Destructive Niagara rockfall sinks Schoellkopf plant
The 500 foot wide rockfall at Niagara Gorge killed Richard A. Draper and destroyed the Schoellkopf hydroelectric station, wiping out 300000 kilowatts and halting much of Niagara Falls area industry for hours. Six turbines buried. damage pegged near 100 million. Sightseers watched as three slides struck the largest plant in the Niagara Mohawk system.
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Niagara Gorge
Schoellkopf
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Richard A. Draper
Lewiston
American Falls
Prospect Point
Chris Nelson
Niagara Mohawk System
Austin C. McTigue
Canisius College
Buffalo
Civic Coordinating committee formed in Cedar Rapids
A Civic Coordinating committee was organized at city hall to improve cooperation among city county school and planning units. Harry Sargeant was named chairman and the group will meet monthly starting June 28 at the Roosevelt hotel to reduce duplication and waste in public projects.
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Harry Sargeant
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
Jim Meaghan
Civic Coordinating Committee
Roosevelt Hotel
Meaghan
Don Gardner
Martin Wiley
Sutherland Cook
Tom Moore
Fred Winter
School ‘Administration and
Sargeant
Richard Patek
Gazette
Harry Boyd
Chamber of Commerce
Look Out Girls He's Back Again
The Cedar Rapids lingerie thief, idle for nearly a year, struck again with three daylight clothing raids. Thief took 35 panties and a nightgown worth 25.80 dollars. Reports came from Donna Bird, Mrs. Cecil Haworth, and Helen Moses with Delores Meaghan. Mrs. Haworth noted the theft from her line around a.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Donna Bird
Sixth Street
Cecil Haworth
Seventh Avenue SE
Helen Moses
Delores Meaghan
Eighth Street
Eighth Street SE. Mrs. Haworth
A.m
Townsend Quits Soon Plans Tour
Group Captain Peter Townsend announced he will resign from the Royal Air Force to undertake a globe encircling automobile tour. His tour follows the completion of his term as air attache at the British embassy in Brussels next month.
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INS
Peter Townsend
Princess Margaret
Royal Air Force
Shepilov to Visit Middle East for Damascus and Cairo Events
Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov will travel to the Middle East next week for a state visit to Damascus and to attend celebrations in Cairo marking the end of British occupation of the Suez Canal zone. This marks his first appearance outside Russia as foreign minister.
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Mideast
Damascus
Suez Canal Zone
Russia
A Top Communist Tells the New Kremlin Danger
Milovan Djilas, ex vice president of Yugoslavia and former top Communist critic, provides a sharp analysis from Belgrade of Khrushchev era leadership in Russia. His articles in Sundays Cedar Rapids Gazette profile the rulers and their personalities as Tito tours Moscow.
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Cedar Rapids
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Volga Boy Dazed In Crash Found After Search
Jackie Miller ten, dazed from injuries in an auto crash, was found after more than 1100 Arlington residents searched for two hours Thursday night. He earlier wandered away, then was located by a tree edge near Volga and moved to a doctor then hospital in fair condition with shock.
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Jackie Miller
George Miller
Volga
Jackie
Lee Zimmerman
Eisenhower Signs Major Civilian Health Plan for Military Dependents
President Eisenhower signed a large government funded medical care program for dependents of military personnel. The defense department will contract civilian health plans so dependents can use civilian doctors and hospitals when military facilities are unavailable. About 76 million dollars is set aside for next year with rollout in about six months, covering spouses, children, and dependent parents living in the same household, excluding non hospitalization only private treatments.
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Eisenhower
Defense Department
Margaret Biddle Socialite Dies in Paris Cerebral Hemorrhage
Paris report states Mrs. Margaret Thompson Biddle, prominent American socialite in Paris and former wife of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., died Friday from a cerebral hemorrhage. Drexel Biddle served as U S ambassador to France.
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Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
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France
Pair Dies in Bereavement Tragedy in Philadelphia
Gertrude Whitely 64 phoned niece Francess Giorgio to report her husband John 64 had died suddenly. Giorgio alerted the family doctor who found both spouses dead beside each other. Dr. Robert Pressman said both had heart ailments.
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Gertrude Whitely
Francess Giorgio
Molotov resignation links to Khrushchev power drive says defector
Ex Red Seweryn Bialer testifies before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee claiming Khrushchev ousted Molotov after a July party rift over Tito reconciliation. He links Beria’s purge and Malenkov’s removal to Khrushchev’s bid for power, stating Polish observers fled four months earlier.
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Washington
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Nikita Khrushchev
Seweryn Bialer
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Communist Party
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Khrushchev
U.S
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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Molotov
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
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Beria
Tito
Two Suspects To Take Lie Tests In Slaying Case
Sioux City Iowa authorities said two unidentified men arrested here will undergo polygraph examinations at the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Des Moines regarding the kidnapping and slaying of Donna Sue Davis. She was 22 months old when abducted from her crib last July 10 and found murdered in a cornfield near South Sioux City, Nebraska, the following day.
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Woodbury
Donna Sue Davis
Donald O’brien
Ed Lunde
Harry Gibbons
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Des Moines
Donna Sue
James D. Davis
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Pullman Announces Night Fare Cuts
The Pullman Company said night travel fares will be reduced effective June 15. Compartment fares drop 11 to 15 percent while drawing room rates fall 8 to 12 percent.
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Chicago
Pullman Company
Chuckle Cartoon Caption About Age and Wit
A cartoon joke features a boy named Jimmy at an awkward age. He says he is too old to cry and too young to swear, highlighting a playful clash of maturity and humor.
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Wara
Bulganin Urges U S to Cut Arms and Expenditures
Premier Bulganin informs President Eisenhower that the Soviet Union plans to reduce its armed forces by 1.2 million men and to scale back armaments and military spending. He asks the United States to follow suit and hints that U N disarmament talks could be conducted openly. Officials see potential for direct two nation talks as a path forward.
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Eisenhower
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Truman Hope Illness Not Serious
Paris AP report notes former President Truman reacting to President Eisenhower's illness with a grave but hopeful remark I sure hope it's not serious I sure hope not. The exchange reflects concern amid alerts of the president's health in Paris.
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Paris
Eisenhower
El-Kahir Shrine Horse Show Opens With Camel Rides
The fifth annual El Kahir Shrine horse show debuts at Hawkeye Downs at 7:30 p.m. featuring 400 horses from nine states, $8,500 in prizes, free camel rides for children, and a Sunday night Horserama pageant themed Story of a Boy's Dream with an Oriental potentate.
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Austin Smith
Osceola
Child Shots Held Aid for Parents
Dr. Daniel Bergsma, New Jersey commissioner of health, said polio inoculation for children provides indirect protection to parents. He stated poliomyelitis spreads mainly among children, and protecting them reduces adults’ risk even if parents are not vaccinated.
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Trenton
Daniel Bergsma
New Jersey
House Allows Ike to Decide Aid to Tito Yugoslavia
The House voted 183 to 3 to let President Eisenhower decide if the U.S. should continue aid to Yugoslavia despite Tito’s Kremlin reconciliation. An amended measure permits continuation of aid if Yugoslavia remains independent of Soviet control. The plan includes a 15 million dollar foreign aid fund and a secret military supplies amount.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
Tito
Soviet Union
Edna Kelly
D-N.y
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Eisenhower taken to Walter Reed for ileitis attack
President Eisenhower was rushed by ambulance to Walter Reed Hospital after abdominal pains. Doctors diagnosed ileitis with partial obstruction and expanded consulting team while stating the case is not a heart problem. He remained in good spirits with monitoring and no definite surgery planned.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
Howard Snyder
Walter Reed
Paul Dudley White
Boston
James C. Hagerty
Mr. Eisenhower
Hagerty
Eisenhower Hospital Visit Triggers Stock Market Selloff
News President Eisenhower was taken to a hospital Friday touching off a market selloff with prices off as much as seven points before buying support near the close narrowed losses to one to three points.
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New York
Eisenhower
Stevenson Hopes Eisenhower Recovers Swiftly
Adlai Stevenson said he hoped the ailing President Eisenhower would recover speedily and completely. He added that he shared the concern of everyone over the illness.
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Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
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