Eisenhower Laughs At Golf Aside From Race Protests
President Eisenhower, on doctors orders to laugh at his mistakes, played 18 holes at Glen Arven despite a string of drives into the woods. He and John Walter beat Jock Whitney and James Hagerty in a Nassau, walked part of the course, and noted knee discomfort after the round.
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Eisenhower
Glen Arven Country Club
John Walter
Howard Snyder
Walter
John Hay
Jock” Whitney
New York
Hagerty
Nassau
Mr. Eisenhower
Red Cross Budget Exhausted in 1956 Campaign Kickoff
Linn county Red Cross volunteers hear that the disaster budget is exhausted with the heaviest year ahead. L E Larry Vavra notes $27,000,000 spent on floods and disaster relief nationwide and outlines a two in one goal for 1956 campaigns in Linn county including a combined member and funds drive with a total target of 77 515.
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Larry” Vavra
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America
Woodbury County
Iowa
Linn
Representative Wolcott Announces Retirement From Congress
Rep. Wolcott of Michigan revealed plans to retire from Congress after this year. The announcement comes as he highlights his upcoming final term and reflects on political service.
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Washington
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Congress
Faulty Lamp on TV Blamed for Shock to Tommy
A Cedar Rapids family says a faulty lamp atop the television caused a near fatal shock to five year old Tommy Cain. TV repairmen blamed improper lamp wiring and the boy’s contact while leaning against the set. He recovered by Thursday and was released from Mercy Hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Cain
Second’ Street
Tommy
Tal
Clinton Police Nab Man Who Held Up Montrose
John Clifton Long, 40, a transient, robbed the Montrose hotel night desk of 172 dollars then forced cab driver William Barnett to take him to Clinton. Police nabbed him hours later. Long has seven Cedar Rapids arrests in six years and was unarmed at arrest. Detective Capt. John Kuba said he would be returned to Cedar Rapids for robbery charges.
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William Barnett
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Rapids News
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Nowhere
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Long
Helen Tolheim
Virginia
A. L. Fuller
Fuller
John Kuba
Woman Travelled 150 Miles for Birth Returns Home
Grand Marais Minnesota report says 34 year old Mrs Arthur Madsen reached home after a trek that began on snowshoes and a toboggan to reach a birth. The couple then completed the final leg in a snowboat driven by her husband, a Canadian resort owner.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Arthur Madsen
Armstrong's Buys Chas. Greenberg Fur Store in Sioux Falls
Charles Greenberg Fur Store at 110 Second Street SE is bought by Armstrong's at 204 Second Avenue SE. Possession on March 1, remodeling aims for Armstrong's Custom Furs by April 1. Store space reallocated across floors with offices, production, and sales areas. Howard Heathman remains fur department manager.
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Cedar Rapids News
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Second Street
Armstrong
Second Avenue
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Armstrong Fur
Armstrong Parking Garage
Howard Heathman
Louise Robinson
Arthur Bohlken
Food Cost Index Shows Slight Weekly Dip
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell to 5.93 this week from 5.94 last week, a drop of a tenth of a point and about 10.8 percent below the level a year ago in New York.
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New York
Eisenhower Opens 88000 Pounds Uranium for Peace
President Eisenhower announced that 88000 pounds of uranium-235 worth about one billion dollars will be allocated for peaceful atomic power over 40 years. Half goes to American power firms and half to foreign producers, with safeguards against diversion. The move follows talks with AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss and aims to fund peaceful nuclear development worldwide.
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Yugoslavia
Egypt
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Gettysburg
Call to Ford Dealers For the Fund Involving Eisenhower
Former Chicago Ford dealer Milton Ratner testified at a senate hearing that in 1952 another Ford dealer said Ford Motor Company urged Chicago dealers to raise 50000 for Dwight Eisenhower. Ratner said he refused to contribute, giving his own name to campaigns, and noted he was later canceled as a dealer. Other Chicago dealers said they knew nothing of the solicitation.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Milton Ratner
Ford
Senate
Henry Ford
Ratner
Eisenhower
Rep
Yates
D-Iil
Resa
Dream Fulfilled After 10 Years Aboard Ship
Laura Evans, 33, of San Diego, planned a Hawaii trip to visit her mother after ten years. As the ship approached port in Los Angeles, she hesitated, wrote a farewell note, then left the vessel to stay with her husband and four children, saying she would wait until the whole family could go.
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Los Angeles
Laura Evans
Hawaii
Court to Review Alleged Illegal Acts of Vinton Magistrate
Emmett Turner of Hiawatha and Ray Sherman spear fished on the Cedar river after temporary restrictions. State officer Daubendieck charged Justice Rose with illegal conduct in fining Turner $100, demanding immediate jail threat, no right to counsel, and lacking due process prompting a writ of certiorari to review records in Vinton.
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Iowa News
Emmett L. ‘Turner
Hiawatha
Iowa Steel
Cedar River
Emmett Turner
Ray Sherman
Urbana Bridge
Benton County
R. W. Daubeninck
Daubendéek
Turner
Fred B. Rose
Taylor Township
Daubendiek
Justice Rose
District Court
Rose
John W. Tobin
Montgomery Bus Boycott Arrests Rise as Protests Planned
In Montgomery Alabama a mass prayer Thursday and a Friday boycott by Negroes are planned amid the city bus boycott protests. Rev Ralph Abernathy says 10 000 will attend the meeting and may seek U S Supreme Court action if arrests hold. Rosa Parks and others among the detainees face continued legal action. Gov Folsom urges editors to influence public behavior toward racial issues.
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Ala
Ralph D. Abernathy
First Baptist Church
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U. S. Supreme Court
Rosa Parks
Jo Ann Robinson
Alabama State College For
Women's Political Council
P. M. Blair
Hattie Carnegie Dies Famous Fashion Designer at 70
New York AP reports designer Hattie Carnegie died at her Fifth Avenue home after a long illness. Born as Kanengiser in Vienna, she renamed her surname Carnegie in homage to Andrew Carnegie. Her acclaimed style earned many awards, including a 1950 military civilian honor for a WAC uniform. Carnegie ran a $6.4 million annual business employing over 1,000 people.
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Hattie Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Vienna
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Army
Women’s Army Corps
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Iowa State Freshmen Football Trio Suspended
Ames AP report states three Iowa State freshman football players were suspended after a parking lot assault accusation. A student faculty committee recommended the action. college president Dr James H Hilton concurred. Students may request reinstatement in a future quarter.
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