Bank Night Out Bank Night Out Hoegh Announces
Iowa Attorney General Leo Hoegh declared theater bank night illegal under state law after the Iowa Supreme Court decision on smorgasbord bingo. He gave theaters 40 days to abandon bank night and said enforcement actions will follow if they do not comply. Tri-States Theater Corporation operates about 100 Iowa screenings including Cedar Rapids Paramount and State.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
Iowa
Attorney General's Office
Hoegh
Iowa Supreme Court
Wilson Mabrey
Carter Lake
Tri-Staten Theater Corporation
Paramount
State
Cedar
Horegh
Supreme Spuct
Mabrey
Hong
Trocgh
Hloegh
Towa Supreme Court
Aft
Newton
Hick: White Data Denied Congress
Havana AP Senator Hickenlooper accused former President Truman and former Secretary of State Byrnes of disservice to the country in the Tarry Dexter White affair. He said White's nomination was sent to the Senate without disclosure of derogatory information and Byrnes stayed silent. He claimed critical files were locked in President Teaman's desk, blocking congressional access.
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Hickenlooper
Truman
Byrnes
Tiarry Dexter White
White
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Salads
Teaman
Congress
Latin America
Rainfall Heaviest In 71 Days Across Iowa Towns
Rain swept across central Iowa with Cedar Rapids at .35 inches by 2:10 pm and Council Bluffs at 1.28 inches. The system is expected to turn to snow in western areas tonight with more rain possible Saturday. Cedar Rapids tied a Nov 19 high record at 72 degrees and a 62 degree temperature at 2:30 pm followed by an overnight low of 14. Precip totals varied across towns including Elkader .12 and Des Moines 2.0.
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Elkader
Marengo
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Storm Lake
Sioux City
Fork Dodge
Boone
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Lamanil
First Major Snow Hits Rockies Area
The Rocky Mountain region faced its first major storm of the season with nearly a foot of snow in parts of Colorado and Wyoming and widespread travel slowdowns across six states. A fatal air crash occurred near Albuquerque, and Montana suffered bitter cold as the system drifted northeast from New Mexico.
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Kirtland Air Force Base
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Wyoming
Montana
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Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Nebraska
Kansas
Vishinsky Condemns Bermuda Conference as Cold War Risk
At the United Nations Vishinsky condemned the Bermuda conference of the Western Big Three chiefs of state saying it would heighten East West tension. He blamed Western powers for the dispute and charged the U S with surrounding the Soviet Union with bases and arms, while proposing a five power conference to ease tension.
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United Nations
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Benesh Patterson Appointed Cedar Rapids Municipal Judges
James E. Patterson and Charles L. Benesh were named by Gov. Beardsley to serve as Cedar Rapids municipal judges until the 1955 city election. Each will earn 5500 a year and take office after swearing in at a future date as the new municipal court prepares to open. Patterson, long a Cedar Rapids attorney and former Bar Association president, lives at 122 Twenty St NE. Benesh, a longtime attorney and former justice of the peace, resides at 2201 Washington Ave SE.
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Mrs Bolton uses English books to woo Russian delegates at UN
Frances P. Holton, Ohio Republican, handed a book on learning English to a Russian delegate in a UN General Assembly committee. The act sparked curiosity as delegates read the book and English lessons began. She says the aim is to expose them to normal American life while warning of communist goals and praising Eisenhower’s 1952 election.
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Frances P. Holton
Ohio
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Nile
Son-in-Law of Cedar Rapids Man Dies in Sioux Falls Crash
Lawrence Butler 29 son-in-law of Mr and Mrs Thorny Craghe of Cedar Rapids died at Sioux Valley hospital from injuries after an auto collision ten miles south of Sioux Falls. Dr Edward Ruesink Sioux Falls veterinarian charged with failure to yield right of way. Butler and his wife Janet Crabbe attended University of Iowa. There are three small children.
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Lawrence Butler
Thorny L. Craghe
Cedar Rapids
Sioux Valley Hospital
WNAX
Yankton Radio Statiog
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Edward Ruesink
Ruesink
Butler
Huesink
Janet Crabbe
University of Iowa
B. F. Butler
Waterloo
Crabbe
Piane
Nixon urges rearming Japan to curb Communist threat
Vice President Nixon tells the Japan-America Society that disarmament after 1946 was a mistake and Japan must share military responsibility. He argues a stronger Japan is key to Asia's defense, cites fears of Soviet and Communist power, and supports expanding trade while preparing to negotiate with the Communists. In Marburg, German officials fine parents of cemetery grave-ramblers 0 marks.
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Korea
Southeast Asia
Captive Dickenson Reveals Communist Threats Behind Escape
Cpl. Edward Dickenson 23, freed from a Communist compound after a Korean POW exchange, says he was forced to stay and condemned Communist coercion. He now expresses loyalty to the U S, fears for his family, and recounts beatings and lectures used to compel cooperation. He believes several others remain willing to return home despite indoctrination efforts.
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Big Stone Gap
Honolulu
Tokyo
Undercover Agent Tells Of GE Reds in New England Plants
A former upholsterer who testified as an undercover FBI agent said he worked in a General Electric plant in Fitchburg Massachusetts and that Communist cells existed there and at GE sites in Lyon Everett, Mass and Schenectady New York. The hearing featured Nat Mills suspected of Communist ties and McCarthy pressed for admissions amid cross-examination denials. Four other GE workers testified but refused to admit Communist ties.
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Everett
Schenectady
William H. Teta
Ashby
Sen. McCarthy
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McCarthy
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Riverside Liquor Store Plans Blocked by Iowa Commission
The Iowa Liquor Control Commission refused to authorize new state liquor stores in eight communities including Riverside Grinnell Nashua Guthrie Center Laurens St Ansgar and Stacyville citing cost of operating additional stores. There are 180 state owned liquor stores in Iowa and none added recently.
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INS
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Cleanifnrold Wolfe
Riverside
Grinnell
Nashua
Delinquency hearings open to tackle juvenile problem
A U S Senate subcommittee opened hearings in Washington to examine causes and cures for juvenile delinquency. Chairman Hendrickson says the inquiry will study housing, economic security, school overcrowding, recreational facilities, welfare and mental health services, and legal adequacy while assessing adult alcohol and drug influence on youths.
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UPI
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Tarves
Dorothy McGuire Denies Reconciliation Report
New York AP report quotes singer Dorothy McGuire denying a soldier husband’s claim that reconciliation talks were staged. The New York Journal American cited her as unaware of any reconciliation amid rumors connected to Julius LaRona and Arthur Godfrey show ties.
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Dorothy McGuire
New York Journal American
Mall
Miss McGuire
Cocfey
Julius la Rona
Judge Sentences Greenlease Suspects to Death in Gas Chamber
Kansas City report details District Judge Albert L. Reeves setting death for Carl Austin Hall and Mrs Bonnie Brown Steady after a jury recommended capital punishment for the kidnapping and killing of Bobby Greenlease. The decision followed a swift trial and a brief jury deliberation, with execution dated December 18, 1953, in Jefferson City.
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Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
Bonnie Heady
Little
Bobby Greeenlease
Missouri
Albert L. Reeves
Carl Austin Hall
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Hubert C. Greenlease
Bobby
Carl Austin Hai
U.S
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Steady
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