Zwicker Opposes Peress List in McCarthy Hearings
Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker testified he opposed the promotion and honorable discharge of Maj. Irving Peress. He disputed McCarthy allies and defended his testimony on January and February questions while noting a presidential order limited discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zwicker
Peress List
Alvin Spivak
Washington
INS
Ralph W. Zwicker
Irving Peress
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
U. S. Army
Peress
Edward Bennett Williams
An “S.o.b
Williams
Watkins
Utah
Army
Stevens
Three Americans Held by Reds Deported Said to Be Released
U S consulate in Hong Kong reported the three detained Americans Dixon Applegate and Krasner were not aboard the train to Hong Kong on Monday after a Red gunboat seized their boat on a voyage from Hong Kong to Macao. The New China News Agency said the men had been ordered deported after 17 months in captivity and admitted intrusion into Chinese waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
INS
U. S
U.S
New China News Agency
International News Service
Don Dixon
Richard Applegate
National Broadcasting Company
Ben Krasner
Geneva
Peiping
Huang Hua
Red Chinese
Kingsbury Smith
INS European
Reds
Ministry of Public Security
Kwangtung
Wevingt
Dixon
Applegate
Macao
Krasner
Lantao
Trace of Rain Falls in Cedar Rapids Weather Update
Cedar Rapids reports a light shower trace with muggy conditions. Overnight low 59 degrees rose to 69 by 2 30 pm with Sunday highs 72 and lows 53. An 8 mph easterly breeze and partly cloudy skies prevail into tonight and Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Eden Adenauer report accord aims for European unity
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and West German Chancellor Adenauer reached full agreement on a drive toward European unity. The communique issued after two days of talks said German sovereignty and rearmament must be based on lasting German French understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOM
Anthony Eden
Adenauer
Students Strike On Negro Entry Protest in West Virginia
About 275 high school students walked out Monday in White Sulphur Springs to protest integration of Negro students into the school. The crowd paraded the streets and reportedly demanded 23 Negro students be returned to Bolling High School in Lewsburg.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Bolling High School
Lewsburg
Miss America Lee Ann Meriwether Credits Dior for Saving Her
California beauty Lee Ann Meriwether 19 claims Christian Dior saved her career after winning Miss America 1955. She arrives in New York to begin a year of public appearances and plans to use a $5000 scholarship for college. Riverell from San Jose notes they were not engaged but were “working on it.”
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New York
Lee Ann Meriwether
California
Christian Dior
Ifr
San Francisco
Aldorf Astoria
Paris
Dior
Meriwether
Lee
Pasadena Playhouse
Eeo Dramatic
Tokyo
John R. Riverell
San Jose
Calif
Riverell
Gale Leaves Score Dead
PORTLAND Maine death toll from Hurricane Edna rises to 20 with eight victims in Maine. Roads and bridges washed out after record rainfall of eight inches trapping autos. Gov. Cross reports one air disaster area and damages exceed seven million dollars in Maine. Four fatalities in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut, six highway deaths in New York.
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Portland
Maine
Edna
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
New England
Burton M. Cross
Connecticut
New York State
Greenland Plane Crash Kills Ten at Thule Base
A U S Air Force C-124 transport crashed at Thule Air Base in Greenland shortly after takeoff on a flight to Westover. Ten died and five survived as the aircraft broke up near the runway end after reporting engine trouble. It marked the first fatal MATS Atlantic division accident since Thule’s 1951 opening.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Military Air Transport Service
Thule Air Force Base
Greenland
Westover
Thule
Atlantic Division
MATS
Air Force
Hickenlooper Sees China Break Up Formosa Threats
Iowa Senator B B Hickenlooper argued Red China could prevent any Formosa invasion and warned against breaking diplomatic ties with Russia. He praised Congress as constructive, urged continued embassy contact, and outlined positions on U S policy and Knowland’s proposal. He campaigns across Iowa with dates in Des Moines West Branch Tipton Independence Cedar Rapids Anamosa Monticello Clinton.
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Cedar Rapids
China
Formosa
U.S
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sen. Hickenlooper
Red China
Russia
Red
Jaycees To Hear Sen Hickenlooper In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce opens its fall dinner series with U.S. Senator B B Hickenlooper speaking at 6 15 p m Wednesday in the Chamber of Commerce building. The senator, former chairman of the atomic energy committee, will discuss the atomic energy program. Reservations via the chamber phone 45135 due by noon Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
U.S
B. B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Jaycee
Ike To Speak At Alfred E. Smith Dinner in New York
President Eisenhower accepted an invitation to speak at the Alfred E. Smith memorial dinner in New York on Oct. 21 and will also speak briefly at the American Jewish tercentenary dinner on Oct. 20. White House secretary Hagerty said both speeches will be non political.
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Denver
Ins
Eisenhower
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Alfred E. Smith
New York
White House
James C. Hagerty
Nickels Flooding Couple After TV Suggestion
MT PLEASANT Mich UP Charles Deibel and wife Margaret began counting thousands of nickels mailed nationwide after Garry Moore urged viewers to send them because Mrs Deibel stands on her own two feet The Mount Pleasant post office has extra mail handlers as over 50 000 envelopes poured in The Deibels plan to save most of the money for their children education and face questions on whether the funds are tax free
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Mt, Pleasant
Mich
Charles Deibel
Margaret
Garry Moore
Deibel
Train
Mrs. Deibel
Moore
New York
Hope
Garry
Mount Pleasant
Imade
Eisenhower vows to defend vital U S interests world wide
President Eisenhower stated the United States will defend its vital interests wherever they arise but did not commit to including the Chinese Nationalist island of Quemoy in the policy. He described the National Security Council session as a consultative gathering to reaffirm policies while outlining no specific action.
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Denver
INS
Eisenhower
U. S
Quemoy
National Security Council
Western Pacific
Colorado
Dulles
Formosa
Nixon
Far East
America
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Worst Iowa Weekend Ends with 18 Traffic Deaths
Iowa Governor Beardsley called for round the clock enforcement of speed limits and highway safety laws after a record 18 traffic deaths over a two day weekend. State officials blamed reckless driving and mental lapses while detailing crashes near Denison Mt Pleasant and Decorah with victims including teens from Charter Oak Dunlap and Des Moines and families affected by the weekend toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Beardsley
Iowa
Denison
Mt. Pleasant
Decorah
Woman Sees Dead Grandfather in Indianapolis TV Image
In Indianapolis hundreds of detectives and onlookers watched Mrs. John Mackey insist the television shows a ghost image of her grandfather George 8. Shots. The image remains fixed whether the set is on or off and proves hard to erase. Police and electronics experts offered explanations of a burned-in network figure, while family members supported the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
John Mackey
Mackeys
Typhoon in Japan Routs Thousands
In Japan a violent typhoon carved a 300 mile wide path of death across the southern mainland. Kyodo News Service reports at least nine dead, eight missing and 5,366 made homeless as the storm lashed the region.
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Tokyo
Kyodo News Service
Father and Daughter Fined for Drag Racing in Davenport
A father Lawrence Wheeler and daughter June Wheeler were fined 100 each plus costs after a Davenport magistrate found them testing speed in late model cars. Police recalled 20 weekend auto accident fatalities as the judge warned them to consider safety. A third motorist faced reckless driving charges. Robert Heglund, 19, of Chicago was convicted of playing tag with a moving car.
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Robert Heglund
Chicago
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United Press Photo
Brownell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Communist Party
Kirke B. Lawton
Lawton
Camp Kilmer
N. J
McCarthy Subcommittee
C. George Anastos
Anastos
R. G. Whitehead
Today's Index
Inez Robb
Daa Sa
Pepe Epewene
C. R
Eden
Gale
Score
Hick
Chiang
Hale
William Knowland
United States
Sen. Knowland
U.N
England
Boone
Fort Dodge
Bedford
Marshalltown
Fort Madison
West Branch
Tipton
Independence
Anamoga
Monticello
Clinton
Jaycees
Ike
al Smith
FRA
Security Council
Gov
Pearl W. McMurry
McMurray
Philip E. Nemitz
Charter Oak
Atterbury Air Force Base
Ind
Jo Ann Hansen
Nemitz
Leonard Burr
Council Bluffs
Wayne Alleman
Omaha
Gary Baker
Dunlap
Norman Anderson
Mt Pleasant
Irmil Youell
Blanche McBroom
Iowa City
Japan
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