Rail wreck near Belleville claims two lives and injures thirty four
Eight cars of an Illinois Central passenger train plunged 20 feet into a muddy embankment after a rain weakened road bed near Belleville Illinois. Two passengers were killed and 34 hurt 18 hospitalized. The train bound from St Louis to New Orleans was behind schedule and traveling slowly through fog when the embankment failed.
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Belleville, Ill
Illinois Central
Here
Belleville
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Orson Covel
North Platte
Neb
Henry Hudson
Rosedale
Miss
Covel
Jackson
E. M. Koomee
Mound City
Carl Schmidts
Chickasaw
Masked Man Steals $668 at Eastside A and P
A tall skinny gunman robbed the Eastside A and P at 712 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids within minutes. He escaped with 668 in cash and 1041.67 in checks cashed that day. Two clerks and cashier Emily Gearhart faced the gun as the man ordered money from registers and demanded the checks. Police chased leads but no arrests were made. This followed a similar August Piggy-Wiggly heist in the city.
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A and P
Third Avenue SE
Emily Gearhart
Roger McCullough
Thirty-sixth Street
Janet Zak
C Avenue NE
Gearhart
McCullough
Cedar Rapids
Daylight Robbery At Cedar View Tavern
Two armed men robbed Cedar View tavern proprietor at 2 30 p m Friday. A woman present reported the holdup and the suspects fled in a green Cadillac. No immediate word on the stolen amount.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar View
Sixth Street
Tito Accepts Invitation to Visit United States
Representative O Konski of Wisconsin said an invitation to Marshal Tito was extended and Tito accepted. He cited an unimpeachable State Department source for the information.
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Washington
O’konski
R-Wis
Marshal Tito
Tito
State Department
Sunlight varies by latitude with shortest daylight around Dec 21
The article notes that sunrise and sunset times depend on latitude. In U.S. cities from New York to Chicago and Denver, the earliest sunset is around Dec 8 and the latest sunrise around Jan 4. When both events are considered, the minimal daylight tends to occur around Dec 21.
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New York
Chicago
Denver
Socialite Family Slain as Pape, Aue Shot in Cincinnati Home
In Cincinnati, Lester Aue, 54, a social and business figure, and his 17 year old daughter Susan were shot dead in their home. Gordon Pape Jr., 19, and Mrs. Aue were hospitalized in critical condition. Police found a pistol near Pape and believe the two victims were killed with gunfire after a date between Pape and Susan.
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Cincinnati
Lester Aue
Susan
Aue
Gordon Pape, Jr
Pape
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Mrs. Aue
Charles Yoas
Mother and five daughters die in Duluth home fire
In Duluth a nearly new oil burner exploded causing a blaze that killed Mrs. William Clark 33 and daughters Ruth 6 Claudia 9 Lorraine 10 Mary 12 and Shirley 14. The father and eldest daughter 15 escaped with the paternal grandmother severely burned. Gloria escaped next door for help.
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Duluth
William Clark
Ruth
Claudia
Lorraine
Mary
Shirley
Clark
Bessie Kadance
Gloria
Busy Bertuzzi Receives Tiny Christmas Card Notice
In Oneonta New York a Christmas card sent to Mr and Mrs James Van shows a three cent due notice. The card came from Samuel Bertuzzi the local postmaster and his wife.
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Oneonta
N.Y
James van
Samuel Bertuzzi
Bertuzzi
Montgomery Bus Integration Ends the Deep South Boycott
In Montgomery Alabama the long city bus boycott ends as Negro riders sit where they choose join whites in a first time integration. The move follows a 1955 protest after a Negro woman was barred from the front seat.
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Montgomery
Ala
Deep South
U.S. Supreme Court
Eisenhower sets terms for China talks with Nehru
President Eisenhower told Indian Prime Minister Nehru that China must first release 10 American civilians in Chinese jails and agree to settle disputes without force, especially in Formosa. He indicated the United States would discuss other issues once these conditions are met, with no pledge on recognizing Peiping or easing propaganda positions. Nehru urged nations to settle differences at the UN through argument rather than cold wars or military alliances.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nehru
Red
Red China
Chou En-lai
Dulles
U. S
Peiping
U.N
New York
U. N
Fire Destroys House While Family Is at Yale Program
Morley residents returned from a Morley school Christmas program to find the Collins family home destroyed by fire. The four room frame dwelling on Vern Embree’s farm burned about 8 p.m. with fog limiting visibility. The family, including Roger 4 Ronnie 3 Mary 2 and Kenney 7 months, took shelter with the Gottschalt family in London that night and will stay there. Community donations at the Morley D X station were organized to aid the family for Christmas.
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Yale
The
Gazette
Morley
Leroy Collins
Collins
Mr. Collins
Vern Embree
Embrees
Embree
Albert Gottschalt
London
Gottschalts
D-X
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sigourney
Stanley
Crashes in Fog Claim Six Lives
A fog shrouded period in Iowa caused multiple fatal crashes, including a four vehicle collision nine miles north of Donnellson that killed Wilbur Thompson and Julius Petty and Petty’s 12 year old son. The toll rose to 705 for 1956, with other deaths in Dayton and near Montezuma. A pilot bailed from an F 86E near Des Moines as fog hampered landings. search for a missing plane was later called off.
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Donnellson
Midwest
Iowa
Wilbur Thompson
Ainsworth
Julius Petty
Stuttgart
Ark
Petty
Thompson
Towa
Dean Williams
University of Iowa
Dayton
Derell Richard Schultz
Montezuma
Williams
Lindell Williams
Schultz
Laurel Thompson
Minnesota
Allendorf
Perry
Air Guard
Willian Geisel
New Castle
Del
Des Moines
Jost
CAA
Nixon Inspects Hungarian Border Refugees in Secret Visit
Vice President Nixon made an unscheduled 3:30 a.m. border trip with William Rogers and others to greet two Hungarian women refugees crossing into Austria. He praised the escapees and discussed increasing U S refugee admissions and aid to Austria, then toured refugee camps and planned further visits to Munich before returning home.
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Vienna
Nixon
Austria
Willave
Salzburg
Munich
U. S. Air Oan
U. S
Ozark wins Cedar Rapids air route approval
Ozark Airlines of St Louis won CAB authorization to operate a north south Cedar Rapids route with stops at Cedar Rapids and Rochester connecting Quad Cities to Minneapolis. The three year grant begins by about February 21 with four daily round trips planned.
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Ozark Airlines
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Ozark
Quad Cities
Minneapolis
Rochester
CAB
Don Hines
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission
Laddie Hamilton
Hamilton
Hines
Midwest
Chamber of Commerce
Tel Aviv
INS
Army North Centrairlines of
Anynea Polie
W Ioracks
Zed
Chamber of Commerce Names Durham President
Harry D. Durham, president and GM of Iowa National Mutual Insurance in Cedar Rapids, was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for 1957. He succeeds John B. Turner. First vice-president is L. P. Boudreaux. second vice-president is H. A. Schimberg. Nate Cohn is treasurer. Robert H. Caldwell remains executive vice-president and secretary.
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Harry D. Durham
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Dempsey Cleaning and Dyeing Company
Chamber
Nate Cohn
Cedar Rapids Pump and Supply Company
Dearborn Brass Company
Robert H. Caldwell
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Formecsa
Iowa News
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Davenport
Kenneth Jeffries
Tampa
Fla
Merle Russell
Fairfield
Greyhound
Coralville
Russell
Clinton Area
Hungary
Resistance
Free World
William Rogers
Robert Wilson
Congress
Julius Raab
Seare
C.R
Hines Ozark
United Air Lines
Parks Air Transport
Parks
Mid-Continent
C.R. Chamber of Commerce
Durham
Harry Durham
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