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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1954

Page

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Segregation Restored in West Virginia Schools

White Sulphur Springs and nearby towns moved to reestablish segregation five days after a partial integration. About 25 Negro students returned under police protection to their own school as 600 protesting parents warned against attendance. Lewisburg officials ordered immediate separate schooling, transferring tentative Negro enrollments to Bolling High School. Demonstrations with hundreds of students occurred in White Sulphur Springs and Rupert, reflecting local resistance following a Supreme Court ruling.

Lewisburg D. D. Harrah Bolling High School Hfe Virginia Line Rupert Here U.S. Supreme Court West Virginia Board of Education Greenbrier Marion Barbour Marion County

Cedar Rapids Marion Chest Goal Set At 270 362

Cedar Rapids Marion Community Chest aims for 270 362 next month an increase of 1 9 percent over last year despite adding the Ellis branch YMCA The budget includes 10550 for Red Feather agencies and shows reductions to four agencies while maintaining health and welfare spending The campaign chairmen voice optimism and urge more volunteers to ensure a successful drive.

Cedar Rapids News Cedar Rapids-Marion Community Chest Ellis Branch Ymca Roosevelt Hotel Red Feather Marion Robert S. Gates Richard Miller Miller You

Collision ends with driver error suspected in Memphis

Memphis authorities reported a Monday crash at Lookout and Signal yards where drivers apparently failed to take proper action. Investigators described uncertain fault and noted no injuries were disclosed.

Memphis

Czechs Fire On GI Patrol

At Heidelberg the US border patrol reported being fired on by a Czech patrol. About 35 rounds were fired, no Americans were injured, though one trooper sprained an ankle leaping from a vehicle. The incident followed a Sept. 9 shooting near Hof as a refugee crossed the border.

Lichtenberg Hof

Golf Ball Triggers Four Car Pileup Near Washington

A wild golf shot from an unidentified golfer caused a four car collision on a roadway near Washington. Three people were injured and damage totaled about $1,000 as a ball bounced from a rock into a vehicle driven by Mrs. Fred Goings, triggering a chain reaction.

Washington Here Centemary Ao Ae Pel Fred Goings

Eleven-year-old takes surprise 15-cent voyage to Europe

Eugene Hart, 11, left his Brooklyn home with 15 cents for a subway ride and boarded the liner United States traveling to Europe. Discovered on the first day at sea, he remained aboard for the round trip under ship medical supervision and was met by his mother and an uncle on return.

New York Eugene Hart Europe Brooklyn Manhattan United States Hildegard Hart Vincent Recca

Bulgarian Executed Report From Corfu Telegraph

AP dispatch from Corfu reports a Bulgarian execution and notes related developments in Greek press coverage. Details remain sparse with limited quotes and a single confirming line from Athens.

Athens Corfu Aviv

U.S. Supply Ships Pass Up Quemoy

The Defense Department said arms for Nationalist China continue entering Formosa by American vessels for Chiang Kai-shek, but no deliveries to Quemoy have occurred. If there is a plan to land supplies on Quemoy, no orders have reached the Pentagon, and American ships are not docking at the island amid the war zone.

Washington China Formosa Chiang Kai-shek Defense Department Quemoy Pentagon Chiang

U.S. Seventh Fleet to aid Nationalists at Quemoy

The Herald Tribune cites a Washington dispatch that the administration ordered the Seventh Fleet to provide full logistic support to Chinese Nationalists defending Quemoy. The instruction allows for potential future more active U.S. involvement but is deemed adequate for the current military situation with Nationalist strength and U.S. supply support.

New York The Herald-Tribune Washington U. S Quemoy Jointers of Staff Office of Naval Operations

Quemoy Invasion Failing Is Hinted

A high ranking Nationalist officer said the 12 day air and naval battering of Red positions along the coast may have tolled a failed invasion. The report notes Chinese forces facing mounting pressure and uncertain success near Quemoy.

Quemoy Taipeh Formosa Ins

Originator of Horror Comics Cuts Them Out

William Gaines, publisher of horror comic magazines for youths, announced he will discontinue all such periodicals. He said the move aligns with American parental wishes and insists horror and crime comics do not influence juvenile delinquency. The firm will drop several titles totaling about 800,000 in circulation and publish a clean line of science, adventure, piracy and lampoon comics. He urged other publishers to follow.

Gaines

Dulles to Address Nation on Manila Conference

Secretary of State Dulles will report to the nation about the Manila conference and the Southeast Asia treaty in a 15 minute address Wednesday night. The speech will air on Dumont TV at 6 45 CST and kinescope on CBS. radio broadcasts by ABC NBC and Mutual begin at 8 15.

Washington INS Dulles Manila State Department Dumont TV Cone Broadcasting System American Broadcasting Company National Broadcasting Company Mutual Network S Radio

Plot on Ike By Puerto Ricans Told

NEW YORK AP A former Puerto Rican junta chief testified that Nationalists who planned the March 1 shooting in Congress also aimed at President Eisenhower. The witness Gonzalo Lebron Sotomayor testified at the sat sedition trial of 13 defendants led by Julio Gandia and Dolores Lebron.

New York Congress Eisenhower House of Representatives Gonzalo Lebron Sotomayor U.S Dolores Lolita Lebron Washington Lebron Sotomayer Julio Pinto Gandia Pinto Gandia Lebron Sotomayor Chicago United States Lawrence E. Walsh Nationalist Party Continental Puerto Rco Puerto Rico

Lifer Confesses to 1940 State College Coed Murder

Jack Ray, serving a life term in Oklahoma for a prior murder, confessed to killing Rachel Taylor in State College, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1940. Deputy Abner Dear said the case connected to a campus dope ring and involved a letter Taylor possessed. The revelation linked to a wider sequence including a Dallas gambler and related crimes, with investigations dating back years and extensive public interest.

Mcalester Okla Penn State Abner Dear Jack Ray Rachel Taylor Ray McAlester State Penitentiary George Good Cordell Taylor Oklahoma Dallas Herbert Noble East Dear Pennsylvania State College Keystone State Lemont School Shilow Church

Maine Sends Muskie to Governor as G.O.P. Holds National Edge

Maine voters backed Democrat Edmund Muskie for governor as Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the party’s Home delegation won reelection. Governor Cross lost amid local factors and Edna hurricane impact, while national contests in nine states shaped the early primary results for the November election.

Associated Press Seo N Ellen Muskie Burton M. Cross Maine Margaret Chase Smith Gazette G.O.P. House Robert Hale Senate Sen Smith House New York Rhode Island Edmund S. Muskie G.O.P Nixon Cross

Feminine Hurricane Names Retained Despite Protests

Washington says hurricane naming will stay feminine for now despite protests. Acting U S Weather Bureau chief Delbert Little cites unpredictability as justification and notes no change before the spring hurricane conference. He adds staff are auditing the warning system after Hurricane Edna and denies intent to offend.

Washington U. S. Weather Bureau Delbert M. Little Little Bureau

Eisenhower Urges Science Shift Toward Humanity

President Eisenhower warned against science focusing on weapons of terror and called for scientists to work for mankind's welfare. He spoke while dedicating a Bureau of Standards radio laboratory in Boulder Colorado to the benefit of humanity worldwide.

Boulder Colo Ins Eisenhower Bureau of Standards Radio America

Hickenloopers Welcome Twin Grandsons

Senator and Mrs Bourke Hickenlooper became grandparents for the third and fourth times with the birth of twin boys to their daughter Jane and her husband Russe Oberlin in Cleveland. The couple already has two daughters. The announcement came at 5 30 a m while the couple visited at 2232 Country Club Parkway SE, in the home of Mr and Mrs Harold J Rowe.

Cedar Rapids Bourke B. Hickenlooper Cleveland Jane Russe Oberlin Ckenlooper Harold J. Rowe Country Club Parkway SE

Temperature To Continue Cool In Eastern Iowa

Forecasters expect cool, cloudy conditions to persist in eastern Iowa through Sunday. Temperatures will run near normal with about a quarter inch of precipitation from scattered showers on Thursday and Saturday. Light showers occurred Monday night in north central Iowa. Last year a 30 degree frost touched Elkader briefly but caused no damage, with a 39 degree low in September and 71 degree reading later that day.

Iowa Des Moines Weather Bureau Elkader

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