West Germans set for sovereignty under Western plan
The United States Britain France and Bonn Republic reached complete agreement on steps to end Allied occupation of West Germany and restore nearly full sovereignty. Documents to replace the Bonn Treaty will be signed Saturday and pave the way for West Germanys entry into a seven power European union and NATO with limited safeguards and an arms pool study deferred.
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Paris
Bonn Republic
West Germany
Dulles
Eden
Mendes-France
Adenauer
Bonn
French Foreign Ministry
European Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Russia
Germany
Mendes - France
West
Europe
Mrs. Charles Hickok Dies After Long Community Service
Cedar Rapids civic leader Mrs. Charles T. Hickok died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 30 p m age 80. A longtime school board member from 1927 to 1944 she championed teacher interviews and school improvements while active with the Red Cross YWCA Public Health Nursing Association and Community Chest. Her efforts helped shape lighting school consolidation and teacher pensions.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles T. Hickok
Coe College
Hickok
Fifth Avenue SE
William Chamberlain
Bank official charged in $250000 fake loan scheme
In Philadelphia a man described as a trusted employee of 26 years at Girard Trust and Corn Exchange Bank is charged with approving fake loans totaling 250000 dollars and misusing 45000 dollars for wine, women and song.
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Philadelphia
Girard Trust and Corn Exchange Bank
Edward B. McCall
New York Truck Strike Ends After Wage Increase Pact
A five day strike by truck drivers in the New York metropolitan area ends as the last major employer group accepts the union demand for a 25 cent an hour wage increase.
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New York
Sheppard Trial Jury Grows as Pace Speeds Up
The Sheppard murder trial selectees include Margaret E. Adams, wife of a metal parts firm VP, as the ninth juror. Five women and four men had been chosen by Thursday. Earlier, Beatrice Orenstein, wife of a postal clerk, was named.
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Cleveland (Ap
Sheppard
Margaret E. Adams
Beatrice Orenstein
Negotiations on Bus Wage End and Recessed Talks
Wage talks between Cedar Rapids bus drivers and National City Lines recessed until November 3. Drivers will continue service under the expired contract. Talks stalled after the death of Edward Fitzgerald in Chicago. Federal conciliator Roy Shaffer has prior commitments, delaying resumption until after election day.
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Cedar Rapids
National City Lines
Chicago
Edward Fitzgerald
Roy Shaffer
Arkansas banker laments high utility rates on stove
A Little Rock bank president told a senate anti monopoly subcommittee that Arkansas Power and Light rates are so high he cannot afford to keep an electric stove at home. Arthur E. McLean warned the panel that private utilities' greed could bring about their own destruction.
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Wahlington
Little Rock Bank
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Arthur E. McLean
Senate
Destruc
Crosby seeks tax court ruling on $17710 Crosby tax dispute
Bing Crosby has asked the U S tax court to referee a dispute over 17710 in additional income tax for 1950. The case names Crosby and the estate of his late wife Wilma Dixie Lee Crosby and centers on 150000 income from the sale of Decros stock to Decca Records. The IRS says most of this was personal services income. Crosby asserts it was capital gain from Decros stock.
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Washington
Bing Crosby
U. S. Tax Court
Internal Revenue Service
Crosby
Wilma W
Dixie Lee
Crosbys
Decros Corporation
Bing
Decca Records, Inc
Internal Revenue
Decca
Decros
Collins Radio reports 1954 sales and earnings rise
Collins Radio Company filed for the year ended July 31 1954 with sales of 90 3 million a 12.5 percent rise from 80 million the prior year Net earnings were 3 39 million or 6 83 per share vs 1 95 million or 3 90 per share in 1953 based on 490 370 shares outstanding The order backlog stood at 167 million The full annual report will be mailed to stockholders in about 10 days.
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Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Company
Police union case may reshape Cedar Rapids setup
District court will hear Patrolman Harold Barger’s appeal of a 10 day suspension for tending bar at Brass Rail. The case questions the validity of a rule forbidding outside work and may prompt broader scrutiny of extra duty practices in Cedar Rapids police work.
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District Court
Cedar Rapids
Harold Barger
Civil Service Commission
Barger
G O P Wins in Cedar Rapids Polls at Two Meetings
Republican candidates won decisively in straw polls conducted Wednesday by The Gazette at two Cedar Rapids groups the Retired Men's bureau and the Civic bureau. The polls were taken during their Wednesday meetings with results noted.
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G.O.P
Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Men's Bureau
Civic Bureau
Clearance Lost By Dr Condon
Washington AP report states Navy suspended Dr Ed ward A Condon's security clearance after he left the Bureau of Standards. Condon, then at Corning Glass Works, had earlier received clearance from the Defense Department and was reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Thomas who sought full reconsideration of the grant citing sufficient evidence.
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Washington
Navy
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
Condon
Corning Glass Works
Defense Department
Secretary of Navy
Thomas
Eastern Regional Industrial Security Board
Queen Elizabeth Aided by Tugmen in Southampton WalkoutDelay
The Queen Elizabeth was helped to depart Southampton by tugmen delaying a water front strike. Queen Mother Elizabeth travels to New York for a month long U S and Canada visit as dock workers debate joining the ports stoppage affecting 43 000 men. Twenty stevedores joined a picket line while loading the queen mother’s baggage aboard the liner.
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London
Southampton
Britain
Queen Mother
New York
U.S
Canada
There's a Limit To Her Patience
A Piute mother had waited weeks to take home her premature daughter from a hospital nursery. Each week the attending physician ordered to wait until next week. When the baby finally could go home the child caught a cold and the doctor reversed the order. The mother said, You tell doctor he have baby, we moving, won't be back.
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Cedar City
Utah
Cancer-Causing Compound Identified in Cigaret Paper
Delos Smith reports that a cancer-causing chemical, 3,4 benzpyrene, has been identified in burning cigarette paper. Research chemist D V Lefemine extracted tars from paper and confirmed the compound by spectrofluorescence and absorption data, noting it is found in cigarette paper and may explain smoking related cancers observed in mice.
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New York
D. V. Lefemmne
The
Cancer Institute
Miami
Lefemine
Lefemme
Birmingham
American Chemical Society
Tax Load in C R Is $4 Per $1,000 Higher
Cedar Rapids property taxes payable next year will rise $4 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, with Marion seeing about $6.70 more per $1,000. The total levy for Cedar Rapids is 82.298 mills and Marion 89.204. The higher rates affect most of Linn county's 90 districts, though Cedar Rapids and Marion bear the largest impact.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Otto F. Hanzlik
Marion
John Burrill
Linn County
Marston
Board of Supervisors
Linn
Jim Scolaro
M. G. Linkletter
Firms Meet Chest Drive Targets in Friday Audit Push
Over the top reports arrive at Community Chest headquarters as prep work continues for Friday’s audit. General Chairman John B. Tuthill urges full reports by Friday morning and invites workers to a 10 a.m. brunch at the Chamber of Commerce. The audit Friday night will be conducted by Cedar Rapids volunteers from the National Association of Cost Accounting. Big and small firms report 100 percent goals, including National Oats with AFL cooperation and P M Lattner with UAW CIO, plus Aero Manufacturing, Iowa Windmill and Pump, B L Anderson Construction, Midland Supply, Nissen Trampoline, Rapids Equipment, and Red Star Yeast and Products.
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Community Chest
John B. Tuthills
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
AFL American Federation of Grain Millers Local 10
P. M. Lattner Manufacturing Company
Uaw-Cio
Aero Manufacturing Company
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
B. L. Anderson Construction
Midland Supply
Nissen Trampoline
Rapids Equipment Company
Red Star Yeast and Products Company
Eisenhower Endorses Ives in New York Governor Bid
President Eisenhower urged support for Sen. Irving M. Ives during a New York City campaign swing with Gov. Dewey. He stressed heart as key to victory and recalled Dempsey Firpo bout as a fight for a cause, while linking peace aims to U S policy.
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New York
Eisenhower
New York City
Irving M. Ives
Hotel
Roosevelt
Ives
Averell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Dewey and
New York State
Washington
Jack Dempsey
Luis Firpo
Firpo
Dempsey
Speeder Caught By Own Invention
Kingston Ont. police fined Sir Robert Watson-Watt twelve fifty after trapping him in a speed trap operated by radar. The British radar pioneer admitted the invention is a mixed blessing.
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Kingston, Ont
Sir Robert Watson Watt
Airliner Catches Fire on Ground
At Midway airport a United Airlines DC-6 burned after an explosion on the right wing. Aground crewman Harry Ballinger 28 suffered critical burns while a stewardess evacuated nine passengers. Firefighters reported the blaze enveloping the front as crew exited safely.
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Chicago
United Airlines
Midway Airport
Harry Ballinger
F. W. Wagner
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