Manpower Draft Plan Proposed by Eisenhower Admin
The Eisenhower administration approved a sweeping man power plan aiming at universal service for all qualified young men with compulsory reserve duty. It envisions induction for non enlistees, abolishes current army and air force reserves, and shifts to a national guard system for all practical purposes, with automatic reinduction to extend active reserve duty as needed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
John A. Hannah
National Security Council
Congress
Hannah
UMIT
Army
Air Force
National Guard
National Guard of
United States
Car Crash on Pine Mountain Kills 11 Passengers
WHITESBURG Ky. A car carrying 12 plunged into a cliff on Pine mountain. Eleven died in flames including seven children. Surviving passenger Hexie Maxie, near death, identified driver as Thomas Brown who perished. Victims were from Millstone Kentucky.
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Whitesburg
Pine Mountain
Here
Hexie Maxie
Fleming, Ky
Kentucky
Chester Potter
Maxie
Potter
Thomas Brown
Brown
Elsie Maxie
Bobby Ray
Betty Sue
Tom Brown
Lula
Shirley Jean
Hayden
Geraldine
Christine
Martha Gibson
Maxies
Millstone
Tragedy prompts safer driving from Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Gazette publishes letters and features urging safer driving after a fatal Cedar Rapids auto crash involving Highway Patrolman DeGear. Lou Breuer reports on a safe arrival sermon, while Don Schmidt argues time saved by speeding is minimal. Bob Considine begins Hoover birthday series.
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Arivine
Lou Breuer
Gazette
Harold DeGear
DeGear
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Don Schmidt
Arrests Ramp Up in Crime-Torn Phenix City Mayor Detained
Phenix City, Ala. reports arrest of Mayor Elmer Reece in a dawn raid at a Birmingham hotel. Reece faces three counts of willful neglect of duty and posts a $3,000 bond. Guardsmen continue searches at his Phenix City quarters amid narcotic testing of found items.
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Phenix City
Ala
INS
Elmer Reece
Phenixty
Reece
Birmingham
P. M
Pal” Daniel
Albert L. Patterson
Fourth Victim of Park Crash Dies
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Roger D. Hansel 19 of Garber died in an Iowa City hospital Saturday, the fourth fatality from an automobile crash one week earlier at Backbone state park near Strawberry Point. Victims were Elsie Moser 15 Carson Moser 20 and his wife Arlene 17. Three others were injured when the car struck a tree early last Saturday. Hansel had a compound skull fracture and had been in critical condition. Driver Lester Hansel was also injured along with Clarence Hansel 19. All were from Garber, Clayton County.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Roger D. Hansel
Garber
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Elsie Moser
Carson Moser
Arlene
Roger Hansel
Lester Hansel
Clarence Hansel
Clayton County
Tunisians Get Home Rule Offer By Mendes France
French Premier Pierre Mendes France offered immediate home rule for Tunisia and called for an end to violence. He read a declaration to the Bey of Tunis, Sidi Mohammed al Anin, outlining new policy and warning harsher measures if cooperation did not occur.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
Sidi Mohammed al Anin
Suit Claims Jets Stall Cattle Growth In Arizona Farmland
In Phoenix a group of about 35 farmers near Luke air base filed a federal lawsuit seeking 350000 in damages. They say low flying jets cause cattle to gain weight slowly and become jittery, delaying market readiness by a third. The suit also alleges reduced butterfat and milk yields.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.S. District Court
Luke Air Force Base
Desert
Here
Cedar Rapids school population rises by 1438 in two years
Cedar Rapids’ school age population for ages 5 through 21 increased by 1,438 in the two years since 1952, reaching 18,826 residents. Secretary E. W. Lundquist announced the biennial tally, noting the jump from the 1952 total of 17,388 and comparing to past census shifts.
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Cedar Rapids
State Department of Public Instruction
E. W. Lundquist
A. Eens Seckedee
Retta J. Taylor
Jane Hus
Odd Fellows
Ters
Ander Kuba
Danny
Wil- Williams Yard
C. C. Raeet
Dace Ruby Taylor
Sunshine Circle
Wetels
Lundquist
Esa Nnls
Census shows continued growth and school bond plans
Continuing the upward trend, the new census prompts school officials to push a $2,750,000 elementary and $5,950,000 high school bond program. The report details public, private, and parochial enrollments, age distributions, and district population by school units, with male dominance among 18 21 year olds and total public school enrollment rising to 9,902 boys and 7,? girls.
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Lundquist
Asylum Escapee Sought in Montreal Murder
Police issued a nationwide alert for a tall thin sex offender who escaped from a Montreal asylum as the corpse of six year old Raymond Trudeau was found dismembered near the city waterfront. Detectives described the boy as the quiet son of candy shop owners David and Gladys Trudeau. The torso remained missing as authorities hunted for the fugitive.
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Montreal
Lorder
Raymond Trudeau
Raymond
David and
Gladys Trudeau
Smathers Backs Flexible Farm Price Supports
Senator George A. Smathers of Florida urged a flexible approach to farm price supports, arguing rigid supports drive waste. He endorsed the Eisenhower-backed flexible system, as the farm bill moves to Senate debate amid a clash with the 90 percent parity proposal.
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Washington
LLP
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Iowa CIO Rebuffs National at Cedar Rapids Convention
The Iowa CIO session in Cedar Rapids featured a sharp attack on the national CIO by Franz Daniel, an aide to President Walter Reuther, accusing Eisenhower of hypocrisy. A constitutional amendment proposal prompted a heated debate with delegates showing signs of rising tension as the convention moved toward a vote.
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Eisenhower
National Organization
CIO
Cedar Rapids
Franz Daniel
Walter Reuther
State CIO President retracts charge on Gazette printing
Vernon Dale of Muscatine admitted he erred in accusing the newspaper of withholding a CIO statement. He said his remark referenced only some papers and that, before the convention ends, he will inform delegates that The Gazette carried the statement distributed by International News Service and aired by KCRI and WMT.
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State Cio
Vernon Dale
Muscatine
CIO
New State Republican Labor Council
Reublican Party
Iowa
International News Service
KCRI
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Dale
Gazette
Proposal would require Iowa convention delegates to be union members
Frank Cronin of CIO Region 8 outlined a plan to loosen delegate eligibility for the Iowa state convention by allowing any local union to designate an accredited representative of its national organization. He argued the change would align Iowa rules with CIO executive committee standards, which he said are binding on councils nationwide.
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Mittee
Iowa
Frank Cronin
Region 8
The
CIO
Hancher Urges U S to Think Out Its Role in World Affairs
In Cedar Rapids University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher urged CIO convention delegates to pause and assess the United States foreign role even at the risk of diplomatic losses. He warned prestige and influence have declined since World War II while Russia gains. He urged reflection on governing from within and on the balance between public input and competent decision making. The speech criticized legislative overreach into executive practice and warned of a future where governors become mere figureheads.
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United States
CIO
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Virgil Hancher
Russia
Fulbright Files Bill of Particulars on McCarthy Censure
The Senate debated six charges against Joseph R McCarthy with Sen Fulbright accusing him of improper conduct and taking 10000 from Lustron Corp for an article on housing. The charges to be added as amendments to the Flanders censure resolution led to a tense weekend session with no votes recorded yet and Knowland promising roll call on final decisions.
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Washington
Sen
Morse
Ind.-Ore
McCarthy
Senate
Fulbright
Gillette
D-Iowa
Monroney
Dokla
Hendrickson
R-N.j
Hennings
D-Mo
LLP
Joseph R. McCarthy
J. William Fulbright
Wisconsin
Ralph Flanders
R-Vt
G.O.P
William F. Knowland
Calif
Land
Foe
Capitol
Flanders
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Gen
George C. Marshall
United Air Lines Reports Cedar Rapids Traffic Growth
United Air Lines carried over 18 200 passengers in six months of 1954 in Cedar Rapids, up 39 percent from a year earlier. Freight rose 62 percent to 422 649 pounds, mail 93 775 pounds, up 21 percent, and express 210 427 pounds, up 15 percent. Ten daily passenger cargo flights connect Cedar Rapids with 179 cities across a 13 250 mile system. Mainliner Convairs serve local travelers, with 44 passengers and 2 800 pounds cargo at 270 mph.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
C. C. McIntyre
United
Express
McIntyre
Pretty Girls Take Over Airmen KP Duty at Vance Base
Enlisted men at Vance air force base near Enid Oklahoma traded KP tasks for civilian help in a pilot shift that could end the long standing military tradition. Nationwide Food Services Inc of Chicago provides the meals and staff while the Air Force supplies equipment. The program aims to see if airmen can be exempt from KP duties in the future as civilians handle kitchen duties and cleanup.
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Enid
Okla
Vance Air Force Base
Here
Air Force
United States
Vance
Nationwide Food Services Inc
Chicago
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