Envoy's Son Found After Months Missing
Vittorio Baraltieri, 14, was found in Midtown Manhattan after vanishing April 16. An alert citizen led FBI to him as investigators confirmed he left home voluntarily with no crime involved. The boy’s parents Ludovico and the countess Ludovico Barattieri embraced their son after a nationwide search.
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Accused Unions Take Probation
AFL CIO President George Meany announced that the Allied Industrial Workers and the Distillery Workers unions accepted a one year probation to clean up corrupt practices. The executive council placed them on probation after charges of misuse of union welfare funds threatened suspension and expulsion from the federation.
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INS
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Allied Industrial Workers
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Heavy Rains Drench State Ahead of Memorial Day
Rains up to six inches drenched parts of the state for Memorial Day week. Up to six inches fell near Wiota and Lewis, flooding highways and basements. Garrison saw three to four inches in two hours, with water over several roadways. Highway 58 and the Morrison to Reinbeck and Morrison to Grandy Center routes flooded. Interior streams expected to rise. major rivers only slight. Tornado activity noted Wednesday.
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Des Moines Weather Bureau
No Parade Cancelled In Cedar Rapids Memorial Day Observance
Reinforced cancellation of the annual Memoriad day parade in Cedar Rapids led to brief ceremonies at the Memorial Coliseum. The parade to Linwood Cemetery and planned ceremonies were called off. Ground conditions reported no injuries. Twisters sighted in northern Java. rain and showers forecast across central and southern sections. Cedar Rapids received .59 inch rain downtown and 27 at the airport. The 11 a.m. temperature reached 46. Vinton’s Henkle Creek floodwaters rose 18 inches, with three bridges in Vinton only one remaining open. A twister touched down near Leland Steinbeck farm in Clay County. Barnum west of Fort Dodge recorded 2.20 inches in a short shower. A funnel cloud observed but did not touch ground.
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Fort Dodge
Weather Bureau
Crash victim Frank Coufal dies amid Iowa collision
Frank Coufal 61 of Can Falls died Wednesday in St. Luke's hospital after a crash on highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids that also killed Mrs. Fred Redman 48 of ML Vernon. Autopsy set for Thursday to determine cause. Survivors include wife Emma a son Frank and three brothers. Body to Janeba funeral home with services to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
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ML. Vernon
Coufal
Second shot in U eight summer atomic tests halted
The second shot at the Atomic Test Site in Nevada was pulled Thursday due to unfavorable winds, halting the test sequence.
Senators Push to Restore Defense Funds After House Cuts
Defense-minded senators vow to overturn five Republican attempts to restore funds cut from Eisenhower's military budget. The full bill totals 33.56 billion for army navy and air force for the next fiscal year, 2.59 billion below request. Senators Chavez and Russell pledge to restore money to safeguard national security and defense posture.
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Eisenhower
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Senate
Army
Air Force
Thnowland
Calif
Chavez
D-N. M
Senate Défense Appropriations
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D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Men Arrested After Auto Theft Ruse in France
In St Brifac France Francois Cordillet 43 flagged a passing car and claimed he had been slugged and robbed of his watch and car. He later learned he was speaking with his own assailants. Police arrested Traveling Salesman Louis Morandi 25 and Louis Gouarnissan 22 AWOL soldier on theft charges.
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ST. Brifac
France
Francois Cordillet
Louis Morandi
Louis Gouarnissan
Civic Center Plan for Cedar Rapids Expositions
Memorial Commission proposes converting the Veterans Memorial building into a two floor civic center with an auditorium arena and museum and converting the coliseum into a parking oriented exhibit space. The plan aims to address chronic deficits by using tax receipts and legacy funds to fund operations and new facilities while keeping the Memorial building available for non profit groups.
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Iowa Highways Tighten Land Buying After Probe
In Des Moines the Iowa Highway Commission faces scrutiny over two Waterloo land deals. Chairman Robert K. Beck said a committee probe spurred tighter purchase procedures. Transactions included a $22,799 maintenance site and a proposed $42,000 right of way for a planned interchange near Waterloo.
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A4ap
Robert K. Beck
Legislative Committee
Iowa Highway Commission
Waterloo
Wilfred J. Prentice
Prentice
Gall
Waicrioe
Prentices
Student Man Cleared in Wife Killing Case at Creighton
Keith Kappenman, 24, a dental student at Creighton University, was released after a test indicated no involvement in his wife Rita Kappenman's death. Police search for a suspected assailant who beat her, tore off her clothes, and shot her in their basement flat. Autopsy showed a skull fracture and bullet injuries.
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Creighton University
Kappenman
Mra. Kappenman
Britain relaxes trade controls with Red China
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd announced that Britain will apply the same trade controls to Red China as to the Soviet Union, aligning with Communist world policy but against U S wishes. Exports with potential war use remain banned. other embargoed goods stay forbidden.
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Three Additional Chest Agencies Okay United Fund
Loomis testified he did not know the purchase price of the garage site and claimed the Prentices’ asking price of 4000 per acre was fair given nearby land sales. Prentice said the commission received nothing from the sale and noted a $1500 loan unrelated to the deal. Loomis defended his public trust record amid press scrutiny.
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Loomis
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Wit
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Cedar Rapids United Fund gains initial agency support
Three more Community Chest agencies the YMCA YWCA and the Sunshine Mission express general approval of the Cedar Rapids Marton United Fund plan while raising objections to proposed budget controls. The YWCA says it will likely participate and objects to certain budget rules. Sunshine Mission calls for fewer constraints but supports the overall fund move.
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Cedar Rapids News
Community Chest
Cedar Rapids-Marton United Fund
YMCA
YWCA
Sunshine Mission
Chest
United Fund
Public Welfare Bureau
Sunsshine Mission Board
Russian VOA writer Abdushelis shot to death in Washington
Police said Abdusheli 40 a Russian writer for the Voice of America was found slain in an apartment of Edith Hough a secretary and freelance writer. He had called on her Thursday to offer condolences for her father’s death and was described as having annoyed her leading to homicide charges.
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Audusheli
Voice of America
Edith Hough
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Deland
Homicide
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Vortnett
Abdusheli
Poor Nikita Khrushchev Faces Long Work Hours
Nikita Khrushchev says he must work overtime, though Moscow officials are returning to normal hours after Stalin era excess. He notes regular union dues and a lunch between 1 and 2 p.m., but claims trade unions do not adequately protect workers’ interests.
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INS
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Soviet Communist Party
Kurier Szczecinski
Stettin
Khrushchev
Moscow
Unclear text fragment on gunfire and weapon type
Authorities believed a fatal bullet may have come from a German made pistol Lager nistol. The report notes a different weapon could have been used.
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