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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1956

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Dulles Eases Indian Suspicion After Talks With Nehru

Secretary of State Dulles met with Prime Minister Nehru in New Delhi to ease Indian concerns over Pakistan’s military aid and the Kashmir dispute. He warned that Pakistan must not use arms against India and said the United States would side with India if the matter reached the United Nations. The talks, though tense at times, yielded a tone of lasting friendliness and mutual goals.

Eugene Levin New Delhi India Dulles Nehru United States Pakistan U. S Kashmir United Nations Goa Portugal Egypt SEATO Karachi U.N

Snowstorm Delays Funerals In Northwest Iowa

A severe pre spring storm dumped 5 to 15 inches of snow across northern Iowa border counties with strong winds up to 50 mph. Roads blocked in Estherville and Sibley. two northwest funerals were postponed as central and northeast sections saw heavier snow while southeast faced light showers.

Iowa Border Lyon County Mason City North The Highway Patrol Estherville Sibley

Quadruplets Born To Virginia Mother

A 31 year old Richmond woman Mrs Richard Shaia gave birth to quadruplet girls at St Luke s hospital in Richmond The births were more than a month premature and the mother had been hospitalized since late January She and her husband already have five other children ages two to nine

Richmond Richard Shaia St. Luke's Hospital Shaia St. Luke’s Satwears

Marion and Cedar Rapids plan groups urged to cooperate

A Cedar Rapids plan commission meeting read a letter from Ralph P. Young of the Marion Sentinel proposing joint planning in Cedar Rapids and Marion. He urged cross representation on discussions affecting northeast Cedar Rapids and Marion as growth accelerates.

Cedar Rapids Marion

Gas Tank Explosion Kills Woman in Hobro

An oxygen flask toppled from a truck in Hobro Denmark, its valve breaking and the highly compressed gas exploding. A boy and a girl were severely cut by shattered shop windows as the flask flew, then struck a stone embankment and crashed to the street, killing a woman.

Hobro Denmark

U.S. Policy Reappraisal Faces Middle East Strain

The State Department begins a reluctant review of U S policy toward the Midwest Arab states led by Egypt. Dulles eyes reorientation toward Iraq and possible U S membership in the Baghdad Pact amid Egypt's growing anti Western stance and recent regional upheavals.

Washington State Department United States Egypt U. S Palestine

U S Officials Shocked by British Action on Makarios

U S officials expressed shock and dismay at Britain's deportation of Archbishop Makarios from Cyprus. Senate leaders criticized the move as worsening the Middle East crisis. Administration sources said they had no advance notice and Britain apologized for not informing Washington in time due to a breakdown in communications.

Mediterranean Greece Britain Cyprus North Atlantic Alliance U. S Tunis France North Africa John Bagot Glubb Jordan Palestine Washington U.S Makarios Senate Middle East State Department London William F. Knowland Calif Knowland

Outbursts Flow over Into Greece

Cyprus ground to a halt as a general strike erupted over Makarios exile. British paratroopers searched the archbishop’s residence and found a small arsenal including a gasoline bomb and 18 pistol rounds. Greek protests spread from Athens to Crete with fires, vandalism, and embassies guarded as Greece moves to raise Cyprus at the U N.

Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus Makarios Union-with- Greece Crete Herakleion London Christian X. Palamas U.N Greece

McClellan Heads Bipartisan Senate Lobby Probe Group

Senator McClellan of Arkansas was elected chair of a new bipartisan Senate lobby probe committee with Senator Bridges of New Hampshire as vice chair. The panel approved rules to end a two week deadlock and outlined subpoena and preliminary investigative powers while stressing a constructive, non smear approach to lobbying and campaign finance reform.

Washington Senate Lobby McClellan D-Ark Bridges R-N.h Arkansas Senate

Weather Halts Skyhook Balloons Trip to Iowa City

Trucks hauling three Skyhook balloons from Minneapolis to Iowa City were stalled in Waterloo by bad weather. Winzen Research engineers Ed Lewis and Verne Baumgardner said drivers would resume Sunday morning. Launch window remains 6 to 6 30 a.m. Monday though snow could alter plans.

Mason City Mercury Iowa Weather Bureau Iowa City Minneapolis Waterloo Winzen Research Company Office of Naval Research Winzen Ed Lewis Verne Baumgardner

Campaign Against Easter Chick Cruelty Launched

The American Humane Association based in Denver launched a campaign to end Easter chick sales in dime stores and similar outlets. A spokesman said progress has been made but more pressure is needed in races where such sales remain legal.

Denver INS American Humane Association Association

Kansas City Bans Sale of Baby Fowls for Play

Kansas City city council approved an ordinance prohibiting sale of baby chickens ducks and other fowl under two months old as children's playthings. Way side Waifs Inc backed the measure.

Kansas City Wayside Waifs, Inc

Clare Boothe Luce Ill With Influenza and Laryngitis

New York AP report says Clare Boothe Luce the U S ambassador to Italy was bedbound with a combined influenza and laryngitis attack Saturday. Dr Milton Rosen Bluth warned she may be laid up for four or five days.

New York Clare Boothe Luce U.S Italy Peice Milton Rosenbluth

Brooklyn area broker shot amid welfare racket probe

Louis Saperstein, 49, a Newark based union welfare insurance broker, was shot four times in a car while a brunette seated beside him survived. Police linked the attack to his cooperation with authorities in a New York union welfare insurance racketeering probe. The target and four assailants fled in a second car.

Newark Louis Saperstein Union Saperstein Crti- Sapernstein Marie Benson Bayonne New York Alfred J. Scotti

Alburnett Man Injured in Fight

Orville Herrin, 25, of 22742 Third avenue SW was held on an open charge after a fight with Frank Chrisman, 31, of Alburnett. Chrisman suffered a skull fracture and forehead cut and was in fair condition at St. Luke's hospital. Reports said a steam hose and meat cleaver were used, though witnesses described it as a fist fight.

Cedar Rapids Orville Herrin Third Avenue Frank Chrisman Alburnett Herrin Wilson and Company Chrisman St. Luke’s Hospital James Shannon

Heroism Prevents More Casualties In Novitiate Fire

In Lenox Massachusetts a deadly fire at the Shadowbrook Jesuit novitiate killed three priests and a lay brother. Firefighters and priests aided dozens of escapes with six injured sent to St Luke's hospital. About 100 seminarians and 11 lay brothers survived as national fund drive advances to build a fireproof replacement.

Lenox Mass Ins Shadowbrook St. Luke’s Hospital Pittsfield

Praises Pope On Anniversary From Eisenhower Letter

Washington dispatch reports President Eisenhower publicly praised Pope Pius XII on the pope's 80th birthday and the 17th anniversary of his coronation. Eisenhower said the observances hold great significance for Christians worldwide. John A. McCone delivered the president’s letter in Rome.

Washington Ins White House President Eisenhower Pius XII Eisenhower Pius Rome John A. McCone U. S. Air

St Donatus Man Killed in Hwy 52 Mishap

Vincent Hoffman aged 35 of St. Donatus died when his car left control on Highway 52 two miles north of Belle Vue. The vehicle struck a telephone pole and wrapped around a tree. Hoffman was alone in the car.

Bellevue Vincent Hoffman St. Donatus Highway 52 Here Richard Ads Hoffman Jackson County

Norfolk woman pleads guilty to 19 counts of forgery

Glacia Williams, 34, pleaded guilty in Norfolk to 19 counts of forging another man's signature to purchase an automobile, new tires, a television and other items. The forged mark was an X.

Norfolk Glacia Williams

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Ove Indian Radio Colombo Ceylon John Sherman Cooper Associated Press Virginia C.R Cedar Rapids News John M. Hightower Iraq Eye Bagdad Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser State Dulles Bagdad Alliance Glubb Saudi Arabia Syria St. Mary's Hospital Evansville Ind Jean Hodge Jeffrey Allen Marina Mary Speigel Mary Schmidt Operation Good Neighbor L. S. Chakales George Great Britain Creece Walter F. George Dga Foreign Relations Committee Limassol Polis Kyrenia Famagusta Nicosia Seychelle Islands Madagascar Indian Ocean Addis William Addis Athens University Athens British European Airways New England Pilea Holy Synod Ifne Ban K. C Clare Luce Washington Wonderland Eagge Marion Serviceemen
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