Cubans Blame U.S. for Havana Blast
A massive explosion at a Cuban army munitions dump in Havana Harbor killed two and injured about 200, with authorities claiming sabotage and anti US sentiment sweeping the city. Fidel Castro returned from the scene as Cubans debated U.S. sugar policy and security.
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Body of Newborn Found in Shoe Box by Iowa River
The body of a newborn baby, born about three months early, was found in a shoe box along the Iowa River one mile east of Marshalltown. The infant lived about 24 hours and was wrapped in towels with an electrical fixture as a weight, left on the river bank with pink taped lid. Sheriff and coroner investigate lack of footprints or tire tracks for clues.
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UPI
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Here
Asa Landes
Don Lenox
van Cleave
Lenox
H.E. Sauer
Sauer
Hike Planned For Girls At Washington YWCA
Special activities for girls ages 5 to 12 at the Washington YWCA will be held every other Wednesday. This week’s event is a hike from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with lunch money for a pop, as the summer committee plans hikes, cookie bakes, swims and roller skating.
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Stan Kiesey
YWCA
Richard Schiebel
James Richart
Daryl Dodder
Harold Stevens
Walter Messer
Kennedy in Iowa Seeks Delegates Support for Nomination
Senator John F. Kennedy arrives in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids to urge Iowa Democratic delegates to back his bid. He accuses the Eisenhower administration of farm policy failure and argues for balance of supply and demand, criticizing Nixon proposals as more of the same. Kennedy predicts a vigorous campaign if nominated and notes timing of presidential trips. The senator declines to forecast first ballot votes, saying he hopes for over 600.
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UPI
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Mont
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Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Japan
Nixon letter delights Iowa veteran Bill German
Bill German, a former Hoffman Electric general superintendent at Chicago, recalls meeting Richard Nixon at Ottumwa Naval Air Base in 1942. Nixon writes he enjoyed the memory and notes German now lives in Iowa with his wife. German plans to vote Republican if Nixon is the presidential nominee.
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Local Scout Troop Earns Camp Honors
Boy Scout Troop 237 of Washington Methodist Church earned the blue ribbon Proficiency award as the best of 12 troops at Camp Waube last week. It was the second consecutive year they won the top award. Members earned multiple merit badges in marksmanship nature and canoeing.
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Mike Steele
John Mulcahy
Mike Johnson
Jerald Ejiffert
Dennis Murphy
Stephen Putman
Gary Lawson
John Phieger
Bradley Booth
Wayne Herdlicka
Eugene Fields
Paul Bunyon
Larry Bender
Buddy Jungbluth
Mike Green
Steve Bealer
Milo Steele Jr
Charles Lawson
David Taylor
Jim Koehler
Ray Miller
Bob Helscher
John Widmer
Rites at Junction For Harry S Zaruba
Harry S Zaruba 50 died Sunday in a Dubuque hospital. Services set for Tuesday in Dubuque Catholic Church and Wednesday at 2 p m Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction. Burial in Columbus City Cemetery. Survived by son Lee. daughters Mrs Arthur Pugh and Mrs James Bell. seven grandchildren. brother Frank. sisters Mrs Ralph Coppess and Mrs Grace Kelsey. Born March 28 1910 in Oxford Junction. First wife Blanche Hayes died 1956. second wife Marian Hennig.
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Harry S. Zaruba
Dubuque
Stacy Funeral
Columbus City
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Oxford Junction
Mike
Lizzie Zaruba
Blanche Hayes
Marian Hennig
Lee
Lone Tree
Arthur Pugh
James Bell
Frank
Anamosa
Ralph Coppess
Wyoming
Ila
Grace Kelsey
Wassiac
N.Y
Junction Man Elected State VFW Commander
John F. Gabriel of Columbus Junction was elected state commander of the Iowa Department Veterans of Foreign Wars at the convention in Burlington. Other officers named include Lloyd H. Goins, Warren K. Allbaugh, Edgar McConnell, A J Allen Garner, Robert Rechkemmer, and Rev. Patrick J. Nooney who was reelected chaplain.
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UPI
Iowa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John F. Gabriel
Columbus Junction
Lloyd H. Goins
Diagonal
Warren K. Allbaugh
Des Moines
Edgar McConnell
A.J. Allen Garner
Robert Rechkemmer
Oelwein
Patrick J. Nooney
Carroll
Diary ties jazz musician to Carroll Jackson family murders
Federal authorities charged Melvin Davis Rees, a jazz musician, with the abduction and killings of Mrs. Jackson and her older daughter, aided by a diary found in his Hyattsville home. The diary, dated two months before the bodies were found near Gambrils, Md, links Rees to multiple 1955 1957 killings and faces grand jury action.
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UPI
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Reese
Memphis
Tenn
Harold
Leon Pierson
Rees
Pierson
Hyattsville
Washington
Howard Colsrud
Waterville
Mary Zagorski
Burlington
Walkout at disarmament talks shocks Geneva conference
Russia and Communist bloc walked out of the ten nation disarmament conference in Geneva triggering turmoil. Valerian Zorin led the exit shouting questions of floor access while Jules Moch and British and U.S. delegates pressed on. The US introduced a new plan as Easton called the walkout a sad moment and linked it to UN General Assembly politics.
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UPI
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Zorin
London
Moscow
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Moch
Naszkowski
David Ormsby-Gore
U.S
Fredrick M. Easton
Washington
Eaton
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Ormsby-Gore
Khrushchev
Eisenhower holds talks on world crisis and Asia tour
President Eisenhower met with top advisers to discuss the global situation, legislative outlook, and tonight's television report on his Asian trip. Nixon and Herter briefed him separately on international affairs and pending legislation as he returns from a 23,000 mile voyage.
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UPI
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Richard M. Nixon
Christian A. Herter
Nixon
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Herter
C. Douglas Dillon
Geneva
White House
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D.t. Eisenhower
Orient
Japan
Glenn Drahn Named Head Coach at Coe College
Glenn Drahn, former Washington High School football coach 1954 to 1957, is named athletic director and head football coach at Coe College in Cedar Rapids. He joined Coe in 1957 as assistant professor of physical education and baseball coach. Drahn succeeds Wally Schwank and led three straight Midwest Conference baseball titles while aiding Schwank to a 21 win 3 loss football record.
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Cedar Rapids
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Schwank
Farewell Planned for Crawfordsville Pastor
United Presbyterian Church in Crawfordsville invites members and friends to a farewell party for Rev. E. C. Williams and family at 7 30 p m Thursday. The Williamses move to Aston Iowa on July 6. A program is planned and each family should bring a pie.
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EC. Williams
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Aston
Weekend toll in Iowa rises with seven deaths
Iowa reports seven weekend fatalities including four traffic deaths and an eighth in a one car crash near Tipton after midnight. Victims: Charles Killam, Franklin Greene, Kenneth Alcott, Gary Wood in traffic. Frank Hall in a farm accident. Leland Colsrud in a haying mishap. Mary Zagorski in a cistern rescue. Mary Pepper shot by daughter Bernadine Kalen.
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Iowa
Tipton
Charles Leroy Killam
Des Moines
Franklin R. Greene
Missouri Valley
Kenneth Alcott
Ames
Gary Richard Wood
Springville
Frank Gerald Hall
Fontanelle
Leland Colsrud
Wayland Community School District Director Election Tuesday
Voters in the new Wayland Community School District will elect five directors Tuesday at Wayland High School from noon to 7 p.m. CDT. Candidates include Willis Alliman George Brooks Russell Davison Richard Hulme Lester Roth Max Roth Noah Unternahrer and Dr J J Widmer. Eva Umphrey runs unopposed for treasurer. The Franklin Institute Laboratories for Research and Development in Philadelphia were established in 1946.
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New Wayland Community School
Wayland High School
Willis Alliman
George Brooks
Russell Davison
Richard Hulme
Lester Roth
Max Roth
Noah Unternahrer
J. J. Widmer
Eva Umphrey
Franklin Institute Laboratories For Research and Development
Philadelphia
Chinese Red Leader Calls for Arms Buildup
Liu Jen, political commissar of Peiping’s military garrison, urged strengthening regular forces and organizing militia divisions in large numbers to deter imperialist aggression and defend socialist construction. The speech was to about 50 000 militia members in Peiping and criticized the United States and Nationalist China.
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China
Floods Drive Hundreds From Texas Coast Homes
Floods on the Texas coast drenched the flat lands with up to 27 inches of rain. About 1,500 people became homeless as water drained slowly, flooding streets and homes from Houston to Port Lavaca. Five deaths occurred in the floods and prior storm conditions.
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Weather Iowa Five Day Forecast From Des Moines
Considerable cloudiness through Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Cooler in the northwest with little temperature change southeast. Lows tonight upper 50s northwest, 60s elsewhere. Highs Tuesday 70s to 80s. Wednesday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers possible in the south and cooler east. Five day forecast expects below normal temperatures with a cooler trend midweek and Friday. Intermittent showers total about one inch of rain.
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