Breakthrough Hope at Laos Peace Talks Edges Forward
Geneva sources report cautious optimism that a U S Soviet mediated compromise could unblock the Laos conference The plan envisages a cease fire pledge and Laotian government restraint with Russian backed rebels to respect the truce and cooperation with the International Control Commission while awaiting clearer control instructions
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Geneva
UPI
Laos
Lord Home
U.S
Averell Harriman
Andrei Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
Padong
United States
Britain
France
Thailand
South Vietnam
Harriman
Gromyko
International Control Commission
Control Commission
UN Orders Portugal to End Repression in Angola
United Nations Security Council approves Afro Asian resolution demanding Portugal desist from repressive measures in Angola. Russia hints at sanctions. Portugal denounces intervention as illegal while defending its actions against alleged killings and violence in the territory.
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United Nations, NY
UPI
Russia
Portugal
Security Council
Angola
Council
United States
Britain
France
NATO
Turkey
Liberia
Ceylon
United Arab Republic
Vuasco Vieira Garia
Valerian A Zorin
United Nations
U.N
Zorin
Suspect surrenders in Des Moines triangle killing
Ronald Stump, 20, surrendered to Ottumwa police denying involvement in the love triangle murder of Des Moines aluminum salesman Michael Daly. Daly, 22, was shot three times outside his home while with Sean Na Skultety, 21, as police investigated a possible motive tied to a prior relationship.
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Des Moines
UPI
Ottumwa
Ronald Stump
Michael Daly
Rosco Bechtel
Stump
Keokuk
Daly
Seanna Skultety
James Skultets
Skultety
Seanna
Tornado Rips Ravenna Kentucky Killing Girl and Wrecking Town
A giant tornado struck Ravenna Kentucky injuring at least 75 people and damaging most four block business district. A 9 year old girl Valerie Hope Collins of Newport was killed when debris crushed a church near Bellpoint. National Guard Civil Defense aided relief efforts and red cross reported 35 to 38 families homeless.
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Ravenna
UPI
Delmar McGee
Estill County
W.M. Noland
Red Cross
Valerie Hope Collins
Newport
Bellpoint
Lee Counts
Daniel Collins
National Guard
Guard
Bert Combs
James R. Dorman
Civil Defense
Kentucky
Brezhnev Calls Vienna Summit a Great Encouraging Event
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev praised the Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna talks as a great and encouraging event and urged further measures to ease tensions. He spoke at a Sukarno visit reception, stressing disarmament as the era's key issue and noting no Berlin mention.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
Vienna
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
Russia
Brezhnev
Sukarno
Indonesia
Five Youths Turned Over To Juvenile Court
Five youths linked to a joy ride in two stolen cars were turned over to juvenile authorities. Four were brought home from Muscatine by city police and the fifth was caught near Crawfordsville. Suspects include Cheryl White 13 Linda White 14 John Anderson 17 Frank Manning 15 and James Carpenter 15. Four are Washington residents while Carpenter lives on route two Mt Pleasant and may be sent to Mt Pleasant authorities.
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Muscatine
City Polie
Crawfordsville
John Anderson
Cheryl
Linda White
Frank Manning
James Carpenter
Washington
Carpenter
Mt. Pleasant
Smallest Pro Golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez Profile
The touring pro Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez of Puerto Rico stands five feet six inches tall and weighs 127 pounds, making him the smallest golfer on the tour.
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Dunedin
Fila
UPI
Juan
Chi Chi) Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
Local Entry Earns Share of Honors in Jalopy Races
Car number 17 a 1939 Pontiac owned by Stewart Pontiac Buick of Washington and driven by Mark Mosier has two wins and a first place tie in four Junction track features. Mosier sits second in total points, last year finishing 10th. Stewart’s garage fields cars in jalopy races at Columbus Junction for four years with Mosier driving three.
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Mark Mosier
Columbus Junction
Washington
Mark
Stewart Pontiac-Buick
Journal
Stewart Pontiac - Buick
Junction Track
Stewart's
Junction
Mosier
Gene Stewart
Former Here Iowa City officer kills wife and daughter then dies
August Klett 48 formerly of Fairfield shoots wife Lucille 47 and daughter Diana 3 before killing himself. Two other children escape. Linda 10 and Bobby 13 flee to a neighbor. Police say no basis for accusations of infidelity. Funeral planned at St Patrick’s Iowa City.
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Iowa City
UPI
August Kleet
Fairfield
Lucille
Diana
George Callahan
Klett
Jefferson County
Linda Klett
Bobby
Linda
William Cannon
Charles
Washington
Iowa
Kennedy Recovering From Back Ailment
President Kennedy uses crutches but swims and shows improvement in back condition as Dr Janet Travell reports progress. He awaits return to Washington while in Palm Beach and receives hundreds of well wishes including Prime Minister Diefenbaker.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Kennedy
John G. Diefenbaker
Janet Travell
Washington
Hatcher
Amintore Fanfani
Ottawa
Canada
Palm Beach
White House
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Dr. Travell
Diefenbaker
Stevenson Hopeful For Kennedy Alliance In South America
UPI reports Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, seeking progress for Kennedy’s alliance program, meets Uruguayan President Haedo and heads to Brazil for talks with President Quadras. His tour includes Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, with Las extensions to other Latin nations and a focus on improving living conditions as a reply to communism.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
UPI
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Brazil
Janio Quadro
Stevenson
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Quadros
Pace
Eduardo Victor Haedo
Illinois
Council of Government
Alliance For Progress
Argentina
Venezuela
U.N
Buenos Aires
South America
Cuba
Caracas
Nancy Osincup Wins Dorotty Lowell Music Scholarship
Nancy Osincup, selected by the Fortnightly Club, will study voice at Drake University for several weeks this summer. She was one of three in the state to receive the honor, recommended by her local club, music teacher, and church, and begins study in July. Nancy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Osincup and plans to be a high school senior this fall after working part time at Osincup Drug Store.
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Nancy Osincup
Dorotty Lowell
Carol Forgey
Drake University
Nancy
Herb Osincup
Osincup
Giant Transport Plane Missing Over Pacific Storm
A giant C133 jet transport with eight American airmen aboard is missing east of Tokyo after takeoff from Tachikawa. The Air Force reports 23 tons of cargo to Midway Island, fuel for about until 9 p.m. EDT, and nineteen search planes with nine ships combing the stormy sea for wreckage or signs of an emergency landing. Names of six crew members are identified including Maj. Lawrence J. Coretti, Capt. Ray L. Willman, Capt. Donald F. Holmes, 1st Lt. Nathan L. Patterson, TSgt. Howard J. Otero, and SSgt. Billy R. Edwards. two other crewmen’ identities were withheld pending notify families.
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Tokyo
UPI
Pacific Ocean
Here
U.S. Air Force
Tachikawa
Midway Island
Air Force
Lawrence J. Coretti
Wiukee
Iowa
Ray L. Willman
Burbank
Calif
Donald EF. Holmes
Crystal Lake
Nathan L. Patterson
Elfrica
Ariz
Howard J. Otero
Billy R. Edwards
Ceres
Calif Willman
Freedom Riders Enroute to Jackson Face Arrests
Eight more freedom riders left Nashville on a Greyhound toward Jackson. The group, led by Rev. W C Darby, plans jail over fines and aims to test Mississippi segregation rules. NAACP suit seeks to halt arrests and enforce desegregation at terminals.
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Freedom Riders
Nashville
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Chicago
W.C. Darby
Freedom _ Riders Training School
Mississippi
Justice Department
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Illinois Central Depot
Weather Iowa: Partly cloudy and warm weekend
Partly cloudy in Iowa with continued warm and humid conditions through Sunday. Scattered showers or thunderstorms spread from the west and north into central and northeast tonight and Sunday. lows near mid Os, highs in the 80s, with Monday outlook partly cloudy and little temperature change.
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Iowa
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Robert M. Daly
University of Iowa At Iowa
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Ek Dale Allen
Bob Elliott
Columbus Junction Fairgrounds
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Burlington
Patty
Mary Ackerman
Lucille Minick
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
McGovern
Andrew T. Hatcher
Travell
Charles B. Wrightsman
Charles Spalding
New York
Adlai
Haeda
Benito Nardone
United Press International
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Biloxi
University of Mississippi
Middle District
Frank M. Johnson Jr
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