Tito says Yugoslavia will keep friendship with United States
Marshal Tito announced in Moscow that Yugoslavia’s friendship for the United States remains unchanged and he would visit Washington if invited. Officials in Washington doubted any invitation before after the November elections. Tito’s Kremlin visit is cited as improving relations with all countries including the United States. He noted Soviet leaders show understanding of Yugoslavia’s independence before an interview. He then left for a two day visit to Leningrad with Bulganin and Dmitri Shepilov.
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Yugoslavia
U.S
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Kremlin
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Bulganin
Dmitri Shepilov
Pravda
V. M. Molotov
Roosevelt Plans 140 Room Expansion Major Cedar Rapids Hotel
The Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids announced a six month to a year planning stage for a 140 room addition along Second Street SE. The 12 story wing will include extra banquet space and modernized entrances, aiming to make it Iowa’s largest hotel.
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Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Sutherland Cook
J. C. Kennedy
Holabird, Root and Burgee
Chicago
Howard R. Green Company
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Party May Block Franklin D Roosevelt Jr as Delegate
New York state Democratic leaders weigh blocking Franklin D Roosevelt Jr from the national convention delegate slot. INS reports a strong view among state committee members that his role as Dominican Republic legal representative has embarrassed the party.
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New York
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
International News Service
Dominican Republic
Limback Lumber Site Planned for Downtown Parking
Cedar Rapids city council will hold a public hearing on June 25 over buying the Limback Lumber property at the northeast corner of A avenue and Third Street NE for a 126-car offstreet lot. The city would pay 76 000 held in escrow until deed delivery, with possession expected by Jan 1.
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Cedar Rapids
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Mayor Plans Quick Naming of Fourth Street Committee
Cedar Rapids Mayor Jim Meaghan said he will name a mayor's Fourth street committee soon to address the downtown rail crossing problem. He cited Plan Commission impatience and recalled earlier Harland Bartholomew studies, urging a small 3 to 5 member executive panel to consult railroads and local experts.
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Fourth Street
Jim Meaghan
Chester Ainsworth
Plan Commission
Transportation Committee
Cedar Rapids
Ainsworth
Commission
Meaghan
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Crash Landing at Pittsburgh Airport Injures No One
Trans World Airlines flight 509 from New York crash landed at Greater Pittsburgh airport as the left main landing gear collapsed. The Martin 404 skidded to a halt with wing tip and engine damage. 28 passengers and three crew members escaped unharmed.
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Trans World Airlines
Greater Pittsburgh
New York
Khrushchev Sees Soviet Union as Rising World Power
In a June 2 sendoff in the Kremlin Khrushchev said it is a pat on the back for Russia to be compared with the United States as one of the two great powers. He warned that soon all will say the greatest powers are those building economies on socialism and mocked bourgeois critics of Siberia's industrial push.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
U.S
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Siberia
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Bulganin Sends New Letter to President Eisenhower
Washington dispatch reports Premier Bulganin delivered another letter to President Eisenhower through Secretary Dulles. The exchange, tied to disarmament, follows prior correspondence from months ago and came via Soviet Ambassador Zaroubin after a late meeting with Dulles.
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Dulles
Zaroubin
Mr. Eisenhower
Secret police arrest 100 in Georgia in independence drive
Western diplomats report the Soviet secret police seized more than 100 people in Georgia after posters announced an independent Georgian republic. The May 26 actions marked the 1919 declaration anniversary as clashes and arrests followed in Tiflis and other towns during WWII.
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Josef Stalin
Georgia
Tiflis
Repubic
Caucasus
Stalin
Army Plans Shakeup of Reservists
The army will discharge 475000 reservists and move 500000 to standby in a 12 month process starting July 1 to prune World War II and Korean veterans. It aims to keep only fit, qualified personnel ready for immediate active duty in war or national emergencies, with priority given Korea service between 1950 and 1953. Iowa districts report 34000 enlisted and 1900 officers in the ready reserve and 150 officers 18 enlisted in standby. number to be dropped is unknown.
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Congress
National Guard
Korea
DES Moines
Iowa Military District
Iowa
Crash Kills Tama Youth and Injures Five
A two car crash north of Toledo killed 18 year old William Spooner a Tama graduate and injured five other Tama teenagers. The collision occurred around 11 40 p m as the youths returned from a Garwin dance. Headlight failure was blamed. Injured were Leonard Kriegel Gary Kouba Lois Graff Mildred Osterberger and Larry Skala all taken to hospitals in Marshalltown with varying degrees of unconsciousness and injuries. Authorities investigated to determine who rode in which car and which occupant was driving.
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Gary Kouba
Lois Graff
Mildred Osterberger
Larry Skala
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Miss Graff
James Smith
Tama County
Forrest Schafer
Highway 63
Howard Christensen
Spooner
Smith
Lloyd Riffle
Riffle
Biffle
Spooner Boy
Wilford Spooner
Mason Funeral Home
House Rejects Additions to Eisenhower Foreign Aid Bill
The House voted 192 to 112 to slash over a billion from Eisenhower's foreign aid request, rejecting moves to restore 600 million and to return to the President's nearly 4.9 billion request. The President warned cuts would impair mutual security, urging support.
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Eisenhower
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Ohioan
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Rainfall Sweeps Iowa With Varying Totals Across Counties
A band of thunderstorms moved through Iowa dumping up to 1.25 inches in some areas while Cedar Rapids logged 0.67 inches and southern pockets saw much less. Reports from Ames Audubon Emmetsburg Haverhill Jefferson Newton Kanawha Randolph Williams Montezuma Red Oak Albia Parkersburg Waterloo Spencer Des Moines Ottumwa show varied totals. A cool front is forecast to reach eastern Iowa Thursday night with highs 75 to 85 degrees and cooler temperatures overnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Ames
Audubon
Emmetsburg
Haverhill
Jefferson
Newton
Kanawha
Randolph
Williams
Montezuma
Red Oak
Albia
Parkersburg
Waterloo
Spencer
Des Moines
Ottumwa
George Josselyn Dies After Collapse in Pharmacy
George Josselyn 64 of 217 Twenty third street SE collapsed in the College Pharmacy at First avenue and Thirteenth street SE and died minutes later. A Witwer Grocer Co. sales manager, born Oct 6 1891 in Cedar Rapids, he was married to Jeanette Wolfe and a World War I veteran. Survived by wife a sister and three brothers. services later at Turner chapel.
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Cedar Rapids
George Josselyn
Twenty - Third Street Drive
College Pharmacy
First Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Jeannette Wolfe
Rock Island
Frank Exner
Minneapolis
Eugene Josselyn
Sarasota
Fla
Paul Josselyn
Belmont
Calif
Josselyn
Episcopal Church
Turner Chapel
Philippine teen freed after profane language charge
In Manila police released Carlos Hilario, 16, who had been charged with using profane language. He is deaf mute.
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Manila
Carlos Hilario
Peerce Hailed in Moscow Concert
American tenor Jan Peerce drew enthusiastic applause in Moscow for eight encores in the Metropolitan Opera star’s first Russia concert since World War II. The event highlighted a thaw in cultural exchanges as Peerce performed in the Soviet capital.
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Jan Peerce
Metropolitan Opera
Russia
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