OAS talks stall on suspending Castro regime
United States efforts to suspend Fidel Castro's Cuba from the inter American system stalled as Brazil and Mexico push for a special conference to amend the OAS charter. Secretary of State Dean Rusk met nine Latin nations to resume negotiations with no quick agreement in sight and a possible extension beyond Monday.
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Uruguay
UPI
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Dean Rusk
Jose J. Caicedo Castilla
U.S
Rusk
Brazil
Mexico
Organization of American States
Castro
OAS Council
Washington
Personal Income In Iowa Gains In 1961
New York based, Personal Income in Iowa rose 4.7 percent for the first 11 months of 1961 compared with 1960, with November up 5 percent from a year earlier. Iowa’s 1961 first eleven months total reached 5.292 billion dollars, while national gains lagged at about 2.7 percent for November. Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana posted declines in the period, the largest drop in Michigan at 9.7 percent.
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New York
UPI
Iowa
Business Week
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Seniors Urged to Register for Feb ACT Testing
Iowa seniors must register by Feb 3 to take the ACT Program test battery on Feb 24. The three hour exam will be offered at seven centers including the University of Iowa Iowa State University and Morningside College. The test is now required or recommended for admission to more than 650 colleges and universities nationwide.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Arthur Mittman
University of Iowa
Mittman
State College of Iowa
Eagle Grove Junior College
Iowa State University
William Penn College
Red Oak High School
Morningside College
Iowa preps small breathalyzer test for drunk drivers
Des Moines police will trial a pocket intoximeter this spring to gauge driver sobriety. The voluntary experiment in one of fourteen districts aims to inform an implied consent law. The device requires exhaled breath into a balloon and uses color change to indicate alcohol presence.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Carl Pesch
Pesch
Bequeaths School To Lafayette Ind
Thomas Miller an 85 year old Lafayette bachelor known as Santa Claus left a half million dollar estate to fund a new grade school in Lafayette bearing his name. The will also uses income from 160 acres to cover crippled children at Robert Long Hospital. The will was read in Tippecanoe Circuit Court.
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Lafayette
Ind
UPI
Thomas Miller
Lafayette Hospital
Tippecanoe Circuit Court
Tippecanoe County
Robert Long Hospital
Miller
May Start Course For College Credits Here
Lloyd Bensmiller and Robert Fronterhouse of Iowa Wesleyan College will visit Washington on Monday January 29 to offer college credit courses. Bensmiller teaches a three credit hour religion class The Old Testament and Fronterhouse offers a speech class. Both require a 12 student minimum and will meet at 6 30 p m in the courthouse.
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Lloyd Bensmiller
Robert Fronterhouse
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Bensmiller
Fronterhouse
Iowa Wesleyan
Court House
Why Should You Support The Y
Gene Gorham argues three reasons to support the Washington YMCA as enrollment opens January 29. He cites the Christian Association mission with churches here and worldwide, youth development fostering practical Christian values, and Washington's fully equipped Y as a point of local prestige.
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Gene Gorham
Washington Ymca
YMCA
Army shifts focus with paramilitary and counterinsurgency terms
Army officials told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Cold War strategy now emphasizes paramilitary operations and counterinsurgency. Elvis J. Stahr Jr. and Gen. George H. Decker outlined efforts in South Vietnam to assist local forces, training, and field guidance to prevent insurgencies before U.S. involvement escalates. Lt. Gen. Barksdale Hamlett detailed support roles, including public health and construction to stabilize allied nations.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
George H. Decker
South Viet Nam
Barksdale Hamlett
United States
Free Nations
U.S
Hamlett
Two Accidents Kill 25 Cattle in Iowa Route Underpass
Two icy underpass crashes within four hours killed 25 cattle and caused about 21,000 dollars in damages. In the first crash Cornelius Slegh and Marvin Van Engelenburg were hauling potatoes to Burlington. in the second Clarence Holforty and Bern Timm were moving cattle to Sully. Earl Haugen, injured, was treated at Evangelical Hospital in Marshalltown.
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Dunbar
UPI
Cornelius Slegh
Hollandale
Minn
Marvin van Engelenburg
Slegh
Burlington
Iowa
Clarence Holferty, Jr
Huron
S.D
Bern Timm
Holforty
Earl Haugen
Timm
Haugen
Evangelical Hospital
Marshalltown
Kennedy Views Orbit Efforts
President Kennedy voiced disappointment at the postponement of America’s first manned orbital flight. He learned of the delay by phone only minutes before a public announcement. Press Secretary Salinger said Lloyd informed officials at Canaveral and Mercury control centers.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Kennedy
America
Pierre Salinger
Or. Lloyd Jr
Civilian Space Agency
Lloyd
Mercury Control Center
Canaveral
Salinger
Des Moines Opens First Segment of 13.5 Mile Freeway
The Des Moines freeway's first 1.2 mile segment, costing about 9.5 million, opened Friday from Cottage Grove Avenue past Keo Sauqua Way to 12th Street. Snow delays had postponed the Dec 1 opening. segment two to Second Avenue near the river is expected later this year as work continues.
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Des Moines
UPS
Cottage Grove Avenue
12Th Street
Iowa Highway Commission
Second Avenue
View On School Ruling Ignites Rural Iowa Debate
Iowa State Superintendent Paul Johnson stated county boards must attach all elementary districts to high school areas as of July 1 1962. The ruling by Attorney General Evan Hultman has sparked controversy in rural Iowa, with Dwight Bode reporting the development this morning in Des Moines.
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Washington County
Iowa
Evan Hultman
Hultman
County Board of Education
State Superintendent of Schools
Dwight Bode
Paul Johnson
Des Moines
Ranger III Near Moon Miss Promises Closest U S Reach
Ranger III, 727 pounds, performed commands but will miss the moon by about 25 000 miles. Cameras will photograph the moon s far side as scientists assess midcourse corrections from a California tracking station. The mission aims to test midflight steering for future Apollo era lunar work.
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Goldstone
Calif
UPI
America
Moon
Earth
Mojava Desert
Los Angeles
NASA
Clouds Cause Delay in John Glenn Space Launch
Cloudy weather at Cape Canaveral forces NASA to postpone the planned Glenn orbital flight. Glenn had entered the capsule at 5 10 a.m. EST and the countdown continued until a 9 11 a.m. EST postponement was announced.
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Cape Canaveral
Glenn
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Missile Range
John
Shorty) Powers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Meticu
Delay Dulls Excitement as Glenn Flight Is Scrubbed
Mrs. John H. Glenn voiced disappointment over the delay of her husband’s spaceflight after a telephone talk from the capsule. NASA officials explained the scrub and said Mrs. Glenn planned to rest at home while awaiting a new launch date.
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Arlington
UPI
John H. Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Glenn
NASA
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnsons
Glenn Rose
Lyn
David
Russia Rejects Nuclear Ban Probe in Geneva Talks
UPI reports U S officials say Russia’s refusal to merge the three power Geneva talks with 18 nation disarmament negotiations signals no interest in a nuclear test ban. Moscow may seek a new test series, with Khrushchev's internal strains cited as a factor.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
Geneva
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
Red China
State Department
United States
Kennedy
Britain
Autopsy Ordered In Luciano Death At Naples Airport
In Naples authorities ordered an autopsy to confirm a heart attack caused death of 65 year old Charles Lucky Luciano at the airport. He had been deported in 1946 and was to be arrested as a suspected link in a $15 million Brooklyn narcotics investigation.
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Naples
UPI
New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Luciano
U.S
Naples Revenue Bureau
Madrid
Brooklyn
Iowa Night Sky Brings Light Snow in North
Weather bulletin for Iowa notes cloudy conditions with occasional snow in the north and partly cloudy skies in the south tonight. Lows range from 5 degrees above to 15 degrees in the southwest as temperatures ease slightly by Sunday. Monday shows little change.
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Iowa
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