Community Chest Gifts Support Local YWCA in Washington
Donations to the Washington Community Chest fund the YWCA rooms in the YMCA building plus salaries for unit staff and instructors. The article notes rising YWCA usage from 10,556 people in 1960 to 11,349 from January to October 1961, urging continued donations to expand services.
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Community Chest
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Eisenhower Celebrates 71st Birthday at Gettysburg Farm
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower marked his 71st birthday with bridge at his Gettysburg area home. He enjoyed a quiet day after a medical checkup and watched a theater performance staged by his granddaughters and directed by his grandson.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C
Defend Sales of Planes to Tito
The government defended selling 230 FR6D Sabrejet fighters to Yugoslavia and training pilots to keep Tito from aligning with the Soviets. The policy, approved by FDR and reapproved under Kennedy, includes training 12 Yugoslavs. Yugoslavia will pay 325000 for training and 343000 per plane to build.
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UPI
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Soviet Bloc
Tito
Air National Guard
H. ©. Knickerbocker
Dallas
Fisenhower
Defense Department
Pentagon
Iowa Farmer Wins Corn Combine Title
Barnard Hay of Olin Iowa won the corn combine division at the national corn picking contest in Worthington Minnesota. Celo Hurt of Hope Missouri took the two row division, Warren Freissen of Sioux Falls South Dakota won the single row division, and Donald Ridge of Worthington Minnesota topped the picker shelter division. Shriver addressed over 50,000 people urging aid to needy neighbors worldwide.
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Barnard Hay
Olin
Iowa
Celo Hurt
Hope
Warren Freissen
Sioux Falls
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Donald Ridge
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Grandmother Charged in $57,000 Embezzlement Case
In Riverton Illinois a 40 year old grandmother Lillian Smith is charged with embezzling at least $57,000 from Horace Mann Insurance Co in Springfield. She allegedly signed checks to fictitious or valid policy holders and kept carbon copies while cashing originals. Smith is hospitalized after a heart attack and will face a preliminary hearing when fit.
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Riverton, Ill
UPI
Springfield
Ill
Lillian Smith
Horace Mann Insurance Co
Terrell
Pearson
Riverton
Sky Shield II grounds North American air traffic for 12 hours
NORAD and SAC led about 2 000 fighters and several hundred bombers in Exercise Sky Shield II, halting all civil aviation across the United States and Canada for 12 hours. About 3 000 flights were canceled and 70 000 civilian crafts plus nonparticipating military planes were grounded. Senior officials from NORAD and RAF watched as Vulcan bombers joined the drill to test radar and comms resilience.
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Colorado Springs, Colb
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Canada
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Hebrides
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Midway Island
Pacific
British Air Ministry
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Admits Slaying Of Three Women And A Girl
Hugh Bion Morse a 31 year old suspect in a string of unsolved sex murders boasted in prison of killing three women and a one year old girl. He was arrested Friday night in St Paul after FBI agents found him asleep in his apartment near the last crime scene. Spokane authorities prepared to question Morse as investigators across the country sought details on other cases.
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Congo Prince Assassinated in Urundi Terrace Shooting
Prince Louis Rwagasore 30, premier of Urundi, was shot in the throat while dining with officials in Usumbura. The gunman fled, others on the terrace were wounded, and Urundi radio urged calm as investigations continued.
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Louis Rwagasore
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Urundi
Congo
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Urundi Radio
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Joseph Kimpeye
Tanganyika
Pilot Hero Honored After Red Plane Hijack Failed
Three Armenian hijackers attempted to seize a small airplane from Yerevan to Ekhegnadzor but were repelled by pilot Edich Bokshinaya who was knifed during the struggle. The pilot survived and was honored by the Komsomol while the attackers were injured captured or killed.
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Young Communist League
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Yerevan
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Ekhegnadzor
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Russian threats delay UN successor selection
UPI reports that Russian Ambassador Valerian Zorin warned the UN could collapse if Moscow’s reorganization plan is not adopted, clouding early selection of a new secretary general after Hammarskjold's death. US diplomats continue talks with noncommunist delegations amid long wrangling.
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UPI
Dag Hammarskjold
Valerian A Zorin
Zorn
U.N
Adlair Stevensons
The
United
Hammar Shjolds
Zorin
Hammarskjold
Signals from space likely from U S Discoverer satellite
A Goddard Space Flight Center spokesman said signals detected worldwide at multiple sites likely originate from Discoverer 32, a U S satellite launched Friday with a small transmitter on 20,005 megacycles. Officials dismiss Russian mooncraft theories and note launch details would come from Vandenberg.
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Washington
UPS
Goddard Space Flight Center
Discoverer
Goddard
Japan
Germany
Sweden
Space Center
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Postal Radio Wave Institute
Tokyo
Enkoping
People’s Observatory
Bochum
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Nominate Molesworth For Football Hall Of Fame Honors
Monmouth Moves reports Keith Molesworth a 1928 Monmouth College graduate has been nominated for the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame ballot. The Baltimore Colts personnel director starred for Monmouth setting records, quarterbacked the Chicago Bears for six seasons, coached the Honolulu Warriors Richmond Rebels Steelers and Navy, and became the Colts first coach in 1953.
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Monmouth College
Keith Molesworth
National Football Foundation
Molesworth
Washington
Mable Gray
Baltimore Colts
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Honolulu Warriors
Richmond Rebels
Pittsburgh Steelers
U.S. Naval Academy
Progress Reported On Auto Contracts
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers reported progress in bargaining on local plant issues. A settlement was reached at the Dearborn engine plant in Michigan, affecting 3,800 workers and marking the first of four engine plants to settle local disputes.
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Rouge
Rayburn Hopes to Return Home by New Year
Cancer stricken House Speaker Sam Rayburn received a brief visit from former President Truman and expressed hope to leave Baylor University Medical Center by January 1. Rayburn planned to return to his Bohemia Texas home, about 70 miles from Dallas, if possible.
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Tex
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Sam Rayburn
Truman
Friday Truman
Rayburn
Baylor University Medical Center
Boham, Tex
You Can Trade In Your Used Home
Chicago report notes a growing practice of trading in old houses for new. Real estate developers outline criteria for trade in value including neighborhood stability and construction materials, with emphasis on plumbing wiring roofing and yard maintenance.
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Chicago
UPI
Weather Summary for Iowa: Fair Weekend Warmer Outlook
United Press International reports Iowa will stay fair through Sunday with a low tonight of 35 to 40 and Sunday highs in the 60s. The outlook for Monday is generally fair and warmer.
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