Gale Flails Florida as Tropical Storm Crosses Gulf Coast
Gale winds and heavy rain sweep a wide Florida region as the storm nears hurricane strength near Punta Gorda. Trees uprooted, power failures, and flooded roads reported from Jacksonville to Miami. schools closed and football games postponed. Daytona Beach records over nine inches of rainfall with widespread flooding and homes evacuees.
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Miami
Florida
Fort Myers
Cecil Gentry
Weather Bureau
Storm Warning Service
Gulf Coast
Punta Gorda
George E. Larkin
Grady Norton
Lake Okeechobee
Everglades
St. Johns
Kissimmee
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
Ormond Beach
Leo Foley
U. S. Weather Bureau
Candidates for Cedar Rapids city jobs face voters in forum
Eighteen of 22 applicants for city payroll spoke at a three hour meeting in the AFL Labor Temple before about a hundred voters. The forum covered fluoridation of city water and a possible municipal court, with absentee messages from Mayor Milo Sedlacek and others.
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Rapids News
AFL Labor Temple
Cedar Rapids
Labor
League For Political Education
Verdin to Attend Iowa City Air Show Sunday
Lt Cmdr James B Verdin the navy flyer who recaptured the world's speed record for jets will appear at the Roy L Chopek post American Legion air show in Iowa City to mark the fiftieth anniversary of powered flight. The event at Municipal airport starts 2 30 p m with gates open 11 a m and features the Cole Brothers Flying Circus plus high altitude parachute jumps as about 250 pilots from across Iowa are expected to participate.
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Boveclél
the Gazette
Iowa City
James B. Verdin
Roy L. Chopek
American Legion
Verdin
Nellie C. Verdin
Tom Martin
Glenn E. Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Fred Tandy
Towa National Air Guard
Cole Brothers Flying Circus
Iowa
The
Moose Club
West Branch
West Liberty
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Farmer Sues Government Over Flying Saucer Injury
In Columbus a farmer, Ferdinand Hackover, sues the government claiming a so called lying saucer fell from the sky and injured him while plowing. He asserts an umbrella shaped device from a weather balloon struck him, later identified as a U.S. signal corps weather instrument.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ferdinand Hackover
Labor Chief Mitchell sworn in to lead labor department
Kansas City report recalls James Mitchell, named as new labor secretary by President Eisenhower, with a background in manpower and industrial relations. The piece notes his surprise selection after Durkin’s resignation, details his career, and reflects on the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping case and a mother superior’s remarks about a sly ruse involving a supposed call and a prayer in the convent chapel.
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James P. Mitchell
Army
Eisenhower
Martin P. Durkin
Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
Washington
James
Mitchell
Spring Lake
N. J
Aec
Bobby
French Institute Democrat
Eisenhow- Posible
Durkin
AFL Plumbers Union
Lloyd A. Mashburn
Mashburn
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Elizabeth
R. H. Mary & Co
Tand
Bloomingdale Bros
New York
Indust
Boston
Defense Department
Korea
Sumed Dead
J. Vincent H. Harrold
Hoover Commission
Gover
Massachusetts
The
Inc
Pws
Intelligence tests help妻 divorce case in Detroit
Mrs. Everett Morrison received a divorce after testifying that her husband Everett Morrison regularly conducted intelligence tests on her. He allegedly branded her stupid if she scored below 98 percent, boasting about his education. The couple wed in May 1951.
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Detroit
Everett Morrison
Everett
Close Elections Tie In Alaska Town Mayor Race
NORTH POLE Alaska AP electing mayor and council turned chaotic as Everett Dahl and James Ford tied at 20 votes for mayor. Two council races also miscounted with 91-3 and 20-28 results. Election judges resolved the deadlock by tossing a coin. Dahl named mayor.
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North Pole
Alaska
Fairbanks
Everett Dahl
James Ford
Thurs Bay
Dahl
Polio Vaccine Nears Mass Human Tests
Dr. Jonas Salk announced that the polio vaccine has reached a stage for large scale human testing. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis plans a nationwide trial with March of Dimes support totaling 7.5 million dollars, aiming to start early next year and vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children during a non epidemic period.
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Frank Carey
Miami
Jones £. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Br. Salk
American Academy of Pediatrics
Man
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
March of Dimes Organization
Foundation
Tris
Britain Suspends Guiana Constitution to Block Communism
In Georgetown the British government moved to suspend British Guiana’s six month old constitution and dismiss six members of Cheddi Jagan’s cabinet to prevent the colony from becoming a Communist state. The governor received emergency powers as British troops surround government offices and key properties.
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Britain
Guiana
Georgetown
British Guiana
Peoples Progressive Party
Cheddi Jagan
London
Washington
U.N
Colonial Office
Tn London
Sir Alfred Savage
Deputy Sheriff in Rock Island Misidentified in Hotel
A hotel clerk in Rock Island mistook a deputy from Marion county Iowa for kidnap suspect Thomas Marsh. The man was Elmer Brandenberg, deputy sheriff, in town on business, clarifying the error.
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Rock Island
Elmer Brandenberg
Marion County
Thomas Marsh
Bobby Greenlease
Nuns Jump Sea After Reds Order Mass Wedding
Sixteen Buddhist nuns told by Chinese Communists to wed this week trangue themselves, tied together and leapt into the sea, according to a pro Nationalist paper from Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Solemn Rite Held for Slain Bobby In Kansas City
The funeral for Bobby Greenlease was held at St Agnes Church in Kansas City with Archbishop Hunkeler officiating. About 750 inside and 150 outside attended as Bobby’s casket lay in white, the service focusing on living faith. The ransom case lingered, the victim described as an angel in faith, not yet having communion.
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Margaret Richards
Kansas City
Bobby Greenhase
Herman Koch
White Stone Catholic Church of St. Agnes
Bobby
Edward J. Hunkeler
Kan
Hunkeler
Christ
Man Sentenced Starts Swinging in Court Outburst
In Connersville Indiana John Sematic attacked the prosecutor after a $500 fine and a six month jail term were imposed for failure to provide and non-support. Lawyer George Kerrigan intervened with a blackjack knocking Sematic unconscious. Judge Allen Wiles then added a one to seven year sentence. In Bremen Haven Germany the first American atomic gun arrived in Europe under strict security.
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Connersville
Ind
George Kerrigan
John Sematic
Sematic
Allen Wiles
Hugh Russell
Kerrigan
Wiles
Bremlenaven
Germany
Europe
Death Penalty Tightens Case in Hall Heady Marsh Hunt
Kansas City reports three cities press for an airtight kidnapping murder case against Hall Heady and fellow suspects in the Bobby Greenlease kidnap slaying. Marsh remains hunted as a missing extortion case link while the FBI narrows focus on the ransom money and possible victims.
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Kansas City
INS
Bobby Greenlease
Thomas Marsh
Carl Hall
Marsh
FBI
Federal District Attorney
St. Joseph
John Downs
Buchanan County
Downs
Phelps
Jackson County
Chrysler Building and Two Skyscrapers Sold in Midtown
New York reports that the 77 story Chrysler building and two midtown towers have been sold to a combined group led by Webb and Keene, Inc. for about 52 million. The properties include the 32 story Chrysler Building East and the 31 story Graybar building located nearby.
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New York
Chrysler
Midtown Manhattan
Webb and Keene, Inc
Finlony
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Milo Sedlacek
St. Luke's
AFL
Jim White
Laws DC
Burgus
Jerry Cuhel
Art Adams
Sedlacek
Keith Churchill
James Scrogens
Fruehaus Trailer
Hennie Graw
Desler
Iowa City Legion Air Show
Farmer Sutes
Shira
Mcre Marierene de Lion
Gillham Park
Plaxza
Robert C. Greenlease
Mrs. Greenlease
Willard P. Creech
Toeday
RCL
Father Kovich
French Institute of Notre Dame de Lion
Greenlease
Denlyers
Nets
Sasha
Anne
Editorial
Tren Farm
Oescaes Society
Dihit
Une
St. Louis
St Louis
Halli
Bonnie Brown
U. S
Edwin J. Bean
St. Loui
Missouri
Rdchard K. Phelps
Hall
Mrs. Heady
G-men
FHI
Chrysler Buildin
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