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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ami
Seattle
Iowa
Deaths Myrtle Frey long resident of Cedar Rapids
Myrtle E. Frey widow of George G. Frey died in Canby Oregon after a long illness. Born August 2 1873 in Cedar Rapids she leaves a son R C Start of Portland Oregon Graveside rites set for 2 30 p m at Linwood cemetery Turner chapel open after 1 p m Sunday for visitation
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Myrtle E. Frey
George G. Frey
Cedar Rapids
Canby
Ore
Ceddar Rapids
R. C. Start
Portland
Linwood Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Earl R. Smith Death Rites Planned at Turner Chapel
Services for Earl R. Smith who died at Gross Point Woods near Detroit will be held Saturday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel. Rev Roger Johnson of First Lutheran church and Crescent lodge will officiate with burial at Linwood. Masters Masons should meet Crescent lodge at Masonic hall at 1 p m to attend in a body.
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Earl R. Smith
Gross Point Woods
Detroit
Turner Chapel
Roger Johnson
First Lutheran Church
Crescent Lodge
Linwood
Masonic Hall
Services for John Mikulecky in Millersburg Ohio
John Mikulecky died in Millersburg Ohio and funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Janeba funeral home conducted by Rev Ruth. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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John Mikulecky
Millersburg
Ohio
Janeba
Ruth
Cedar Memorial
Death services for Mrs. Ludvik Husak announced
Services for Mrs. Ludvik Husak of 109 Wilson avenue SW will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in Beatty Bearle chapel with Rev James M Webb of First Baptist church presiding Burial will be in the Czech National Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Ludvik Husak
Wilson Avenue
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
James M. Webb
First Baptist Church
Czech National Cemetery
Balhorn Infant Dies in Vinton Funeral Services Held
Debra Jean Balhorn infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle Balhorn of Vinton died at 9 15 p m Tuesday Her mother formerly Jean Hilleshiem of Cedar Rapids Graveside services were conducted in the Keystone cemetery with Fellmer funeral home in charge.
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Debra Jean Balhorn
Merley Balhorn
Vinton
Balhorn
Jean Hilleshiem
Cedar Rapids
Keystone Cemetery
Fellmer Funeral Home
Services for Mrs Berton M Meeks
Mrs Berton M Meeks of 1005 Ninth Street SW died Monday. Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Friday with the Rev J D Haddock of Vinton officiating. Burial will be in Linwood. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Berton M. Meeks
Ninth Street
Turner Chapel
J. D. Haddock
Vinton
Linwood
Obituary for Charles Edward Hayes at Cedar Memorial
Services for Charles Edward Hayes of 1717 Ellis boulevard NW are set in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Friday with William Lundquist of Moline officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call or visit as arrangements are announced.
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Charles Edward Hayes
Ellis Boulevard
Turner Chapel
William Lundquist
Moline
Cedar Memorial
Nellie N Deischer 94 Monticello Resident Dies
Nellie N Deischer, 94, longtime Monticello resident, died Wednesday in a nursing home. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday in Oakwood cemetery. Born in Canada, she came to Castle Grove at age five. Survived by two sons Harold of Wyoming and For rest of Monticello, and three daughters Alice Howie of Monticello, Mrs Harlan Harper of Vinton, and Mrs Howard Jackson of Columbia Missouri.
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Norway
Harold
William Bierman
London
Henry L.boedeker
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Calmar
Simon Leichman
Festina
St. Mary’s Church
Coggan
John Fessler
Earlville Catholic Church
Williamsburg
Charles W. Hannon
St. Michael’s Church
Holbrook
McSwiggin Vand Uhlmann
Oelwein
Ralph Woodward
Hintz Funeral Home
Aurora
Rose
Julick
Hintz
West Union
John Ashelson
Burnham and Woods Funeral
Mt. Vernon
Elizabeth Russell
St. John’s Church
Lisbon
Church Cemetery
Rosary
Baxter Mortuary
Monticello
Nellie N. Dei
Nellie N .Deischer
Goettsch Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Canada
Castle Grove
Wyoming
Forrest
Alice Howie
Harlan Harper
Vinton
Howard Jacksom
Columbia
Crowley Supports Rail Industry Mergers Amid Costs
Milwaukee railroad chairman Leo T. Crowley told The Wall Street Journal that some consolidations are essential to cut costs as tonnage shrinks and expenses rise. He noted no other merger proposals are before Milwaukee’s board after recent talks.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Leo T. Crowley
Wall Street Journal
Ben W. Heineman
The
North Western
Milwaukee
Crowley
City workers weigh 1957 pay plan and conditions
The meeting reviewed a plan to standardize department policies and end irregularities. Mayor Meaghan indicated a personnel officer would push uniformity, with a draft of working conditions expected in about two weeks and further talks with employee leaders.
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Meaghan
John Graves
Eden Lands Says He Feels Better After Voyage
Former British Prime Minister Eden, weakened by two illnesses on a 32 day voyage, walked ashore in Auckland aided by a cane and told reporters he is feeling better. Doctors denied a stroke and said he will rest in New Zealand for a month.
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Auckland
N. Z
Eden
Rangitata
Peter Hinds
England
Youth, 17, Sentenced To 30 Days for Larceny
Curtis Gandy a 17 year old of 608 First Avenue NE pled guilty to petty larceny for siphoning gasoline from a car in municipal court. Judge Donald Barnes suspended 15 days of the sentence and Gandy was sentenced to 30 days in county jail. He confessed at the county attorney’s office on Tuesday.
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Curtis Gandy
Donald Barnes
Gandy
Courthouse Appeals Result In Lane County Traffic or Probates
Elmer Jensen lost an appeal in Linn county district court on a speeding conviction from Hiawatha mayor's court. Judge Heiserman upheld a $16 fine from Oct 31. Rozek challenged a municipal court impropriety. he faced $10 and $19.42 costs. Pauline Schenk's will admitted. grandchildren receive $1000 each amid equal shares to Arthur and Bertha. Hasley sues Hartman for 823.32 on appliances. Mor-Gro sues Kling Seed for 4252.31 on a note.
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Elmer Jensen
Linn County District Court
Hiawatha
J. E. Heiserman
Jensen
Fay M. Clark
Washington Township
Louis IF Rozek
Twentieth Street
Rozek
First Avenue E
Pauline Schenk
Edmund J. Schenk
Marianna S. Campbell
Des Moines
Arthur
Bertha S. Edgar
Los Angeles
Edmund Schenk
Costello Denied Release on Bail
New York gambler Frank Costello remains jailed after a bail bid was denied while he appeals his income tax conviction. He was convicted in 1954 of evading 28 532 in federal income taxes for 1948 and 1949 and began a five year term May 14 1956.
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New York
Frank Costello
U.S. Supreme Court
Costello
Russia vetoes UN Kashmir peace plan sponsored by key powers
United Nations plan to authorize talks led by President Gunnar V. Jarring of Sweden faced a Russian veto. The 9-1 vote saw Sweden abstain while India opposed the UN force option, as Arkady Sobolev of the Soviet delegation backed talks but rejected force.
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United Nations
Russia
Security Council
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Gunnar V. Jarring
Sweden
U.S
Britain
Cuba
Australia
Arkady Solbolev
Jarring
U.N
Hillberry Named Director of Argonne Laboratory
CHICAGO AP Dr Norman Hillberry has been named director of the Argonne National Laboratory operated by the University of Chicago for the Atomic Energy Commission He succeeds Dr Walter Zinn who resigned last June 30.
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Chicago
Norman Hillberry
Direcor
Argonne National Laboratory
University of Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
Walter Zinn
House Approves School Merger Right of Appeal
DES MOINES AP A House vote approved allowing school districts or parts of districts to appeal inclusion in a proposed school reorganiza tion to district court if they oppose joining a new district. Action on related bills was deferred to early next week.
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Des Moines
House
House’ Schools Committee
Interior Budget Cut Slashes 12 Percent for Interior
The house appropriations committee reduced $60.8 million from Eisenhower’s interior department budget, trimming the request to $454.4 million for the year starting July 1. The move aims to relieve taxpayer burden with substantial cuts, mainly in subsidies to the minerals industry.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Interior Department
Department
Jean Seberg Burned on Saint Joan Set in London
Jean Seberg aged 18 and star of Saint Joan suffered slight burns to her hands and singed hair during a burning at the stake scene in the London Shepperton studio production. She was expected to resume work the next day.
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London
INS
Jean Seberg
Marshalltown
Miss Seberg
Shepperton Studios
Brainwashing Affects 40 Percent Of POWs In Korea
Major William E. Meyer of the first Marine Division said four of every ten American prisoners in Korean camps yielded to brainwashing. He noted prisoners died psychologically under subtle methods, with effects appearing within 48 hours, aimed at control and sowing distrust rather than forcing Communist conversion, and that fewer than one percent faced torture.
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New York
William E. Meyer
Pws
Meyer
Marine Division
Korea
Interior Secretary Seaton Hospitalized for Sciatic Ailment
Honolulu report says Secretary for the Interior Seaton received hospital treatment Thursday for a sciatic ailment that forced cancellation of several appointments.
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Honolulu
Interior
Seaton
Jail Cat Freed After Seven Days Inmates Wake Neighbors
A Bloomington Illinois cat spent seven days in the county jail when rescuers heard its howls from the ventilation system. The animal was freed unharmed after staff located and released it.
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Bloomington
Ill
Battle Lines Form Over Farm Soil Bank Legislation
Washington Republicans attack a Democratic soil bank subsidy bill aimed at corn growers and other farmers for 1957. Critics call it cheap politics while backing a rival proposal by Rep. Andresen that would set 51 million base acres, 75 percent parity price supports, and 15 percent bank enrollment, amid doubts on cost and administration veto risk.
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Washington
House
Rep
Hill
Agriculture Committee
Democrats
Andresen
R-Minn
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep. Hoeven
R-Ia
Soil Bank
Republican Policy Committee
Bias Rapped in Fraternity Exit at Columbia
Three Columbia University engineering faculty members resigned from the university chapter of Theta Tau to protest racial discrimination in the national fraternity. Wesley J. Hennessy and colleagues Mario Salvadori and Frank di Maggio said they quit to dramatize the chapter’s efforts to amend a charter that restricts membership to whites.
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New York
INS
Columbia University
Theta Tau
Wesley J. Hennessy
Chhapter
Hennessy
Mario Salvadori
Frank di Maggio
Columbia Chapter
Washington's Birthday Closures Across Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids government offices will be closed Friday for George Washington's birthday. Banks and city hall will be closed, as will the county courthouse and federal offices. The post office will keep general delivery open until 10 a.m. for mailbox delivery to firms operating that day.
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Cedar Rapids
George Washington
Eisenhower backs Israeli access to Suez waters after troop withdrawal
President Eisenhower argues the United Nations must enforce armistice terms and protect Israel's right to national existence. He warns Egypt must respect obligations or face international action and says allowing force to settle disputes would destroy global order. If the U.N. fails to act, its authority is in question.
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Egypt
Society of Nations
Eisenhower
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
U.N
Eisenhower Sends Ben-Gurion Personal Message on Address
The White House said President Eisenhower sent Premier Ben-Gurion a personal message the day before his radio-television address to inform him of the speech contents. The White House denied the message was an ultimatum to Israel.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Ben-Gurion
Israel
Britain and allies oppose sanctions on Israel over Gulf of Aqaba
The British foreign office said sanctions would be wrong without the other part of the picture. It urged a combined operation with Israeli withdrawal and U N guarantees of shipping freedom in the Gulf of Aqaba. Denmark Canada Australia also opposed sanctions and were to be joined by other Scandinavians and by France.
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Associated Press
Israel
U.N
Gulf of Aqaba
Denmark
Canada
Australia
France
Slayer Confesses 2 Other Killings in Ohio Robbery
Russell Thomas McCoy 22 confessed to slaying a couple near Zanesville on February 9 and admitted killing two others in a Uniontown grocery store holdup last November 23. McCoy and Dale Bundy 39 were charged with fatally shooting store manager Reynold Amonio 30 and clerk Paul E Cain 35 who were robbed of $600. Police say McCoy earlier confessed to killing his half sister and her husband and burning their home.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Russell Thomas McCoy
Here
Uniontown
Hio
McCoy
Dale Bundy
Reynold P. Amodio
Llerk
Paul E. Cain
Realistic Scene Hurts Kim Novak With Cracked Rib
Actress Kim Novak is treated for a cracked rib after a movie scene with co star Jeff Chandler where a hug was too tight. The incident occurred in Hollywood and is being reported by INS.
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Kim
Hollywood
INS
Kim Novak
Jeff Chandler
Cedar Rapids Plans $1.4 Million Bond Sale March 14
Cedar Rapids city council sets March 14 for selling four bond issues totaling 1 400 000 to fund sewer and park development fire stations and waterworks. Sewer park and fire bonds are general obligation backed by taxes while the water bonds rely on water receipts Moody s rates the water issue double A and city maintains its triple A for general obligations.
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Cedar Rapids
Prairie Creek
Wilson Avenue
Mt. Vermon Road
South Side
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
C. W. Garberson
Moody’s Investors Service of
New York
Menon’s Condition Described Dangerous Amid Kashmir Session
India’s roving ambassador V. K. Krishna Menon, 59, was labeled dangerous by his physician Dr. William M. Hitzig. The doctor warned what might happen if Menon attends the U.N. Security Council floor as Kashmir resolution reappears. Menon collapsed during the session and rested under sedatives, then returned for the afternoon vote.
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New York
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
William M. Hitzig
Menon
U.N. Security Council
Kashmir
Security Council
Marion Man Named Air Force ROTC Instructor
Lt. Richard C. Fontaine of Marion Iowa was named air force ROTC instructor at Memphis State University. He is a 1951 University of Iowa graduate and a Korean War combat veteran.
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Memphis
Richard C. Fontaine
Marion
Thursday
Memphis State University
Fontaine
University of Iowa
Man Wanted in C. R. Held in Virginia
Patrolman John Zenisek and Detective Harold Barger traveled to Newport News Virginia to fetch James Volkers 28 formerly of Waterloo held on a false check charge. Volkers is accused of passing 65 dollars in phony checks in August 1955.
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John Zenisek
Harold Barger
Newport News
John Kuba
James Volkers
Waterloo
Volkers
Gazette Carriers To Aid Crusade for Freedom
Cedar Rapids Gazette carriers will seek subscriber contributions to support Crusade for Freedom. The campaign promotes Radio Free Europe beaming news behind the Iron Curtain, countering Communist efforts to jam broadcasts. The effort highlights the $3 billion annual U.S. cost to provide up to date information and the sizable Communist spending to suppress it.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Iron Curtain
Radio Free Europe
Europe
Pitc
Eisenhower Urges Freedom Amid Tron Curtain Tension
In a wartime cadence, President Eisenhower invokes duty and patriotism urging citizens to support the cause as developments beyond the Tron Curtain reveal continued yearning for freedom. He recalls his own days as a newspaper boy and frames door-to-door effort as part of national service.
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Eisenhower
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