Minor Iowa toll road study splits on feasibility
A minority report on Iowa toll road feasibility argues a coast to coast toll road is likely in the future and should pass through Iowa. It calls for a funded state authority to study feasibility and notes funds prevented a thorough evaluation.
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Iowa
Iowa Toll Road Study Committee
Williams. Beardsley
Statehouse
Des Moines
Louis J. Kehoe
Wellman
Washington, Ia
Kehoe
Reuther Eyes Crusade as CIO Leader After Victory
Walter P. Reuther, 45, announces a “great human crusade” as CIO president after defeating Allan Haywood 3,079,181 to 2,613,103. He pledges labor unity and international work with free nations while criticizing “fat men” in clubs. Haywood reelected as third executive vice president. Reuther to undergo gallstone surgery soon.
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Atlantic City
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
Reuther
Allan §. Haywood
United Auto Workers
America
Auto Union
Union League
Haywood
Heather
Ebandsa
Second Victim of Auto Crash Dies
Edwin J. Bauer 56 of 1827 Hinckley Ave NW Cedar Rapids died Friday in a local hospital after a two car crash on Highway 218 near Shueyville. Bauer and Charles Pribyl were Standard Electric Company workers in a Coralville project group.
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Cedar Rapids
Edwin J. Bauer
Hinckley Avenue
Shueyville
Charles Pribyl
Standard Electric Company
Coralville
Mr. Bauer
Electrical Workers Union
Iowa City
Mary Edna Templeman
Robert L. Domine
Thomas M. Bauer
Leon Bauer
Davenport
Rohn
Korean Throng Disappointed as Eisenhower Skips Seoul Welcome
About half a million Koreans gathered in Seoul for a grand reception to the President-elect. He did not appear, busy inspecting UN troops, while Syngman Rhee spoke 20 minutes at the capitol steps. A local adviser called it a wedding without the bride.
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Seoul
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Capitol
Hisenhower
Syngman Rhee
Robert Oliver
Rhee
French Action After Tunisian Slain Shocks Paris
Ferhat Hached, 47, Tunisian nationalist leader of the General Workers Union, was assassinated. France imposed an 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. curfew in Tunis to quell possible Arab revenge. The killing coincided with UN debate in New York on Tunisia and Paris opposed any external intervention.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Ferhat Hached
General Workers Union
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Zaghouan
Hached
Rades
France
Robert Schuman
Paris
Schuman
Birth Items Kept Mamie Informed
President-elect Eisenhower used innocuous birth announcements as a code to inform his wife Mamie of progress en route from New York to Korea. Messages from Lt. John Davies at stops including Travis, Hickam, Honolulu, Midway, Iwo Jima and Kimpo were relayed to Col. Bob Schultz via a Secret Service agent.
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Seoul
INS
Eisenhower
New York
Korea
Icol
Bob Schultz
NewWork
John Davies
Davies
Constellation
Travis
Calif
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Midway Island
Iwo Jima
Kimpo
Secret Service
Schultz
Man Sentenced Buys Penal Farm at Auction
Hazlehurst Mississippi AP Armon Whittington avoids 90 days at Copiah county penal farm by buying the facility at auction. He had been sentenced for possessing liquor in bone dry Mississippi and appealed the conviction. The county board sold the farm and Whittington was the high bidder.
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Hazlehurst
Miss
Armon Whittington
Copiah County
Whittington
Mississippi
Whittingtor
Last Day Call on Rhee Signals Cooling Ties
President-elect Eisenhower and Syngman Rhee met in Seoul during his Asian tour. They held private talks at Eighth Army HQ and the presidential mansion, with two sessions totaling about thirty minutes. Rhee sought unification moves and stronger ROK forces.
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Seoul
Dwight Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
Eisenhower
U.S
Eighth Army
Rhee
Mark Clark
James A. van Fleet
ROK
Korea
Yalu
Eisenhower Flight Details Planes and Crews
Major William W. Thomas of Marion Iowa listed as aircraft commander aboard one of the planes carrying President-elect Eisenhower and party to Korea. Each of the two planes carried a double crew.
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Eisenhower
William W. Thomas
Marion, Ia
Korea
Collins for Bradley Named to NATO Committee Meeting
Gen. T. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, was named to represent Gen. Omar N. Bradley at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization committee meeting set to begin in Paris next week.
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Washington
INS
T. Lawton Collins
Army
Friday
Omar N. Bradley
Paris
Nine Americans Fired by Lie at U N for Refusal to Answer
Secretary General Trygve Lie dismissed nine American employees for refusing to answer McCarran committee questions on Communist affiliations and subversive connections. This brings 18 total dismissed in 1952 for this cause. Lie warned 3,000 staff they face the same fate if they act similarly and said a panel of jurists advised the course. He also announced plans to form an advisory panel to assist with individual cases.
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U.N
Trygve Lie
McCarran Committee
Lie
International Jurists
Deception Staged as Ike Trip Cover Up in New York
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower staged a week of showy visits at the Commodore hotel and his Morningside Heights residence to hide his Korea trip. Cabinet announcements and high level visitors created a false bustle while key personnel shuffled, and reporters waited in snow outside the residence for any real contact.
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New York
Eisenhower
42Nd Street
White House
Commodore Hotel
Korea
Columbia University
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Martin P. Durkin
Labor
Sinclair Weeks
Walter Williams
Durkin
Morningside Heights
Albert Beman
Rockport
Mass
James C. Hagerty
Leman
Morningside Drive
Hagerty Clarifies Ike Exclusive Seoul Visits
In Seoul Dwight D. Eisenhower press secretary James Hagerty was questioned about the president’s lack of public appearances. He responded with the remark We saw all the people we wanted to see, and denied implying any intent to avoid the Korean people.
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Hagerty
Seoul
INS
Dwight Hisencores
James Hagerty
Ike
Eisenhower and Wilson climb Iwo Jima summit for photo
On Iwo Jima during Eisenhower's Korea trip General Eisenhower and Charles E. Wilson rode to Suribachi in a Chevrolet then a jeep. A driver jokes he spoke to the next secretary of defense, sparking a surprised reaction about the Chevrolet.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Korea
Don Whitehead
Mt. Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Suribachi
U.S
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Chevrolet
Wilson
Secretary of Defense
Eisenhower in Korea Seeks Peace Aboard Return Flight
President elect Eisenhower traveled for three days in Korea seeking a peace path amid heavy fighting. He urged limited war aims and pledged to study lessons learned to support freedom, while warnings about widening the conflict and maintaining military balance.
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Eisenhower
Korea
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