Demo Aide Fired for Five Percent Commission Case
Washington AP The Democratic National Committee dismissed Col. Lawrence Westbrook a research engineer who served as liaison to Congress after a nine million dollar tungsten contract with a Portuguese firm and the Defense Materials Procurement Agency. The case cited a five percent commission split among Westbrook Heinz Pulvermann and Thurman Hill with Hill receiving forty five thousand dollars.
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New York Herald Tribune
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Eisenhower Leads Stevenson 3-2 in Sunday Visitor Straw Poll
In Huntington Indiana the Sunday Visitor poll shows Dwight Eisenhower ahead of Adlai Stevenson 3 to 2. Of 10,576 readers who returned the ballot by Oct 22, 6,554 chose Eisenhower and 4,022 chose Stevenson. The Catholic weekly, sold in churches nationwide, made no editorial endorsement.
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Huntington, Ind
Our Sunday Visitor
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Gunmen Raid Card Party on West Side
Seven gunmen stormed a West Side charity card party at the Austin Jewish Community Center forcing 150 players to the floor. They looted cash, jewelry and furs totaling about 75000 dollars while using a guard as a shield during a half hour robbery.
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West Side
Austin
Barney Javik
Annette Kesselman
Two Halloween Pranksters Fined in Cedar Rapids Police Court
Cedar Rapids youths Donald Blazek and William Milita were fined 100 each after police found nearly a dozen traffic markers in their car on Wednesday night. LeRoy Woods受 fined 10 for faulty brakes after being nabbed with others at 222 Crescent street SE. police warned all property damage will be prosecuted.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Donald Blazek
William Milcta
LeRoy Woods
Circle Drive
Crescent Street
Woods
Juvenile Bureau
Chester, IH
Joseph Strzelee
Samuels. Reeves
Sherwood Dixon
Menard State Prison
Dixon
Frank L. Trapp, Jr
Might
Mardi Gras Parade Set for Friday Night in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Mardi Gras parade will begin Friday at 6 p.m. with at least 16 units, starting in front of the police station on Second Avenue SW and Third Street SE. After the parade, two programs in Memorial Coliseum offer prizes and activities for children and teens, including 200 dollars in parade prizes and 40 merchandise prizes for costumes.
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Cedar Rapids
Salvation Army
Hanford Post
American Legion
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Third Street
Ed Kuba
First Street
First Avenue W
First Avenue
Third Avenue SE
Third Avenue
Memorial Coliseum
Eisenhower cites Van Fleet letter on Korea aid
Dwight Eisenhower used a letter from Eighth Army commander Lt Gen James A Van Fleet praising South Korea’s army to argue Koreans could replace US divisions in Korea. Van Fleet said the South Koreans could perform and grow to 16 divisions, while Eisenhower pledged to study conditions in Korea if elected.
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Seoul
Van
Soviets Bar Transit of U.S. Tanks to Berlin
Berlin reports indicate Soviet border guards refused passage of eight new Patton tanks and later 18 army buses on the Berlin western rail route. A U.S. spokesman said negotiations were opened for clearance. the move follows prior incidents of hindering military equipment. The action raises questions whether this is harassment or a broader move to block Allied armaments to Berlin.
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Sioux City Wins OK for TV Station on Channel 36
The FCC authorized new television stations for nine American cities, including Sioux City, granting Sioux City Great Plains Television Properties, Inc. a license for Channel 36.
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Sioux City
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Sioux City Great
Channel 36
Great Plains Television Properties, Inc
Fire Sweeps 500 Acres South of Cedar Rapids
A timber and brush fire burned 500 acres along the west bank of the Cedar River south of Cedar Rapids starting near an old dump before dawn. It threatened at least five farm homes, drew 200 volunteers, and prompted use of bulldozers and firebreaks as crews fought the flames along the hillside and riverfront.
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Hoy
Cedar Rapids Fire Iompany No. 5
Chinese Reds Fall Back After Major Triangle Hill Clash
About 2,000 Chinese troops attacked Triangle Hill and Pinpoint Hill as allied forces battled across the central front. The fight produced heavy artillery duels and counterattacks with American and South Korean troops on the ridges. A nearby barn fire on the Hagans farm near Atkins caused extensive damage amid fire-fighting efforts. The Des Moines parks system closed major parks due to fire danger amid dry conditions. Temperature hit 68 in Cedar Rapids with no rain expected. The U.N. toll for October neared 33,000 with thousands killed or wounded. another attempt to retake a hill south of Pyongyang ended 25 yards shy of the crest.
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Iowa
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Eisenhower Plans Korea Trip After Victory
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Dwight D. Eisenhower intends to visit Korea ten days after the election if he wins. The Detroit speech last week reportedly stated the plan but omitted the exact date to await cooperation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and administration officials.
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Christian Science, Monitor
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Flames Rage in Suburb as City Firemen Refuse Help
In East St. Louis a large brush and building fire destroyed 18 homes an apartment and a hotel as Sheriff Max Hill pleaded for city fire department aid. About 250 people fled their homes as a 25 mile per hour wind fanned the blaze. Firefighters estimated damage at 50000 dollars and volunteers from nearby towns joined the response after city crews refused the alarm due to jurisdiction and fees.
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Edward Haberwehl
Alerton
Hill
Midway
Maplewood-Cahokia
Chuckle about a boy and his unknown grandmother
A boy misreads an arriving woman and asks if she is his grandmother. She confirms on his father’s side. He retorts bluntly that she is on the wrong side, reflecting a light dated humor from General Features.
Woman Dies of Crash Injuries Near Palo
Mrs. Don Solomon 27 of near Palo died at University Hospitals Iowa City from injuries after a gravel road crash Tuesday. The Cedar Rapids Collins Radio employee suffered brain injuries when her car overturned near Whittier while returning from her husband’s parents. Survived by husband and two daughters, service Monday at 1 30 p m in Ottumwa with burial in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Body at Turner chapel Cedar Rapids.
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Lows
Don Solomon
Palo
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Annoyed Tenant Sets Off Rampage in Detroit Apartment
Estelle Rowland told a judge that John Lambert aged 33 damaged her apartment by scorched kitchen walls grease on wallpaper green bathroom floor trash in the air vent nails in woodwork damaged bathtub door stove door medicine chest and torn ceiling fixture. Lambert was fined 39 dollars and given two years probation.
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Estelle Rowland
John Lambert
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