Fatal collision on new Route 218 claims three lives
Three Iowa City residents died in a head on crash on a relocated stretch of Route 218 south of Cedar Rapids. Harold J. Arnold 35 and Charlotte A. Marks 42 died at the scene, Harriet Marks 12 died later at Iowa City hospital. Burial plans announced for all three with services Monday.
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Bruce Fishwild
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Harold James Arnold
Charlotte Anita Marks
Harriet Marks
Fire at Ossian Claims Over One Hundred Thousand Loss
A three story Ossian building housing a furniture store and funeral home burned, damaging the ground floor and forcing evacuation. Cedar Rapids police arrested a Mechanicsville couple, Robert and Marietta Gartland, on multiple false uttering of checks totaling up to four thousand dollars. Police said they may have passed large sums statewide while a fire response coordinated by nearby departments contained the blaze.
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Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville
Robert G. Gartland
Marietta J. Gartland
Gartland
Osstan
Schmitz
John Kuba
Phillip Sehenite
Calmar
Decorah
Castalia
Postville
Gisian
Hungarians Swim for Liberty Under Soviet Pursuit
Thousands of Hungarians flee across frozen plains toward Austria under Russian patrols. Refugees report naked crossings to avoid drowning and deportation, with 40 000 believed deported and Gen Ivan Serov directing operations in Budapest.
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Liberty
Seymour Freldin
Prontier
INS
Hunggary
Europe
Austria
Soviet Union
Hungary
Crimea
Siberia
Ghastlier
Ivan Serov
Stalin
Budapest
Rising Mercury Eases Iowa Cold Wave Travel
Weather across Iowa eased the sting of a cold snap with rising temperatures and near normal highway travel in many areas. State Highway Commission reports show varying snow pack levels north of line through Algona Hampton Waterloo and Dubuque with several routes near normal despite pockets of snow and slick conditions.
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Mercury
Sting
Iowa
Ows
Newa
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Alagona
Hampton
Waterloo
Dubuque
Jefferson
Carroll
Lorin
Harlan
Bcy
Weekend Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Light Snow
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with light snow or flurries tonight and Sunday. It will be warmer tonight with lows around 25 to 30 degrees and highs near 30 on Sunday.
Noted Italian Conductor in 33 Air Dead
A New Yorkbound Italian airliner crashed near Paris killing 33 of 35 aboard. Among the dead was Guido Cantelli, famed Italian conductor and Toscanini protégé, en route to lead the Philharmonic Symphony in New York. Surviving victims included Mr and Mrs Nicodemo Finatore.
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Paris
Guido Cantelli
Arturo Toscanini
New York
Philharmonic Symphony
Italian Airlines
Orly Field
Paray Vieille Poste
Nicodemo Finatore
Shannon
Ireland
Orly Jeonire
Attilio Vazzoler
Orly
Eisenhower seeks 80 day injunction to halt dock walkout
President Eisenhower asked for an 80 day court injunction under the Taft Hartley act to stop a nine day longshoremen strike by 60 090 workers on the East and Gulf coasts. A federal court in New York was to hear the filing as mediators failed to end the dispute.
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Felix Cotten
Washington
ING
Eisenhower
Gulf Coast Dock
Ife
Presidential Inquiry Board
International Longshoremen’s Association
George Daub
Federal District Court
Southern District of
New York
Atlantic
Gulf
New York Shipping Association
Embargo on All U.S. Mail to Hungary Announced
Cedar Rapids post officials announced an immediate embargo on all mail and parcel post to Hungary. Postmaster E R Petro said the directive came by air mail and followed Hungary border closures in neighboring countries. Acting Postmaster General Maurice H Stans criticized the action as contrary to international practice and noted Universal Postal Union membership.
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Cedar Rapids
Hungary
E.R. Petro
Post Office Department
United States
U. S
U.S
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Russia
Universal Finstal Union
Cadir Rapids
Petralgard
Seunder
Trial Faces Ex Premier Of Hungary
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia demands Hungary return former prime minister Imre Nagy. Nagy, reportedly kidnaped by Russians, was spirited to Moscow for high treason trial, allegedly after a series of Soviet and Romanian actions during the Hungarian revolt.
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Hungary
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Imre Nagy
Vienna
Moscow
Nacht Depesche
East Berlin
Nagy
Whather
Jonas Kadar
Romania
Kadar
Zellerbach Named Ambassador to Italy by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower appoints James D Zellerbach of San Francisco as ambassador to Italy. The 64 year old industrialist directed the Marshall Plan effort in Italy after World War II and leads Crown Zellerbach Corp, a diversified forest products company.
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Washington
Elsenhower
James D. Zeilerbach
San Franccisco
Trad
Zellerbach
Italy
Sucrecs
Clare Boothe Luce
Crown Zellerbach Cornavalion
Eden Arrives for Rest in Jamaica
Prime Minister Eden arrived in Montego Bay Jamaica for three weeks of rest under the Caribbean sun. He looked pale and tired and refused to answer questions about his political future or world affairs, saying he has no intention of quitting his job. The American-built DCT6 British airliner touched down after brief refueling in Bermuda.
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Montego Bay
Jamaica
Eden
London
Jstapiv
Bermuda
Boy, 5, Runs for Fire Aid: Tragic mix of page fragments
Fragmentary AP copy recounts a five year old in Warrenton Virginia and a separate report of an 18 year old in El Dorado involved in fatal or near fatal incidents. Text is garbled with place names and incomplete sentences.
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L. J. Burianelt
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Munising Airport
B. Arnold
Marks
Arnold
Burianek
Ossian
Highwey
Areca Ardous
Bren
Franz
Misa Conrtruclian Company
Tony Delores Lavell
Trama City
Atlyn Marks
Person-Fraining
University of Iowa
Registra Rice
Nashville
Jerry Navratil
J City
Retail Merchants Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Engle
Eagle
Verchier
Kuba
Ital‘iens
Elaine Banff
Marjorie Paris
Garden of Eden
Nanght Spedicete
Marion Ee
Stale Steers
Tadtay
Jugoslavia
Nacy
Kudar
I Zellerbach
Rome
Boy
Warrenton
John Dovell
Fay
Rahway
Robertn
el Dorado
Ile
Maine
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