Huge Iowa 1957 Road Plans Set
Ames reports the Iowa Highway Commission announced a record 1957 letting program totaling 116.545 million dollars for 15 months from Oct 1, 1956, to Dec 31, 1957. Interstate work totals 71 million with 47 million for grading and bridging and 24 million for paving. Regular primary work covers 45.545 million, with 10 percent dependent on tax extensions.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Iowa
Des Moines
Davenport
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Thanksgiving Cold Wave Threatens Iowa Roads and River
Weather forecasters warned of a sharp cold wave with zero to 10 degree lows across the state after a wintry system left drifts and icy roads. A duck hunter, William Larson, 22, of Mc Gregor, perished overnight on the Mississippi as authorities searched all night for him. Highways were icy or hazardous statewide, with some near normal in spots, while 100 calves were killed when an Armour truck skidded on ice and plunged into a ditch near Oelwein.
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iThursday
William Larson
McGregor
Mississippi
Larson
Clayton County
Prairie du Chien
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
Highway 3
Oelwein
Armour Packing Company
Countryman serves paper on Moyer over liquor law enforcement
Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman demanded six state agents from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to enforce liquor by the drink law. Polk County deputies served the legal paper on State Safety Commissioner Clinton Moyer, who declined immediate comment.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Dayton Countryman
Clinton Moyer
Polk County
Countryman
Moyer
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Nevada
International News Service
Polk County Sheriff's Office
State Safety Department
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Menon Leads Push to Open Hungary to U N Observers
In Vienna angry Hungarian workers stage a two day total strike after Soviet tanks move to disperse a National Workers Council meeting. In New York V K Krishna Menon heads a neutral Asia drive at the U N demanding borders opened for observers and urging Budapest to invite Hammarskjold to discuss on the spot investigations.
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Budapest
National Workers Council
United Nations, N.Y
India
S V. K. Krishna Menon
Asia
Hungary
U. N
Hammarskjold
Menon
Cedar Rapids Chest Drive Falls Five Percent Short of Goal
Cedar Rapids Marion Community Chest reports 95 percent of its goal with $316 391 88 raised, $17 100 short. Campaign total shows slight progress over last year’s record while additional divisions and employee groups reported over the top.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids-Marion Community Chest
Polio Epidemic Reported in Budapest War Ruins
Vienna dispatch says a polio outbreak is reported in Budapest controlled by Communist authorities. The epidemic also reaches Debrecen, 100 miles east, while amoebic jaundice threats grow from polluted water or vegetables. Soap and detergent shortages worsen the crisis.
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Vienna
Budapest
Debrecent
Egypt to maintain U N troops as Nasser rejects foreign control
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold said Egypt agrees on a basis for UN troops on its soil and to clear the Suez Canal per Egypt's request. President Nasser vowed Egypt will stay free of foreign ideologies and pledged to widen international law to meet modern needs while tackling inflammable domestic issues.
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N.Y
Hammarskjold
Egypt
U.N
Suez Canal
Cairo
Nasser
Syria calls for urgent UN action over border force buildup
Syria demanded immediate UN action to halt what it called massive concentrations of British French and Israeli troops along Syria and Jordan borders during a General Assembly debate. Hammarskjold urged approval for talks with Egypt to proceed on recognizing Syrian sovereignty and maintaining the UN force until cease fire and troop withdrawals are completed. The plan includes canal clearance with a five month timeline and costs about 40 million dollars, awaiting assembly clearance.
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Syria
Hungary
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Israel
Hammarskjold
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Egypt
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Nasser
U.N
Britain
France
Hammar Jold
Iish
Port Said
Lope Canal
Molotov Assigned To High Power Post In Kremlin Shakeup
London AP reports V. M. Molotov named minister of state control in Moscow, reversing years of diminished prestige. He retains deputy prime minister status and gains authority over broad Soviet activities, signaling a Stalinist tilt amid Kremlin factional tensions and Hungary Poland unrest.
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Ceylon
India
Indonesia
Menon
Hungary
London
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Moscow
Molotov
Joseph Stalin
V. G. Zhavaronkov
Zhavaronkov
Tito
Nikita Khrushchev
Poland
Soviet
Russia
Stalin
Presidium of the Supreme, Soviet
Ministry of State Security
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Heart Attack Fatal for Farm Leader Evans
R. M. Spike Evans 66 former U S undersecretary of agriculture and Democratic candidate for US senator died suddenly at his Arnolds Park home from a heart attack. He was defeated by incumbent Bourke B. Hickenlooper in the November race. Evans had been in good health and had rested after the campaign.
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Arnolds Park
United States
R. M
Spike” Evans
Evans
U.S
Truman
Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Refugees Flee as Soviet Fire Blocks Hungarian Border
U N agency reports Soviet troops shoot at Hungarian refugees trying to reach Austria. About 52,000 refugees have crossed into Austria since the rebellion began, including 8,000 in Eisenstadt area recently. Witness Francis Walter describes a shooting near the border as refugees seek asylum.
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Vienna
Austria
U. N
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Geneva
Eisenstaadt
Walter
Refugees Reach Camp Kilmer New Jersey
A planeload of Hungarian refugees arrived at McGuire Air Force Base on a Wednesday to begin a new life and hear a pledge of peace from Army Secretary Wilber Brucker. The 28 families, totaling 62 people, were greeted by crowds, officials, and an army band before traveling by bus to the Kilmer reception center at the World War II base.
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Associated Press
McGuire Air Force Base
N. J
U.S
McGuire
Kilmer
Chuckle Wife Joke About Neighbor's Hat
A humorous exchange shows Chuckle Wife comparing a neighbor's hat to hers and John quipping that buying a new hat would be cheaper than moving. The light domestic punchline centers on desire versus relocation.
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