Year of Challenge for the Free World
The 1955 Communist campaign aimed to blend coercion with diplomacy to bend Asia Africa and the Middle East toward Moscow and away from the Free World. It urged unity among leftists in Europe and Latin America while using legality in elections and mass organizations to project a peaceful facade for a global drive. The result was a sustained cold war effort with no simple exit from crisis.
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Asia
Africa
Middle East
Free World
Kremlin
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Europe
Latin America
Popular Front
National Liberation Movement
N. S. Khrushchev
India
Indonesia
Burma
Khrushchev
United States
Geneva
Germany
Japan
AP News
Milt Morris
East
Soviet Strategy and the Cold War Outlook in 1955
The piece argues Moscow seeks to extend influence in Asia and the Middle East, deliver arms to broaden fear, and test Western unity. It notes Khrushchev's rhetoric, the potential for a prolonged Cold War, and the possibility that 1956 may reveal the balance of power as communism presses ahead.
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Khrushchev
India
Asia
Cairo
Dewey-Almy Talks At Engineers Club
A Cedar Rapids Engineers Club meeting will hear a report on Dewey and Almy Chemical Company operations. W. J. Rothfus, plant manager, will discuss the company and Cryovac. Marvin A. Evans will demonstrate the packaging process.
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Dewey and Almy Chemical Company
Cedar Rapids Engineers Club
Montrose
W. J. Rothfus
Dewey and Almy
Cedar Rapids
Marvin A. Evans
Rothfus
Evans
Cornell University
Dewey and al
Jaycees Plan 1956 Activities Report At Dinner
Junior Chamber of Commerce will present reports on activities planned for the coming year. Committee chairmen and executive council members will speak at the Wednesday dinner in the Chamber of Commerce building. Dinner at 6 15 p.m. Reservations by telephone to 45135 by noon Wednesday.
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Chamber of Commerce
National Office Management Unit To Hear Staehle
The National Office Management Association Cedar Rapids chapter will host its regular dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Montrose hotel with a social hour at 6. The topic is Leadership and Office Supervision. Speaker Jack Staehle of Aldens Inc Chicago, vice-president of industrial and public relations, has 32 years with Aldens and holds multiple honors.
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National Office Management Association
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Jack Staehle
Aldens, Inc
iChicago
Aldens
Staehle
Noma l
Chicago
Leffingwell
NOMA
Chicagoans Can Hold Their Heads Up Now
University of Wisconsin professor Edward Taube says Chicago derives from the Algonquin term Pakwasigaminikewinning meaning cracked corn smokers rather than garlic or skunk as some outsiders think. He presented the etymology to the American Name Society.
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Chicago
INS
Retired Teacher Emma Kelly Celebrates 104th Birthday
Emma line Kelly a former teacher who retired in 1879 due to ill health celebrated her 104th birthday in Liberty Indiana. Surrounded by friends and relatives she opened gifts and greeting cards in the morning then enjoyed cake to end the double celebration.
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Liberty, Ind
Emmaline Kelly
Hotel Industry Records Largest Year In U S History
The American Hotel Association reports 1955 U S hotel gross income at 2 653 billion dollars up from 2 576 billion in 1954 with room sales 47 6 percent and food and beverage 46 3 percent. Occupancy held at 73 percent as dining revenue rose and new hotels expanded 12 492 rooms valued at 181 257 million dollars. Travelcards accounted for nearly 210 million in business.
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New York
U. S
American Hotel Association
AHA
North America
Teen Agers Build Royal Achiever Car in Junior Initiative
Wyandotte Michigan teens aged 15 to 18 form the Dodge Achiever Company sponsored by Chrysler's Trenton plant. They assemble a 1956 four door sedan named Royal Achiever using Dodge parts with a 230 HP V-8 and Power-Flite transmission. The project runs two hours weekly with pay at 10 cents an hour plus time and a half on Saturdays, and profits go to all 24 members and stockholders.
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Wyandotte
Dodge Achiever Company
Trenton
Mich
Chrysler Marine and Industrial Division
Dodge Parts
Royal Achiever
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Iranian court physician studies psychiatry in Jacksonville
Dr. Rah man Goodarzi, physician to Iran's Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, has settled with his wife Parvin and son Hormoz in Jacksonville to study psychiatry at Duval Medical Center. He plans a two year stay, backs his royal duties, and notes similarities between Jacksonville and Ramsar in climate and beach, while joking about a past driving test in Iran.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Rahman Goodarzi
Mohammed Riza Pahlevi
Iran
Jacksonville Journal
Teheran
Goodarzi
Teheran University
Imperial Court of
Europe
United States
Goodarzis
London
New York
Greyhound
Ramsar
Caspian Sea
Jacksonville Beach
Dr. Goodarzi
Associated Press News
Duval Medical Center
Executives Club to Hear Polgar in Telepathy Program
Dr. Franz J. Polgar will speak to the Cedar Rapids Executives Club at the Montrose Hotel Thursday at 6 45 p m. The program titled Fun with the Mind will cover telepathy memory feats and hypnosis.
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Franz J. Polgar
Ce‘dar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
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WFTU
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STER
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Carl Szejda
National Automobile Dealers Association
American Motors Corporation
AMC
NADA
George Romney
AMV
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Frederick J. Bell
American Motors
Romney
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Adkins Piano
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