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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1956

Page

2

Ike and Dulles Back U.S. Policy Against Soviet Offense

President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles press against a broad foreign policy shift. They favor seeking new congressional authority for long range aid and insist U.S. strategy relies on continued economic support to needy nations to blunt Soviet aims under a "new look" approach.

Associated Press Eisenhower Dulles Congress Ee Bulletin Forum Sunny U. S Russia

Wallace backs Eisenhower for president on peace issue

Wallace tells Cedar Rapids Rotary his vote would lean to Eisenhower if he runs, stressing peace over farm policy. He argues production surpluses must be trimmed by rapid legislation supporting soil bank goals and acreage reductions, citing wartime output and technology effects.

Mr. Wallace Wallace Town Farm Bureau Federation

Fulbright Charges Dulles On Russia Policy Risk

Fulbright charged that Dulles failed to tell American voters about the peril from Russia's new foreign policy. He urged Congress to grant long range authority for about 10 million dollars yearly for several years to Soviet target countries plus 10 million more this year to counter the campaign. Top leaders oppose yearly review of foreign aid. Eisenhower asked nearly 1.9 billion for foreign aid, including the long range funds.

Washington Fulbright D-Ark Dulles Amereatie Russia Congress Senate Knowsland Calif George D-Ga Senate Foreign Relations Committee Eisenhower Compress

Wife's False Alarm Triggers Fire Crew In Santa Monica

In Santa Monica AP report, Ruby Burkholder shouted The house is on fire causing neighbors to call the fire department. A captain knocked on a door but the householder explained she blurted the line while trying to wake her husband. The remark sparked a comical misplay before clarification. In Washington UP dispatch, the Severn MD train wreck death toll rose to six with Michael J. Buddy of Trenton ND succumbing to injuries.

Santa Monica Ruby Burkholder Washington Severn Michael J. Buddy Trenton N. d

Peron Must Quit Hotel Wednesday

Juan Peron, ousted Argentine leader, must vacate Calon's Hotel in Washington by Wednesday after U S state department eviction request. Rep Tumulty called the action outrageous. Peron complained of rights and asserted guest status. He paid 41.80 daily for two rooms with rate cuts noted. Peron will transfer to a rented house in Panama City as permanent residence request is studied.

Lim Panama Juan Peron Argentina Calon Washington U. &Government U. S. State Department Tumulty D-N. J Congress Peron U.S Wie Panama City Paraguay

Cedar Rapids Water Turns Bad From Spring Runoff

Cedar Rapids water tastes bad as thawed organic material from frozen ground raises river contamination. Waterworks Supt. George Lee says all water remains treated and safe. taste is due to excess organic matter not completely counteracted by carbon treatment. Unpleasant water预计 persists for several days as Cedar River upstream conditions normalize. In Iowa City the water taste is even worse, Lee reports.

Cedar Rapids George Lee Lee Cedar River Iowa City

Hickenlooper Plan Aims to Aid Corn Farmers in Senate

Senator Hickenlooper plans to amend the farm bill this week to give corn farmers an even break with other areas. Rex Conn notes the plan on today’s farm page while Hickenlooper returns to Washington after attending Saint Helwein’s Outstanding Farmer banquet last Sunday.

Hickenlooper Senator Hickentooper Rex Conn Washington Annealing Helwein Senate

Fugitive Communist Leader Gil Green Surrenders in New York

Gil Green, 49, a fugitive since July 196, surrendered Monday at a New York federal courthouse. He was greeted by fellow Communists at his welcome home ceremony, including Claude Lightfoot and John Gates, as he stepped from a party car with his wife and three children present. Green quipped he hid in People town U.S.A at Constitution and Bill of Rights streets.

New York INS Gil Green Green Hwlinoig Communist Claude Lightfoot Lois John Gates Daily Porker Ben Davis Danny Ralph U.S.A Constitution Bid of Rights Streets

Colorado Judges Get Authority To Decide On Photos

The Colorado Supreme Court unanimously granted trial judges in subordinate courts power to decide whether photographs or broadcasts may occur in judicial proceedings. The ruling allows case by case determinations with two provisos: no images or broadcasts against a witness or juror’s objection, and only under judge prescribed regulations.

Denver Supreme Court American Bar Association ABA C. Citn Moore Moore

Eisenhower Expected to Hold News Conference Wednesday

Washington AP reports the White House indicated on Monday that a news conference by President Eisenhower was probable for Wednesday. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said no comment on timing or confirmation of a second term decision.

Washington White House Eisenhower James C. Haglerly

Become Grandparents Three Times In 12 Hours

Mr and Mrs George Reicher became grandparents three times in 12 hours over the weekend. Their three children each welcomed a baby girl weighing 6.5 to 8.10 pounds. Parents named include Joseph Tauke of Dubuque Steve Reicher of Dyersville and Keith Lochsacke of Sioux City. The Heichers now have 16 grandchildren.

Specter Dyersville George Reicher Joseph Tauke Dubuque Steve Reicher Keith Lochsacke Sioux City Heichers

Eisenhower orders speedup of ballistic missile program

Washington (UP) American Aviation Daily reports President Eisenhower told Defense Secretary Wilson to accelerate the U S ballistic missile effort and to select a guided missile chief quickly. Wilson said he would pick a special assistant to run the program but has not yet found a candidate. The paper cites a letter from Eisenhower to Wilson as potential proof of a policy shift. Wilson in Miami Beach. Pentagon would not confirm. Senator Jackson D-Wash alleges Quarles seeks to minimize the missile's importance in wake of Soviet progress.

Wasitiington American Aviation Daily Eisenhower Wilson U.S Russia Miami Beach Pentagon Jackson D-Wash Abr Donald Quarles

Huge U S Radar Ring Shaping Up

Article outlines a global radar warning network led by the Distant Early Warning Line and allied stations abroad. Details Lockheed WY-2 aircraft with 45 000 square miles search radius, sea radar picket vessels, submarines and atomic powered units. Mentions peacetime espionage use and missiles testing near Marshall Islands.

Elton Fay U. 3 Polar Rim North American Massiles Okinatula Pacific Islands Central Pacific Hawaii Alaska Greenland Caribbean Air Force U.S Marshall Island Proving Ground U. S

Woman reports body under stairs. police uncover it

Charleston report says a woman alerted two furnace repairmen who found a body beneath her paren. Police arrival led to removal. an elderly vagrant claimed confusion, saying he has slept there for 115 years.

Charleston W. Va Ins Poker Nen 2 Furnace

Wife Photo Ruled Out for Airman at Base

Brentford England headline says Leading Aircraftman Ted Collins told to remove his wife’s photo from the wall at his base to keep airmen focused on duty. The photo reportedly shows her as a model with measurements 43 24 38.

Brentford England Ted Collins

Unoccupied House and Barn Burned After Plane Crash

DAYTON Ohio A Wright air development center B 50 Superfort bomber crashed on a farm south of Dayton killing 2 civilians among four aboard. The aircraft exploded igniting a barn and the house of widow Mrs O C Henderson. No one was in the buildings at impact. Witnesses noted a low circle before the crash during a routine training flight. Names of casualties withheld pending next of kin notification.

Dayton Ohio Here O. C. Henderson Farm Field Wright Air Development Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wright-Patterson

Baby Girl Born In Cedar Rapids At Home Without Aid

A Worthington Acres woman gave birth at home Monday morning without professional medical help. Neighbors and her unemployed husband assisted, and the ambulance crew arrived after the birth. The mother and daughter were reported fine and refused hospital transport. The doctor was contacted belatedly as the family preferred not to go to a hospital.

Edor Hapkie Newe Worthington Acres Sam Schminky Schminky Cedar Rapids Robert Tow Tow St Teak Schminkys Hosaidal

Calder Readings Expected Tonight

Cold Canadian air moved into Iowa from Sibley and Council Bluffs with a sharp warm to cold swing. Temperatures plunged to near zero or below across northern Iowa while southern areas hovered near zero to five above as snowfall accumulates in a narrow Kansas City to Darlington band.

Mercury Council Bluffs Sibley Towas Iowa Kansas City Darlington Will Cedar Rapids

Court Reinstates Ryan's Conviction

The Supreme Court reinstated the Taft Hartley Act conviction of Joseph P. Ryan, former longtime president of the International Longshoremen's Association, for allegedly accepting envelopes of money from employers in 1950 and 1961. The court, in an 8-0 decision with Justice Clark delivering the opinion, noted Justice Harlan did not participate. Ryan, 71, retired in 1953, and was sentenced in New York to six months and a $2,500 fine. the Second Circuit previously upheld the conviction.

Washington Supreme Cour Joseph P. Ryan Longsharemen New York Ryan Independent International Longshoremen's Association U.S. District Court Becircuit Court

Soviet Unit Votes Boost For Zhukov

The Soviet Communist Party central committee re elected six presidium candidates, Khrushchev as first secretary, and Zhukov as a presidium alternate, signaling growing military influence. The new 133 member central committee was chosen, with the first woman ever serving on the ruling body.

Moscow Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev Zhukov Politburo Unan Soviet Union Malenkov Molotov Khrushchev Voroshitev Bulganin Suslov Alexei Kirichenko Matenkov Iiikoyan Haganovich Perukhin Saburov

Italian Chief in U S with Pledge

Italy's President Gronchi and Giove arrived in Washington for a four day official visit and pledged to deepen and extend Italo American cooperation in the cruise of peace. Gronchi spoke briefly at the airport as a guest of President Eisenhower.

Washington Italy Giove and Gronchi

Snowstorm Alters Confederate Flag Plan in Illinois

A heavy snowstorm halted a plans by an Oxford Mississippi DJ to scatter 25,000 miniature Confederate flags in Chicago. Allan English arrived in Centralia after being redirected north of Champaign.

Centralia, Ill Oxford Siss Allan English Censtralia Enew Champaign

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