Eisenhower pledges U S support for West Berlin
President Eisenhower reaffirmed that the United States will meet its responsibilities for West Berlin's freedom alongside Britain and France after a Sunday meeting with Secretary of State Dulles. Western allies discuss an early coordination meeting on Berlin with West Germany and possible summit talks on the German question.
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Augusta
West Berlin
Eisenhower
U. S
Britain
France
Dulles
Berlin
Great Britain
London
West Germany
Russia
Paris
Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Crime Rate Down in Cedar Rapids in 1958
Cedar Rapids shows a 14 percent drop in major offenses in the first 11 months of 1958, with 2,227 cases versus 2,581 year earlier. Juvenile cases are about 20 percent lower, auto theft and larceny declines offset by slight increases in other crimes.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Badger
Badger
Mercy Plane Falls in Snow Crash Killing Six
A Canadian air force helicopter crashed on a frozen lake 96 miles northeast of Winnipeg in dense snow. All six aboard died as it was returning to city hospitals with an Indian woman, her daughter, and a baby burned in a prior house fire.
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Winnipeg
Blood Vein
Jacob Crate
Couple Injured In Fire At Cedar Rapids Home
A Cedar Rapids woman suffered two fractured vertebrae after jumping from a second floor window as fire trapped her husband in the bathroom. Mrs. Jones and Mr. Jones, both treated at St. Luke's, were reported in fair condition. Neighbor Robert Heaton alerted emergency services after waking to cries for help.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Jones
Park Ave, SE
Robert Heaton
Park Ave. SE
Heaton
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Lilly Scientists Aim to Perfect Measles Vaccine Within a Year
Eli Lilly researchers announced progress toward a measles vaccine within a year using dead measles virus grown in chick embryo tissue and killed with formaldehyde. Measles deaths in 1957 surpassed polio for the first time since 1944, prompting urgency in vaccine development.
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Indianapolis
Eli Lilly Drug Firm
U.S
Thomas Carney
Two Survivors Escape 110-Foot Crevasse Fall in Antarctic Trek
McMurdo Sound Antarctica AP A tractor car carrying two members of a U S trail making party fell 110 feet into a crevasse while marking a 480 mile trail from Little America to McMurdo Sound. Navy construction driver Lawrence Renwick of Harrisville West Virginia and Marine Cpl Morgan Norval of Buffalo Wyoming survived with minor injuries after an aid ladder and rescue efforts.
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Mcmurdo Sound
Antarctica
U.S
Navy
Lawrence Renwick
Harrisville
W. Va
Cpl
Morgan Norval
Buffalo
Wyo
Little America
McMurdo
Tor
Renwick
Norval
IAEA Leaders Tour Polish Atomic Energy Centers
International Atomic Energy Agency leaders visited Warsaw on Monday for a tour of Poland's atomic energy centers. The visit highlights ongoing cooperation between Poland and the IAEA on nuclear energy development and safety.
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Warsaw
UPI
International Atomic Energy Agency
Explorer Wilkin Dies at 70 Arctic Pioneer Sir Hubert Wilkins
Explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins is found dead in a Framingham hotel at 70, after spending time in Arctic service for the U S Army. He conducted a famed 1928 2100 mile flight from Alaska to Europe and advised on rations clothing and quartermaster equipment. Major General Andrew McNamara lauds his contributions to military welfare and Arctic exploration safety.
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Framingham
Mass
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Wilkins
Army
Quartermaster Research and Development Unit
Natick
Arctic
Alaska
Europe
Polar Ice Cap
Andrew T. McNamara
U. S. Army
U. S
Antarctic
Four relatives commit suicide in South St. Louis home
Four related residents in a South St. Louis apartment died from self inflicted gunshot wounds after weeks of despondency over finances. The group included Arthur Forrester and his wife Lucille, Mary Conkling, and Blanche Conkling. Notes left by the dead referenced keys, a car title, and family names. investigators found no antifreeze in the radiator.
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ST. Louis
South St.Louis
Arthur Forrester
Lucille
Tilton H. Conkling
Forrester
All 4
FCC urged to revoke Miami Channel 10 award to Public Service TV
Special FCC examiner Judge Horace Stern urged the commission to set aside the February 1957 Channel 10 grant to Public Service Television Inc. for improprieties tied to ex- Commissioner Richard Mack. He cited improper conduct by rival WKAT Inc and others, recommended further FCC action, and noted indictments against Mack and Thurman Whiteside with trial set for January. Public Service has operated WBST since August 2, 1957.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Miami
Public Service Television, Inc
National Airlines
Horace Stern
FCC
Richard Mack
Stern
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Mack
Public Service
WBST
Wkat, Inc
Poemn
North Cadé Video, Inc
L. B. Wilson, Inc
WCKY
Cincinnati
FCC J
Justice Department
Thurman Whiteside
U. S. Court of Appeals
Pope's Bearers to Receive Bonus for Carrying Pontiff
Vatican announces a 15 000 lire bonus for each of the 30 bearers who carry Pope John XXIII on his portable throne. The carrier team weighs about 205 pounds in total, a extra compensation not offered by the late Pius XII, whose bearers weighed 130 to 150 pounds.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Pius XII
Vatican
West Berlin Faces Uncertain Ally Resolve Ahead of Showdown
West Berliners grow jittery as Allied resolve to hold the city against Soviet pressure is questioned. East Berlin banners vow socialism, airlift fears rise, and Mayor Willy Brandt works to bolster morale while residents fear economic impact and layoffs.
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West
Lin
Eisenhower Plans Defense and Space Meetings
President Eisenhower, nearing end of vacation at Augusta, calls Washington meetings for Wednesday on defense and space age issues. He will fly to the capital Tuesday night and meet separately with the NASA Space Council and the National Security Council, presiding again at the council’s Thursday session.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
National Aeronautics and Space Council
National Security Council
Security Council
Stolen Toulouse Lyautrec Watercolor Worth 4000
A watercolor by Henri de Toulouse Lyautrec, titled Mme Ballet, valued at 4000, was reported stolen Sunday from a private museum in New London Connecticut. The original piece was on cardboard.
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New London, Conn
Henri de Toulouse Lyautrec
Mme. Ballet
Missionary Kin Woo Killers Successfully
In Ecuador three years after the murders of five American missionaries by the Auca tribe, Betty Elliot and Rachel Saint, along with Valery Elliot, return from 53 days in the tribe village. They plan a rest before possibly accompanying other missionaries back to the Aucas.
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Quito
Ecuador
Betty Elliot
Rachel Saint
Valery Elliot
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