United States seeks UN action to end Hungary oppression
UPI report states the United States submitted a resolution urging Secretary General Thant to take initiative against Communist oppression in Hungary since 1956. The move shifts focus from a special U.N. representative to Thant, who may visit Budapest, with Mindszenty remaining in asylum.
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United Nations, N. Y
UPI
United States
Thant
Hungary
U.S
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
General Assembly
Leslie Munroe
New Zealand
U.N
Assembly
Prin
Vatican
USS
Mindszenty
Legation
Skybolt Missile Program Faces Congressional Pressure
Sen. Stuart Symington warned that scrapping the Skybolt could trigger congressional retaliation and threaten other defense programs. Britain counts on Skybolt for its nuclear forces, while U.S. officials call the costly project marginal. Kennedy notes British participation rights in decision.
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Washington
UPI
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Congress
Symington
Skybolt
Air Force
United States
Britain
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
U.S
Refusal to Increase Dr Hendricks Wage In Iowa
DES MOINES UPI The State Executive Council rejected 3 to 2 a plan to raise Dr Stanley L Hendricks from 8700 to 10800 a year as assistant director of the Health Department preventable diseases division. The vote followed vetoes by Gov Norman A Erbe and others though Melvin Synhorst and M L Abrahamson supported the raise.
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Des Moines
UPI
Stanley L. Hendricks
Health Department
Hendrick
Edmund Zimmerer
Hendricks
Norman A. Erbe
Chet Akers
Agriculture
L.B. Liddy
Melvin Synhorst
M.L. Abrahamson
Synhorst
Erbe
Iowa
Akers
Fallout Shelter Buildings Marked in Civil Defense Plan
A U.S. Corps of Engineers representative in Rock Island aided S. W. Easter to post signs designating four community buildings as fallout shelters. Ross Motor garage and Northrup King plant basements were approved for 150 persons. high school and Lincoln school will also be marked as shelters. Stocking with emergency rations and equipment will follow by civil defense officials.
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U.S. Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
Washington
S. W. Easter
Civil Defense
Ross Motor Garage
Northrup King
Lincoln School
Clarence Berkhoffs Lead Pinochle Marathon Team
Clarence Berkhoff and spouse lead the 13 round U's Men Pinochle Marathon after four rounds with 3,830 points. Harold Klopfenstein pair trails at 3,650 followed by William Jones couple at 3,620. top ten also lists Horn 9,570, Verle Gallagher 3,450 and others. The event is expected to finish near the end of April next year.
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Clarence Berkhoff
Berkhoffs
Harold Klopfenstein
William Jones
George Horn
Verle Gallagher
Roy Bauer
Robert Wiley
Ralph Bauer
Stanley Foster
Joe Falk
Lethal Iowa Weekend on Icy Highways Claims 15
United Press International reports a deadly weekend on Iowa roads with 15 deaths amid icy highways and 75 unmarked patrol cars watching. The toll raises Iowa 1962 fatalities to 589, marking a weekend with four four-person crashes and multiple single fatalities across Sibley, Davenport, Grinnell, Waterloo, Hills, Adel, Riverton and other communities.
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Iowa
Sunday Night Fire Destroys Farm Home Near Keota
The two story home of Mr and Mrs Merlin Gibson seven miles NW of Keota burned Sunday evening. Neighbors Keith Kauffman and Raymond Baumert spotted the blaze and sounded the alarm at 7 30 PM. The Gibsons and their son Duane were away. Firemen from South English and Keota fought the flames. The family is staying with relatives while investigators determine the cause. no damage estimate available.
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Keota
Merlin Gibson
Keith Kauffman
Raymond Baumert
Gibsons
Duane
Mrs. Gibson
Ivan Gibsons
Supreme Court Denies Detroit Workers Seniority Appeal
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by Detroit workers seeking to follow jobs to Ross Gear & Tool Co. in Lebanon Tennessee. The ruling upholds a 6th Circuit decision denying seniority based transfer rights under the collective bargaining contract with the AFL-CIO United Auto Workers.
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Washington
UPS
Supreme Court
Detroit
Tennessee
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ross Gear & Tool Co
Gemmer Manufacturing Co
Lebanon
Tenn
Kentucky
William ©. Douglas
William Smith Jr
Mississippi
Smith
Louisiana
California
Earl Clark
Emmett Henderson
Charley Luther Pike
Los Angeles
Pike
Richard D. Ceniceros
United Automobile Workers
Afl-Cio
Ross Gear
Fred W Kaess
2Nd Circuit
New York
Glidden Co
Durkee Famous Foods
Elmhurst
N.Y
Bethlehem. Pa
6Th Circuit
Kness
Mid-Prairie Holiday Prom Set for December 22
Wellman Iowa December 22 event features Shirley Porter leading music at the Mid-Prairie High School student center. Seniors run the band and ticket sales, juniors handle refreshments, sophomores decorate, Student Council coordinates final arrangements.
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Wellman
Shirley Porter
Former Local Girl Victim of Davenport Accident
Linda Bales an 18 year old Davenport girl and former Washington resident died after a pickup left a gravel road Saturday evening and she was injured Saturday night Funeral arrangements are indefinite today Mrs Iva Bales grandmother lives in Washington as well as parents Mrs Charles Baker Davenport and Dale Bales Burlington formers residents note the tragedy occurred near Davenport Washington family links reported.
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Sibley
Mella Dykstra
Richard Dykstra
Sioux Falls
S.D
Arthur Beck Jr
Rural Melvin
Dykstra
Arthur Beck Sr
Sheryl
Joyce Vogt
Sibley Forrest Olson
Williamsburg
Miss Bales
Davenport
Fred C
Clifford Robinson
Roger
U.S. 6
Newton
Jasper County
Ray Gaylor
Linda Bales
Washington
Charles Baker
Dale Bales
Burlington
Iva Bales
Christmas Service Projects By Washing ton Junior Y Teens
The 1962 Christmas season saw the Junior Y Teens of Washington organize service for the elderly. They decorated the county home and prepared candy for residents, visited Sunny Haven Rest Home, made special trays for The Pines Rest Home, and delivered Christmas cards. They held a party for their fathers, caroled, and shared a chili supper after teaching dances. Advisors are Mrs. Stanley Foster and Mrs. Edward J. Vosika.
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Washington
Sunny Haven Rest Home
Pines Rest Home
the Pines
Adams Rest Home
Stanley Foster
Edward J. Vosika
Donovan heads to Cuba in bid to free Bay of Pigs prisoners
Attorney James B. Donovan and Cuban operation leaders fly to Havana in a last effort to secure the release of 1,113 Bay of Pigs detainees before Christmas. A Red Cross spokesman noted possible use of the Farrell Lines freighter African Pilot to transport medicine and food as part of Castro's demanded fines.
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James B. Donovan
New York
Cuba
Donovan
Alvaro Sanchez Jr
Cuban Families Committee For the Liberation of Prisoners of War
Berta Jarreto
Havana
Miami
Fidel Castro
Washington
State Department
Baltimore Sun
Charles Laughton Dies in Sleep
Hollywood reports the death of award winning actor Charles Laughton at age 63 from cancer. His wife Elsa Lanchester was at his beside as he died in his sleep after a year long illness. Funeral plans were pending as Lanchester copes with the loss.
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Elsa Lanchester
Laughton
Frank Laughton
Miss Lanchester
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Christmas Service At Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Prairie Flower Baptist Church hosts a Christmas service with the Sunday school and choir presenting a program titled Christ Is Born. Rev Hawkins and Mrs Hawkins lead, with Mrs Jim Rossen directing the choir and special music.
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Prairie Flower Baptist Sunday School
Christ Is
Hawkins
Jim Rossen
Weather Outlook for Iowa Five Day Period
Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday with a little cooler southwest Tuesday. Lows tonight 25 to 32 and highs Tuesday 55 to 60. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and mild. Temperatures Monday night through Saturday average 5 to 8 degrees above normal. unusually mild early, then turning colder Thursday or Friday. Normal lows 10 to 20, highs 30 to 35. Precipitation generally light toward week's end as rain or snow.
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United Press International
Iowa
Lowa
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