Reed Attacks State Policy at Eldora Stone Age View Warns of 1945 Methods
Former Iowa Training School for Boys superintendent Charles W. Reed issued a public statement criticizing state policy at Eldora. He warned that the program could revert to the 1945 stone age methods after a riot and mass escape, urging transfer of child care to the department of social welfare. Reed, who resigned November 26 under Gov Blue and board pressure, emphasized the need for transparency and child-centered reform, while noting the board’s comments were not yet defined.
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Cedar Rapids
O. S. von Krog
Reed
Iowa
Herbert Hauge
Western defense plan coordinates U S and Europe for rapid action
The United States and five Western European powers plan a coordinated military force under a single commander in Europe. Canada may join. Lt Gen Lucius D. Clay would command American units with British Field Marshal Montgomery. The move aims to deter Soviet aggression until a broader NATO-like pact is negotiated.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Russia
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Canada
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Western Union
Congress
Clay
Montgomery
U.S
London
Billfold and Cash Await Owner at Police Station
Cedar Rapids police captain reports a billfold with 13.42 found by John Carbee on Second Street and turned in December 14. It bears the name Mrs. Ronald Stamp of Sioux City but includes a Cedar Rapids bus token, suggesting the owner may be local and in need before Christmas.
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Cedar Rapids
E. L. Stearns
Captain Stearns
John Carbee
Second Street
Second
Third Avenues
Stearns
Ronald Stamp
Sioux City
Crissman and Condon Returning From St Louis
William Crissman Linn county attorney and Tom Condon Cedar Rapids detective planned to return to Cedar Rapids Saturday night from St Louis where they had gone to assist in arrest of Dr Robert C Rutledge in Byron Hartman slaying case Deputy Linn County Sheriff Larry Condon accompanied them and would remain in St Louis over the weekend to monitor developments.
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Cedar Rapids
William Crissman
Linn
Tom Condon
St. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge
Byron Hartman
Linn County
Larry Condon
Republicans Warn Democrats Not To Pack Committees
Washington AP reports House Republican leaders warn against packing committees or tampering with congressional seniority. They cite potential moves tied to Southern Democrats gaining chairmanships and propose shifting rules committee parity or elevating Dixies to punishment. Rep. John Rankin of Mississippi is named among Dixie lawmakers backing Thurmond.
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Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
House Rules Committee
Administration
Rules Committee
John E. Rankin
J. Strom Thurmond
River Embankment Case Upheld by Cedar Rapids Court
Judge G K Thompson refused the Merritts nuisance abatement petition over a neighboring lot raised six feet above theirs near Hawthorn in southwest Cedar Rapids. He ruled filling the lot was not a nuisance given the neighborhood, its industrial surroundings, and the plaintiffs’ view, noting odors and esthetic concerns were not decisive. The ruling centers on the defendants intent to keep the Red Cedar off the premises.
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G. K. Thompson
James R. Merritts
Merritts
Hawthorn
Cedar Rapids
Wesley Franks
Equitable
Harry Edleman
Dallo Jones
Thompson
Joke Exchange at the Great Northern Gost
A regular customer asks what will give him heartburn immediately rather than at 3 am. The waiter answers with a playful line about the Great Northern Gost.
New Price Cuts on Soap Products by Two Firms
Lever Brothers in Cambridge Mass cut wholesale prices about six percent on eight soaps including Lux Lux soap flakes Life buoy Swan Rinso Breeze Surf and Silverdust due to lower raw material costs. The firm already announced a 2 cent retail cut for Spry shortening.
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Cambridge, Mass
Lever Brothers Company
Lux
Lifebuoy
Procter and Gamble Cuts Soap Prices Again
The Procter and Gamble Company announced a roughly six percent reduction in wholesale prices for its main household soap products. The move, the third cut this year, follows a drop in fats and oils costs used in manufacturing.
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Cincinnati
Procter and Gamble Company
Pasadena Area Shaken By Sharp Earthquake
An earthquake 90 miles distant was recorded on the Caltech seismograph at 4 45 p m PDT. Dr Charles Richters seismologist said the tremor was strong enough to be felt sharply but likely not severe enough to cause damage.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
C.S.T
Charles Richters
Nationalists Retreat at Hwai River
A government retreat was reported from the Hwai river line to positions 30 miles north of Nanking. Pengpu, 108 miles northwest of Nanking, was outflanked as Communist columns crossed the river. Liu Tze moved headquarters to Chuhsien, north of the Yangtze. Fire renewed beyond Peiping, with Pengpu and surrounding area showing signs of Nationalist withdrawal and reduced southbound traffic.
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Nanking
Hwai River
Pengpu
Liu Tze
Chuhsien
Yangtze
Peiping
North China
Seymour Topping
Associated Press
Hwai
Topping
Injunction Denied Against Cedar Rapids Co-Op Dairy
Judge J E Heiserman denied milk hauler Lauren T Gibney an injunction against Cedar Rapids Co-Operative Dairy to block a new policy that barred haulers from serving other markets. The ruling held the cooperative's measure was a lawful management prerogative taken in good faith to protect its activities and contracts.
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Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Lauren T. Gibney
Gibney
Andyinn
Heiserman
Navy Man on Leave Tells Of Disaster
Earl L. Talkington describes a Christmas leave bus wreck near Tooele Utah as two buses collided and burned. He, an 18 year old US Navy electronics technician from Wichita Kansas, was among survivors who crawled free after glass shattered and oil flames rose. He traveled with fellow sailors from San Francisco to Kansas City and back.
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Delle
Utah
Tooele
USN
Earl L. Talkington
Wichita
Kan
Roy Paul Nelson
San Francisco
Kansas City
Treasure Island
Burlington
Salt Lake City
Berl K. Talkington
Shovels Chains Sleds and Cinders Get Big Workout
Cedar Rapids reports a winter preview with four inches of snow by Saturday night and bitter cold. Highs reached 28 while the highway system faced wet packed snow and slippery surfaces across Iowa. Mt. Vernon traffic stalled on hill sections of routes 261 and 30 as winter arrives three days early.
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Ceder Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
State Highway Commission
Mt. Vernon
Five Injured in Three Car Crash North of Manchester
Five people were injured in a three car collision 10 miles north of Manchester at the junction of highways 3 and 13 around 4 p m Saturday. William A Duncan and his wife of Edgewood were taken to Oelwein hospital. Also injured were Mrs P Thillen and her son of Manchester and Gordon Ebner of Waukon. Neal Fenderman of Waukon narrowly avoided a head on with the Duncan car and the Thillen vehicle also became involved. Officials cited icy roads as a partial cause.
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Manchester
Here
William A. Duncan
Edgewood
Oelwein Hospital
P. Thillen
Gordon Ebner
Waukon
Neal Fenderman
Duncan
Thillen
Third Rescue Attempt In Greenland Fails
An air force rescue glider carrying stranded men failed after the tow-line broke, breaking at 50 feet during a Saturday night operation in Greenland.
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Greenland
Washington
Air Force
Adel man killed in head on crash with semi on Highway 6
Frank Forret, 59, a Dallas County farmer, died instantly in a head on collision between his automobile and a semi truck on Highway 6 just east of Adel Saturday night. Authorities investigated the wreck and identified the vehicles involved.
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Adel, Ia
Frank Forret
Dallas County
Highway 6
Adel
Collision in Utah Injures 39 Others
Two Burlington Trailways buses crashed on a foggy Utah highway near Delle. At least 12 persons were killed and 39 injured, including 37 servicemen and a woman, as flames from ruptured fuel tanks engulfed the wreckage. The driver of the servicemen’s bus, E. W. Eggers, died. L. D. Chick Morris drove the westbound bus. Rescue efforts were hampered by fog and remote location, with aid arriving over 90 minutes after the crash. Injured were moved to Tooele and Salt Lake City area hospitals and veterans facilities.
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Delle
Utah
Burlington Trailways
Catherine Hendricks
Akron
Colo
Salt Lake Hospital
Burlington
Navy
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
E. W. Eggers
Salt Lake City
Shirley Ray Palmer
Walters
Okla
L. D
Chick” Morris
Iun
Regs
Veterans Hospital
Hill Air Force Base
Stores Post Office To Be Open Nights
The Cedar Rapids post office will be open from 2 until 5 p.m. today to aid patrons during the Christmas rush. It may stay open several evenings until 9 p.m. through Dec. 23 if needed. Local stores will operate 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Dec. 23 with regular hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 24.
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Cedar Rapids
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