Reds Demand WithDrawal as Armistice Talks Stall
Peiping claimed Chinese aircraft shot down seven of eight U S jets near the Manchurian border. Pyongyang again pressed foreign troop withdrawal as a condition for cease-fire, accusing U S and South Korea of stalling. Allied observers feared further delay as the North negotiates from Pyongyang. Joy Burke and Craigie returned to the UN camp to oversee talks.
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Tokyo
Peiping
U.S
Manchurian
Korea
Kaesong
Pyongyang
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
United States
U. N
U. S. Army Signal Corps
C. Turner Joy
Joy
Arleigh Burke
L. C. Craigie
Insurance on Schools Goes To C R Firms
Cedar Rapids school board votes 4 to 3 to buy 8 million dollars in insurance from local agencies covering fire and extended risks on building values and contents. The plan uses 80 percent co insurance with a 25 thousand dollar content exemption and pools three main types of providers. Annual premium is about 7714 dollars, with three year and five year projections. Debate centered on possibly cheaper factory mutual options, which proponents say could save thousands over five years. Continued on Page 2 Col 3.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
W. Sandoe Jordan
Old Line
Mutual
Kesler
Jordan
Contino Pleads Guilty To Draft Evasion
Dick Contino the accordion star pleaded guilty in federal court to draft evasion after his attorney said the evidence showed technical guilt. The entertainer was allowed to testify about his mental condition with psychiatrist testimony.
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San Francisco
INS
Dick Contino
Contino
James T. Davis
Davis
Lawn Mower Fatality Claims Iowa Farm Woman
Mrs. Martin Bradshaw, 53, died when a home made electric lawn mower electrocuted her as she mowed at the family farm near Emeline Iowa. The device, borrowed from a neighbor, caused her death Tuesday and was discovered by her husband about 11 am. The Bradshaws moved to the farm March 1 from Cascade, about 15 miles northwest of Maquoketa.
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Maquoketa
Martin Bradshaw
Emeline
Bradshaws
Cascade
Cumings Granted Leave to Take Government Post
Cedar Rapids Iowa President C Cumings of Coe college will take an indefinite leave starting Sept 1 to serve in a classified federal position. Acting president Howell H Brooks will lead during the absence while Cumings remains connected to the college for Centennial events.
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Cedar Rapids
C. Cumings
Coe College
Owen N. Elliott
Howell H. Brooks
Cumings
Washington
Brooks
Elliott
Board of Trustees
Cedar Rapids Ave
GAO cites double payments to VMI and other schools in GI bill tuition
Government auditors testified that Virginia Military Institute collected tuition from both federal and state sources for some GI bill students. About 90,000 dollars overlapped, with overpayments often returned as cash to graduates. The GAO cited similar overpayments at multiple colleges in a report on the $12 billion veterans training program.
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Washington
Virginia Military Institute
G.I
Charles E. Eckert
General Accounting Office
GAO
House
Eckert
VMI
Veterans Administration
Uncle Sam
Carlessness
Teague
Dtexas
Wayne H. Smith
Blinded Boy Given 50000 Grant in U S Bill
President Truman signed a bill awarding 50000 dollars to James M. Shellenberger Jr a four year old boy born in an army hospital in Leghorn Italy who lost sight due to an overly strong silver nitrate solution. The boy's parents live in Mishawaka Indiana.
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Washington
Presiget Truman
Leghorn
Italy
James M. Shellenberger, Jr
Mishawaka
Ind
British diplomat near full recovery to resume duties
Moscow AP reports a British official nearly fully recovered from months of illness and set to return to full-time duties at the foreign ministry after a protracted illness spell.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Bargain Day Opens Simultaneously in Cedar Rapids
On Wednesday only, all Retail Merchants bureau stores of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will open at 9 a.m. with a 5 p.m. closing time. Stores revert to normal Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids News
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas Choices Lead in Poll of Illinois Lawyers
Northern Illinois lawyers voted in a poll by the Illinois State Bar Association on five candidates for federal bench vacancies. William H. King Jr and Benjamin P. Epstein led in the first question. Joseph Jerome Drucker and others trailed. Douglas recommended King and Epstein, a choice the President did not follow.
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Springfield
Ill
Northern Illinois
Illino
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Truman
Illinois State Bar Association
Joseph Jerome Drucker
Chicago
William H. King, Jr
Benjamin P. Epstein
Cook County
King
Perry
Harrington
Drucker
Tragedy Near Albia Man Drowns in Farm Pond
ALBIA AP Paul Weller a 33 year old man drowned Monday while swimming in a farm pond at his home northwest of Albia.
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Albia
Paul Weller
Allies Gain Ground In Korean Cease Fire Talks Advance
United Nations holds the initiative in Korea as talks move beyond a Kaesong site battle. Allies press to table troop withdrawals for now while Red negotiators consult higher authorities and decide whether to push the withdrawal issue or risk prolonged conflict.
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Nate Polowetzky
U. N
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Reds
Themsel
Dr. C R Keyes Dies at Home in Mt. Vernon
Dr. Charles Reuben Keyes 80 long prominent scholar and director of the Iowa state archaeological survey since 1922 died after a long illness at his Mt. Vernon home. A Cornell college professor for 38 years he studied archaeology bird migration and German literature and was famed as a leading authority on primitive American Indian cultures. He born May 5 1871 attended Cornell College Harvard University and taught at UC and Cornell. Survived by two daughters Catherine and Margaret funeral plans pending flowers omitted.
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MT. Vernon
Charles Reuben Keyes
Iowa State Archaeological Survey
Cornell College
Cornell
Keyes
Blairstown
Harvard Univerisity
Sarah Nausmann
Munich
Berlin
Western
Europe
U.S. Biological Survey
Iowa
Iowa State Historical Society
State Historical Society
Russell D. Cole
Catherine
Margaret
Four Bradley players admit bribe to trim game tally
State's Attorney Michael A. Shore said four Bradley University basketball stars admitted taking bribes to keep scores within a fixed point spread in two games. They received 4000 dollars for the Dec 7 1950 Bradley at Oregon State game and 1500 dollars for the Dec 21 1949 Bradley at Washington State game, both in Peoria.
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Peoria
Michael A. Shore
Bradley University
Bradley
Shore
Oregon State
Washington State
Gene Melchiorre
Highland Park
William Mann
Chicago
Charles “Bud” Grover
Dundee
Ill
Aaron Preece
Bowling Green
New York
Nick
Tony English
Melchiorre
City College of New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Ghetto Butcher Sentenced After War Crimes Conviction
Anga Von Stroop, a former Nazi colonel, was sentenced to death by a Warsaw provincial court after a conviction on war crimes charges. The ruling followed deliberations in the Polish capital.
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Warsaw
Anga von Stroop
City citizen cleans weeded traffic island in Oakland
For years locals urged the city to weed a four block long traffic island. Mrs Pauline Hedeen began cleaning the strip before dawn each day and cleared two blocks. A parks official later said a crew of eight men would finish the remaining two blocks.
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Oakland
Pauline Hedeen
Alce Leia
Runality
William P. Mott, Jr
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Carl C. Kesler
S. A. Giovanzzi
Charles Penningroth
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