St Luke's Cleared in Injury Suit
St Luke's hospital was cleared of a $100000 lawsuit by a federal court jury after deliberating three hours and five minutes. Ruth Evelyn Waterman of Arlington Heights alleged improper care while a mental patient on Sept 6 1952 causing a spinal injury. The defense argued the injury resulted from electroshock treatment by a private physician. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant on the fifth ballot.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Illinois
Lee McNeely
Henry N. Graven
Ruth Evelyn Waterman
Arlington Heights
Ill
Waterman
William M. Dallas
W. Sandoe Jordan
Harry E. Wilmarth
C. W. Garberson
Wendell Waterman
Lou Blair
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Robert M. Wray
Wray
Ex Prisoners of War Allege Army Torture Tactics
Twenty two former Korean prisoners of war at Fort Devens claim Army investigators subjected them to mental duress similar to Red camp methods while awaiting possible court martial. The men, many hospitalbound, say they faced secrecy and inadequate legal counsel as probes neared charges of murder, assault, spying, and Red propaganda. The army reports about 35 ex PWs face varied charges, with more than 200 originally investigated and many dismissed as not guilty of willful misconduct.
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Fort Devens
Mass
INS
Korea
Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Governor’s Island
N. Y
Red
Vincent A. Harrold
American Prisoners of War, Inc
Washington
Pws
Davis Cleaners Breakin Suspect Nabbed and 5 Sought
A Cedar Rapids youth, Thomas Tucker, 20, was arrested Friday after allegedly taking part in a Davis cleaners break in. He reportedly signed a statement implicating four family members and a fifth person. Warrants issued for Rylan Bynaker, 18, Joan Bynaker, 14, Sonny Bynaker, 15, Beverly Bynaker, 21, and Betty Harvey, 18, who are believed to be in the Baltimore area. The Sept. 14 burglary yielded a 16 by 20 inch safe containing 467.30. Tucker faced municipal court arraignment and was held on 1500 bond.
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A Rapids
Davis Cleaners
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Tucker
Thirty-sixth Avenue
John Hanna
Tucker
Charles Benesh
Iss
Rylan Bynaker
Joan Bynaker
Sonny Bynaker
Beverly
Alias James) Bynaker
Betty Harvey
Baltimore
Prowlers
Group Meeting on Legion's Building Suggests New Site
Cedar Rapids officials and civic leaders debated relocating a veterans memorial and American Legion facility. A $40,000 offer seeks to buy a Greene square strip for a parkade, with a plan to keep Fourth Avenue open and move the memorial to another site if needed.
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Legion
Cedar Rapids News
Fourth Avenue SE
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Fourth Avenue
Greene Square
Veterans Project
Veterans Memorial, Inc
William Culver
Memorial and Legion
E. A. Prochaska
Fiveman
City
Fifth Street
Fourth Street
Sinus Trouble Forces McCarthy Campaign Cancellations
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin canceled three campaign speeches due to a sinus ailment. He was treated at Bethesda Naval Hospital and will avoid public speaking while under medical care. The venues were Omaha Iowa Illinois suburbs Bloomingdale and DuPage County.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Omaha
DuPage County
Ill
Bloomington
Ichard O’melia
O’melia
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Smuggling Ring Trick Exposed by Book Patrolling
In Indianapolis USS Kustom officials spotted a book bound for Argentina with a secret compartment and suspected an international smuggling ring. The apparent ring turned out to be a boy sending 50 pieces of bubble gum inside a copy of The United States at Work.
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Indianapolis
USS
Kustom
Argentina
United States
Ork
Air Force General Looks Ahead to Church Career
Brig. Gen. Lester J. Maitland, 55, WWII veteran and former commander at Clark Field, says by next year he hopes to serve as an Episcopal deacon in the upper Michigan peninsula. He describes a growing urge to dedicate his life to God after 30 years in the military and public service and sees ministry as a fuller way to serve.
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Seattle
Lester J. Maitland
Clarkfield
Philippines
Japan
U.S
Bomber Command
Europe
Upper Michigan Peninsula
The
Association of State Aviation Officials
Maitland
Air Force
Albert Hegenberger
Honolulu
Pacific
Atlantic
Eisenhower Pushes Two Taft Hartley Revisions
President Eisenhower told AFL delegates in Los Angeles he will push two changes to the Taft Hartley Act in the next Congress. He wants to allow economic strikers to vote in NLRB elections and remove the non Communist affidavit signing requirement for union leaders. He warned he may limit action to these points if needed. AFL leaders praised him but criticized him for omissions and pledged sympathy toward organized labor.
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Los Angeles
Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor Convention
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Organized Labor
Senate
Meany
AFL
Shooting at U S Consulate in Pusan Targets U S Staff
Unidentified assailant fires a bullet into the U S consulate building in Pusan missing Vice consul Gordon Mott by a foot. U S Ambassador Briggs informs Premier Pyun who orders steps to capture the shooter as guards are posted around the consulate and residences. Ballistics indicate a small caliber rifle or carbine likely fired from a rise about 75 yards away.
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Seoul
INS
U. S
Pusan
Gordon K. Mott
U.S
Ellis O. Briggs
Y. T. Pyun
Briggs
Mott
U. S. Army Criminal Investigation Department
Dow
ROK
Dana Russell
U. S. Information Service
Charles P. Borrel
Jin Pusan
Borrel
Pyun
Fire Ravages West Los Angeles County Suburbs
A rampaging brush fire in CHATSWORTH California described as one of the worst in Los Angeles county history burned 21 homes and forced evacuations of scores of residents on Friday.
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Chatsworth
Calif
Los Angeles County
Senate set to reconvene on McCarthy censure report
Senate leaders Knowland and Johnson announce a November 8 return to consider the McCarthy censure report after the election. Five volumes of testimony will be available Monday, with aims to keep debate away from pre election tensions and ensure full attendance. The House will not be recalled.
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Oakland
Calif
INS
Senate
Knowland
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Johnson
Texas
Californian
Watkins
Utah
Theenate
House
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Steel Union Bars Reds at CIO Convention
Delegates at the CIO United Steelworkers convention amended the junior constitution to bar Communists from membership. President David J. McDonald backed a federation of unions, while John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers urged action with steel, yet withheld support for a full merger of CIO, UMW, AFL and railroad brotherhoods amid sharp criticisms.
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Atlantic City
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
McDonald
Steeland
UMW
AFL
Railroad Brotherhoods
Lewis
Vishinsky Seeks Fast Track on Peaceful Atom Plan
At the U N Steering Committee meeting United Nations New York the committee unanimously endorsed studying the U S proposal to develop atomic energy for peaceful uses. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky asked that the issue be reported to the General Assembly and noted he would have his own ideas on creating an international agency for peaceful atomic energy. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge cautioned that actions speak louder than words.
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United Nations, N.Y
Russia
U. N
U. S
Andrei Vishinsky
General Assembly
Vishinsky
Henry Cabot Lodger
It Was Case for Boss Not Police
Police surrounded a downtown building after a man crawled in through a basement window during a long department store strike. A search found the man claiming he had gone out for coffee and returned to work to avoid his boss.
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Pittsburgh
Genuine Football Weather Forecast
Iowa forecasts cool but fair weather for Saturday. Scattered showers early will clear by kickoff as the Hawkeye football team faces Michigan State with partly cloudy skies and a moderate north wind. Highs near 77 and overnight lows around the high forties.
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Iowa
Hawkeyes
Michigan State
Night football sequence captured at Wilson Roosevelt game
Gazette staff photographer Carl Franks shot a seven picture sequence at Thursday night’s Wilson Roosevelt football game using a Foten high speed camera. Exposures ran about 1/250th second with no photoflash, 35 mm film, and an F 2.8 lens, aided by new developing methods.
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa
Gazette
Carl Franks
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