Assembly Gathers in New Home
United Nations opening of its seventh annual session in a new permanent headquarters. Luis Padilla Nervo of Mexico urged a return to UN spirit and endorsed stand against forcible repatriation of POWs in Korea talks. Anti Soviet pickets gathered outside while Lester Pearson was named president. Korea debate postponed until after U.S. elections, Korea listed after security and arms questions.
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Mexico
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Senator Feud Flairs At Red Quiz In U N Hearing
New York AP Senator O'Conor led a tense internal security hearing as he threatened to eject attorney Leonard B. Boudin while questioning Jack Sargent Harris of the U N trusteeship division. Harris cited constitutional grounds for silence over wartime secret work. O'Conor pressed whether Harris was loyal to the United States amid war era secrecy. Spectators laughed as Harris asserted loyalty and refused details.
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Office of Strategic Services
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U.S
Connie Manning Dines Through Cafe Menu Feats
London AP reports teenager Connie Manning bet she could finish a cafe dinner menu. She consumed five dollars worth of dishes from soup to Knickerbocker Glory, then collapsed after a plate of ordinary ice cream ending a long, wobbling meal.
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Connie Manning
Connie
England
Welch
Williams Cites Costly Storage in Govt Building
Sen Williams says the government will rent a 1 250 000 square foot building under construction in Fairfax County Virginia to store erasers, wastebaskets, pencils and desks. The GSA approved the deal in a GOP issued statement. Estimated total rent could reach 4 500 000 dollars for the 28 acre site.
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Fairfax County
Nixon Declines Fur Coat Gift From Portland Furrier
A Portland furrier says Pat Nixon declined a moon glow muskrat fur coat sent after Ed Hamilton reported Nixon’s wife did not own a fur coat. Hamilton noted Nixon’s campaign secretary sent a polite decline and will return the coat.
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Ed Hamilton
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Hamilton
Polio Victim Plans Voting Trip Without Iron Lung
Janet Gentle, paralyzed by polio since 1946, will risk leaving her iron lung to register to vote in Birmingham Alabama on her 21st birthday. Ambulance officials agreed to make the trip without the iron lung, as Janet’s mother said the consequences of not voting would be worse. Medical staff said she can safely be out of the machine for up to two hours.
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Gillette Endorses Stevenson for President
Senator Gillette of Iowa endorsed Adlai Stevenson for President praising his qualifications and ethical standards. He lauded Stevenson's clarity, political independence, and detailed knowledge of economic and social issues, and said he will campaign for Stevenson and Sparkman in remaining weeks.
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Adlai Stevenson
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John Sparkman
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Middle West
Infant Abducted From New York Hospital Ward
Police sought a six day old girl after a mystery woman took her from a New York hospital ward before the mother could claim her. The infant, child of Annal and Raphael Hernandez, was reportedly taken by a woman posing as a relative to obtain the baby.
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Worman
Eisenhower campaigns in Texas with large Houston crowd
Dwight Eisenhower celebrated his second birthday in Texas calling for a southern political rebellion against the Democratic party. A crowd estimated at over 15,000 greeted him in Houston with praise for Texas attorney general Price Daniel for defending state tidelands rights. He urged that tidelands belong to states, not Washington, noting support from Stevenson in favor of federal control is controversial.
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Opening Day Chest Drive Nets Forty Thousand Plus
Opening day contributions to the Community Chest campaign reached 39 327 60 dollars, about 16.8 percent of the 234 684 needed for the next year’s Red Feather agencies. General Campaign Chairman M E Feiden announced the figure, noting workers should submit partial reports promptly for the Tuesday night audit conducted by Cedar Rapids NA CPA volunteers.
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American Pen Pal Draws Young Briton to Marines
New York story of Roger Bates an 18 year old American and Joan Chamberlain of Sumner Mississippi who met through letters and music and plan to marry after he joins the Marines. Bates traveled on the Queen Elizabeth to attend preliminary Marine exams and seeks U.S. citizenship. He expects swearing in Thursday at Paris Island South Carolina near Joan's home.
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Court reverses death penalty in Iowa murder case
Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the death sentence of Max B. Martin, 23, Greenfield farm worker, for the January 19 1951 killing of Mrs. Glenn Schrader. The court said the lower court failed to hold a required hearing to determine the degree of guilt, ordering possible retrial. The ruling preserves Martin on death row pending possible rehearing or further action.
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Iowa Supreme Court
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Adair County
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Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Glenn Schrader
Greenfield Farm
Phil R. Wilkingon
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Miartin
Robert L. Larsoni
Wilkinson
Fort Madison
Percy Lainson
Assault Heaviest Ground Action in Nearly a Year on Korean Front
Allied troops launched their heaviest ground attack in nearly a year on Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge north of Kumhwa, backed by tanks and artillery. Chinese forces defended strongly, regaining the crest of Triangle after initial gains. South Korean troops advanced toward White Horse Mountain as U.N. and Chinese forces clashed along Finger Ridge and Christmas Hill with continued patrol activity.
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Christmas Hill
Pukhan River
U.S. Accused In Czech Note
Prague broadcast reports Czechoslovak government accusing the United States of parachuting two spies into Czechoslovakia. The note said they were dropped September 21 and were detected almost immediately. When challenged, the spies fired, killing a Communist official and the parachutist in a brief battle. The note claims the spies were part of a broader American effort in Prague.
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U.S
Duffy Attorneys Plan To Confer With Glassgow
Cedar Rapids News reports attorneys for George C. Duffy 21 plan to confer with County Attorney Willis A. Glassgow Tuesday afternoon after he surrendered following a major manhunt near Waukon. Duffy is held in Linn county jail on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of James P. Hackman 18 after Hackman won the girl Shirley Arnold 18 whom both men pursued. A justice court hearing is tentatively set for Thursday.
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Justice Court
Marery
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