Cease-Fire Debate and Taiwan Crisis Across Nations
Western diplomats expect a U N Security Council invitation to Red China for a cease fire debate on Taiwan. Peiping condemns cease fire as surrender while Nationalists reject U N mediation. Britain and New Zealand back discussions. U S would defend Formosa and Pescadores if needed. Senate leaders consider a cease-fire resolution amid shifts in policy toward Peiping. Stockholm note: Denmark's Hedtoft dies at 52.
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Gazette
Red China
Formosa
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Peiping Radio
Taiwan
U.S
Chima
Red Radio
Peiping People's Daily
U. S
China
Britiin
New Zealand
Sivalian Council
Britain
Congress
Eisenhower
Pescadores
Pravda
Moscow
Senate Democrats
U. N
Sparkman
D-Ats
Humphrey
D-Minn
Douglas
D-Ill
Chiang Kai-shek
Senate Foreign Relations Far Eastern
Peiping
Ameri- Stockholm
Hans Hedtoft
Den
Mark
Twolholm
Nordic Council
Free World
Weather Forecast Night Cold With Frigid Low
Clear and cold tonight with lows from 8 to 10 below zero. Clouds will increase Sunday afternoon, followed by a new Sunday night.
Woegh Proposes Captive Family Korea Meeting
Gov Woegh asks State Department and United Nations to consider a Panmunjom meeting between captured American airmen and their families. He urges urgent talks with Dulles Ham marskjold and Lodge. Dulles denied passports for relatives desiring to visit Capt Harold Fischer held since 1953.
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Woegh
Korea
DES Mgines
State Department
United Nations
Gov
Panmunjom
Hhreman
Dulles
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Hoegh
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Anvil
Two Men Charged in Woman’s Death by Car Bombing
Houston AP report says two men including a former son in law, Harry L. Washburn aged 38, and Carlton Henneger aged 37, were charged in the gangland style slaying of Mrs. Harry Weaver, a wealthy ranch woman. Police accuse the pair in the death tied to an explosive device placed in a car.
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Rero
Houston
Harry ©. Weaver
West Texas
Harry L. Washburn
Carlton Henneger
Sfeavel, i
Weaver
Washburn
Mr. Brookman
Molotov hints aid in bid for temporary cease fire
Soviet Deputy Premier Molotov told Hearst that Formosa poses a threat to peace and indicated the Soviet government might back a temporary cease fire to withdraw Chiang Kai-shek forces from nearby islands. He said the U.S. bears responsibility due to interference in Chinese affairs and that Moscow seeks to reduce international tensions.
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iBy Kingsbury Smith
Moscow
Ins
Molotov
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Formosa
China
Kremlin
Soviet Union
U.N
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
Far East
U.S
Eden
Cold Temps to Persist Across Iowa with More Snow
The weather outlook shows continued deep freeze across Iowa this weekend with near zero to minus 15 readings in the northeast. Snow is forecast to hit western Iowa Saturday night and spread to the rest Monday, as Cedar Rapids records a tenth inch of precipitation and Ames reports generally normal highways despite about an inch of snow in portions of central and western Iowa.
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Towa
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Ames
State Highway Commission
Central
Two Alarm Fire at H and W Motor Express Garage
Firemen battled a two alarm blaze Saturday at 2 45 p m at the H and W Motor Express Company garage located at 1126 Fourth Street NW. The fire began around 2 o clock and was under control by 2 45. First call came in at 2 7. The second alarm was sounded around 2 20.
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H and W Motor Express Company
Fourth Street NW
Yanks to land on Tachens to assist evacuation
A U.S. Navy operation is planned to land on the Tachens within artillery range of Communist China to evacuate about 10,000 Nationalist troops and 15,000 civilians. Navy amphibious crews will execute the evacuation with token Nationalist help, risking broader conflict as Congress backs Eisenhower defense plans.
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Marvinstone
Taipeh
INS
U.S
Tachen
Tachens
Congress
Eisenhower
Formosa
No Sanctuary For Attackers On Formosa
US fighter pilots would be authorized to attack Red flyers who fire on them even if it means crossing into communist territory. Officials said hot pursuit could be cited, but no firm decision exists on applying this to Quemoy and Matsu. Washington directives remain unclear on bomber retaliation latitude.
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Molotov
Formosa
U. S
Formosa Strait
Korea
U.S
Ila
Quemoy
Matsu
Washington
Former Cedar Rapids resident near death after Minneapolis shooting
Lester G. Brookman a former Cedar Rapids resident now a prominent stamp dealer in Minneapolis and resident at risk after a prowler shot him in his Minneapolis home. Cedar Rapids relatives report the Brookmans were home Friday and Brookman faced a 50-50 chance of living on Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Lester G. Brookman
Brookman
Minneapolis General Hospital
Abbott Hospital
Brookmans
Ellen Brookman
W. C
Eisenhower signs defense resolution amid Formosa clash
President Eisenhower signed the defense resolution authorizing U S armed forces to defend Formosa and nearby areas including Quemoy and Matsu. The action followed a violent home invasion in Cedar Rapids involving the Brookman family, with one intruder shot dead and Mr Brookman mortally wounded. The measure aims to deter Communist aggression and back U N efforts to halt hostilities.
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Dukes
Senate
Eisenhower
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Quemoy
Matsu
Mother Offers To Replace Son In Red Prison
VISTA Calif AP The mother of American air force captain Elmer Llewellyn Suter offered in a letter to President Eisenhower to take her son's place in a Chinese Communist prison. Mrs Stiter said other mothers would do the same and that her son has paid his debt to his country. She criticized the State Department for restricting visits and faulted the administration for not taking stronger action for the prisoners.
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