Labor leaders seek details on Kennedy trade program
AFL CIO leaders at the Miami Beach convention backed Kennedy’s tariff liberalization in general but demanded specifics on job protections. Union chiefs said they need step by step adjustment features to shield industries and workers hurt by imports before their full approval. Kennedy urged a transition plan but remained vague on federal aid.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Congress
Convention
Aflcio
George Meany
David Dubinsky
Ladies’ Garment Workers
Jacob L Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Keota Farmer Shot Himself Found Dead at Home
Keota 61 year old John H Greiner was found dead in his farm home near Keota about 6:30 am after reportedly shooting himself. Officials say the death occurred at the Greiner farm northwest of Keota, with funeral arrangements pending at Powell Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow four children and four grandchildren.
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Keota
Keokuk
John H. Greiner
Greiner
Powell
Mr. Greiner
John Alexander Greiner
Keokuk County
Sheriff's Office
Washington
John
Susanna Elien Greiner
Eva Schmidt
Kent Casstevens
Royal Oak
Mich
Russell
Champaign
John Alexander
Ronald
John Flading
Albert Greiner
Suspected Killer Found in Miami
Mate Ivanov identified by FBI as killer of five in Mineola New York. Ivanov, alleged to be insane, was captured in Miami after landing in a Florida Keys rowboat and had used the alias Mario Levi a Cuban refugee. Authorities say the Mineola family murder occurred November 25.
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Miami
UPI
Mate Ivanov
Mineola
N.Y
FBI
Wesley Grapp
Ivanov
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Marathon
Florida Keys
Mario Levi
Cuba
Levi
Washington
Grapp
Peter Gregov
Gregov
Veronica
Peter Jr
Ronald
Michael
Gregor
Mineola N.Y
Nassau County
Islip Hospital
Long Island
Auto Damaged Today In Crash With Truck
A late model auto was damaged extensively in a crash with a 2 1/2 ton army truck on Highway 1 south of Washington. The Fairfield driver Richard A Nicola 20 was charged with failing to stop in an assured clear distance ahead. Wayne K Zieister of West Chester drove the army truck during a test run after repairs by civil service mechanics and the 872nd Ordnance Company. Nicola swerved to pass then lost control colliding with the truck. Front end damage estimated at 500 to 700 dollars. the army truck reportedly undamaged.
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Highway
Civil Service
872Nd Ordnance Company
Washington
Wayne K. Zieister
West Chester
Fairfield
Richard A. Nicola
James Richart
Nicola
Communist Party Denies Its Guilt
The Communist Party pleaded not guilty to failing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union and was arraigned before Chief Judge Matthew F McGuire with trial set for Feb 1. Gus Hall attended but did not participate, later issuing a two page statement criticizing the charges.
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Washington
UPI
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Matthew F McGuire
McGuire
Gus Hall
New York
Hall
Joseph Forer Forer
John J. Abt
Justice Department
F. Kirk Maddrix
Internal Security
Cornell University
United States
Washington Concert Delights Audience at High School Event
A large crowd gathered in the Washington Community High School gym for a Thursday night concert by the school’s band. The 94 piece ensemble featured soloists Wendell McConnell on trumpet and Sharon Lowry on alto sax with a 16 member stage band. Alan Bergstrom directed. Lighting by Vernon Feuerhelm enhanced the performance as selections including Christmas tunes and easy listening pieces entertained the audience. The next school concert is a choral program on December 21.
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Washington Community High School
Wendell McConnell
Sharon Lowry
Cindy Chamberlin
Ann Courtney
Gloria Wolf
Doy McAvoy
Pam Hite
Tanya Trotman
Jane Peterson
Joy Mills
Jane McGaffey
Alan T. Bergstrom
Washington
Vernon Feuerhelm
NFO Hearing Farm Secretary At Des Moines Meet
Des Moines UPI Orville Freeman, U S secretary of agriculture, to address National Farmers Organization convention as the group pushes for a binding collective bargaining system. NFO president Oren Lee Staley warns of an all-out holding action within a year if processors refuse to negotiate. He says farmers must show costs to processors for non negotiation and insists on buyer accountability.
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Des Moines
UPI
Orville Freeman
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
NFC
Staley
Farm Groups
Good Neighbors Help Dwight Graber Harvest 1400 Bushels of Corn
In Crawfordsville neighbors gathered to harvest over 1400 bushels for Dwight Graber who has a broken leg. The effort included many men and women who prepared meals and donated supplies, with thanks expressed by the Graber family.
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Dwight Grabers
Crawfordsville
Dwight Graber
Graber
Funeral services for Harvey H Waggoner Saturday
Harvey H Waggoner 68 died suddenly Thursday December 7 1961 at his Washington home. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Lioyd Lat ta officiating. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include Ruth wife daughter Mrs Truman Hysell sisters Mrs Lucy Jones and Mrs Clara Bennett brother Roy and three grandchildren.
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Harvey H Waggoner
Jones Funeral Home
Lioyd Latta
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Waggoner
West Second Street
Washington
Waggoner
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Truman Hysell
Lucy Jones
Clara Bennett
Manitoc
Wis
Roy
Fairfield
Rites at Junction For Mrs Workman
Mrs Bessie Mae Workman 69 died in Carthage Missouri Thursday. Funeral services set for Sunday at 1 30 pm Stacy Funeral Home with Rev Kenneth Brown officiating. Burial in Columbus City Cemetery. Survived by husband Lee Workman of Carthage and daughter Cleo McCallister of Phoenix. Arrow: sister Della Hull Columbus Junction and brother Ben Browning Muscatine. Also appeal for used necks silk hosiery and carpet rags for American Legion to aid mental health patients at Mt. Pleasant. Leave at Washington Cleaners.
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Columbus Junction
Bessie Mae Workman
Carthage
Columbus City
Stacy
Kenneth Brown
Buria
Workman
Charles D
Susan Greene Browning
Lee Workman
Cleo McCallister
Phoenix, Ariz
Della Hull
Ben Browning
Muscatine
American Legion Post
Mt. Pleasant
Washington Cleaners
East Germans order movable barriers at seven Berlin crossings
East German authorities tighten control of border traffic by ordering movable barriers at seven remaining cross points in Berlin. At Friedrichstrasse, civilians identify themselves. military vehicles pass per regulations. Allies move troops despite the new measures.
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Berlin
UPI
Try
Friedrich Strasse
Friendrichstrasse
Kennedy Sets Core Items for New Frontier Agenda
President Kennedy signaled the core of his coming New Frontier program to Congress. He outlined eight basic items including unemployment compensation reform, expanded medical care under Social Security, federal aid for school construction and teacher salaries, retraining programs, civil rights attention, plant reinvestment tax credits, standby powers for public works, and modernization of reciprocal trade to aid competing domestic industries. He spoke at the AFL CIO convention in Miami Beach.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Kennedy
AFL
CIO National Convention
Miami Beach
Organized Labor
Congress
Jobless Rate In Downward Plunge
Washington officials hailed the first significant drop in unemployment in a year as the Labor Department reported a seasonally adjusted jobless rate of 6.1 percent. About 4 million unemployed remained, vs 3.9 million in October, with 500,000 seasonal layoffs kept workers employed.
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Washington
UPL
Labor Department
Tshombe denounces U.S. in Katanga confrontation
U.N. forces continued to press in Elisabethville with 400 Ethiopian and Irish troops as Tshombe returned from Paris to accuse the United States of murdering Katanga and aiding a world-wide communist plot. U.N. jets escorted transports while Britain agreed to supply bombs for U.N. aircraft for grounded targets only.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
United States Air Force
Globemasters
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
Paris
United States
U.N
Congo
Manono
Leopoldville
London
President Kennedy
Prince Leopold African
Abdul Latif Succar
Tshombe
U.S. Tshombe
Northern Rhodesia
Liberty
Mr. Nehru
Soviet Russia
Hungary
Europe
Africa
Reservists to be released from Berlin duty by mid year
Washington reports the Army plans to discharge about 119 500 National Guard and organized reserve members by June 30 1962 as trained draftees replace them. First releases could start next month with momentum building to end by June 30 1962. Congress authorized up to 26 000 reservists to be called but actual mobilization neared 156 000 across services. Army aims for 16 regular divisions replacing two National Guard divisions on active duty.
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Washington
UPI
Berlin
Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Navy
Air Force
Air Force Ha
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Kenney
Congress
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Elvis J. Stahl Jr
Rusk Says Congo Must be Unified
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that the Congo risks civil war and anarchy unless Katanga Province is reintegrated. He defended UN military actions, urged protection of UN forces, and supported Thant's use of force to restore freedom of movement while a cease-fire renewal is discussed.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Congo
Katanga
Rusk
United Nations
USN
United States
U.N
A. Thant
World Organization
Katanca
Heavy Snow Warning Spreads Across Iowa Southeast
Weather outlook shows heavy snow likely to accumulate 4 inches or more in southeast and extreme south tonight and Saturday. Snow spreads statewide this afternoon into Saturday with increasing east winds. Low tonight in the low 20s and high Saturday in the upper 60s to 70s.
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Iowa
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