Hidden 25 to 30 Donors Aid Cuban Prisoner Exchange
Unnamed Americans, estimated at 25 to 30, contributed to a last minute Christmas Eve fund to avert a Castro demand for 2.9 million dollars to free 1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners. Kennedy authorized a million dollar call, while Lucius D. Clay led the drive with sponsors including Robert B. Anderson, Robert Knight, and Harold Boeschenstein.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Castro
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Supervisors Lacking Authority on Red Rock Dam Easements
Iowa Attorney General rules Marion County Board has no power to grant flood easements to the federal government for the Red Rock Reservoir project. The opinion states county property powers do not include easement conveyance to the United States, despite flood control cooperation provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Red Rock
Iowa Attorney General's Office
Norman Hays Jr
Marion County
Evan Hultman
Rock Island, Ill
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hultman
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
United States
Disillusioned American Returns From Australia
Walter Padell, 50, arrives back in the United States from three years in Adelaide Australia after a harsh experience. He blames Australian weather high unemployment and surface friendliness tied to drinking. He plans to return to Denver to start a new business as he thanks the American government for the loan to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Walter Padell
United States
Australia
Padell
Denver
Longshore strike sparks mixed cargo unloads at ports
UPI reports cracks in the five day ILA walkout as two foreign flag freighters in Galveston and Charleston unload perishable banana cargoes despite picket lines. In most ports the strike froze general cargo while independent unions and local actions caused selective unloading and disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Galveston
Tex
Charleston
S.C
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Maine
Texas
Brida
Thornden
Charleston State Ports Authority
Frubel Julia
George German
Glenview
Virginia
New Orleans
Alfred Chittenden
Louisiana
Thomas W. Gleason
Park Chung Hee lifts Korea political ban and plans civilian run
Gen. Park Chung Hee announces a 20 month ban on political activity will end on New Year’s Day and says military rulers will field candidates in civilian government. Critics say the move betrays revolutionary pledges to civilian rule. Former party leader Kim Do Yun condemns the shift while Park defends removing uniforms to honor democratic principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
UPI
Park Chung Hee
Park
Kim Do Yun
New Democratic Party
Mrs. Carl Walton Dies in Washington
Mrs. Carl E. Walton 87 of West Chester died December 26 in Washington County Hospital after months of declining health. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Arthur Peters, burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. She was born February 19, 1875 in Lucas, married Carl F. Walton December 18, 1892 in Ottumwa. he died in 1950. Survived by a daughter, two sons, six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.
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Carl E. Walton
West Chester
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Arthur Peters
Elm Grove
Abiah Leason Walton
Lucas
Alfred and
Celindy Beatty Leason
Ottumwa
Carl F. Walton
Albert Fellendorf
Clinton
Springville
C.E
Portland
Ore
Local stores to close Saturday nights this winter
Washington merchants urged to close on Saturday nights in January and February 1963 following a chamber poll. Six favored keeping open, thirty-one supported the usual 5 or 5:30 p.m. closing, with the committee stressing it is a recommendation, not a mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Trade Committee
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Boone Band Heads to California for Rose Parade
Boone High School Toreador band of 92 members and six chaperones left Boone for Perry and then by train to Pasadena to march in the Tournament of Roses Parade. The trip cost about 22000 dollars with community support and a Meredith Willson themed show from The Music Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Iowa
UPI
Boone High School
California
Pasadena
Boone
Perry Chamber of Commerce
Gordon McLean
Meredith Willson
McLean
Khrushchev Blames Adenauer for Berlin Tension
Premier Khrushchev in a Moscow broadcast letter to Chancellor Adenauer accused West Germany of raising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. He criticized West German policy on Berlin, urged a German peace treaty, and demanded UN supervision of West Berlin troops. He said the occupation regime must be liquidated and warned of international complications.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
West Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Peter Fechter
Berlin Wall
Khrush
Chev
Moscow Radio
East Germany
Berlin
West Berlin
Supreme Soviet
United Nations
Washington man learns to open mail after missing prize check
Harold Mangold, a Washington businessman, almost lost a $100 prize when he discarded a check envelope believed to be junk. A month earlier he had won the Automobile Owners Association Insurance contest, but never cashed the first check. The firm stopped payment and reissued a new check after he confirmed nonreceipt. He now vows to open all mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Mangold
Washington
Automobile Owners Association Insurance
Mangold
Lloyd Walker Retires After Nine Years on County Board
Veteran supervisor Lloyd Walker announces retirement after nine years on the county board with term ending December 31. He recalls paving roads like Wayland Dublin Keota Riverside and county K routes and says he will keep in touch and visit the office occasionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Walker
County Board of Supervisors
Walker
Wayland Road
Dublin Road
Keota Road
Riverside Road
County K
Bush Corner
Highway 81
Chamber Drive For Members Starts Jan 7
The annual Chamber of Commerce membership drive begins January 7 at 7 30 am with 20 volunteers meeting at the Chamber office for final instructions. Chairman Chuck Hotle says dues are the organization’s sole revenue and urges advance 1963 dues to ease drive workload.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chuck Hotle
Washington
Chamber of Commercce
Hotle
Mr. Hotle
Leon Hillman
Leo Beauchamp
Paul Gebhart
Winga
Hubert Lohrer
Return of Cuban invasion prisoners sparks Miami reunion
A 922 strong group of prisoners and families arrived aboard the African Pilot at Port Everglades and Miami, seven months after capture. The nine measles cases aboard delayed the reunion at Dinner Key auditorium as relatives cheered and welcomed back the 213 men 467 women and 242 children.
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Miami
URI
Fidel Castro
Port Everglades
Here
Dinner Key
Brigade
Giron Beach
Havana
Castro
Felicia Hernandez Fernandez
Carlos Fernandez del Valle
Bay Invaders
Eric del Valle
Red Cross
Cuba
United States
Cuban
Fort Lauderdale
Miro Gonzales Cuevas
Oriente
Postage Rates To Increase January 7 1963
Postage rates rise on January 7 1963 with first class letters at five cents and air mail letters at eight cents per ounce. Post cards go to four cents while air mail cards become five cents. The cost for stamp booklets with five and eight cent stamps drops to face value one and two dollars respectively.
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Post Office Department
Air Mail
Kennedy Faces Final Decision on Skybolt Budget
President Kennedy and Defense Secretary McNamara led a high level briefing in Palm Beach as a Pentagon team arrived to decide the fiscal 1964 defense budget and the Skybolt missile program may be canceled. Gen Lemay pressed for Skybolt while Kennedy met with Mrs Golda Meier and discussed Cuban invasion prisoners and possible weekend visits to the Miami area.
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Kennedy
Pentagon
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Skybolt
McNamara
Curtis Lemay
Air Force
Defense Department
Ocean Front
Golda Meier
Fidel Castro
Miami
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
White House
Weather Outlook Iowa Fair with Warmer Nights
United Press International reports generally fair weather in Iowa through Friday. Night temperatures rise from 5 to 15 degrees, with highs Friday in the 20s to 30s. Partly cloudy Saturday with no notable temperature change.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Robert Knight
Harold Boeschenstein
Toledo
Ohio
Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp
Justice Department
U.S
South Korea
Carl Walton
Leon Jaworski
Houston, Tex
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
PHI Beta Kappa
Robert Michaelsen
School of Religion
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
SUI Phi Beta Kappa
Sidney Coon
Ainsworth
Janis Bulgren
Anamosa
SUI
Sidney
Nikita
Howard Anderre
Crawfordsville
Victor Burich
Kalona
Bill Robertson
Howard Benn
Charlie Ashby
Lows
Charles Ashby
Lloyd
Palm Beach, Fla
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