Iowa Heat Wave Death Toll Rises
Iowa faces record heat with Cedar Rapids and Des Moines battling power outages and water shortages. Six more heat deaths raise toll to 12, while three drownings occur as statewide temperatures top 100. Officials cite overloaded transformers from heavy AC use and urge cautious heat relief.
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Eisenhower Urges Republicans Unity To Retain Helm
President Dwight D. Eisenhower told Republican lawmakers at a Statler breakfast that the GOP could control the national administration forever if it unites behind accepted principles. He dismissed talk of a Geneva summit letdown as bosh and urged a positive message on highway and school projects, national strength, and peace, while not addressing his own political future directly.
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Hoover declines New York City police commissioner offer
Washington FBI director J Edgar Hoover refused Mayor Robert Wagner's bid to name him NYC police commissioner. A spokesman said Hoover has no plan to leave the FBI and respectfully declined the offer.
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Judge Rules Bridges Not Communist in Deportation Case
Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman ruled in Bridges favor, finding the government failed to prove longshore leader Harry Bridges was a Communist. The decision stated the deportation case did not meet clear and convincing evidence standards.
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Double Spiral Parking Structure Studied in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids safety commissioner E A Prochaska announced the city is studying a new double spiral parking ramp design. Architect M R Beckstrom of Moline described the Parkit garage at a Thursday committee meeting, noting a continuous spiral up one side and down the other, on a tract about 150 by 300 feet.
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Insurance Premium Cut Offered on Safety Belts
Delta Insurance Companies of Louisiana offer a $5 reduction in liability medical premiums for autos with safety belts. Chairman George Menafee of the state rating commission will study the proposal while Delta President David Thomas explains the cut reflects total payments toinjured individuals over the past two years, including injuries from being thrown against parts of the car.
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Eisenhower son says White House fame hurts kids
Major John Eisenhower and his wife Barbara move with their three children to Fort Belvoir Virginia for a three year tour. He says the spotlight from a presidential family cannot be avoided and that they strive to minimize media attention while noting some impact on the children and their exposure to White House life.
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Yanks See Blasts at U. S. Reds Wind up Tour of Iowa
Aboard the SS Pobeda off the Crimean coast the U S farm delegation to Russia observed anti American propaganda in Eupatoria Park of Culture and Rest while Soviet officials lamented its prevalence The visit included exposure to posters depicting Uncle Sam with an atom bomb and other anti western imagery amid assurances of continuing goodwill efforts during a 13 day Iowa tour covering Osceola county fairs and farm projects in corn hybrid seed erosion control and hybrid poultry plans
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Toll Charges on C R Marion To Be Eliminated
Northwestern Bell announces a $400000 extension to end long distance tolls between Cedar Rapids and Marion within two years. Marion expands with a new equipment building and dial system, 2530 phones in Marion and 29000 in Cedar Rapids planned by the changeover. Monthly rates in Marion will align with Cedar Rapids, with rural and residential savings noted.
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Three Hungarians Escape Austria In Homemade Tractor Tank
Austrian police report three Hungarians escaped into Austria on Friday using a home made tractor tank. They crossed a minefield and barbed wire on the Hungarian side and sought political asylum in Austria.
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Small artificial moon would circle Earth for peaceful use
Washington scientists report President Eisenhower approved U S plans to launch one or more un manned Earth circling satellites by mid 1957 for peaceful scientific aims. The first small satellite about basketball size would orbit at 200 to 300 miles, travel roughly 18 000 mph, and be visible at twilight. Space researchers expect a series of satellites over two years to expand knowledge on solar radiation, cosmic rays, weather and communications.
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Jet Ace Fischer to marry Des Moines widow in Alabama
SWEA CITY Iowa's only double jet ace Capt Harold Fischer Jr 30 of Swea City will wed Mary Peterson a Des Moines woman at Maxwell air force base Montgomery Alabama The bride is widow of Lt Robert Peterson who died in a Korean crash in 1951 She has a 5 year old daughter Lana Lynn The Fischer family including the pilot's 6 year old son by a former marriage plan to attend if plane reservations are available Also attending will be three other flyers held captive by Red China Lt Lyle Cameron Lt Ronald Parks and Lt Col Edward Heller
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Television Tube Sparks Uncontested Detroit Divorce
Marian Borrusch, 51, won an uncontested divorce from George Borrusch, 66, in Detroit on grounds of extreme frugality. She testified he took the TV tube to work each morning to save electricity and barred furniture moves and visitors, saying it wore out the rug and coffee was wasted.
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