May Resume Talks On Berlin Crisis
The United States and Russia may renew explorative talks on Berlin soon as the Kennedy administration considers a Russian proposal for Rusk and Dobrynin to meet again. Allies Britain France and West Germany have been sounded for reaction to the bid.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
Berlin
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
U.S
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Britain
France
West Germany
Rusk
Dobrynin
Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Llewellyn E. Thompson
David Ormsby-Gore
Herve Alphand
Heinrich Knappstein
Geneva
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Kohler
Seat Belt May Have Saved Youths Life
Riverside youth Duane Evans 17 was treated at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a Friday morning wreck. He suffered a badly bruised mouth but was in good condition and released this morning after overnight observation. His seat belt likely saved his life. his parents recently moved from Columbus Junction and he commuted daily to Junction High School.
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Riverside
Duane Evans
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Evans
Columbus Junction
Chicago Hermit Leaves Startup Life Behind
A 67 year old hermit known as ack Bolger lived for 15 years in a converted moving van near O'Hare International Airport. He kept dogs rabbits ducks and pheasants as companions and only interacted with civilization through airplane noise. Friday he reported breathing trouble to his landlady. firemen found him dead at the top of the stairs with a pistol in his hand and a barely legible note saying I suffering.
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Ack Bolger
Chicago
O'Hare International
Bolger
Kalona Woman Dies In Mississippi Today
Mrs E J Hessel schwerdt of Kalona dies in Gulfport Mississippi while vacationing with her husband. Funeral services planned for Tuesday at 2 p m in Kalona Methodist Church with Rev Edward Philgreen. Burial in Sharon Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband one son Dr Donald Hessel schwerdt of Grand Rapids Michigan two daughters Mrs Allen Rich of Alpena Michigan and Mrs Stanley Norenberg of Adel and 12 grandchildren.
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Salona
E.J. Hesselschwerdt
Kalona
Gulfport
Miss
Kalona Methodist Church
Edward Philgreen
Sharon Hill
Peterseim
Donald Hessel
Schwerdi
Grand Rapids, Mich
Allen Rich
Alpena, Mich
Stanley Norenberg
Adel
Bandits Torture Aged Texas Man In Fort Worth Robbery
Two gunmen posing as postal messengers forced entry to the home of Lee Crawford and his wife in Fort Worth's Westridge district. They bound the couple and tortured the 70-year-old victim with a hot iron to force disclosure of $1,300 and $5,000 in jewelry, causing severe leg burns and requiring hospital treatment. Police had to call a locksmith to free the cuffs, which could not be unlocked by a standard key.
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Fort Worth
Tex
UPL
Lee Crawford
Westridge
Crawfords
Mary Stephens
Crawford
Kennedy Khrushchev push to break disarmament deadlock
UPI reports that a Kennedy Khrushchev summit may be required to end the East West stalemate over disarmament and nuclear tests. Western negotiators fear Russia’s insistence on terms for a test ban and on-site inspections may trigger a new cold war period after the Cuban crisis. Foster seeks face to face talks with Kuznetsov as Washington awaits a possible meeting with Kennedy before a February 25 return.
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NEVA
UPI
Russia
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
U.S
William (. Foster
Kremlin
Vassili V. Kuznetsov
West
Washington
Suiffer
United States
Britain
Foster
Kuznetsov
George Washington University
Aerialist injured in circus accident
Mary Lou Lawrence twenty five known as Hollywood Skyrocket with the William Kay Circus fell thirty feet from a trapeze at the Dane County fairgrounds. She suffered a likely skull fracture internal injuries and a broken left collarbone. Spectators watched as comrades aided her while the show continued.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Mary Lou Lawrence
Hollywood
William Kay
Dane County Fair Grounds
Miss Lawrence
Death of J. L. McGraw at Mercy Hospital Iowa City
J L McGraw 75 died Friday Feb 15 1963 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City from a heart condition after illness starting Wednesday Funeral set Tuesday 1 30 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Lloyd Latta officiating Burial planned in Keota Cemetery He born Oct 4 1887 in Falmouth Kentucky son of James and Nancy Bollan McGraw came to Iowa young married Mildred E totts Nov 17 1909 who died Sept 25 1962 He farmed in Keokuk and Washington counties until retiring in 1946 then moved to Washington He was a Methodist and member of the 100F lodge Surviving are three children Mrs Henry Brenneman Keota LeRoy McGraw Washington and Mrs Raymond Lewis Columbus Junction and seven grandchildren Three brothers preceded him in death.
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J. L. McGraw
Mercy Hospital
Iowa’ City
Jones Funeral
Lloyd Latta
Keota
Mr. McGraw
Falmouth
James
Nancy Jane Bollan McGraw
Iowa
Mildred Elberta Totts
Keokuk
Washington County
Washington
McGraw
Methodist Church
100F Lodge
Henry Brenneman
LeRoy McGraw
Raymond Lewis
Columbus Junction
Honored Soldier Faces Court Martial Over Desertion
Medal of Honor recipient Mess Sgt Wilson Douglas Watson is under scrutiny as the Army weighs desertion charges. Watson, famed for actions at Iwo Jima and Guam, has spent 21 years in service across Army Air Force and Marines and has been hospitalized at Ft Sill after returning from an absence from Ft Rucker. An Army spokesman said no charges filed yet and an investigation is ongoing with Maj Edwin S Ammerman to represent the case if pursued.
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FT. Sill
Okla
UPI
Wilson
Douglas Watson
Iwo Jima
Guam
United States
Army
Air Force
Marines
Watson
Ft Sill
Marked Tree
Ark
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Maj
Edwin S. Ammerman
Judge Advocate General's Staff
Ammerman
Earle, Ark
Robert Warren
Marion, Ark
Warren
Wellman Man Dies In Iowa City Hospital
Vernon Ayers 57, of Wellman died Friday at University Hospital Iowa City after four weeks as patient. Services 10:30 at Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev. Arthur Ulrich. Burial Wellman Cemetery. Survived by widow two daughters Colleen at home Elmo Kern of Washington, parents Lake and Jessie Ayers Wellman, five brothers and five sisters.
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Wellman
Engen Vernon Ayers
University Hospital
Iowa City
Powell
Arthur Ulrich
Mr. Ayers
Kalona
Lake
Jessie Lemley Ayers
Gladys Karr
Lancaster
Wellman-Kalona
Elmo Kern
Washington
Colleen
Lake Ayers
Fay
Dale
Clifford
Floyd
Kennth
Ft. Madison
Frank Peltz
Viva
Kennedy Hints Tax Cut as Shield Against Recession
President Kennedy's push for a tax cut as insurance against recession sparks debate among economists. Some fear stressing recession could trigger downturn through psychological effects while others insist tax relief stimulates growth. administration forecasts foresee moderate growth and no recession.
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Washington
UPL
Kennedy
Wome
Congress
Vetter Cites Bills On Truck Speed And Prisoner Work
Iowa Senator Jack Miller visited the Capitol as Fred Schwengel addressed a joint session on Lincoln’s day. The House passed a truck speed bill raising the limit to 60 mph on paved primary highways and a separate bill allowing prisoner work and education leaves. HP 51 funded foster care licensing, while a brucellosis elimination bill advanced. Liquor by the drink petitions drew large totals, with 84,791 for and 6,173 against as other routine measures moved forward.
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Jack Miller
United States
Iowa
Capitol
Fred Schwengel
Lincoln
Uuier
Senate
Sgt Wolford Killed In U S Mine Field In Viet Nam
Army reports Sgt l Craig B Wolford of Columbus Junction Iowa was killed Thursday in a friendly mine field in South Vietnam. Officials say classification as accidental rather than enemy action cannot be determined without full details.
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Wasnumuius Curt
Army
Sgt
L. Craig B. Wolford
Columbus Junction
Iowa
U.S
South Viet Nam
Wolford
Venezuelan freighter Anzategui hijacked by Communists
A UPI report says the Venezuelan freighter Anzategui, seized by the Communist National Liberation Forces, was spotted by a US Navy patrol plane southeast of Cuba and moving toward Brazil. Navy and Venezuelan destroyers pursued. the hijackers threaten to blow the ship if intercepted. The vessel, 3,136 tons, had 37 crew aboard and was en route from Venezuela to Houston for industrial gear.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Anzontegui
Cuba
Serina
Venez
Pentagon
Anzoategui
South America
Navy
Reds
Fidel Castro
Brazil
P27
Surina
Ver West
U.S
2 Percent of Acres In Feed Grain Program Signed Up
Washington reports the first UPI tally for the 1963 voluntary feed grain program through February 7 shows 128,400 farms diverted 2,502,907 acres from corn sorghum and barley. More than 2 million acres are corn, 344,950 sorghum, and 152,415 barley.
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Washington
UPI
Charges Filed In Death Of Infant In Sioux City
A 26 year old unemployed laborer faces a March 1 hearing on manslaughter charges in the death of his eight month old son Dale. Woodbury County medical examiner Dr Thomas Cobden said the injuries were unlikely from a crib fall. The father Robert D Trostheim was arraigned and jailed on a $10000 bond after telling officers the child fell from his crib onto toys. The infant suffered brain contusions and bruises across multiple regions and was hospitalized after conditions worsened. The couple’s two other children were in foster care.
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Sioux City
UPI
Aces
Woodbury County
Thomas Coriden
Robert D. Trostheim
Trostheim
Dale
Cobden
Donna
Coriden
Forest City
Man Rescued After Locking Self in Vacant House
Ronald Thornton 22 locked himself inside a vacant London area house three weeks earlier, attempted death by own action then changed his mind but grew too weak to escape. Weighed about 79 pounds, he was found by firemen emaciated and locked in, then treated for malnutrition exposure and exhaustion. He came from Lanarkshire seeking work before the ordeal.
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London
UPI
Ronald Thornton
Thornton
Thorton
Lanarkshire
Land
Weather Summary from United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a low around 15 to 18. Sunday highs expected in the 20s to 30s in northern areas and 30 to 35 in the south. Outlook for Monday is mostly cloudy and colder with scattered light snow.
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United Press International
Owa
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