Pair Sought After Boat Lost at Sea
Coast guard planes and boats searched the Atlantic for Mrs. Frederick H. Ecker and James Herd after their motor boat capsized off Seabrook beach. Four aboard were thrown into the water. two were rescued while the search continued for the missing pair.
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Charleston
S. C
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Frederick H. Ecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
James Herd
Seabrook Beach
Elbert Green
Shrimper
Albert Morris
Seabrook
J. Rogers
Morris
Rogers
Green
Westwood Seeks Water Service Amid Fire Tragedy Pressure
Westwood residents press city officials for water mains extension after a fatal fire attributed to water shortages. Maynard Rowray demands action while City Attorney Garberson notes petition signatures below the 75 percent threshold and cites limited council authority.
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Westwood
Cedar Rapids
Maynard Rowray
Rowray
C. W. Garberson
Garberson
Truman Praises U N Flag Work On UN Day
President Truman commended the Agriculture Department extension service for promoting making and displaying United Nations flags on public buildings on United Nations day. He thanked home demonstration and 4 H clubs and American women for stitching flags used nationwide. He said the effort showed American support strengthening the UN during its testing in 1950 and would remind people of U N importance in preserving freedom and promoting peace.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture Department
Extension Service
United Nations
U.N
M. L. Wilson
U. N
Price of Haircuts In Cedar Rapids Rises To 1 25
Cedar Rapids will see a haircut price increase to 1.25 dollars effective Monday while children's cuts to 12 stay at 1.00. Russell Thoman of the Master Barbers Association announced the first rise in five years noting higher living costs and barbers’ need to retain workers. He cited the average Cedar Rapids barber earning about 50 dollars weekly.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Thoman
Master Barbers Association
Thoman
Legal Cameras Clock In As Deere Strike Reopens
Pickets mass at Waterloo John Deere plant while cameras record the scene. A worker breached the line and was arrested for carrying a concealed wooden billy. Des Moines courts plan to hear an injunction as Moline talks continue on a nationwide strike.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
John Deere Tractor Works
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
H. T. Wagner
Eddie Johnson
Johnson
Waterloo Deere
Victor Kinkade
Waterloo Uaw
Des Moines
Des Moines Deere Works
Dubuque
Ottumwa Deere
Moline
Cio-Uaw
UAW
Deere
Heirs to Garrett Estate Designated
PHILADELPHIA AP three first cousins now dead named as heirs to the 17 million Garrett estate. Two surviving cousins will inherit what remains after taxes swallow about three fourths of the fortune.
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Philadelphia
Garrett
Young 11-Week-Old Guides Heart Surgery Triumph
St. Louis surgeon Dr. Chester P. Lynxwiler reports the youngest known patient to survive a heart operation for coarctation and heart failure. An 11 week old girl, Linda Weber, was discharged from St Mary’s hospital with prospects of normal heart health and life expectancy.
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ST. Louis
Chester P. Lynxwiler
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Southern Medical Association
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lynxwiler
New Orleans
Linda Weber
Two Storms Batter U.S.
Two storms battered the continent with the Pacific front bringing winds up to 60 mph from Juneau to San Francisco and the Midwest snow and cold. Arctic air followed as temperatures dropped to eight above at Dickinson North Dakota with blizzard conditions and icy highways.
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Pacific Coast
Midwest
Juneau
Alaska
San Francisco
Oregon
North Bend
Ore
Tatoosh
Wash
Point Sur
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Duluth
Little Rock
Dickinson
N. D
North Dakota
Triplets Born Prompt Father to Jump From Window
In Rome AP Ilario Basioni a 46 year old man who wanted a son leaped from a one story home after learning his wife gave birth to triplets all girls He survived without injuries and told friends the event was the saddest day of his life
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Ecker
Chet
Charleston
Herd
New York
Broad Way
Rome
Ilario Basioni
Basioni
Wheelbarrow Journey Ends After 20204 Miles Trek
Larry Hightower, a cowboy from Ellensburg Washington, completed a 20204 mile wheelbarrow journey on his 50th birthday. He began at Lazy F dude ranch on July 4 1946 after riding in on horseback and pushed through 48 states plus Canada Mexico and Guatemala.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Larry Hightower
Lazy F Dude Ranch
Canada
Mexico
Guatemala
Air Defense Command HQ Shifts to Colorado Springs
The Air Force announced that the new air defense command headquarters will move from Long Island to Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs early in 1951. About 800 military and civilian personnel will be assigned to the new headquarters. The command will handle U.S. air defense.
B 29s Escorted by MiG-15 Jets Over Korea
Four Soviet MiG-15 fighters intercepted and escorted 30 American B-29 bombers near the Yalu River in North Korea without firing. The jets accompanied the raid until the bombers reached their target and then returned home after the mission.
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Washington
North Korea
Air Force
U. S
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
East Coat
Council Approves Greene Square Parking Meters
Cedar Rapids city council approves meters for the Greene Square lot after protests. The special off street parking committee endorses metering to curb all day parking and boost turnover for shoppers near the business district.
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Cedar Rapids News
Greene Square
Cedar Rapids
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
St. Louis
Public sentiment to check spending by cities
The municipal statutes study committee urges broader city self rule to regulate local affairs and manage spending. They propose increased tax levies and a shift to nine general funds to improve interdepartmental budgeting while trusting public sentiment and local oversight to curb excess.
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Ed Murphy
William S. Beardsley
Philosphy
Weather Not Reds Bathers Marines Most Weather Not Reds Bathers Marines
Marines face brutal cold around Changjin reservoir as frostbite chills more than enemy fire. Col Homer Litzenberg reports area quiet with Reds left flank monitored while 3,000 Chinese reportedly retreated. Marines endure wind, snow, and fuel losses, building fires and sharing heat with displaced locals.
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Northeast Korea
Ins
Changjin Reservoir
Homer Litzenberg
Hagaru
United Nations Forces Advance Deep Into North Korea Front
U N forces push up to five miles front in the northeast and three miles in the west as Americans, Rok and Korean units drive toward the Manchurian border. Marine and naval gunfire support aid counterattacks while Hungnam port opens for winter supplies. Temperature rises briefly aiding the advance.
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U. S. First Corps
Republic of Korea First Corps
U. S. Seventh Division
Pungsan
Changjin Reservoir
Rok First Corps
Tokchon
Kunu
Withe
Myongc Chong
VU. S.S
Rochester
U. S. 10Th Corps
U. N
U. S
Wonsan
Hungnam
Warmer Weather Promised Friday in Iowa прогноз
Weather shifts from 70 to 38 degrees in Cedar Rapids by 2 pm as .21 inch rain falls. Forecast calls for warmer highs in the 50s Friday. Snow totals of 1 to 2 inches in north central Iowa with slushy, slippery roads reported. other areas normal.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Mercury
Weather Bureau
State Highway Commission
Fire truck in transport burns near Ottumwa
Ottumwa firefighter Garvin Spots spotted a fire along a Rock Island to Corydon delivery truck. The blaze erupted in back of the vehicle, as it carried new hose and firefighting gear. Ottumwa Fire Department extinguished the flames with damage to the truck.
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Ottumwa
INS
Garvin Spots
Spots
Rock Island
Corydon
Tim Foley
British casualties in Korea reach 51 killed 158 wounded five missing
Defense Minister Emanuel Shinwell told the House of Commons that about 10,000 British troops are engaged in Korea with 51 killed 158 wounded and five missing to date.
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London
Emanuel Shinwell
House of Commons
Korea
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