U N to Burn Revolt Probe Witness List
Dag Hammarskjold agreed to burn the names of witnesses who testified in the U N Hungary investigation. He denied authorizing Povl Bang Jensen to be sole guardian of papers identifying witnesses and said a three member committee found no authorization. Bang Jensen claimed authority and demanded proof as a condition for reinstatement.
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United Nations
N.Y
INS
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Hungary
Povl Bang-Jensen
Bang-Jensen
Hammarskjold
Ut Me
U.S
Earnest A. Gross
Investigative Committee
U.N. Commission
Gross
Bang- Jensen
Armed Indians Break Up Klan Rally at Maxton NC
A large group of armed Lumbee Indians halted a Ku Klux Klan rally near Maxton North Carolina firing shotguns rifles and pistols for about thirty minutes before North Carolina state troopers arrived to disperse the crowd The Klansmen did not fire back and four people were wounded The clash followed two cross burnings in Robeson County prompting tensions between the Lumbee and white residents The night ended with police using tear gas as many rioters dispersed and the field fell silent
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Maxton
N.C
North Carolina
Robeson County
St. Pauls
East Lumberton
Klan
James Cole
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Eight Beneficiaries Named in Will of John B. Terry
John B. Terry who died January 10 left a will admitting probate in district court. A niece receives household goods and autos while a trust funds eight beneficiaries with monthly payments of 150 to 200 dollars. If funds lag, payments are proportioned. Surplus goes to Cedar Rapids Children’s Home and, after deaths, to the Home for Aged Women or the Community Welfare Foundation. Merchants National Bank is trustee and executor without bond.
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Cedar Rapids
John B. Terry
Terry
Terry Durin Company
Jessie St. Clair
Vinton
Viasta Rabik
Paul R. Lempke
Melissa Clack
Blanche T. Estes
Edith C. Garrison
Arcadia
Calif
Madge Winter
Davenport
St. Clair
Community Welfare Foundation of
Merchants National Bank
Sam Hutton Home Destroyed by Fire
The one story frame home of the Sam Hutton family on Glass road NE in Linn Junction area was a total loss after a fire Saturday night. Cedar Rapids fire department arrived at 9:38 and remained two hours ten minutes. cause undetermined. The home lay outside city limits and was called in by a neighbor. the Buttons were not home.
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Cedar Rapids
Sam Hutton
Glassroad
Linn Junction
Maquoketa Man Killed in Collision
A 27 year old Maquoketa resident Eugene Alphonse Adrian died after a car he rode in struck a bridge near Wheatland, three hours after the Saturday evening crash. Driver Donald Dale Marks of Maquoketa was not seriously injured and taken to DeWitt hospital.
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Town News
Maquoketa
Wheatland
Eugene Alphonse Adrian
DeWitt Community Hospital
Iowa
Highway Patrol
Donald Dale Marks
DeWitt Hospital
RS Relaxes Marking Rule On Shotguns
The internal revenue service dropped a proposal to stamp all shotguns and small rifles with maker name and serial number. New regulations require stamping for revolvers pistols and high powered rifles with manufacturer name serial number caliber and model. Dwight E Avis said protests influenced revisions. The rules in The Federal Register take effect March 1.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Dwight E. Avis
Alcohol Tax Unit
Revenue Service
Federal Register
Agricultural Labor Efficiency Impresses NATO Delegates
NATO delegates from 10 nations toured Iowa farms with 22 Cedar Rapids business leaders, noting few workers sustain large operations. They viewed 64 breeding bulls at Eastern Iowa Breeders and a summer Hereford show at Hawkeye Downs, admired livestock quality, and learned of European breed origins during farm visits near Mt. Vernon and Stanwood.
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NATO
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Hereford Association
Carl Langseth
Denmark
A. C. Normann
Guiseppe Sibille
Italy
Daniel Gauclair
Rex Conn
Gavette
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
R. Gresham Cooke
Milo Wolrab
Mt. Vernon
Wolrab
Berkshire
Mr. Cooke
Britain
Stanwood
Don Smith
William Davidson
James Smith and Son
Neal
Willard Eiler
No Cases of Polio Reported in Cedar Rapids 1957
Cedar Rapids records show zero polio cases in 1957, a first since at least 1944, attributed to widespread polio vaccine programs. Measles mumps and chicken pox rose sharply, with 1957 seeing 1082 measles, 559 mumps, and 674 chicken pox cases, about double 1956 levels. The health department notes cyclical disease patterns and urged continued vaccination. Scarlet fever and paratyphoid were the other diseases recorded in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
City Health Department
Health Department
Smith
Carl Smith
Cutter Lab to Appeal Jury Verdict in Polio Case
Cutter Laboratories said it will appeal a verdict awarding 147300 dollars to two polio victims from a 1955 Salk vaccine case. jurors cited warranty law but found no direct negligence. parents of Anne Elizabeth Gotts and James Randall received 131500 and 15800 dollars respectively. 31 more suits totaling about 10 million dollars loom against Cutter and other vaccine makers.
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Oakland
Calif
Cutter Laboratories
Cutter
Thomas J. Ledwicks
Anne Elizabeth Gottsbanker
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara College
James Randall
Monrovia
Anne Elizabeth
Egypt signs long term trade pact with Communist North Viet Nam
Cairo sources report Undersecretary of Commerce Mustafa Khalifa announced on Saturday that Egypt has signed a long term trade agreement with Communist North Viet Nam. Details of goods, quotas, and dates were not disclosed. The announcement underscores growing formal ties between Cairo and Hanoi amid regional trade shifts.
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Cairo
Mustafa Khalifa
Egypt
Viet Nam
Secret Satellite Reconnaissance Contract Revealed
Washington AP reports heavily censored testimony shows the air force ordered large scale satellite vehicles for reconnaissance. Lockheed officials testified a limited contract exists while funding shortfalls halted an airborne long range missile warning system.
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Defense
Air Force
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
Eugene Root
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Lockheed
Robert Gross
R. A. Bailey
Advanced Systems
Newsmen
Army
Defense Department Saturd
William M. Holaday
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