Passage of Postal Rate Hike Urged
Postmaster General Summerfield urged Congress to raise postal rates to close a six billion dollar deficit since WWII, warning the shortfall could reach a billion annually without action. He backed Eisenhower's 5-cent out of town rate proposal and noted pay raises would add about 160 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
Summerfield
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Senati Post Office
Eisenhower
Senate
Kate
Peatmaster General
House
Scientists claim possible single vaccine for cold flu and polio
Two university doctors in New Orleans report a possible multi purpose vaccine combining protection against colds flu and polio. They say influenza and grippelike viruses could be grown in monkey kidney tissue and included with others to form one preventive shot.
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New Orleans
Afp
Inlane University
William J. Mogabgab
William Pelon
American Federation For Clinical Research
Pelion
Mogabgab
Tulane
Fog Shrouds Eastern Iowa Friday Morning
Dense fog blanketed central and eastern Iowa with zero visibility in spots and frost like snow in Cedar Rapids. Freezing drizzle appeared in the southeast, while highways were mostly clear except along a Muscatine to Burlington corridor where 25 to 60 percent snow remained. temperatures were to rise after Friday night with highs Saturday near 40.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Burlington
Lamont
Homecoming Duck Returns After Nine Mile Hike
Sophia the duck left Echo Park Lake family home a year ago and journeyed back to the Meehan yard after a nine mile trek through traffic. Mrs. J W Meehan notes the children Cathy Mary and Jimmy aged eight six and three had visited regularly, and plans to keep Sophia despite nuisance concerns.
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Los Angeles
Sophia
J. W. Meehan
Echo Park Lake
Meehan
Cathy
Mary
Jimmy
Bandit Holds Child Demands Cash at City Bank
An armed bandit entered a downtown Salt Lake City bank and demanded about $1,000, claiming a bank employee’s child was hostage. He threatened to release the child in two hours in Sugar House if pursued, while officers investigated whether a second child was actually involved.
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Salt Lake City
Sugar House
Factors Making For Dangerous Driver Set Forth
The AMA warns that even good drivers can be unsafe under certain conditions. Emotional upsets sleepiness medicines faulty vision hay fever or cold nerve or heart disorders old age and slower reflexes diabetes and alcohol use can impair driving ability. following medical advice can keep diabetics safe.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
AMA
Wildcat strike by New York Central conductors ends
A wildcat walkout by New York Central Railroad conductors was called off seven hours after it began. Val Simons led the action, claiming orders from union leaders were ignored by the railroad. The strike disrupted trains and caused crowding at Albany and surrounding areas while plans to lay off members were noted.
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NEW York
New York Central
Buffalo
Val Simens
White Plains
NYCRA
Albany
Cedar Rapids
Val Simons
Division 54
J. E. Magill
Hughes
Royal
Salk Says Annual Polio Shots Not Necessary
Pittsburgh AP reports Dr. Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, says yearly injections are not needed to maintain immunity. He spoke Thursday, arguing current vaccination rounds suffice for protection.
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Pittsburgh
Br. Jonas Salk
Anamosa Residents Enjoy Seeing Selves in Movie
Anamosa residents attend the premiere of a U.S. Information Agency documentary titled Small Town showing their town’s life. The film features local youths, the livestock auction, and praise from Paul Engle of the University of Iowa writing department.
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Ronnie
Tiarold Rumple
Stone City
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Information Agency
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Great Britain
Italy
France
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Belgium
Denmark
Austria
Luxembourg
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University of Town
Jones County
Engle
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Shada
Hallywand
Dulles Arrives in Tehran for 40 Hour Iranian Visit
Secretary of State Dulles lands at Mehrabad airport for a 40 hour official visit. He travels as an observer to attend the Bagdad Pact ministerial meeting opening in Ankara on Monday.
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Iran
Dulles
Mehrabad
Ankara
Turkey
Trip to Spain Prize in Gazette Carriers Contest
Cedar Rapids Gazette carrier wins a subscription contest and joins 60 other youths in a four day Lisbon stopover and a bus tour through Portugal to Madrid. The prize includes a trans Atlantic flight aboard TWA Jetstream aircraft and a return to New York on April 13.
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Tedart Rapids Newa
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Portugal
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Gazette
Parade Magazine
Trans-World Airlines
Iowa
United States
Zette
Cedar Rapids
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Fortugal
Soviet Envoy and Nixon Agree on Useful Contacts
Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zarubin met Vice President Nixon for 42 minutes and said both sides should develop contacts between the United States and the Soviet Union. Zarubin spoke of mutual aims to strengthen peace and friendly relations and invited Nixon to visit the Soviet Union at any time. He plans to return to Moscow next week and will be replaced.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Georgi Zarubin
Nixon
Russia
U. S
Zarebin
Zarubin
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
White Mouse
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
State Department
U.S
White House
Stocks Rally Pushes Upward Amid Steel and Oil Strength
The New York market staged a mid afternoon rally led by steels aircrafts tobacco and oils as traders bought with vigor. Prices rose from a few cents to more than $2 a share with Zenith Radio climbing as much as $6 during the session. Brokers cited solid earnings, favorable market technicals and higher steel scrap prices as likely drivers of the advance.
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New York
Zenith Radio
2-Tailed Worms Spelling Trouble
ROCK ISLAND UPI reports James Jackson faced £ 4,280 in arrears and a court order allowed sale of his store’s 2 tailed worms used as fish bait. Deputy Sheriff Marlin Molinelli aided the process and noted the worms thrived in a strong smell of chicken.
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Rock Island
UPI
James Jackson
Jackson
Marlin Molinelli
Molinelli
Gulf Oil Corp Fined for Crude Purchase Breach
Oklahoma City AP reports Gulf Oil Corporation was fined five hundred five thousand dollars by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for cutting its state crude purchases last year without authorization.
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Oklahoma City
Gulf Oil Corporation
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Hydrogen power quest continues years away
United States and Britain report fruitful results in hydrogen fusion experiments but say commercial power is still years away. AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss and Libby describe progress as significant yet not a breakthrough, with experts noting both nations remain neck and neck in the race.
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Washington
U. S
Britain
Lewis Strauss
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Willard Libby
AEC
U.S
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