Burke Warns US Sub Attack Threat From Russia
Admiral Burke testifies before the Senate subcommittee that a surprise Soviet submarine strike against the United States is highly likely, and U.S. forces patrol coastlines to deter such attacks. He notes Polaris subs will stagger into service through 1960 and asserts U.S. ocean control challenges Russia’s undersea arsenal.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Burke
Naval Operations
Senate Disarmament Subcommittee
Russia
Better Street Lighting This Year Planned
Cedar Rapids approves a 1959 lighting upgrade costing over 100000 dollars to install 432 new lights and remove 154, funded by the utility and city. The project aims to improve traffic safety deter crime and expand the boulevard lighting network by year end.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Gill
First Avenue
Fortieth Street
Fortieth
Williams Boulevard
Center Point Road
Thirty-second Street
Johnson Avenue
Hoover School
Two Die in East Iowa Crashes
Two East Iowans died in separate collisions Saturday. Mrs. Lester Boots, 49, of rural Anamosa, died when her car left an icy county road and plunged down an embankment near Anamosa. Gerald Medalen, 22, of Coralville, died in a head on crash on highway 6 near the death curve west of Iowa City.
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Iowa News
Medalen
Iowa City
Axis Sally Waives Early Parole After 10 Years
Mildred E Gillars known as Axis Sally has relinquished a chance at parole from the Alderson Federal Reformatory for Women in West Virginia after nearly ten years of a ten to thirty year treason sentence. She mailed a waiver to the U S Parole Board on January 27 with no stated reason.
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Washington
Mildred E. Gillars
Nazi Germany
Sally
Miss Gillars
Alderson
W. Va
Federal Reformatory For Women
U.S. Parole Board
George J. Reed
Boy Believed Safe Perishes in Fire in Cutten
In Cutten California a 3 year old boy Glenn Mello died in a house fire after his father Frank Mello says he availed to toss what he believed was his son from a window before flames consumed the five room home. Firemen found the charred body in the boy's bedroom.
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Cutten
Calif
Glenn Mello
Frank Mello
Glenn
Bill Aimed At Labor Racketeers by McClellan and Barden
Sen. John L. McClellan and Rep. Graham A. Barden announced a drive to legislate against labor racketeers. They plan to introduce anti racketeering measures and later propose changes to Taft Hartley. McClellan said the bill would require unions to meet standards to qualify as bargaining representatives and to file unfair labor practice complaints and tax exemptions.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Graham A. Barden
D-N.c
McClellan
Senate
Barden
House
McClellan-Barden
Congress
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
European Capitals Dismay Over Dulles Illness
Western capitals reacted with regret to word that John Foster Dulles has cancer. Leaders in Bonn Paris and London voiced sympathy while fearing policy delays and a possible U.S. resignation affecting Berlin and Western unity. Kennedy meanwhile signaled hearings on narcotics and racketeering linked loans.
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Bonn
Berlin
Dulles
Macmillan
Chequers
Selwyn Lloyd
Moscow
Barden
House
Senate
New York
Robert F.kennedy
Pres Gally
State Dept Aide Holds Wide Favor Amid Secy Dulles Uncertainty
Democratic and Republican leaders view under secretary for economic affairs C Douglas Dillon as a strong potential successor if Dulles resigns. Dillon, 49, has impressed lawmakers with his cooperation and grasp of European affairs. Some senators cite his role in advocating an international development loan fund and his broad knowledge of Europe. Some officials consider other candidates like Henry Cabot Lodge or Alfred Gruenther if action becomes necessary amid a Western foreign ministers meeting in Paris.
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Washington
Dulles
C. Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Eisenhower
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Christian A. Herter
Congress
Herter
Geneva
Switzerland
France
G.O.P
John J. McCloy
Germany
McCloy
Paris
Soviet Union
Anastas I. Mikoyan
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