Arab Big Four Split into Two Camps
Cairo reports say the Arab Big Four has fractured into two camps with Egypt and Syria aligned against Jordan and Saudi Arabia. A late night cabinet session and a mission to Riyadh aimed at swaying King Saud failed, prompting further regional tensions and a tightened Jordanian curfew as broadcasts and arrests swirl around Amman.
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Cairo
INS
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Shukri Al-Kuwaily
Nasser
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Syria
Egypt
Jordan
Hussein
Kuwatly
Damascus
Riyadh
Eisenhower
Middle East
Amman
Ibrahim Hashem
Daylight Saving Time Upends TV Schedules Nationwide
The article notes daylight saving time began across the United States causing many TV programs to shift earlier or later. It urges readers to consult today's Gazette television tabloid in section 2 for the latest, most accurate schedule information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.A
Gazette
Showers Keep Texas Rivers Rising Across State
Fresh downpours caused flood damage in south and central Texas as a cool front stretched from eastern Texas to lower Michigan. Flood warnings were issued for central and south Texas after up to eight inches of rain fell overnight, driving thousands from Abilene San Marcos Brownwood Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio Killeen Cameron and Garland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Michigan
Springfield
Pontiac
Mich
Central
South Texas
Abilene
San Marcos
Brownwood
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Killeen
Cameron
Garland
Aid to Jordan If Requested
Washington officials said the United States is ready to provide financial aid quickly to Jordan if King Hussein requests help. Israel gave a reassuring reply to a plea for restraint. Dulles spent a quiet day at home while Herter and Rountree briefed on policy. Egyptian minister Niazi met with Rountree for about 90 minutes at the State Department.
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Washington
United States
Jordan
Hussein
Israel
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
Christian A. Herter
Dulles
Anwar Niazi
State Department
William Rountree
Middle Eastern
Niazi
Rountree
Cedar Rapids city zone population tops 100000
The Cedar Rapids area city zone population rises to 100651, up 3859 from 1956, based on 1950 census figures plus 1245 new dwelling permits. Area includes Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha and fringe counts. City zone gain uses 3.1 persons per permit.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Chicago
Marion
Hiawatha
J. B. Birks
Alain Tal Tee
Audite Bureau
Missing Boy Found After Abduction Case Near Trenton
An 8 year old boy from Des Moines area home was found unharmed near Trenton Missouri after a car crash involving a 19 year old companion. The youth, Michael Wayne Norton, was taken to the Trenton jail. the suspect, Hurkman, is held on child stealing charges and sought for questioning in Iowa.
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Des Mulnes
Trenton
Michael Wayne Norton
Wayne Norton
Galt
Robert Harriman
Maershalltown
Paul Nessen
Des Moines
Hurkman
Nessen
Norton
Nortons
Mike
Iowa
Dainsville
George Mapes
Gilbert Vandevener
Spickard
Mapes
Matson City
New Convergation Plant Proposed to Improve Reactor Safety
NYU physicist Lyle B Borst outlined a convergation design at the American Physical Society meeting claiming it avoids a full chain reaction and enhances explosion resistance. Critics in Detroit area voiced safety concerns about a Monroe Michigan facility.
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Washington
New York University
Lyle B. Borst
American Physical Society
Detroit Edison Co
Monroe
Mich
Detroit
Borst
Daylight Saving Time Not in Iowa Again
Des Moines and several Iowa cities will not observe Daylight Saving Time this year while 23 states switch clocks. The council had briefly attempted to adopt fast time in 1956 but faced strong opposition and abandoned the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
DST
Plut
Navy unveils revolutionary TV screen for sharper daytime blacks
The Navy on Saturday announced a new television screen using a phosphor film on the tube face replacing the usual facing. It promises sharper contrast on black and white sets daytime and offers a simplified approach to color TV. The screen is said to enable three dimensional viewing development in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Taylor to finance campaign by making toupees
Pocatello Idaho AP former Senator Glen H Taylor says he will start a toupee business to fund his governorship campaign. He plans to begin this summer and run in the fall next year. He notes baldness hurt his acting career and led to the venture.
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Pocatello, Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Soviet Warning on West German Nuclear Armament
The Soviet Union warned West Germany it would be first target of Russian atomic might if it bases or acquires nuclear weapons. Moscow demanded reunification be barred if Germany arms, while signaling possible aid to satellites. Bonn labeled the note a flagrant threat as talks continued.
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Associated Press
Sally McGuire
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Como Park
Mexico
Brazil
Minnesota
Bonn
INS
Soviet Union
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Kremlin
Adenauer
E Ehewman
United States
Free World
East
Germany
Moscow
U. S
Federal Republic
Doctor Stoekel Dies Following Birth At Lansing
Dr Anthony Stoekel aged 62 of Lansing delivered a baby Saturday then died an hour later of a heart attack. A bachelor, he had practiced in Lansing for 32 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing, NL
Ins
Anthony Stoekel
Lansing
Stoekel
Budget of 8125 Set For Camp Good Health
The Camp Good Health fund opens with a budget of 8125 matching the 1956 total and covering staff salaries, repairs, insurance, and operations. The camp opens in mid June for eight weeks with physicians and teachers screening eligible children. Funds come from reader contributions since 1925 and an endowment held in trust funds major improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Pleune
Pleune
Public Health Nursing
the Gazette
Honduras and Nicaragua Face Border Clash Over Mosquito Coast
Honduran Foreign Minister Jorge Duron said Nicaragua agreed to cooperate to end the Mosquito Coast dispute after Nicaraguan authorities claimed civilians moved into the area. Nicaragua maintained the territory is theirs, while Honduras pressed for a response to its protest notes. A clash had been reported Friday with no new fighting noted on Saturday.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jorge F. Duron
Mosquito Coast
Duron
Luis Somoza
Somoza
Mantagua
Washington
Nicaragua
Coco River
Cruza River
Duran
Managua
Leonidas Pineda
Board of Review Opens Assessments Check for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids real estate questions kick off as the Board of Review begins its annual session. Acting City Assessor W W Kulish says 1957 assessments can be appealed through a prescribed route with a 2 pm Wednesday start in City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Themas
Cedar
Kulish
Cedar Rapids
Beck Family Figures in Senate Union Probe
Senate investigators say four key witnesses linked to Dave Beck and his family have disappeared, including Beck's son and auditor Fred Verschueren Jr. The panel seeks their testimony on Beck's use of union funds amid goon violence probes in Scranton and other testimony on Beck finances.
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Senate
Washington
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
McClellan
D-Ark
Dave Beck,jr
Teamsters Union
Fred Ver- Schueren, Jr
Dave Beck, Jr
Joseph McAvoy
Norman Gessert
Seattle
Robert F. Kennedy
Verschueren
Kennedy
Fred, Jr
Seattle Teamster Organization
Gessert
International Pod of Teamsters
Western Conference of Teamsters
Scranton
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Save TV
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Mt. Vernon Community Chest Weyre
King’s Daughters
Irene Douglas
Quaker Oats United Fund
King’s Daughters, Sr
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Harrison
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