Tractor Exchange Offer for Cuban Prisoners Stands Firm
The Tractors for Freedom Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt and other leaders maintains its offer of 900 agricultural tractors for 1,214 Cuban prisoners and demands Castro’s clear acceptance by Friday noon EST. The group notes Castro’s revised terms to cash or credits and urges Red Cross scrutiny of the prisoner list.
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UPI
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Fidel Castro
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Cuba
National Association of Small Farmers
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton S. Eisenlower
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW) Union
Joseph M. Dodge
Detroit Bank and Trust
UAW
International Red Cross
Adlai Stevenson's Ecuador visit hailed as success
UPI reports ambassador Adlai Stevenson concluded a successful Quito leg of his 10 nation goodwill tour. He pressed Kennedy's alliance for progress amid Ecuador's request for 200 million dollars in credits and discussed Cuba with President Velasco Ibarra. Stevenson then moved on to Bogota for the tour's final stop.
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Ecuador
UPI
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
South America
United States
Stevenson
Bogota
Colombia
Threemef
U.S
United Nations
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Velasco
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Communist Bloc
Havana Radio
High Court Reverses Ruling On Illegally Seized Evidence
The Supreme Court overturned its 1948 decision in Mapp thus barring illegally seized evidence in state trials. The ruling raises a potential freedom appeal for thousands of inmates convicted on similarly obtained evidence. Adjourned until October the court issued five opinions totaling 422 pages in ten cases.
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UPI
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New York
Pennsylvania
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California
Illinois
Cleveland
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High Court
Maryland
Nagle Praises Erbe Fiscal Policy After Hawkins Attack
Des Moines Iowa Republican state chairman George Nagle defended Gov Norman A Erbe against Lex Hawkins criticism praising the administrations sound fiscal policies and efforts toward centralized purchasing and data processing studies Nagle compared Hawkins attack to a Pearl Harbor surprise and said it could not erase Erbes honesty and progress while noting Democratic spendthrift tendencies.
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Des Moines
UPI
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Norman A. Erbe
Erbe
Nagle
Iowa
Democratic Party
Lex Hawkins
Iowa Republican Party
Hawkins
Pearl Harbor
Ha Waii
Erbes
Melvin Halterman Dies of Heart Attack at 71
Melvin Pop Halterman, 71, died at 6 am today at 1162 South Iowa Avenue after a sudden heart attack. Funeral services are set for 10 am Thursday June 22 at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. W J Stevens. Burial in Collins Iowa. Survivors include wife Mable Warrell Halterman two children Lowell Coggan and Jane Russell five grandchildren four great grandchildren one brother John Halterman of Roland Iowa.
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Pop) Halterman
South
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Jones
W. J. Stevens
Collins
Iowa
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Reynolds
John
Susan Hall Halterman
Mable Warrell
Christian Tabernacle
Lowell of
Coggan
Jane Russell
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Halterman
Roland
Ottumwa Becomes New Iowa Patrol District 14
Iowa safety director Carl Pesch announced a 14th patrol district centered in Ottumwa to cover six counties. District 13 will shrink to six counties with its HQ moved to Mount Pleasant, while Des Moines 1 and Fairfield 13 districts lose area but keep staff in place.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ottumwa
State Safety
Carl Pesch
Fairfield
Pesch
District 13
Faitrfield
Mount Pleasant
Mahaska
Wapello
Davis
Marion County
Monroe
Appanoose
Keokuk, Washington
Louisa, Jefferson, Henry
van Buren and
Lee
Puncturing of 200 Tires on Trailers Probed
A Rock Island Motor Transit Co spokesman said labor issues were not involved in vandalizing about 200 tires on 50 trailers in Des Moines. The damage, estimated at 2000 dollars, delayed mail and interstate freight as federal agents joined the probe, while company officials noted dust complaints from nearby residents.
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DES Moines
UPI
Rock Island Motor Transit Co
John Keener
Keener
U.S. Pledges Laos Military Withdrawals Amid Peace Talks
At the Geneva Laos conference the United States pledged to withdraw all military advisers from Laos if demilitarization advances. Harriman said removals must be phased under the International Control Commission, with other foreign forces also leaving if not allowed by the 1954 Geneva agreement. Rival Lao princes canceled a Zurich summit due to Prince Souvanna Phouma illness, delaying a joint communique on a coalition government and potential premiership shifts among Souvanna, Boun Oum, and Sophaouvong.
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International Control Commission
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Switzerland
UPI
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Souvenna
Souvanna
Savang Vatthana
Pathet Lao
Sou
Light Shower Falls: Month's Moisture Far Below Normal
Parched fields and yards in the Washington area received little moisture as brief showers fell locally. Officially only .15 inch was recorded. June total to date is .32 inch versus a 4.90 inch normal. May's rainfall was 1.23 inches, compared with a 3.80 inch normal.
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Washington
U.S. recalls Dean from Geneva talks on test ban
State Department recalls nuclear test negotiator Arthur H. Dean from Geneva for consultations. Spokesman Lincoln White says whether Dean returns depends on discussions at home and future Geneva talks with Britain and the Soviet Union. White warns the US may reassess participation if stalemate continues while confirming no break in talks. Dean leaves deputy Charles Stelle to represent the United States as Soviet chief negotiator Semion Tsarapkin also departed.
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UPI
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Russia
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Semyon Tsarapkin
Coad Obtains Divorce in Alabama
Rep Merwin Coad of Iowa obtained a quickie divorce from his wife Dolores in Double Springs Alabama last March on cruelty grounds. Dolores Coad filed for divorce in Boone Iowa June 8 seeking custody of four children and $1200 monthly support, attorney said they had no knowledge of the Alabama action at filing time.
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Ala
UPI
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Iona
Dolores
Alabama
Coad
Double Springs
Boone
Iowa
Band Concert Showcases Washington Trombone Section
The Washington Municipal Band’s trombone section leads the weekly concert Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in Central Park under Robert Steele. The program includes God Bless America Berlin The Big Cage Lassus Trombone and The Stars and Stripes Forever among popular selections marches and overtures.
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Fillmore
Washington
Central Park
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America
Berlin
Big Cage
King
the New Dawn
Russell
Endsley
Bombasto
Farrar
Gershwin
National Emblem
Bagley
Kern
Miami
Bill Bailey
Aitken
Sousa
Van Patten Denies Resigning as Iowa Deputy Secretary
Iowa Deputy Secretary Loyd Van Patten, 64, denies resigning and says he does not plan to stay in the post. He claims his job expired with the death of Clyde Spry, who had appointed him on April 1, 1951, and blames L.B. Liddy for a letter urging continuation.
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Des Moines
UPI
Loyd van Patten
Iowa
van Patten
Attorney General
Evan L. Hultman
Clyde Spry
Spry
Warren County
State Senate
L.B. Liddy
Liddy
Indianola
Statehouse
Eichmann testifies he was forced to sign confession in Buenos Aires
Adolf Eichmann testified in Jerusalem that captors chained him to a bed in Buenos Aires last year and forced him to sign a statement agreeing to stand trial in Israel. He denied coming of his own free will and described being chained again after the letter was dictated. The hearing opened after two months of prosecution.
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UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Buenos Aires
Israel
Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Argentina
Servatius
Japanese Leader Ikeda Begins Talks With Kennedy
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda opens a three day conference series with President Kennedy here as the two discuss a bleak outlook for a cold war truce and major issues including Vietnam Berlin and disarmament with Khrushchev in Vienna.
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Washington
UPI
Hayato Ikeda
Kennedy
Iowa Field Work Ahead of Last Year
Iowa field work showed progress over last year with 90 percent of corn cultivated at least once and 40 percent of oats headed. Wet conditions delayed some cultivation and replanting reached about three percent, while soybeans remained in good to excellent condition with partial replanting in some areas.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Weather outlook for Iowa brings fair, warmer trend
Iowa forecast shows generally fair conditions through tonight with cooler southeastern areas. Tomorrow Wednesday turns warmer with highs in the 80s and pleasant conditions. Thursday continuation of fair skies and higher temperatures expected across the state.
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