Fire Rages Through Central Fort Dodge Theater Area
A major blaze swept Fort Dodge center, hitting the Varsity theater and two adjacent buildings on Central Avenue. Firefighting crews from Fort Dodge and Webster City battled dense smoke and spreading flames, with two-story structures evacuated. No deaths. two firefighters injured. The theater, pool hall and radio supply building were heavily damaged. Ownership details link the theater to Mrs. Moses Habhab and the pool hall to Dr E Acher. a prior $10,000 fire occurred in Habhab’s structure in 1954.
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Fort Dodge
Varsity Theater
Central Avenue
Webster City
Tuls
Kautzky Sporting Goods Company
Sporting Goods
Kautzky
Fort Dodge Radio Supply Store
Fort Dodge Recreation Parlor
Wayne Harter
Earl Park
Fort Donge
Aim
Moses Habhab
E. Acher
Princeton appoints Goheen as youngest president in 20th century
Robert Goheen of Princeton, 37, named to succeed Harold Dodds as Princeton University president next June. Born in India to missionary parents, Goheen is the third non minister to hold the post and the youngest since 1759. He entered Princeton at 15 and earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. He heads the classics department and is father of six. Harald Helm called the board unanimous in support.
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Princeton, NL
J. Cap — Ay
Princeton University
Robert Goesheen
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton
Harald W. Helm
Board of Teustees
Goheen
Samuel Davies
Tie
Dodds
Woodrow Wilson
Weather outlook with cold, possible accumulating snow
Weather forecast shows continued cold and cloudy conditions through Sunday with a potential heavy snow event. An estimated two to four inches could accumulate by Sunday morning as snow continues Sunday. Tonight’s low around 15 to 18, Sunday’s high in the mid 20s.
Forecasters Revise View Heavy Snow Hits Iowa Weekend
Weather forecasters revised expectations to heavy snow across Iowa this weekend with mixed sleet in the southwest and northeast. Reports show five inches in Keota and four near the Missouri border, while highways vary from snow packed to normal. Below freezing temperatures persist with 20s highs and teens to 20s overnight across the state.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iuwans
Keotak
Missouri
Fairfield
West Liberty
Cherokee
Parking Meters Set to 12 Minutes at Cedar Rapids Post Office
Cedar Rapids will enforce 12 minute parking at the post office beginning Tuesday for the holiday mailing season. Four meters on First Street and four on First Avenue East of the bridge will be 12 minute limits. A police officer will patrol the area from Tuesday through December 24 to manage traffic and assist parking.
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Cedar Rapids
Safiery
E. A. Prochaska
First Street
First Avenue
Prochaska
William Zbanek Struck by Car in Cedar Rapids
A 64 year old Cedar Rapids man William Zbanek was struck by a car Friday evening on Oakand Road NE and Avenue NE. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken left leg and remained in critical condition at University of Iowa Hospitals. He was walking in the street when hit by a car driven by Charles B. Davis of 1519 Eighth Street NW.
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Seder Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Fiasipbd Road
Avenue NE
William Zvanek
St. Luke’s Hospital
University Hospital
Gbanek
Charles BE. Davis
Eighth Street
Oakland Road
Sparks Fuses Blamed in Brooklyn Pier Blast
New York AP report quotes Fire Commissioner Edward Cavanagh blaming acetylene torch sparks for a fire that ignited detonant cord fuses at Brooklyn Pier 35. The blast killed 10 people and wounded 246, destroying Pier 35 with losses estimated at 15 million.
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New York
Edward Cavanagh
Brooklyn
Pier
Pier 35
Device for Satellite Has Successful Trip
Edwin Diamond reports the first stage of the three motor Viking rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral. The modified navy missile reached 4000 mph, 25 miles high, and sent its nose cone payload to a 36 mile orbit plan. The Vanguard project aims to place a satellite in the International Geophysical Year framework, with future stages to follow before the 1957 launch date.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
VNS
Navy
Air Force Missile Center
Atlantic
Defense Department
Project Vanguard
Vanguard
Agi
Viking
New Mexico
White Sands Proving Ground
Polish government and church reach sweeping settlement
In Warsaw AP reports the Polish government and Roman Catholic Church announced a broad settlement after four weeks of talks. It includes restoring religious education in state schools upon parental request, chaplains in hospitals and prisons, return of exiled clergy to western territories, and implied state nonveto of church appointments.
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Warsaw
Poland
Perchie Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Germany
Tear Gas Bomb Foils Burglars At Georgia Store
A homemade tear gas bomb aided by a rear gas device drove away burglars who pried open a rear window at Lee Joslyn supermarket on Highway 20 near Manchester. The thieves abandoned a 14 foot ladder and left without loot after failing to access the safe.
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Manchester
Lee Joslyn
Reds Release 96 Hungarian Labor Chiefs
Budapest reports say 96 labor leaders arrested by the Communist government were released to ease tensions amid worker protests. Soviet troop convoys move through city streets while police remain on alert. guerrilla fighting, centered near Pecs in the Mecsek mountains, involves rebels harassing Russian forces. A separate report notes band director Henry Fillmore, 75, died in Miami of pneumonia.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Guerrila
Hungary
Pecs
Mecsek
Sii
Satoraljahly
Zaro
Radin
Pees
Jineg Ta
Death for Angelo La Marca in Weinberger kidnapping case
A 12 man jury in Mineola New York condemned Angelo LaMarca to death by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of 32 day old Peter Weinberger. LaMarca admitted kidnapping the baby from the Weinberger home and abandoning him in a woods area after demanding a $2000 ransom that was never paid. The verdict followed a six hour and twenty four minute deliberation.
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Mineola
Angelo LaMarca
Peter Weinberger
LaMarca
Fran
Frank Gulotta
Peter
Morris Weinberger
Weinberger
Bed Hill
LaMares
FBL
Art
Czech Reds Assail Tito
The Czechoslovak Communist Party central committee condemned Yugoslav President Tito's views as wrong and damaging and passed a resolution at its Dec. 5-6 meeting. It praised some points in his recent Pul speech but rejected others as harmful to the international communist movement.
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Prague
INS
Tito
Party
Pulu
Cardinal Mindszenty protégé tells his story in Gazette
The Rev. Josef Vecsey, longtime alt friend of Cardinal Mindszenty, recalls their shared history from childhood visits in Cseh Mindszent to his own priestly path. He met the Cardinal as a curate and cared for his mother during prison years, later aiding in freeing Mindszenty and securing permission to publish the Cardinal’s revelations.
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Josef Vecsey
Cardinal Mindszenty
Cedar Rapids
Nefeshetes
Csehmindszent
Father Vecsey
Wens
Budapest
Sen
Munich
Radio Free Europe
Vienna
Free World
Hoover Jr to retire as Undersecretary of State
President Eisenhower named Christian Herter of Massachusetts to replace Herbert Hoover Jr as Undersecretary of State. Hoover will return to private life, with the nomination to the Senate after Herter leaves office. The president also approved a two billion dollar atomic energy budget for the next fiscal year and cited personnel moves in the State Department.
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Robert E. Clark
Augusta
INS
Eisenhower Saturn Day
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Hoover
Ufe
Senate
Herter
Louis Sirauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Autousta
Washington
Eisentower
Baver
State Department
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