Meat Prices Fall in Cedar Rapids as Production Rises
Cedar Rapids meat buyers and market managers report a sustained drop in prices across beef and pork categories driven by bumper production. Retail pork falls from 89 to 65 cents per pound, good-grade beef down several cents, and mid to lower grades slipping further. Eggs and oysters also show declines as markets loosen.
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Ari Heusinkveld
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Wall Street Journal
the Gazette
Ur. S
Soviet U N aide fired amid U S espionage charges
Secretary-general Trygve Lie dismissed Nicolai Skvortsev a Soviet political affairs officer at the United Nations after Washington charged attempted espionage The U N said the dismissal was for best interests of the UN while the State Department said Skvortsev was fired on spy charges and could not obtain a re entry visa Lincoln White stated Zinchenko also remains in Moscow and may not return
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United Nations
Trygve Lie
United States
U. S
U. N
Nicolai Skvortsev
Moscow
Skvortsev
State Department
Washington
Lie
Skvortsov
Konstantin Zinchenko
Department of Security Council
Skvortsovv
Lincoln White
Semi Truck Collides With Train in Minnesota Tragedy
In Austin Minnesota a semi trailer loaded with hogs struck a Milwaukee passenger freight train Friday night. Two men died Erwin R Schrader of Janesville Wisconsin and Clifford McMasters of Franklin Minnesota. Nine train cars derailed and crews labored over an hour to free victims. Train crews cleared tracks overnight.
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Austin, Minn
Milwaukee
Erwin R. Schrader
Janesville
Wis
Clifford McMasters
Franklin
Minn
Jim McNalley Dies at Amana Home
Jim McNalley a 51 year old construction superintendent at the Amana refrigeration plant died suddenly at his home in Amana Saturday night. The body was taken to the Hoover funeral home at Marengo.
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Jim McNalley
Amana
Hoover Funeral Home
Marengo
Boy plays Jesse James on rail tracks near St Paul
Eight year old Larry Meredith wandered onto Great Northern tracks and aimed toy pistols at an approaching switch engine. The crew halted the train and police gave Larry a lecture before returning him home. His mother says he promised to stay off the tracks. Train foreman says the crew are not angry but want him off the rails.
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Paul
Larry Meredith
Jesse James
Larry
Great Northern Railroad
Arvid Pokela
Dean Meredith
Duffy Murder Trial Delayed Indefinitely
George C. Duffy 21 faces a first degree murder charge for the Oct 21 slaying of James Hackman. County Attorney Willis A. Glassgow and Judge Charles Penningrath, with Duffy’s lawyers, agreed to postpone the trial likely until after the new year. Duffy is jailed in Linn County without bond over the case tied to Shirley Arnold, the woman he sought to marry before Hackman.
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Cedar Rapids
Willis A. Glassgow
George C. Duffy
Duffy
James Hackman
Glassgow
Charles Penningrath
James
Sherman Hart
Waukon
Linn County
Hackman
Shirley Arnold
Miss Arnold
Purse Recovered After Train Collision Injures Woman
Mrs Addie Abernathy of 107 6 avenue NW was struck by a train near the North Western bridge. Her purse with about 84 dollars dropped to the ice but was recovered near the east bank by Officers McDermott and Burke, while she was listed in fair condition at St Luke's hospital Saturday night.
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Vectar Rapids
Addie Abernathy
Avenue NW
T. C. McDermott
Robert Burke
William Abernathy
Marion
Post Office Hours for Christmas Mailers at Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids post office windows for stamps and parcel post will be open 2 to 5 p.m. this afternoon for Christmas mailers. The remainder of the post office will stay closed, according to Postmaster E. R. Petro.
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Cedar Rapids
E. R. Petro
Former U S Intelligence Agent Nabbed in Berlin
Michael R. Rothkrug a 44 year old Belgian born American ex lieutenant and MID civilian agent was arrested in Berlin. Authorities say he possessed thousands of top secret MID documents including names of Germans in the anti Communist underground jeopardizing informants across East Germany. The U S high commission has taken over the case and a trial is planned in coming weeks. Rothkrug’s Westport Conn home is identified with his brother Mark Rothkrug.
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U. S. Army
East Germany
Michael R. Rothkrug
Military Intelligence Detachment
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Rothkrug
U. S
West Berlin
Soviet Zone
U.S. High Commission
Army
Westport
Cann
Mark Rothkrug
U.S
Oskaloosa Man Killed in Two Car Collision
AP report says 70 year old J. R. Lister of Oskaloosa died in a two vehicle crash on the Pella road two miles from town. Kenneth B. Elswick of Ames, driver of the other car, was injured and treated at the local hospital. initial word suggested injuries were not serious.
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Oskaloosa
RE. L. Lister
Pella
Kenneth B. Elswick
Ames
Elswick
Young Bethany Bride Hopes For Four Babies By Twenty
A 13 year old Bethany girl married an 18 year old cement worker a week ago. She says life out of grade school is wonderful and she hopes to have four children by age 20. The bride and groom told how they kept their plans secret and surprised their families.
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Bethany
Okla
Adell Stover
Doyle Stover
Common Pleas
Carl Traub
Adell
Associated Press
Doyle Ray Stover
Ohia
Father and Son Suspects Linked to Chester Slayings
In Chester California police arrested Travis Hall and his father Wendell Hall in connection with the bludgeon killings of Gard Young and his children on Oct 10. Travis Hall passed a polygraph. both men deny knowledge, with the investigation continuing.
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San Francisco
Chester
Calif
Travis Hall
Wendell Hall
Gard Young
Jean
Judy
Michael Lane
Edward O'Haire
Chester Mass
Hall
Bay City
Fresno
Eisenhower Leaves Hawaii En Route to California Stop
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower flies from Honolulu toward California after a Hawaii stopover. He meets Adm. Radford and Gen. Hart at Kaneohe and says farewell to the islands. His flight proceeds with possible stops at Travis or Edwards Air Force Base depending on weather.
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Eisenhower
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Honolulu
T. H
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Califrnia
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Franklin Hart
Pacific
Air Force
Roger Ramey
Hawaiian Islands
Kaneohe Marine
Pacific Coast
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Fairfield
Muroc
Rent Control Takes Effect in Cedar Rapids Area
Washington's Office of Rent Stabilization labeled Cedar Rapids Linn county a controlled area for a second time in three months. The Saturday night ruling sets Monday as effective date with maximum rents on new units to be charged August 1 1952, affecting old housing plus new construction hotels motels and rooms. T J Wilkinson Cedar Rapids rent director could not be reached for clarification.
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Cedar Rapids
Office of
Rent Stabilization
Office of Price Stabilization
Linn County
Washington
Rent Board
T. J. Wilkinson
Price Stabilization Office
Price Agency
Chariton Farmer Killed in Dispute
Clarence Kelley a 41 year old farmer near Chariton was shot four times in the body and once in the head with a .22 caliber rifle during a dispute with his son Ronald 16 while picking corn in a field. The son was held in Lucas county jail after fleeing to the Kelley home and confessing to the killing. An inquest was scheduled for Monday morning.
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Chariton
Clarence Kelley
Ronald
Paul 8S. Shaw
Kelley
John Milnes
Milnes
Shaw
Lucas County
Wage Stabilization Board Delegates Power Amid Boycott
President Truman authorized Roger Putnam to delegate wage board authority to four public members to clear thousands of pending wage raise cases. Industry and labor members resignations and Chamber of Commerce pressure have paralyzed the board, with talks of redelegation until full representation returns.
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Truman
Roger Putnam
Putnam
John L. Lewis
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce and
NAM
Economic Stabilization Agency
WSB
Charles Killings
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