Jordanian King Reports Air Attack During Europe Trip
King Hussein announced on Jordan radio that United Arab Republic MIG jets attacked his De Havilland Dove over Syria as he returned from a Europe trip. He said the raid continued over Jordanian airspace before crossing into Jordan and retreating after border passage, and he called a special parliamentary session for Tuesday.
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London
Jordan
Hussein
United Arab Republic
Syria
Europe
Damascus
Amman
King
Council Splits But Promotes N. V. Young
The Cedar Rapids city council on Monday promoted Norman V. Young to deputy police chief, with a 3 to 2 vote. Young will be in charge at night and during the chief’s absence, earning 475 dollars per month. Several officials opposed, citing lack of supervisory experience, while others supported the veteran officer's promotion.
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Cedar Rapids
Norman V. Young
Carl Badger
Young
Stewart Shank
Swede Halvorson
Meaghan
Bob Johnson
Don Gardner
Shank
Halvorson
Johnson
Civil Service
George Matias
Roy Walker
James Shannon
Badger
Iran to Sign Defense Pact With United States
Foreign Minister Ali Asghar Hekmat said Iran will sign a defense pact with the United States. He told the senate the agreement covers economic and military cooperation and has no aggressive aims as Iran has no intention of attacking its neighbors.
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Tehran
Ali Asghar Hekmat
Iran
United States
Hekmat
Senate
U S and Soviet Union Plan Reciprocal Exhibitions
The United States and USSR signed an East West cultural exchange agreement. The Soviets will stage an exhibition in New York City next summer and the United States will hold one in Moscow. Both displays will focus on scientific cultural and technological developments.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
New York City
Moscow
Public Forum to Discuss Diet and Weight Control
The Linn County Medical Society will hold a free public forum on November 18 at 8 p.m. in Washington High School auditorium. The event will answer questions about balanced meals and vitamin supplements and how to detect possible vitamin deficiencies.
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Linn County Medical Society
Washington High School
Many Offices To Close Tuesday In Veterans Day Observance
Cedar Rapids public offices and air banks will close Tuesday for Veterans Day. The post office general delivery window opens 7 to 10 a.m. with no delivery. Mail pickup follows holiday hours. courthouse and city hall close. municipal court not in session. federal court remains open. Parking meters off. most stores open. several plants shut down.
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Cedar Rapids
Drivers Say Bus Cuts Will Be Greater Than Announced
Union leader Robert Hart told the Cedar Rapids city council that bus service reductions planned by City Lines may be larger than publicized. City Lines filed a proposal to cut nighttime and weekend service due to low patronage, with the initial effective date set for next Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
City Lines
Union
Robert Hart
Reds Demand UK Forces Withdraw From Korea
In Tokyo the Red China government pressed for UN troops to leave South Korea and called for neutral supervised elections to unite Korea. A note to the British chargé d’affaires in Peiping accused U S and other UN forces of blocking a peaceful settlement.
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Tokyo
Red China
United Nations
South Korea
Charge d
Peiping
Bby Radio
United States
U. N
Plane Crashes Idlewild Airport During Training Flight
A Western Airlines Super-Constellation crashed on takeoff from Idlewild with about five injured. The plane burned after veering 300 yards off the runway and striking a Trans Canada Viscount near a terminal. A stewardess aboard the Trans Canada plane was among the injured as spectators said the standing plane shielded the terminal.
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New York
Western Airlines
Idlewild
Trans Canada
Trans- Canada
Jim Meaghan
Hart
AT&T stock hits 27 year high near $200.75
American Telephone and Telegraph common stock rose to a 27 year high on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, trading up to 200.75 dollars a share just before the close.
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NEW York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
New York Exchange
Missing Portuguese Flying Boat Spurring Navy Search
A U S navy search plane picked up a faint distress signal off Cape St Vincent where a Portuguese flying boat with 36 persons aboard is missing. Lt. George Beaver, pilot of a Neptune rescue plane, could not discern the signal. The area saw rough seas and a 22 knot northeast wind as efforts continue from Lisbon to Medeira.
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Lisbon
U.S. Navy
Cape St. Vincent
George Beaver
Neptune
Medeira
Reds in Geneva Press for Western Policy Shift
Russia’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov demanded a total ban on nuclear weapons, reduction of foreign bases, and substantial cuts in armed forces at the Geneva talks on preventing surprise attacks. Western delegates warned such stance risks turning the conference political and stalling the nuclear talks, which were abruptly canceled amid deadlock expectations.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Moscow
U.S
William C. Foster
Foster
Belgian Dominican Father Pire Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo reports Father Dominque Georges Pire, 48, head of Europe of the Heart, won the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize for aiding refugees from Eastern Europe. The Belgian-born priest founded displaced-persons relief, established four DP homes in Belgium, and created Europa villages across Europe, starting with Aachen. The prize of $41,227 was awarded by Norway's five-man committee, with ceremony set for Stockholm on December 12.
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Oslo
Dominique Georges Pire
Father Pire
Europe
Dinant
Meuse
Alfred Nobel
Stockholm
Belgium
Europa
Aachen
Germany
Spiesen
Albert Schweitzer
G O P plans comeback in 1960 says 38 chairmen
Republican state chairmen canvassed by the Associated Press vow a return to power after last week’s losses. They split on revival paths from Taft era conservatism to modernized outreach and expect Nixon to lead the 1960 bid with some favoring Rockefeller or undecided candidates. Rhode Island's Broomhead stresses stronger grassroots ties.
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Washington
Associated Press
G.G.P
South
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Nixon
Nelson Rockfeller
New York
Rockefeller
New TV Replacement Seems Inevitable After Worn Out Set
After exhausting all channels and features, the family concludes the old TV is beyond repair. They consider replacing it, noting repeated issues and a lack of remaining visible content to explore.
Little Rock Ordered To Speed Integration
The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Little Rock school board to accelerate integration efforts as previously mandated. The court vacated Judge Miller’s dismissal of an injunction request and remanded, directing the district court to enjoin the board from delaying or obstructing the integration plan and from transferring school property without approval.
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ST. Louis
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
John =. Miller
Miller
Khrushchev Calls End to Berlin Four-Power Split
Premier Khrushchev urged ending the four power occupation in Berlin at a Polish Soviet friendship meeting in Lenin stadium. He said Russians were ready to quit the city and restore normal atmosphere in East Berlin, citing Potsdam agreement signatories.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
Radio Moscow
Lenin Stadium
German Democratic Republic
East Germany
Eisenhower outlines five point plan for Asia aid
President Eisenhower presented a five point U S aid program for Asian nations at the Colombo Plan conference in Seattle. He urged expanded international trade, shared technical skills, increased private investment, public loans on normal terms, and flexible development financing with stronger IMF and World Bank support.
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Seattle
Eisenhower
U.S
New Congress
Free Asia
South and
Southeast Asia
World Bank
U. S
International Monetary Fund
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