Cedar Rapids Weather and Local Notices Summary
Iowa forecast shows fair north and partly cloudy south with highs near 84 to 90. Weekend Almanac notes calm winds at 11:30 p.m. Saturday and sunrise at 4:54 a.m. Monday. Obscured late items include birth notices in Cedar Rapids and service for Cora Pillard at a Presbyterian church with listed survivors.
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Washington
Municipal
Coggan
Cora Pillard
Louis Pillard
Presbyterian Church
Lester Smith
Guardsmen raid Phenix City as martial rule tightens
In Phenix City Alabama armed national guardsmen began sweeping raids on vice dens two days after Governor Gordon Persons placed the city and Russell County under martial rule. State Adjutant General Walter Hanna said 30 to 35 night spots would be raided and warrants sworn for eight to ten people.
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Phenix City
Ala
National
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Russell County
Adjt
Walter J. Hanna
Hanna
Iowa AFL League Denounces GOP Labor Stand in Iowa
The Iowa Labor's League for Political Education, an AFL unit, said the state Republican convention's labor plank is meaningless and that the GOP has turned its back on organized labor. It blasted the Republican Labor Council as nonrepresentative and a puppet group, with working people ignored.
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Des Moines
Iowa Labor’s League For Political Education
League
American Federation of Labor Organization
Iowa Republican Party
Republican Labor Council
AFL
G.O.P. Labor Council
Iowa
Two Hurt by Seltzer Bottle Explosion
Two persons sustained eye and facial injuries when a seltzer bottle exploded Saturday in the yard of James Oliver, 15, at 1920 First Avenue. Oliver and John McMahon, 44, of Kansas City, were treated at St. Luke's Hospital after flying glass damaged eyes and lips. McMahon required surgery and both were admitted in fair condition.
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James Olver
First Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
John McMahon
Kansas City
British jet crashes kill four in RAF exercises
In Scotland two Meteor jets collided in fog over Leuchars injuring one pilot who parachuted to safety. A Canberra bomber crashed near North Elmham in southeastern England during the same exercise, killing all three crewmen.
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London
Royal Air Force
Leuchars
Scotland
North Elmham
England
Westinghouse and Union in Accord
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the United Electrical Workers reached a wage pact retroactive to July 1 for over 17 000 workers in 16 plants. The agreement raises salaries, augments pensions, and extends the national contract to October 15 1955, pending ratification by the UE board and locals by August 19 1954.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Conference Board
Airliner raid near Hainan kills many. survivors rescued
Eight rescued survivors recount a fatal strike on a civilian airliner near Hainan as fighters and gunfire overwhelmed the craft. US and allied forces dispatched carriers to the area to aid rescue and search operations with a Chinese-claimed 12 mile limit cited by authorities. Among the survivors are Americans and Mrs. Leonard Parish of Texas, with Iris Stobart noting bullets removed from two victims.
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Thatcher
Philippines
J. T. Woodyard
Woodyard
Hong Kong
Malaya
Indo-China
Thailand
Hainan
Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Brown
Washington
State Department
Leonard L. Parish
Iowa Park
Texas
Valerie
Dulles
Iit
Charles Wilson
United States
Mason Confirmed As Housing Chief
The Senate confirmed Norman P. Mason a Massachusetts builder as the new head of the Federal Housing Administration after a protracted dispute over blame for housing scandals.
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Mason
Washington
INS
Senate
Massachusetts
Norman P. Mason
State files tax liens against indicted Iowans
Iowa filed income tax liens against two men indicted by a Crawford county grand jury on fraud charges. Chris M. Olson of Manilla owes 3341.93 in back taxes plus 1774.73 penalties, while Leonard Hassett faces 1814.88 in taxes plus 1033.17 in penalties. The indictments allege a county business fraud involving a bulldozer hired to work for the county and drainage districts in 1947 to 1949.
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Olson
Hassett
Leo A. Hoegh
Robert K. Brannon
Denison
Atheistic Crusade Urged by Pravda
Pravda calls for a scientific and atheistic crusade against religion in the Soviet Union. The front page editorial accuses propagandists of mishandling their roles and declares religion to be a tenacious remnant of capitalism despite constitutional tolerance.
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Moscow
INS
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Union
Kremlin
German Train Bus Crash Kills 26 near Worms
A speeding train collided with an excursion bus at an unguarded crossing near Worms Germany killing 26 people and injuring 6. The bus carried factory workers from a local furniture plant on a Rhine river outing. 26 of 28 bus passengers died, along with the driver.
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Worms
Germany
Here
Rhine
Ford Foundation Denounces Charges at Public Hearings
Washington report says the Ford Foundation blasted a House committee for labeling private educational foundations as subversive and blocking rebuttal. The foundation urged the panel to issue a report condemning the unsubstantiated testimony, while Rep Reece suspended hearings over what he called obstructionist tactics by Rep Hays. Other groups have voiced similar protests.
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Washington
Ford Foundation
Congressional Committee
Foundations
Special House Committee
B. Carroll Reece
R-Tenn
House
Reece
Foundation
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Hays
Carnegie Corp
League For Individual Democracy
Fordfinanced Fund For the Republic Inc
American Council of Learned Societies
Miss Brazil loses Miss Universe title over hip size
James Bacon reports in Long Beach that Miss Brazil Maria Martha Rocha lost the Miss Universe crown after judges noted an extra hip measure. Miriam Stevenson of South Carolina won after a rare triple tie vote, despite Rocha's strong face appeal and press favorite status.
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Long Beach
Calif
U.S. A
Maria Martha Rocha
Bahia
Brazil
Miriam Stevenson
South Carolina
U.S.A
Deaths Hazel Virginia Martin services set for Monday
Hazel Virginia Martin a Cedar Rapids resident for nine years died Friday. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Monday conducted by Carl Kantor of Jehovahs Witnesses. Burial will be Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Hazel Virginia Martin
Twenty-first Street
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Carl Kantor
Hazel Martin Nesses
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Service for Steven Doling Held Monday at Sutherland
Steven Doling 13 died on his grandparents farm near Sutherland Thursday afternoon. Rev E H Widmann of Trinity Lutheran will conduct services at Baumgarten funeral home Monday at 2 30 p m. Burial will be in Sutherland. He was born October 29 1940 at Cherokee and confirmed last Palm Sunday. He is survived by his parents Kenneth and (name) Doling and his grandparents.
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Steven Doling
Sutherland
E. H. Widmann
Trinity Lutheran Church
Baumgarten
Steven
Kenneth Doling
Twenty-sixth Street
Cherokee
Services for Mrs Clarice A Thomas in Van Horne Church
Mrs Clarice A. Thomas of Vinton road NW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Friday. Funeral services will be held at 9 30 a m Monday in Immaculate Conception church Van Horne by Rev Francis J Churchill. Burial in Holy Cross cemetery Van Horne. Body at Monahan funeral home where friends may call today and this evening with Rosary recited at 8 30 p m.
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Clarice A. Thomas
Vinton Road
Cedar Rapids
Immaculate Conception Church
van Horne
Francis J. Churchill
Holy Cross Cemetery
Monahan
Funeral services for Hattie Chadsey in Cedar Rapids
Services for widow Hattie Chadsey of 395 Memorial drive SE Cedar Rapids will be held in Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Monday with Rev. B. H. Bruner of the First Christian church officiating. Entombment follows in the Chapel of Memories. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Hattie Chadsey
Addison H. Chadsey
Memorial Drive
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
B. H. Bruner
First Christian Church
Services for Jessie Lou Fite Died Thursday
Jessie Lou Fite widow of Fred Fite of 1417 Third Street NW died Thursday. Services at Turner chapel at 1 30 pm Monday conducted by Rev Samuel C Ritchhart of Ellis Park Church of God. Burial in Oak Shade cemetery at Marion. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Jessie Lou Fite
Fred Fite
Thirdstreet NW
Turner Chapel
Samuel C. Ritchhart
Ellis Park
Radioactivity tests on Columbia River fish linked to Hanford operation
Fish in the Columbia River undergo periodic testing for radioactivity to assess possible contamination from the Hanford atomic project. Officials note ongoing surveillance and data collection to monitor environmental impact and public safety.
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Columbia River
Hanford
Lively Admits Attempted Rape Led to Murder
Indianapolis AP reporting Victor H. Lively confessed to three rape attempts before the strangling of 18 year old Dorothy Poore. He said a dispute over whisky led to the death and later admitted to throttling her. the body was found in a downtown Claypool hotel dresser drawer.
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Indianapolis
Dorothy Poore
John Ambuhl
Victor H. Lively
Clayton
Lively
Miss Poore
Ambuhl
Claypool
Mermaid painting by 8 year old shocks Birmingham exhibit
A modern work titled Mermaid was removed from Birmingham Town Hall after art sophisticates praised it. The 8-year-old Michael Allin, son of a city symphony principal, created the piece as a joke and his father said it caused no harm, though some critics argued the exhibit lacked vision.
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Birmingham
England
Birmingham Town Hall
Michael Allin
City Symphony Orchestra
Allin
City Briefs HaWkeye Toastmasters and Civic Notes
City briefs list local meetings and personnel notes from Cedar Rapids area. Hawkeye Toastmasters hold a family picnic Monday at Bever Park. Rotary Club features John Harrell discussing welfare work at the Montrose hotel luncheon. Several residents are hospital, on leave, or returning from service, including J P Garnant with a broken hip and Seaman Apprentice Charles A Hird after navy recruit training. News also covers Jaycee council and committee meetings at local hotels, Pleune leaving St Luke's after illness, a Civic Club film night, and a funeral attendance by Mr and Mrs Donald L Rogers in Colorado Springs.
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Charles A. Hird
Allen B. Hird
B Avenue NE
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Franklin High School
Indian worker earns about ten dollars monthly in India
The labor ministry survey shows the average Indian industrial worker earns 10.18 dollars per month and spends about 58 percent of income on food.
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New Delhi
India
Labor Ministry
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Daily Record
C. R. Weather
Richard J. Greene
Willadene M. Greene
John K. Hoover
Ann Brooks
James M. Schiller
Dolores S. Phillips
Joseph W. Roman
Barbara Giblin
Charles G. Hartman
Marilyn R. Raftis
Joseph Murdoch
Margaret C. Molitor
Donald R. Stevens
Shirley J. Phelps
Donald Nast
Lisbon
Dorothy Irving
Stanwood
Franklin W. King
Center Point
Iva J. Barnes
George P. Inman
Tama
Vivian L. Walton
Ralph Hilmer
Marion
Carole Hickey
St. Luke's
Jacobsen
Kenneth
Ernst
Robert
High Amana
Burdick
Ernest
Houston Street
Orrick
A. Paul
Kerney
Evan
MecMurrin
Wilmer
Rompet Street
Simmons
Jacob
Winthrop
Joyner
Thomas
Bealer Court
O’connell
John
D Avenue
Marsh
Oakland Road
Athoff
David
Norway
Clarence
Vernon
Ernest J. Carpenter
Jonne M. Carpenter
Deeths
Columbus
Chattahoochee River
Albert L. Patterson
AFL Political League
Assairs
G.O.P
Rome
Europe
Westinghouse and Union In Accord
Tachou
Air Force
U. S. Army
Connecticut
Far East
Red China
Beatty-Bearle
Clarence Beatty
Arthur Bearle
Third Avenue
S. E
Barta-Hesser
Jay W. Hesser, Jr
Jay W. Hesser, Sr
DIAL
Fifth Avenue and
Eighth Street
Associated Press
Thomas W. Lavenia
Sen. McCarthy
Defense Department
Uit
Clara Hobel
Third Street
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Walker
J. W. Novak & Son Monument Co
N.W
2Nd Street
Bhanny
Flowers Express
Omans
Miss
James Bacon
Miss Rocha
Nicarr
ROHN
Funeral Home
Third Ave
Elden
Iowa Memorial Co
Ibas
Hazel Martin
Doling Services
Thomas Services
Chadsey Services
Fite Services
Betz Monuments
Hawkeye Toastmasters
Hawkeye Toastmasters Club
Bever Park
Rotary Club
John Harrell
Public Welfare Bureau
Montrose Hotel
J. P. Garnant
Route 2
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Garnant
Ely Road
Jaycee Council
The
Jaycee Committee
Civic Club
South Side Civic Club
Zcbj Hall
Donald L. Rogers
Fifteenth Street
Colorado Springs
Mr. Rogers
Mary L. Rogers
Teahen Funeral Home
First Ave
Dia
Bezdek’s Florists
Marion Blvd
Ueuronarm
John B.tunner
2Nd Avenue
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