U.S. May Shift Arms Talk Policy
The Eisenhower administration reexamines disarmament strategy with Russia to avoid a deadlock after rejecting the open skies plan. Presidents Eisenhower and Stassen push toward bringing the nuclear threat under control while Dulles shows caution and gap in views.
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U.S
John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
London
United States
Fall from Truck Fatal to Girl
Gretchen Elsie Beach 24, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Beach of near Argyle, was fatally injured Saturday when she fell from a pickup truck on highway 61 south of Fort Madison. The truck towing a trailer ran over her and she died at Fort Madison hospital.
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Fort Madison
Gretchen Elsie Beach
Ernest Beach
Argyle
Highway 61
Here
Crases
GOP Won't Use Chotiner In Campaign 1956
National Chairman Leonard Hall announced the Republican National Committee will not use Murray Chotiner in this year's presidential campaign. Chotiner, Nixon's 1952 campaign manager, faces Senate subcommittee scrutiny over possible use of government contacts in his law practice. Hall says the party's staff is now sufficient to handle campaign needs.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
Calif
Earl Warren
California
United States
Hall
Chotiner
National Committee
Edward W. O’brien
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
O’brien
Murray Chotiner
Goodwill Tour to Iron Curtain Nations by Hammarskjold
United Nations sources say Dag Hammarskjold will launch a goodwill tour of Iron Curtain countries, opening in Moscow on June 24. He plans talks with Premier Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev on world peace and is expected to meet Dmitri Shepilov, the foreign minister.
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United Nations
N. Y
INS
Dag J
Hammarskjold
Kremlin
Foreign Office
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Cedar Rapids Couple Hurt In Roadside Crash Near Palo
A Cedar Rapids couple were treated at Mercy hospital after their car rolled over three times on Shellsburg road west of Palo. Mrs Max J Blazvich 17 was admitted with a forehead laceration and arm abrasion. Her husband suffered a leg injury. They live at 1151 Archer avenue SW and were taken to hospital by friends.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Palo
Max J. Blazvich
Archer Avenue
Shellsburg
Swedish Air Officers Set for Moscow Visit on June 24
Three senior Swedish air force officers were reported preparing to visit Moscow for Soviet aviation day on June 24. The trip aims to strengthen aviation ties between Sweden and the Soviet Union.
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Russia
Stockholm
INS
Moscow
Jury awards 300000 to crippled boy in Ohio case
An eight year old, Carl Butchie Berry, receives 300000 in damages from De-Witt Motors, Akron, after a car driven by former salesman Gene Dengg struck him in Valley View last June. The verdict, after a May trial, sets a county record. The firm plans retrial and bankruptcy filing.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
De-Witt Motors, Inc
Akron
De-Witt
Gene Dengg
Carl “Butchie” Berry
Valley View
Butchie
Cayashoga
Ohio
DeWitt
Dengy
Tito in Talk with Russian Leaders
Moscow radio reports Tito and Yugoslav officials had a friendly talk Saturday night with Soviet leaders including Klimenti Voroshilov and Dmitri Shepilov. The visit underscores ongoing Yugoslav-Soviet exchanges during Tito’s outreach.
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Tito
London
INS
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Klimenti Voroshilov
Dmitri Shepilov
Hand of God Saved Priest After Plane Crash
A Catholic air force chaplain, Father Cornelius McLaughlin, riding a jet to Philadelphia for a cousin’s wedding, ejected and survived when he prayed and felt the hand of God pull his parachute ripcord. He landed in a marsh and later attended the wedding at St. Alice’s Church in Philadelphia, stepping in to officiate after the delay.
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Hand of God
Ripcord
Philadelphia
Air Force
Cornelius F. Me‘Laughlin
Sioux City
Pine Bush
N. Y
Father McLaughlin
Charles B. Henk
Trenton
N. J
McLaughlin
Stewart Air Base
Newburgh
St. Alice’s Catholic Church
Barbara Anna Coyle
Norbert Dooling
Camp Good Health Fund Pledges and Memorials
A listing of contributions and memorials includes Camp Good Health with 2096.54 and donations from Cedar Rapids lodge No. 251 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1362. Memorials honor Mrs. Albert J. Sloan, Margaret Bottome, Mary Andre, Dean and Garry Neubauer, with groups such as Kiwanis Marion Women’s Auxiliary, Rebekah Lodge No. 79, and the Social Circle of Peoples Church noted.
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Cedar Rapids
B.P.O. Ellis
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Richard
Albert J. Sloan
Margaret Bottome
King’s. Daughters
of Peoples Church
Mary Andre
Dean
Garry Neubauer
Brazil Censors Radio After Student Riots
Brazil’s government declared an economic political crisis and shut down O Globo radio during opposition remarks. President Kubitschek defended the move on air as riots were quelled by the armed forces amid student protests over bus fare increases and rising living costs.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Juscelino Kubitschek
O Globo
Kubitschek
National
5.00 Students’ Union
UNE
Adanto Lucio Cardoso
National Democratic Union
UDN
Students Union
Bombay Police Battle Rioters in Major Demonstration
About 5,000 police and home guards battled hundreds of anti government rioters at a Nehru Congress meeting in Bombay. Police reported 1,375 arrests with 18 officers injured. authorities warned the crowds may grow and tightened controls for the Congress committee's closing sessions.
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Bombay
India
Nehru
Congress Party
Congress Working Committee
New Delhi
Mollet appeals moderates to back Algeria policy
Paris Premier Guy Mollet urged France's moderate parties on Saturday to support his repression and reform program in the rebellious Algerian situation.
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Paris
INS
Guy Mollet
France
Algeria
Adm. Edwards Dies at Age of 71 in Oakland
Admiral Richard Stanislaus Edwards 71, deputy commander of the U S fleet and deputy chief of naval operations in World War II, died Saturday at the Oakland naval hospital after treatment for a heart condition.
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Oakland
Calif
INS
Richard Stanislaus Edwards
Oakland Naval Hospital
Billy Rose and Joyce Are Wed
Showman Billy Rose and former showgirl Joyce Mathews wed in a civil ceremony at Abe Burrows’s home in New York. Justice Samuel Gold presided. Ben Hecht served as best man. Mathews’s matron of honor and about a score of guests attended the brief ceremony.
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New York
Billy Rose
Joyce Mathews
Abe Burrows
Samuel Gold
Manhattan Supreme Court
Rose
Ben Hecht
Charles Beagle
Miss Mathews
Roge
Soviet Union streamlines government in sweeping decentralization
London based United Press reports the USSR abolishes central ministry of justice and carves out powers to republics while reorganizing light industry textile and road operations. A legal commission will codify laws and rights. procurement shifts to union republic administration. inland waterways move to Russia and republics.
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London
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Communist Party Congress
Ministry of Justice
Union Republics
Moscow
Ussr Council of Ministers
Ussr
Ministry of Light Industry
Ussr Ministry of Automobile Transport and
Ussr Ministry of Inland Waterways
Seven Contests Highlight Linn County Primary
Linn county voters face seven contested races on Monday with four Democratic and three Republican nominations. Key battles include a three way Democratic race for two state representative slots featuring Ely, Martin, and Hauskins, and Republican contests for county attorney and First district supervisor. Unopposed GOP nominees include Kosek Novak and Byers faces no primary opposition. Voters also select township officers and delegates to the county convention. Biographical sketches of candidates appear in the Gazette.
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Linn County
G.O.P
Sage
Cedar Rapids
John M. Ely
Frank L. Martin
Ward J. Hauskins
Ernest Kosek
Emil Novak
L. M. Hullinger, Jr
N. E. Lillies
Frank Byers
Byers
John B. Reilly
Robert F. Wilson
T. B.hlubacek
William H. Thayer
Jim Smith
George Pelisek
Martin Wiley
Fred M. Higley
Higley
Wiley
Iowa
Linn
Russian Orthodox Leaders Arrive for U S Church Exchange
Metropolitan Nicolai heads an eight man Russian delegation on a 10 day visit to study American religious democracy. Pickets accuse visitors of being spies while welcome ceremonies unfold at Idlewild and Waldorf Astoria amid tense Cold War mood.
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New York
Russia
United States
Korea
Nicolai
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Dulles Extends Vacation To Lake Ontario Retreat
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has extended his vacation and will not return to Washington until Tuesday. He had left the capital for his duck island retreat in Lake Ontario on May 25.
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Washington
INS
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Duck Island
Lake Ontario
Jesse Jones Rites Set for Monday
Funeral services for Jesse H. Jones a former secretary of commerce and Reconstruction Finance Corporation leader will be held Monday in Houston. He died Friday night at a Houston hospital aged 82 with services at St. Pauls Methodist Church and private graveside at Forest Park Cemetery. Donations to private charities are requested in lieu of flowers. Herbert Hoover praised Jones as a great American noting his role in establishing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Houston, Texas
INS
Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Secretary of Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
St. Paul's Methodist Church
A. Frank Smith
Texas
New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Jones
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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