmet Swantz Dies Suddenly in Kalona at 54
Emmet Swantz 54 died suddenly at 6 am today at his home four miles north of Kalona. Body at Yoder Funeral Home. Born July 6 1906 in Johnson County, son of Charles and Katie Swantz. Survivors: widow four sons Wilson Lewis Jacob of Kalona Jonas in Germany. three daughters Louise Yoder Riverside Daniel E. Yoder Kalona and Henry Miller Kalona. two brothers John R Kalona and Walter Iowa City. one sister Mrs Charles Brookhart Iowa City.
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Kalona
Emmet Swantz
Mr. Swantz
Johnson County
Charles and
Katie Miller Swantz
Wilson
Lewis
Jacob
Jonas
Germany
Lewis Yoder
Riverside
Daniel E. Yoder
Henry E. Miller
John R
Walter
Iowa City
Charles Brookhart
Iowa Weather Turns Cloudy With Scattered Thunderstorms
Weather brief for Iowa shows tonight and Thursday mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers possible in eastern and southern areas. Warmer tonight with southwest winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 40. Highs in the 70s Thursday, with a mild Friday and cooler weekend. Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures and 40 to 75 percent precipitation from showers or storms mainly later period.
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Iowa
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Japan
Edwin 0. Reischauer
Latin America
Dan Coon
Iowa Junior Academy of Science
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Stern
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Burley
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Yoder Funeral Home
Washington City
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