Ike Flanked by Shelter Drills as Atomic Attack Imagery Shocks
President and Mrs. Eisenhower used a White House shelter deep underground during a civilian defense drill simulating an atomic attack. Pentagon leaders also sheltered as 500000 government workers and students participated in the test aimed at boosting civilian defense readiness.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Pentagon
Defense
Wilson
National Security Council
I Gridder and Seven Die in Crash
Platte City Mo. Eight youths die in a head on crash on a highway near Platte City. Dick Reinking former SMU star and Giants player was killed with his wife Camill e and six other Kansas City men. Authorities cited excessive speed and the 83 mph reading in the other car. Reinking worked as a plant manager in North Kansas City. The death toll for Kansas City area highway accidents rises to 22 since Friday.
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Reinking
Southern Methodist
New York Giants
Reinkings
Mike Nigro
Mike J. Ferrera
John Tittone
Dean O. Stanley
Carl J. Pace
Charles Disalvo
Kansas City
Elkader and Cedar Rapids Endure Record Cold Night
Elkader hit a season low of six degrees with Cedar Rapids setting its coldest reading of the season at twenty. By Thursday afternoon temps rose to near forty, while widespread sub freezing weather continued across Iowa from a Canadian air mass. Forecasters expect a slight warmup to the low fifties Friday though tonight and tomorrow remain chilly with eastern lows 15 to 25 and western 25 to 32.
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Elkader
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Eisenhower Holds Breakfast With Tax Critic Reed
President Eisenhower hosted Rep. Reed of New York, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, for a one hour breakfast at the White House. Reed left in good humor saying the talk was enjoyable but declined to reveal topics, noting they did not concern taxes or tariffs. He added he never discusses politics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rep
Reed
R-N.y
White House
House Ways and Means Committee
Dr. E. A. Gilmore Dies at 82 Former SUI Leader
Dr. Eugene Allen Gilmore 82 former president emeritus of the University of Iowa died at home in Iowa City after a year of declining health. He led the university from 1934 to 1940 and earlier headed the law college. Survivors include his wife two sons and a daughter. He studied at Harvard Law and had a long career in academia and public service including a stint as vice governor general of the Philippines.
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Iowa City
Eugene Allen Gilmore
University of Iowa
Gilmore
University
University College of Law
John
New York City
Eugene Allen
Lima
Peru
Elizabeth Holt
Greece
Europe
Harvard Law School
Law School
University of Wisconsin
Philippines
First Quadruple Amputee Of Korean War Is Father
Rob ert L. Smith 22 the first quadruple amputee of the Korean War becomes a father to a son Don Eugene born in Washington sanitarium just before Smiths 23rd birthday. The veteran wove hope after frostbitten wounds and multiple hospital surgeries and plans to assist his wife with parenting while she can rest.
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Washington
Robert L. Smith
Takoma Park
Bob
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Don Eugene
Washington Sanitarium
Eight Feared Dead in Vernal Mine Blast
An explosion and fire at the American Gilsonite Company mine near Vernal Utah trapped and apparently killed at least eight men. Gilsonite is a hydrocarbon dust akin to coal and highly explosive when airborne.
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Vernal
Utah
American Gilsonite Company
Gov Stratton Dismisses Presidency Run Talk
SPRINGVILLE Ill. Governor Stratton on Thursday dismissed speculation he would run for president. He labeled the suggestion as unfounded and said he has no plans to pursue a national campaign.
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Springville, Ill
Stratton
Presit
Saigh Set to Leave Terre Haute Pen Nov. 12
Fred M. Saigh former St. Louis Cardinals owner will be released from Terre Haute federal penitentiary on November 12. He began serving May 4 after receiving up to 15 months for federal tax law violations.
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Terre Haute
Fred M. Saigh
St. Louis Cardinals
Terre Haute Federal Penitentiary
Bernard Adigan
Saigh
Polio Cases Fall Week Over Week in U S
The Public Health Service reported 777 new polio cases in the United States last week, about 20 percent fewer than the prior week, reflecting a continued downward trend in infections.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
U. S
Five-year reduction in Korean air base murder case
Lt Gen S E Anderson cut a life sentence to five years for Lt George Schreiber in a conspiracy to murder at a Pusan area air base. The reviewing officer also upheld dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. Kinder and Toth received life and pending third trial awaits federal court decision.
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Seoul
S. E. Anderson
Fifth Air Force
George Schreiber
Anderson
Brookfield
Schreiber
Air Force
Pusan
Thomas Kinder
Cleveland
Tenn
U. S. Air Force
Washington
Robert Toto
Korea
Toth
Pittsburgh
Bong Soon Kil
Bong
Kinder
Tolwhieeld Bong
Statements Required Of Vets at Hospitals
The Veterans Administration told its hospitals to require detailed financial statements from veterans seeking treatment for non service connected ailments. This directive was issued in Washington and aims to determine patients' ability to pay for care.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Troops Sent to Quell Trieste Riots After Fatal Clashes
In Trieste United States and British troops moved in to stop days of rioting over Italian control. At least two demonstrators were killed and many injured as mobs clashed near San Giovanni church and city hall. An American infantry unit and a British company restored order marking the first allied intervention in eight years of occupation.
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Trieste
United States
San Giovanni
Piazzanita
Britain to End Meat Controls and Rationing
London AP reports Prime Minister Churchill’s government will privatize Britain’s meat industry next summer and end rationing and price controls on meat and bacon. The white paper outlines private trading, import remains for bacon, and guaranteed prices to farmers and the industry, with full removal of government control in 1954.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Ministry of Food
Waukegan Youth Missing Ten Days
The 14 year old son of a pharmaceutical executive has been missing from home for ten days after leaving in the family car. Herbert S Wilkinson Jr a choir boy and Waukegan High School football player is feared dead in Wisconsin woods or missing on a trip toward Barnesville Georgia. He left in a light gray 1949 Buick with Illinois plate 743-983.
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Chicago
Herbert S. Wilkinson
Waukegan
Wisconsin Woods
Barnesville
Abbot Laboratories
Illinois
Wisconsin
Barnes
Halloween Night Prank Destroys Three Rural Buildings
Six Linn county youths face charges for bombing three outdoor toilets and damaging fuel tanks after a Halloween prank. The group including David Benton and Daniel McDonnell were jailed on $2,000 bonds. Mills posted bond and was released. They plan to plead Monday in Judge Penningroth's court with potential sentences up to 15 years.
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Linn County
David J. Benton
Prairieburg
Arnold Betzer
Quasqueton
Richard Waters
First Avenue NE
Daniel McDonnell
Paul Mills
Coggan
Jerome Oberbreckling
Ryan
Waters
Charles Penningroth
Willis A. Glassgow
Larry Condon
Harry Ackerman
North Boulder
Manchester
Condon
Eden Seeks Talks With Russia At Any Level
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament Britain will press for talks with Russia at any level despite disappointments. He defended Western aims for dialogue with the Soviet Union while noting hostility to Western nations and urging a Korea settlement to ease Far East tensions. He called for peaceful China relations and welcomed potential shifts in Chinese policy.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Russia
Churchill
Malenkov
Eden
Germany
Austria
Span
Sotherend
Lugano
Far East
China
Korea
Five Youths Blamed For $2,000 Damage
Five Fayette and Buchanan county teenagers face a juvenile court hearing set for November 13 after being accused of damaging rural school buildings and mail boxes during a Halloween film incident at the Oelwein drive-in theater. The total property damage is estimated at $2,000.
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Fayette and
Buchanan County
Fairbank Land
Lima
Third Successive Twin Set Is Born in Everett
Mr and Mrs Ralph S Trufant of Everett Massachusetts welcomed a third set of twins. The couple, both 30, previously had a twin pair in 1948 and a second set of twins in 1951.
Ardent Exercise Leads to Divorce in Denver
Mrs. John Gentle, 27, won an interlocutory divorce decree after claiming her husband, 29, an insurance salesman, exercised with barbells so strenuously he was too exhausted to do anything else.
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Alp
John Gentle
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