Burke Nominated to Lead Navy as Carney Replacement
President Eisenhower named Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke to be chief of naval operations, replacing Admiral Robert B. Carney amid a Formosa attack controversy. Burke would become full admiral Aug. 16, after Carney’s term ends.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Formosa
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Maxwell D. Taylor
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
Taylor
Burke
Formosa Strait
Dam Break Fires Flood Through Georgia Valley
Officials resume probe into cause of the valley dam breach that released a 25 foot wall of water along U.S. 19 near Neel's Gap in north Georgia. No deaths, but two houses and two cars demolished, eight buildings damaged, and 4900 baby chicks drowned at a local farm. Ravan and family escaped to higher ground as the earthen dam failed likely from water pressure.
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Dahlonega
U.S. Highway 19
Blue Ridge Mountains
Neel’s Gap
North
Georgia
In Memory Gifts and Memorials List
A jumble of memorial donations and dues for several organizations. Entries include gifts to Camp Good Health and in memory of Gordon D. Bareer L. D. Burkhalter Sr. and Robert Asti, with associations from the 103rd Infantry Division, Molders and Foundry Workers Union, Sisterhood of Temple No. 78, Railroad Trainmen, and St Paul’s Methodist Criterion club.
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International North America
Judah
Susan Grif Hospital
William Deacon
W. L. Phipps Molders and Foundry Workers Union of Fourscore Club
Temple
Winter Temple
Fith
Robert
Brotherhood of Railroad
Parlor City
Kensington
St. Paul's
Methodist
Criterion Club
Cedar Rapids News
Gazette
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Dawnide Tawa
Three Die as Wall Falls in Windstorm at Stadium
A 100-foot wall section collapsed during a wind storm at a South Atlantic league baseball game in Augusta Georgia. A 25-year-old man Wee Bennett died under debris while two boys David Thomas 12 and Sam Madison 13 died later in hospital. others were rescued.
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Augusta
Wee Bennett
David Thomas
Sam Mad
Ison
Montgomery
White House mulls Big Four meeting in Lausanne during July
The White House said the July 18-21 Big Four chiefs of government meeting could be held in Lausanne with other options under consideration. Russia favors a neutral belt through its eastern satellites, while Paris favors Vienna and Lausanne is a leading possibility. The Allies expect to decide after Britain’s Thursday election.
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Washington
White House
Lausanne
Switzerland
Russia
Great Britain
San Francisco
U.N
Germany
Pinay
Paris
Eisenhower
Vienna
U.S
Britain
France
James C. Hagerty
Eden
Attlee
Sign Reincorporation Papers Second Time for Church in 50 Years
Cedar Rapids residents Maude Krebs and George Sherman signed articles of reincorporation for the First Baptist church again after 50 years. Krebs is city clerk and Sherman a retired deputy clerk of court. Trustees designated them and LeRoy Skogman to file with the Iowa Secretary of State at a May meeting. The church’s original articles date to the congregation’s founding about a century ago.
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Cedar Rapids
First Baptist Church
Maude Krebs
George Sherman
Miss Krebs
Sherman
LeRoy Skogman
Ike Backer Bride Linked by Political Ties
Roy Roberts, Kansas City newspaper executive, married Wednesday his old friend and widow of Charles G. Ross, the White House press secretary under Truman. Roberts supported Eisenhower in the campaign, tying the ceremony to strong political connections.
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Eisenhower
Carney
White House
James C. Hagerty
Burke
Hagerty
Washington
Roy Roberts
Kansas City
Charles G. Ross
Roberts
Truman
Atom Power Plans for Iowa Begun
Eight Iowa electric companies formed the Atomic Power Associates of Iowa after a meeting of 21 executives. The group will research atomic power and consider building 100,000 kilowatt fast neutron breeder plants in Iowa, with costs estimated at 45 million dollars and a four to five year timeline. Participating utilities include Iowa Public Service, Iowa Power and Light, Iowa Electric Light and Power, Interstate Power, and others.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Atomic Power Associates of Iowa
Detroit Edison Company
Arthur Griswold
Detroit Edison
H. A. Fisher
Reactor Development Company, Inc
Iowa Group
Iowa Public Service Company
Iowa Power and Light Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Interstate Power Company
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Sac County Electric Company
Peoples Gas and Electric
Atomic Power Associates of
New Twist In Amendment Plea Alleged by Newark Man
Olen Downey, 59, pleaded the Twenty first Amendment in municipal court on drunkenness and loitering, claiming the repeal of Prohibition gave him the right to drink. The magistrate overruled the plea and dismissed the case because Downey needed hospital treatment for a leg injury. Downey insisted he was a plain American drinking man not a Communist.
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Newark
Olen Downey
Downey
Joesph H. Lerser
Dairymen Propose Dairyland Town to Stay Rural
In northwest Orange County near Buena Park dairymen seek incorporation to preserve rural status as suburban expansion threatens their farms. Spokesmen Jack Devries Charles Vanderfeer and attorney M S Bernard say boundaries approved by county, petition with 25 percent signatures ready, then a boundary hearing and election will follow.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Ing
California
Orange County
Los Angeles
Buena Park
Jack Devries
Charles Vanderfeer
M. S. Bernard
Dairyland
County Boundaries Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Mrs LaPlant Dies After Fall in Cedar Rapids Shop
Mrs Edward W LaPlant widow of LaPlant Choate Manufacturing founder died after a fall down basement stairs in Hampton's antique shop Cedar Rapids. Coroner planned autopsy. she had heart condition. Survivors include three daughters six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral tentative for 1:30 p.m. Friday at Turner chapel with entombment in Chapel of Memories.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward W. LaPlant
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Robert Brosh
Laura McCormack
Clemens
Charles Daniel
Harold Graves
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Kenneth Adair
Indianapolis
LaPlant
First Christian Church
PEO
King’s Daughters
Cedar Rapids Country Club
The
Sunshine Mission
Turner Chapel
Chapel of Memories
Tito Gets Soviet Birthday Greeting
London AP report states the Kremlin sent birthday wishes to Yugoslavia's President Tito for the first time in seven years. Belgrade radio quoted Russian President Voroshilov sending salutations and hopes for health, fruitful work for Yugoslavia's people, and peace.
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London
Kremlin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Voroshilov
Watchman Fires At Prowler Near KCRG TV Tower Site
Watchman Jack Lancaster reported firing a shotgun blast at a prowler near KCRG TV's new tower north of Hiawatha around 8:30 p m Tuesday. He said he issued a warning shot before firing and that no injuries or gunshot wounds were found. the site had prior trouble including theft and vandalism.
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Cedar Rapids
Kcrgtv
Hiawatha
Sheriff’s Office
Jack Lancaster
First Avenue
Harry Ackerman
Lancaster
Ackerman
Sheppard Appeal Under Advisement
In Cleveland the Cuyahoga county court of appeals took under advisement Dr Sam Sheppard's appeal seeking reversal of his second degree wife murder conviction and life sentence. The three judge panel expected to rule in late June or early July.
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Cleveland
Sns
Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals
Sam Sheppard
Salk Panel Posts Set on Vaccine Safety
Washington reports a seven member scientific panel will review every batch of Salk polio vaccine before release. Members include Jonas Salk and five other top scientists with James Shannon as chairman. The panel aims to speed up mass inoculation and report to NIH director W H Sebrell.
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Washington
Leonard A.scheele
Jonas Salk
Scheele
Salk
Thomas Francis
University of Michigan
David Bodian
Johns Hopkins University
Richard Shope
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Joseph Smadel
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
James Shannon
National Institutes of Health
William Workman
U. S. Laboratory of Biologicsl Control
W. H. Sebrell
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Associated Press
Cary Middlecoff
Middlecoff
Byron Nelson
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
Burning Tree Country Club
Senate
Air Force-Navy
Navy
Pentagon
Pacific
Boulder
Colo
Naval Academy
Admiral Burke
J. R. Gibson
J. J. Ravan
Ravan
Gordon D. Bareer
L. D. Burkhalter, Sr
103Rd Inf. Div
Scccevverecce
STOR
Bennett
Spectravaplus
AU Waters
Perk Purnage
yYoUl
Scotland Yard
United Press
Midwest
Chicago
Arietta
Etroit
Clinton County
Mich
Lake Shore Drive
Sanitary District
Lake Michigan
New York City
Donald J. Gonzales
Congress
Ice
Ike Backer
Atom Power
Electric Utilities
Kcrg-Tv
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Hobby
Perkins
Texas
Klein
Cutter
Food and Drug
George P. Larrick
Public Health Service
Ena’ A. Farm
Inez Robb Sheers
Marion
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