Urey Proposes Low Temperature Origin For Earth
Nobel laureate Dr. Harold C. Urey argues earth formed at low temperatures, not from a hot mass. He cites even distribution of volatile elements like mercury arsenic cadmium and zinc in earth and meteorites as evidence, stating high heat would have driven them off or left isolated compounds. Urey, from the University of Chicago, says proof is being strengthened with new data.
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Chicago
Harold C. Urey
Urey
American Physical Society
Earth
University of Chicago Chemistry Department
Istanbul Bazaar Fire Ravages Historic Market
Fire swept through Istanbul's covered bazaar area burning 1 500 shops and damaging millions of dollars. Police said 34 of 65 lanes burned as officials weighed loss estimates, with newspaper figures near 360 million dollars. The bazaar lies around ancient Byzantine royal stables and about half of the 3 000 shops survived.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Rubber consumption shows slight decline in 1953-54
United States consumption of new rubber totaled 1,231,317 tons for the year ending June 30, 1954, according to the commerce department. This marked a drop of 134,000 tons from the prior 12 months.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Parents March fund tops $5300 for Linn County retarded children
Contributions to the Linn County Association for Retarded Children total 5300.87 dollars led by Mrs. Ed Dougherty, chairman of the metarch. She noted some areas were not reached and some homes unoccupied but pamphlets were left. Call or mail donations to support educational materials and programs for mentally retarded children in Linn County.
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Linn County Association
Ed Dougherty
Metarch
Linn County
Dougherty
Fifteenth Street
Firefighters Rally Raises Over Eight Hundred Dollars
Mrs. Dougherty singled out Local 11 volunteers from the International Association of Fire Fighters as two precincts of firemen marched in support and raised more than $800.
Divorce Case Like Geography Lesson
A Dallas divorce petition shows the path of a Chinese doctor and his wife across Shanghai Hong Kong Marseilles Paris Brussels. The plaintiff, once in San Francisco, seeks dissolution from his spouse who now resides in Brussels. Proceedings reflect a globe spanning marriage.
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Dallas, Texas
Court House
Dallas
Brussels
Belgium
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Marseilles
Paris
France
San Francisco
Keota Student Joins Drake Choir for Messiah at KRNT
Alice Richardson of Keota sings with the Drake University choir in Des Moines. The group will present Handel’s Messiah on December 12 at the KRNT Theater.
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Keota
Alice Richardson
Drake University
Des Moines
KRNT
Boys Try Shooting Rabbit Through Hose
Five Haden brothers out rabbit hunting along the Missouri river dikes attempted to fire a rabbit through a rubber hose. Jack 12 and Tommie 14 were wounded by shell fragments when the hose bent near them broke open the shell. Jack remained hospitalized in stable condition with chest neck and head injuries. Tommy was treated and released.
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Council Bluffs
Thomas Haden
Missouri River
Jack
Tommy
Donna
Tom
Charles City Firefighter Dies After 78th Birthday Burn
Carl F. Niemann honorary assistant to the Charles City fire department died of a heart attack after helping crews combat a minor daytime blaze and then a residential fire in falling snow on his 78th birthday. A retired homemaker, he served about 44 years and lived at the fire station. he is survived by two brothers in Charles City.
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Charles City
Carl F. Niemann
Charles City Fire Department
Niemann
Charles Ity
Iowa Hotel Group Names Officers
Robert Wright of Carroll was elected president of the Iowa Hotel Association. Des Moines officers Jack Calhoun, Don Ross, and Harold Schaller were elected vice president, treasurer, and secretary respectively. Davenport’s Earl Ackerman became executive committee chairman and Fairfield’s John M. Montgomery joined the committee.
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Fort Dodge
Robert Wright
Carroll
Iowa Hotel Association
Jack Calhoun
Don Ross
Harold Schaller
Des Moines
Earl Ackerman
Davenport
John M. Montgomery
Fairfield
ROK Resents Omission from Korean Talks
South Korea blasts behind the scenes diplomacy over Korea, protesting exclusion from talks among Asian diplomats and U N allies led by Krishna Menon. You Chan Yang accuses Britain and Canada of backing a Communist neutral supervision plan for elections in Korea.
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United Nations, N.Y
South Korea
U.N
Korea
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Krishna Menon
United States
Britain
France
Australia
Belgium
Canada
New Zealand
Washington
You Chan Yang
Menon
Yang
Indo- China
Art exhibit at Iowa University library features Old Master works
Special to The Gazette in Iowa City reports a display of 35 Old Master drawings and chiaroscuro prints in the University of Iowa library lobby from Wednesday through Jan 1. The collection, imported from England, covers France, Italy, Germany, Holland and Belgium, with landscapes religious subjects flowers and figure studies. The earliest work is from 1460 and the latest is not specified.
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Iowa City
University Library
University of Iowa
England
France
Italy
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Student Art Guild
Senate Democrats Back Asia Aid Plan in Broad Terms
Senators Fulbright Mansfield and Sparkman voiced guarded support for a U S backed development and aid program for Asia with European allies, favoring Point Four technical aid over large direct funding, while questioning costs and details. Stassen cited efforts to enlist OECD nations but provided no price tag.
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Washington
Senate
Asia
United States
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Harold E. Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Sparkman
Stassen
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
U.S
Fulbright
Mansfield
Kansas Pheasant Hunter Bags Iowa Deer Instead
A Kansas City man en route to pheasant hunting in northern Iowa struck a large doe on a highway near Council Bluffs, killing the deer and rolling into a ditch. He and his wife and daughter escaped injury, though the car sustained an estimated $300 in damage.
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Council Bluffs
Kansas
H. W. Moore
Kansas City
Iowa
Moore
Alice Marie
Alice
Salty Sam The Ship Mascot Survives Atlantic Derelict
Salty Sam, the lone living survivor of a derelict Portuguese fishing boat drifted in the North Atlantic in October 1953, becomes mascot aboard the U S navy ship Wrangell after Captain George Demetropolis defies rules. The dog, once emaciated, is now a fat cheerful figure among 13 officers and 220 crewmen. The Wrangell later returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard led by Captain John Corbus.
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North Atlantic
U. S. Navy
Wrangell
Sam
Wrangels
Salty Sam
George Demetropolis
Demetropolis
Brooklyn Navy Yard
John Corbus
Vallejo
Calif
Brooklyn Yard
Angelica
Demelis
Passport Denied for Robeson to Attend Moscow Meeting
The state department refused Paul Robeson a passport to attend the Congress of Soviet Writers in Moscow next month. A spokesman said the request was denied because it was not in the national interest. Robeson has previously failed to obtain travel documents.
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Washington
State Department
Paul Robeson
Congress of Soviet Writers
Moscow
Department
Robeson
Australia raises immigration target to 115000
Immigration Minister Harold Holt announced Australia will raise its immigration target for the year ending next June 30 to 115000, 7500 more than the original plan, in response to a rising shortage of industrial labor.
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Canberra
Australia
Harold Holt
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