Exiled or deported Soviets gain amnesty in Moscow
The Soviet Presidium decreed amnesty reducing or cancelling sentences for citizens convicted of collaboration with the Germans in World War II. The measure also pardoned those exiled or deported for collaboration or who fled abroad, signaling a broad clemency move alongside Pravda statements calling for U.S. troops to leave Europe.
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Richard Kasischke
Moscow
Russia
Europe
Porkkala
Finland
Baltic
Communist Party
Pravda
Ander Way
Presidium of
The
Supreme Soviet
Bulganin says he lost 46 pounds in 40 days
MOSCOW AP Premier Bulganin announced at a Finnish embassy reception that he shed 46 pounds in 40 days through athletics. He joked about dieting while Khrushchev and Kaganovich reportedly gained weight, and Zhukov discussed wedding gifts from President Eisenhower for his daughter.
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Moscow
Bulganin
Finland
Paasikivi
Kekkonen
Urganin Wenl
Adenauer
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Kaganovich
Zhukov
Eisenhower
Maytag Meeting Set for Friday
This notice outlines an appeal to exiles and refugees tied to a Communist campaign urging citizens abroad to return. It details a decree granting four amnesty categories including immediate freedom for 10 years or less, halved sentences for over 10 years, freedom for those sentenced to exile or deportation for German army service, and cessation of investigations and trials of collaborators still prosecuted.
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Russia
Obituaries Mention Kegley Kempter Franks in Cedar Rapids
Multiple Cedar Rapids area obituaries note Jessie Higley Kegley dies at 93 on her Beverly Hills birthday. Surviving children include W H Kegley E A Kegley Jr and Katherine. Also listed are Mrs Henry Kempter died in Cedar Rapids. John Marion Franks of Rock Falls dies in Cedar Rapids with service details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Higley
Kegley
Jessie Higley Kegley
Cedar Rapids
Beverly Hills
Calif
W. s+. Kigley
E. A. Kegley
W. H. Kegley
Katherine
Kegley Earl
iFarmers State Bank of Marion
Farmers State Bank of Marion
Everett Ford of
Marion
Rites Tuesday At What Cheer For Mrs Fraser
Services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Whyte funeral home What Cheer for Mrs. William Fraser 24 killed by shotgun blast in St Louis. Former Virginia McKay daughter of William and Mrs McKay What Cheer. She worked in a St Louis attorney’s office and in What Cheer. Survived by husband two children parents five brothers and five sisters. Body arrives 1 15 p.m. Tuesday in What Cheer Burial at Sixteen Cemetery near What Cheer.
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Henry C. Kempter
Harold Drive
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Immaculate Conception Church
Clarence
Elizabeth Keefe
J. R. Erlacher
Irving Bealer
Lester Taylor
Hazel Murphy
Teahen
William H. Schulte
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Mser. Schulte
Wcoof Court
Cancer Fund
the Gazette
William Fraser
St. Louis
Whyte Funeral Home
Fraser
Virginia McKay
William McKay
What Cheer
Gene
Earl
Ralph
Maynard
North English
William McKay, Jr
Kestwick
Mildred, Kohan
Millersburg
Kath Cleen Hahn
Marengo
Done Lewis
Missouri
Morals case ends in suspended term for Cedar Rapids man
Cedar Rapids resident Glenn H. Smith, 39, pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and received a three month suspended jail term on good behavior. Judge J. E. Heiserman suspended the sentence, the date of offense cited as July 1954.
Salute to Eisenhower Dinners Planned Nationwide
The Republican National Committee will start its 1956 fund-raising with 100 Salute to Eisenhower dinners on January 20. G O P leaders hope the events energize President Eisenhower toward a re election run. Dinners occur simultaneously in major cities nationwide on the third inauguration anniversary, with at least one in each state and several in larger states. Proceeds support the GOP national, senatorial and congressional committees and state parties.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
G.O.P
G.O.P. National
Congressional
Shooting Death: Mrs Fraser Ruled Accident
In St Louis a coroner's jury found Mrs William Fraser 24 formerly of What CheerJa died in a shooting judged an accident. Her husband fired at what he believed was a prowler early Saturday, wounding and killing her as she woke the couple's home with two young children present.
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ST Louis
William Fraser
Matilda E. Popenhagen
Frank D. Miller
William A. Nelson, Jr
Popenhagen
Jack F. Roland
Margaret A. Kohl
David J. Roland
Derald I. Roland
Mr. Miller
Jessie
Nelson
George E. Nelson
Dorothy Bascom
John
Kyle Nelson
Dianna Nelson
Margaret E. Nelson
Nanna M. Nelson
Chrysler eyes a decade long expansion plan to boost production
Chrysler Corp announces a ten year growth program aimed at surpassing any prior industry expansion. President L. L. Colbert tells E. S. Banks the move could cost hundreds of millions, aided by a rebound after a 1954 market dip and strong 1955 sales projections. The plan covers five years completed and five more in tentative stages.
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Philadelphia
Chrysler Corporation
L. L. Colbert
Monlay
E. S. Banks
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Colbert Fraser
Chrysler
Taylor
Colbert
the Inquirer
Fishing Trip Ends in Misfortune Near Hales Bar
CHATTANOOGA AP Luth er Steele and his son Lloyd fished Sunday at Hales Bar but disaster struck. They forgot the tackle box, found the boat half full of water, and while the father bailed it out Lloyd accidentally shot himself in the foot with a .22 rifle.
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Chattanooga
Luther Steele
Lloyd
Hales Bar
More Talks Booked By Speakers Bureau
Four talks have been arranged for the coming week by the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Speakers bureau. Clarence McIntyre will screen films at a ZCBJ lodge meeting Tuesday at 8 pm in ZCBJ hall. Dick Clausen speaks on College Football at a Lions club gathering Wednesday in Springville Presbyterian church. Henry Denecke discusses What a Symphony Orchestra Means to a Community at an Optimist luncheon Thursday at 12 15 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel. Ed Herron will cover Arson Fires and Investigation at the Newhall school auditorium the evening of September 28.
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Cedar Rapids
Newhall School
Davenport Woman Pleads Innocent To Manslaughter
Mrs. Bowden, 54, charged with manslaughter in Davenport, signed a statement admitting she struck her husband with a one inch wood chisel during a heated car argument. Bowden, 63, was found dead from head wounds. bond set at 310,000. preliminary hearing continued. she seeks court-appointed attorney.
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Miss Nicklas
Western Union
Cedar Rapids
Lowther
Davenport
Broadway
Charles Bowden
Bowden
Iowa City
John Brennen
Congressman's punch marks clash over hot dogs in Chicago
Rep Boyle reports being assaulted while breaking up a quarrel between ex convict Thoren R Gentry and his wife Dora in their apartment. Gentry, 35, was later captured by police as a witness described threats. The incident coincides with a federal delegation visit debate on foreign delegations at the commission.
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Chicago
Gentry
Boyle
Helee
Uri
Ill
Thoren R. Gentry
Try
Dora
Philippines
Commission
Frank Engel
Federal Labor Department
Kansas City
Servce
Man Convicted in Newsman Slaying
In Singapore Chinese truck driver Ong Ah Teo was found guilty of taking part in the mob murder of United Press correspondent Gene Symonds during city riots after a bus strike and was sentenced to hang. S. Suppiah, an unemployed Indian youth accused with Ong, was acquitted.
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Singapore
Ong Ah Teo
United Press
Gene Symonds
S. Suppiah
Ong
Symonds
Backyard shooting leaves Ayers wounded in Cedar Rapids
George Ayers a 28 year old Cedar Rapids resident was shot in the back during an argument over which apartment entrance to use. Louis Davison 44 claimed the shooting was accidental and will face assault with intent to murder charges. Ayers was treated at Mercy Hospital then University Hospitals Iowa City where the bullet was removed and he remained paralyzed from the waist down.
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Davenport
Western Union
Daniel Lowther
Caneme
George B
Cleveland
Second Avenue SE
Cedar
Catherine Nicklas
Rapids
A. T
S. F
University
Pitals
Iowa City
Nea Snes Feeee Eet l
Freeport
Jil
He Kohn
Frank Ward
George Ayers
Louis Davison
Cedar Rapids
Twelfth Avenue SE
Davison
Ayers
Mercy Hospital
University Hospitals
University Hospital
Charles Wells
Mt. Pleasant
Sar Love
Fifteenth Street
Rhee Opponents Joining Forces Amid Legal Strife
In Seoul, political rivals of President Rhee form a single opposition bloc to challenge his Liberal party. The Democratic party alliance gathers 34 National Assembly members, aiming to unite against Rhee in the 203-seat legislature, backed by a Ford Foundation grant.
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Seoul
Rhee
Ford Foundation
Eee See
Democratic Party
National Assembly
Liberal Party
Tipton Man Killed In Tractor Crash
Howard Elmer Wood, 67, of Tipton, died after a tractor pulling a wagon left a country road. He suffered a fatal head injury. Survived by wife, two sons Loyd and Laverne, and daughter Mrs Melvin Pauls. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Sheets-Dahn Funeral Home. Burial in Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville.
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Tipton
Howard
Veoes
Elmer Wood
Im Sheets
Dahn
Rose Hill
Tery
Municipal
Howard Elmer Wood
Mechanicsville
Wood
Mr. Wood
Lisbon
Loyd
Laverne
Melvin Pauls
Sheets-Dahn Feneral
Commissioner Offers To Escort Delegation In Des Moines
An employment security commissioner offered to escort a Far Eastern delegation through the state employment service though the commission officially rejected the offer.
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Des Moines
State Employment Service
Polio Patient Admitted At University Hospitals Iowa City
R. Youth, Paul Brundidge of 1215 Nineteenth Avenue SW, admitted as polio patient Saturday to University hospitals in Iowa City. Condition listed as fair. Cedar Rapids health officials have no record of Brundidge's case. There have been 12 previous polio cases in Cedar Rapids so far this year.
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R. Youth
Iowa City
Paul Brundidge
Nineteenth Avenue SW
University Hospitals
Cedar Rapids
Brundidge
Iowa Council Studies State Expense Allowance Rise
The Iowa executive Council ordered a study of per diem for hotel and meal costs, after Bruce Stiles called $7 a day wholly inadequate and urged at least $10. The council asked Secretary Melvin Synherstana to study and report, while State Auditor Chet Akers urged letting department heads decide reasonable expenses, noting cost disparities between Cedar Rapids and Corning.
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State Council
DES Widines
Iowal Executive Council
Bruce Stiles
The
Conservation Commission
Melvin
Synherstana
War amputee killed in car crash in Effingham Illinois
Francois O'Donnell, 43, a double World War II amputee, died Sunday when his specially fitted car with hand controls rammed the rear of a semi trailer in Effingham Illinois. The accident involved a veteran known for his durable prosthetics. Police investigated the collision and details were released to the press.
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Effingham
Francois O'Donnell
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U. S
Sunda
Minneapolis
Bismarck
C. R. Weather
Gt. Mary’s Church
Monticello
Harley Stoneking
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Goettsch Funeral Home
Tama
Joseph Bohacek
Harrison Funeral Home
Columbus Junction
Henry Hall
Columbus City
Stephens
Funeral Home
Columbus
Csessassecessaece
Ceeeseac Ae Wien
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam No
McGregor
Dubuque
Keokuk
Mercy Thomas
Char
Sixth Street
Daugl
Lester
McNabb
H Eugene
Smothers
Edward
Ninth Street
Moessner
Ral Middle
O'Neil
Midh
North Liberty
Sph
Ael
St. Luke's Crawford
James
Twenty-fourth Street
Krueger
Lawrence
Andrews
Harod
Town City
Thoma
Lewis
Springville
Drouillard
Roy
C Avenue NE
Gorman
Harry, Jr
Jon R. Trimble
Bobette Horning
Wilson and Company
Michael Hennessey
Ida Swesey
Bowling Street
Harold Heintz
Carl Cooley
Kenneth
Coon
Elmer Vick
First Avenue
Donald Fairley
Hazel Hubert
Robert Shearer
Fruitland
Boulevard
Nick Nassif
Anamosa
Robert Dodd
James' Glenn
Olin
Virgil McConnell
Edge‘wood Road
Bernard Early
First] Avenue
Hattie
Ralph Hill
Kenneth Jones
Wendy Oaks Trailer Camp
Charles Horn
Third Avenue SE
Richard Roloff
Wilbur Werner
Paul Shields
Wayne Benally
Joseph Gasper
Iowa
Williamshoro
Andy White
Molotov
U.N. Assembly
New York
Geneva
Elkader
Willis Lewin
Elkport
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Osterdock
Witt Funeral Home
Waukon
A. H. Grossheim
Martin Funeral
Oelwein
Philip
Rechkemmer
Brant Funeral
Agnes Quinn
Sacred Heart Church
Rose Kocher
Brant
Ed Fell
Ludlow Township
Waukon Hospital
Ross S. Warner
Mahannah
Esther Ferguson
Johnston - Morgan
West Branch
Servea
Andrew J. Foraker
Friends Church
Morse
Socialist Society
Defense
West Union
Clarence S. Holmes
West Union Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Lessey
Dalen
Maytag
H.C. Kempter
John M. Franks
John Marion Franks
Rock Falls
Jack .Franks
Wilbur Franks
Sterling
Clarence Franks
U.S. Air Force
Turner Chapel
Wheelock and Son
Jasa Services
Charles J. Jasa
Ith Street
Eee
George B. “Doc
Donald Roege
Ihe
Schn B. Turner
Sor
Chrysler Aim
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Center Point
Walker
John E. Lapes
Vernon
Janeba
J. Street
S.W
Engel
Willis Glass- Igow
Peron
la Prensa
Uruguay
la Nacion
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Argentina
Eva
South America
Ministry of Labor
Llinoisan
Legion Head
Illinois American Legion
Fund For Republic
Legion
Searborn P. Collins
Irving Breakstone
Collins
Linois
Education For Freedom
Reakstone
Colins
Illinois
Fund For the Republic
Freedom
Beatty-Bearls
Cedar Rapids Loan CO
Merchants Bank
Peter F. Bezanson
Peter F Ressnsen
Sarre
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