Red Hero Quits Post In Poland
Warsaw reports Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky resigns as Poland's minister of national defense and deputy premier. A Soviet WWII hero born in Warsaw, he was sent by Stalin in 1949 to lead the Polish armed forces. Gen. Marian Spychalski named his successor in a government reshuffle announced to parliament.
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Konstantin Rokossovsky
Poland
Rokossovsky
Stalin
Marian Spychalski
Spychalski
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Nehrus Visit To the Is Set
In Washington AP Mehta said Eisenhower and Nehru likely will meet before year end with Dec 15 eyed for Nehru’s arrival. No agenda set though Middle East and other issues will be discussed. The meeting was postponed last July due to Eisenhower’s illness.
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Iindia
White House
Eisenhower
Nehru
G. L. Mehta
Mehta
U. S
New Delhi
John Sherman Cooper
Rky
Ellsworth Bunker
American Red Cross
Chou Enlai
China
Middle East
Court To Review Service Firing By Loyalty Board
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the 1951 firing of Career Diplomat John Stewart Service. Service seeks reinstatement and back pay, alleging Dean Acheson ousted him after the Loyalty Board cleared him of Communist charges. The ruling leaves in place a lower court decision limiting postal authority over obscene mail.
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Supreme Court
John Stewart Service
Service
Dean Acheson
State Department
Loyalty Board
Post Office Department
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Two Murder Convictions Are Upheld
The Iowa supreme court affirmed two murder sentences in separate cases. Ernest J. Triplett of Woodbine received a life term for the kidnapping slaying of 8-year-old Jimmy Bremmer in Sioux City, and Rusty Myers of Davenport got 38 years for the murder of a former Muscatine woman, Dolores Lund, in Fort Madison. The court ruled Triplett’s interrogation tape and gruesome photos were admissible and rejected claims of involuntariness, while Myers’ defense was adequately provided by Iowa counsel after Illinois attorney withdrawal.
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INS
Iowa Supreme Court
Ernest J.triplett
Woodbine
Rusty Myers
Davenport
Triplett
Jimmy Bremmer
Sioux City
Myers
Fort Madison
Muscatine
Dolores Lund
le Mars
Rock Island
Illinois
Iowa
Car Hits Tank On U S 33. Driver Escapes Injury
In Columbus Ohio an automobile collided head on with a 50 ton Army tank on U S 33 Monday. Nancy Boehm 19 of Columbus was charged with failing to maintain a clear distance ahead. She was driving the car and escaped with minor injuries.
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Columbus, Ohio
U.S
Nancy Boehm
Columbus
Des Moines Approves Bloomfield Township Annexation
District Judge Ray C. Fountain approved Des Moines annexation of a 72 square mile Bloomfield township area with about 14,000 residents. The ruling found the city could extend municipal services to the new area after a five day hearing. The decree will take effect in one or two days.
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Des Moines
Ray C. Fountain
Bloomfield Township
Fountain
Mrs Wilson Ill Goes to Hospital
Mrs Charles E Wilson wife of the secretary of defense was taken to Walter Reed army hospital after falling ill early Tuesday.
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Washington
Llp
Charles E. Wilson
Secretary of Defense
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gruenther warns Russia of instant retaliation against West
General Alfred Gruenther outgoing NATO commander warns Moscow that any attack on the West would be met with immediate retaliation and Russia would be destroyed. He cites rocket threats and says current offense still holds advantage though air defense may shift balance in five years. Hungary and Middle East crises do not alter NATO plans.
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Red Cross
Paris
Alfred M. Gruenther
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Russia
West
Atlantic Alliance
Bulgania
Hungary
Middle East
Boy Killed While Attempting To Hang Elvis Statue
Chicago police report 15 year old Martin Ritchie was electrocuted after climbing a utility pole with a five and half foot dummy dressed in jeans and a sweater. He touched a street light reflector, shouted and fell from the pole while trying to hang Elvis Presley in effigy.
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Chicago
Martin Ritchie
Elvis Presley
Ritchie
Woman reports missing husband message to police
A wife informs police of her husband missing and asks that if located, he be told that his mother did not come after all. The report captures a domestic missing person note with a humorous twist.
Cedar Rapids Chest Campaign Misses Goal by Twenty Percent
The Cedar Rapids Community Chest drive reports 80 percent of its 1956 goal with $264 729 07 pledged toward $333 341. Officials say the drive will continue one or two weeks to collect remaining gifts. Chairman Art Clauss urges final contacts to conclude by next Tuesday without asking over those who already gave.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Art Clauss
Clauss
UN Steering Committee Clears Hungary Debate Agenda
The United Nations steering committee voted 11 to 2 to place the Hungarian situation on the General Assembly agenda. Russia and Czechoslovakia opposed, Egypt abstained, as the body moves to continue follow up on the emergency Assembly action.
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U. N
General Assembly
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Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Widow Fear C R White Murdered Near Wichita
Mrs. L T White 60 of Cedar Rapids and Manchester learned her mother, Fear C R Widow, was found shot to death in a ditch near Goddard Kansas with a 1954 sedan left with a note demanding money. Her sons travelled to Wichita to confirm identification as FBI and Kansas authorities investigated a hitchhiker killer and possible route via Kansas City. Mrs White previously toured Des Moines and was last seen there seeking work or a westbound trip.
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L. T. White
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Kansas
FBI
Goddard
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Wichita
Des Moines
California
High Court Upholds Montgomery Bus Segregation Ruling
The U S Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a special Montgomery three judge court ruling that Montgomery Alabama bus segregation violates due process and equal protection. The decision cites earlier school and park segregation rulings and follows lengthy Negro boycott actions.
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Montgomery
State Commission
Alabama
Montgomery City Lines, Inc
Eye Surgery for Carol Postponed
In Boston, surgery to remove the cancerous right eye of Carol Ann Molinaro a 3 year old was postponed due to a slight cold. The operation is rescheduled for Wednesday.
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Boston
Carol Ann Molinaro
Lee Suit Against Govt Is Barred
Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Utah Governor J Bracken Lee permission to file a suit attacking the constitutionality of the U S foreign aid program and to enjoin Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey from using funds for foreign aid.
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Washington
Supreme Court
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
U. S
High Tribunal
Ingrid Bergman Hospitalized for Appendicitis in Paris
Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was admitted to a Paris American hospital on Tuesday for an appendicitis operation. She has been ill since Saturday and is a former Hollywood star.
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Paris
Ins
Ingrid Bergman
Allis-Chalmers Buys 127 Acres Near Cedar Rapids
Allis-Chalmers announces purchase of 127 acres between Milwaukee railroad tracks and the Fiftieth street NE extension and Highway 150 relocation at Cedar Rapids north edge. W. G. Gates says expansion possible later. no immediate use planned. Cedar Rapids Chamber assisted negotiations with Milwaukee Land Company. Plant continues at First avenue NE site. expansion plans require space. Allis-Chalmers, 110th year, operates plants in ten states plus Canada and England. The Cedar Rapids plant makes motor petitioners and earth moving equipment for construction and road building.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Fiftieth Street
W.G. Gates
AC Cedar Rapids Works
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Allis-Chalmers
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Allis
West Allis
Milwaukee
Canada
England
First Troop Entry Is Postponed In Suez
U N observers, a 12 man team including Norwegians Swedes Danes and Australians, landed at Port Said as the first U N police unit in the Suez Canal Zone but the airlift of the force to Cairo was postponed due to flight times and schedules. Hammarskjold had announced Egypt would admit the U N police with five conditions under discussion with Britain and France and Israel.
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No-Man’s-Land
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Italy
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Middle East
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Suez Canal
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Golda Meir
Burns
Israel
New York
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Eisenhower to Hold News Conference Wednesday
President Eisenhower will meet with the press in Washington on Wednesday, his first news briefing since October. The event signals a return to public dialogue as the administration prepares to address current affairs and policy questions.
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