Laos Forms Neutral Coalition Government to End Crisis
A 19 member Laotian coalition led by neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma takes office in Vientiane. The government includes Phoumi Nosavan, Boun Oum loyalists, and Pathet Lao members with Prince Souphanouvong as vice premier. Souphanouvong arrives after last minute talks at the Plain of Jars as Washington pressures unity and suspends aid to end the 14 month crisis.
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Vientiane, Laos
UPI
National Union
Souvanna Phouma
Boun Oum
Savang Vathana
Souvanna
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Souphanouvong
Souvann
Phoumi
Prince Souphanouvong
Laos
Plain of Jars
Geneva
United States
Idea
Unusual tame bird found in alley near square
A copper tan pigeon like bird with a narrow black neck band has drawn attention in an alley near the square. Mrs. Baulah West and others note its tameness and leg band with the number 60-549ALMPA as officials in Des Moines and Fairfield are contacted for identification.
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Tom Cannon
Karl Libe
Cannon
West
Phillips
The
Conservation Commission
Des Moines
Burl Downing
Fairfield
Cloyce Dusenbery Dies in Davenport at 60
Cloyce Dusenbery 60 died at 8 a.m. Friday in St. Luke's Hospital Davenport after three years of ill health. Funeral at 1 p.m. Monday at Range Funeral Home Davenport with burial in Memorial Cemetery. Survived by wife Pearl Hamil two sons Jack and Jerry, a sister aunt and other relatives. Born Keota Iowa, former Washington resident.
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Cloyce Dusenbery
Range Funeral Home
Davenport
Mr. Dusenbery
St. Luke's Hospital
Washington
Alcoa Co
Bettendorf
Keota
Homer and
Cordie Blair Dusenbery
Washington High School
Christian Church
Crown Point
Ind
Pearl Hamil
Mississippi Avenue
Jack
Jerry
Orma Delton
Clair
Violent storms hit plains to Atlantic coast across several states
Thunderstorms lashed the Plains Midwest and Dixie with high winds and heavy rains. A tornado touched down near Boyd Oklahoma with no injuries reported. Topeka and St Joseph saw hail and 75 mph gusts, while Nebraska and Georgia endured heavy rainfall and heat in Needle California topped 101 degrees.
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Plains
Midwest
Dixie
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Boyd
Okla
Topeka
Kan
St. Joseph
Nebraska
Alma
Georgia
California
Needles
Eisenhower Attacks Kennedy Domestic program in Speech
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Republicans to oppose Kennedy's domestic agenda at a 1962 fund raiser, labeling the plan as sophistication and medicine show skullduggery. He urged substantial defense budget cuts and warned against expanding government control and spending. The speech followed Kennedy's Yale address and emphasized frugality and self discipline.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Kennedy
White House
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Yale University
America
Doomed Boeing 707 Crash Kills 112 in Guadeloupe
Rescue teams retrieve 112 victims from a Boeing 707 crash on Dos d Ane during a tropical storm. The jet's pilot Andre Lesieur 43 had reported gear trouble and disappeared after circling the airport. investigators arrive to probe the cause.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
UPS
Dos d'Ane
Andre Lesieur
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Canada
Ex Marine Arrested In Double Murder
James Vance, 18, a former Marine, is jailed as a suspect in the bludgeoning deaths of Noreen Buckley 17 and Margaret Kennedy 16 near Morristown. Lab tests link a tire iron from his car to the murder weapon as investigators describe a tightening case.
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Morris Plains
N.J
UPI
Morris County
Frank Scerbo
James Vance
Scerbo
Vance
Des Moines youth denies pulling razor on two policemen
Jerry Leon Burrell, 20, pleaded innocent at arraignment on a charge of carrying a concealed razor after police stopped his car for speeding. He claimed he had a razor but did not expose it. He was released on $200 bond with a July 9 hearing set.
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Des Moines
UPI
Howard Brooks
Bruce Dyer
Robert Bradford
Jerry Leon Burrell
Burrell
Brooks
Senate weighs quick Medicare move to center stage
Senate leaders with White House approval consider amending one of several bills due by June 30 to push Kennedy’s hospital care for the aged plan. Amendments aim to broaden support by covering more elderly not in Social Security, with Anderson eyeing a rider to other legislation. House action pending revenue measures. Anderson held back to wait.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
House
Anderson
Market Downturn Deepens on Wall Street Week Losses
New York reports a 16.9 billion dollar weekly drop in paper market value and new four year price lows. Dow Jones average sinks to 539.19 and the S P 500 hits 52.68 as auto production declines with Ford plants shut nationwide. Some brokers still see a bottom, others see a continuing downward trend.
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New York
UPI
Wall Street
Standard & Poor
Ford Motor Co
Ford Stock
Rusk’s Rome Asia visit seeks Italy’s pro West policies
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived in Rome after a West Germany visit to secure assurances that Italy’s new Socialist supported government would keep pro Western foreign and defense policies. He praised NATO cohesion and said cooperation with Italy would continue, meeting with President Segni and Prime Minister Fanfani.
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Rome
UPI
Dean Rusk
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
United States
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Italy
Attilio Piccioni
Frederick Reinhardt
Quirinale Palace
Antonio Segni
Amintore Fanfani
Piccioni
Carlo Rossi
Reinhardt
Charles Bohlen
Fay Kohler
Gerhard Schroeder
Adenauer
Berlin
Soviet Union
Rush
Freeman backs stopgap farm bill over strict controls
Washington The administration favors extending the existing stopgap farm program for 1962 rather than returning to the 1958 low price supports. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman says the aim is to protect farm income and cut program costs while the House Agriculture Committee prepares to vote on a new administration backed bill.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
House
Kennedy
House Agriculture Committee
War of Labor Unrest Looms As Ford Strike Ends
The Ford UAW settlement ends a 16 day walkout idling about 75,000 workers while 150,000 more face idle time in ongoing labor disputes. Pan Am World Airways and Eastern Airlines Flight Engineers threatened to strike at 2 PM EDT if no deal by then. A related aerospace and construction labor fabric shows 70,000 machinists authorized strikes and airlines pilots facing ratification.
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United Press International
Cleveland
Ohio
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walton Hills
Ford
West Coast
California
John F. Henning
State Department of Industrial Relations
Sacramento
Calif
Milwaukee
Wis
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Milwaukee Sentinel
Frank Switzer
St. Louis
Ozark Air Lines
Air Line Pilots Association
Switzer
International Association of Machinists
Aerojet General
General Dynamics
Douglas Aircraft Companies
Choate Wins Elmer Crowe Memorial Award at Y's Men Convention
Robert C. Choate of Washington is named a recipient of the Elmer Crowe Memorial award by the International Y's Men clubs. The honor, carrying a $50 honorarium, was announced at the Springs hotel convention with delegates from twenty countries and fellow winners including Juan Carlos Nava Olaf Christensen Stan Smith Bert Pye.
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Robert C. Choate
Washington
Elmer Crowe
International Association of Y's
Springs
Juan Carlos Nava
Rio de la Plata
South America
Olaf Christiensen
Denmark
Stan Smith
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Bert Pye
Saint John's
Newfoundland
Choate
Washington Club
Iowa
Robert Choate
Richard Higgins
Dean Stanley
Dave Elder
Sorden Rites Sunday Afternoon at Keota
Lorin Everett Sorden 65 died Friday morning at his Keota home. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Powell Funeral Home Keota, Rev. Orrin Potter officiating. Burial at Sorden Cemetery near Webster. Survived by wife Mary, son T. J. Sorden, three grandchildren, sister Mrs. Dick Starry, brothers Milo and Leland. Two brothers preceded him.
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Keota
Lorin Everett Sorden
Powell
Orrin Potter
Sorden
Webster
George
Mary Jane Wolfe Sorden
Webster High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Mary Shilling
Methodist Church
American Legion
T. J. Sorden
Lone Tree
Dick Starry
Sigourney
Milo Sorden
Washington
Leland Sorden
Madison, Wise
Two Nominated As Iowa Federal Judges
President Kennedy nominated Democrat Edward J. McManus of Keokuk and Republican William C. Hanson of Jefferson for federal judgeships in Iowa. McManus, 41, former lieutenant governor and ex gubernatorial hopeful, would fill the northern district vacancy, while Hanson, 52, Greene County district judge, would serve the roving post for both northern and southern districts. The lifetime posts pay 27500 dollars yearly. Nominations were sent to the Senate for confirmation after internal party delays.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Edward J. McManus
Keokuk
William C. Hanson
Jefferson
Iowa
McManus
Hanson
Greene County
Senate
Henry N. Graven
Norman A. Erbe Hanson
Rites at Keota For Richard Meier
Richard Meier 42 died suddenly at his Kenner Louisiana home. Formerly of Keota he will be moved to Powell Funeral Home in Keota for services Monday after visitation. Survived by wife Betty Miller three children Richard Cathy John one brother Wilford and two sisters plus his mother.
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Keota
Richard Meier
Kenner
Powell Funeral Home
Meier
William
Irene Meier
Clarence
Betty Miller
Richard
Cathy
John
Wilford Meier
Wellman
Bernice Sobaski
Ottumwa
Hazel Showman
Would-Be Bank Robber Foiled By Banker
CORRECTIONVILLE UPI says a would-be robber was scared off by quick foot work from P. S. Hart president of Corn Belt State Bank. Hart confronted the bandit in his garage around 7 35 a m after the man had entered the bank Friday and pressed a gun to Hart’s ribs.
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Correctionville
UPI
P. S. Hart
Corn Belt State Bank
Hart
Partly Cloudy Sky With Scattered Thunderstorms Across Iowa
Partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered thunderstorms in northern and central Iowa tonight and widely scattered storms Sunday. Cooler air moves in from the northwest tonight and Sunday. Lows ranged from 55 in the northwest to the mid 80s in the southeast, with Sunday highs in the upper 70s northwest to mid 80s southeast. Monday shows little temperature change.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Ralph Wede Cing
Washington United Church of Christ
Lay Congregational Church
William Preston
Medford
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