Cuban airliner hijacked by four rebels in Cuba
A Cubana DC3 with 29 on board including an American and 10 women disappeared over eastern Cuba. Four unidentified men believed to be rebel agents boarded at Manzanillo, mimic tactics from earlier hijackings, one captured plane crashed at Nipe Bay killing 7 Americans and 10 Cubans.
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Havana
UPI
Cuba
Manzanillo
Littue
Nipe Bay
Santiago
Holguin
Robert Montgomery
Guantanamo
U.S
U.S. Navy
Grand Jury urges four way stop at Kalona crossroads
Washington County Iowa grand jurors for the November term of district court recommend a four way stop at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 1 at Kalona to reduce accidents. Foreman Baxter Freese and jurors Ma rion Godlove B F Harrison Pete Koehler Amos Mellinger Kathryn Mineart Linus Patterson. The report asks the Iowa Highway Commission to act and to publish the recommendation in county legal newspapers.
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Washington County
District Court
Kalona
Highway Commission
Baxter Freese
Marion Godlove
B. F. Harrison
Pete Koehler
Amos Mellinger
Kathryn Mineart
Linus Patterson
Grand Jury
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Bingo Drives Tuesday Elections Across States
In Tuesday votes, bingo legalization won broad support in Colorado Nebraska and several New York localities while Utah rejected horse race betting. Tax slows and income tax changes divided Arkansas California Ohio and Illinois voters as Oregon and California faced tax and loan proposals. Louisiana approved a private school funds amendment amid broader anti union sentiment and right to work measures failed in several states.
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Washington
UPI
Colorado
Nebraska
New York
New York City
Buffalo
Syracuse
Schenectady
Utah
Arkansas
California
Fostoria
Ohio
East Liverpool
Illinois
Oregon
Louisiana
Little Rock
Idaho
Kansas
Mid-Prairie Observes Annual Education Week
The Wellman Kalona and West Chester centers join the 38th annual American Education Week from November 9 to 15. Parents are urged to visit classrooms and pupil essay contests will award three prizes per division with topics on Education and Survival What Education Means to Me and The Ideal Teacher. Open house events are set for Kalona on November 20 and Wellman on November 11.
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Wellman
Kalona
West Chester
Churchill Receives France Highest Honor at Matignon
Paris France Premier Charles de Gaulle awarded Sir Winston Churchill France’s highest honor the cross of the Liberation at a noon ceremony in the Hotel Matignon ending years of publicized feud. Churchill arrived from the Riviera with his cigar to accept the rare distinction shared now only with Eisenhower and King Mohammed V.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
France
Churchill
Riviera
Eisenhower
Mohammed V
Morrocco
Hotel Matignon
de Gaulle
Germany
Lorraine
Elderly Eldon Woman Fatally Struck by Train
Mrs. Robert Atwood, 88, of Eldon, Iowa, died after a Rock Island freight struck her near her home. She was hit while crossing the tracks and died about two hours later in Ottumwa hospital. Witnesses said she started to cross as the slow train neared.
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Eldon
Iowa
UPI
Robert Atwood
Rock Island
Ottumway
Atwood
GOP Leaders View 1958 Losses Amid Recession and Labor Power
GOP leaders surveyed the 1958 results blaming the recession weak party orgs and organized labor for the Democratic landslide. Democrats secured 26 Senate seats, 27 likely House seats, and multiple governorships signaling a sweeping national shift. President Eisenhower voiced confusion over the voter mandate while Meade Alcorn called for party feedback.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Congress
Alaska
Senior Play Unusual In Several Respects
Washington High School presents The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners on November 14 at 8 p.m. The play features no stage props, a lean set, and flashbacks. A cast of 26 works on characterization as tickets sell through senior class members with reserved seats at Phillips Drug Store.
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Washington High School
Carson Corners
Phillips Drug Store
Park lake planned for Scott County near Davenport
Adrian Freshwater announces a two square mile area ten miles north of Davenport will become a 1.5 million county park lake recreation area. The 1,220 acre tract lies east of US 61 near Long Grove. Soil borings will decide dam and 150 to 200 acre lake. Development could take five to six years with initial state and federal approval.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Adrian Freshwater
Scott County Conservation Board
Freshwater
U.S. 61
Long Grove
Open House at Washington Junior High School Monday
Washington Junior High School hosts an Open House during American Education Week led by Principal Jesse Linch. The event begins 8 p.m. Monday November 10 with teacher introductions, performances by a girls sextet and solos by Pam Hite and Sharon Lowry, a film, and a visitor reception in the library at 9 p.m.
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Washington Junior High School
Jesse Linch
Supt. M. M. Schell
Judy Weston
Judy Crone
Sharon Lowry
Jana McConnell
Cheryl McBride
Mary Ellen Stout
Jane Peterson
Pam Hite
Stock Dividend Declared by National Bank Washington
Stockholders of the National Bank of Washington receive stock dividends totaling 50 percent. President Frank C. Crone announced the dividend, noting steady bank growth and community prosperity since his 1937 arrival. Comparing Nov 5 1937 to Nov 5 1958 shows capital rising from 50 000 to 120 000, surplus from 35 000 to 120 000, undivided profits from 562 to 171 859, loans from 412 964 to 1 271 839, and deposits from 1 187 250 to 4 898 944.
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Frank C. Crone
Crone
Washington
National Bank
Phil Weldin
Friends Aid Vince Gevock Farm Corn Harvest
Neighbors gathered at the Gevock farm near Brighton to pick 12 acres of corn for Vince Gevock who is hospitalized in Mercy Hospital Iowa City room 351. The group of 13 included Henry Steinacher Emmett Gingerich George Gevock Milt McGuire Louis Schwab Robert North Eugene Edwards Jerry Edwards Harold Speidel Merlin Anderson Frank Smith Harlen Dier and Everett Dier. Women cooked the meal and Bennie Houseal of Germanville provided soft drinks.
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Vince Gevock
Brighton
Gevock
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Henry Steinacher
Emmett Gingerich
George Gevock
Milt McGuire
Louis Schwab
Robert North
Eugene Edwards
Jerry Edwards
Harold Speidel
Merlin Anderson
Frank Smith
Harlen Dier
Everette
Italian Challenges Montgomery to Duel
Vincenzo Caputo president of the Italian Nationalist Assa challenged British Field Marshal Montgomery to a duel claiming the British had misused Italian troops. Montgomery in London refused saying he would not duel and has no pistol and that dueling is not allowed in England. Caputo is considered a publicity seeker with no known members.
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Rome
UPI
Vincenzo Caputo
Assa
Montgomery
Loveless outlines Iowa goals and liquor referendum plan
Governor Herschel Loveless outlines second term aims including reorganizing state government, expanding mental health and parole programs, boosting highway safety, and funding college buildings. He proposes a special referendum to decide liquor by the drink and bonds for state colleges, with budget hearings to begin soon.
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Des Moines
UPI
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Iowa
Glenn Sarsfield
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State .Teachers College
State Parole Board
Iowa Highway Patrol
Public Safety
Russell Brown
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission On
Benton machines blamed for vote errors in Iowa county
Benton County Democratic chairman John Drilling charged that over a thousand Democratic votes were invalidated by misset voting machines. He argued unlocked levers caused voters to cast ballots for empties, potentially changing close races including the 45th District senate contest, the U S House race, and the attorney general's race. He planned to contest results Monday.
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Vinton
Iowa
UPI
Benton County
John N. Drilling
Drilling
County Board of Supervisors
Herschel C. Loveless
William Murray
Lawrence Putney
Gladbrook
Hugo Joens
Toledo
Jack Milroy
George Good
Newhall
Putney
Joens
Jonss
Milroy
Good
Norman Erbe
Don Wilson
Des Moines
Red Cross Group at VA Hospital Meeting
A Tri county Red Cross gathering in Iowa City included Mrs. Ralph Martin Gray Lady chairperson and Mrs. Winnie F Beiter executive secretary with new VA Hospital representative C C Birr. Barney Morrison of Cedar Rapids named alternate to Birr as Iowa City Cedar Rapids delegates discussed Christmas veterans activities and expanding Gray Men hospital service where Linn County is currently the only chapter with such volunteers.
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Ralph Martin
Gray Lady
Veterans Administration
American Red Cross Service Committee
R. A. Baumgartner
Winnie F. Beiter
Iowa City
Cc. C. Birr
Red Cross
Barney Morrison
Cedar Rapids
Birr
Linn County
Scout Executive Ted Lloyd speaks on Washington Scouting program
Kiwanis meeting featured Boy Scout executive Ted Lloyd from Cedar Rapids describing the current Scouting operations in Washington. Guests included Robert Day Lester Grim John McCampbell Roland Underwood Merritt Canady Frank Wilke H. J. Dane and Glen Roxberg.
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Ted Lloyd
Cedar Rapids
Kiwanis
Washington
Robert Day
Lester Grim
John McCampbell
Roland Underwood
Merritt Canady
Frank Wilke
H. J. Dane
Boca Raton
Fla
Glen Roxberg
Four Bomb Scares Hit Moline Area Schools
Police investigated four bomb scares in area schools within a week. A caller warned United Township High School of a sky high blast prompting a fire drill evacuation for about 75 people. The search found nothing as officials called the prankster.
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Moline Area
East Moline, Ill
UPI
United Township High School
Moline
Revolutionary Rotodyne Seeks U S Buyers
Britain’s Fairey Napier Rotodyne, a 48 passenger hybrid plane and helicopter, needs US buyers after the government refused to underwrite about 28 million dollars for production. Prototypes impressed airline and military experts and interest from a U S helicopter operator and the U S Air Force was reported.
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Fairey and
Napier Aircraft
Society of British Aircraft Constructors
Rockets to Venus and Mars Feasible Now Says NASA Official
Dr Newell D Sanders of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration asserts that America can launch rockets to Venus in mid 1959 and to Mars in 1960 using the Thor Able system. He describes instrumented robots traveling about 250 million miles in 151 days to Venus and 247 days to Mars.
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Washington
UPI
Civilian
Space Agency
America
Mars
Venus
Newell D. Sanders
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Moon
Sanders
Starkweather Says Caril Didn’t Help In Jensen Murder
Charles Starkweather testified that his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate could not have aided in the killing of Robert Jensen. He said the shooting happened after he decided to kill Jensen spur of the moment and Caril was not with him at the storm cellar.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Charles Starkweather
Caril Ann Fugate
Robert Jensen
Starkweather
Jensen
Caril
John McArthur
Carol
Carol King
Miss King
Iowa Weather Forecast Night Fair Then Warmer Friday
United Press International reports in Iowa distant fair conditions with little temperature change tonight. Increasing high cloudiness and warmer Friday with lows near 20 to 30 and highs in the 50s to near 60 depending on location. Saturday turns colder with partial clouds and a chance of showers in the north.
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Iowa
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