Averting a Nationwide Telephone Strike Enhanced Prospects
A Western Electric spokesman sees a strong chance negotiations with telephone installers will avert a nationwide strike set for Monday. CWA President Beirne announced 54 000 members would walk out at 6 a.m. in all states except Maine Vermont and New Hampshire.
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Western Electric Company
Washington
Joseph Beirne
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Bell Telephone System
Cedar Rapids Woman Pleads Guilty to Credit Union Embezzlement
Clara Kindig admitted stealing 22 580 51 dollars from Collins Employees Credit Union over eight or nine years while a bookkeeper and assistant treasurer. She told police she used checks to pay personal bills and began in 1948 or 1949. Sentencing is set for September 25.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Kindig
B. J. Maxwell
Clara Kindig
Collins Employes Credit Union
Iowa
Quaker Oats Board Approves Stock and Cash Dividend
The Quaker Oats board voted a 10 percent stock dividend and 45 cent per share cash dividend. The stock closed at 381 percent this week, with earnings of $3.30 per share for the year ending June 30, up from $3.13. Sales reached 2,537,511, a 9 percent rise. net earnings were $12,129,716. Gilbert H. Scribner Jr., a 39 year old Chicago broker, was elected to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Lsted
St. Joseph
Donald B. Laurie
Gilbert H. Scribner, Jr
Chicago
Pawtucket Teachers Strike Enters Second Week
A 400 member Pawtucket Teachers Alliance strike over pay enters its second week as 10,000 students enjoy an extended summer break. Teachers demand an immediate $600 raise atop a $5,400 max. the school board counteroffers a $275 raise to $5,675 maximum.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Pawtucket Teachers Alliance
U S Criticizes Gromyko Over Syria Intervention Claims
In Washington the United States accuses Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko of falsifications and intemperance for alleging U S plans to intervene in Syria. The State Department says his remarks deliberately seek to undermine peace prospects and echo the Molotov line.
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Washington
U.S
Gromyko
Syria
State Department
Moscow
Department
Deny Nixon Gets Additional Guard
The Secret Service denied reports it had increased Nixon’s guard. An FBI spokesman said no substantiation of threats against the vice president’s life was found. Nixon was unavailable but aides said they had heard nothing about such threats.
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Washington
Secret Service
Nixon
FBI
Three Killed in Head-On Crash Near Oxford Iowa
A 10 AM two car collision on U S highway 6 near Oxford killed Linda Easley and Jean Lee Hartman both 18 and Leo A Otten 53 from Davenport. Injured were Jo Ann Collins 18 and Marilyn Meeker 17. The dead toll pushes Iowa road fatalities toward 500 for 1957.
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Oxford
Iowa City
Waterloo
U. S. Highway 6
Linda Easley
Jean Lee Hartman
Leo A. Otten
Corps of Engineers
Davenport
Coralville Dam
Jo Ann Collins
St. Paul
Marilyn Meeker
Currier Hall
SUI
Iowa
Boone County
Whittemore
Algona
White Sox Defeat Red Sox 7 to 1 in Boston
Chicago White Sox beat Boston 7-1 to close within five games of the American League lead held by the New York Yankees. John Doe pitched seven strong innings for the win as Boston struggled offensively.
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Boston
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Missouri Synod Budget Boosted
ST. LOUIS AP The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Wednesday approved a budget of 16 million dollars for next year, rising more than 12 percent over the current year’s 14 million. The plan includes funds for operations and programs across congregations and institutions nationwide.
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ST. Louis
The
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
U S Rejects Peiping Newsman Exchange Proposal
In Geneva the United States turned down a Red Chinese plan for a man for man press exchange. Ambassador Johnson said U S immigration law prevents such an agreement, though applications for individual reporters would be considered. The talks mark a direct Washington Peiping contact and may leave the issue in deadlock.
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Geneva
Red China
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
USS
Wang
State Department
Peiping
Washington
Demonstration of Judo Brings Suit in Linn County
Lucille Tippie files a $1,000 lawsuit in Linn County District Court alleging a Judo demonstration by Donald L. Beltz caused a broken arm. She says Beltz bent her arm behind her back at the Alibi tavern on April 17, 1956, injuring the right upper arm and seeks medical and related damages including doctor, hospital, pain and loss of employment.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Lucille Tippie
Donald L. Beltz
Beltz
E Alibi Tavern
Ronda 'Voo
First Street SE
Mw Deena
The
Victorian mansion burns in Raritan after treaty signing
RARITAN N J UP A Victorian mansion burned Wednesday night where President Harding signed the treaty ending the war. The blaze caused extensive damage to the historic property though injuries were not reported. The incident prompted local fire crews to battle the flames into the night.
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Raritan
N.J
Harding
Millionaire Ryan Ended Life in Own Home
Clendenin J. Ryan a 52 year old millionaire grandson of a financier shot himself with an automatic pistol in his New York apartment where his father died by his own action in 1939. His wife Jane Harder was present and believed the shot was a backfire until his attorney informed her. Police found two sealed notes to his wife and a sister and a third unsealed note. He had been brooding over a civil action and had claimed to run an anti Communist espionage network after World War I.
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New York
Clendenin J. Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Ryan
Jane Harder
Washington
Michael Graney
Graney
Caroline Ryan Faulke
Iron Curtain
Justice Black Marries His Secretary in Alexandria
Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court wed his secretary Elizabeth Seay De Meritte at Black's Alexandria Virginia home. The bride, 49, had served as his aide since March 1955, and was previously married to Fred DeMeritte of Fairfield Alabama.
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Washington
Hugo Black
Sueran Court
Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte
Black
Alexandria
Fred DeMeritte
Fairfield
Ala
Alabama
Integration Writ Sought In Nashville
Federal and local officials sought a federal injunction to enforce first grade integration in Nashville as white resistance kept attendance down A jailed Kasper and police at six integrated schools marked tense days while 32 people were fined for early integration violations and officials sought federal help to curb violence.
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Nashville
Clinton
Tenn
John Kasper
Glenn School
U.S
Fred Elledge, Jr
Ben West
William Miller
West
Kasper
Clinton, Tenn
Skies Bright but More Rain Seen in Western Iowa
Western Iowa cleared after rainfall statewide with northwestern areas spared Wednesday. Cedar Rapids saw sun by noon while Guthrie Center, North English and Dubuque reported over 1 inch. Cedar Rapids had 0.88 inch. Temperatures Thursday ranged from 65 to 77 with Spencer at 45 for the overnight low and more rain forecast from the northwest.
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Iowa
Fes
Cedar Rapids
Guthrie Center
North English
Dubuque
Sioux City
Spencer
UN Official Warns On Local School Integration Violence
Pittsburgh AP report notes Dr. Ralph Bunche, U.N. undersecretary, says violence surrounding school integration in the South will harm international opinion. Bunche spoke Wednesday on the issue and its global repercussion.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Bunche
The
U.N
Robber Holds Up Family Finance Company and Escapes
A masked bandit robbed the Family Finance Company at 313% Second Avenue SE at 12:45 pm, escaping with about 150 dollars. He wore a light brown trench coat and a red white handkerchief and fled toward Fifth Street then behind the library. Officers searched the area, spoke to witnesses, and showed suspects pictures, but no arrest was made. The man was about 25, five eight, 180 pounds, with a freshly shaved neck.
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Second Avenue SE
Finance Company
Lewis Christensen
Christensen
A. M. Stefan
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
Stefan
Independence
Eisenhower Denounces Aides On Faubus Sponge Remark
President Eisenhower rejected reports that White House aides think Arkansas Governor Faubus has "thrown in the sponge" over the Little Rock school integration crisis. Press secretary James Hagerty denied any White House staff statements and urged full publication of his remarks.
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Eisenhower
White House
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Newport
R. I
Faubus
Newport N Naval Base
Rep
Hays
Sherman Adams
Washington
E. P. Aurand
Wayne Hawks
Bomber Explodes In Flight Over Bastrop City
A jet bomber from Elgin Air Force Base Florida exploded in flight about five miles south of Bastrop Louisiana on Thursday. Three air force officers died and the pilot parachuted to safety. A control system failure was blamed for the crash. A Bastrop police clerk reported the plane roared over town, shattered windows, and exploded, though none of the four aboard was from Bastrop.
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Bastrop
Elgin Air Force Base
Fla
Here
Air Force
Helen Martin
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James J. McCue
Quaker
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Pamela Fry
Richmond
Robert Easley
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White Sox
Missouri Synod
U. S
Iistorie Site Burns
Clendenin Ryan
Justice Black
Russ Daley
Andrew Doyle
Davidson County
Central State Hospital
Iowa News
Bunche View
Third Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Gazette
Bridgeport
CBS
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Mr. Eisenhower
Newport Country Club
Little Rocks Central High School
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