Eisenhower private car poisoned drink probe widens
Secret Service agents and railroad investigators pressed a probe into allegedly poisoned soft drinks aboard a private car used by President Eisenhower. Secret Service Chief A. E. Baughman said it could take three or four more days to resolve. Three people who drank ginger ale on the car were hospitalized, authorities said.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Secret Service
Eisenhower
A. E. Baughman
Howard Skidmore
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
US Two
Plan Commission Backs Mild Favorable View on Sears-Younkers Site
The Cedar RIdge Plan Commission expressed a generally favorable stance toward rezoning 40 acres for a Sears Younkers shopping center, not the 72 acres requested. Minutes show conditions attached, including deed restrictions and a new zoning classification, following an executive session discussion.
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Cedar Ranida New
City Flan Commission
Sears-Younkers
Commission
First Avenue
Old Marion
Plan Commission
Imove
Eisenhower plays down ginger ale incident on presidential car
President Eisenhower joked about the ginger ale incident aboard the presidential car Chessie 2 in Huntington West Virginia. Nine people were aboard including Walter J Tuohy and two women relatives. Some drinkers reported an unpleasant taste and three later suffered upset stomachs.
Zoning committee weighs Sears Roebuck-Younker plan details
The six member zoning panel plus two alternates met March 22 to review the rezoning proposal. They pressed for figures on area for building and parking, location of improvements, and road control. Chairman George Cockburn aims to bring a vote at the April 3 meeting with consultants and chamber officials in attendance.
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Varius Paints
Wimiliee
Commission
Edler
George Cockburn
Sears Roebuck-Younker Brothers
Cockburn
Herb Kling
John Wagner
M.doc Manley
C. P. Lewellen
A. L Srulekell
Joe Dytrt
Waldo Wegner
Kenneth Hastie
Tec Paulson
Chester Ainsworth
James Fashimpaur
Ira Brooks
Thomas Woods
van Veehter Shaffer
Abe Pilkcer
Russel, Riley
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Robert Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Meare
Thirty-three Stores Back Monday Opening
Downtown merchants back a Monday opening plan as the Montgomery Ward group leads 34 firms in promoting extended hours. The Monday Opening Committee at the Montrose hotel outlined advertising and cooperation with a March start and potential Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
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Cedar Rounds News
Montrose Hotel
Larry Rowan
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau
Delmar James
Marlin Fei- Hononlulu
Jden
Shester
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio
Beck
Teamsters Executive Board
London
INS
Georgi Malenker
Teamsters
Communist Party
Khrush- Ila
ILA
AFL
George Meany
Roosevelt Students Observe Their Senators in Action
A group of Cedar Rapids American Heritage students visits Washington D C for a Capitol tour and historic sites. They meet Sen Bourke B Hickenlooper and Sen Thomas E Martin, see the Lincoln Memorial Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, and tour Mount Vernon with educators Russell L Daniels and four adults.
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Roosevelt
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Capitol Steps
Xirty
Thomas E. Martin
Capitol
Supreme Court
Library of Congress
Capitol Hill
Lincoln Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Russell L. Daniels
Franklin High students visit Washington for government study
Forty three Franklin high school youths arrived in Washington after an overnight steamer trip up the Potomac from Old Point Comfort to spend two days exploring governmental processes. Cedar Rapids students rode via Old Bay line and had beds on the first night away from home.
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Laurie van Dyke
Garette Glatt
Washington
Franklin High School
Mounlit Potomac River
Old Bay Line
Old Point Comfort
Cedar Rapids
Breasen
Miss van Byre
No Piano and No Husband Divorce Story
Denver AP report details Nancy E. Wolf receiving a divorce from Ruban Wolf after an argument over a piano. She testified he would leave if the piano disappeared, the piano was taken away, and he vanished after Christmas Eve when she sent it back.
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Denver
Nancy E. Wolf
Ruban Wolf
Five Day Work Week Adopted for Sing Sing Inmates
Ward en Wildred L. Denno announced that starting Saturday prison inmates at Sing Sing will shift to a five day work week. The plan to reform inmate labor schedules was disclosed in Ossining New York on Monday.
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Ossining
Wildred L. Denno
Sing Sing
Weather turns wintry across Iowa with storms and hail
A strong storm system moved northeast across Iowa bringing thunderstorms and snow flurries. Power outages occurred in Ames while Town Falls and Waterlno reported near inch rainfall and hail. Temperatures dropped overnight with lows near 25 to 30 and highs in the 30s as Cedar Rapids logged 12 degrees at midnight.
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Lowe
Towa
Ames
Cedar Rapids
iCharge Boy 17 Linked to Hubcap Theft Ring
Cedar Rapids police probe a juvenile theft ring led by an 11 year old student. Four youths aged 14 to 17 are detained, with Albert Aossey 17 accused of organizing the scheme and handling stolen hubcaps and a power saw. He will face charges of receiving stolen goods.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
John Kuba
Kuba
Albert Aossey
Howling Street
Wilson High School
Aossey
Aassey
Abbis Habhab
Hays
Jerry Navratil
Baas
Penick
Bronx synagogue ceiling collapses injuring three women
During a Passover service in the Bronx a 20 by 30 foot section of ceiling collapsed injuring three women seated in the balcony. Two remain in critical condition as about 30 others escaped the falling plaster in the rain. Max Wiesen led the congregation in prayer at the time.
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KEW York
Bronx
Max Wiesen
Walter Wanger suffers heart attack. Hollywood producer hospitalized
Hollywood AP reports film producer Walter Wanger had a mild heart attack Monday and will remain in the hospital about two weeks. The story blends Easter themes with a scripture meditation on Peter’s denying Jesus, noting a cast of religious imagery and narrative fragments.
Eisenhower seeks aid plan to woo developing nations
At a good neighbor conference in Springs West Virginia President Eisenhower won support from Canada and Mexico for a plan to steer developing nations away from communism. Louis St Laurent and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines backed offering moral and economic aid while Pearson floated sharing economic blueprints with Russia.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Canada
Mexico
Louis St. Laurent
Adolfo Ruiz Corlines
Ide Eisenhower
Whitehouse
Lester Pearson
Russia
Substitutes For Elector Plan Beaten
The Senate rejected a constitutional amendment for direct popular vote to elect President and Vice President by a voice vote. Senator Humphrey proposed a nationwide popular vote with two electors per state and the rest allocated nationally. Humphrey was absent on a West Coast speaking tour during the vote.
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Washington
Senate
Langer
R-N.d
Senuor
Humphrey
Minn
Government raids seize Communist offices in major cities
Treasury agents seized communist party offices in New York San Francisco Los Angeles Philadelphia Chicago Detroit and New York amid tax evasion charges totaling 389000 for 1941 and 46747 in 1953. Internal Revenue padlocks blocked Daily Worker offices while penalties and court action loom.
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KNIS
Communist Party
Eaaal
Treasury
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Newwork
Internal Revenue
The
Daily Worker
Itr
Mmediafill
Senate
House
Treasury Department
Hal
Lower Manhattan
National Party
Desse Schaefer
U.S
New Press
Senate conferees approve 90 percent parity price supports
Washington reports that senate conferees on the new form bill approved 90 percent parity price supports for basic crops for the year. They kept the dual parity formula, boosting supports, removed all better UN nations on soil bank payments, and scrapped a $100000 ceiling on payments to any single farmer.
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Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania Railroad Strike Postponed for Mediation
Washington dispatch reports the National Mediation Board announced that the AFL CIO Transit Workers have postponed their strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad until midnight Wednesday to allow for mediation.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Aflcio Transit
Pennsylvania Railroad
Air Force reports six straight years of declining crash rate
The Air Force said on Tuesday that the rate of military plane crashes has dropped for six consecutive years, despite a few recent spectacular accidents.
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Washington
Air Force
Tragedy Aboard Louisville Infant Strangles in Cord Incident
Louisville AP reports 14 month old Robert Colsan strangled when his neck became entangled in a blind cord hanging over his crib.
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Raby
Louisville
Robert Colsan
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