Hilton Hotels Hit With Anti Trust Suit Over Statler Merge
Washington attorney general filed suit against Hilton Hotels Corporation and Statler Hotels Delaware to unwind the 76 million dollar Statler acquisition. The case seeks divestiture of properties in Washington St Louis Los Angeles and New York to restore competition in major city markets and national conventions. Conrad Hilton senior is abroad negotiating a Madrid hotel project while Conrad Hilton Jr. declined to comment.
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Brownell Wednesday
Conrad Hilton
Federal District Cout
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Statler
Statler Hotels Delaware Corporation
Hilton
St. Louis
Los Angeles
New York
Statler Hotels
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Hilton-Statler
Department
Brownell
Istanbul Hilton
Turkey
Town House
Washington Statler
Chicago
Spain
Madrid
Vaccine from Cutter Labs Put On Blacklist
Washington announces temporary withdrawal of Cutter Laboratories polio vaccine after six cases of paralytic polio in California and Illinois vaccinated children. Surgeon General Scheele says vaccines remain generally safe and the action is limited to this batch pending investigation. Idaho halts its mass vaccination after a 7 year old girl dies of bulbar polio days after vaccination, with an 8 year old boy ill.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter
San Diego
Ventura
Napa
Oakland
Chicago
U. S
Leonard A. Scheele
Boise, Idaho
Pocatello
Idaho Health Department
Susan Pierce
Stanley V. Leland
Blood Evidence Disputed in Sam Sheppard Case Hearing
Crime expert Dr. Paul Kirk testified that a one inch blood spatter on a closet door is not from Mrs Marilyn Sheppard or Dr. Sam Sheppard. He argued the case is misinterpreted and that the murder began as a sex attack by a left handed assailant. Kirk's affidavit was filed at a new trial hearing before Judge Blythin, with May 4 set for the next proceedings.
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Samuel H. Sheppard
Walter Opalka
Cleveland
INS
Paul Kirk
Sam Sheppard
Sheppard
Edward J. Blythin
Sam
Kirk
Richard and
Steve Sheppard
Virgil Haws
Robert G. Scully
Arthur Petersilge
Saul Danaceau
Blythin
Criminal Courts
Court of Appeals
Constitutionality Test for Turnpike Bill Not Planned
Des Moines report quotes Robert L Bliss executive secretary of the Iowa Free Roads Association stating there are no plans to test the toll road bill's constitutionality if signed by Governor Hoegh. He notes no board discussion or plans exist to contest the measure. The association opposes the toll road bill established last September and includes motel and service station operators among its members. Governor Hoegh is expected to sign the bill late Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Free Roads Association
Robert L. Bliss
Bliss
Des Moines Register
Hoegh
Eisenhower Confirms Private Talks With Zhukov For Peace Hopes
President Eisenhower disclosed private correspondence with Soviet Defense Minister Zhukov within three weeks. He said the exchange offers slim hope for better U S Soviet relations and that world peace prospects appear to be improving. He backed talks with the Communists on a Formosa cease fire but not on Nationalist China matters. He noted potential dangers such as Red China air buildup near Formosa and said no current plan for a meeting with British French and Russian leaders. He spoke of his retirement hopes at Gettysburg, and commented on stock margin requirements as a market warning.
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Eisenhower
Zhukov
Red China
Dulles
U. S
Formosa
U.S
China
State Department
Russia
Marshal Zhukov
Berlin
Germany
Ine
Gettysburg
Serisis
Federal Reserve Board
Ballerina Knocks Out Partner During Streetcar Ballet
In New York a ballet version of A Streetcar Named Desire saw Nora Kaye as Blanche Du Bois strike Igor Youskevitch as Stanley Kowalski. He fainted but was revived and finished the curtain calls after the scene ended. The accident occurred early in the performance and the audience largely remained unaware.
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New York
Nora Kaye
Blanche du Bois
Igor Youskevitch
Stanley Kowalski
Youskevitch
House Votes Funds For State Schools
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa House passed by unanimous vote a bill to appropriate 26,729,250 dollars yearly for operating State Board of Education institutions. An amendment to raise the appropriation to 28,387,806 dollars was defeated 55 to 42.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
State Board of Education
Rep. McNeal
Parke-Davis Polio Vaccine Used in Iowa Inoculation
Parke-Davis Company of Detroit manufactured all polio vaccine used in Iowa mass inoculation. Dr. Ralph Heeren of the state department of health announced the detail.
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Parke-Davis Company
Detroit
Ralph Heeren
State Department of Health
99 Percent of Polio Blanks in Yes Category
Cedar Rapids News reports results showing 99 percent in the yes category on a polio question. The article notes local responses and context within the city.
Linn County Polio Vaccine Returns Near 100 Percent Yes
Linn County polio program reports 3,041 inoculations requested from 31 schools and 32 refusals by noon. Five schools reached 100 percent participation Cedar Rapids sites Polk St Matthew s Calvary Baptist Robins New Buffalo. Final report due Thursday morning. Vaccine supplies ample for all first shots and second shot May 20.
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Linn County
YMCA
Polk
St. Matthew’s
Calvary Baptist
Cedar Rapids
Robins
New Buffalo
Rider Nomination Blocked By Vindictive Solons
DES MOINES Iowa Senatorial rejection of Dwight G Rider to succeed himself on the State Board of Education followed a unanimous committee report in favor of confirmation. Despite a six year term and high credentials Rider was defeated by a slim margin as several members were absent during the executive session. Governor Hoegh might renominate Earl Miller if reconsideration fails.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Dwight G. Rider
Fort Dodge
State Board of Education
Senate
Rider
Nevada
Hoegh
Earl Miller
Cedar Falls
Miller
Ames
Iowa City
Oakdale
Vinton
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Legislative Budget and Financial Control
Clinton County Atty Johnson Attacks State Over Raided Taverns
Warren Johnson of Clinton County mocked the attorney general’s office for not securing indictments against eight taverns raided on its orders. He said the AG’s liquor enforcement has broken down, while the AG’s office plans a Clinton situation review at a Thursday staff meeting.
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Clinton
Clinton County
Warren Johnson
Iowa
Attorney General
Johnson
Dayton Countryman
Countryman
Kermit Kruse
Kruse
Grand Jury
Clinton County Grand Jury
George West
Des Moines
Defense Workers Fear They May Never See Blast
Las Vegas observers on Media Hill fear they will return home without witnessing the atomic test or its effects on inspected installations. Cedar Rapids Fire Chief Jesse Hunter and civil defense chairman C. P. Lewellyn traveled with a statewide group to observe the Operation Cue shot, hoping for results on how A bomb blast and radiation affect common foods, especially Cedar Rapids oats, and packaging protection against gamma and beta rays.
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Las
Vegas
Civil Defense
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Hunter
C. P. Lewellyn
Cedar Rapids Civil Defense
Las Vegas
National Guard
Hunter
Des Moines
Mandel predicts US birth rate to hit new record
New York dispatch reports Robert Mandel president of the Diaper Service Institute of America predicted on Wednesday that more babies will be born in the United States this year than ever before.
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New York
Robert Mandel
U.S
Mandel
The
Toulon Officials Quit Over Dog Restriction
Toulon Illinois ex-mayor Merle Kerns and ex-dog catcher Henry F. Roberts resigned in disgust over a city dog control ordinance. They say residents ignore the rule to pen or tie dogs in spring and summer as dogs wander streets gardens and blocks.
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Toulon
Merle Kerns
Henry F. Roberts
Kerns
Roberts
State Deputy Accused of Church Theft in Dubuque
Gerald A. Tilton 51 of Des Moines a deputy state labor commissioner is held on a charge of rifling an offering box at St Marys Catholic Church in Dubuque. Police report he was found on church steps with money beside him and tools used to break the box inside a state owned car. The case was referred to County Attorney Robert Oeth. Commissioner Frank B Means of the State Bureau of Labor commented from Des Moines.
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Tilton
Des Moines
Frank B. Means
State Bureau of Labor
Illinois House Rejects Four Lane Aurora to Rock Island Bill
Illinois lawmakers defeated a bill by Rep. Richard Stengel to require the Highway Division to build a four lane road from Aurora to Rock Island. Rep. David Hunter objected that passage would invite many special road projects. The item references an Iowa toll road approach and notes no nearby state plan links yet to a Chicago to Aurora turnpike.
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Springfield
Illinois
Richard Stengel
Rock Island
Illinois Highway Division
Aurora
David Hunter
Rockford
Highway Division
Iowa
U S Envoys Leave Formosa Mission Will Report to White House
Admiral Arthur W. Radford and Walter S. Robertson departed Formosa for the White House after a three day stay at Chiang Kai-shek's retreat. Both kept tight lipped about their military diplomatic emergency mission.
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Taipei
U.S
Scholars’ Forest
White House
Formosa
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter S. Robertson
Chiang Kai-shek
Candy Fans Try For Second Shot At Polio Clinic
INDIANAPOLIS UP Several reports show children cut in line at a Salk polio vaccination clinic to receive extra candy. Health officials say youngsters were given lollipops as rewards and some attempted to get a second dose by rejoining the line.
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Indianapolis
State Health Board
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