Prosecutor Pushes Death Sentence for Mindszenty in Budapest
In a Budapest court, prosecutor Gyula Elapi urged a hard sentence of death for Cardinal Mindszenty and six co-defendants, claiming the traitors must be stigmatized. Mindszenty’s attorney Kalman Kicko urged mercy, defending his client’s actions and noting Western misrepresentations.
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Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Gyula Elapi
Mindszenty
Elapi
Kalman Kicko
Europe
Kicko
People’s Court
Minner Schoenfeld
United States
Arthur Schoenfeld
Zigismunt Mihove
M Hailovic
Catholic Action
Otto
Storm Heads East Toward Stock Ranges
A Pacific storm moved over the Continental Divide, threatening blizzards in western rangelands. Rescue crews have aided thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of livestock across Nebraska South Dakota Wyoming Idaho Utah and Arizona. Army National Guard and Civil Air Patrol teams delivered food medicine and relief to Navajo and other snowbound communities. A Mobridge South Dakota woman gave birth in the snow with aid from her family as crews arrived.
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Continental Divide
Rockies
Pacific
Chicago
West
Utah
Idaho
Fifth Army
Nebraska-South Dakota-Wyoming
Arizona
Army
National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Nebraska
Internal Revenue
Leland Shafenberg
Alliance, Neb
Shafenberg
Chuckle: politicians and bed making jokes
A humorous quip about politicians avoiding consequences by joking that they craft different excuses, comparing making up beds to lying in or out of them. The line plays on wordplay about responsibility and self created scenarios.
Mostly Cloudy With Light Snow Through Sunday
Weather forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with occasional light snow starting tonight and continuing Sunday. Slight warmup tonight with a low around 15 to 20 degrees and a high near the low 20s expected Sunday.
Police reopen seniority talks in Cedar Rapids department
A new seniority committee was appointed by the Policemen's Protective Association after a Friday meeting. Sgt. Dale Cunningham said the issue remains unsettled for some patrolmen and may require reassignments with Chief Jesse Clift and Commissioner Hughes's approval. The traffic department is noted as a contested area where seniority concerns arose.
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Cedar Rapids
Jesse Clift
Dale Cunningham
Policemen’s Protective ‘Association
Cunningham
Clift
Hughes
Eleven Year Old Betty Sankey Hero At Dysart Farm Fire
Eleven year old Betty Sankey guided seven children to safety during a farm house fire five miles northeast of Dysart. She then ran a half mile through snow to summon help. The Woods family lost everything except the foundation. eight children and Mrs Woods were exposed to cold. The rural Dysart fire unit arrived as the blaze was already fierce. cause suspected to be an overheated chimney.
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Mrs One Feather
Rudolph
Roland
Mobridge
Dysart
Betty Sankey
Joe Woods
Charles Rampler
Clarence Milne
Woods
Walkers
Boiler Room Blaze Damages Davis Cleaners
Fire swept the boiler room of Davis Cleaners at 207 First Street SW. No injuries reported. Officials fear heavy boiler damage. full loss estimate due Monday after equipment tests. Manager Gerald Capp said clothing was unharmed. fire likely started by an oil burner clog. Firemen contained the blaze within twenty minutes.
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Cedar Rapids
Davis Cleaners
First Street
Gerald Capp
Capp
Those Strategic Islands in Asia and the Philippines
Howard Handleman travels from Tokyo to report for The Gazette Sunday on Philippine defenses, peasant guerillas, and the impact of China’s Communist tide. The series analyzes island importance and risks as potential stepping stones for threats to American security.
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Philippine Republic
China
Philippine
Gazette
Howard Handleman
Par Eastern
International News Service
Tokyo
Philppine
Handleman
Church Union Approved Merges Congregational and Reformed Churches
The general council of the Congregational Christian Churches of America voted to merge with the Evangelical and Reformed church creating the United Church of Christ with about 2 000 000 members. The union links two Protestant groups from different lineages and follows prior mergers in 1931 and 1934.
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Cleveland
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Churches of America
Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
Congregational Churches
Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
Colder Weather Seen for Sunday Across Iowa
Iowa logged sub zero readings Saturday as a low pressure system from the northwest brings snow that is expected to last into Sunday. Cedar Rapids recorded 3 below while Iowa City hit 13 below and highs reached 20 above the previous day. Roads were icy in spots, with fog hindering travel in the southeast.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa City
Bomber Falls in Lake Eight Die
Two bodies and wreckage fragments sighted after a blazing B 25 bomber from Keesler Air Force Base crashed into Lake Pontchartrain Friday. Public relations officer Capt M R Roth said all eight aboard are presumed dead and the plane carried base personnel and air students.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
M. R. Roth
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Keesler
Iowa
Linn county jury awards 25000 in accident suit
John A. Marshall wins 25 000 for injuries from April 6 1947 crash west of Cedar Rapids on highway 30. His wife and two sons were injured. Marshall's family Easter trip from Amana Colonies ended in disaster. He seeks 77 000 on counterclaims against Harris D Holland.
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John A. Marshall
Harris D. Holland
Norway
Linn
Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Jerry
Frank John
D. E. Cook
Amana
Holland
Linn County
No Cause of Alarm Seen In Economy
Washington reports easing fears as unemployment rises and prices wobble. Officials say the economy shows no alarming trend with room for seasonal hiring and a recovering stock and grain outlook despite cutbacks and price swings.
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Washington
America
New York
Taft Faceoff Draws Fire From Senate Democrats
In a labor committee hearing on President Tynman's proposed repeal of the Taft-Hartley act, Taft clashed with Sen. Pepper and Sen. Neely over accuracy and headlines. Pepper accused Taft of insincerity while Neely pressed witnesses about union client ties in a tense exchange. AFL officials warned Taft of political retaliation in 1950, and Taft argued there was no mandate for repeal.
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AFL
Taft
Lewis M. Herrmann
Newark
Senate Labor Committee
Herrmann
International Labor Press
Labor
Washington
Sen
R-Ohio
Pepper
D-Fla
Ohioan
Neely
D-W. Va
Tynman
Senate
Ohio
Ludwig Teller
New York
Democratic Party
Teller
Real Democrati
Tellier
Morse
R-Ore
New Jersey
House
Dewey
Mate Won’t Come Home Blaze Ends in Assault
In Thompsonville Michigan Gladys Little 32 fired a 16 gauge shotgun at a tavern after her husband Willard wouldn’t return home. Glass shattered multiple patrons were struck but none seriously. She was released on assault charges until the next session. her husband received 45 days for drunk and disorderly conduct.
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Thompsonville
Mich
Gladys Little
Willard
Fay Bryan
Martin Thrapp
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