Sirens and Whistles To Scream In Cedar Rapids Test
A three minute civil defense siren and factory whistle test at 3 PM aims to map dead spots and placement of additional signals. Officials coordinate from St Paul to Cedar Rapids with Baker sequence alerts across eight counties.
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Cedar Rapids
Tiveness
Canada
Arctic
St. Paul
S. R. Hankins
Linn County
Hankins
Fire Department
Baker
Oskaloosa
Marshalltown
Amnamosa
Marengo
Vinton
Toledo
Iowa City
Grinnell
Penick
Ford
Allis-Chalmers
Wilson
Boy Admits Starting Fire Killing Seven
An 11 year old Chicago boy Marion Gregory confessed to starting a tenement fire that killed seven and injured nine. He earlier claimed masked men started the blaze with a gasoline can, and detectives noted contradictions in his story. The building was described as a fire trap with rusted escapes and code violations. The father Louis Gregory, 56, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Chicago
SNS
Marion Gregory
Louis
Marion
Alabama
Two Americans Sentenced to 25 Years as Spies in USSR
Pravda reports Vladimir Constanovich alai and Juri Alexandrovich Khremitzev were sentenced to 25 years each in Murmansk by a Soviet court. The article says they were recruited with Norwegian help and that one, allegedly Galai, deserted the Soviet army in Austria and worked with American intelligence in Vienna under the alias Lawrence O Johnson.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
Murmansk
Vladimir Constanovich Alai
Juri Alexandrovich Khremitzev
Galai
Austria
Vienna
Lawrence O. Johnson
Senatorial Ring Rings Elevator Bell by Cohn
Senator Ralph E. Flanders reports Roy M. Cohn has begun ringing the senate elevator bell three times, a prerogative for senators, during a radio broadcast prepared for New England stations. The bell signals a waiting senator, though Cohn insisted he was not a senator.
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Washington
Llp
Ralph E. Flanders
R-Vt
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy
Senate
Flanders
Sen
R-Wis
Cohn
New England
Mr. Cohn
Ava Gardner Arrives at Lake Tahoe to Establish Nevada Residence
Beauteous Ava Gardner arrives at a Nevada lake resort seeking residency to pursue a divorce from husband Frank Sinatra. The report notes Sinatra is her third husband and sources confirm her move to Nevada amid ongoing celebrity divorce chatter.
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Lake Ae
Ava Gardner
This Lake
Nevada
Frank Sinatra
Nixon Outlines Peace Without Surrender Policy
Vice-president Richard M. Nixon told Whittier College graduates that America cannot secure world peace alone and warned of grave peril in Indo China. He framed a three point policy emphasizing allied strength, mobile retaliatory power, and unity against Communist aggression.
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Whittier
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Whittier College
America
Soviet Union
Korea
Indo-China
What They Really Mean What They Really Mean
Washington UP reports a Republican congressman offers his own sneering gloss on McCarthy hearings phrases. He lists phrases like point of order and my friend with satirical “meanings” such as Turn those cameras this way and A worse stinker I never met.
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Washington
Snot
Surviving Victim Identifies Freed Convict as Slayer
The survivor of a kidnapping and shooting near Cherokee Lake named William Stubbs of Rochester New York as the gunman who killed his wife and forced them into a car during a 50 mile ride. Axel Holm identified the 22 year old ex convict and Stubbs remained in jail after a recent release as detectives reported his denial of the charges.
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Bristol, Tenn
Axel G. Holm
Karnes Texas
William Stubbs
Rochester
N. Y
Helms
Cherokee Lake
Stubbs
Texas
Holm
Blountville
Tenn
Marsin Faces Kidnapping Charge In Arizona Case
Daniel J. Marsin 41 is charged with kidnapping after Evelyn Ann Smith reported a ransom payment of 75000. He was seized near a ranch four hours after her release in the mountains. bond set at 20000. If convicted, he faces 20 to 50 years or a death or life sentence per state law.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Daniel J. Marsin
Evelyn Ann Smith
Marsin
Smith
Eeet Cea
Wahoney
Main
Salles
Arizona
Florence
Argentine Reds Accused of Plot To Upset Peron
Argentine authorities say more than 70 alleged extremists were arrested in a three day roundup of Communists accused of conspiring with labor unions to overthrow President Juan Peron. Police hunt additional suspects focused on the Greater Buenos Aires area.
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Buenos Aires
INS
Juan Peron
Hugo Gremico
Radical Party
Reds
Government refund keeps riveter awake in Santa Monica
Mrs. Nettie G. Freeman, a riveter earning $1.83 an hour, received a $4,181.42 income tax refund check. She planned not to cash it because the tax office hours clash with her work. She worried she might lose it and could not sleep.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Nettie G. Freeman
Freeman
Flanders Moves to Oust McCarthy on Senate Panels
Sen. Knowland condemns Flanders bid as a mistake and a risk to Eisenhower's program. Flanders filed a motion to strip Sen. McCarthy of chairmanships over questions in a 1953 report. Flanders says action is overdue though he has no immediate plan to press it. Cooper signals support.
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Senate Investigations Sub Committee
Government Operations Committee
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Flanders
Sanders
Knowland Hell
Senate
McCarthy
Sen
Cooper
R-Ky
Associated Press
Daddy
Flora Rena
Pari
Onor
Susan
Amy Louise
Ashington A
John Walmsley
Nathan F. A
Walmsley
Baltimore
North Korea
Cedar Rapids Youth Nabbed After Wild 13 Mile Chase
A 19 year old Cedar Rapids man John M Powrie was booked on a reckless driving charge after a 13 mile pursuit by Highway Patrolman Lloyd Patterson of Vinton. Powrie's car headed east on highway 30 forced the patrol car west off the road 13 miles west of Cedar Rapids. Patterson chased at times up to 100 mph until Cedar Rapids police and sheriff's officers intercepted him at the west edge of Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Patterson
Vinton
John M. Powrie
Vernal Street
Patterson
Powrie
Three States Urged To Seek Own Freedom
Senate GOP Leader Knowland urged Viet Nam Cambodia and Laos to declare independence from France if Paris stalls reforms. He predicted the Associated States may seek UN support to avoid Communist control and called for ending the Geneva conference. He suggested free nations might back such a move and hinted regional allies could offer aid if France rejects Korean President Rhee’s military proposal.
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Washington
INS
Senate
G.O.P
William F. Knowland
Indo- China
California
Viet’ Nam
Cambodia
Laos
France
Knowland
Lan
Great Britain
United Nations
Free Nations
Syngman Rhee
Viet Nam
Hace
Deadlock Holds In Geneva Talks
In Geneva, Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov discussed proposed kill-or-cure remedies for the Geneva conference deadlock but did not reach a settlement. The British and Soviet foreign ministers, co-chairmen of the Indo-China parley, conferred for an hour at Molotov's villa on courses to break the stalemate or end the conference.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
Vote To End Transit Strike in Pittsburgh
AFL trolley and bus workers voted to accept a nine cent base rate wage increase ending a 35 day strike. The Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach employed union reported 1,282 to 172 in favor, raising base pay from 1.92 to 2.01 per hour, the highest transit wage in the nation.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Electric
Camp Good Health Fund Raises Miscellaneous Gifts
Community contributions amounting to 7 788 dollars support the Camp Good Health Fund with donors from local clubs and organizations. The记 entries list memorials for David Turner and Evelyn C Fillmore, plus donations from Linn County and various auxiliary groups. Diplomatic news reports from Saigon note speculation that Giap may launch a major attack on the Hanoi region as France faces upheaval.
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Camp Good Health Fund
David Turner
Turner
E. P. Boynnina
Jon
Eerae Searground
Sophia Georgelos
John E. Lapes
Athens
Greece
Evelyn C. Fillmore
Lee Eckert
Saigon
Jel
France
Vo Nguyen Giap
Goo! Tonkin Delta
Hanoi
Giap
U S Seeks Solution in Indo China Crisis
U S officials seek ways to curb the Indo China crisis as Geneva negotiations stall. Dulles urges quick conclusion while French leadership weakens and Hanoi turmoil grows closer to battle. Officials warn Reds use diplomacy to delay, plan limited intervention if possible. Laniel considers resignation after assembly rebuffs bolster crisis stance.
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Washington
U.S
Geneva
Hanoi
Dulles
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Laliea
Southeast Asia
Free World
Western
Europe
Indo- China
French National Assembly
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
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