Ike Opposes Pension for Alger Hiss
Washington AP report states President Eisenhower opposes granting any government pension to Alger Hiss, former State Department official convicted of lying about giving secret information to a Communist spy ring. James C. Hagerty said the president’s stance follows coverage of Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau positions.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Alger Hiss
State Department
James C. Hagerty
Ate
Civil Service Agency backs pension denial under law
The Civil Service Commission and budget bureau said they are not opposed to denying pension payments to Alger Hiss or other convicted felons, provided there is a valid statute or constitutional legislation supporting the action.
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Washington
LLP
Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau
Alger Hiss
Pension Fight Over Alger Hiss Draws White House Scrutiny
Rep. Clardy condemns administration stance on paying retirement to imprisoned Alger Hiss. Hagerty cites Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau reports as interpretations of law, while President Eisenhower reportedly agrees pension should not be paid. White House involvement remains unclear as reports circulated without direct notice.
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Hiss
Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau
House Civil Service Committee
Rep
Clardy
Rmich
Hagerty
Budget Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Eisenhower
House Committee On Post Office and Civil Service
Commission
Bureau
White House
Draft call sets 23000 for August in U S Army plan
The Defense Department announced a draft call of 23 000 men for August matching July totals. The figure had stood at 18 000 for several months before. All conscripts will be assigned to the army.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Army
Doctors Debate Fee Splitting at AMA Convention
San Francisco report shows the American Medical Association debating whether doctors may split fees without ethics violations. A House of Delegates committee was asked to reconsider after a proposal to bill patients for total expenses in one lump sum. The controversy shadowed AMA leadership amid replies from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis defending its polio vaccine trials.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
AMA
Leff
House of Delegates
George Braunlich
Davenport
Braunlich
John W. Cline
The
National Foundation For
Texas
Foundation
Salk
Jonas Salk
New York
County Medical Society
River Crest in Cedar Rapids Seen At About Six Feet
Flood preparations continued on a watch and wait basis in Cedar Rapids as crest projections hovered near 16 feet by Friday noon. The Cedar River stood at 8.64 feet at noon, below flood stage, with earlier readings showing 8.37 and 6.9 feet as upstream forecasts indicated a crest near 16 feet. Army Corps official Pat Phelan and city workers monitored the levee conditions and kept sandbags ready to protect catch basins and storm sewers.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Waterloo
Pat Phelan
Army Corps of Engineers Hydraulic Section
Rock Island
City
War in Guatemala Honduras conflict fueled by propaganda
In a seventh day of fighting the Guatemalan civil confrontation sees rebels and Arbenz loyalists stalled by transport shortages north of the Honduran border. Police wounded seven in Tegucigalpa amid pro Arbenz student protests as broadcasts claim rebel advances toward Guatemala City. Officials cite Czechoslovakia arms shipments to Guatemala aiding pro communist factions.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Liberation
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala City
Washington
Communistzechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Ticketed Rescuer Gets Cops Dinner Invitation
MINNEAPOLIS UP Carle ston West Jr aged 24 parked illegally on a bridge and received a $2 ticket and a dinner invitation from police after he explained he parked to rescue a woman from the Mississippi. The ticket was rescinded and the invitation issued following his rescue act.
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Minneapolis
Carleston West, Jr
West
Mississippi
Senator McCarthy aide Surine tied to CIA probe report
Washington dispatches report Sen. Joseph McCarthy has assigned Donald Surine to investigate the CIA while denying he holds a federal security clearance. The New York Times and Herald Tribune cite sources about the alleged assignment and clearance status, with Surine denying knowledge of the matter. Security clearance from the defense department remains unresolved.
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NEW
LeneCarthy
Donald Surine
Central Intelligence Agency
Surine
Washington
McCarthy
CIA
Washington Dispatches
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
the Times
Sen. McCarthy
FBI
Defense Department
Senate
Subcommittee On
Cir
Subcommittee
The
Herald Tribune
Cedar Rapids approves sewer torn street repairs plan
Cedar Rapids city council approved a project to repair sewer torn streets and widen Second avenue SE from Eighth to Tenth streets. Public hearing and bids opening are set for 10 a.m. July 12. Estimated cost runs about 38 000 to 39 000 dollars by City Engineer Frank Young. The Second avenue widening includes a seven foot addition on the south side and curb and gutter replacement. Other repairs cover Southeast Cedar Rapids trenches filled after last year’s sanitary sewer extension and resurfacing on Fourth avenue SE from Fifth to Fifteenth street and Fifteenth street from an alley. Continued on Page 2.
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Second Avenue
Eighth
Cedar Rapids
Frank Young
Fourth Avenue
Fifth
Fifteenth Street
Man Convicted in Triangle Slaying
DETROIT UP John P. Lange 51 a milkman was convicted of first degree murder in the love triangle slaying of a playboy steel executive. A life sentence is mandatory.
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Detroit
John P. Lange
Playboy Steel
Red Chess Aces Clinch Triumph Over U S Team
New York AP reports Russia's chess squad defeated the United States in the final round of an eight day, 32 game event. Reshevsky drew all four with Smyslov while Larry Evans, 23, faltered against Tal.
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New York
Russia
America
Samuel Reshevsky
Vassily Smyslov
Larry Evans
U. S
Mark Taimonov
Asiatic Plan Of Eden Irks Washington
U S officials reject Eden's Locarno type security proposal for southeast Asia as conflicting with Dulles Eisenhower views. Washington previews show no text, no comment, and growing friction ahead of talks with Churchill Eden and Dulles. Indo China likely neutralized. anti Communist pact proposed by Eden faces U S opposition.
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Washington
U. S
Southeast Asia
China
Indo-China
Eden
State Department
Locarno
Dulles
Eisenhower
Britain
France
White House
Churchill
Planes land atop each other at Shawnee airport
Two light planes landed simultaneously one on top of the other at Shawnee municipal airport Wednesday night. Both pilots escaped with cuts and bruises as the aircraft were heavily damaged. Pilot H. E. Reding, who was in the bottom plane, recalled feeling the world seem to drop in.
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Shawnee
Okla
H. E. Reding
Telephone Call Solves 1912 Kidnapping Mystery
A 42 year old Springfield kidnapping case was cracked after a West Virginia man identifying as Robert Wilson Pitman, 45, revealed his true name and history. He learned he was the son abducted as a child, and contacted police to locate his mother Rose Tracy Thompson. He plans to travel to Burlington to meet his mother, now hospitalized after eye surgery, and he is a married father of two.
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Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Robert Mpson
Springfields
Robert Wilson Pitman
Charleston, W. Va
Wilson Ambrose Pitman
Rose Ethel Mason Thompson
Ruth Rawson
Rose Tracy
Jericho Conor
Burlington
West
Burton
Heavy Loss By Fake Gl Claims Told
Rep. Short reports alleged fraud in military secondary allotments benefiting parents of servicemen. About 30 percent of such claims deemed improper across the United States. Since inquiry began about 500 servicemen canceled their dependent allotments. Federal prosecutions and courts martial cited where applicable.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Short
Armed Services
Federal
Treasury
Congressional
Project Big
Puerto Rico
U. S
Retired Cedar Rapids Minister Dr A B Curran Dies
The Rev. A B Curran 83 longtime Cedar Rapids minister died in St Luke's hospital at 6 04 am Thursday Born July 13 1870 he served as pastor at Trinity Cedar Rapids 1907 1911 and helped found St James Methodist and Trinity family churches He held many pastorates and led church financing work Survived by two daughters and several relatives funeral arrangements pending burial in Edgewood cemetery
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Cedar Rapids
A. B. Curran
St. Luke's Hospital
Edgewood
Curran
Waterloo
Strawberry Point High School
Northern Illinois Normal School
Cascade
Leemanton and
Rowley
Hopkinton
Clarksville
Northwood
West Union
Trinity of
Charles City
Grace of
Dubuque
Upper
Iowacre
Methodist Church Financing Agency
Star of
Grandview Church
Prairie Chapel
Highway 13
Linn County
Dr. Curran
Margaret Reeves Armour
Blanch Stafford
Burlington
Lois Rareingpon
Traverse City
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Des Moines Flood Reaches Historic Crest Over 30 Feet
Des Moines faced a 31% foot crest near 30 feet during a three day battle to raise and hold the levees. Guardsmen and volunteers worked to shore Riverview and other dikes, with no lives lost and the city’s major levees holding despite breaches and sandbag struggles.
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Des Moines
Riverview Park
Iowa National Guardsmen
East Des Moines
Iowa Ripe and Tile Company
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Marion
Prerestene Ceves
Ant
Robert J. Miller
Martin’s
Millhiser-Smith Agency
C.R
Sazette's
Tonight
Cedar Rapids News
John M. Hightower
Mason
Paul Mingus
U.S. Army Engineers
Riverview
Cityublic Works
John Tippee
Tippee
Alva Glasscock
Harold A. Hensler
Iowa National Guard
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