Plane hijacker sought Cuba escape claims border officer
Senate aviation subcommittee heard that Leon Bearden and his son Cody hijacked a Continental jet to reach Fidel Castro's Cuba. Gilman, a border patrol officer aboard as hostage, described Bearden as a psychopathic personality cool under pressure while demanding to fly to Cuba. He said the hijacking aimed to evade the government, not a political plan, and cited legal loopholes as a potential factor.
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Washington
UPI
Leon Bearden
Continental Airlines
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Senate
Bearden
Cody
Leonard Gilman
Border Patrol
Gilman
Senate Aviation
el Paso
Tex
Kennedy
Fide
Castro Gilman
James Dunbar Heads Local Airport Club
James Dunbar has become president of the Washington Airport Club with Harold Murphy as vice president Gerald Howell secretary and Hank Taylor treasurer. A work session at the airport is planned and several members are pursuing private pilot licenses with Daryl Burham as instructor. Students Ferdinand Marie Jack Carson Hank Taylor Ron Jones Ralph Kreese and Gerald Howell are soloed or training for private licenses. Harold Murphy earned his private license.
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James Dunbar
Washington Airport Club
Harold Murphy
Gerald Howell
Hank Taylor
Daryl Burham
Ferdinand Marie
Jack Carson
Washington
Ron Jones
Iowa Wesleyan
Ralph Kreese
Crawfordsville
Wellman
Rev Mueller to Speak at Park Service
The Rev M P Mueller of Immanuel Lutheran Church will preach at a union worship in Central Park Sunday evening August 6 at 7 30 p m The Tears of Jesus will be the sermon theme A brass ensemble will provide music with Rev Carlyle Smith presiding If rain occurs the service moves to the Christian Church
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M. P. Mueller
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Union
Central Park
Rath Packing Cancels Second Shift At Waterloo Plant
Rath Packing Co. in Waterloo cancelled its second shift pork cut and dressing, laying off about 800 workers amid a dispute with Local 46 over $750,000 in new automatic equipment. The company says the move is permanent. the union cites slowdowns and suspensions tied to the new machinery.
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Waterloo, Iowa
UPI
Rath Packing Co
Joe Gibson
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Former Junction Man Claimed in Montana
Bert Getts 78 of Columbus Junction died Wednesday in a hospital at Anaconda Montana. Born November 2 1882 he spent his early life in Columbus Junction. Funeral arrangements were indefinite. He was survived by five sisters Mrs John Genkins Cotter Mrs Edith Marshall Columbus Junction Mrs Claude Oakes Princeton Mrs George Witwer Cedar Rapids and Mrs Floyd Lieberknecht California and one brother Harry Monrovia California.
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Columbus Junction
Bert Getts
Anaconda
Mont
Mr Getts
Charles and
Harriett Spencer Getts
John Genkins
Cotter
Edith Marshall
Claude Oakes
Princeton
George Witwer
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Lieberknecht
California
Harry
Monrovia
Calif
Dubuque Baby Sitter Held After Three Infant Deaths
A year old Dubuque baby sitter, Mary Madigan, is in custody as police investigate the deaths of three infants she watched. She claims accidental suffocation while comforting or soothing the children, saying she did not intend harm and that she was trying to be loving.
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Dubuque
UPI
Mary Madigan
Miss Madigan
Karen Sue Nemmers
Wayne Nemmers
Michael Fitzpatrick
Russell Fitzpatrick
Nemmers
Gail Sue Nemmers
Fire Department
Glider Flight Aims Coast to Coast From Washington
Robert Fisher, 46, of Moses Lake Washington leads a coast to coast glider attempt with tow pilot Dave Hensel near Seattle. The crew travels by station wagon, relies on two way radio and supports from Boeing and International Harvester. The group tows from a local air field then proceeds toward the east with a planned month long journey. Fisher’s longest leg so far covered 345 miles from Idaho to Wyoming. Fisher hopes to set a first coast to coast glider record in the United States if the flight ends at Baltimore or New York.
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of Washington
Washington
Robert Fisher
Moses Lake
Wash
United States
Dave Hensel
Seattle
Fisher
Hensel
Air Field
Idaho
Wyoming
Puget Sound
Baltimore
New York
Army
Ryan Field
Boeing Aircraft
Civil Aeronautics Association
International Harvester Company
Keokuk Receives Highway Patrol Aid After Car Crash
Keokuk police borrowed a patrol car after a pursuit on Thursday. A chase ended with a stopped vehicle and a damaged patrol car. Suspect Charles Pond, 24, faces 19 traffic violations. arraignment set for August 15 in superior court. City officers Wayne Beard and Garland LeMaster uninjured. The impounded car belonged to McManus, brother of former LA Governor Edward J. McManus.
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Keokuk
UPI
Cer Gene Meers
Charles RK
Dickey) Pond
Wayne Beard
Garland LeMaster
McManus
Edward J. McManus
Soviet Union signals readiness to negotiate Berlin settlement
Moscow reports that the Soviet Union is ready to negotiate a German peace treaty with the Western powers. If talks fail, Moscow would seek a separate peace with East Germany. The 6,000 word notes to Washington London and Paris present a milder stance and avoid specifics on enforcement or procedure.
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UPS
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
Washington
London
Paris
Germany
Amintore Fanfani
Nikita Krushchev
Berlin
West Germany
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Kenny Earnest Captures Six Grand Champions at Louisa County Fair
Kenny Earnest of Morning Sun 4H led a strong livestock show at Louisa County Fair collecting six grand championships and the sheep showmanship award. He claimed grand champion market lamb pen of three Hampshire sheep and top Hampshire ewes and ram in open competition. Charles Johnston of Muscatine took a second place Hampstore ram, while Tom Utter and Mark Huston earned top marks in other divisions. Farm of Columbus Junction led with a champion ram and multiple ribbons as baby calves were expected to sell and a tractor pull was set for the afternoon.
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Columbus Junction
Kenny Earnest
Morning Sun
Louisa County Fair
Kenny
Hampshire
Appreciation Day Draws 1200 to Richland Event
About 1,200 people attend Richland’s Appreciation Day with free watermelon and a talent contest. Janet Houseal wins with a lyre solo. third place goes to Melvin Weidner and Larry Schickler. A rain delay cuts the program. go cart races begin and Terry Fritchen wins the only completed race.
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Richland
Richlands
Chalmer Hoskins
Commercial Clab
Janet Houseal
Keith Houseal
Nancy McReynolds
Melvin Weidner
Larry Schickler
Sigourney
Terry Fritchen
Severe storm tears across central Iowa upending power and crops
A band of severe thunderstorms hit central Iowa, dropping over an inch of rain and winds above 60 mph. Des Moines and Marshalltown suffered extensive damage to power lines, trees, crops, and homes as outages and road closures spread. farms reported hail and crops flattened.
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Des Moines
Marshalltown
Ronald Marvin Williams
KFJB
Weather Bureau
Iowa Power and Light Co
Fred Punelli
State Center
Clemens
St Anthony
Whitten Liscomb
Laurel
Haverhill
Zearing
Union
Curlew
Iowa
Senate approves largest peacetime defense bill
The U S Senate unanimously approved the 46.8 billion defense measure, boosting man power by 250000 and funding more bombers ships and weapons to counter Berlin threats. It included 3.5 billion in extra military and civil defense funds requested by President Kennedy and faced GOP efforts to add school aid and to cut civil defense funds.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Kennedy
Berlin
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Force
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Appropriations Committee
America
Victor Brown Rites At Junction Sunday
Funeral services for Victor Brown 62 of Letts will be held Sunday at 2 pm in the Stacy Funeral Home at Columbus Junction. Burial will be at Letts.
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Victor Brown
Columbus Junction
Letts
Stacy
Western Allies Protest Travel Restrictions in Berlin
Western Allies protest Communist limits on movement in Berlin calling the acts a breach of the 1949 agreement. East Berlin orders workers in West Berlin to register and pay in West marks, aiming to push 55,000 eastern workers from West Berlin jobs. Ulbricht reportedly sought Khrushchev’s approval to seal the border, a report unconfirmed.
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Berlin
UPI
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Nikita S Khrushchev
East Berlin
Arrests Surge as 130 Agents Nab Awol Marine and Sect Leader
Federal and state officers stormed the 100 acre Harrell estate near Louisville to arrest Dion Davis, an AWOL Marine, and John R. Harrell leader of an anti Communist church. Harrell’s followers surrendered with sixteen arrests and one injury to Todd Harrell. The raid followed a dawn invasion after a sky broadcast order.
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UPI
FBI
John R. Harrell
Harrell
Dion Davis
Wabash
Todd
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Davis
Greenfield
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered heavy thunderstorms in southeast and extreme south central. Saturday brings generally fair skies and cooler readings in the northwest with highs near 85 to 90. Through Wednesday temperatures average near normal with northeast highs in the low 80s and southwest in the upper 80s, lows in the 60s. Rainfall expected about a quarter inch north to half to one inch south with early period thunderstorms.
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Iowa
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