Eisenhower Sends Good Luck Telegrams for Army Navy Game
President Eisenhower, recovering from a mild stroke, sent good luck telegrams to both the Army and Navy football teams. He favored Army, urged Blaik to win, and noted his neutrality over the long rivalry while hoping Army prevails. The White House said he slept well and enjoyed the Fassenhower Day telecast from the farm where he rests with his physician.
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Neil MacNeil
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
White House
James C. Hagerty
Howard Snyder
Snyder
Hagerty
Washington
Claude Draper
Col
Walter Tkach
Armed Services
West Point
Fassenhower
Eddie Erdelatz
Earl Blaik
Blaik
Municipal Stadium
Philadelphia
Urey Urges Lengthening School Year
Nobel Prizewinner Dr. Harold Urey urged a five and a half day week, six hours daily, ten months a year, and regular homework to reform U S education. He critiqued fallacies in compulsory schooling and called for grouping by ability and stronger study habits among college students.
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Chicago
INS
Harold Urey
University of Chicago
Urey
Farmowner Eyes Possible Revisit If Warm Forecast Holds
If warmer conditions persist, Mr. Eisenhower could take another look around his 496 acre farm. He recently completed a 70 minute tour of the property by car and on foot on Friday.
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Eisenhower
Adenauer Delays London Trip Because of Flu
Chancellor Adenauer 81 delays official London visit planned for Wednesday due to influenza. Government spokesman says cold turned to flu after three days at home. Trip was to set groundwork for NATO chiefs of staff talks in Paris December.
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BOM
Adenauer
London
Saiid Adenauer
Paris
NATO
New Zealand Labor Wins General Election Victory
Labor unseated the Conservative government in New Zealand, winning 41 seats to National's 38 in the 80 seat parliament with another seat to be decided in January. Prime minister elect Walter Nash pledged to uphold empire principles and pursue world peace, confirming continued U S representation. Sir Leslie Munro, a New Zealand minister to Washington, leads at the United Nations.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Labor
Laborites
National Party
Keith Holyoake
Walter Nash
U. S
Leslie Munro
U. N. General Assembly
Washington
Wintry Blasts Fade as Warmth Returns Sunday
A cold wave swept Iowa on Saturday dropping to nine degrees at Cedar Rapids and two above at Decorah while winds reached fifty miles an hour. Only casualty was Merle O'Brien hospitalized after a board struck him at a Salvation Army booth. Forecasters predicted high thirties Sunday as set warm air moves in.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Postville
Merle O’brien
Newton
Salvation Army
O’brien
Towans
Sidewalk Project Uses Six Peepholes For Safety
Montreal report notes sidewalk superintendents receive six labeled peepholes on a construction job. Labels run from large to cats, including medium small boys and girls dogs and cats. The odd device aims to improve visibility and safety on the site.
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Montreal
Khrushchev to wear European style suit in Rome wardrobe
In Rome, tailor Angelo Litrico says Nikita Khrushchev will receive two suits two overcoats two pairs of shoes three hats and four silk neckties with no red and a European flavor. The order total nears 700 dollars and features narrow pointed shoes wide brim hats and colorful fantasy ties.
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Rome
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Angelo Litrico
Litrico
Khrushchev
Florence
Churchill Celebrates 83rd Birthday with Montgom ery at Chartwell
Sir Winston Churchill marks 83 with champagne at Chartwell joined by Field Marshal Mont gomery. Telegraphed wishes flood in as a 15 pound cake is set for tonight dinner and a TV program titled Man of the Century is planned.
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Westerham
England
Winston Churchill
Britain
Chartwell
Field Marshal Montgomery
Montgomery
Churchill
Maria Floria
Christopher
Sir Winston
Man of the
Editor in Hunger Strike Over Orphanage Closure
Paul Hillsamer a 223 pound weekly editor began a third day of hunger strike citing the Marion county council vote 6-1 to close the 60 year old orphanage. He warns of continued coffee and cigarette routine until the vote reverses. The council cites obsolete plumbing and drafty walls and suggests placing orphans in private homes for $3 daily. Hillsamer disputes that plan and seeks a foster home atmosphere.
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Marion
Ind
Paul Hillsamer
Hillsamer
Harold Knudson
Marion News-Herald
Science Advisory Committee Expanded Under White House Coordination
President Eisenhower moves to tighten White House control of U S science and tech progress. The 12 member Science Advisory Committee will work directly with the White House and grow to 17, headed by Dr I I Rabi. New members include Lt Gen James H Douglass DoLittle Dr R F Bacher Dr E M Purcell Dr Herbert York and Dr George B Kistiakowsky.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
U.S
Office of Defense Mobilization
Gettysburg
I. I. Rabi
Columbia University
Science Advisory Committee
James H. Doolittle
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
R. F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
E. M. Purcell
Attempt on Life of Sukarno Ends in Failure
Jakarta AP report says four hand grenades were hurled at President Sukarno by unidentified assailants but he escaped unharmed. Officials described the incident as a narrow escape with no injuries or casualties reported.
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Jakarta
Sukarno
Indonesia
Ten-foot posters urge cross at zebra crossings in Shrewsbury
In Shrewsbury England residents are urged to cross only at zebra striped pedestrian crossings a ten foot poster initiative notes the town has no such crossings.
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Shrewsbury
England
Wizard anti missile plan teased by Air Force chief
Gen Thomas D White announced the Air Force is pursuing an anti missile missile dubbed the Wizard as a defense against intercontinental missiles. He cautioned it will be a terrifically difficult problem but expressed confidence.
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Washington
Air Force
Thomas D. White
White
New York Times
National Press Club
Defense Department
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corporation
Kirkland Air Force Base
New Mexico
Kirkland
America
Erich Korngold Dies Composer and Oscar Winner
Hollywood AP reports Erich Wolfgang Korngold died at 60 after a heart attack. A child prodigy born in Brno he moved to Hollywood in 1936 winning scores for Anthony Adverse and The Adventures of Robin Hood. He previously staged operas in Munich and wrote The Dead City.
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Hollywood
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Korngold
Brno
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Bruno Walter
Munich
British Ship Shackleton Struck Iceberg in Antarctic Waters
A British research ship carrying about 58 people struck an iceberg near Coronation Island in the South Orkneys and began to sink. Capt. Norman Brown ordered cargo dumped and lifeboats readied as rescue ships, more than 200 miles away, closed in.
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London
Antarctic
Shackleton
South
Orkneys
Norman Brown
England
South Atlantic
Coronation Island
Scotia Sea
South America
Anamosa Man Found Dead in Jones County Jail Cell
An Anamosa man named Clare Sutton about 40 employed at Anamosa Poultry and Egg Produce Co. was found unconscious near a downtown cafe Friday night. Marshall Allen later placed him in a jail cell. he was found dead at 4 am. autopsy planned. inquest set for Tuesday. He left three sisters Fern Burgan Vera McCullough Alyce Donda and a brother Frank.
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Gazette Anamosa
Jones County
Clare Sutton
Anamosa Poultry and Egg Produce Company
Marshall Bill Allen
Sutton
Allen
Francis Tucker
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Fern Burgan
Vera McCullough
Alyce Donda
Marion
Frank
Council Bluffs
Account of Reds In Jobs Is Vague
In Philadelphia AP report Valentin Sokolov testified before a Senate subcommittee that some former Soviet secret police have obtained jobs in Washington but details were unclear. He said he could not secure a Washington job in his field and senators debated whether “defectees” work for intelligence agencies and are paid. The hearing moved to closed session for names. Sokolov fled to the West and arrived in the United States in 1954.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Valentin Sokolov
Senate
Internal Security
Hruska
R-Neb
Sokolov
West
U.S
Mother's Body in Tub for 24 Hours
Mary Evelyn Miller, 31, died from an electric shock in a bathtub after a heater fell into the water. Her three young children played nearby for about a day unaware of the danger, until a neighbor girl visiting for Thanksgiving found the body. Coroner Robert Toole said death was instantaneous.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Molonies
Mary Evelyn Miller
Robert Toole
Man mistakenly pays with wrong bill at tire store
St Louis reporting Charles Gelb, 64, grabbed the wrong change and returned to the tire shop after thinking he paid with a $1,000 bill instead of a $100 bill. The cashier likely mixed up the denomination, prompting the quick repayment.
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ST. Louis
Charles Gelb
Gelb
Prediction On Basis of Latest View By Don Guy
Russia's satellite rocket is expected to plunge to Earth by tonight according to Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory director Dr Fred L Whipple. Based on radar sightings from Jodrell Bank it will likely fall in the Eastern Hemisphere as its 88.2 minute orbit decays.
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Cambridge
Mass
Russia
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Fred L. Whipple
Jodrell Bank
England
Whipple
Asia
Pacific
Hemisphere
U.S
Smithsonian
Earth
Educator Dies in Hunting Accident at South Dakota State
President John W. Headley of South Dakota State College was found fatally shot near his car in Brookings. Sheriff Claussen says he apparently shot himself while rushing to shoot a pheasant. Headley recently faced controversy with graduate dean Ephraim Hixson, who resigned and charged restraining thought and action, a matter under regents investigation.
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Brookings
S.D
John W. Headley
South Dakota State College
H. R. Claussen
Headley
Gigli Dies Former Met Star Tenor Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli, 67, former Met Opera lead after replacing Caruso, died of pneumonia. Born in Recanati Italy he debuted in Rovigo in 1915 as Enzo in La Gioconda and joined the Met in 1920. He returned to New York in 1955 for three farewell recitals after a 16 year absence.
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Rome
Beniamino Gigli
Enrico Caruso
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Recanati
Italy
Lar Rovigo
Enzo
Gigli
Caruso
Met
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