Dulles rejects immediate blockade of Red China
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in a nationwide address rejected a U.S. blockade of the Chinese coast in retaliation for American imprisonments. He urged exhaust peaceful means under UN Charter, warned against provoking actions, and expressed confidence in American strength and allied partnerships.
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United States
China
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William F. Knowland
Calif
Rough Layout Approved for Senior Highs
Cedar Rapids school board approves a rough layout for two new senior highs. East side planned for 1,500 students in 22 classrooms. west side for 1,100 with future expansion. Architect Leo A Daly Co. to develop final design with review and adjustments.
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Leo A. Daly Company of
Omaha
Cedar River
West Side
Ruse Doolin
East Side
Citizens Committee
Abbott Lipsky
East
Supt. Parker
Airliner Missing With Six Aboard
Northeast Airlines plane with six aboard failed to arrive at Berlin New Hampshire on schedule and remained unreported Tuesday after its expected arrival.
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Laconia, N. H
Northeast Airlines
Berlin
New Hampshire
Japs Agree To Pay 13 Nations
Tokyo reports Japan will pay 12.6 million dollars in compensation to 15 nations whose soldiers were held as prisoners in World War II. The United States has voluntarily relinquished its claim.
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Tokyo
Japan
Chrysler Strike Averted By Pact At Eleventh Hour
DETROIT AP Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a dawn agreement after 19 hours of talks. The settlement protects Chrysler's 1955 car market role and averts a strike that could idle 150000 workers and leave Ford and GM to contest the market. The deal covers 850 office workers at the automotive body division and ties salaried staff to Briggs Manufacturing terms.
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CIO
United Auto
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General Motors
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs Automotive
Woman Dies on 103rd Birthday
Nora Coffin celebrated her 103rd birthday with a smile at her hospital bedside in Springfield Maine then died. She had been hospitalized recently with infirmities of age and the death is reported by AP.
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Maine
Nora Coffin
Billingsley Seeks Missing Daughter Entices FBI Help
Sherman Billingsley, owner of the Stork Club, enlisted the FBI to find his daughter Barbara, 18, who vanished for three days after reportedly eloping. Barbara did not return to Bennett school at Millbrook, N.Y., and friends say she planned to marry.
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New York
Iowa City Meets to Settle Electric Rates
Mayor Leroy Mercer says the council will settle the electric rate question at a public meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday after a closed session. The Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company seeks a 14 percent rise while a city consultant recommends only a 1s percent increase.
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Iowa City
Leroy Mercer
Mercer
Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Churchill Seeks Continued Service On 80th Birthday
Sir Winston Churchill marked his 80th birthday with mixed mood and hopeful resolve to still serve. In Parliament he implied he remains a party politician who may enter controversy, while donors flood a birthday fund aiming for charitable projects and a museum.
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Voice of America
Technician Tells Jury Of Stains In Sheppard Case
Cleveland testimony described a green bag with Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard’s jewelry that showed no bloodstains, while his watch bore human blood with the same M-factor as Marilyn Sheppard. Hair from Marilyn was found in Sheppard’s trousers. no fingerprints appeared on several items.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
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Mary Cowan
Sheppard
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Thomas Parrino
Parrino
Missing 400 Hawaii orchids derail Miss SUI campaign
Iowa City AP report describes Delta Zeta sorority campaign props for Miss SUI Pat Silva losing 400 baby orchids shipped from Hawaii. A city dump search by flashlight failed to recover the aromatic tribute stored near a trash box, while pageant events proceed in Memorial Union without the orchids.
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Delta Zeta
Pat Silva
Wailuku
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Sui
Delta Zetas
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Bloomfield
Pat
Leilani
Memorial Union
Three Inches of Snow Predicted For C R Area
A Rockies snowstorm moves into the Midwest with Cedar Rapids seeing three to six inches of snow possible. Forecasters warn of drifting and hazardous highway conditions as the storm tracks through Iowa with higher northern totals and mixed precipitation elsewhere.
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Midwest
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Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
New England
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
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Nebraska
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Iowa
Des Moines Water Board Rejects Fluoridation Proposal
The Des Moines water board on Tuesday voted unanimously against adding fluorides to the city water supply. City council and health groups urged fluoridation to reduce tooth decay.
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DES Moines
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Protest to China At Face-to-Face Meeting Spurned
In Geneva the U S Consul General Franklin Gowen protested the jailing of 13 Americans by Red China in a bitter face-to-face meeting with Chen Ping. The Chinese diplomat rejected the protest in diplomatic language, promising to forward it to Peiping. Gowen delivered the oral protest at the Beau Rivage hotel on Lake Geneva.
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Lake Geneva
Li Swang-tze
Gowen
Furtwaengler Dies at 68 in Germany
Wilhelm Furtwaengler, renowned German conductor famed for Beethoven interpretations, died of pneumoniaat a private sanatorium in Baden-Baden at age 68. Once criticized for directing Berlin State Opera under Hitler, he was cleared by a denazification panel but faced U S musical opposition as late as 1949 when a Chicago Symphony contract was dropped amid protests.
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Berlin
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U. S
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Churchill Recounts “Gave the Roar” Phrase During War Speech
London dispatch recalls Prime Minister Churchill hailed as The Lion of Britain. He drew praise while secretary notes he did not see himself as a lion, saying he had the luck to give the roar and indicate where its claws should be used.
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Hitler
Fulbright decries McCarthyism as prairie fire
Senator Fulbright denounces McCarthyism after reading letters from supporters that he says fuel fear and hate. He cites remarks branding opponents as un informed and credulous and warns a prairie fire of emotion may be hard to control.
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