Reds claim 230 U.S. Chiang agents seized in China
Peiping radio quoted a Chinese government communique stating since 1951, 230 American and Chiang Kai-shek agents were captured in China and 106 were killed. The list includes 18 Americans led by John Knox Arnold Jr and John Thomas Downey. Five are said killed in shootdowns and 13 were reportedly sentenced.
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London
Red China
China
Peiping Radio
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Free China Movement
CIA
Formosa
U. S. CIA
John Knox Arnold, Jr
John Thomas Downey
Beardsley Funeral Draws Thousands In New Virginia
Iowa paid late Gov William S Beardsley final tribute in New Virginia at a 150 capacity Methodist church. State and federal officials attended including Gov Leo Elthon and Sen Bourke Hickenlooper. Beardsley died in a Des Moines accident alongside his hospitalized wife. Burial followed at the Beardsley family plot as crowds covered the statehouse memorial.
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New Virginia
Iowa
William S. Beardsley
Little Red Brick Methodist
Beardsley
Des
Raoul C. Calkins
Calkins
Claud A. Calkins
Cumberland
Des Moines Area
Methodist Church
Columbus
Ohio
le Roy Moore
New Virginia Arch
W. J. Fowl
Victor
Ronald Davidson
Statehouse
Leo Elthon
U.S
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Elthon
Senator Hickenlooper
Dwight Eisenhower
God
Cost of living drops to lowest since mid 1953
October consumer price index falls two tenths of a percent to 114.5, the lowest since June 1953. Food prices decline sharply with turkey and pork costs down, while household equipment prices drop and apparel and rents show small changes. Affects 1.3 million auto, aircraft, and farm equipment workers whose pay is cut by one cent an hour effective December 1.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO
United Auto
BLS
Aryness Joy Wickens
Eisenhower assures mother on efforts to free American prisoners
President Eisenhower told Mrs. Hurley Baumer by telephone that the government is doing everything humanly possible within peaceful means to win release for American prisoners held by Communist China. White House Press Secretary Hagerty relayed the personal assurances after she could not reach the President. The President was in a National Security Council meeting at the time.
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Washington
Eisenhower
China
Hurley L. Baumer
Lewisburg
William J. Baumer
White House
James C. Hagerty
National Security Council
Hagerty
Gowen demands face-to-face protest with Red China
U.S. Consul General Gowen in Geneva insists on meeting Red China's Consul General Shun Ting in person to protest the jailing of 13 American airmen on what he calls trumped up spy charges. Washington directs direct delivery of the protest, bypassing usual intermediary channels.
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Geneva
U.S
Franklin C. Gowen
Red China
Shun Ting
China
State Department
Washington
Gowen
Stockholder Throws Eggs in Boardroom Outburst
Frederick Perkins, 61, a retiring automotive engineer and major shareholder in Sidney Flavel and Company, hurled two tomatoes and two eggs at chairman Duncan Wright during a board tally dispute. The incident ended with Wright accusing Perkins of misbehavior and the stockholder leaving with his wife. Perkins owns about 2,632 pounds of stock.
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Leamington Spa
England
Sidney Flavel and Company
Frederick Perkins
Perkins
Duncan Wright
Wright
Drusilla
Harger Dies of Fall Injuries in Guard Training
James Harger 20 of 1889 Mt. Vernon Road SE Cedar Rapids died at 9 10 a m Wednesday from injuries after falling into an open elevator shaft during a National Guard training drill He backed into the shaft while with a wire laying crew employed at Collins Radio Company Born Sept 22 1934 in Iowa City he was a 1952 Wilson graduate Surviving wife Geraldine McNeill Harger a son Craig James his mother and three brothers and two sisters Services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Turner chapel burial at Cedar Memorial with National Guard military honors
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Cedar Rapids
James Harger
Mt. Vernon Road
University Hospitals
Wed
The
National Guard
Harger
Collins Radio Company
Iowa City
Wilson
Geraldine McNeill Harger
Des Moines
Craig James
Doris Parazil Anmong Harger
Robert
Dennis
John
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
All Civic Offices And Most Stores Close for Holiday
Cedar Rapids observes the Thanksgiving holiday with public buildings and most stores closed. The public library and Kenwood branch stay shut, bookmobile halted, post office on holiday schedule with go delivery only, and bank courthouse city hall and federal offices off.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Library
Kenwood
Idaho couple marks 79th wedding anniversary
Sagle Idaho residents Drusilla Keith and Benjamin Franklin Hartley, both 95, celebrated their 79th anniversary. The pair wed in London County Tennessee on November 24 1875 and raised three sons James Frank and Leo. Hartley joked about other long marriages being mere newlyweds.
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Sagle
Idaho
Benjamin Franklin Hartleys
America
Hartley
Texas
Drusilla Keith
London County
Tenn
James
Frank
Leo
Woman Hurt as Lawn Collapses
SHENANDOAH Pennsylvania Catherine Murphy aged 65 was critically injured when her front lawn collapsed sending her about 75 feet into a mine reach. Fireman Alden Hertz was lowered into the hole and rescued her from the yawning cavern.
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Shenandoah, Pa
Catherine Murphy
Alden Hertz
Briton admits spying role for Soviet diplomat in London
John Clarence, 27, testified he was sent by Soviet attache Barabanov to befriend U S Navy personnel at Grosvenor Square and gather secret radar defense details. He faces two charges under Britain’s anti-espionage act with a maximum 14 year penalty on each count.
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London
U. S. Navy
Scotland Yard
Charles Ward
John Clarence
U. S. Naval Center
Grosvenor Square
Barabanov
Ivan Ilyich Barabanov
Clarence
Britain
Ward
Klaus Fuchs
Nationalist Bombers Batter Communist Positions on Toumen Island
Nationalist air raids struck Communist positions on Toumen Island for the fourth straight pre-dawn attack on a Wednesday in Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Toumen Island
Simmonds Serves Three Sentences Simultaneously In Iowa Jail
Harold Simmonds 32 of Iowa City is serving three morals sentences at once in Linn County Jail after pleading guilty to two indecent exposure charges. Sheriff James H. Smith says the sentences run concurrently from Nov 19, with a May 19 release projected, and notes that six months is the maximum for the offense. A fourth‑month term began Oct 25, suspended two years ago but revoked. The case prompts Cedar Rapids petitions seeking humane treatment for sex deviations and longer confinement until cured.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Simmonds
Linn County
James H. Smith
Iowa City
Simmonds
Smith
Floyd Philbrick
Iowa
Lights On At Sheppard Home Reported By Witness
A Bay Village housewife testified that two lights were on in the Sheppard home around 2 15 a m on July 4, just before Marilyn Sheppard was killed. A fingerprint expert noted marks on the bedhead matching three fingers near a print of Dr Samuel Sheppard s left thumb. The defense counsel challenged questions regarding a kiss scene as the judge sustained objections.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Doris Bender
Bay Village
Samuel Sheppard
Thanksgiving Weather Outlook for Iowa
Cool and cloudy conditions frame the Thanksgiving forecast across Iowa with lighter winds after a windy spell. Cedar Rapids reported 37 degrees at 2 30 p m following a low of 37, while northwest winds gusted to 36 knots as a storm system departs toward Lake Huron.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Lake Huron
Cedar Rapids
Dewey Mother 77 Found Dead in Owosso Michigan
Ann Dewey mother of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey was found dead in her Owosso home from a heart attack. The 77 year old was discovered by her housekeeper as she prepared breakfast. Dewey’s son was contacted in Miami and planned to fly to Owosso.
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Owosso, Mich
INS
Ann Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Miami
Owosso
Bus Crash Hurts 31 Pupils in Columbus
A Columbus school bus collision left thirty one children injured and at least five in serious condition. The driver, shaken but treated for shock, said the crash occurred as he tried to keep three musical instruments from sliding toward the steering wheel.
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Columbus, Ohio
Mother's Advice Came Too Late
Melvin Abel 37 parked his car with five dollars attached then rushed inside to call his mother who warned of theft. His wife watched the deer outside but a thief took the money before police could intervene.
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Minneapolis
Melvin Abel
Abel
Minnesota Hotel Blaze Kills Four
Four men died and four were injured when a Wednesday fire destroyed the old Whitmas hotel in Bove y Minnesota. Firemen searched the ruins for possible additional victims.
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Minnesota
Blaze
Co Inmates Named as Suspects in Remington Killing at Federal Pen
Two car thieves and inmates at the Lewisburg federal penitentiary faced murder accusations in the death of 37 year old William W Remington a former Commerce Department economist serving a perjury sentence. The suspects George McCoy 34 of Grundy Virginia and Robert Parker 21 of Washington were identified by FBI Philadelphia agent Norman H McCnabe after Remington was struck with a brick in a dormitory. Remington had a complex legal history including a 1953 sentencing and prior indictments for lying about Communist associations. The case sparked speculation about ties to the release of Alger Hiss though prison officials dismissed any link noting Hiss works in the library and is not under special protection. The victim leaves a wife and three children. Additional details and context follow in Page 2 column 8.
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Lewisburg
Federal
William W. Remington
Remington
Commerce Department
Norman H. MccNabe
FBI
Philadelphia
George McCoy
Grundy
Robert Parker
Washington
New York Post
Elizabeth Bentley
Dartmouth
Uison
Emington
Hiss
James Stewart
Fred Wilkinson
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Nn Eer
Reds
Daeek
By Dwight McCormack
David Herrick
Blaine
Hillsboro
Ore
Dan
Iowa State College
Henry F. Schieg
Appleton
Wis
Doyle E. Stickel
Associated Press
Barkley
Sea Island
Kentucky
Barkleys
Ike Assurance
United States
Col
John K. Arnold
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Eve Eeene
H. D. Quigg
Town News
Dewey
Federal Pen
Alger Hiss
Wilkinson
Communist Party
New York Court of Appeals
Gregory F. Noonan
William Remington
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