Testimony in Army Garb Case Clashes Over Payments
In Washington Rubin, a contact for military uniform makers, refused to alter sworn testimony while another witness contradicted him. Schlesinger testified Rubin paid him 150 for a Puerto Rico trip to audit garrison cap records, a claim Rubin denied. The navy suspended Julius Goldman who said Rubin paid him 50 weekly for three months in 1952 while he rejected a raincoat contract Rubin represented.
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Washington
Marvin L. Rubin
Jerome “Schlesinger
Woodhaven
N. Y
Army
Rubin
Puerto Rico
Schlesinger
Navy
Julius Goldman
Senate
Goldman
Ansonia (Conn
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigating Subcommittee
Boni, Ta Originals, Inc
Leon M. Levy
Internal Revenue Service
New York
Bonita
Floods Hit Trinidad and Southwest Amid Drought Lull
Floodwaters from the Purgatoire River inundated Trinidad Colorado causing two feet of water in the Santa Fe station and closure of highways and schools. National guardsmen evacuated families as four phone lines fell and rail lines flooded. Tornado alerts lingered with no major damage reported. In Texas and Oklahoma, rapid floods, evacuations, and washed out railroads followed cloudbursts and heavy rains. Colorado saw heavy mountain snow and eastern plains rain.
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Associated Press
Purgatoire
Trinidad
Colo
T the
Santa Fe Railroad
National Guardsmen
Hoehne
Texas
Ballinger
Brady
Eastland
Oklahoma
Temple
Waurika
Lawton
Frederick
Comanche
Walters
Colorado
Texas, and Pacific Railroad
West Texas
Comic Books Cited in Slaying by 14 Year Old
Oakland police say a 14 year old boy confessed to killing his 7 year old playmate with a hatchet and knife. The suspect told authorities he was influenced by horror comic books. Dr. Douglas Kelley notes the youth was fond of grafically violent comics. The victim has been identified as Stanley Frank.
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Oakland
Calif
Douglas Kelley
University of California
David Drew
David
Stanley Frank
Reserve Bill Put on Shelf
The House shelved President Eisenhower s compulsory military reserve bill after reaffirming its stance against compulsory racial segregation in the national guard by defeating Vinson s bid to remove an anti segregation amendment. Vinson then moved to quit work on the measure which passed and he warned the bill may be revived later.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
National Guard
Vinson
D-Ga
Shouse Armed Services Committee
Rep
Powell
D-N.y
Senator Frank Byers Improves at St Luke's Hospital
Iowa state Sen. Frank C. Byers, 71, dean of the Iowa senate, shows regained consciousness and responds well to treatment at St Luke's hospital. He had been hospitalized since last Saturday after an illness at his Marion home on Tama Street.
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Dar Rapids
Frank C. Byers
St. Luke’s Hospital
The
Gazette
Byers
Iowa Senate
Linn County
Tama Street
Marion
Talbott Denies Air Supremacy Loss to Russia
Washington INL Air Secretary Talbott told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the U S is not using air supremacy against Russia. He conceded the Soviets are doing a better job than he expected while generals Talbott and Nathan Twining provided a reassured view of relative U S Russian airpower.
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Washington
INL
Talbott
U. S
Russia
Nathan Twinling
Air Force
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Post Office Committee
Murray
D-Tenn
House
Senate
Foreign Visitors To Sleep At White House No Longer
Washington reports that foreign heads of state will no longer stay overnight at the White House. The state department cites reduced convenience and increased overseas visitors as reasons, with Blair House designated for first nights and official entertaining continuing at the White House.
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White House
Washington
Executive Mansion
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
State Department
Churchill
Roosevelt
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Trumans
Eisenhowers
Greece
Ethiopia
Conn Named to National Council of Planning Assn
Rex Conn of Cedar Rapids farm editor is named a member of the National Council of the National Planning Association. The council provides leadership for national economic and social problem solving and channels talent to develop better methods. Chairman of the membership committee is William L. Batt. Board members include Beardsley Ruml Eric Johnson Allan B. Kline and Donald R. Murphy.
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Cedar Rapids News
Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids Gazette
National Council
National Planning Association
William L. Batt
Planning Association
Beardsley Ruml
Eric Johnson
Allan B. Kline
Donlald R. Murphy
Judge rules cricket rush not cruelty in divorce petition
In London, a judge on Thursday rejected Joyce Copus's petition for divorce, ruling that rushing out to play cricket does not constitute cruelty. The decision upholds the marriage's status despite alleged misconduct related to sports injuries and irregular conduct.
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London
Joyce Copus
Trial Opens in Hospitals vs Doctors Pay Case
Pathologist pay discussed as the Iowa hospitals suit against doctors opens before District Judge C. Edwin Moore. The filing argues hospitals’ lab services are unlicensed practice though supervised by physicians. Witness Donald Cordes testifies on Methodists’ lab pay. economists warn of insurance impacts.
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DES Moines
C. Edwin Moore
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa State Medical Society Supports the Findings of the Attorney General
Iowa Hospital Association
Donald Cordes
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Hospital Association
Iowa
Blue Cross
New Halt in Polio Vaccination Plan Sparks Uncertainty
Washington AP reports a new halt in polio vaccine releases for several days as supplies grow scarce. Surgeon General Scheele defends ongoing testing reviews while Parke Davis Lilly vaccines remain in limited use and new methods are explored.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Change sought for Old Marion road outlet in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council discussed creating a new outlet for Old Marion road NE to First avenue with a plan by B C Lackman. The move ties Old Marion road and Fiftieth street NE into a direct link to Center Point road and may require State Highway Commission approval.
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City Plan Commission
Marion and
Fiftieth Street
Collins Research
Skogman Housing
Milwaukee Railroad
Lackman
Marion Road
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Highway Commission
Eisenhower Veto Blocks 8.8 Percent Postal Raise
President Eisenhower vetoes a bill for an 8.8 percent average pay raise for about 500,000 postal workers, saying the cost would burden taxpayers, create inequities, and pose administrative problems. He proposed a 5 percent raise with adjustments totaling 6.5 percent. Congress and committees react as votes fall short of an override.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Congress
Linn County polio inoculations postponed awaiting vaccine
Linn county polio vaccination program officials announced that the second shot in the spring series, scheduled for Friday for first through fourth graders, is postponed indefinitely due to the absence of any new vaccine. Dr. A. F. Harrington, medical director, said there is no near-term vaccine arrival.
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Sonoma
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
A. F. Harrington
Lightning strike kills four boys at Texas schoolyard
In Kingsville Texas four boys were killed and a fifth injured when lightning struck during a gym class at Gillette Junior High School. Physical education instructor Marvin Kirkman was knocked unconscious. Other students suffered shock reactions and were sent home to rest.
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Kingsville
Texas
Gillette ‘Junior High School
Marvin Kirkman
Daughters Die After Pickup Accident Father Charged With DWI
Mau rice Fickbohm of near Rodman was charged with second offense drunk driving after an accident along a rural road near Rodman killed his two daughters Janice May, 3, and Jean Marie, 2. The incident prompted an inquest by Palo Alto County Coroner John R. Hyde.
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Emmetsburg
Maurice Fickbohm
Rodman
State Highway Patrol
Court of Justice of the Peace
Elmer Ellis
Janice May Fickbohm
Jean Marie
Bounty Road
Palo Alto County
John R. Hyde
Quaker Oats to Acquire Flako Products Corporation
Quaker Oats Company announced that its directors authorized the acquisition of Flako Products Corporation of New Brunswick New Jersey. The baking mix pioneer will operate as a Quaker Oats division and is expected to close mid June after Flako stockholder approval.
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Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
Flako Products ‘Corporation
New Brunswick
N.J
Flako
Flake
Quaker Oats
Hoover to Speak on Radio on Governmental Reorganization
Former President Herbert Hoover will address the National Industrial Conference Board on government reorganization. Des Moines station WHO will carry the NBC sound from 7:30 to 8 p.m. tonight.
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Herbert Hoover
NBC
U. S
WHO
Des Moines
Hoover
National Industrial Conference Board
New York
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