US Warns Americans to Leave Cuba Over Harassment
The State Department urged all American nationals to depart Cuba due to ongoing harassment by Cuban police. Since the start of the year more than 43 U.S. citizens have been detained or harassed. concerns include an American woman and her two sons roughed by a mob in public. Embassy teams advise civilians to ship dependents out and depart unless essential business requires staying.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Cuba
Francis W. Tully
Fidel Castro
Tully
Havana
United States
U.S
Greater
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Kennedy and Nixon Trade Blows In 1960 Campaign Swing
President Eisenhower plans to support Nixon at a Chicago fundraiser while Kennedy barnstorms New York and New England. Nixon campaigns in Long Island and Commack defending the administration and attacking Kennedy's frontier programs as Kennedy presses a hard line in upstate New York.
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Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Nixon
Boston
John F. Kennedy
Burlington
Manchester
N.H
Kennedy
New York
Mohawk Valley
Albany
Syracuse
Buffalo
Alfred Landon
Upstate
GOP
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Long Island
Empire State
Commack
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Plans Completed For Band Day In Washington
The second annual Band Day brings bands from seven area high schools to Washington on Saturday. The schedule runs 1 30 p m parade led by queen candidates, 2 30 p m ten minute concerts in Central Park band shell, 5 30 p m lunch by Women of the Moose, 8 p m queen candidates crowned at Case Field, followed by a parade and marching exhibition at 8 15 p m.
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Washington
Central Park
Women of the Moose
Washington Merchants
Case Field
Halcyon Houses Sponsorship Change Formalized by Methodists
Halcyon House in Washington will be taken over by the South Iowa Methodist district with an open house and program on Friday. A luncheon precedes events, with Philip E. Jester and Rev George Dimmitt among speakers as Wesley Acres assumes sponsorship to aid expansion and community support. Invitations went to 500 people statewide for the 2:30 p.m. program and 3:30 to 5 p.m. open house.
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Halcyon House
Washington
South Iowa Methodist District
Wesley Acres
Th South Iowa Methodists
Des Moines
Methodists
Halcyon House Board
Philip E. Jester
George Dimmitt
Robert Throckmorton
Wesley Acres Guild
Harlem Hotel Hopes Fidel Won't Return
New York hotel owner sighs at Fidel Castro departure and vows to resist future hosting unless ordered by the State Department. Fidel and 64 associates checked out of the Theresa Hotel amid a mountain of luggage and odd leftovers. Another Harlem hotelier and a Manhattan hotelier previously faced similar strains during Castro visit.
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New York
UPI
Fidel Castro
U.N. General Assembly
Love B. Woods
Theresa Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria
Harlem
Castro
Theresa
Woods
U.S. State Department
Kalona Post Office Contract Signed for New Building
Congressman Fred Schwengel announced Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield says a contract is signed for a Kalona post office. Bidders Ray Eckstein and Joseph Siemann of Cassville Wisconsin win. Groundbreaking begins soon with completion about April 1 1961. Lease for ten years with four five year options. Building on C Avenue and Fifth Street 2378 interior square feet with loading dock and ample parking. Modern lighting and a low open service counter. Tax status: privately owned building leased to government and subject to local real estate taxes.
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Fred Schwengel
Arthur E. Summerfield
Post Office
Kalona
Ray A. Eckstein
Joseph T. Siemann
Cassville
Wisconsin
C” Avenue
Fifth Street
C”’ Avenue
Irene Yard Graduates From Famous Artists Schools
Miss Irene Yard of 726 South Iowa Avenue Washington has graduated from the Famous Artists Schools of Westport Connecticut. She specialized in commercial art and illustration during a three year course with the home study school.
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Irene Yard
Iowa Avenue
Washington
Westport
Connecticut
Yard
Youth 19 Admits Shooting Mother in Waterloo
A 19 year old son of a former Black Hawk County Deputy Sheriff was held on $15,000 bond on a assault with intent to murder charge after admitting he shot his mother Lillian Medley 43: he planned to shoot his father Pat Medley when he returned from work and said his parents were trying to run his life. Mrs. Medley was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the lower right abdomen. a neighbor's baby was unharmed. The elder Medley had previously run for sheriff.
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Waterloo
API
Black Hawk
Sherff
Frederick Mediey
Wiliam Ball
Young Medley
Lillian
Pat
Medley
John Lachty
Macmillan Defends Congo Policy at UN As Khrushchev Stirs Turmoil
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urged stronger UN powers and backed Hammarskjold's Congo policy in a General Assembly address. Khrushchev interrupted with table pounding and shouting as Macmillan denounced Soviet criticisms and praised Eisenhower’s UN program.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
U.N
General Assembly
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Hammarskjold
Macmillan
Paris
Washington High Plans Homecoming Parade and Dance
Washington High School schedules a Friday homecoming with a 2 p.m. pep assembly, a 2:40 p.m. queen crowning, a 3 p.m. parade from the high school to the business district, a 3:39 p.m. parade route, a Central Park pep rally, an 8 p.m. football game at Case Field against Fairfield, and a homecoming dance to cap the evening.
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Washington High School
Joe Pollock
Nick Walker
Jan Knutson
Tanya Trotman
Tom Speed
Sandy Robertson
Paula Gregory
Alice Scranton
Pam Thomassen
Sharon Kauffman
Carole Jungbluth
Central Park
Washington
Fairfield
Case Field
Elivera Doud Dies in Denver Mamie Eisenhower's Mother
Mrs Elivera Doud 82 mother of Mamie Eisenhower died at 10 44 pm at her Denver home. Doctors said long illness due to cerebral arterial sclerosis and prior hemorrhage in 1959. President Eisenhower and Mrs Eisenhower to attend funeral in Chicago with earlier flight arrangements.
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Denver
UPI
Elivera Doud
Mamie Eisenhower
E. Paul Sheridan
Eisenhower
Chicago
Washington
D.t
Hagerty
Mabel Moore
Doud
Mamie
Mrs. Moore
Woman Beaten and Robbed Near Carlisle Farm Driveway
Mrs. George Gooch, 29, was beaten and relieved of $10 to $12 while driving home from a farm in-laws’ residence near Carlisle. She lay unconscious in the driveway two hours before summoning help as authorities search for a mysterious assailant inside her station wagon.
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Carlisle
UPL
Polk County
Here
George Gooch
George Gooch Gooch
Chris Christensen
Smart Lists Ride For Chest Drive
Bill Smart campaign chairman for the Washington Community Chest named committee chairs to assist in the fund drive. The annual drive begins in October with John Owen and Willis Jones co chairs for business area solicitations Paul Shearer head of special contacts Robert Day industrial solicitations chair and Keith Norton publicity director.
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Bill Smart
Washington Community Chest
Community Chest Fund
John Owen
Willis Jones
Paul Shearer
Robert Day
Keith Norton
Truck Driver Dies In Oil Tanker Crash Near La Porte City
Theo dore Frederick Johannsen 64 of La Porte City was killed when his oil tank truck collided with a car and overturned six miles northwest of town. The car driver Mrs Ralph Peters was hospitalized with serious injuries. Officials said corn at the intersection may have blocked the view leading to the crash.
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LA Porte City
UPI
Theodore Frederick Johannsen
Here
Ralph Peters
Travel Road
Bodies of 3 In Plane Wreckage Found Near Clinton
Wreckage of a blue and white Piper Tri Paced plane was found by a farmer along U.S. 30 after a two day aerial search. The victims were Dr Dale Forest 38 Dr Cornelius Mallinger 30 and Mrs. Robert Hook 26 all of the Clinton area.
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Clinton
Robert Orcutt
Orcutts
Dale Forest
Cornelius Mallinger
Clinton Chiropractors
Robert Hook
Morrison
Hook
Sioux Falls
Bomb blasts greet Castro at Havana rally
Two small bombs interrupted Fidel Castro’s welcome home speech before 150,000 in Zayas Park Havana. Castro blamed the United States, announced neighborhood spy units and enlarged civilian militia and vigilance committees. Five arrests were reported including a priestly figure.
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Havana
UPI
United States
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
Zayas Park
Sergei Kudriatsev
United Nations General Assembly
Cubana Airlines
New York
Philip Bonsal
Weather Outlook Iowa Tonight Through Saturday
United Press International reports Iowa will be mostly cloudy with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms southeast and extreme north tonight. Friday brings partly cloudy skies with cooler temperatures in the south and east. Tonight lows range from the northwest upper 40s to southeast lower 40s, with Friday highs in the upper 70s. Saturday looks partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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Iowa
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