Eisenhower backs Republican push to curb McCarthy probes
The White House signals Eisenhower wants Senate investigations led by McCarthy aided by Mundt Dirksen and Potter. Knowland urges bipartisan panels, notice to minority, and no blank subpoenas. McCarthy vows no break in army inquiry amid Stevens truce.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Mundt
R-S.d
Dirksen
R-Ill
Potter
R-Mich
G.O.P
Senate Investigations
William F. Knowland
Calif
Congressional
Robert Stevens
Stevens
Bandit Trio Steal $50,000 Diamonds in Newark Robbery
Three masked gunmen robbed a Jewelry shop in Newark's downtown shopping district on Saturday, escaping with about $50 000 in loose diamonds. The daytime heist occurred as crowds filled the streets and entrances to stores. The incident prompted police patrols and a citywide search for suspects.
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Newark, N.J
INS
Newark
Explosion tears through Marshalltown truck plant causing massive damage
A violent blast at the Truck and Equipment Company building in Marshalltown Saturday night caused $125,000 to $150,000 in damage. The force hurled brick and tile through the Meadow Gold Foods plant wall 220 feet away, but no injuries were reported.
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Marshalltown
Uipment Company
Meadow Gold Foods Company
Germans To Work On New Secret U S Atom Guns
Mainz Germany AP German technicians will work on the U S army s top secret 280 mm atomic cannon in West Germany. The pamphlet from the ordnance maintenance plant near Mainz says the depot s artillery rebuilding is conducted under German supervision by George Schuster a German and performs depot maintenance on the new 280 mm gun if required.
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Mainz
Germany
U.S. Army
West Germany
Here
George Schuster
American Parley Faces Issues of Reds and Coffee
Caracas Venezuela diplomats from 20 republics prepare for the Inter-American Conference the first full dress hemispheric meeting in six years. Secretary Dulles arrives to face questions on loan policies tariffs technical aid and anti communist efforts in Latin America.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Latin America
Dulles
United States
South
New Suspect Held In Disappearance Of Baby Sitter
A new suspect, 36, was arrested in the disappearance of Evelyn Hartley, 15, last October. Police seized a revolver and questioned the railroad worker, who said he was in La Crosse then and returned to Fond Du Lac on October 25.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Evelyn Hartley
la Crosse
Chicago
State Crime Laboratory
Iowa cities vary on nursing home licensing and control
A Cedar Rapids health review notes that local city inspectors rely on state rules for nursing homes, with annual license checks and limited local enforcement. Des Moines and Sioux City use ordinances to license and regulate facilities, tying coverage to care level. Cedar Rapids may follow suit, given comparable density and capacities.
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Cedar Rapids
State Department of Health
Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
Winifred W. Cleveland
State Health Department
Gillette says McCarthy welcome in Iowa campaign
Dubuque Iowa Senator Guy Gillette says Senator McCarthy is welcome to campaign in Iowa against his re election bid but Iowa voters will decide. Gillette notes 25 other senators offered help which he refused and criticizes press emphasis on McCarthy Stevens feud while urging farmers on price supports and coffee market supervision bill.
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Dubuque
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Gillette
Reuben Austin
Congress
Clyde Herring
Des Moines
Joe
Robert G. Stevens
Army
Jenner
Fire Destroys Zvacek Garage and House in Cedar Rapids
A Saturday night blaze near highway 30 and Sixth Street Road SW destroyed Zvacek’s garage and adjoining house. Loss estimated at $50,000. no injuries. Fire started near an oil burning furnace, challenged by hydrant shortages. Cedar Rapids firefighters fought the blaze for hours, salvaging two cars but a Felter Roofing truck was lost.
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Zvacek
Cedar Rapids
New Highway
Sixth Street
Ed Zvacek
Milton Tefer
Twenty-second Avenue
Felter Roofing Company
NLRB ruling against Wilson Co. reversed by appeals court
The Eighth Circuit overturned a National Labor Relations Board finding that Wilson and Company engaged in unfair labor practices during the 1948 Cedar Rapids plant strike. The judges faulted the examiner for bias and held the government and unions failed to prove the discharge stemmed from union activity. The March 16 to June 7 1948 strike is noted.
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Cedar Rapids News
National Labor Relations Board
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Archibald K. Gardner
Aberdeen
S.D
Gardner
C. W. Whittemore
NLRB
United Packinghouse Workers (Cio
Whittemore
Seth Thomas
Fort Dodge
John C. Collet
Kansas City
Gl Wants To Make Up for Aid to Reds
Army Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor arrived at Travis Air Force Base en route to Texas and said he would like to do something to make up for aiding the Communists. He disclosed he had been told he would likely avoid court martial and collected $200 in back pay amid questions about his future plans. He described indoctrination by the Reds and his intention to contact his parents before flying to Brook Army Hospital in San Antonio.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Army
Claude J. Batchelor
Texas
Batchelor
Brook Army Hospital
San Antonio
Return of Gen Naguib Sparks Cairo Crowds
Crowds in Cairo hail Gen Mohammed Naguib's return as president after a brief resignation, defying a ban on demonstrations. Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser remains premier while the revolutionary council signals Naguib reassumes the presidency to safeguard the nation.
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Cairo
INS
Mohammed Naguib
Egypt
Naguib
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Zeitoun
Nasser
Revoluttionary Council
Cairo Radio
Revolutionary Council
Believe French Will Not Yield to Reds in S E Asia
Washington officials discounted fears of Geneva talks leading France to abandon Southeast Asia to communism. They warned that capitulation would threaten the French Union and France’s world power, risking its hold on North Africa by endangering allied states in Indochina.
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S.E. Asia
Washington
INS
France
Southeast Asia
Geneva
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Syria
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