Rubinstein linked to Gulf Oil map fraud and murder
Federal investigators reveal a widespread oil map theft and bribery ring tied to Canadian and Middle East leases. The probe connects financier Serge Rubinstein possibly to the case as agents seize maps and arrest several suspects amid related homicide and extortion cases.
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Jack Lotto
New York
INS
FBI
Gatgsters
Canada
Middle East
Melvin Tudor
Gulf Oilmont
Pittsburgh
Fog Blamed For Fatality Toll Hits 699
A Minnesota man, Laurel Raedhe, 29, of Storden, died when his semitrailer struck a Rock Island freight train at a fogbound Highway 59 crossing near Allendorf Northwest Tow. Passenger Leo Olgon, 39, also of Storden, sustained minor injuries as Iowa’s traffic toll rose to 699, with zero visibility blamed for multiple crashes across Eastern Iowa.
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Minnesota
Allendor
Northwest
Laurel Raed He
Storden
Minn
Thompson
Rock Island
Leo Olgon
Fcg
Six Iowa Girls to Ride in Rose Parade Selectees Named
Special to The Gazette Des Moines announces six Iowa girls chosen to ride the Town float in the Tournament of Roses parade January 1 in Pasadena. Ann Cooper of Cedar Rapids, 18, a University of Iowa student, joins Myrna Brands, Mars Miner, Charles City. Jean Athincoat of Oskaloosa. Kay Butler, 19, Sioux City. and agate McGovern, 18, Clinton. The Iowa Development Commission sponsors the state's official MIS float. Cooper, daughter of S A Cooper, is a former speed skating champion and competed in Olympic diving trials last summer.
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Des Moines
Ann Cooper
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Pasadena
Myma Brands
Oes Mars Miner
Arles City
Jean
Lee
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Agate McGovern
Clinton
Miss Butler
Iowa Development Commission
Miss Cooper
A. Cooper
Twelfth Street
Air Force Jet Makes Forced Landing At Cedar Rapids
Lt James Huney piloted an F-14 fighter en route from Wright Patterson Ohio to Offutt Nebraska bound for California. Radio failure in bad weather forced a Cedar Rapids municipal airport landing at 10 p m with about six minutes of fuel remaining.
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Air Force
Cedar Rapids
James Huney
Wright-Patterson Teld
Ohio
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
California
Wright-Patterson
Miss Brandt Tops Iowa Beauty Crowns and Miss America Runup
A report notes Miss Brandt won three beauty crowns in four months including Dolphin queen at the university and Iowa and Adams county REA crowns. The piece also mentions Miss Miner Mardi Gras queen and Miss McGovern runnerup in Miss America, amid scattered references to Iowa events and a Cedar Rapids landing of a jet. A separate item from Grand Junction, Colorado, highlights Larry Easley, 15, who recovered his wallets twice after loss, with nothing touched.
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California
Brandt
University
Iowa
Adams County
Miner
Buller
Indiana
Lockheed
Hunley
Worst Burned Cocoanut Grove survivor dies in crash
Clifford Johnson, 34, the most severely burned survivor of Boston s 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire that killed 192, died in Jefferson City Missouri when his truck left the road and burned. He had recovered after 24 operations and later married his nurse Marion Donovan.
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Boston
Clifford Johnson
Cocoanut Grove
Jefferson City
Marion Donovan
Collier Trade Faces SEC Probe Over Debenture Sale
Washington based Securities and Exchange Commission will probe Crowell-Collier Publishing securities trading tied to the 1955 debentures. A public hearing will determine if the four million dollar debentures violated registration laws as debates over the magazines demise continue.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
Collier's
Woman’s Home Companion
SEC
Crowell-Collier
Decrease in Hog Output Carrys into 1957
Washington AP. An Agriculture Department survey indicates a continued decline in hog production into early 1957 due to low prices. Spring pig crop forecast at 52 million head, down 2 percent from this year. fall crop 96,535,000, down 4 percent from 1953. Cattle and beef supplies expected to stay high next year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Lead Ruled Out In Boys Slaying
CHICAGO AP A lead in the strangling of three Chicago boys collapsed Thursday. Police said a lie detector test showed a former mental patient’s story of being “ocean” in the killings was false.
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Chicago
Atl
Modern Sherlock Nabbed Doctor Accused of Murder
Eastbourne England Scotland Yard read murder charges against Dr John Bodkin Adams a respected physician accused of killing elderly widow Alice Morrell for her estate valued at about 215000 He faces related charges of concealing financial interests in four other parental deaths The stern hearing featured Detective Inspector Hannam who recounted Adams remark Will there be any more charges of murder Adams replied I did not think you could prove murder He also told a receptionist I will see you in heaven as he was taken into custody Morrell connection to Ottumwa Iowa firm founder John Morrell and Company is noted with her husband’s 1924 death marking the Morrell lineage and English firm leadership
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Eastbourne
England
Scotland Yard
John Bodkin Adams
Detective Inc
Herbert Hannim
Hannan
Hannam
Adams
Mure
Idith Alice Morrell
Jett
Morrell
Kidnaping Bride Seized After Denver Police Chase
A California mental patient who abducted his teen bride at gunpoint was captured after a high speed chase through Denver streets. The fugitive, Jesse Eastman, died in the darkness. the bride Clo Ann Mowatt Wiesner and her husband Mike Wiegner were seriously injured when their escape car crashed into a gulch. Police sought to determine if Eastman was armed as the pursuit began after 1 30 a.m. and ended minutes later amid damaged patrols. The couple had married recently after traveling from California to Montana and back, with Clo Ann briefly in a juvenile home and Mike in Napa state hospital. A fund was started to help the Mowatts.
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California
Mike Wiegner
Clo Ann Mawatt Wiesner
Eastman
Wiegner
Clo Ann
Mike Ele
Montana
Napa State Hospital
John Mowatt
Daly City
San Francisco
Waterloo
Oak City
Ann
Associated Press
Riverside Park Sale Moves Ahead Despite Opposition
The council voted to sell 6 percent acres of Riverside park to Penick and Ford for 135000 after an hour of debate at a public hearing. About three dozen opposed the sale while six supported it as zoning to heavy industrial M-2 was approved, with plans for park relocation and land acquisition for neighborhood parks if funds remain.
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Ford
Parks
Don Gardier
Citizens’ Committee
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Gardner
Penick and
Cedar Rapids
L. P. Boudreaux
Fenick and
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Indian Says Ties Girded By Sessions
Washington AP report on Eisenhower and Nehru’s four day talks notes a broad area of agreement in world affairs. The communique says both leaders gained greater understanding of each other’s policies to promote peace and friendship. They met at the Indian embassy and Nehru later spoke with UN officials in New York before Canada weekend.
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Nehru
India
U. S
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New York
Canada
U.S
Margin Narrowed in Conservative Victory at Melton Mowbray
In Melton Mowbray England AP the Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Eden retained the parliamentary seat against a reduced majority of 2462 votes amid a special election turnout.
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Melton Mowbray
England
Eden
Christmas Honors Extend Cedar Rapids Stores Late
Cedar Rapids retail stores and the Cedar Rapids post office will stay open until 9 tonight marking the eighth shopping night of the season. Stamp and parcel post service will be available tonight at the post office in line with the Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce recommendations.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Internment Returns in Hungary Under Soviet Backing
In Budapest a decree from the presidential cabinet reestablishes internment for those deemed to threaten public order or production, with a six month maximum. The measure, not published in the broad government press but in the limited circulation gazette, targets interference with production and allows detention without trial. Two leaders of Budapest Central Workers' Council remain jailed after last week's two day general strike.
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Budapest
Catinci
Prem Rier Radar
Jet Pilot Bails Out Near Perry Farm Crash
A Navy or air force F-86 jet crashed on a farm southwest of Perry after the pilot bailed out due to running low on fuel. The incident occurred on Thursday, with residents reporting a loud impact and military units responding to the scene.
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Perry
INS
National Air Moard
Farmer Ordered To Remove Dam Near Nichols Iowa
A Nichols area farmer was ordered by District Judge Glenn D. Kelly to dismantle a private dam on the Cedar River within 60 days. The dam, about 100 feet long in Foley's chute, allegedly restricts water flow and raises flood risk, prompting action by the State Natural Resources Council after a Civil Air Patrol pilot reported multiple passes.
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INS
Nichols
Cedar River
Glenn D. Kelly
al Iliees
Geisel
Naional Guard
Des
Thomas Hol+eines
Pilot bails out from jet crash near Perry and Des Moines
An air guard report says a Selfridge field pilot launched from near Detroit on an instrument mission. He parachuted after declaring fuel and Christmas wishes, with the jet crashing about 25 minutes later near Des Moines.
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Des Moines
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