Slaying of Lincoln Housewife Prompts Car Search
Police hunt for a black 1949 to 1950 Ford after the strangling of 22 year old Darrel Parker whose wrists were bound with clothesline. Investigators also detain a 30 year old man and review a possible link to a similar Omaha campus murder of Carolyn Nevins.
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Lincoln, Neb
Darrel F. Parker
Paul Beave
Parker
Lincoln
Iowa State College
Ames
Nancy Ellen Morrison
Robert Morrison
Des Moines
Morrison
Lynn Parker
Henderson
Omaha
Carolyn Nevins
Omaha University
Cedar Rapids attorney denies Communist links before U S panel
Allen Heald of Cedar Rapids testified before a Chicago congressional committee that he never was a Communist and knew NLRB lawyers as a discussion group, not a party cell. Heald, age 50, discussed meetings from 1938 to 1941 and said he later joined a Chicago group but did not learn any member’s name or confirm Communist ties. Heald previously ran for Congress as a Progressive and has ties to the National Lawyers Guild.
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Cedar Rapids
Allen Heald
the Gazette
Communist Party
Heald
Congressional un-American Activities Committee
Chicago
Herbert Fuchs
American University
Washington, D. C
Washington
Fuchs
National Labor Relations Board
Sigourney
University of Chicago
Rochester
Elmhurst Drive
Progressive Party
National Lawyers Guild
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Iowa
CPA
Rep. Scherer
Ohio
Baby smothered by cat in crib in New Jersey case
A cat smothered a 2 month old girl in a crib while the infant slept. Debra Connolly’s distressed mother, identified as German, reported the tragedy as Army authorities said the cat climbed into the crib and lay on the baby’s face. Father James has returned to duty with military police at Fort Riley Kansas.
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Mernberg
U.S. Army
Debra Connolly
James
U.S
Fort Riley
Kan
Iowa lawmakers cap research bureau to minor legislation
The Iowa legislature's research committee restricts the new research bureau to drafting only minor legislation. The move limits the bureau's activities under research director Clayton Ringgenberg and staff, after studying Illinois and Michigan models.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clayton Ringgenberg
Illinois
Michigan
Building Jobs of $5 Million Slated at SUI
The State Board of Regents said bids will be let and construction started on more than 10 million dollars of capital improvements at its institutions in the next six months. Major Iowa sites include Burge Hall at the University of Iowa and the Hillcrest dining hall.
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DES Moines
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
David Dancer
Burge
SUI
Hillcrest
Iowa State College
Dancer
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Oakdale Sanatorium
Amana Freezer Sales Hit Record October High
Amana Refrigeration reports October retail sales of freezers rose 25 percent from a year earlier. It marked the first October lead in freezer sales in the company’s history, a traditional peak selling month cited by general sales manager J. A. Ito.
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AMANA
Amana Refrigeration
J. A. Ithe
Solon Tours East Berlin to assert free movement
Rep. Ed Edmondson and Capt. Peter Bennett toured East Berlin in a radio-telephone equipped Army sedan in a display of American resolve to keep free movement in the divided city. The group entered the Soviet sector without incident and planned to search for American war dead, hoping to locate 131 potential graves.
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Berlin
U. S
East Berlin
Ed Edmondson
Dokla
Georgi Pushkin
Pushkin
Edmondson
Peter Bennett
Sebastopol
Calif
West Berlin
Bennett
Soviet War Memorial
Soviet Zone
Glienicker Bridge
East Germany
Soviet Leaders Arrive in Kabul Amid Snowy Quiet Greeting
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Party Boss Khrushchev arrived in Kabul for a snowbound, crowdless visit with Prime Minister Mohammed Daud. Snow and rain delayed the arrival, and only sparse flags appeared as soldiers and police escorted the trio to the guest house. A wall carried the message Soviets Go Home as the journey began without the large crowds seen in India and Burma.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Mohammed Daud
India
Burma
Barber solves quiet chair problem with Santa suit
Bernard Zuikowski announced a temporary solution to keep children calm in his chair by wearing a Santa suit during Thursday's session in Chicago.
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Chicago
Bernard Zuikowski
Zuikowski
Cedar Rapids Seeks North-South Air Service Suspension
The Civil Aeronautics Board again suspends Cedar Rapids north-south airline plans while a seven state air needs study unfolds. City officials push for a temporary MM exemption order to provide interim service, with Ozark and North Central Airlines already filed.
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Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
CAB
Airport Commission
Don Hines
Ozark and
North Central Airlines
Cedar Re
U.N. admits 16 nations ending five year deadlock
The General Assembly, in a jubilant session, voted to admit 16 nations, boosting U.N. membership to 76. Russia and Nationalist China vetoed the initial plan, but a sudden reversal allowed the package deal to pass with seats for Ireland Portugal Italy Austria Finland Spain Libya Jordan Ceylon Nepal Cambodia Laos.
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United Nations, N. Y
General Assembly
U.N
Security Council
Cance
Japan
Outer Mongolia
China
Russia
Albania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Ireland
Portugal
Italy
Austria
Finland
Spain
Libya
Jordan
Ceylon
Nepal
Cambodia
Laos
Assembly
Jose Maza
Chile
Arkady A. Sobolev
Soviet Union
Mongolian People’s Republic
Jet Fighter Steals Offutt Field Show
Offutt Field showcased SAC power with a B-52 and B-47 display beside a Boeing 707 when a McDonnell F-101 Voodoo jet fighter streaked supersonic across the field. Test pilot Ray Hunt demonstrated climbs to 35,000 feet and 1,200 mph speeds before returning to St Louis. Tex Johnston piloted the 707 from Seattle for the event.
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Offutt Field Show
Curtis LeMay
SAC
Omaha
Ray Hunt
Hunt
Offutt
McDonnell Factory
St. Louis
Gen. LeMay
United States
Boeing
Seattle
Dulles Flags Renewed Cold War Pressure in Asia and Middle East
Secretary of State Dulles told the NATO Council that the Soviet Union has opened dangerous new cold war fronts in the Middle East and South Asia. He cited three possible motives and warned the 15-nation alliance to stay vigilant and united amid renewed Soviet firmness and rhetoric.
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Paris
Dulles
NATO Council of Ministers
Soviet Union
Middle East
South Asia
Atlantic Alliance
NATO Council
West Germany
Geneva
Russia
Christmas shopping hours extended in Cedar Rapids stores
Cedar Rapids retail stores and the post office will stay open Friday night to aid Christmas shoppers and mailers. Stores will keep 9 p.m. hours per Retail Merchants bureau and Chamber of Commerce guidance. The post office stamp and parcel post windows will be open until 5 30 p m Saturday with stores open until 9 p m Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Post Office
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies at 101 in Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Colum Traverse, a Cedar Rapids resident for 33 years and widow of Jesse Traverse, died at 10:45 p.m. after a brief illness. Born November 25, 1854, she taught in Belle Plaine, married in 1881, and survived by a daughter Mrs. H N Boyson, granddaughter Mrs. R J Stevenson, and two great grandchildren. Services Friday at Turner chapels with burial at Oak Hill. contributions urged to the Home for Aged Women.
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Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Colum Traverse
Jesse Traverse
Bever Avenue
Redman
Belle Plaine
Traverse
H. N. Boyson
R. J. Stevenson
Des Moines
John
Linda Stevenson
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Susannah Wesley
Turner
Jackson Burns
H. Hughes Dill
Oak
U S denounces Soviet veto of Japan UN membership
Washington AP says the United States called the Soviet veto of Japan joining the United Nations a glaring injustice. A State Department spokesman labeled Moscow's move cynical and a bargaining pawn in talks with Japan over a peace settlement.
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Washington
U.S
Japan
i\U.N
Russia
State Department
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