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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1954

Page

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Ex-Patient Demands Lie Detector Test In Sheppard Case

Phillip A. Schilling, a former patient of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, requests a lie detector test to prove innocence in Marilyn Sheppard's murder. Cleveland police express no connection, while Schilling faces jail on unrelated charges and questions continue about the crime.

Cleveland Samuel H. Sheppard David E. Kerr Phillip A. Schilling Kerr Schilling Bay Village Detroit West Side Marilyn Sheppard Marine City Mich Stephen Sheppard Marilyn Peter Becker Vincent Morrow Samuel Sheppard

Field Couple Seeks Rest in Switzerland After Release

Hermann Field and his wife issued a joint statement saying they need complete rest and will remain quietly in Switzerland for the present. The release followed his five years in Communist Poland. Mrs Field's mother said the message came from London and was relayed by telephone. They expressed gratitude to supporters as they stay in Switzerland with Hermann and Kate Field.

London Hermann ‘Field Switzerland Field Reds Cleveland Poland Zurich Hermann Field Iron Curtain Noel Noel Field Herta Hungary Noel Fields Hermann Elsie ‘Field Urbana Ill

Morse Raps Case on Censure Shift and Alibiing

Sen. Wayne Morse accuses Sen. Francis Case of alibiing without justification over Case’s stance change on the McCarthy censure report. Morse argues Case’s reversal undermines the Watkins committee findings condemning McCarthy’s conduct toward Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker. Debate is paused until Nov. 29 as McCarthy receives elbow injury treatment.

Morse Case Joseph R. McCarthy McCarthy Ralph W. Zwicker Sen. Case Watkins Committee Watkins Senate Naval Medical Center Bethesda Henry M. Jackson D-Wash Jackson CBS Capitol Cloakroom Congress

RCA Responds to Antitrust Suit Over Patents and Licensing

The RCA defense asserts government and court approvals in 1932 1942 and 1954 for the agreements and argues it does not issue exclusive licenses nor block competition. The suit names co conspirators including AT&T Western Electric Bell Labs General Electric and Westinghouse Electric. RCA says its licensing policy spurred rapid growth in radio television.

New York Radio Corporation of America RCA American Telephone and Telegraph Co Western Electric Co Bell Telephone Laboratories General Electric Co Westinghouse Electric Corp America

Eisenhower Opens TB Seals Drive With Purchase

President Eisenhower bought $5 worth of tuberculosis Christmas seals to start the 1954 sales campaign. He received the seals from Dr. Esmond R. Long, a National Tuberculosis Association medical research director, who has long studied the disease as patient, physician and investigator.

Washington Eisenhower Esmond R. Long National Tuberculosis Association Long

U S Lend Lease To Help Rearming Of West Germany

Bonn Germany AP Chancellor Adenauer announced the United States will aid West Germany with a lend lease to finance arming a 500000 man defense force under Paris agreements. The bulletin says Germany will rely on foreign supplies for initial arms and plans estimate 40 billion marks cost over three years with 20 billion marks from U S equipment.

U.S West Germany Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauer United States West North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO National Defense Commission

Umbrella Used As Fatal Weapon in Pittsburgh Stabbing

In Pittsburgh a 54 year old industrial worker, G. G. Reefer, was fatally stabbed with a pointed umbrella as he planned a date with Irene Taylor. Suspect William Crawford, 33, is held on felonious assault and battery charges. Taylor is detained as a material witness. Autopsy ordered.

Pittsburgh William Gilmore G. G. Reefer Mercy Hospital William Crawford Reefer Irene Taylor Gilmore Miss Taylor Crawford

Planning New High Schools By Windheim Article

Lee S Windheim designer in charge of Cedar Rapids new high school program outlines first steps in planning two new high schools for the Lee J Daly Company of Omaha. Accompanying illustrations accompany his editorial.

Lee S. Windheim Cedar Rapids Lee J. Daly Company Omaha

Former Iowan and Son Die in Alaska Plane Crash

A former Iowa man Ernest Beagle Jr., 29, and his 5-year-old son Paul died when the light plane they rode in crashed into Cook Inlet 60 miles southwest of Anchorage. Pilot Don Johnson and two others survived. Beagle’s wife Vila Pries and his parents survived. Beagle had lived in Kenai for about three years and worked for Pome roy Construction Company.

Anchorage Alaska Iowa Cook Inlet Here Ernest Beagle, Jr Paul Beagle Nashuala Beagles Bill Ramjsey Kenai Don Johnson Johnson Pomeroy Construction Company Vila Pries Waterloo

Man Keeps Pigs in Basement for Chicago Show Prep

Hal White, a 32 year old sporting goods businessman, keeps three Tamworth hogs in his Beverly Hills basement to prepare for the International Livestock Show opening November 27. The pigs, raised for 10 years and blue ribbon winners, were moved from his yard after neighbors complained to the Health Department two years ago. White says dogs barking near windows prompted the basement caging as a safeguard for his pigs.

Chicago Hal White White Beverly Hills Health Department Sporting Goods

Cincinnati Enquirer Raises Sunday Price

The Cincinnati Enquirer raised its Sunday edition price from 15 to 20 cents. The employee owned paper reports a Sunday circulation of 289,907.

Cincinnati SNS Cincinnati Enquirer Enquirer

Anti Freezing Binge Fatal to Three Prisoners

Three federal inmates died after attempting an anti-freeze binge at the La Tuna federal correctional institution in Texas. Warden R. H. Armstrong said the liquid has no alcohol content and was ingested for a thrill. The men, who worked in the prison garage, obtained the anti-freeze from a car radiator or during filling a radiator.

LA Tuna Texas R. H. Armstrong la Tuna Federal Correctional Institution Armstrong

World Eyes American Conference

Sergio Santelices reports from Rio de Janeiro as an inter American economic conference opens drawing wide attention. Britain France West Germany Italy Spain Portugal Canada Japan Indonesia and other nations send observers to assess potential global impact while U S officials debate expansion of export import bank lending and development loans. A House committee warns of Kremlin activity in Latin America urging more U S financial aid to counter communism and rails against Monroe Doctrine violations.

Associated Press Rio Joao Carlos Muniz Herbert Hoover, Jr Alexander Wiley INS Rio de Janeiro Britain France West Germany Holland Italy Spain Portugal Canada Japan Indonesia Henry F. Holland U. S. State Department U. S Latin America Europe Asia Middle East Kremlin Central America Russia Western Hemisphere

Soviet Bureaucrats to Be Placed in Production Roles

London AP report notes wholesale dismissals of Soviet government clerks with thousands sent to factories and farms. Pravda cites inflated payrolls and inefficiency while promising to reassign workers to production sites in distant areas of Central Asia and Siberia.

London Pravda Central Asia Siberia Kremlin

Judy Garland Admitted for Checkup at Cedar of Lebanon

Actress Judy Garland is in Cedar of Lebanon hospital for a checkup and rest. Dr Frederick Pobbs says her condition is satisfactory. Garland, wife of producer Sid Luft, expects their second child next April.

Hollywood INS Judy Garland Cedar of ‘Lebanon Hospital Frederick Pobbs Miss Garland Sid Luft

Algae Could Supply Oxygen and Food for Space and Submarine Crews

Navy researchers say single celled alga chlorella can produce oxygen in closed spaces and even provide food. In Research Reviews J A Bassham notes the method could help submarines and future interplanetary ships by maintaining breathable air.

Washington Navy Research Reviews Office of Naval Research Earth J. A. Bassham University of California Radiation Laboratory Bassham

Search for Girl Continues While Uncle Is Held

The missing 11 year old Jeannette Earnest, kidnapped in Fort Worth Texas, prompts a Missouri search along U S highway 66. Her uncle Thurman Priest 48 of Grand Prairie Texas was arrested in Mount Vernon Missouri on kidnapping charges after officers traced a tour court check in Baxter Springs Kansas and Stanton Missouri and a later call to his wife. Priest submitted to a truth serum test but it had little effect.

Mount Vernon Jeannette Earnest Fort Worth Texas Missouri Thurman Priest Grand Prairie E. N. Buie Priest Stanton St. Louis

Identification of blouse widens search for missing 11 year old

In Lebanon Missouri police centered the search for 11 year old Jeanette Earnest on a stained cotton blouse found earlier. The girl's aunt Mrs. Etta Mae Priest cried as she confirmed the pink gray and white garment was hers at police headquarters.

Lebanon Jeanette Earnest Etta Mae Priest

Notre Dame Alumnus Dies At Iowa Stadium

Anton C. Stephan 72 of Chicago, Notre Dame alumnus, died at Iowa Stadium during the Iowa Notre Dame football game. He was a retired businessman honored by Notre Dame in 1952 for alumni activities. Stricken about 3 30 p m, he died on arrival at University hospitals. death attributed to heart attack.

Iowa City University of Notre Dame Anton C. Stephan Chicago Iowa Stadium Iowa

Cheyenne Bar Owner Cashes Phony $5 Check

A Cheyenne bar owner may have realized the five dollar check he cashed for a customer on Friday was fake. The check bore the endorsement U. R. Stuck and is under investigation.

Cheyenne Wyo U. R. Stuck

Ratification Ahead of Debate Marks Western Stance

Washington reports say French Premier Mendes France and Secretary Dulles rejected Molotov’s delay tactic on German rearmament and urged early allied ratification before a new conference with Russia. They dismissed improvised propaganda debates and prepared for serious negotiations in good faith.

Washington Mendes- France Dulles Dow Molotov Russia Moscow Foreign Office Mendes - France State Department New York Paris Mendes-France Viet Nam Indo- China

Queen's University Prank Ties to Scantily Clad Cadaver Found

Kingston report says university blames prankster students for a cadaver stolen from a medical lab and hung from a tree in front of a girls dormitory. The incident drew campus outrage and prompted a police inquiry while students defended the act as a misguided prank.

Kingston, Ont Queen's University

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