Soviet seeks denuclearized northern Europe as note praises Denmark
In Copenhagen the Soviet Union said there is a good basis to make all of northern Europe a denuclearized zone. Bulganin’s note praised Denmark and Norway for refusing nuclear arms and IRBM bases, seen as a contribution to peace. Poland proposed an atom free zone for East and West Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, with Milan or Albania later discussed.
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Copenhagen
Soviet Union
Europe
H. C. Hansen
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Denmark
Norway
NATO
Sweden
Finland
Poland
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
U.N. General Assembly
Kremlin
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Italy
Albania
Celeste Negerville
Partisans For
Gromyko
Italian Adriatic
Adriatic Sea
Soviet Seeks To Set Up Ties With Vatican
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko signaled a bid to establish official contacts with the Vatican in Moscow’s peace and disarmament drive. Vatican sources urged religious freedom first before any diplomatic ties, framing the move as a propaganda tactic for Soviet peace aims.
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Vatican
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Rome
Russia
Soviet Union
Vatican City
London
Gromykov
Celeste Negarville
Gromyko
Vaticans
Curran warmly greeted by his three children
Maj. Howard Curran returned after 19 days in captivity behind the Iron Curtain in Albania. He was greeted by his wife absent, his three children Marylou 4 Mike 12 and Patricia 8 at the base, amid Christmas hopes and relief. He criticized the Albanian government for not notifying his family of his safe landing.
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Chateauroux
France
Howard Curran
Albania
Marylou
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Air Force
Mike
Patricia
Air Force Base
Richard P. Curran
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Maj. Curran
Naples
Italy
Is There a Doctor Yes Three of Them
Four cars were involved in a boulevard accident in Seattle on Friday night. Only driver Otis G. Nordstrom aged 39 was injured. the other drivers aided. Three men introduced themselves as doctors Samuel J. Minkove Ernest M. Evans and Robert A. Pommerenning, but Nordstrom chose to see his own physician.
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Seattle
Otis G. Nordstrom
Samuel J. Minkove
Ernest M. Evans
Robert A. Pommerening
Nordstrom
Maclean’s Wife Seeks Exit for Children from Russia
The Sun day Pictorial reports Melinda Maclean, American born wife of diplomat Donald Maclean, has split and is pleading with British and U S authorities to evacuate their three children Fergus 12 Donald 10 and Melinda 6 from the Soviet Union. She alleges strain from his drinking and has described life in Moscow as a nightmare.
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London
The
Sunday Pictorial
Donald Maclean
Soviet Union
Melinda Maclean
U. S
Melinda Marling
Chicago
Pictorial
Fergus
Donald
Melinda
Russia
Truman says services not coordinated under Eisenhower
Former President Truman says rivalry among the military services has always existed and that the commander in chief can force coordination. He implies Ike failed to coordinate, stating No, that is the trouble. He notes coordination was his expectation.
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New York
Truman
Eisenhower
Morris Seeks U.S. Senate Nomination From New Jersey
Robert Morris announced he will resign as chief counsel of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to run for the U.S. Senate. He will seek the Republican nomination in New Jersey, with resignation effective at end of January from his $13,600-a-year position in POINT PLEASANT.
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Point Pleasant
N.J
INS
Robert Morris
Senate
Internal Security
U.S. Senate
Morris
New Jersey
Girl Living on Transfusions Plans a Married Life
ST LOUIS AP Doctors have given 27 year old Helen Maysey two months to live when she and 36 year old Shirley Andrus obtained a marriage license. Helen, survivor of splenic anemia, has required about 500 pints of transfused blood over 17 years. Despite dire prognosis, she and Andrus plan to wed next Saturday and look forward to a long life together.
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ST. Louis
Helen Maysey
Helen
Shirley “Red
Andrus
Miss Maysey
Huge Rock Slide In Niagara Gorge
A massive rock slide went unseen for about 16 hours and dumped roughly 40 000 tons of rock and earth into the Niagara gorge two miles north of Niagara Falls. State park police were alerted after Canadian observers noted a change in the gorge profile. Area residents reported an explosive sound during the night. Arthur B. Williams led a team of park engineers to the site to document the slide.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Gorge
Here
Niagara Frontier State Park Commission
State Park
Falls
Arthur B. Williams
The
Park Commission
Williams
Power Company Puts 1 789 600 In C R Facilities
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company outlines a 1958 Cedar Rapids Marion budget of 1 789 600 for expanded distribution, feeders, substations, underground networks, meters, and street lighting. The plan includes four new industrial substations and upgrades to two substations, with 542 transformers added or replaced in 1957 in the Cedar Rapids Marion area. No new financing is planned.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids- Marion
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Hillis Gill
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Loop
Gill
Marion
NATO Land Envoys To Visit Cedar Rapids
NATO parliamentary delegates from Canada Denmark Germany France Iceland Italy and the United Kingdom plan a Cedar Rapids visit as part of a 31 day tour. The delegation will showcase civilian support behind the military system with visits to industrial agricultural and cultural sites. Hosts are the Chamber of Commerce and Coe College.
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Bruce Fishwild
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Canada
Denmark
Germany
France
Iceland
Italy
United Kingdom
Turkey
Washington
D.C
Norfolk
The
Chamber of Commerce and
Coe College
AT&T and union avert nationwide phone strike with wage pact
After a 30 hour session officials of AT and T and the Communications Workers of America reached a wage agreement covering 25 000 workers in 42 states and D C. Increases of 2 to 4 dollars for operators and 1 to 5 dollars for maintenance staff will take effect Feb 10 if ratified, running 16 months to June 10 1959. The pact does not retroactively cover the old contract.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
At&t
States
District of Columbia
George K. Sparks
Sparks
Russia Western nations deadlock on East West talks
Washington dispatch reports Russia and Western powers blocked on holding a big East West conference. Diplomats anticipate a foreign ministers meeting or summit later year if high level talks reduce nuclear war risk. Hoskins captured in Texas for Rock Rapids murder. Iowa man arrested near Laredo after fleeing with stolen car.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
Atlantic Alliance
Garrison Man Killed in Car Crash Near Vinton
Frederick Herman Kirchner, 38, of Garrison died when his car left a gravel road and overturned on a bridge approach south of Vinton. Passenger Charles Raymond, also of Garrison, was hospitalized with injuries not believed serious. Sheriff said lost control near the gradeless approach.
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Vinton
Frederick Herman Kirchner
Garrison
Charles Raymond
Ed Thompson
Kirchner
Raymond
Virginia Gay Hospital
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Bulgar
Henry Shapiro
Andrea Gagero
Gagero
Negarville
Central Committee
G. I. Gazette
Washington Wonderland
Science
Iowa
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Maclean
C.R
Eric Alfred Winkler
Grey Bruce
Hanover
Ontario
Carl Langseth
Jacques de Menditte
Council of the Republic of France
Popular Republican Movement
Menditte
Jean Seitlinger
French National Assembly
Fridjon Thordarson
Damaoula
Franco Restive
University of Palermo
European Federalist Movement
Giuseppe Maria Sibille
Demo- Christian Party
Turin
Gresham Cooke
Twickenham
Transport Commission
Treasury
Governmental Affairs Institute
State Department
Cedar Rapids Municipal
United Air Lines
Roosevelt Hotel
Hoskins
Texas
India
AMES
Jack Hendrick Hoskins
Rock Rapids
Laredo
Orville J. Erickson
Erickson
J. J. Fell
U.S. Border Patrol
Fred Tonne
Art Justi
Tonne
Fell
Towne
Carol Hoskins
Congregational Church
Mexico
Roma
West
U.S
Dulles
George
Josh
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