Eden Visit To Moscow Planned After Talks With Soviet Leaders
Prime Minister Eden said war dangers may have receded following talks with Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin announced Eden’s invitation to visit Russia. The conference highlighted potential U N arms ban talks and closer East-West ties amid cautious optimism and questions about substantive results.
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London
Eden
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Russia
Britain
U. N
Middle East
Bulganin
U. S
House Passes Tax Boosting Highway Bill
The House approved a 13 year 511 billion dollar highway program funded by higher gasoline and diesel taxes tires and trucking charges. The 388 19 vote defeated attempts to alter utility relocation repayment and prevailing wage provisions. The bill moves to the Senate for action and aims to build a 40000 mile interstate network.
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Washington
House
Senate
Five Arrested for Supplying Beer Used at Juvenile Party
Cedar Rapids police jailed five, including the husband of a local tavern operator, on charges of supplying beer and whisky for a teenage party. August Sulcik Jr received 90 days after pleading guilty to a liquor law violation. Others include Marvin Merta, John Book, Ella Jackson, and Kenneth Merta. 13 teens were rounded up during the raid.
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Cedar Rapids
August Sulcik, Jr
Marvin Merta
Fairfax
John Book
C Avenue NE
C Avenue
Ella Jackson
Kenneth Merta
Storekeeper identifies Graham as dynamite buyer in bomb case
Denver store owner Lyman T. Brown testified that John Gilbert Graham bought 25 sticks of dynamite and two blasting caps on Oct 22. Brown described packing the items in a box and confirming the purchase as Graham admitted he was prospecting.
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Denver
INS
John Gilbert Graham
Graham
United Air Lines
Lyman T. Brown
Kremmling
Colo
Brown
Des Moines Considers Daylight Saving Time
Councilman Robert Conley said he will ask Des Moines city council to approve Daylight Saving time for the city this summer. The city offices would run on fast time and residents could opt out. The 1952 vote on the motion ended 2-2.
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Des Moines
Robert Conley
Hiss Addresses Princeton Students Amid Guarded Calm
Convicted perjurer Alger Hiss spoke to about 250 students and 45 reporters in an orderly, heavily guarded session at Princeton University. The talk touched on the Geneva and Yalta conferences and suggested the Soviet Union had abandoned war as a means but aims to spread communism. Police and faculty escorted Hiss and maintained tight access while campus pumpkins with film visuals were shown nearby.
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State Department
Princeton
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American Whig-Cliosophic Society
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
Yalta
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Promises Again Fray Ends With Bitter Exchange
A fragment from a humor column shows a chaotic dialogue where a man complains of endless promises amid domestic tension and a sharp retort from his wife about stopping drinking and carousing. The exchange hints at conflict over trust and behavior.
Licenses Suspended for Three Speeding Pleas
Municipal Judge James Patterson suspended the licenses of three motorists after guilty pleas to speeding. Eugene Johnson of Strawberry Point William Carnahan of Marion and Kenneth Kenner of 1944 First Avenue NE were fined $25 and costs with 30 day suspensions.
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Cedar Rapids
James Patterson
Eugene Johnson
Strawberry Point
William Carnahan
Marion
Kenneth Kenner
First Avenue NE
Contractors and Building Trades Set Tight Negotiation Window
Cedar Rapids contractors and building trades unions near a deadline with most contracts expiring May 1. John Evans of the Building Trades Council says talks should continue through Tuesday with wage demands starting high and likely moving lower.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Building Trades
John Evans
Building Trades Council
Money Won't Buy Foreign Friends Says Marcus Bach
Dr Marcus Bach of the University of Iowa told a Cedar Rapids Chamber dinner that monetary aid to foreign countries is not the path to friendship. He urged more cross cultural travel and study to reduce prejudice, noting his India tour as a goodwill mission and his Washington briefing on American policy.
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Marcus Bach
United States
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Bach
Chamber
India
State Department
Washington
Nixon Cast In Top Role In Campaign
Washington reports Republicans plan Vice President Nixon as their main barnstorming candidate this fall after he announced his bid for the Republican ticket. Eisenhower backs Nixon while Stevenson and Harriman react, and Nixon contemplates campaign management amid ongoing Senate inquiries.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Adlai Stevenson
New York
Averell Harriman
Murray Chotiner
Chotiner
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Knowland
House
Atomic Tanker Request Vetoed by Committee
The House appropriations committee rejected a $37.9 million request to build three experimental merchant ships including an atomic tanker. The overall commerce department budget was cut from $1.5227 billion to $1.3820 billion for the next fiscal year, amid questions about Maritime Administration authority to proceed even with funding.
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House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Commerce Department
House Merchant Marine Committee
Maritime Administration
Testimony Ends in Parker Murder Trial in Lincoln
Lincoln AP reports testimony closed in the Darrel Parker murder case as the state rests rebuttal and the defense rests without rebuttal witnesses. Final arguments set for Monday with jurors to receive instructions. psychiatric experts testified Parker showed dependency on his wife and could feign memory loss.
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Lincoln, Neb
Darrel Parker
City Forester
John L. Polk
Robert J. Stein
Lincoln
Parker
Stein
Ofense
Seven Die in Blast and Fire in Pulaski
A gas explosion and fire gutted a three story combined business and residence building in Pulaski Virginia. Six hours after the blast seven bodies were recovered, three people were missing and five hospitalized. The structure housed a restaurant two shops and a Salvation Army home on the first floor with seven apartments above. Operator W J Mahaffey said the blast followed lighting a gas water heater after a prior unsuccessful attempt and the building was flooded with gas.
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Pulaski
Salvation Army
W. J. Mahaffey
Teacher's Killer Attempts death by own action
Leonard H. Lundberg, jailed for murder of Patricia Burdick, cut a vein in his left arm with glass in a county jail cell. He bled heavily but doctors said he would likely survive. A fellow prisoner alerted jailers after finding him disturbed in the cell and Lundberg had written a remorseful letter to relatives.
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Manistique, Mich
Leonard H. Lundberg
Lundberg
Patricia Burdick
Sault] Ste. Marie
Grand Marais
Forest Fire Driven by Wind Threatens Sacramento Area
Wind whipped a raging forest fire through tinder dry woodlands in the Sacramento mountains. The blaze threatened the town of Sacramento and was moving toward Weed with at least 20 homes evacuated.
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Alamagordo
N.M
Ins
Sacramento Mountains
Sacramento
Weed
Rain Totals Two Inches At Calmar
Rain totals up to two inches drenched eastern Iowa on Thursday night ending a dry spell. Wind and lightning caused damage in Winton Dysart Brandon Sigourney Tipton, with hail and lighter showers elsewhere. Calmar led with two inches, while Lowden, Clinton, Maquoketa, Maquoketa Strawberry Point and Oelwein reported notable amounts.
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Towa News
Iowa
Winton
Dysart
Brandon
Sigourney Jand
Tipton
Leewer
Lowden
Clinton
Maquo
Maquoketa
Strawberry Point
Oelwein
Anamosa
Independence
Weather bulletin predicts squall line and possible tornado risk
The Des Moines weather bureau warned a squall line could form Friday afternoon from Kirksville Missouri to near Mason City and Cedar Rapids area moving northeast at 20 to 25 mph. Severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes were possible between 2 and 10 pm within 50 miles of a Cedar Rapids to Battle Creek line. No tornado is forecast for any one locality.
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Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Kirksville
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Battle Creek
Mich
Storm rainfall totals and wind damage across Iowa towns
Reported rainfall over an inch in Elkader Decorah Lansing Waterloo Northwood Monticello Parkersburg Tipton Mechanicsville and Mc Gregor. In Vinton wind damage stretched two miles west to two miles north with barns blown down and sheds collapsed. Fire damage in Sigourney and Des Moines from lightning. One injury in Brandon. $5000 loss at Sigourney.
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Ottumwa Logan Pa
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Archie Martin
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Ivan Rorepais
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Bob Jugenheimer
Harold Fry
Michael A. Bognanno
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