Kennedy Budget Supported for Defense Aid in Korea Debate
Defense Secretary McNamara and General Lemnitzer urged Senate Foreign Relations Committee approval of all military items in the $4.8 billion foreign aid bill. They defended $1.885 million in military aid, while critics pressed for tighter administration and audits. Fulbright warned of strong Kennedy leadership needed to pass the aid, and questioned Korea corruption amid US aid. Goldberg urged a $275 million youth employment program with 6,000 youths for conservation work and rejected GOP claims of financial excess.
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Washington
UPI
Robert McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNamara
Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
J. William Fulbright
Kennedy
Congress
Korea
U.S
United States
Fulbright
Youth Labor
Arthur Goldberg
House Labor Subcommittee
Trains Collide Near Stuttgart Killing 35
A head on crash between two commuter trains near Stuttgart kills at least 35 and injuries 43 as an engineer fails to heed a new block signal. One train carried 500 workers from the Daimler plant. US troops aided rescue as both engineers perished.
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Stuttgart
Germany
UPI
US. Army
7Th Army
Fesslingen
Mettingen
Daimler-Benz
Neckar
Plan Resumption Of Disarm Parley In Washington
In Washington UPI reports the United States and Russia will start new disarmament talks here on Monday. Valerian Zorin will meet with John J. McCloy at the State Department to set a procedure for restarting East West discussions on general disarmament including conventional and nuclear weapons by May 1. Khrushchev had suggested merging Geneva test ban talks with general disarmament, a move Obama advisers fear could cause further delays.
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Washington
UPI
Geneva
United States
Russia
UUN
Valerian Azorin
State Department
Kennedy
John J. McCloy
Nikita Khrushchevy
Vienna
United Nations
Adlai E. Stevenson
Andrei Gromyko
Power Outage Paralyzes New York City in Four Hour Blackout
A major electrical switch fault at a West 65th Street substation cut power across Manhattan for 4 hours 22 minutes, stopping subways and traffic signals, trapping hundreds in elevators, stranding pedestrians, freezing foods, and forcing hospitals to rely on generators while Broadway theaters paused and entire streets dimmed.
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New York
UPI
W. 65Th St
Embezzlement Wave Hits Iowa Banks Shrugs onFelon Bank
Mary Jane LeMasters head bookkeeper at Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to one embezzlement and two falsifying bank records. Total schemes across Iowa potentially exceed $10 000 with prior cases at Humboldt and Sheldon totaling nearly $3 million.
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Mary Jane LeMasters
Merchants National Bank
U.S
Sheldon National Bank
Burnice Geiger
Pat McClure Heads to Hawkeye Girls State
Pat McClure daughter of Mr and Mrs Don McClure of Washington will join 304 girls at Hawkeye Girls State on the Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls campus June 19 24. She will be a Washington High School senior and is sponsored by the local American Legion Auxiliary unit to learn state government functions and political processes.
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Pat McClure
Don McClure
Washington
Hawkeye Girls State
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Pat
American Legion
Hawkeye Girls
Charles Livingston
Mrs. Ann M. Keyser Dies at U P Home
Ann M. Keyser 85 died Tuesday at United Presbyterian Home. Funeral services set for Thursday in Sherman Eden Funeral Home and in Des Moines at Dunn Funeral Home with burial in Masonic Cemetery. Born November 27 1875 in Spring Run PA, she was a former teacher and member of United Presbyterian ChurchWomen. Survived by two stepdaughters Edith and Harriet Keyser of Chicago and several cousins and a sister in law.
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Ann M. Keyser
United Presbyterian Home
Sherman-Eden
Des Moines
Dunn Funeral
Masonic
Ann McCormick
Spring Run
Robert
Isabel Mc.Kee McCormick
United Presbyterian Women
United Presbyterian Church
U.P
Edith
Harriet Keyser
Chicago, Il
Castro trades leaders for U S prisoners in Havana swap
Cuba says it will free three invaders leaders in exchange for Francisco Molina Henry Winston and Pedro Albizu Campos. The plan ties Artime San Roman and Bolivar Fuentes to separate U S Cuban and Puerto Rican figures, while linking terms to tractor aid negotiations.
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Havana
UPI
U.S
Puerto Rico
Fidel Castro
Manuel Artime
Jose San Roman
Rafael Bolivar Fuentes
Artime
Francisco
the Hook) Molina
New York
Bolivar Fuentes
Henry Winston
Communist Party
Winston
San Roman
Pedro Albizu Campos
Diplomat Scearbeck Charged in Polish Spy Case
Washington FBI charged Irvin C Scearbeck a 41 year old diplomat with passing U S security secrets to a 22 year old Polish girl who was a communist spy. He faces up to 10 years in prison after signing statements admitting the transfers from January through May. He awaits grand jury proceedings with bond set at 50000.
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Washington
UPI
Irvin C. Scearbeck
U.S
Warsaw
Scearbeck
Poland
State Department
San Francisco
Scarbeck
FBI
Searbeck
District of Columbia
Peoples Republic of
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy Improves as He Returns Weight on Both Feet
President Kennedy's back strain shown improving as he begins to put weight on both feet for the first time since using crutches last Thursday. Press Secretary Salinger said Kennedy felt better and would progress with ultrasonic and radiation treatments to the back.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Janet Travell
Ottawa
Canada
Salinger
United States
Anti U S Groups Stir Chilean Demonstrations Against Stevenson
In Santiago Redi led students to stone the U S Information Service office and scatter anti American leaflets during Adlai Stevenson’s Latin America tour. Two embassy windows were broken. no arrests reported.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
U.S. Information Service
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Information Service
Communist Party
Fidel Castro
Stevenson
Latin America
Uruguay
Appeal to Iowa Supreme Court over WACO district
The Washington County Board of Education appealed a May 15 district court ruling in favor of a reorganization plan involving Crawfordsville Wayland and Olds areas. The appeal was filed in the county courthouse clerk's office this morning to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Waco
District Court
Iowa Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Washington County Board of Education
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Olds
Court House
Senate Debates Highway Plan Amid Tax and Billboard Clash
Washington lawmakers clash over higher truck taxes and an anti billboard provision as Kennedy highway program faces House approved 11.5 billion in new outlays. Sen. Douglas seeks a 140 million tax restore while Neuberger pushes for billboard ban to protect scenery along interstate routes.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Kennedy
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ii
Joseph C. Schdiler
Maurine Neuberger
Dore
Calif
Kuchel
Douglas
Illinois
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate Committee
Catrus
Freeman Optimistic For Farm Program
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman told the American Confectioners Association that Congress will act favorably on administration farm legislation. He urged giving farmers an even break, noting farm income lagged behind nonfarm earnings despite rising output. Freeman cited 1960 figures showing per capita nonfarm income at 2282 versus farm income at 986.
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Chicago
UPI
Orville Freeman
Congress
United States
Freeman
American Confectioners Association
Services Tuesday For Former Junction Woman
Funeral services for Nelle Rahmiller Pope 53 were held Tuesday at the Volga Methodist Church with burial there. She died Sunday at her Volga home. Born October 6 1907 she lived in Columbus Junction about 20 years. Survivors include her husband John Pope two sons one daughter one brother and four sisters.
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Columbus Junction
Volga
Nelle Rahmiller Pope
Fred Rahmiller
John Pope
Feed Grain Payments Count For Social Security Earnings
Local social security official N E Treat explains that 1961 Kennedy feed grain payments will be treated as earnings from farming for self employed farmers and for farm landlords who participate. Payments may reduce benefits if total earnings exceed thresholds. retired farmers should report income and may adjust benefit timing.
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N. E. Treat
Social Security Office
Treat
Kennedy
Soil Bank
Break-In At Farm Home West Of Richmond
The Mick Dawn residence near Richmond reports a break in Tuesday night while the owners slept upstairs. About $400 in cash was taken from upstairs and downstairs areas. An old rifle, a shell clip, and several smaller items were stolen. Investigators from the local county sheriff’s office are handling the case.
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Richmond
Mick Dawn
Builifolds
Iowa Weather: Cloudy, Showers Possible, Cooler Night
Considerable cloudiness through tonight with scattered showers or thunderstorms west and south this afternoon. Cooler over the state tonight. Partly cloudy and continued cool Thursday. Lows tonight in the 30s north to near 60 south. Highs Thursday generally in the 70s.
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United Press International
Iowa
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