McCarthy Defends Dissent On China Trade Policy
Senator Joseph McCarthy rejected claims he challenged President Eisenhower’s leadership over foreign policy. He urged a reappraisal of U S policy toward Red China and called for halting aid to nations shipping goods to Communist China until American prisoners are freed. He praised Secretary Dulles but vowed to press his criticisms publicly and to back Republican unity.
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William L. Umstead
Washington
INS
McCarthy
R-Wis
Administration
Eisenhower
Republican Party
United States
Dulles
Red China
Manchuria
Truman-Acheson
Secretary Dulles
All Kinds of Weather in State Today
Iowa's weather shows mixed precipitation with a stationary front dividing conditions. Rain across the eastern two thirds, snow and freezing rain in the northwest, and details from Cedar Rapids and other cities are noted with recent rainfall totals and temperatures.
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Iowa
Sibley
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Washington
Burlington
Sioux
Dubuque
Mason City
McGregor
Willard Colson Family To Move Into Rented Home
Willard Colson and wife with their six children, who arrived from Cedar Rapids three and a half weeks ago, will move into a three bedroom house in Los Angeles on Sunday. They have been living in two hotel rooms while seeking permanent housing and four children were placed with families after fears of eviction and adoption. Colson, a partially disabled war veteran, works at an aircraft plant.
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Los Angeles
Willard Colson
Colsons
Cedar Rapids
McCarthy Receives Canadian Apple Gift
Senator McCarthy was given a crate of North Spy Canadian apples by the Toronto Globe and Mail staff with a note about his committee and the woods. He said he was grateful for the gift.
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Washington
McCarthy
North Spy
Toronto Globeland Mail
Driver killed after 75 mph speed crash in Atlanta
Three hours after being ticketed for speeding Grover C Forts was killed in an Atlanta crash. Police estimate the car's speed at 75 miles per hour before it struck a utility pole.
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Atlanta
Grover C. Forts
Center Point Man Die in Creek Bed Crash
Orville W. Herrick 78 a Center Point resident died when his 1953 car left Highway 150 and fell into a creek bed near Nelson Creek bridge two miles east of Center Point. The body was found by R G Demory and two others after a flashlight signal. Survived by wife and son Ralph of Houston. Herrick was a Knights of Pythias and Masonic Lodge member.
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Orville W. Herrick
Center Point
Highway 150
Nelson Creek Bridge
R. G. Demory
Carlisle Street
Cedar Rapids
Demory
Gene Anderson
Dexter Wolfe
Urbana
Cal Wagner
Mr. Herrick
Man Missing in Dive Off Miami Sea Was 52
Miami lawyer Hope Root, 52, vanished in the Gulf Stream during a 410 foot dive in the Atlantic. He entered with a double-tank aqua-lung and 23 minutes of oxygen. no trace found after more than an hour.
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Miami
Gulf Stream
Hope Root
Atlantic
Root
Alcoholic Version Of Boy-Dike Tale In Vienna
A 12 year old boy hospitalized with acute alcohol poisoning described how he and a friend entered a cellar to sample wine from a keg. The boy told investigators he drank from the outlet and kept gulping as water threatened to flood the floor.
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Vienna
Legislators Call For Closure Of Gangtok Theater
In Calcutta the Sikkim legislative body faced its first film screening in Gangtok. Members proposed a resolution to close the theater for 10 years, calling it a menace to innocent Himalayan youth.
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Calcutta
Sikkim
Himalayas
Gangtok
Cedar Rapids Seeks Sewer Bonds With Strong Bid Offer
Cedar Rapids city council sold 800000 in sewer bonds to First National Bank Chicago at 1 percent interest plus a 3001 premium. The deal lowers true interest to about 1.70 percent over 15 years to fund interceptor lines and storm sewers. The sale drew the largest syndicate turnout in Cedar Rapids history, aided by triple A credit rating and favorable market conditions.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
National Bank Chicago
First National
Gamon
Walter Miller
Edar Rapids
Shields and Company
New York
Stern Brothers
Kansas City
Raffensperger, Hughes and Company
Indianapolis
Ernest Kosek
Kosek
First National of Chicago
Associat
Iowa Farm Bureau backs medium flexible price supports
Iowa Farm Bureau delegates at its 35th annual convention voted unanimously to press for medium level price supports on storable farm commodities. President E. Howard Hill, re-elected, leads 136000 Iowa farm families. The plan allows 75 to 100 percent parity with a formula, varying by supply and production incentives, and aims to prevent carryover from negating the plan.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
State Bureau
E. Howard Hill
Milburn
Dele ‘Gates
Iowa Ffarm
Secretary of Agriculture
Tornado Rips Louisiana Killing At Least Nine
A winter squall spawned a crescent shaped tornado that struck central Louisiana and parts of Mississippi, killing at least nine people and injuring about 20. The path stretched about 100 miles with small towns including Leander and Tullos heavily damaged as recovery teams reported multiple fatalities.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Imine
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Fitler
Rolling Forks
Toe Hospital
Sai State
Leander
Tullos
Eisenhower responds to father after canal tragedy
Martinez Calif. President Eisenhower wrote to Warren Anderson after his son became the 33rd drowning victim in a government canal tragedy. Eisenhower, sharing paternal loss, pledged to route the letter to the interior department and pursue fencing to prevent repeats. The Anderson family recently moved to Portland and Mrs. Anderson believes canal fencing will occur.
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Eisenhower
Department of Interior
D. Eisenhower
Portland
School Bids Come In Much Lower Than Expected
Cedar Rapids bids for additions to the Hayes and Cleveland buildings and a new Arthur district primary school total $330,799, about $81,000 under the $412,000 budgeted from a $2,750,000 bond issue. More than 50 bidders from 24 firms crowded the board room as architects and district officials praised the favorable figures and cost breakdowns per classroom. The board planned to review bids and award contracts at the next meeting.
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Hayes
Cleveland
Arthur District
Cedar Rapids Board of Education
Brubaker
Douglas Grant
Czech grandfather recounts family escape from Communist Czechoslovakia
Bedrich Cech, 52, his son Marion, daughter in law Drahomira, and four relatives hidden under a lumber stack on a freight car endured hunger thirst and near exposure as the train crossed the Iron Curtain three times. They reached the American zone of Austria after a perilous two day border ordeal. They smuggled food water and air devices to stay alive and planned a bold move at Horni Dvoriste before continuing toward safety.
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Vienna
Bedrich Cech
Vlasta
Ronald K. Brown
Adel
Cech
Linz
Marion
Drahomira
Ladislav
Iron Curtain
Austria
Cervena
Escaral
Ee Cech
Labouer
Horni Dvoriste
Iowa Team Reports First Child From Frozen Sperm
University of Iowa scientists say the first child conceived by insemination with deep frozen male sperm should be delivered within three months. The foetus appears normal and two other pregnancies are progressing. Details on the mothers and donors remain undisclosed for privacy.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
R. G. Bunge
J. K. Sherman
Department of Urology
University of Iowa Medical College
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