U N approves U S moves on Middle East and Hungary crisis
The emergency United Nations Assembly voted 66 to 0 to place Middle East concerns under regular session priority and 53 to 9 to grant the same status to Hungary. Soviet bloc voted against. eight abstentions including India and Greece. Delegates adjourned for a breathing period before the Monday regular session.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Emergency Assembly
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Middle East
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Greece
U.N
India
Egypt
Yugoslavia
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Arabia
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Sinclair oil magnate Harry F Sinclair dies in California
Harry F Sinclair founder of Sinclair Oil Corp and longtime Richfield Oil chairman died at his Flintridge home in Pasadena California at age 80 after months of illness Born July 6 1876 in Wheeling West Virginia he built a fortune from modest beginnings surveying oil fields and led Sinclair to a vast empire He faced Teapot Dome charges in 1927 28 but was acquitted and remained a major industry figure through the 1930s and into retirement in 1949
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Warren Harding
Wyoming
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Richfield Oil Corporation
Wheeling W. Va
Independence
Kan
University of Kansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rebels Keep Fighting Despite Soviet Pressure in Budapest
Vienna based observer reports Hungarian rebels in Budapest endure 19 days of siege with tricolor armbands and tommy guns, while a general strike paralyzes the city. Russians employ starvation tactics and heavy shelling to crush resistance as districts 7 8 and 9 see heavy fighting and a damaged capital.
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Budapest
Hungary
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Chicago
Budapest University
International Red Cross
United Nations
Nation's First Lady Mamie Eisenhower to celebrate 60th birthday
Frances Lewine reports Mamie Eisenhower will mark her diamond jubilee 60th birthday with no announced plans but expected celebrations. The First Lady, married to Dwight Eisenhower since age 19, is praised for informality, gracious hosting, and memory for faces and names. She endured last year’s birthday party delay due to the President’s illness and is seen as shaping White House life with simple tastes and lively social duties.
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Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Denver
Gettysburg
Mamie
New York Fashion Academy
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Anti-Red March Staged in New York City
Nearly a thousand marchers of European descent paraded past the UN building on Park Avenue and 68th Street shouting anti Soviet and anti-Red slogans. Police maintained order with 500 officers and 44 mounted riders. a girl was removed and a bottle of gasoline found nearby. Notable attendees included actress Ilona Massey and several clergymen.
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New York
Soviet Union
U.N
Park Avenue
68Th Street
54Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Ilona Massey
Purse Stolen in 1935 Is Returned in Mail
Pontiac Michigan police report a purse stolen at Christmas time 1935 was later returned by mail. The package included the wallet compact and cigarette case with a $40 postal money order from Paducah Kentucky. The owner is Mrs. Ethan P. Cudney, wife of GM Pontiac division plant physician.
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Pontiac, Mich
Pontiac
Ethan P. Cudney
Paducah
Cedar Rapids Vets Day Parade and Ceremonies Planned
A Veterans Day program in Cedar Rapids includes a 24 unit parade forming at A avenue and Thirteenth Street NE, moving at 10 15 am to the plaza for an 11 am service led by Brig Gen L D Burkhalter. A VFW band concert follows at 8 pm with speaker Dr L E Stilwell.
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Thirteenth Street
First Avenue
First Street
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Plaza
L. D. Burkhalter
Veterans of Foreign Wars Band
VFW Hall
L. E. Stilwell
Iowa City
Kolaches
R. A. Wilkinson
Veterans Day Ceremonies At Arlington Remember EIF
Veterans Day observances planned at Arlington National Cemetery near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with film star James Stewart as principal speaker. Stewart, WWII bomber pilot and Distguished Flying Cross recipient, represents the nation’s 22 million veterans. A new memorial and permanent tomb for Woodrow Wilson, WWI president, is also to be dedicated today.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
James Stewart
Amvers
Stewart
Woodrow Wilson
Wintry Cold Grips East and South While California Endures Heat
Wintry weather sent shivers through the East and South with record cold in the Southeast. Miami and Savannah recorded historic low dates, while Florida towns faced frost and chilly mornings. In the West California endured a 100 degree heat wave as unusual heat persisted across the region.
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Associated Press
Secret Service Finds Counterfeit Bills Smashing Farmer’s Hope
Weatherford Texas Secret Service agents told 27 year old dairy farmer Oscar Womack that the $25 000 in counterfeit bills he found were fake The bills resembled those uncovered in a wrecked plane near Corpus Christi The discovery linked to a Fort Worth attorney Robert Keller Jr killed in that crash and reported by Leo J Williams and Forrest Sorrels Football farm neighbors and Annie Womack watched as the bills were examined at the First National Bank.
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Texas
Secret Service
Corpus Christi
Leo J. Williams
Treasury Department
Dallas
Oscar Womack
Willow Creek
Forrest Sorrels
Robert Keller, Jr
Fort Worth
Womack
West Texas
Annie Womack
First National Bank
Shotgun Accident Kills Boone Boy James Alexander
James Alexander eleven? No, twelve, son of Mr and Mrs James W Alexander, Boone, dies when Larry 10 or 12? But the 12 gauge shotgun fires during a game at home. Coroner Dr G H Sutton rules accidental. brothers Gary and Larry present. parents away shopping. death occurs instantly. family learns when they return home about 45 minutes later.
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BOONE
James Alexander
James W. Alexander
G. H. Sutton
Boone County
James
Larry
Gary
Sutton
First U.N. police arrive in Italy at Naples staging area
Fifty husky Danish members lead the U.N. Middle East police force arriving by U S air force transport at Capodichino Airport near Naples. They stepped down at 11:25 p m 4 15 p m CST. Swiss planes will fly them to Beirut likely Tuesday morning.
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Capodichino Airport
Italy
U.N
Navy Seaplane Missing With Ten Aboard Sparks Atlantic Search
Atlantic search spreads by air and sea for a Bermuda based P5M seaplane with ten crew members missing after reports of a fire and a potential life raft sighting. Navy and coast guard vessels converge on the last known point as weather temporarily favors search efforts.
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Atlantic Ocean
Lyras
Bermuda
Navy
Coast Guard
Sioux Falls Men Killed in Car Crash
Royce W. Knutson age 27 and James K. McKinney age 35, both of Sioux Falls, died Saturday afternoon in a one car crash near Sioux Falls. Knutson was the son of Mr and Mrs Olaf Knutson of Inwood Iowa.
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S.D
Royce W. Knutson
James K. McKinney
Here
Knutson
Olaf Knutson
Inwood
Iowa
Chuckle Line About Psychologist Making Nice Guy
A humorous quip features a youth recalling how therapy cured vanity and left him a friendlier person in town. The brief joke preserves the punchline about becoming one of the nicest people locally.
Toddville Woman Denied Jobless Benefits in Cedar Rapids
Ferne L. Rawson of Toddville lost her request for unemployment pay after the State Employment Security Commission ruled she did not sufficiently seek work in Cedar Rapids. Rawson was laid off from Wilson and Company in Cedar Rapids in April and May, with the panel noting few efforts to pursue other employment opportunities in the expanding city.
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Des Moines
State Employment Security Commission
Cedar Rapids
Ferne L. Rawson
Toddville
Wilson and Company
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