Negro Leaders Press for White House Action on School Integration
At a White House meeting four prominent Negro leaders urged President Eisenhower to intervene in the Little Rock school crisis. They called for a nationwide presidential pledge to uphold the law, a White House conference on peaceful compliance, and expanded federal legal aid to support civil rights, while seeking bipartisan action toward a civil rights bill.
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Eisenhower
Little Rock
White House
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Roy Wilkins
National Assn, For the Advancement of Colored People
Lester Granger
National Urban League
Martin Luther King of
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Wilkins
Congress
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Two Maquoketa Girls Die After Truck Fall
Two Maquoketa girls Annette Marcucci 14 and Lorraine McCrady 13 died after falling from the back of a truck on Highway 201 near Rabbit Creek bridge north of Iowa City. They were riding with four ponies headed to the Eastern Owl Horse Show when a door swung open.
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Reddick
John A. Sica
Maquoketa
Ree
Sina
David
Emily
Marcuecei
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Annette
Iowa City Limits
Heddrcx
Sing
Mt. Vernon
Vinton Man Killed in Auto Crash on Highway 101
Special to The Gazette a Vinton man was killed and another critically injured when one car collided with a vehicle from a side road near Dudgeon bridge on Highway 101. Bert Long 24 died of internal injuries at Vinton hospital Monte Kel fer 26 suffered head injuries and was moved to University Hospitals Iowa City. Charles Gilchrist 80 of near Walker admitted involvement and faced leaving the scene charges. Long born January 14 1924 served in the army in Germany and worked as a tuckpointer for Dudley Taylor. He is survived by his wife Connie Fletcher his parents three brothers and one sister. The record notes the body at Fry-Holland Funeral Home.
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Dudgeon Bridge
Highway 101
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Vinton Hospital
Monte Kelfer
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Edi Thompson
Long
Charles Gilchrist
Walker
Thompson
Gilchrist
Dudley Taylor
Germany
Connie Fletcher
Waldo Long
Fry-Holland Tomarnt
Adams Declines New Hampshire Run After National Flagrow
In Hancock New Hampshire Sherman Adams turned down a bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the September primary. He said he has a job to finish in Washington and he cited his prior term as governor in 1949.
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Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Washington
Adams
Iowa County Boy Drowns in River
A 9 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Harold is reported drowned in a river near their family farm 10 miles south of Victor. Firemen attempted rescue but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. the incident occurred about 10 am while fishing with his sister Wanda 12. Authorities and family expressed sorrow and gratitude for support.
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Gazelles
Albert Levitt
Victor
Gordon Baethke
Hancock
Adams
Harold
Baethke
Wanda
Levitt
Charles Scalan
Herbert Zor
New Hampshire
Neuhauser
Deep River
Council Refuses Seven Veterans Tag Day Requests
Cedar Rapids city council denied a March 31 petition from the Cedar Rapids Council of Veteran and Patriotic organizations seeking seven set tag days for various veteran groups including Air Force Mothers and American Legion auxiliary. The Solicitations Review Committee recommended handling each sale individually and the council upheld a policy requiring prior committee approval and standard forms before fundraising campaigns.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Air Force Mothers Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Navy Mothers Club
Amversawalary
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American Gold Star Mothers
Weal
AntiMower Drive Clipped Iowan retreats to own yard
Des Moines reporting Bob Hullihan ends his campaign to oppose power lawnmowers. He warns of a yard to yard defense and jokes about a two power mower family while admitting little support and predicting his lawn will be last surrendered. He bought radio time June 12 to plead against the noisy machines and laments the public’s reaction.
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Des Moines
UPE
Bob Hullihan
Hullihan
Hullian
A& Nower
ANPLL
Power Lawnmowers League
Supreme Court Limits Restore-Veteran Seniority Rights
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that the selective service act does not require an employer to restore a veteran to a promoted seniority position he might have held had he not served. Henry McKinney, a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad employee, was moved from group 2 to group 1 after service then denied the bill clerk post, causing a pay cut of $10.08 weekly.
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Supreme Court
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Black
Douglas
Henry McKinney
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
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Billier
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Chiefs Quiz Held Up by Sen Russell
Senator Russell denounced what he called sword of reprisal tactics against Admiral Arleigh Burke for opposing the administration's military reorganization plan. As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee he said the panel will not quiz further joint chiefs of staff until assurances they can speak freely are provided.
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Russell
D-Gap
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McElroy Sanday Crereeedl Tegiel
Burke
Rene Earelen
Mowlroy
Fussell
Joint Chiefs
Embassy Attack Sparks West German-Soviet Tensions
Across Moscow and Bonn protests erupt as demonstrators attack the Soviet embassy with stones and ink. Secretary McElroy and Defense Secretary Burke clash over witnesses and military testimony amid calls for free candor. Russell cancels Generals Taylor and Pate appearances citing security and independence concerns. Meanwhile Poznan hosts U.S. pavilion visitors at the Poland trade fair with new technology and displays drawing crowds.
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Moscow
McElray
Stratars
Burke
Bonn
Russell
Henry
Q. Taile
Poznan
Poland
U.S. Naval
Murr Moe
U.S
Jjods
ORCB Names New President
J A Paddock of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brake Men and will take office August 1. He becomes the youngest president since 1290 and succeeds F O Hughes, retiring after one year.
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Miami
J. A. Paddock
Cedar Rapids
Order of
Paddock
FO. Hughes
Ink bottles fly as landlady clash with evangelist spurs embassy protest
In Italy a landlady angered by her Protestant tenant evangelist blocks his door. After she bricked it up, crowds gathered to protest in Dorn and Moscow with banners and ink thrown at the German embassy. Police moved in after two hours as debris littered the street.
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Italy
Gemma Raslle
Umberto Righetti
First Church of Christ
Minster
Basile
Seround
Righetti
Dorn
Moscow
Imre Nagy
Hungary
Tis
Bomb Thrown at Algerian Restaurant Misses Blasts
A terrorist tossed a bomb into a Philippeville restaurant where 40 French soldiers were dining. The device landed in a soldier’s soup and the fuse fizzled, causing no blast or injuries.
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Philippeville
Algeria
Too Many Want Something For Nothing
In San Francisco AP: AMA president says a growing belief that life should owe everyone all they desire weakens the nation. Dr. David Allmen warns a beneficent government should not gratify every demand, while Dr. Gunnar Gundersen says organized medicine will adapt and recruit top talent.
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America
U.S
David Allmen
Atlantic City
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American Medical Assn
Allman
AMA
Gunnar Gundersen
la Crosse
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