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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1956

Page

17

Plans to Bury Two Unknown Soldiers at Arlington

Defense plans announced to add two unknowns from World War II and Korea to Arlington National Cemetery beside the World War I Unknown Soldier. A World War II unknown will be chosen from Pacific and Atlantic bodies, with a 1941 45 date plaque, while a Korean War unknown will come from Hawaii’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The existing inscription will remain and no new tombs are planned.

Washington Defense Department Arlington National Cemetery Army Quartermaster General Korea Pacific Theater Atlantic National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Hawaii

University student jailed over Wichita hotel fires

Charles L. Naylor, 26, a geology psychology major at the University of Wichita, was held for investigation of arson after writing a story about a string of small hotel fires. Police Sgt Lew Huxtable identified him as the suspect.

Wichita, Kan Wichita Lew Huxtable Charles L. Naylor University of Wichita Huxtable Naylor

Portsmouth Portsmouth Ohio faces phone blackout from strike

About 40 000 residents face a telephone blackout since Oct 15 as Ohio Consolidated Telephone Company remains shut for lack of adequate law enforcement. Police and highway patrol patrol streets while unions and company negotiate. Fire at Lassen hotel prompts eyewitness tale by Naylor about fires and responders. Portsmouth residents rely on police fire radio amid the outage.

Portsmouth Ohio Ohio River Ohio Consolidated Telephone Company Scioto Communications Workers of America Scioto County CWA General Telephone Company of Ohio Ohio Consolidated National Labor Relations Board State Highway Patrol

Pope Appeals For Liberation Of Hungary

Pope Pius XII urged free nations to unite in a crusade for Hungary’s liberation by all permissible means. In a live broadcast across the Iron Curtain he called for a public pact among governments and people who seek dignity and freedom, criticizing Western division and condemning oppression.

Vatican City Pius XII Hungary Russia

Hoover Says Reds After Party Name But Never Aims

Chicago AP report quotes FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover saying the American Communist party may change its constitution and even its name in the coming months but will not alter its aims. He spoke at a convention previewing political shifts.

Hoover Chicago FBI J. Edgar Hoover American Communist Party

Communist Party Faces February Convention Shaping Changes

Hoover warned that regardless of what the Communist party adopts at its February New York convention, it remains the same cadre united to advance the Soviet cause. He cited 17 constitution changes and nine name switches since 1919.

Tion National Council of Catholic Women United States Hoover New York Soviet Union

Southern Michigan weather seer forecasts warm winter

Athens Michigan April weather note says Mary Mandoka a Potawatomi near 100 predicts a warm winter. She bases her forecast on sun trees bugs and muskrat behavior. Her yearly prophecies are met with surprise praise from supporters despite other prophets predicting cold.

Athens Mich Michigan Mary Mandoka Mary

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