Three Slain Over Anger At Marriage
Oliver C. St. Clair, 38, killed his teenage stepdaughter Margaret Bledsoe 17 and her husband Edwin M. Bledsoe 20 after they eloped to marry without his permission. He then shot himself at their West Memphis, Arkansas, home, leaving a note of intent after locking the doors and calling police.
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Memphis
Oliver C. St. Clair
St. Clair
Margaret Bledsoe
Edwin M. Bledsoe
West Memphis
Ark
Baptist Hospital Nursing School
Hernando
Miss
Bledsoe
Second Audit in Chest Campaign Shows 201,988
Cedar Rapids Marion Community Chest audit lists 13,424 pledges and gifts totaling 201,988, about 74 percent of the 270,362 needed for 24 Red Feather agencies next year. Six regiments exceeded goal with percent achievements ranging 100 to 189 percent. groups and firms over top include Newman's Link Belt Speeder, UAW locals, Allen Motors, Petersen Baking, The Gazette, Tribune, and Illinois Gas and Electric.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids- Marion Community Chest
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
Red Feather
Harold Hall
W. L. Spohn
Sgt
James Clapp
Russell Manatt
Jack Illian
R. T. Thoman
A. E. Morehouse
L. R. Sanders
Ambrose Carlton
Guy Hahn
Newman’s
Uaw-Cio
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Allen Motors
May's Drug
Petersen Baking Company
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Perpetual Savings and Loan
the Gazette
Tribune and Lowal Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Weather: Continued fair and mild for night and Sunday
Forecast calls for fair and mild conditions tonight with a low of 44 to 47 degrees. Sunday remains partly cloudy and mild with a daytime high of 72 to 75 degrees.
McManus Dead Creator of Bringing Up Father Dies at 70
George McManus 70 creator of Bringing Up Father died Friday in Beverly Hills after years of ill health. The cartoonist rose from floor sweeper to fame with Jiggs and Maggie, with works reaching 27 languages and spawning a stage TV and film empire. Survived by his widow Florence and brother Leo.
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Santa Monica
Calif
George McManus
McManus
St. Louis Republic
New York
Fame
New York World
George
New York American
Father
Maggie
Jiggs
Sunday Gazette
Beverly Hills
Billy Barry
Florence
Leo
King Features
Torchlight Parades and Rallies Shape Cedar Rapids Campaign
In Cedar Rapids during the final week of the 1954 campaign both parties staged torchlight parades and rallies. Republican events featured Sen Bourke B Hickenlooper and Rep Thomas E Martin at Memorial Coliseum. Democrats cited Ruben V Austin at C S P S Hall. Hickenlooper contrasted farm programs and peacetime prices, noting hog prices rising from New Deal levels to current, while criticizing Democratic foreign policy.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Thomas E. Martin
U.S. Senate
G.O.P
Hickenlooper
Hick Urges G.O.P. Congress Control
Senator B. B. Hickenlooper and Rep. Thomas E. Martin addressed about 300 Republicans at Memorial Coliseum urging active support to keep Eisenhower’s program and warn against Democratic gains. They touted anti corruption moves, Korea war end and farm prosperity plans as proof of GOP strength. Also featured were Rep. Henry O. Talle and Attorney General Leo A. Hoegh with county and state candidates introduced.
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Linn County
Eisenhower
B. B. Hickenlooper
Thomas E. Martin
Senate
Hickenlooper
Congress
iHenry O. Talle
Leo A.hoegh
Talle
Hoegh
Leo Hoegh
Iowa
Austin Seeks Vigorous Representation in Second District
Dubuque city councilman Ruben V. Austin addressed about 150 supporters at a Democratic rally in his honor at the C.S.P.S. hall. The event followed a torchlight parade with roughly 100 cars as Austin campaigned for the Second District congressional seat.
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Ruben V. Austin
Austin
C.S.P.S. Hall
Dubuque
Dewey Attacks Harriman Mining Deal Charges Losses From Bonds
Governor Dewey accused Averell Harriman and associates of a 1925 mining scheme that formed Silesian American Corp to sell 15 million in bonds. He claimed investors lost over five million as the project failed and noted the case is in federal court seeking eight million in restitution.
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New York
Dewey
Averell Harriman
Sen
Ives
Harriman
Polish
Silesia
Berlin
Silesian-American Corporation
Two Million Suit Filed for Sinking Prins Willem V
The Oranje Line of Rotterdam sues Sinclair Refining for two million dollars over the Prins Willem V sinking after a collision on October 14 with a barge towed by the Sinclair Chicago offshore Milwaukee in Lake Michigan.
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Milwaukee
Oranje Line
Rotterdam
Sinclair Refining Company
Prins Willem V
T Volt
Sinclair
Chicago
Lake M
Earl Whitehill Dies in Omaha After Surgery
Cedar Rapids native and former major league pitcher Earl O. Whitehill, 54, died Friday in an Omaha hospital after brain surgery following a car crash in an Omaha suburb. The crash involved a 21 year old driver charged with running a stop sign and driving without a license. Whitehill had been hospitalized since Sunday after a subdural hematoma, with his death prompting possible manslaughter charges. Burial planned in Cedar Memorial park cemetery. services to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids News
Earl O. Whitehill
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Whitehill
New York
Los Angeles
Linn County District Court
Barlinda
Cedar Memorial Park
Saar Accord Creates West European Defense Union
In Paris on Saturday the United States Britain France and 12 Western European nations signed 12 documents forming a West European defense union with a rearmed Germany. The Saar settlement includes a three month referendum and German sovereignty restoration while NATO and Brussels ties expand. Russia called for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting in November to discuss unification.
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Edward M. Kerry
Paris
U. S
Canada
Britain
West Europe
West European Defense Union
Germany
Europe
Saar
U.S
France
West European Union
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Germany
Mendes-France
Adenauer
Moscow
Russia
The Magic Tube The World of Tomorrow in Cedar Rapids Gazette
In two exclusive Sunday articles The Cedar Rapids Gazette introduces a microwave electron tube imagined future uses. The piece explores innovations such as cooking without gas telecommunication without poles and global television potential are discussed as part of a forthcoming science device.
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Cedar Rapids
World of Tomorrow
Navy Officers Must Sign Loyalty Certificate
Washington AP reports all active duty officers commissioned before July 1 1950 must sign a loyalty certificate under new instructions issued Friday. Officers commissioned after 1950 are required to sign before commissioning.
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Washington
Navy
Protest in Skirts at Colorado School of Mines
Upperclassmen at the Colorado School of Mines protested a ban on depantsing freshmen by wearing skirts to class. The Friday action drew attention to the dispute over dress and student conduct policies.
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Golden
Colo
Colorado School of Mines
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Gene Castle
Lexington
Rocky
Lincoln Park Zoo
187Th Regimental Combat Team
Korea
187Th
Man
C.R
Hick
Frank Nye
Martin
Ike
Hoover
United States
Internal Revenue Department
Pat McPartland
Earl Whitehill
Union of West Europe
Free Germany
Dulles
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