Denial Over Diamond Using Office to Threaten in Iowa Case
Tobias E. Diamond former U S attorney for the Northern district of Iowa denied at a hearing that he used his public office to threaten jail to opponents of his client in a private egg dispute with Quality Eggs Inc. Investigators testified Diamond unduly pressed them with his position, but Diamond said he never used jail language.
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William L. Umstead
Washington
INS
Tobias E. Diamond
U. S
Northern District of
Iowa
House
Diamond
U.S
Quality Egg, Shippers, Inc
Miami
Fla
Richard Swalve
George, I.a
Robert A. Collier
Chelf D-Ey
Collier
Riamond
United States
Graven
Florida
Irving M. Wolff
Herman Gross
David Schiller
David Schiljer
Herman N. Rice
Colllier
Swalve
Gross
Schiller
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Justice Department
Department
Detroit Shop Owner Quits Over Unproductive Workers
Fred Wohlfahrt, owner of a Detroit machine shop, announced he is closing his business because workers would not perform. He says he pays above union scale but productivity lagged, with 20 on payroll and the rest quitting. The Peerless Production Company also shut due to inefficiency and a drop in output, affecting 50 machinists. The plants, under CIO United Auto Workers contracts, face sale after failed mediation.
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Detroit
Fred Wohlfahrt
Wohlfahrt
Tough Neighborhood Tale From a Noted Police Chief
A humor column recalls a famed chief of police queried about a tough district. His quip likens the area to a place where even a tailing cat would be treated like a tourist, capturing local wit.
Kotek Waives to Grand Jury on Murder Charge
Charles G. Kotek, 43, waived to the grand jury on a first degree murder charge Wednesday afternoon before Justice of the Peace Charles L. Benesh. He is held in Linn county jail without bond for the Dec 9 shotgun killing of Pauline Kassell, 32, found dead in her home. Kotek shot Kassell and then turned the gun on himself. He was released from Mercy hospital earlier and remains treated for a shotgun wound to the left chest in good condition. He will be taken daily to the hospital for dressing changes while in custody.
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Cedar Raunds
Charles G. Kotek
Justice of the Peace
Charles L. Benesh
Benesh
Kotek
Linn County
Pauline Kassell
Grand Jury
John B. Reilly
Churchill to Visit U S for Talks with Eisenhower
London reports Prime Minister Churchill will travel to the United States in early 1953 for talks with President Eisenhower. The aim is to discuss methods of cooperation between the executive and legislative branches. First meeting with Representatives Martin Halleck and Arends. another with Senators Bridges Taft Milkikin and Saltonstall slated later.
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London
Churchill
U.S
New York
Eisenhower
Ly Aeebiinne
Lancininbose
Tvevulliceil Leellialuws
Martin
Mass
Halleck
Ind
Arends
Bridges
N.H
Taft
Ohio
Milkikin
Colo
Saltonstall
Congress
Florida Crops Destroyed by Cold Wave
Frigid winds from a giant high pressure system hit Florida on Wednesday killing an estimated four-fifths of the lenap bean and corn crops on truck farms. Temperatures dropped to the 20s, homes were inadequately heated, and palm trees had a thin ice glaze from mist.
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United Press
Florida
Sunshine State
Midwest
Atlantic
Gulf
Gale Strands American Liner United States in British Gale
Powerful winds over 100 mph battered the British Isles delaying the American liner United States near Southampton after pulling from the dock for New York. The ship rode the gale broadside into two cranes damaging the bridge and observation deck while tugs attempt to refloat it. One hour of maneuvering led to a docking delay with 600 passengers awaiting sail.
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London
United States
British Isles
Southhampton
New York
Christmas mail goes astray in Everett waste mix
In Everett Washington a woman discarded a handful of Christmas cards in a new green waste receptacle and found she had more cards after fishing them out. Sanitation engineers and post office officials seek a fix to prevent Yuletide greetings from ending in the city dump.
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Everett, Wash
Everett
Ike and Mac Hold Huddle as Korea Peace Talk Focus
Gen Mac Arthur and Gen Eisenhower met for three hours to discuss peace in Korea and global issues. MacArthur planned a further meeting with the President elect to review his Korea war solution. They left Dulles home with Secretary of State designate in attendance.
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New York
INS
Mac ‘Arthur
Eisenhower
Korea
MacArthur
Far East
Dulles
Operation Begun On Brodie Twins
The 15 month old Brodie Siamese twins joined at the skulls underwent seven hour surgery at University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital in Chicago. An informed source said the operation aimed to complete their separation and named Roger Lee and Rodney Dee Brodie as the patients. The boys were born to Mrs Roy Brodie in East Moline on September 16 1951 and have four healthy brothers.
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Chicago
Brodie
Tito Breaks All Vatican Connection
Belgrade declares severed diplomatic ties with the Vatican over interference in Yugoslavia. Tito denounces Pope Pius XII and Stepinac as a war criminal and says he will not visit Britain or England while internal matters remain unresolved.
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Tito
Vatican
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Aloysius Stepinac
Kremlin
Pius XII
Stepinae
Britain
England
Stepinac
Dulles Quoted On Anti Hiss Talk in 1946
John Foster Dulles secretary of state designee was quoted as saying Hiss was a sort of fellow traveler when Kohlberg reported to him in January 1947. Kohlberg testified he warned Dulles after learning Hiss was elected Carnegie Endowment president and sought Dulles’s reaction to alleged Communist ties.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Alfred Kohlberg
New York
House
Dulles
Kohlberg
The
Endowment
Plain Talk
Isaac Don Levine
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
tHiss
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
Rep. O'Toole
D-N.y
Carnegie
Owen Lattimore
Iowa study panel Urges State Utility Commission
The Iowa study committee recommended creating a state public service commission to regulate rates services and financing of utilities. It proposed five gubernatorially appointed members paid 10000 yearly and financed by fees with limited tax support, and left open whether municipal and REA plants would be exempt. The report notes broad support and predicts possible legislative defeat.
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Des
Commerce Commission
Commission
The
Beardsley
REA
Associated Press
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Towa
Texas
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Stores Set Christmas Shopping Hours
Cedar Rapids retail stores stay open until 9 p m today for Christmas shoppers. They will also stay open until 9 p m Saturday and next Monday and Tuesday. The Cedar Rapids post office has not announced hours beyond today.
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Cedar Rapids
Wholesale Food Prices Decline to New Low
New York AP notes wholesale food prices fell again this week per the Dun and Bradstreet index reaching 6.11 dollars, down from 6.13 last week and 7.8 percent below the 6.68 figure a year earlier.
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New York
Five Die and Five Hurt in Houston Apartment Fire
Fire destroyed an apartment house in Houston early Wednesday killing five occupants and injuring five others. Fire officials suspect the blaze started in a rear hallway and spread rapidly through the building. Investigations continue as authorities name the deceased and identify the injured.
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Houston
Rent Control Debate Confuses Cedar Rapids Status
The Gazette reports a muddled debate over public laws 96 and 139 shaping Cedar Rapids rent controls. James Mcll Henderson asserts Cedar Rapids Linn county as a critical defense housing area, while Henry W Fowler notes no designation yet. Confusion stemming from mixed messages from Washington and misinterpretations by local offices is acknowledged.
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James MclI
Henderson
Fowler
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Defense
Defense Area Advisory Committee
Department of Labor
Defense ‘Department
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Arab Asian bloc to meet for counter measures on France
Cairo AP reports a bloc of Arab Asian nations will meet late this month to plan strong counter measures against French aggression in North Africa. The gatherings follow an Arab League committee session on December 20 to consider action in Tunisia Algeria and Morocco.
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Cairo
North
Africa
Arab League
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
France
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