U N Chief Plans Trip to Peiping for Airmen Release
Dag Hammarskjold will fly to Peiping to appeal to Mao Tse tung and Chou En lai for the release of 11 American airmen held since the Korean War. The move follows a U N Assembly vote condemning sentencing and urging negotiations for release. The decision was disclosed after discussions with key diplomats, including Henry Cabot Lodge and Jacob Malik.
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Pierre J. Huss
United Nations
N. Y
INS
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
International
Mao Tse - Tung
Chou Enlai
U.N. Assembly
Hammarskjold
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Anthony Nutting
A. S. Lall
Russia
Jacob Malik
Van Fleet quits support for McCarthy over Eisenhower attack
Retired American general James A. Van Fleet informed Senator McCarthy he withdraws support after McCarthy’s harsh attack on President Eisenhower. Van Fleet, once allied against communism, criticized McCarthy’s methods and emphasis on power, while noting some positive anti communist efforts. He sent a telegram of resignation from support.
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Auburndale
Fla
James A. van Fleet
Sen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Korea
Wisconsin
Sena
Tor
The
United States
Weekend Weather Outlook with Light Snow Chance
Mostly cloudy tonight with a slight chance of light snow and a low around 20 to 25 degrees. Sunday looks partly cloudy and colder with a high near 32 to 35 degrees.
Icy roads in northeastern Iowa prompt caution
Freezing rain left ice on roads in eastern Iowa with ice accumulation noted by the Chicago Weather Bureau. By Saturday noon thawing cleared some streets though a single Amana woman Mary Kephart 23 suffered a spinal fracture after a rollover on highway 149 near Walford Fairfax.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Chicago Weather Bureau
Highway 149
Walford
Fairfax
Mary Kephart
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles Fels
Cedar Rapids
Marion Boy 13 Shot in Stomach in Hunting Accident
A 13 year old Marion boy, Tommy Hanna, was seriously injured by a .410 shotgun blast while hunting north of Marion. He was being treated at St Luke's hospital after surgery, as Gene Wells, also 13, handed the gun to him during a creek crossing.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Tommy Hanna
Burdette Hanna
Route 3
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Tommy
Gene Wells
Eugene Novak
Forrestal christened world largest carrier in Newport News
Navy launches the Forrestal the world’s biggest warship at Newport News Virginia. Secretary Thomas hails the carrier as versatile and indispensable in the nuclear arsenal and cites its roles from massive retaliation to sea control amid debate over carriers' future relevance.
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Newport News
Navy
Thomas
U. S
Field Marshal
Mntgomery
Home Alarm Saves Family
A seven member Delhi household escaped a recent blaze due to a fire alarm system installed after a farm fire a year earlier. Vince Freiburger reports the system notifies him of flames in any room and keeps his wife and five children, aged six months to 10 years, in downstairs bedrooms for safety.
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Delhi
Vince Freiburger
Here
Freiburger
Five Traffic Deaths in Iowa Push Toll to 608
The Iowa motor vehicle death toll rose to 608, with five fatalities recorded overnight. The latest victim, Dale Braden, 36, of Webster City, died in Waterloo after his meat packing firm truck collided with a Rock Island switch engine. The truck rolled, Braden was hurled through the windshield, and four others died in separate incidents including a discharged serviceman near a reunion with his parents, plus Donald White, Barry Carpenter, Ray Russell, and James Rohrbaugh.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Dale Braden
Webster City
Waterloo
Rock Island
Donald S. White
Dallas Center
Air Force
Barry Carpenter
Spencer
Ray E. Russell
Des Moines
James Rohrbaugh
Story City
White
Stanley White
Colonial Baking Company
Eisenhower Creates White House Council on Foreign Economic Policy
President Eisenhower formed a White House Council on Foreign Economic Policy and named Joseph M Dodge as chairman. The panel will coordinate foreign economic programs across agencies to ensure orderly development and policy unity. Dodge leaves his bank chairmanship. Stassen and top officials from State Treasury and other departments will participate.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
White House Council On Foreign Economic Policy
Joseph M,. Dodge
Dodge
Detroit Bank
Europe
Japan
White House
Stassen
Latin America
Far East
Dulles
Treasury
Humphrey
Commerce
Weeks
Agriculture
Benson
White House News
Murray Snyder
Boy with Christmas Allergy Hibernates Through Holidays
Scott Garrison, 10, suffers severe reactions to Christmas elements including evergreen, Santa outfits, candy, and mothballs. His parents keep him home during the season and his illness also affects school attendance, with symptoms resuming each Easter.
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Santa FE
Scott Garrison
Scott
St. Nick
Evergreen
Hoegh Considers Beck Moyer Lundy Neu For State Posts
Des Moines AP report says Centerville publisher Robert Beck and Marion attorney C H Moyer are top candidates for Hoegh administration posts. Also mentioned are Russell Lundy his campaign manager and Kenneth Neu former assistant attorney general for possible state roles.
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Des Moines
Centerville
Marion
Leo A. Hoegh
Robert K. Beck
Jonegian
C. H. Moyer
Beck
Iowa House
Hoegh
Iowa Capital
Russell F. Lundy
Kenneth F. Neu
Lundy
Neu
Nell
Mason City
American Motor Vehicle Administrators’ Association
Charles R. Fischer
Onawa
Fischer
Pearl W. McMurry
Corydon
Hi Sour Ou
Murry
Leo A
Hoews
State Liquor Control Commission
Arthur A. Coburn
Cherokee Republican
William P. Housel
Humboldt Democrat
Fred C. Tandy
State Highway Commission
Robert Keir
Spencer Republican
Sanford Zeigler
Fairfield Republican
State Tax Commission
J. Frank Hamilton
Maquoketa Democrat
State Board of Social Welfare
Land swap to aid Legion and city parking plan adopted
City council backed a land swap with Veterans Memorial and the American Legion to give the Legion a Fourth avenue site for a clubroom bowling alley and extend Fourth avenue to add future street use. The plan adds 18 net parking spaces by reconfiguring the lot and surfacing the extension.
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Fourth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Greene Square
The
American ‘Legion
Legion
Veterans Memorial, Inc
Retail Merchants Bureau
American Legion
Everett Stout
Rock Island Railroad
Tom Moore
Legion and Veterans Memorial
Public Safety
E. A. Prochaska
Fifth Street
Legion Building
Fifth Avenue
Veterans Memorial Board
Legion Building Committee
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U.N
George E. Stratemeyer Peiping
John G. China
Crommelin
Mao
Chou
Red China
Heiping
China
Malik
Afghanistan
Burma
India
Indonesia
Syria
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Saudi Arabia
West —Lodge
Nutting
Special Political Committee
Marion Boy
Junior
Forrestal
USN
Braden
Dwight McCormack
Vets
Senate
Gov
Beardsley
Montains
Prochaska
R. L. Miller
W. C. Culver
Merchants
W. W. Stolba
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