Uneasy Calm After Venezuelan Government Reshuffle
In Caracas Venezuela President Marcos Perez Jimenez dismissed Interior Minister Laureano Vallenilla Sanz and police chief Pedro Estrada sending them into exile and expanded the armed forces presence in the cabinet. The move signals a temporary compromise with dissident military factions amid ongoing political tension.
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Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Laureano Vallenilla Sanz
Pedro Estrada
National
Secret Police
Paris
Estrada
Dominican Republic
Perez Jimenez
Interior Ministry
Parra Marquez
Hugo Fuentes
Jesus Maria Castro Leon
Fuentes
Castro
Oldest West Point grad Hodges at 97 draws record
Stamford Connecticut AP Maj Gen Henry Clay Hodges Jr ret 97 years eight months 22 days old Saturday to set the record as the oldest living graduate of the US Military Academy He tied the longevity mark of Maj Gen George Sears Greene class of 1823 who died in 1899 Hodges known for his stern press discipline keeps in touch with current events and notes the school has improved since 1881 He recalls serving in World War I and Spanish American War and once worked with Douglas MacArthur on the Washington staff.
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Stamford
Gen. Hodges
Hodges
West Point
Washington
Fort Vancouver
Wash
United States
France
San Juan
South Side News JAC Lodge Meeting and Installations
The Junior American Czech lodge No. 388 CSA meets at 6 p.m. Monday with a pot luck supper and installation of officers by the CSA degree staff. Meat and coffee provided. CSA lodge No. 462 hosts Theodore B. Hlubucek who discusses Christmas in Czechoslovakia at 7:30 p.m. in CSA hall. Jan Hus lodge IOOF installs officers Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Sokol hall with Clarence Trachta and staff officiating. Odd Fellows invited.
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JAC Lodge
CSA
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Czechoslovakia
Jan Hus Lodge
IOOF
Sokol Hall
Clarence Trachta
DDGM
Ely Lodge
All_ Odd Fellows
Two Student Nights Set For Jaycee Jamboree
The Jaycee Jamboree production of Wonderful Town designates the second and third performances as student nights. James Wasta says students pay $1, covering college and K12 attendees. The show runs January 29 to February 1 in Coe College Auditorium, with adults admitted all four nights.
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James Wasta
Coe College
Five young men face morals charges in Linn County court
In Linn County district court Saturday five men appeared on morals charges tied to alleged activities with three girls including a 20 year old mother facing prostitution. Four others face lewdness and rape charges. two younger girls are ordered to juvenile court.
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Linn County District Court
William A. Hepker
Toddville
Ronald E. Hanson
Palo
Roland E. Nelson
Seventeenth Street
Hepker
Hanson
Allen J. Strawn
Joseph J. Moore
Fifth Avenue
Nelson
Hooker
Betty Ann Hoover
Center Point Road
Couple sues to recover cookware purchase price
A Center Point couple Paul and Opal Johnson filed suit seeking $174.15 they paid for stainless steel cookware. They accuse Permanent Stainless Steel of Wisconsin Inc of misrepresenting that the ware had a cast iron core.
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Paul
Opal Johnson
Permanent Stainless Steel of Wisconsin, Inc
Milwaukee
Johnsons
Tipton Man Fined $500 in Assault Case
LeRoy Younger, 33, of Tipton was fined $500 after pleading guilty to an assault charge. Judge Charles Penningroth suspended $300, with four monthly installments of $50. The charge stemmed from a knife fight on October 11 at a Cedar Rapids tavern.
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LeRoy Younger
Tipton
Charles Penningroth
Younger
Cedar Rapids
Penningroth
Account Suit Filed Over $106.50 Against Dunlaps
Lora Byers executrix of the Dr. Albert Byers estate filed an account suit Saturday seeking $106.50 from Clyde and Mary Dunlap.
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Clyde
Mary Dunlap
Lora Byers
Albert Byers
Six Dog Poisonings Investigated at Vinton
Vinton police conduct an intensive investigation into six dog poisonings in a local neighborhood within the last two weeks. Veterinarians treating the dying dogs report strychnine likely hand-fed to the animals. A $50 reward for information leading to the arrest of the poisoner has been posted by the pet owners' fathers.
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Vinton
Fathers . Ae
Increased Postage Rates Probable At This Session
Washington AP reports the Eisenhower administration aims to push a postal rate increase bill this session with letters rising to 4 cents and air mail to 7 cents. Higher second and third class rates are planned while pay raises for postal workers and civil service may offset new revenue. Senate action hinges on witnesses and potential amendments to favor a 5 cent letter rate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Carlson
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate
Senate Committee
Senator Neuberger
D-Ore
Post Office Committee
Air Mail
Summerfield
Civil Service
Post Office Department
Nurserymen Seek Ban on Billboards Along Interstate Routes
The Iowa Nurserymen's Association adopted a resolution urging Congress to ban billboards and advertising signs within a readable distance of interstate highways. At the closing session, R. W. Ferguson of Des Moines was named president, Dwight Hughes of Cedar Rapids vice president, and Earl Ferris of Hampton secretary-treasurer.
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Des Moines
Iowa Nurserymen’s Association
Congress
R. W. Ferguson
Dwight Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Earl Ferris
Hampton
New Virginia Chief Fights Integration
Virginia's new governor J Lindsay Almond Jr pressed a firm line against racial integration and sought authority to close schools under federal troop protection. He campaigned for flexible positions over detailed plans, vowed to defend state sovereignty, and urged a commission with sister states to study states rights amid massive resistance laws.
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Richmond
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Little Rock
General Assembly
Almond
Capitol
Thomas Jefferson
Edward W. Hudgins
Virginia Supreme Court
Thomas B. Stanley
Ted Dalton
Area Masonic Lodges Install Area Masonic Lodges Install Iowa News
Masonic lodges in Maynard Kalona Clarence Sigourney and surrounding areas installed officers. Names include worshipful masters Maynard Dean Feldman and Sigourney William O Harper with a slate of senior and junior wardens deacons stewards secretaries and treasurers.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Masonic
Maynard
Harold Ensign
Glen Mittelstadt
Vern Hucke
Ed Wenzel
Floyd Gilley
Marvin Ingels
Wayne Thompson
Floyd Henniges
Howard Ingels
Andrew Gantenbein
Tyler
Frank Stiles
Marshall
C. H. Willemssen
Kalona
Dean Feldman
M. L. Tweeton
C. W. Beckman
W. D. Hochstetler
Guy Feldman
Vernon Stagner
O. L. Rogers
Bill M. Clark
Stanley Mouser
Clarence—Melvin Roth
Lloyd Hasselbusch
Henry Klatt
Walter Gendelmann
Bert Kelly
Wilbur Debner
John Campbell
Sigourrey
William O. Harper
Stephen C. Gerard
Don J. Adams
W. C. McCuen
Marion H. Barnes
Russell Noller
Robert Parsons
Herbert Mohr
David Noller
Sam Hardesty
Fayette County Boards Hires Speech Therapist and Teacher
William Lee Glassell of Cedar Falls is hired as a speech therapist for Fayette county public schools and will start February 3. Emily R. Swartz of Fayette is employed as a teacher for a class of mentally retarded children. This adds third cooperative project with local schools including Oelwein and West Union.
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West Union
William Lee Glassell
Cedar Falls
Fayette County
KC SAYS: Viewers Increasingly Watching Channel 9
A KC radio column notes growing audience attention to Channel 9 with increasing time spent watching. The piece reflects a trend in local television consumption and viewer engagement patterns.
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Channel 9
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