Five Girls Kill Matron in Escape Plot at Akron Home
Four of five girls captured after escape plan cost matron Eula Bonham her life at Summit County detention home in Akron Ohio. Ruth Beichler 11 Shirley Shingler 15 Merl Cain 15 and Margaret Nicholson 15 left dorm via smashed window after binding Bonham with belts and gagging her with a washrag. De Cost 16 awaited Columbus clothes run.
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Akron
Ohio
Summit County
Eula Bonham
Ruth Beichler
Shirley Shingler
Merl Cain
Margaret Nicholson
Zelda de Cost
Columbus
de Cost
West Virginia
Girls Industrial School
Delaware
British Press Calls For Dropping Soviet Visit
London's newspapers urged cancellation of the planned spring visit by Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. Press and public condemned anti British and anti American remarks made in India. Foreign Office denied cancellation. Eden and MacMillan may meet Eisenhower to discuss the trip.
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London
INS
England
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Red
India
Daily Mail
Foreign Office
Britain
Her
George Young
Daily Telegraph
Khrushchev
U. S
Eden
MacMillan
Eisenhower
Beebe’s Pullman Car Features Turkish Bath and Luxuries
Los Angeles AP reports Lucius Beebe unveiled a new pullman car costing 125000 dollars. The car boasts three bedrooms a chartreuse kitchen an orange dining room an observation room a loudspeaker system and a Turkish steam bath among its many luxuries.
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Los Angeles
Lucius Beebe
Rex Conn Named National President of Farm Editors
In Chicago, Rex B. Conn of the Cedar Rapids Gazette Sun day was elected president of the Newspaper Farm Editors Association at its annual meeting. Hal Herd of Nashville Tennessee was named vice president, Edgar Cook of Rock Island Illinois secretary treasurer, with directors Russell T. Aileson of the Minneapolis Tribune and Roy Helding of the Kalamazoo Michigan Gazette also chosen.
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Chicago
Rex B. Conn
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Farm Editors Association
Hal Herd
Nashvile Tennessean
Edgar Cook
Rock Island, Ill
Argus
Russell T. Aileson
Minneapolis Tribune
Roy Helding
Kalamazoo, Mich
Gazette
Whim Results in Treasury Crisis
OKLAHOMA CITY INS reports Betty Dow refused to cash three government checks totaling 10 cents. She keeps them as souvenirs, causing treasury bookkeepers to struggle to balance the accounts.
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Oklahoma City
INS
Betty Dow
U.S. Treasury
Rivera Leaves Moscow After Successful Cancer Treatment
MOSCOW INS reports Diego Rivera, 68, the famed Mexican painter, will depart Moscow early next month after cobalt radiation and surgery reduced his tumor. Doctors say the cancer is under control and Rivera can resume normal activities upon returning to Mexico after arriving in August.
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Moscow
INS
Diego Rivera
Rivera
Mexico
Truck Kills Boy Dashing to Santa
Bay City Michigan report says eight year old Gary Matuszewski died after racing toward a store Santa Claus sighting. His brothers Stanley and Randy were with him when a truck struck him as they left a movie. The incident underscores the danger of sudden street dashes by children.
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Bay City
Mich
Gary Matuszewski
Santa Claus
Gary
Stanley
Randy
Much Encouraged After Huddle with Ike
Republican Chairman Leonard Hall said after a 45 minute meeting with President Eisenhower that he is encouraged Eisenhower may seek a second term if he is able. Hall noted no definite promise but stressed Eisenhower keeps in touch with politics and will rely on late January medical exams to gauge recovery.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Leonard Hall
Gettysburg
Hall
Leonard W. Hall
Through traffic plan targets Cedar Rapids streets
Cedar Rapids city council approved making Second Street SE a through street from First to Twenty-sixth Avenue with limited intersections. J Street also gains through status, and 47 reflectorized stop signs will control traffic at 31 points. Counts show Second Street carries 2,427 vehicles in 24 hours, First Street 2,940, and J Street 2,260.
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Cedar Rapids
First Street
E. A. Prochaska
Second Street
First
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Wilson Avenues
Thirteenth
Prochaska
Penick and
Ford
Second and
Three Considerations By the Brother
Edgar Eisenhower says the President will weigh three factors before seeking re election his doctor's advice his wife's desires and the foreign situation. Speaking in New Orleans at the American Bar Association meeting he had no definite knowledge of Eisenhower's plans and refused to speculate on Milton's potential candidacy until Dwight makes a definite decision.
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New Orleans
INS
Edgar Eisenhower
American Bar Association
Tacoma
Wash
Eisenhower
Milton
Dwight
Red Visitors Only Pranksters Welcome Russian Guests
Bristol officials welcomed four visitors described as Russian students with a red car tour and lunch. The visitors spoke in broken English and praised the city, but later authorities revealed they were pranksters from Bristol University.
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Bristol
England
INS
Bristol University
Hearing on Kyer Is Opened with Rash of Charges
Des Moines reports the legislative interim committee hearing on the Independence mental health institute opened with multiple accusations. Dr. Donald Kyer, head of the institute, faced debate over his disputed resignation while Henry Burma, board of control chairman, defended the board’s stance. Kyer insisted he hopes to remain to complete his work as Burma criticized his administration as unbalanced.
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Kyer
Loyal Meek
Gazette
Des Moines
Independence Mental Health Institute
Donald Kyer
Institute
State Board of Control
Witte
Burma
Board of Control
Dr. Kyer
Reds Hold Salons for Four Hours
In Berlin, two American congressmen Rep Harold C Ostertag and Rep Edward P Boland and their escort Lt James T McQueen were held at pistol point for over four hours by East German police in the Russian sector. The incident questioned Allied rights in the four power city and prompted a protest demand from US commander Major General Dasher. The group faced accusations over using a two way radio in a vehicle, with release obtained after Soviet officials intervened and the East German charge was resolved.
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Berlin
Pistol Point
U. S
Harold C. Ostertag
R-N. Y
Russian War Memorial Center
Vernon Hammonds
Henrietta
Texas
U.S. Berlin
I. A. Kotsiuba
Hammonds
Kotsiuba
Man Killed in Crash. Manslaughter Charge Filed
Vernon L. youth of Mt. Vernon faces a Linn county district court manslaughter charge for the Sunday crash east of Marion that killed Harold Chester Aldrich, 26, of Manchester. Aldrich likely died instantly when the car driven by Robert Collins missed a T intersection at highways 151 and 13, plunged off the road, and hit a fence. Collins, treated for facial injuries, was to be arraigned. Aldrich’s body was taken to Passmore funeral home and then to Minnesota for burial.
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Lowan
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Vernon l
Manchester
Marlion
Robert Collins
Mt. Vernon
Robert Brosh
Aldrich
Collins
Nelson
Charles Fels
Brosh
Passmore Funeral Home
Central City
Wadena, Minn
Travel Jinx Overcome at Long Last, Pair Married
Pfe Richard Roderick 23 and his sweetheart Alethea Ray overcome a continental hex to marry in Minneapolis. Their chain of mishaps began Nov 9 with a car breakdown 31 miles from Denver then a bridge skid in Nebraska left the wedding dress missing for 150 miles. A Hastings man produced the dresses and the couple wed Sunday despite further delays and missed funds before a quiet honeymoon.
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Minneapolis
Pfe
Richard Roderick
Alethea Ray
Denver
Nebraska
Ray
Lincoln
Miss Ray
Hastings
Roderick
United
Five Killed in Crashes Total 561
Five people died in Iowa traffic accidents over Saturday and Sunday, raising the 1955 motor vehicle death toll to 561. The toll previously stood at 578 on November 28 of the prior year, with an additional Davenport hospital death of Frank H. Davis, 80, in a car pedestrian incident awaiting determination of cause.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Davenport
Frank H. Davis
Iowa spared full force of season's first cold wave
A Cedar Rapids news summary reports temperatures in Iowa dipping to three below zero in places like Lone Rock Spirit Lake Mason City and McGregor while Decorah logged zero. Lamont Burlington and Ottumwa saw six above. Snow ranged up to three inches in McGregor with most areas around one inch. Conditions were hazardous but highways later returned to normal as winds eased. Forecast calls for a slight warmup with highs up to the mid 20s on Tuesday.
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Iowa
Midwest
Lone Rock
Spirit Lake
Mason City
McGregor
Decorah
Lamont
Burlington
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Havre
Mont
Weather Bureau
Hospitals cannot employ doctors under salary or percent
Des Moines AP Polk County District Judge C Edwin Moore ruled hospitals may not employ physicians such as pathologists and radiologists or bill patients for their services in the doctor s name. The decision tightens control over hospital doctor arrangements, with potential appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court and wide national impact.
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Des Moines
Polk County
C. Edwin Moore
Iowa
Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa Hospital Association
Moore
Iowa Supreme Court
Louis Blair
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
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Charles L. Dasher,Jr
P. A. Dibrova
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Dibrova
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McQueen
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Kenneth Kieteman
Winthrop
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