Adenauer Confident of PW Return From Moscow
West German Chancellor Adenauer, returning from Moscow, voiced confidence that Premier Bulganin will release Germans held in Russia. He described discussions on German Soviet relations, prisoner repatriation, and future talks while reaffirming commitment to NATO and WEU. He noted 9626 Germans held as war criminals will be processed, some amnestied.
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Bonn
Adenauer
Bulganin
Russia
Moscow
West Germany
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Bonn-Cologne
Germany
Bundestag
Supreme Soviet
North Atlantic Alliance
Western European Union
NATO
WEU
Holding
St Germany
Chicago Daily News worker shot dead by ex employee
In Chicago a former Chicago Daily News employee shot and killed mailing room foreman Henry George age 45 then vanished. Police searched the riverfront area for Mike Morabito 28, who had appeared in the News press room shortly before the shooting. Morabito left after a note from a union official. George leaves a widow and two children.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Henry George
Daily News
Mike Morabito
Morabito
News
Louis Roberts
Mailers’ Union
Edward Miller
Mike
Roberts
Advance Chest Drive Opens Thursday in Cedar Rapids
The 1955 Cedar Rapids Marion Community Chest campaign will kick off with a Thursday luncheon at the Montrose hotel led by Chairman Robert J. Thiel. Industrial and pattern gifts divisions begin Monday, with special gifts kickoff Friday September 23 at the Roosevelt hotel. General Chairman Norman Lipsky cites an $300,686 goal and notes volunteers work without pay while urging broad support to fund Red Feather agencies.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert J. Thiel
Commercial Advance Gifts
Cedar Rapids-Marion Community Chest
Montrose Hotel
Montrose
Industrial Advance Solicitors
Pattern Gifts
Special Gifts
Roosevelt Hotel
Norman Lipsky
Marion
Red Feather
C. C. Birr
F. James Bradley
Kenneth Erger
Craig Huston
James Man
J. O. Sheets
W. R. Shuttleworth
al Siemke
Keith E. Stapleton
Dick Thweatt
Bob Tilden
L. Owen Tisdale
John B. Walters
Erwin Wasta
Carl White
Robert F. Wilson
Cumberland Gap Becomes 181st National Park Service Area
Washington AP reports Cumberland Gap National Historical Park completed legal authorization since 1940 and on Wednesday formally joined the National Park Service as the 181st area.
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Washington
Cumberland Gap
National Park Service
Quake Shakes Parts of Los Angeles No Damage Reported
An earthquake hit parts of metropolitan Los Angeles on Wednesday. It appears to be a minor local shock with no damage reported and no injuries mentioned.
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Los Angeles
Allis-Chalmers And Union Agree On New Contract
Cedar Rapids plant workers receive immediate wage boosts of 12 to 18 cents an hour after signing a three year labor pact with Local 116 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union. The agreement adds future raises, enhanced unemployment benefits, a new vacation and holiday plan, higher pensions and expanded group life insurance, plus a 5 percent general wage increase for salaried staff retroactive to Sept 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Allis-Chalmers
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
W. G. Gates
French seaplane crashes in Cameroon killing 15 aboard
In Brazzaville officials report a giant six engine French seaplane crashed in Cameroon jungles. All 15 people aboard are dead. The accident details remain sparse as investigators begin to assess the wreckage and identify victims.
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Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Cameroon
Marine cookery whiz wins 64 000 on The $64,000 Question
Marine Capt. Richard McCutchen, 28, epicure and cookery expert, wins CBS TV’s The $64,000 Question. He and his father, a retired navy captain, provided the expert answers. McCutchen, a Worthington, Ohio resident, is a naval reserve instructor at Ohio State and veteran of World War II, Korea, Japan and Europe.
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NEW York
Richard McCutchen
Chateau Yquem
Bordeaux
Sauterne
Madeira
McCutchen Wins Big on 64,000 Question Describe Menu
McCutchen, a Marine captain with a wife and three daughters, earned about 35 000 after taxes and plans to save it. He described seven Buckingham Palace menu items at a 1939 dinner for the French president and wife, then chose cooking as his category and said he will invest the winnings. He stayed in the marines and relied on his father as adviser in the decisive moment.
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Carl A. Sanderson
Morabito
Los Angeles
George
McCutchen
Buckingham Palace
Hal March
I McCutchen
Baseball Expert Myrtle Power Wins $16,000 Seat
Myrtle Power a 70 year old contestant from Buford Georgia reached the $16 000 level on Tuesday night by correctly answering a baseball query She will return next week to decide whether to settle or try to double her winnings The widow and Brooklyn Dodgers fan named the five American League batters Carl Hubbell struck out in the 1934 All Star game They were Lou Gehrig Babe Ruth Joe Cronin Jimmie Foxx and Al Simmons.
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Myrtle Power
Buford
Brooklyn Dodger
Carl Hubbell
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Joe Cronin
Jimmie Foxx
al Simmons
Fire Fatal to Three Children in Bloomfield Basement Home
Bloomfield Nebraska AP report details the deaths of Susan Glanzman age 5, Mike 4, and Patty 2, grandchildren of Fire Chief Glen Glanzman, in a basement fire early Wednesday. Their father Marvin Glanzman, awoke to smoke while waiting for Mrs. Glanzman from bowling, attempted to rescue the children before collapsing.
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Bloomfield, Neb
Glen Glanzman
Susan Glanzman
Mike
Patty
Marvin Glanzman
Woman Dies in Flaming Crash of Car and Gas Tank
A Woodward woman, 41, Mrs Vern Neal, died minutes after a crash on highway 64 near Dallas Center when a car driven by Mrs Thomas S Cooper, 35, struck a gasoline tank trailer. Cooper survived with critical injuries. the 6,000 gallon tanker burned, witnesses described a long flame, road damage, and firefighters prevented spread to fields.
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Dallas Center
Woodward
Vern Neal
Thomas S. Cooper
Des Moines
Highway 64
Woodsward
Prather
Scott Transportation Company
Oskaloosa
Home Loan Bank Curb Is Ordered
Washington AP The 11 federal home loan banks were directed to impose immediate restrictive action on lending operations. The move targets about 4,200 member savings and loan institutions as part of broader credit tightening efforts. Board Chairman Walter W. McAllister said banks must urge members to follow loan programs aligned with repayments from savings and loan borrowers.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Banks
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Walter W. McAllister
Godfrey Faces Fresh Air Safety Probe Over Flight Near Ozark
Arthur Godfrey denies any danger after a Civil Aeronautics Administration inquiry into a Chicago Midway takeoff incident. A complaint alleges his DC-3 passed too close to an Ozark Airlines plane, prompting review of possible flight-rule violations. Godfrey recalls a prior six month suspension for buzzing a Teterboro tower.
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Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Godfrey
Ozark Airlines
Chicago
Midway Airport
CAA
Teterboro
N.J
Champion Ticket Donor. Has Field Day with Driver
In Chicago a noisy muffler drew Motorcycle Policeman Jack Muller, famed for issuing traffic tickets, to a scene with Gerald Poole. Poole, 37, and his wife Regina, 26, faced tickets for no license and noisy vehicle as events led to a jammed gear shift and a collision near a nightclub district. Poole’s wife was lightly injured. a doorman, Ray Myers, 41, was taken to hospital as a precaution. Poole faces charges and a court date on October 21.
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Chicago
Gerald Poole
Jack Muller
Poole
Regina
Muller
Police S Department
Pooles
Ray Myers
Myers
Loop
Longshoremen End Protest In New York Airing Grievances Plan
New York's longshoremen called off a pro test strike after a meeting of over 5,000 dockers approved airing grievances before a citizens committee. The plan ends a multi million dollar cargo tie up affecting East and Gulf Coast ports. ILA President Bradley supported the plan and ports including New York, Boston, and Hampton Roads began returning to normal as Manhattan DA opened a legal review into possible violations.
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NEW York
Gulf Coast
Citizens’ Committee
International Longshoremen’s Association
Waterfront Commission
Washington
ILA
James F. Murray
New Jersey
William V. Bradley
St.Nicholas Arena
Bradley
Boston
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
Lone Forms New Tropical Storm East of Puerto Rico
A tropical storm named lone formed in the Atlantic and was located about 320 miles east of San Juan and 1 400 miles southeast of Miami. Winds were near 65 to 70 mph and it was expected to strengthen toward hurricane force as it moved west to west-northwest, threatening the northern Leeward Islands and potentially the U S mainland.
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Miami
Atlantic
Lone
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S
Hilda Weakens Over Cuba After Fierce Winds
Hurricane Hilda drifted over Cuba’s south coast with 75 mph winds, battering eastern peaks up to 8000 feet high. The weather bureau warned it could regain strength over open water. Santiago, Cuba reports heavy rains and strong winds with no casualties yet though streets flooded and some telephones out.
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Miami
Hilda
Cuba
U. S
Weather Bureau
Santiago
Warm Weather Returns to Iowa
Eastern Iowa enjoys 80s as a heat peak with Cedar Rapids reporting 89 degrees after a Tuesday high of 71 and a 2:30 pm reading. A cold front moves southeast across the state with limited impact while scattered showers may reach the south and northeast Thursday. Rain totals include 0.91 inches in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday plus 1.48 inches earlier.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Birth of Son Is Fatal for Father in Italy
Exultant father Leandro Ghimello, 30, rushed to share news of his newborn son but tripped on stairs and died of a skull fracture. The accident followed the birth at a Bolzano hospital where the celebration turned tragic.
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Bolzano
Italy
Leandro Ghimello
Coastal boat sunk after heavy swell near Lisbon
A Portuguese coast fishing vessel was swamped and sunk by a heavy swell on Wednesday. All 21 crew members are reported drowned by the owners, marking a fatal maritime disaster with no survivors.
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Lisbon
Portugal
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