Ex-Congressman Indicted in Tanker Deal
Former Rep. Joseph E. Casey is indicted on one count of making false statements to defraud the U S in a multi million dollar surplus tanker deal. Eight others and six corporations named. Onassis among defendants. The eight count indictment covers all defendants. Casey headed a group that invested 101000 to buy tankers for a 3250000 profit through complex transfers.
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Washington
INS
Justice Department
Joseph E. Casey
Dmass
U. S
Grand Jury
U.S
US. Petroleum Carriers, Inc
Victory Carriers, Inc
Central American Steamship Agency, Inc
Sociedad Industrial Maritima Financiera Ariana Panama
S. A
Sociedad Maritima Miraflores
Transatlantica Financiera Industrial
Panama
U. S. Petroleum Carriers
Berenson
Senate
Casey
Maritime Commission
Paving plan of 1954 faces public hearing in Cedar Rapids
A $672 500 paving program for 1954 comes before the Cedar Rapids city council with a public hearing set for February 25. The plan covers 19 streets and three alleys, amounting to an eight mile concrete slab with curb and gutter. Property owners would be assessed about $481 800 while the city covers the rest. A smaller accompanying project may also be considered, and bids could be opened in March after the hearing.
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Cedar Rapids
W. W. Stolba
Frank D. Cach
Mallory Street
Nineteenth
Wilson Avenue
Stolba
East German unrest quelled by secret police actions
Simmering unrest in the Soviet zone was quelled by police actions. Reports indicate more than 500 Germans were arrested in scattered industrial areas, thwarting any budding resistance before it could start. Western informants say the crackdown echoes Molotovs prediction that another June 17 revolt is impossible.
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Berlin
Monay
Molotov
Mild Iowa Weather Persists With Dry Northwesterly Winds
Weatherman reports dry west to northwest winds gusting to 26 mph keeping Iowa mild. Cedar Rapids at 53 degrees at 2 30 pm Monday, up from Sunday's 39, with many cities 46 to 52. Overnight low near 32 with more warmth expected and no precipitation.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lamont
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Weather Bureau
Tuesay
Rocky Mountains
Burglary Stings Home Town Dairy Safe Theft
Detectives search for clues after a safe containing about 850 dollars was stolen from Home Town Dairy on Center Point Road NE. The 16 by 16 by 28 inch safe was pryed open and moved to a cart, with $630 cash and $220 in checks inside. A nearby service station reported a separate attempted safe robbery with a window entry.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road NE
Ralph Edwards
Yeggs
Tankar
Center Point Road
Governors to Confer in Washington on 1949 Policy Issues
Governors of 48 states will meet in Washington for a three day conference starting April 26 to discuss national security foreign policy and domestic problems with President Eisenhower and top administration officials. James C Hagerty said the call came from Gov Dan Thornton chairman of the governors group. Val Peterson of the Federal Civil Defense Administration is handling arrangements.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Governors’ Group
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Elkader Family Elated by News of Airman's Survival
Elkader couple learns their son Airman 2/¢ Eddie Olson survived a C-47 crash in Alaska. He was one of six survivors returned to Elmendorf air base after a two night ordeal and a transfer planned for February 5.
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Elkader
Gazette
Alaska
Gus Olson
Eddie Olson
Olsons
Eddie
Defense Department
Olson
Elmendorf
Anchorage
Air Corps
Elkader High School
Lillian
Elmhurst College
Ill
Ray McTaggart
Waterloo
Air Force
Hudson
Sheldon
Here
Fairbanks
Coffee Famine Warning Seen With Brazil Frost
Washington insiders report a Brazil frost damaged coffee trees triggering concerns of a potential global shortage in 1953. Leon Israel of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange warned prices may stay high unless American consumption slows, as a Brazilian grower testifies about a possible end to coffee supplies by year’s end.
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Washington
INS
Brazil
Leon Israel
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Senate
Supreme Court strikes down Texas natural gas levy
The Supreme Court unanimously voided Texas a tax on natural gas transmitted by pipelines to consumers in 38 states. Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line and Panhandle Eastern Ice Line argued the levy burdens interstate commerce and would be borne by gas users nationwide. The ruling affects over a hundred similar state cases and involves lines delivering gas to Missouri Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Panhandle Eastern Ice Line Company
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Company
Michigan-Wisconsin
Panhandle Eastern
Missouri
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Youth Held Insane In Parents Death
In New York Harlow Fraden 20 faces murder charges for the cyanide cocktail killings of his parents. Bronx District Attorney George B De Luca said Fraden has been judged insane.
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New York
Harlow Fraden
Bronx
George B. de ‘Luca
Big Four Invite Austria for Independence Treaty talks
In Berlin, the Big Four foreign ministers met in secret and agreed to invite Austria to open independence treaty discussions by Friday at the latest. The move marks a key step in shaping postwar state relations.
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Big Four
Austria
Berlin
Moniday
Condemned Author Faces Death Before Book Is Out
Daryl Whittier Chessman, on death row at San Quentin, faces execution likely in May or June while his book Cell 2455, Death Row is set for July 26 publication by Prentice Hall. He has exhausted appeals as the U S Supreme Court awaits ruling. Hollywood producer Walter Wanger reviews manuscript for film rights.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl Whittier
Chessman
U.S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles
California
Prentice-Hall
New York
Hollywood
Walter Wanger
Georgia
Minna
Bellevue Hospital
WPA
Federal Writers Project
Communist Party
Murder shadows of 1920s writer Bodenheim and wife
Maxwell Bodenheim the 63 year old Twenties writer and his wife were found slain in a Manhattan rooming house. Police chased Harold Weinberg alias Joseph Greenberg who fled after the killings as detectives scoured Greenwich Village for clues.
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New York
Maxwell Bodenheim
Bodenheim
Harold Weinberg
Joseph Greenburg
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Mecca
Thomas A. Nielson
Ruth Fagan
Weinberg
Chicago
Ben Hecht
Chicago Literary Times
Prison farm cab caper leads to guard dismissal
A Clive prison farm taxicab escape by two trustees prompted the Iowa State Board of Control to fire guard R A Steffen for failing to report the violation promptly. Rimmer and Baldwin made two trips to Des Moines for bootleg whisky before being recaptured. The report recommends adding guards at the honor farm and notes the men’s audacious escape went undetected for about an hour.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Clive
State Board of Control
Honor Farm
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
R. A. Steffen
Henry W.burma
Steffen
Nebergall
William Rimmer
Cedar Rapids
Donald Baldwin
Baldwin
Rimmer
Nethergall
Seventh and Crocker
John Wabel
Mer
Burma
Remington Plea Denied by Court
The Supreme Court rejected William M. Remington’s appeal from his perjury conviction for denying furnishing information to a Communist spy ring. Remington, once a commerce department economist, is serving a three year sentence and argued due process violations. Justice Clark did not participate, citing that he was attorney general during the prosecution.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
William M. Remington
Commerce Department
Beshe
Clark
Remington
Justice Department Drops Davies Perjury Probe
The justice department reportedly decided against bringing grand jury action in the case of Career Diplomat John Paton Davies Jr whose 1951 senate testimony was reviewed for possible perjury.
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Washington
Justice Department
John Paton Davies, Jr
Senate
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