Patterson Predicts New H-Bomb Test Will Surpass All
Rep. James T. Patterson says the upcoming Pacific H bomb test near Bikini will exceed all prior detonations in power. He urges public disclosure of test details, while Atomic Energy Chair Lewis Strauss says the event will be lower energy than the 1954 blast. Patterson warns the public about potential global fallout and calls the test not child’s play.
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James T. Patterson
R-Conn
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Patterson
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Li Strauss
Bikini
Strauss
Bul Patterson
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Connecticut
Rhee May Have Vice-president Whom He Dislikes
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee seeks a third term and may win but could share the ticket with a vice-president he dislikes. Eight candidates contest the vice presidency, six backing Rhee and two opposing, risking a non-Rhee ally winning the post and possibly affecting the next government.
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Rhee
Seoul
INS
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rural Carrier Post Open at North Liberty
North Liberty post office will hold an examination for rural carrier jobs until May 8. Applicants must live within the North Liberty delivery area and have resided there for one year before the closing date. Candidates must be at least 18 years old with no maximum age.
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North Liberty
Cedar Rapids Auto Show Ends With 4500+ Attendance
The Cedar Rapids Auto Show at Hawkeye Downs wraps up its final day with about 4500 attendees so far. Ed Chamberlain notes 1100 Thursday 1400 Friday 2000 Saturday and predicts strong crowds for the last event. A 2000 dollar gift certificate drawing is held at 10 pm, open to registrants at the door. show hours run 2 to 11 pm with stage performances at 3 7 and 9 pm by Billy Williams and His Octet George Riley Helene Heller and Pryde and Day.
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Ed Chamberlain
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids Automobile Dealers Association
Chamberlain
Billy Williams
George Riley
Helene Heller
Pryde
Day
Volunteers Urged to Support Linn County Cancer Crusade
Chairman L W Van Nostrand urged Linn county residents to talk with Cancer Crusade volunteers who raise funds and distribute educational material. The goal is 34000 to fund research in Iowa City Ames and Council Bluffs plus education and year round services by the Linn county chapter of the American Cancer Society.
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Linn County
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Council Bluffs
American Cancer Society
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Iowa Home Economics Association
Montrose Hotel
Dorothea Gienger
Elisabeth Sutherland
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Florence Fallgatter
Iowa State College
What’s Your Trouble with Dr Peale on Channel Nine
A Sunday program titled What’s Your Trouble features Dr Norman Vincent Peale guiding viewers through personal concerns. The show airs on Channel 9 at 10 45 p m offering religious and motivational guidance to the audience.
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Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Channel 9
Bulgaria Declares Traicho Kostov Innocent Executed in 1949
The Bulgarian Communist Party admitted Kostov was innocent and executed on faked evidence after a Stalin era purge. Co-defendants who survived were released from prison and rehabilitated, per party statement in Sofia. Prague radio confirmed releases for three Czech co-defendants of Rudolf Slansky.
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Kostov
Bulgaria
Todor Zhikov
Bulgarian Communist Party
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Prague
Vilem Siroky
Rudolf Slansky
Division Held To Posts After Beer Hall Brawls
AUGSBURG Germany AP A US army general restricted every officer and man in the 11th airborne division to their posts for the weekend amid a wave of brawls in German beer halls The order covers 10000 to 15000 troops to protect the division s reputation and relations with Germans Daniel said a small group caused the incidents and that immediate results were expected with disciplinary actions already taken Description notes cooperation with local authorities and that men would stay within installations through Monday April 16
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Germany
Derrill M. Daniel
11Th Airborne
U.S
Daniel
Lith Airborne
11Th Airborne Division
11Th Division
Wallace Supports Ike On Peace Issue Says He Will Vote
Former Democratic Vice President Henry Wallace said he would vote for President Eisenhower on the peace issue not the farm issue. He praised Gov. Stevenson as the best political speaker of the century.
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Falls Village
Conn
Henry Wallace
Eisenhower
Wallace
Edward Arnold
Gov. Stevenson
Limited Gas Space Heating Permits Set at 1300 for Cedar Rapids Area
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric reports only 1,300 gas space heating permits available for the rest of the year after issuing about 400 of 1,700 total permits earlier. District Manager James Colbert cites pipeline and storage constraints at Herschel and pending new facilities, restricting permits to single family dwellings and small installations up to 350 000 BTU. He warns contractors and homeowners to obtain permits in writing before starting work and notes 78 percent of area homes already heat with gas.
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Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
James Colbert
Colbert
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Prospective Iowa Patrolmen Begin Training at Camp Dodge
Thirty two prospective Iowa highway patrolmen gather at Camp Dodge to start a four week recruit training school. Graduates will fill twenty three patrol vacancies or be placed on a reserve list.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Dodge
GOP candidates to speak at Cedar Rapids meeting
Linn county Young Republicans sponsor a public candidates meeting in Cedar Rapids Friday at Sokol hall after a 6:15 p.m. dinner at the Roosevelt hotel. Speakers include B. B. Hickenlooper Haridas Muzumdar Don Hise and Norman Erbe for June primary races.
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Linn County Young Republicans
Cedar Rapids
William Bergman
Sokol Hall
Roosevelt Hotel
James Lightner
James Shive
B. B. Hickenlooper
Haridas Muzumdar
Don Hise
Norman Erbe
Tudor Case Expected To Go To Jury Soon
Independence officials said the second degree murder trial of Charles Tudor, 27, of Winthrop, would go to a jury late Wednesday. Tudor is accused of killing Gordon Merritt, 32, in Walker on January 4. He says the gun fired accidentally while he tried to scare Merritt, his wife's former husband.
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Charles Tudor
Winthrop
Gordon Merritt
Waliker
Merritt
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