Iran Crisis Deepens as Leaders Reject Western Plan
The United States and Britain urged a five point package to end Iran's oil dispute offering $10 million in aid and World Court arbitration. Premier Mossadegh rejected the plan on air saying Iran cannot agree and called for parliamentary consultation. The move heightens fears of a coup or economic collapse in Iran while diplomats press for relief.
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Mohammed Mossadegh
U. S
Tehran
Truman
Churchill
Middle East
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AIOC
Mossadegh
Britain
Iran
World Court
United States
Persian Gulf
Survivors recall seven hours at sea after Sarsi sinking
Survivors of the navy tug Sarsi told how they battled the sea for seven hours after hitting a Communist mine off Hungham North Korea. Of 97 crew, 92 survived. two drowned and three disappeared during the night while some clung to wreckage or lifeboats.
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Tokyo
Hungham
Eisenhower Pledges Fair Labor Deal in Holiday Message
In a Labor Day statement from New York, Republican nominee Eisenhower promised a fair deal to workers and pledged no coercive laws if elected. He urged overseas servicemen to return home under a rotation system, ensure pay keeps pace with living costs, and secure educational opportunities and adequate care for disabled veterans.
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New York
LLP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Armed Forces Radio Network
Eisenhower
Forbidden Aids Found in Bathing Beauty Contest
In Fleetwood England the finals of the bathing beauty contest faced complaints about costumes that created artificial curves. Officials interviewed contestants before the parade and found two unidentified entrants using forbidden aids. The winner was 18 year old Sydney June Walker who relied on natural means.
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Fleetwood
Eng
Nature
Sydney June Walker
Airliner Noses Over at Municipal Airport
An Eastern Air Lines Constellation with Labor Day weekend travelers nose-dived at Atlanta Municipal Airport as the 60 passenger plane ran off the rain-softened runway and tipped onto its nose sinking into soft earth. Two crewmen were pinned inside the crumpled nose but no serious injuries were reported among 54 passengers and other crew members.
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Atlanta
Eastern Air Lines
Wayne Major
Air Force
Earth
Defense Dept Identifies 211 Korean War Casualties
The Defense Department released casualty list No. 639 for the Korean War detailing 211 names. It shows 30 killed, 177 wounded, one injured in an accident and three missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Five Die In Private Plane Crash Near Elmira
Five men were killed when a private airplane crashed into a hill two miles south of Elmira New York. The craft was en route from Williamsport Pennsylvania to Buffalo according to a Civil Aeronautics Administration flight plan.
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N. Y
Here
Bufffalo
Williamsport
Civil Aeronautics Administration At Buffalo
Photojournalist Sgt Charles Buggy Recovering From Shock
SIOUX CITY AP Air Force Tech Sergeant Charles R Buggy flown to his tragedy stricken family from a military transport at sea smiled faintly Saturday visiting his 6 year old daughter Kathleen ill of polio The 28 year old photographer had shown only grief since his return from occupation duty in Germany His son Charles Jr 4 died of polio last Tuesday Kathleen unaware of her brother's death His wife Hannah 26 may undergo a critical spinal operation The sergeant served in World War II reenlisted in 1947 He arrived at the Sioux City air force base aboard a B 25 from Beverly Mass He had been lifted from a military transport 500 miles at sea Friday by a coast guard plane
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Sioux City
Air Force
Charles R. Buggy
Kathleen
Germany
Charles, Jr
Kathy
Buggy
Hannah
Joe Belt
Winnebago
Sioux City Air Force Base
Beverly
Mass
Coast Guard
Tunnel Cave-In Fatal to Boy Eight
Sioux City AP report says eight year old Floyd Potter died in a tunnel cave-in near his home while playing with another boy. The tunnel they had dug out collapsed trapping him, and he was dead on extraction.
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Sioux City
Floyd Potter
Walter Potter
Doctor Says Mrs Brown Slain In NYC
New York AP report states assistant medical examiner Dr Philip Goldstein ruled Jeanne Brown 30 a homicide victim after initial doubt. Body found in Ridale Riverdale apartment with throat wound and nearby alcohol paraphernalia. husband John T Brown Jr is oil tanker chief engineer.
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NEW York
Jeanne Brown
Riverdale
Philip Goldstein
Goldstein
Brown
Yonkers
N. Y
McKeldin Commutes Wife-Beater Lashing in Maryland
Governor Theodore McKeldin commuted a ten lashings sentence given to Marshall M. Flanary of Frederick for wife beating. The 43 year old carpenter faced six months in jail after a mental examination delayed execution. The governor called the offense brutal and revolting and urged higher standards of civilized conduct.
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Baltimore
Theodore McKeldin
Frederick
Marshall M. Flanary
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Flanary
Sheffield
Cedar Rapids Woman Reunites With Brother After 35 Years
Cedar Rapids mother Mrs. Clifton Peeples and her brother Herman Russell Carpenter, 41, reunited after 35 years apart. Their families met in Cedar Rapids with help from Gazette radio director Dick Yoakam of KCRG KCRK who connected them after clues from 1917 divorce. The siblings had lost track after their parents split and a move from Quincy, Illinois.
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Cedar Rapids
Clifton Peeples
Fourteenth Street
Herman Russell Carpenter
Bloomington
Dick Yoakam
Gazette
Kcrgkcrk
Ill
Peeples
C.R
Death Penalty Sought for Five Slayers in Police Killing
Chicago AP reports an assistant state's attorney will seek the electric chair for Richard Smoky Green and four accomplices in the slaying of Des Plaines officer Harry W. Bending Jr. during a $157 daylight robbery at Time Finance Company. Police seek a fifth suspect. Green confessed to firing the fatal shot, claiming self defense.
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Chicago
Desa Plaines
Harry W. Bending Jr
Time Finance Company
William Brumick
Richard “Smoky” Green
Green
Ralph Petacque
Bending
F89 Scorpion crashes at Aviation Exposition in Detroit
A fighter jet broke apart over the Detroit International Aviation Exposition injuring four spectators and killing pilot Maj. Donald Adams and Captain Ed Kelly. Wreckage set a storehouse ablaze and halted the event after the dramatic crash witnessed by 37 000 people.
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Detroit
Maj
Donald Adams
Clemens
Mich
Ed Kelly
New York City
Long Holiday Weekend Starts For Most Iowans
Labor day plans include a band concert and several sports events in Cedar Rapids. City and county offices close Monday along with most businesses and the post office operates on holiday hours with limited mail service and pickups.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Cedar Rapids stores to resume 5 30 p m closing time
Cedar Rapids retail stores will return to their regular 5 30 p m closing time starting Tuesday after a summer schedule of earlier hours. The move follows guidance from the Retail Merchants bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, though not binding on members, most downtown shops typically adhere to it.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau
Cedar Rapids Holiday Schedule and Events Summary
The navy reserve drill in Cedar Rapids moves to Tuesday at 7 30 p m due to the holiday. City libraries close all day with winter hours in effect. Main library open 9 a m to 9 p m Monday to Saturday and 2 to 6 p m Sunday. Youth rooms open 9 a m to 8 p m Monday to Thursday and 9 a m to 6 p m Friday and Saturday. Labor Day events include a Cedar Rapids Indians vs Burlington Flints double header at 2 p m and 8 p m. Midget racing at Hawkeye Downs with time trials at 7 15 p m and races at 8 15 p m. Cedar Rapids Municipal Band performs at 8 p m at Ellis Park with Prof. Joseph Kitchin guest conductor.
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Navy Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Indians
Burlington Flints
Midwest Midget Auto Racing Association
Hawkeye Downs
Adlai Urges Overseas Troops to Vote for Him
Governor Adlai Stevenson in a 2,500 word overseas radio reprise urged American troops in Korea and Europe to cast absentee ballots for him to block Republican policies he warns could lead to World War III. He said a coming home is tied to allied strength and warned against delaying defense aid.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Korea
Europe
Defense Department
Stevenson
Hick Honored by Peruvian Senate
In Lima Peru Senator Bourke B Hickenlooper Republican Iowa received full parliamentary honors from the Peruvian senate during a stopover en route to Ecuador for the inauguration of President Velasco Ibarra.
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Lima
Peru
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Ecuador
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
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