US Seeks Embargo on Guatemala Arms Trade
The State Department said cooperation with friendly nations has blocked new arms shipments to Guatemala. Washington is pursuing a broader embargo via consultations with major shipping nations to bar arms sales, with Britain promising to cooperate but rejecting search and seizure proposals.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Guatemala
Department
Lincoln White
Britain
Guatemala calls Honduras to halt anti-Red exiles near border
Guatemala asks Honduras to prevent armed anti Arbenz exiles massing near the border amid rumors of an impending clash with the Guatemalan regime. Ambassador Amadeo Chinchilla cites reports of soldiers with guns flown by chartered planes and says Honduras vowed border seizure of arms.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Amadeo Chinchilla
J. Edgardo Valenzuela
Arbenz
Chinchilla
Valenzuela
Second in Series of Blood Samples Scheduled Friday
The 130 Cedar Rapids youngsters who participated in the first polio vaccine test shot April 30 are set for a second blood sample Friday at 1 p.m. in St. Luke's hospital lab under Dr. Frances Tucker. Students from four Cedar Rapids schools will arrive in groups every half hour.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Francis Tucker
Jury Deliberates in Lebron Case Over Intent to Kill
In Washington a federal panel weighs convictions for Lolita Lebron and three male co defendants in the House shooting. The men Miranda Cordero and Rodriguez were found guilty of five counts each for intent to kill and assault with deadly weapon. Lebron faces a potential sentence up to 125 years but judge will limit total to 75 years.
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Washington
Lolita Lebron
House of Representatives
Rafael Miranda
Andres Cordero
Irving Rodriguez
Lebron
Alexander Holtzoff
Beardsley Names Highway Safety Unit Organizers
Governor Beardsley announces 100 unpaid organizers for a new official traffic safety committee. One organizer is named for each of 98 counties with two for Lee to form local action groups, aiming to reduce traffic deaths and mobilize grassroots safety efforts. East Iowa organizers listed include Lew Warren Oelwein Kenneth Meyers Decorah B L Anderson Cedar Rapids Elbert E Beaver Iowa City Harry Empting Waukon Elmer Asher Independence Ivan Lange Elkader Fay Ashine Manchester Paul Naughton Marengo Paul Toomey Brooklyn Howard W Runyon Vinton Dr Charles Maplethorpe Jr Toledo Reed Hunt Tipton Allen Keck Maquoketa James T Remley Anamosa Earl Baumert Sigourney Don Maxwell Washington
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William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Leezers
Beardsley
East Iowa
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Oelwein
Kenneth Meyers
Decorah
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Cedar Rapids
Elbert E. Beaver
Iowa City
Harry Empting
Waukon
Elmer Asher
Independence
Ivan Lange
Elkader
Fay Ashiine
Manchester
Paul Naughton
Marengo
Paul Toomey
Brooklyn
Howard W. Runyon
Vinton
Charles Maplethorpe, Jr
Toledo
Reed Hunt
Tipton
Allen Keck
Maquoketa
James T. Remley
Anamosa
Earl Baumert
Sigourney
Don Maxwell
Washington
Mother of Four Killed in Blast in Lenox Farm
Mrs. La Vern Moore, 34, Lenox farm wife, died in a Corning hospital after a gas water heater exploded at her home. Her husband was hospitalized with unknown injuries. their four children were unhurt as the home burned and the farm buildings nearby were spared. The Lenox farm lies nine miles southwest of Lenox. the house had just been remodeled.
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Corning
la Vern Moore
Lenox
Moore
Red Chinese Official to Britain Moves Toward Ties
Peiping radio said China will send a charge d affaires to London to work for full diplomatic relations, with duties like Britain’s envoy in Peiping. Churchill announced the plan in parliament, disappointing Laborites hoping for ambassadors.
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Red China
Britain
Peiping Radio
The
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Central People’s Government
People’s Republic of China
Central People’s
Peiping
Churchill
House of Commons
Geneva
Humphrey Trevelyan
Mao Tze-tung
Clement Attlee
Clock hours halted to ease daylight time confusion
At the Cadiz county courthouse merchants faced confusion as the building clock stayed on standard time after the county embraced daylight saving. A county commissioner halted the clock until daylight time ends in September to restore consistency.
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Cadiz
Ohio
Northeast Iowa Welcomes Highway Post Offices
On Wednesday June 16 1954 northeastern Iowa celebrated the arrival of highway post offices with inaugural runs from Cedar Rapids to Decorah Iowa and LaCrosse Wisconsin. The event featured a caravan of business leaders postal officials bands Boy Scout color guards and speeches. Gazette reporters covered the trips with photographs by John Reynolds and Tom Merryman and dispatches by Bruce Fishwild and Loyal Meek.
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Tom Merryman
Hazleton
Highway
Harry Burton
Delwein
Highway Post
Iowa
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LaCrosse
Wis
Gazette
John Reynolds
Bruce Fishwild
Loyal Meek
Decorah Run
Highway post office opens with cheers across Iowa towns
The Cedar Rapids to LaCrosse highway post office inaugural run drew 2,379 residents in 19 towns. Speakers hailed the HPO as a historic shift, with comments likening it to the pony express and rail mail. Mattie Burlingame welcomed the service in Froelich, where 13 youngsters greeted the caravan.
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Pony Express
Iowa
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Highway
Highway 52
Froelich
Walker
Hazleton
Fayette
Fayette School
Upper Iowa University
Eugene E. Garbee
John D. Fay
Inaugural Mailmobile Tour Delights Small Towns
The Decorah mailroute visit drew eager crowds in small towns along the Decorah highway. Rowley saw 154 of 250 residents travel the mailmobile, Independence had 66 of 5,000, while places like Walker Hazleton Fayette Maynard Castalia staged notable welcomes with bands, colors, poems, and Boy Scouts pledges.
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Rowley
Independence
HPO
Rescuer Pulls Woman From River After Leap
Carleton J. West Jr., 24, stopped on a Mississippi river bridge Wednesday night and rescued a woman who had leaped off the span. He pulled her from the water and supplied artificial respiration until firefighters and an ambulance arrived.
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Minneapolis
Carleton J. West, Jr
Mississippi River
West
Knowland Doubts Flanders Anti-McCarthy Move Votes
Senate Republican Leader Knowland says he does not believe Senator Flanders can muster enough support to bring his anti McCarthy resolution out of the Senate Rules Committee. The dispute centers on leadership and party cohesion during the ongoing debate on McCarthy.
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Senate
Knowland
Sen. Flanders
Senate Rules Committee
French Slash Red Positions In Vietminh Delta Sweep
French patrols struck Vietminh positions in the Red river delta killing 39 and taking 30 prisoners in 24 hours as part of a broader overhaul of defense strategy ordered by Supreme Commander Gen. Paul Ely.
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Hanoi
Red River
Paul Ely
Five US Air Force Technicians Reportedly Seized by Vietminh
Reporters from Indo China indicate that five American air force technicians on loan to France have been captured by Vietminh. The men were allegedly seized by a Vietminh patrol while swimming, according to informants who arrived from Indo China.
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Hong Kong
Indo-China
France
Five Speeders Lose Licenses in Municipal Court
Five drivers had licenses suspended in the municipal court on Thursday for speeding. An Anamosa man, Marvin Hughes, already fined previously, faced a second charge and received a 15 day suspension after a $10 fine. Others suspended were Max Grover of Marion, Danny Shafer of 713 Thirty-second Street SE, Lula Hupp of 349 Second Avenue SW, and Jack Snetzler of 1340 Ninth Street NW, each for 15 days.
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Cedar Rapids News
Anamosa
Marvin Hughes
Thursay
James Patterson
Max Grover
Marion
Danny Shafer
Thirty-second Street
Lula Hupp
Second Avenue
Jack Snetzler
Ninth Street
Political Darts Cast At Hearings
In Washington on Thursday Pvt G David Schine was ordered to report back to duty with the army. Senator McCarthy charged the farm ranch hearings were promoted by the Democrats and that they will suffer for it as the 36th day of the hearings unfolded with further political jabs from Senators McCarthy and Symington.
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Washington
INS
G. David Schine
Army
McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Senator Symington Cites Sons Service and McClellan's Son Death
Senator Symington asked Thursday about his sons military service and noted the death of Senator McClellan's son in North Africa. He challenged how Senator McCarthy could claim that Democratic senators favor protecting Communists.
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INS
Symington
Sen. McClellan
North Africa
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy Attacks in Heated Senate McCarthy-Symington Clash Over Clifford
In a tense Senate hearing Mundt accuses Symington and Clifford of partisan influence on army charges against McCarthy. McCarthy blames Democrats, urges McClellan to confront Symington, while Welch seeks permission for Stevens to testify. McClellan denounces digs and calls for dignity.
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R-S.d
Symington
Mundt
Clark M. Clifford
Truman
McCarthy Camp
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