Ike Strong in Pennsy Bay State Primaries Report
Fresh reports from the Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Alaska presidential primaries show Ike Eisenhower drawing broad support though not yet decisive for the Democratic nomination. Stevenson faltered in Massachusetts while Kefauver gained write ins in Boston. turnout remained light in two states, Alaska reported heavy voting.
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Ike Strong
Pennsy
Bay State
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Adlai Steven
Gonhind
Kefauver
Stevenson
House Democratic
McCormack
Knowland
Pennsylvanie
Democratie
Better
Nixon
Hisenhower
Miles Iorst
James A. Finnegan
GM Profits Prompt Senate Antitrust Call for Action
A Senate subcommittee report on General Motors calls for price cuts to aid consumers amid very high profits. It urges potential antitrust review, limits on expansion, and severing GM's financing arm, GMAC, to boost competition in the auto industry.
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Washington
Senate
General Motors
O'Mahoney
D-Wyn
Judiciary
Antitrust
Wee
G.M
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
G. M
Department of Justice
DuPont
Subpoena Planned for Nixon Aide in Graft Inquiry
The House subcommittee split on calling Murray Chotiner, a top Nixon strategist, to testify about graft in government contracts. Chotiner allegedly received 5100 for services to Herman Kravitz, who died amid questions about payoffs to officials. Kravitz had misappropriated military contract funds and refused to answer related questions.
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Nixon
Washington
APY
Sensig
Ooena Murray Gaotiner
McClellan
D-Arks
Chotiner
Los Angeles
Herman Kravitz
Kravitz
McCicllan
Subcommittee
Wixon
California
Chotinrr
Senator Knowland
Senate
Kravite
Redmond Named Iowa Doctor of the Year
Dr. Thomas M. Redmond, 77, longtime Monticello physician, was named General Practitioner of the Year by the Iowa State Medical Society. The Dysart native has served rural patients by wagon and horse, delivered thousands of children, and been Monticello health officer for four decades.
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Des Moines
Thomas M. Redmond
He General Medical
Melice
Onticella
Iowa State I Medical Society
Jones County Medicaid Society
State Society
House of Dele- Baton
Redmond
Dysart
Northwestern University
Reinbeck
Monticalla
Monticello
Ambrose BE
Wannamak
Hamburg
Chyde
A. Henry
Farsoo
Pierre Sartor
Monticello City
Milwaukee Railroad
American Association of Railway Surgeons
Jones County Medical Society
Nine Die In Philadelphia Home Fire Trapping Victims
A fast spreading blaze gutted a three story brick home in Philadelphia killing six children and three women who were trapped on the second and third floors. Four others were injured by leaping from windows while two escaped unhurt. Police say 17 residents were in the building when found and two remain unaccounted for. All victims were reportedly related.
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Philadelphia
Hunt Pressed for Teacher in Wilds Hunt Pressed for Teacher in Wilds
More than 100 searchers with an air force helicopter hunted desolate snow covered terrain for Patricia Burdick a 21 year old teacher missing since Sunday night she was last seen hitchhiking near Seney on the way to Grand Marais authorities fear foul play. Warhen 72.
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Seney
Mich
INS
Air Force
Patricia Burdick
Sault Ste. Marie
Grand Marais
Plane Wrecked Near Woodbine. Six Bodies Recovered
Abilene Kansas report says an air force tanker plane from Forbes AFB Topeka crashed around 16 miles northeast of Woodbine. The burning wreckage has yielded six identified bodies with grim salvage continuing at the site.
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Abilene
Kan
Cap
Air Force
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Woodbine
Cost of Living Nudges Up in March
Washington reports a slight rise in the cost of living from mid February to mid March marking the first increase since November. The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the March consumer price index at 114.7 percent of 1947-48 prices with housing, furnishings, rents, services, and grazing driving the uptick. the rate is up 0.3 percent from March 1955 but still below the October 1953 peak.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistical
Surviving Quads At Bronx Mother In Fair Condition
New York AP report says two surviving quadruplets born to a Bronx mother are in fair condition. One boy at two pounds died Tuesday along with a second boy weighing three pounds three ounces. The survivors are two girls. Mrs. Ciprian Medina, mother, is very underweight. Algerian threat on France cited from Cairo AP desk.
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New York
Bronx
Ciprian Medina
County to award $245000 in road contracts May 1
County supervisors set May 17 at 10 am to award road surfacing contracts totaling an estimated 245000. County Engineer William H. Behrens said 55.2 miles of secondary roads will receive chemically treated stone and 38.3 miles will use water treated material. Per ton costs are 2.35 for chemical and 1.4 for water. Other actions include erecting a stop sign on J Street at Lincoln Way and accepting a report from Hanzlik.
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County Board of Supervisors
William H. Behrens
Behrens
Cigaa
Ji Street
Miller Avenue
Lincoln Way
Cadar Rapids
Anditar Cito
Hanzlik
Reds Leave London Talks Grim Amid Hope For Accord
British Prime Minister Eden and Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev ended an extra session with a cautious communique to be released after midnight. Disarmament and European security stalled, while speculation swirled on possible concessions and increased British-Soviet trade and cultural exchanges. Peter Thorneycroft attended the morning session as a Edinburgh trip looms for the Soviets.
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London
Bulganjin
Khrushchev
No. 10
Dawling Street
Eden
Farlier
Bulyunin
Reception at Claridge's Turns Chaotic
Diplomats described the gay reception as chaotic at Claridge's hotel, with vodka and wine spilling, caviar and fea...rma n trampled, champagne ruined gowns, women pressed against walls, some leaping onto tables, and one woman fainting as efforts were made to carry her out.
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Netter
Claridge's Hotel
Soviet Leaders Attend London Reception Ends With Uproar
A London hotel reception for Nikolai Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin deteriorated into a chaotic scene with vodka and caviar, causing about 5 000 dollars in damage and drawing a stampede of more than 1 100 people. An official lamented strained Anglo Soviet relations.
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Broz Vireghota
Bulganin
Charlie Chaplin
London
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Chaplin
Clarkige
Nikolai Bulpanta
Nikitte Khrushchev
Khruhchev
Cinrilipe
Foreign Office
Gazette Winners Of Safety Award
The Cedar Rapids Gazette won a certificate of merit for safe truck operations completing 1955 without accidents. The award, launched in New York by ANPA and the International Circulation Managers Association, honors safe driving across 56 certificates nationwide. Other winners include the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and the Burlington Hawk Eye Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette
Bus firm backs drivers in Montgomery integration stand
National City Lines vice president BW Franklin said the company would back drivers who comply with orders to stop enforcing segregation in Montgomery. The firm plans no change to desegregation policies in its lines, while Montgomery Negroes press a nine month boycott.
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Montgomery
Alo
Franklin
Naional City Lines, Inc
Chicago
Montgomery City Lines, Inc
Clyde Sellers
Aald National City Lines
Supreme Court
Regro
Marion Underpass Project Advances With Highway 150 Plan
Highway Commission Chairman Lundy indicated Marion underpass would be pursued in tandem with work on Highway 150 rerouting via Fiftieth Street. The Cedar Rapids Chamber urged reroute proposals and expansion of Marion area access as part of a four-point program including Williams Boulevard widening.
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Amr
Marion
Highway Commission
Trussell F. Lundy
Cedar Topids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lundy
Cedar Rapids
Williams Boulevard
Eisenhower Cool on Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Claim
President Eisenhower said the United States is not behind in missile work and warned that laboratory ability does not ensure a deployable weapon. He rejected a nuclear test ban idea, urged channeling funds to peaceful aims, and commented on Nixon’s candidacy and Middle East talks.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Bass Khrushchev
Russia
Blacehaver
Lews
Nixon
Middle East
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Miners Strike Over Afternoon Shift Time at Denaby
In Mexborough England AP reports more than 160 young coal haulers at Denaby colliery walk out over shift ending time. They want the afternoon shift started 800 minutes earlier to give time for courting and regular evenings, but pit manager Nathaniel Irving says changing the shift would disrupt the whole colliery schedule.
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Mexborough
England
Denaby
Nathaniel Irving
Irving
Light Iowa rainfall leaves drought relief modest
Rainfall spread across towns on Wednesday was mostly light and under a tenth of an inch. Cedar Rapids reported .14 inches as cooler air moves in, with temperatures dropping to the 20s in the north and 30s in the southeast. A warming trend is expected to begin Thursday as the cold spell ends.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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