Eisenhower Leaves Hospital Room for First Time Since Operation
President Eisenhower walked about 40 feet from his bed into a corridor then sat in a chair before returning. He conferred with Sherman Adams and staff on White House matters including McLeaish’s resignation from the Farmers Home Administration. The 24 hour watch was halted as he shows daily progress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Robert B. McLeaish
Farmers Home Administration
McLeaish
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Benson
Hagerty
Mr. Eisenhower
Howard Snyder
Leonard Heaton
Walter Reed
Miller Plans July 13 Wedding to Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller said he intends to marry Marilyn Monroe before she leaves for England on July 13 to film a movie. The Pulitzer Prize writer confirmed reports of a romance with Monroe and discussed his past passport issues and testimony before the House Un American Activities Committee.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
England
Miller
Miss Monroe
House
UN American Activities Subcommittee
Miller- Monroe
New York
Reno
Marilyn
London
Adlai Slogan on Car Plate Sparks Charges
A man, A. B. Cox, was charged after changing his Illinois license plate from Land of Lincoln to Land of Adlai to show support for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson. Police said the switch drew the charge.
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Springfield
A. B. Cox
Adlai Stevenson
Cox
Adlai
Camp Good Health Budget Report for 1956 Members
A compiled donation list shows total contributions of 3871.76 toward Camp Good Health. Items include Allis Chalmers Fore men's club 50.00 Ambar Grotto Auxiliary 10.00 and gifts from Mr and Mrs A W Carlton 10.00. Other entries include in memory of C O B 5.00 O H Neville Dows Camp No 4 United Spanish War Veterans and a St Paul's Methodist church 5.00. From a friend of the kids 2.00 5.00. Budget for 1956 8045.00 Amount to be raised 4473.24.
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Allis Chalmers Foremen’s Club
Ambar Grotto
A. W. Carlton
O. H. Neville
Dows Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Kensington
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Conferees Close On Highway Tax Bill Agreement
Senate and House conferees finalized tax provisions for the 32.9 billion highway construction bill sending the measure to the House floor. A one cent fuel tax hike to three cents per gallon and new levies on trucks buses trailers tires tread rubber and nongasoline fuels were approved. A 1.50 per thousand pounds tax on trucks over 26 000 pounds was backed along with a cap tying highway spending to a dedicated fund for the program.
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Washington
Senate
Not a Good Day for H R Brothersen in Cedar Rapids
H R Brothersen of Guernsey faced multiple fines after a morning haul to Wilson packing plant when a highway patrol stop found faulty windshield wipers and tail light. A weigh station ticket followed for an overweight truck and a downtown parking ticket closed the bad day.
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Cedar Rapids
H. R. Brothersen
Guernsey
Wilson Packing Plant
Brotherson
Marengo
Spring Pig Crop Falls Eight Percent in 1955
Washington AP reports the 1955 spring pig crop at 53,085,000 head, an 8 percent drop from 1954, signaling smaller pork supplies in fall and winter and higher hog prices. Forecasts for 1956 promise an 8 percent smaller fall crop at 35,000,000, with total 1956 pig production around 88,085,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Summer Arrives With Heat Humidity in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area welcomed summer at 4 24 a m with temperatures around 89 degrees and humidity at 62 percent. Forecasters predict continued warmth with readings near 100 in sunlit areas and scattered showers reported statewide. The previous day’s high was 92 with a 70 degree overnight low.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye State
House Approves One Year 278 Billion National Debt Ceiling
The House on Thursday unanimously passed a one year 278 billion dollar limit on the national debt. The figure exceeds the permanent ceiling by three billion and is three billion below the prior two year cap. If not extended by month end, the ceiling drops to 275 billion.
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Washington
House
Torn Briefcase Reveals Pianist George Witter's Life
In the Atlantic crash that killed 74 aboard an airliner, George Louis Witter of North Hollywood is remembered through a torn briefcase found at the scene. A 12 year old boy who loved Bach and Beethoven, he favored Red River Valley and The Bible Tells Me So. The briefcase also held sheet music pairing with his sister Dorothy Ann's Bela Bartok album.
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George Witter
Columbia
George
Caracas
Dorothy Ann
Bach
Beethoven
Red River Valley
Navy Fight Off Matsu Islands Renew West Formosa Skirmish
In a 15 minute clash near the Matsu islands, Nationalist and Communist ships exchanged fire along the Formosa strait. Red shore batteries on the mainland reportedly joined the battle. Nationalists claimed some patrol vessels escaped unscathed with no casualties, while Communist losses were not specified.
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Taipei
INS
Matsu Islands
Formosa Strait
China
Vandals Damage Tool Shed At Manchester Pool Site
Special to The Gazette. vandals caused extensive damage at a tool shed of contractor Ed Wedener in Dyersville near Manchester's new municipal pool. They broke tools, cut wires, dumped fuel, sprayed rubber sealer, and rolled an acetylene tank around the pool site. footprints are the only clue. work to complete the pool continues in about three weeks.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Ed Wedener
Dyersville
Wedener
Night Guard Patrol Plan Is Scrapped in Iowa
Des Moines plan to have national guardsmen ride with highway patrol during night shifts scrapped after meeting between Brig. Gen. Gerald DuBois and Chief David Herrick. A jeep patrol will run June 30 to July 8 with 35 jeeps and 70 guardsmen, unarmed except for possible billy clubs, earning about 10.36 dollars daily.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Guard
Gerald DuBois
Adj
Fred Co. Tandy
David Herrick
The
Highway Patrol
DuBois
Cedar Rapids Council Lowers Curb Width Standards
Cedar Rapids City Council approved rolling 30 inch curbing and plant mixed asphaltic concrete for future streets not needing concrete paving, amid 4 to 1 votes. Public Improvements Commissioner Swede Halvorson led the change over City Engineer Frank Young, arguing lower width reduces cement usage and enhances durability, while opponents warned of weakened standards.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Young
Trowa
Swede Halvorson
Council
Young
Stewart Shank
Alvorson
Iowa
Halvorson
Dulles Defies Soviet Leaders on Free Elections
Secretary of State Dulles urged freedom for Russia and Eastern Europe, challenging Soviet leaders to permit genuine elections if communism can win on its merits. He labeled Khrushchev’s denunciation of Stalin a damning indictment of despotism and criticized the Chinese and Soviet regimes for brutality and lack of checks and balances.
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Dulles
Russia
Europe
Kiwanis International
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Four Sentenced In Legation Raid In Berne
Four anti Communist Romanian exiles were sentenced in Berne to terms from 16 months to four years for the February 1955 raid on the Romanian legation. The incursion aimed to protest Communist regime actions and involved charges of breaking and entering and damaging property.
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Berne
Switzerland
INS
Hope To Arrange Quarry Meeting
Federal conciliator James P. Jeffries aims to schedule a Friday meeting between striking truck drivers and engineers at the Concrete Materials quarry. He has met both sides separately but not jointly, while company officials are away. A substitute, Charles Harding, will handle Cedar Rapids duties during Jeffries’s three week vacation.
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Cedar Rapids
James P. Jeffries
Jeffries
Jefffries
Charles Harding
Miller resigns as director of UI Psychopathic Hospital
Iowa City Dr. Wilbur R. Miller resigns his administrative duties as director of the University of Iowa Psychopathic Hospital effective July 1. He will devote full time to teaching in the UI College of Medicine. He has been on the medical faculty since 1937 and received personal appreciation from Hancher for services to the university and state.
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Iowa City
Wilbur R.miller
University of Iowa Psychopathic Hospital
Virgil M. Mancher
Miller
SUI College of Medicine
Hancher
Braves Hand Pirates Sixth Straight Loss in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 in Milwaukee, marking the Braves sixth consecutive win and the Pirates sixth straight defeat.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Milwaukee Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Right Turns Permitted at Second and Second in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council votes to allow right turns only at the Second avenue and Second street SE intersection while leaving a no left turn rule in place. Safety Commissioner E A Prochaska says the change aligns with the new Monotrol signal system and will take effect next Tuesday with posted signs. The intersection, at four corners housing Newman's Armstong's Newton Jewelry and the light company, is Cedar Rapids' busiest downtown crossing.
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Second Avenue
Second Street
Cedar Rapids’ Loop
E. A. Prochaska
Prochaska
Newman’s
Armstrong’s
Newton Jewelry
The
Light Company
Four Corners
Cedar Rapids
Estes Rules Out No. 2 Spot Bid
Estes briefs the press that he will not pursue the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket. Senator Kefauver states he is not running for vice president under any circumstances. The Tennessean notes Kefauver’s strict presidential focus.
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Estes
Oarville, Ohio
Kefauver
la Mews
Air France Jet Skirts Anti Aircraft Barrage in German Skies
Air France says a passenger plane carrying 57 people on a Prague to Paris flight diverted to avoid a live anti aircraft barrage over West Germany. The ack ack fire was believed aimed by a U.S. Army unit near Nuremberg. No damage or injuries reported.
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Air France
West Germany
Prague
Nuernberg
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