Solon Held At Gunpoint By Russian Soldier
Rep. Holt reports being detained for over an hour in a Moscow suburb by a Soviet army lieutenant who cocked a pistol at his head during a visit to a school with a embassy staffer. A colonel later allowed them to leave after passport checks and crowd tension ensued. Holt demanded an apology and noted US protests had been filed.
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Washington
Holt
R-Calif
Moscow
Heutenant
Leutenant
Poe Neeman
Red Army
National Hotel
Cedar Rapids Plan Group Opposes Highway 74 Route
Cedar Rapids city Plan Commission condemned the Highway Commission for not sharing state route plans for Highway 74, criticizing the grade height and proposed controlled access facilities. They urged council to rescind June’s resolution and seek commission review and recommendations before action.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway Commission
Plans Commission
Plan Commission
A. L. Smulekoff
Employment sets record as August gains reduce jobless rate
Washington dispatch reports the August tally of employed Americans at a record 65,488,000 with unemployment down to 2,237,000. The government cites factory hiring as the August rise and a smaller farm decline, noting total employment up about 500,000 from July and jobless claims down nearly 250,000. The survey covers the second week of August.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
New York Docks Hit by Stoppage
The International Longshoremen's Association called 11,009 dockers off their jobs in New York, promising the port will be tied up. The walkout followed a Manhattan union meeting over grievances against the waterfront commission after an investigator entered and refused to leave. ILA President William Bradley urged workers to go home until a private meeting could be held.
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New York
Independent
International Longshoremen's Association
Manhattan Union
ILA
Waterfront Commission
William Bradley
Vet Tax Exemption Should Be Raised, Study Group Told
Iowa American Legion urged the Tax Study Committee not to cut but to boost veterans property tax exemptions during a three day meeting. Legion chair E W McNeil of Montezuma led a delegation arguing the small exemptions of 20 or 25 dollars yearly deserve increases to honor those who served. The group spoke amid concerns over revising Iowa tax laws and promised to keep testimony flowing as the committee drafts recommendations for a broad state tax overhaul.
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DES Moines
Iowa American Legion
Iowa Tax Study Committee
the Legion
Iowa
E. W. McNeil
Monte
Legion
Town Girds For Battling Forest Fire
Flames roared unchecked through dry brush burning 41000 acres near Santa Barbara and threatening areas across California and Oregon. In Yreka a three day blaze advanced 11 miles of timber, 100000 acres ablaze, with residents urged to hose roofs as fire storms formed. Los Angeles endured a 102 degree heat wave and the city faced a record smog alert lasting nearly four hours with 73 deaths and millions in crop losses.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Yreka
California
Oregon
Klamath National Forest
Klamath Forest
Russell Bowers
Bowers
Los Angeles
County Air Pollution Control District
Vernon
Cedar Rapids enrolls 13800 pupils in new school year
Cedar Rapids Public Schools opened with a first day attendance of 13 800, up about 6.5 percent from last year and trending toward an eventual total above 14 000 as new elementary schools and additions come online. Staffing was reported complete, though several new and expanded buildings faced completion delays.
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Cedar Rapids
Art Weusinkveld
Cyprus
Clyde Parker
Parker
Barnhart
Erskine and
Wright
Grant Wood
Kenwood
Arthur School
Supt
Reid
Erskine
Johnson
Tyler
Lincoln
Harrison
B. A. Jensen
Anti-Greek Riots Rage In Turkey
Violent anti Greek riots swept Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey's two largest cities, Tuesday night causing millions in property damage. The government imposed martial law for four hours, then lifted the measure the next day as casualties remained uncounted.
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Istanbul
Constantinople
Izmir
Smyrna
Adnan Menderes
Ankara
Bosporus
Cyprus
Chatos
Allan Jacks
Turkey
Rail Service Cut Denied by Iowa Commission
The Iowa State Commerce Commission rejected Rock Island Railway's bid to drop the Cedar Rapids to Estherville passenger run on a 207 mile line. It cited the railroad's poor service and lack of effort to retain mail contracts, demanding continuation of trains Nos. 19 and 20. The decision notes public inconvenience and notes strong testimony about dirty trains, bad lavatories, and unreliable facilities.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Rock Island Rairoad
Cedar Rapids
Estherville
Durkish
Fatir Resty Zorlu
London
Commission
Toad Company
Theijdecline
Postal Department
Rock Island
Florida finds 12th Greenlease ransom bill in Jacksonville
A 20 dollar bill from the missing Greenlease ransom money was found at the Federal Reserve branch in Jacksonville Florida. The note arrived August 31 from the Florida National Bank and Trust Company of Miami. It marks the 12th bill recovered in just over a month and the 10th found in a week in widely scattered locations. FBI traces started immediately to locate the source and expand the hunt.
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Miami
FBI
Federal Reserve
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida National Bank and Trust Company
Brinks Chicago Strike Is Ended
CHICAGO WAFL Teamsters voted 198 to 190 to end a five week strike by Brinks guards and drivers. The company offered a 27 cent hourly wage increase spread over three years and workers returned to duty. In other news, the New York Yankees defeated Kansas City 3 to 1 as Ford pitched a nine hitter.
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Chicago
Brinks, Inc
Wafl Teamsters
Yanks
Kansas City
NEW York
New York Yankees
Ford
Fired for Refusal of Whitewash
Edward E. Hoppe, a former IRS assistant commissioner heading the inspection unit, sues the U.S. government for 26823 back pay claiming 1953 dismissal by Commissioner T Coleman Andrews was politically motivated after Hoppe refused to whitewash an unfavorable character report on a tax figure. Hoppe, a Republican with 24 years in, filed in the U S Court of Claims. his suit cites approval by the Civil Service Commission.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Court of Claims
Edward E. Hoppe
Dallas
Hoppe
Internal Revenue
Iservice
T. Coleman Andrews
Secretary of Treasury
Humphrey
Civil Service Commission
John P. Witsil
Ingersoll Named Head of Seventh Fleet
Denver report that the summer White House announced Vice Admiral Charles S. Ingersoll will command the U S Seventh Fleet guarding the Formosa strait. He received a recess appointment from President Eisenhower, while the post now held by Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride awaits Pride's reassignment.
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Denver
INS
White House
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Formosa Strait
Ingersoll
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Pride
Murray Snyder
Pride
Libby Management Returns Amid Nationwide Security Fears
An order signed Wednesday returns Libby management to office as top officials including Gov Goodwin J Knight and Libby’s leaders coordinate security across a wide range of facilities in response to an atomic threat. The move targets national stockholder interests and bars in event of further incidents.
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Maine
Sacramento
Cal-l
Libby
Iomia Gov
Goodwin J. Knight McNeill
Chicago
Mechi
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Grundy
Burg
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Mediterranean
Greece
Britain
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Jefferson City
Revenue Service
The
New York Herald Tribune
Washington Dispatch
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Gordon Delk, Jr
L Itsil
Herald Tribune
Figre
Dunlap-Snyder
Hoover
John B. Dunlap
John W. Snyder
Treasury
Sen
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Hope
Harry J. Trainor
General Accounting Office
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Marion
Hecy
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