Royal Couple Visits Washington Tomb and Mount Vernon
Princess Elizabeth and Duke Philip paid tribute at George Washingtons tomb and toured Mount Vernon then visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A major social event followed with 2000 on the invitation list and a formal dinner for President Truman at Blair House.
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Washington
Elizabeth
Duke Philip
George Washington
Philip
Mt. Vernon
Congress
Truman
Trumans
Blair House
Duke
Bobby
Statler Hotel
Associated Press
Prince Philip
National Airport
City Dump Cleanup Promised. Nov 9 Meeting Set
Cedar Rapids city council heard seven residents and their attorney push back on state health findings about the city dump. The group urged action after an Oct 19 report by District Engineer A. L. Bennett calling for cleanup or shutdown. The Hennessey Brothers Inc. lawyers urged access to the new Bennett report and demanded steps to correct alleged smoke and odor issues with contract and bond concerns. A Nov 9 meeting with the Linn county board of health was scheduled for full airing of dump troubles.
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Cedar Rapids
Hennessey Brothers, Inc
Linn County Board of Health
A. L. Bennett
State Health Department
E. H. Wadsworth
Bennett
Wadsworth
Hennessey Brothers
Hennesseys
Candidates To Speak At Meeting In Cedar Rapids
The League of Women Voters sponsors a Cedar Rapids city council candidate night at 8 p m at the Woman's Club on Second Avenue. All 10 candidates for five council seats will speak, each allotted 10 minutes, followed by seven minute Q and A periods.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
League of Women Voters
Linn county awards largest single road project contract
The Linn county board of supervisors awarded a 251 105.45 bid to Concrete Materials Co of Cedar Rapids for 100 road surface and resurfacing jobs across the county outside Cedar Rapids. The effort covers 2 1 miles, uses 156 185 tons of crushed stone, and should finish by May 31 1952 with most work by April 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Concrete Materials Company of
Linn
William H. Behrens
C. L. Beeson
Beeson
Miles P. Sutera
Henry Hood
B. L. Anderson Company
C. B. DeWees Company
Duke and Vernon
Behrens
Ste
Ae Daca
Schoeee
Cedar Rapids Chest Drive Surpasses 80 Percent of Goal
The Cedar Rapids Community Chest fund drive reached 80.4 percent of its $226 730 39 goal, totaling $182 261 63 by Thursday. The drive, extended one day past the original close, will stay open until all solicitations and pledges are submitted, with audits planned Friday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Chest
Leopards Killed Bears Still Free In Mt Ida Pursuit
In Mt Ida Arkansas a rugged mountaineer named Boston Fair killed a circus leopard with his empty rifle after a 20 minute struggle in a forest. A bear and two black bears escaped from a smashed circus truck Wednesday. one bear was captured Thursday while another was shot as it charged. The leopard and bears belonged to the Cam Brothers circus.
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MT. Ida
Ark
Boston Fair
Fair
Cam Brothers Circus
Lutheran Church Membership Tops Six Million in US
The American Lutheran Church membership rose to 6,103,784 last year, marking the first time it surpassed six million, according to AP reporting from New York.
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New York
U. S
Dog Trails Owners From Seattle to Minnesota Home
Morris Minnesota up man dog Skippy walked from Seattle to Morris about 1800 miles to reach his owners Roger and Mrs Fossen after eight months on the road. The two year old dog suffered foot wounds but was reunited with his family and promised a lifetime home.
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Seattle
Minnesota
Morris, Minn
Wash
Roger Fossen
Skippy
Hilton Renames Stevens Hotel to Conrad Hilton
Chicago Hilton Hotel officially changes name from Stevens to Conrad Hilton in honor of the owner. The 3,000 room property remains the world’s largest hotel under Hilton management with executive vice-president Robert P. Williford announcing the renaming.
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Chicago
INS
Robert P. Williford
Hilton Hotel Corporation
Retail Food Costs Hit New High in Oct
Washington reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show retail food prices reaching 229.5 percent of 1935 39 levels on Oct 15. The index rose 1 percent from Sept 15 and was 13 percent above pre Korean War levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eisenhower to Confer With Truman on Defense Plans
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will fly home this weekend for talks with President Truman and top officials in Washington and Paris. He will stay at Fort Knox with his son Captain John Eisenhower and confer on matters affecting his supreme allied command and North Atlantic defense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Supreme Allied Command
North Atlantic Defense Setur
Paris
Fort Knox
John Eisenhower
Joseph Short
W. Averell Harrison
Short
Pentagon
Key West
Video Freeze and Seen Early in '52
Washington FCC officials forecast lifting the television freeze early in 1952. Commissioner George E. Sterling said final local channel allocation tables should be published by late February or early March, enabling resumed granting of new permits suspended in October.
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New York
Federal Communications
George E. Sterling
FCC
Commission
Dough Cargo Spells Grief For Truck Driver and Cop
Leon Bushmick, a Cambridge truck driver, hauled a sour dough load that rose and spilled, creating a public nuisance. Police Sergeant James Reagan helped by puncturing the dough and arranging a second truck to split the load, ending the incident with both drivers exhausted but the pigs reportedly happy at the nearby farm.
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Dough Cargo
Cambridge
Mass
Leon Bushmick
Bushmick
Woburn
Page Bo
James Reagan
Reagan
Allies Reds Settle East Half of Line in Korean Armistice Talks
U N briefing officer says Allies and Reds agree on the eastern half of a demilitarized zone from Kumhwa to the east coast with disputes over the Kaesong area and the western half. A buffer zone breakthrough is possible but unlikely to end fighting. talks continue in Panmunjom with a ninth subcommittee meeting planned.
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Line
Munsan
Korea
U.N
Kaesong
L. G. Hill
Hill
Red
China
S. Peiping
Radio
Reds
Panmunjom
U. N
Kumbwa
Kumwha
Truman to Recommend Civil Service for Internal Revenue
The White House announced that President Truman will ask Congress to place collectors of internal revenue under civil service. The move follows a recommendation by Frank E. McKinney, newly named Democratic national chairman, that the federal service maintain high integrity and spotless honor.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Frank E. McKinney
Democratic
McKinney
A Slight Case of Mistaken Identity at Henderson Home
Mr and Mrs Ollie Henderson of 925 Thirty second street SE welcomed a son on Tuesday but hospital staff credited the birth to Mr and Mrs LaVerne Henderson of 1409 K street SW. The mix up was explained while Mrs Henderson was in the hospital to have the baby.
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Cedar Rapids
Ollie
Henderson
Thirty-second Street
LaVerne Henderson
K Street
Missing Man Tells Wife He Was Abducted
Alexander Iowa missing lumber yard manager Wayne Armstrong told his wife in a Los Angeles call that two men abducted him. he described being slugged by a man named Ed and said he would sleep before driving home. Authorities traced the call to a pay phone in Los Angeles as the search continued.
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Alexander, Ia
Los Angeles
Alexander
Wayne L. Armstrong
Armstrong
Long Beach
Minneapolis
Lee
Hampton
Franklin County
Murder Theory Probed in Death Of Iowa Hunter
George Lister a 67 year old Des Moines hunter was found dead near Knoxville with a .22 caliber bullet wound. Investigators considered murder after discovery while an autopsy sought to confirm cause of death. A wallet theft and torn wallet pocket button were noted near the body. Lister a former Des Moines electrician had been duck hunting and on a solitary trip. The body was located about eight miles east of Knoxville near the Des Moines river.
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Knoxville
George Lister
Des Moines
Lister
Job
Des Moines River
Polk
Marion County
Jim van Hemert
Colorado
Coldest Night of Fall Plunges Iowa Towns Toward Freeze
Cedar Rapids logged its record cold night dipping to 19 degrees with only 35 degrees by Thursday afternoon. Forecasters warned of colder air through Friday night across the region with lows from the upper teens to the 30s in northern and southern areas.
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Iowa News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Elkader
Menos
Army test at Yucca Flat reports no casualties
LAS VEGAS Nev AP four U S army troops exposed to a nuclear blast at Yucca Flat test center escaped uninjured and learned lessons viewed as a major advance Officials said the test marked a significant step toward integrating atomic weapons into military training and doctrine The blast cloud rose over the desert and downtown Las Vegas felt the shock seven minutes later with reports of broken store windows and inundated police switchboards
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Las Vegas
Nev
U. S. Army
William Boe
Yucca Flat
Here
Desc Las
AEC
Kean
Army
Service Tother
Navy
Marine Corps
Beef Set Aside For Servicemen
Government orders federally inspected slaughterers to reserve part of their beef for the armed services next month due to a severe meat shortage. Price Director Michael DiSalle says priority must be given to the services when kills exceed a percentage of 1950 volume, with no disruption to civilian supplies expected.
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Washington
Armed Services
Michael DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
Cocker Spaniel Delays Philadelphia Trains
A small black cocker spaniel named One Known wandered along subway tracks for nearly an hour in Philadelphia causing more than ten elevated trains to fall behind schedule. Train crews halted trains and urged the dog to move away, finally guiding it to a station platform where it disappeared.
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Philadelphia
To Market News Readers This Gazette Issue Short on Market Data
The Gazette notes a lighter issue with fewer market reports and summaries. Readers are advised to check later editions for full market coverage and price updates from major exchanges and commodities.
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