Moderation Urged by Sen Duff in Era of Bitter Politics
Sen James H Duff urged moderation as a wise course amid sharp Republican Democrat name calling. He aligned with President Eisenhower against extreme partisanship warning that intense invective harms the country and the party. Other leaders weighed in urging restraint and defending or criticizing current rhetoric.
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Washington
James H. Duff
R-Pa
Eisenhower
Duff
Homer Ferguson
Rmich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ferguson
West Coast
Nixon
Fisenhower
Kremlin Turns Its Wrath on Kazakh State
The Kremlin accuses Kazakh Premier Taybekov of blundering and vows speedy liquidation of Communist errors. A government radio broadcast in Alma Ata denounces leadership failings and purged deputies as drastic measures to realign the republic with central tasks.
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London
Kremlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Alma Ata
Y. B. Taybekov l
Central Committee
Kazakh Communist Party
U S to Transfer Naval Vessel to Spain Next Tuesday
The Spanish embassy says the United States will transfer a minesweeper to Spain at the San Diego Navy Yard next Tuesday. This marks the first naval unit turned over under the mutual security agreement between the two nations.
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Washington
INS
U. S
San Diego Navy Yard
Spain
Cedar Rapids Fire Department Runs Busy Day With 21 Alarms
Cedar Rapids firemen answered 21 calls in nine hours from 10 30 a m to 7 41 p m with 19 grass fires. Most damage stayed with grass weeds or light timber. Three Boy Scout tents burned at Van Vechten park after a campfire spread to dry grass. No injuries reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Boy Scout
van Vechten Park
Fifth Street SE
Pakistan Sees Bright Harvest Prospects After Shortages
In Karachi AP reports prospects are bright for a bumper harvest in Pakistan after several years of grain shortages. The article notes favorable weather and improved crop conditions boosting expectations across the country.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Magsaysay Urged To Lead Asia
Senate Majority Leader Knowland urged Philippine President Magsaysay to take initiative in organizing Free Asia against communism without waiting for neutralist India. He warned against admitting Red China to the United Nations and cautioned about a Russia security pact, stressing Asia’s urgency and Nehru’s stance.
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Senate
William
Knowland
Philippine
Magsaysay
Free Asia
India
California
Harry S. Truman
Acheson
U. S
Russia
China
United Nations
U. N
Security Council
Formosa
Asia
Nehru
Rhee Urges Asiatic Conference for Anti Communism Pact
President Syngman Rhee asks President Magsaysay to convene an Asiatic conference to forge a Far East anti communist alliance. Rhee seeks military economic and cultural cooperation against Communist China. Meantime Seoul offers one division to aid French and Viet Nam forces. Choi Duk Shin tours six Southeast Asian nations to discuss the alliance. The envoy arrived in Taipei Formosa.
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Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Ramon Magsaysay
Rhee
Magsaysay
Y. K. Kim
China
Indo-China
Choi Duk Shin
Southeast Asia
Taipei
Formosa
Cave Experts Begin Epic Kentucky Expedition
An eight to nine member expedition led by the National Speleological Society starts a seven day underground survey of Crystal Cave Kentucky 200 feet below the surface. Twenty five men and five women plus 15 medical and support staff accompany two tons of gear to base camp inside the cave. Explorers face 14 inch wide passages and constant rockfall danger as teams venture on 18 hour trips deep in the labyrinth.
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Crystal Cave
Floyd Collins
The
National Speleological
Associated Press
Kentucky
Record High Likely Across Iowa With Colder Turn Soon
Weather officials forecast today will bring near or above the Cedar Rapids record of 60 degrees for February 14. Cedar Rapids reached 55 on Saturday, seven degrees below the 62 degree mark set in 1921. Council Bluffs hit 61 as the state braces for colder air Monday and a chance of light snow in northern Iowa followed by much colder temperatures midweek.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Plot To Murder Molotov At Berlin Dinner
New York Daily News cites Berlin allied security sources about a planned assassination of Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov during a dinner in the American sector. Western security chiefs were alerted after Molotov received threatening letters, with a West Berlin hotel to New York call confirming the plot.
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New York
New York Daily News
Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
News
Floyd Barger
West Berlin
U. S
Farm bill moves through Senate this week
Senator Aiken of Vermont, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said Saturday he plans to start the Eisenhower administration's flexible farm price support program on its way through the Senate this week.
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Washington
Sen. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Soviet Bases Picture Ban News Memo Clarifies Photo Rules
The Soviet Foreign Ministry issued a memo to foreign embassies in Moscow detailing new photo rules. Street scenes may be photographed with permission for shooting civilian factories farms and government buildings. A strict ban remains on military installations airfields military equipment large plants rail junctions and frontier bridges.
Flynn halts child support over mink coats and trips
Errol Flynn says he stopped direct child support to ex wife Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes due to the money being spent on mink coats and luxury European trips. Newspapers in Rome report Nora’s attorneys warned of contempt proceedings unless 12 months of back payments totaling $6000 are made.
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Rome
Errol Flynn
Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes
Europe
Hollywood
Nora
Nursing Homes and the Aged a Growing Civic Concern
A Cedar Rapids Gazette report found the aging population stressing local nursing homes. It notes many facilities lack proper state licenses, risking prosecution, while some homes offer care but others show severe neglect in aging care facilities.
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Nursing Homes and the
Cedar Rapids
State Health Department
Elderly in Linn county face nursing home strain and lax oversight
An Iowa feature examines the aging in Linn county, noting more than 10 percent of residents over 65. It highlights unlicensed homes, lax licensing and fire inspections, and the urgent call for more facilities and stronger local ordinances. Edna Ford describes the living dead perception and varied resident attitudes toward activity and care.
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Iowa
United States
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
State Health Department
Edna Ford
Department of ‘Social Welfare
Youth tossed from car into river during high speed chase
John C. Kingsley 23 of Cedar Rapids fled Marion police in a pursuit reaching 100 mph on highway 151 and 64 toward Anamosa. His car struck a guard rail, ejected him onto river ice where rescuers pulled him to Mercy hospital in Anamosa for a fractured arm as officers planned charges for Sunday.
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Iowa News
Cedar Rapids
Wapsipinicon
Anamosa
Marion
John C. Kingsley
Second Street SE
Mercy Hospital
Dick Cayler
Cayler
Kingsley
Pakistan Denies Gift Grain Unused
Pakistan's food ministry rebutted claims that American wheat gift rots in Karachi harbor. It said 700,000 tons pledged, 561,000 received by January, 343,000 distributed, 100,000 stored, and the rest en route to interior regions by rail and truck.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Food Ministry
Phillip J. Philbin
D-Mass
Washington
West Pakistan
One Dead Four Hurt In Iowa Collision at Highway Junction
Oscar Huff man 74 of Austin Minn died and four youths were injured in a two car crash at the junction of highways 65 and 57 near Eldora Sheriff Paul Hodgson identified the four injured as Jack Smith 17 Ramona Carter 15 Rita Fosseen 15 and Junior Tuttle 17 all of Radcliffe Iowa
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Eldora
Oscar Huffman
Austin
Minn
Here
Paul Hodgson
Jack Smith
Buckeye
Junior Tuttle
Ramona Carter
Rita Fosseen
Radcliffe
Fear to Soften Iron Hand in Austria Crisis
Secret intelligence reports from Washington say Moscow resists Austrian withdrawal due to unrest in East Germany and Soviet satellites. Analysts warn easing control could topple the Communist bloc, fearing a chain reaction of demands and instability across Europe.
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Washington
INS
Russia
Austria
East Germany
Europe
Tron
Kremlin
West Concession Startles Molotov in Austrian Pact Talks
The Western allies in a surprise move accepted all of Russia s proposed changes to five articles of the Austrian state treaty after a four hour debate. John Foster Dulles proposed the maneuver. Molotov appeared dismayed and urged turning the articles over to foreign ministers’ deputies. Western observers say Moscow may stall for new instructions and refuse to sign, delaying Austrian independence.
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Berlin
Russia
America
John Foster Dulles
V. M. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Molotov
Moscow
Austria
Reds Deny Charge Refuse Inspection
In Tokyo on Sunday the Communists denied the charge they smuggled warplanes into Korea in violation of the armistice and refused to consent to a behind the lines investigation. They accused the US Command of padding the case to shield its own alleged violations.
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Korea
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