Portland Mayor in Senate Bribe Testimony
Portland Mayor Terry D Schrunk described the bribery claim as fantastic while testifying before a senate rackets committee. James Elkins testified that Clifford Bennett paid Schrunk $500 to avoid a raid on their Portland gambling club. Witnesses said the money changed hands near a telephone pole across the street.
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Jimmy” Bennett
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Thomas Maloney
Seattle
Teamsters Union
Menerteee Committee
House approves Middle East resolution to stand firm against communism
The House passed and sent to President Eisenhower a resolution declaring the United States is prepared to fight if needed to resist Communist aggression in the Middle East. The vote was 350 to 60 after adopting the Senate version sought by Eisenhower two months ago. House leaders avoided a conference delay by quickly clearing the Senate version via the rules committee.
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De Valera Wins Irish Parliament Return as Prime Minister
Eamon de Valera, 74 and nearly blind, wins control of the Irish parliament in a comeback. Fianna Fail secures 71 seats with Sinn Fein deputies boycotting, giving him a working majority of the 147 seat Dail.
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Eamon de Valera
John A. Costello
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Men of Destiny
Sinn
The Gasoline Theft Bait Traps a Suspect in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police were notified after a resident reported gasoline thefts from his truck at 937 Twenty-second Avenue SW. About 40 gallons have been stolen in three months, prompting the owner to bait with a can containing sugar to foul a thief’s engine.
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Labor Endorses Hospital Drive in Cedar Rapids
Organized labor in Cedar Rapids urged union members to support the United Hospitals campaign. John W. Evans and Harold J. Smith announced the joint endorsement, with John J. Locher Jr. listed as campaign chairman, calling it typical of broad community support.
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John J. Locher, Jr
Verminous Alfred Lewandowski Vagrancy Case Sparks Odd Argument
Alfred Lewandowski, 30, appeared in Plymouth magistrates on a vagrancy charge. He told the court he is a caveman who lives on twigs and grass and declared I am verminous, saying his vermin companion stimulates his nerves and muscles and that they have as much right to live as humans.
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England
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Alfred Casimer Lewandowski
Injection of Alcohol Cuts Cancer Pain
Houston doctors announce a spinal alcohol injection to relieve terminal cancer pain for three to six months. Dr. Richard C. Hay and Dr. William Derrick report relief within minutes, with effective results in 76 of 81 cases, without dulling sense or motion.
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Richard C. Hay
William Derrick
M. D. Anderson Hospital
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Hay
Red China Freeing American Prisoner Listed
Radio Peiping announced that American Paul J. McKensen Jr. was released on expiration of his term for acts threatening security. He was one of six missionaries detained by Communist China, including two businessmen and two army civilians. McKensen, 32, faced a five year spy charge.
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Triplet Calves Reported in East Berlin
East Berlin’s Lausitzer Rundschau reported a cow gave birth to three healthy calves in a unique triplet birth. The event was noted as remarkable by the newspaper on Thursday.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Lausitzer Rundschau
Preservation plan eyed for Wapsie recreation area
Gazette reporter Russ Wiley covers an informal Linn County meeting in the county courthouse on reviving the Wapsipinicon river as a recreation area. Discussion centered on restoring the Central City dam to raise river levels, with talks of transferring dam title to the state and securing Iowa Conservation Commission support and funds.
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Emil Novak
Linn County
Iowa
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Miles P. Suteran
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Ted” Petranek
Emil Pazdera
Ed Frana
Tom Condon
Tom Barkley
Shirley Nelson
Petranek
Modest Prayer Ends With Wish For Mother’s Son-in-Law
A lighthearted line closes the piece as a coed finishes her prayers with a humorous plea for her mother. The quip asks for a son-in-law to brighten the mother’s day, ending the note with a wink.
Flaming Torch Dives 65 Feet in Tank at Police Circus
The Flaming Torch performer plunged 65 feet into a water tank during a Wednesday night police circus in Kansas City. He knocked himself out and was rescued by fellow performers as about 3,500 spectators looked on. Stan Bond, 34, of Plymouth England, appeared in the U.S. for the first time.
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England
U.S
Ten Die As Ship Collision Blows Up Tanker in Delaware River
An outbound freighter and a navy tanker collided near Pea Patch Island in the lower Delaware River, causing a massive blast. The Mission San Francisco burned and settled, with ten men aboard the tanker including the captain missing feared dead. 35 others on the tanker and 23 on the freighter were rescued. The crash created a fire, large fumes, and a water-debris scene as survivors described the explosion and destruction.
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William C. Bausch
Miami
Egypt Reopens Suez Canal For Small Ships After Four Months
Egypt announced the Suez Canal would reopen Friday for ships of 500 tons or less as Israel completes its Gaza pullout. The canal’s full clearance will follow after UN notice, with about three weeks needed to remove wrecks and restore a 25 foot depth. UN troops from Denmark Norway Sweden India and Colombia deploy as Gaza exits proceed.
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Eisenhower Seeks Slower Gov t Spending Amid Health Talk
President Eisenhower at a news conference outlined steps to slow government outlays to curb rising living costs. He disclosed a left ear inflammation and a lingering cough now a cold in the head, but said the cough is improving. He noted limited travel plans due to officials abroad and pressed for a study to trim spending without abandoning budget projects. He defended White House modernization needs and foreign aid discretion while urging prudence on UN reliance and international policy.
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Nixon
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James Hagerty
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Rest Room In Penn Station Declared Not Home For Seven Women
New York AP report says seven women aged 45 to 72 were rounded up in the Pennsylvania Station lounge on a Wednesday and brought before Magistrate Jack Nicoll. They were found innocent of loitering except Dora Peck who had $224 and was sent to welfare. Nicoll suspended loitering charges for four others and gave St John and Lena Onorato a dollar for carfare. Mrs Onorato showed $1,419 in two bank books.
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Pennsylvania Station
Jack Nicoll
Nicoll
Dora Peck
Nebergall Gets One Year Extension as Director
Iowa State Safety Commissioner Clinton Moyer announced that R W Nebergall chief of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation has been granted a one year extension in office. Nebergall who turned 65 last September had previously received a six month extension. The extensions, approved by the board of the Iowa peace officers pension system, can be renewed for up to a year at a time.
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Clinton Moyer
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
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Iowa Peace Officers’ Pension System
Rescue worker dies saving livestock at DP fire
Edward Pilecki, 43, a displaced person and farmhand from Poland who arrived five years ago after time in German camps, died Wednesday night while attempting to lead livestock to safety during a blaze at White Earth.
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Edward Pilecki
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