Nuclear Air Defense Gains Interceptor Rocket Capability
Washington reports atomic rockets will equip interceptor planes of the air defense command with nuclear warheads. Nike Hercules and Talos surface defenses will also receive nuclear payloads, enhancing protection against bomber attacks near bases and strategic targets.
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Wilson
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Navy
Air Force
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Talos
City Wage Offer Leaves Cedar Rapids Workers Uncertain
The Cedar Rapids city council offered six cent hourly raises plus fringe benefits to hourly workers, but no final decision was made after a Thursday meeting with about 30 employees. The session paused garbage collection for about two hours as 29 of 30 crewmen attended.
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Harry Wilford
UAW International
Edris Owens
Newton
Queen Elizabeth II Ends Portugal State Visit
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh completed a state visit to Portugal, the United Kingdom's oldest ally, and flew home after a ceremonial farewell in Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Jet Crashes Near School in Hertford
A navy jet crashed into the Perquimans County high school garage in Hertford. The garage and several school buses burned. two mechanics were burned. the pilot’s status was unclear. No children were injured as pupils were evacuated in an orderly drill.
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Perquimans County
Cedar Rapids Takes Third in Clean Town Contest
Cedar Rapids placed third in the 50 000 to 100 000 population class of a national Clean Town contest behind East Chicago and Dearborn. The National Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up bureau sponsored the event. Cedar Rapids entry was submitted by the Civic bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce and based on last year’s project.
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Dearborn
Mich
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Bride Laughs at Husband Over Life Insurance Joke
A lighthearted caption notes a young bride retorting to her husband. She quips that he’s selfish for buying a life insurance policy on himself instead of on her. The joke appears in a comic caption from the era.
Sanctions possibilities on Israel outlined by AP
The piece surveys sanction types the UN might apply to Israel, from moral denunciation to trade bans and financial embargoes. It notes Israel’s reliance on U.S. funds and aid from Britain France and Canada, and mentions the U.S. ban on weapons to Israel since November 2 along with limits on new economic programs. Total U.S. aid to Israel since its founding totaled 256 million dollars.
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Canada
United Jewish Fund
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Jordan
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Navy Finishes Its Polar Job
Operation Deepfreeze II in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, concludes with six IGY science bases and one naval airbase, all completed. Five bases including a South Pole site are active, as 3,500 personnel, 12 ships, and 40 planes wrap up four months of construction and prepare for a year of scientific observations starting July 1.
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Air Force
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Coast Guard
Senate Passes State Fund Bill in 47 to 1 Vote
DES MOINES The senate approved a bill to require idle state funds to be invested in short term interest bearing securities by a 47 to 1 margin. A minor amendment was added and sent to the house after final action on two truck bills. Senator X. T. Prentis noted about 13 million dollars idle in banks and estimated the investment would yield roughly 250000 dollars annually.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
X. T. Prentis
R-Mt. Ayr
Diseased Mice Stolen From Iowa State Lab
Ames authorities seek help locating about a dozen white mice that survived a dysentery type disease. Dr John Gowen head of genetics says the mice were stolen Tuesday night from the genetics building after breaking in through a basement window. Thirteen mice were missing and nineteen later found dead in a woman's dormitory. The theft jeopardized a federally funded genetics experiment.
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Iowa State College
John Gowen
Gowen
U N Action Likely After Ike Speech
President Eisenhower urged the United Nations to pressure Israel to withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba. Arab nations pushed for sanctions while the U.N. Assembly postposed debate, and U S leaders weighed the balance between sanction pressure and protecting Israel.
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Eisenhower
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Gulf of Aqaba
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U. S
Russia
Hungary
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Soviet Union
BrownellPasses Supreme Court Opportunity After Reed Retirement
Washington sources report Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. rejected a chance to fill Justice Stanley Reed’s seat, preferring to stay head of the Justice Department. Law figures say several Republican jurists are advancing for Reed’s vacancy, with Potter Stewart among potential successors.
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INS
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Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
Brownell
Justice Department
Reed
White House
Potter Stewart
Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinatti
Two Die In Fire At Rest Home In Ohio
Two elderly women died Thursday when a rest home in Washington Court House Ohio burned. Nellie Glasco about 83 owner and Laura Burns 80 died from suffocation and asphyxiation respectively while another woman escaped smoke. Firemen said the blaze began in an open grate and the two victims apparently tried to douse the flames with water.
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Laura Burns
Illinois bill expands prisoner fine credit to five dollars
A state representative introduced legislation allowing prisoners to earn five dollars per day toward fines instead of the existing one fifty per day. The proposal aims to accelerate debt repayment and reduce incarceration time tied to fines.
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Chicago
INS
Evangelist Turner Bared as Fugitive Slayer in Des Moines
Indianapolis report details Olin Lee Turner a 34 year old evangelist and heir from a South Carolina family who fled a Columbia prison farm in 1955 after a life sentence denial and later lived in Des Moines married a Florida girl and preached at a Pentecostal church before FBI and local police captured him. South Carolina issued a fugitive warrant.
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Indianapolis
INS
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Turner
South Carolina
Columbia, S. C
Anne
New Peak Hit by Living Costs
Washington reports January cost of living reached a new record, the fifth straight monthly rise, with the consumer price index up two tenths of a percent to 118.2 relative to 1947-49. The rise triggers penny an hour wage hikes for about 1.1 million factory workers on March 1 and raises for 300,000 more in electrical and other sectors. Factory workers earned $74.99 weekly after taxes, down $1.50 from December, while annual living costs rose 3.1 percent from a year earlier and earnings climbed 4 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Ewan Clague
Iowa Senate approves longer truck length bill to 50 feet
The Iowa senate sent to the governor a bill allowing truck combinations up to 50 feet on state highways. Final 40 to 8 vote followed debate. an amendment to limit to four-lane highways failed 8 to 39. The chamber also passed 45 to 1 a rule requiring 500 feet of separation between trucks.
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INS
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
John Walker
Willliams
Senate
Matador Missile Escapes Control Over Utah
An Air Force Matador guided missile launched from White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico ran out of fuel and landed in a remote Utah mountains area after losing radio contact. Officials said the projectile contained only instruments and no warhead.
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Utah
White Sands Proving Grounds Range
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Georgia Senate Calls For Impeachment Of Six Supreme Justices
At Atlanta the Georgia Senate approved by 37 to 11 a resolution urging the impeachment of six United States Supreme Court justices.
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Atlanta
Georgia Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Ben Gurion Expected To Reject Calls On Gaza Aqaba
Prime Minister Ben Gurion told parliament the cabinet will send Ambassador Abba Eban back to Washington to resume talks. Israeli officials expect rejection of unconditional troop withdrawal demands and view Eisenhower's U.N. backed pressure with mixed feelings.
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Jerusalem
INS
Parliament
Abba Eban
Washington
Parliament criticizes Eisenhower policy on Middle East
In London Parliament blasts President Eisenhower for consulting Britain after his policy statement on Israeli troop withdrawal from Egyptian territory. Bevan calls for clear U S ally notification. Shinwell and Fraser denounce American statements and insist on guarantees for Israel's future before any forceful moves.
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Eisenhower
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Middle East
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Israel
Feeling Fine Despite Cough Says Eisenhower
President Eisenhower told reporters he is feeling very fine despite a stubborn cough that has dogged him for days. He apologized to his radio television audience Wednesday night and at one point called it a bad cold. He coughed during and after his speech, telling aides the ordeal would be a struggle.
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