Stevenson meets Dulles in cordial NATO work session
Adlai Stevenson met for an hour and a half with Secretary of State Dulles and called the session very encouraging. He will serve as a consultant on the Eisenhower administration's NATO build up, receive an office in the State Department, and review U S proposals for the December Paris NATO talks. He said the talk covered many issues and he will support agreed points while signaling disagreements if any.
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Pineau Urges Curb on Tunisian Arms Deliveries
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau said France would consider arming Tunisia only if no arms came from the East or Egypt. He arrived in New York en route to Washington for talks with Dulles after protesting Western arms shipments to Tunisia and warning of risks if arms reach Algerian rebels.
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Bus Drivers Win Two Year Pact in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids bus drivers approve a two year contract retroactive to Oct 1 with National City Lines. The deal includes a 4 cent hourly raise phased through April 1959 and a three week vacation after 15 years of service, in exchange for reducing weekly hours from 48 to 44. Signing to follow as Chicago representatives arrive and likely paving franchise talks with city officials.
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Wife Prays for Court To Grant Girard Leniency
Haru Girard knelt before a Shinto shrine in Japan praying for mercy for her husband GI William Girard as the Maebashi court weighs a manslaughter verdict. She told Kayoko Sakai, 18, daughter of the victim, the Sakai family has an edge and blamed political coaching.
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Candy" Sueyama Girard
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NAACP Aims 3 Million Black Voters in the South
In Atlanta the NAACP announces a plan with the Federal Civil Rights Commission to register about 40 percent of eligible Black voters in ten states, targeting three million as the current rate sits around 25 percent versus 60 percent for whites. Roy Wilkins says the group will study racial voting barriers and report illegal disenfranchisement to the commission. The push aims to elect qualified candidates regardless of race.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Federal Civil Rights Commission
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Seven Killed in Auto Accidents Over Weekend
Iowa roads saw seven deaths and at least 17 injuries over the weekend. The toll raises 1957 traffic deaths to 628, with a Hampton two car crash Sunday night killing Mrs. Boyd Patterson and Clarence Johansen and his wife. Also dead were Roy Ryan and Cora Marsh in separate crashes. Patterson died Monday.
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Dows
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Latimer
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Roy Ryan
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Carlisle
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Keystone Bank
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Miracle Drug Spontin Emerges From Alma Goldstein Discovery
Abbott Laboratories announces Spontin, the first antibiotic that kills bacteria rather than just halting growth. Developed largely by Alma Goldstein a microbiologist at Abbott after six years of research and a Rocky Mountain soil-sampling trip. The drug shown to treat streptococci staphylococci and pneumococci infections in clinical tests. Spontin touted as resistant to bacterial adaptation and to be used mainly in hospitals.
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Italian flare up prompts mass police show of force
About 3 000 riot police were deployed in Bolzano to preserve order as 20 lead German speaking residents demonstrated for independence from Italy. The protest highlighted tensions in this former Austrian province amid Italian rule.
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Horsemen Win 158 Mile Race in Utah Showdown
In Roosevelt Utah the two horse riders Ray Hatch and Dee Ray Hall beat two BYU track stars Albert Ray and Terry Jensen in a 158 mile race through mountain passes. Jensen withdrew with a pulled tendon and Ray rode on with swollen ankles as spectators predicted an annual event.
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New York
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Pond in Kitchen Sparks Town Hall Threats in Crockhowell
In Crockhowell Wales a resident faces eviction after the council learns he dug a hole in the kitchen floor and filled it with water to house his ducks. The case highlights ongoing disputes over local housing and animal keeping.
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Vets Picket Theater Before Kasillach Play
About 200 veterans of the French resistance blocked a Paris theater entrance Sunday night to protest a production titled The Queen of Cesaree by Robert Kasillach, scattering passes as demonstrators moved away from the scene. The event halted as security and marchers clashed briefly outside the venue.
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Plainfield man admits killings skulls from cemeteries
Mild mannered Edward Gein confessed to killing Mrs. Bernice Worden last Saturday. He claimed the nine additional heads found in his secluded farmhouse were cemetery artifacts. District Attorney Eileen said Gein described a recurring daze during the killings and will be charged with first degree murder soon. State investigators probe the farm as snow blankets the scene.
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Wautoma
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Art Sehiey
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Eaton
Small
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State Crime Laboratory
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Art Ochley
Gunman Kills 2 in Orgy at VA Hospital
Former VA guard Flea Eaton, 63, armed with a shotgun and revolver, killed two hospital workers and wounded four during a rampage at a Veterans Administration facility. Assailant wrestled to surrender by an associate and hospital staff. Eaton was taken into custody.
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Iite
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Motorists Slowed by Snow and Ice Across Iowa
Heavy snow sleet and freezing rain disrupted travel across western and northern Iowa. Roads iced over from Creston to Dubuque while northeast sections faced lighter accumulation and continued cold, with up to 20 inches forecast in some areas and numerous school closures noted.
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