Spies Snuck Toward Utah Air Base During A Bomb Crew Traning
Col. Paul W. Tibbets, commander at Wendover where the Enola Gay crew trained, said spies from two nations were arrested near the guarded base but did not enter it. He noted the incident involved only general area arrest and no access to secret information.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
Paul W. Tibbets
Enola Gay
Hiroshima
Wendover
Utah
Tibbets
Manhattan
Lberty
Pentagon
Air Force
Finletter
United States
Nevada
Prisoner Sues Railway for Million Dollars
Robert F. Poindexter of Omaha, serving 25 years for a Fort Madison bus station hold-up, sues Union Pacific Railroad for a million dollars. He alleges agent Fimmel beat him and coerced a false confession. petition filed in Polk County District Court after signing pauper’s oath, with $4 filing fee not submitted.
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Robert F. Poindexter
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Associated Press
Des Moines
Poindexter
F. A. Fimme
Railroad
Council Bluffs
Pondexter
Fimmel
Greyhound
Polk County District Court
Burke Cochran
Fort Madison
Decline in Federal Payroll for Fourth Straight Month
Washington reports another drop in the federal payroll in November as the Civil Service Commission says the executive branch shed 3,700 jobs to total 2,564,300 workers, the fourth consecutive monthly decrease.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Council Renews Insurance Policy With McDonnell Agency
The City Council renewed for one year its workmen's compensation policy with the E R McDonnell Agency at an estimated premium of 5541, similar to 1957 after payroll changes. Mayor Mulqueen said bids were not invited due to timing and injury risk, and City Manager McConnell noted a city insurance survey and record book will prevent future rushed renewals. Also declined Bartel sidewalk vacation, approved 2738 for a new garbage truck chassis by Erskine Motors for the sanitation department.
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E.R. McDonnell
James F. Mulqueen
JL. M. McConnell
McConnell
Lawrence Larson
Denis Bartel
Mulqueen
Bartelland
North First Street
Erskine Motors
City Sanitation Department
Former Burlington Mayor Dies at 47 in Nebraska
Verle McBride former mayor of Burlington from 1946 to 1948 died Monday of a heart attack in Columbus Nebraska while visiting for the holidays. He served as a lieutenant colonel in charge of military affairs at the University of Illinois at the time of his death.
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Burlington
Verle Mce Bride
Columbus
Neb
Colonai
Ilinsis
Chuckle Fellows Banter Amid Blonde Cocktail Exchange
In a playful overheard moment, a man asks Max to join a round while a blonde worries aloud if she is coming apart. The lighthearted exchange highlights casual banter at a social gathering.
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Blonie
Perky
Max
Blonde
Russians Plan Gigantic Radio Offensive in 1953
Allied officials report Soviet plans for a 1953 radio offensive in East Germany to block Western broadcasts. Aimed at silencing RIAS and BBC signals, the effort would deploy high powered transmitters from the Baltic to the Czech border, followed by propaganda broadcasts to Western Europe. Officials note RIAS is the most popular station among East German listeners and that a Communist scare failed to suppress Western broadcasts.
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Ronn
Germany
West
East Germany
America
RIAS
Berlin
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Baltic
Western Europe
Snow Likely on New Year's Eve
A damp New Year's Eve is in prospect for Southwest Town with a chance of light snow possibly mixed with rain. The system is expected to reach Iowa Wednesday night into Thursday with 0.10 to 0.20 inch accumulation. Temperatures will be near single digits to mid thirties with Friday or Saturday the coldest, and a five day outlook showing near normal averages.
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Iowa
Coventry Man Locked Up For Parking Fine Paid By Friend
Norman Pickering, a 47 year old Coventry motor engineer, faced a two pound fine for parking without lights outside his home. An anonymous friend paid the fine, sparking his anger as he had refused payment on principle and planned to serve a jail term. He staged a farewell beer party before police released him.
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Coventry
England
Norman Pickering
Pickering
Iha
Birmingham
Plane Production Cut Seen as Catastrophic
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force chief, warns that cutting back plane production now would be catastrophic for the United States. He notes Russia has built five times as many planes in the past five years and says the drive toward a 143 wing Air Force started 29 months ago has only reached halfway.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
U. S
Russia
Aircraft Industries Association
General Clark Boosts Points for Rotation
Gen Mark W Clark’s Far Eastern command raises rotation points for troops in Korea. Front line soldiers earn four points per month while nearby units gain three and rear-area troops two. Japan based families add one point per month. others receive 1.5 points. Disagreement with Washington and Pentagon pressure led to a late 1948 change after a December order to raise from 36 to 38 points.
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Tokyo
Korea
Mark W. Clark
U. S
Japan
Clark
Washington
Pentagon
To Discuss Merger Between AFL and CLO
New York AFL President George Meany says he and CLO President Walter Reuther have arranged a Washington meeting to discuss merger proposals between the two labor unions.
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New York
AFL
Beardsley Delays Judgeship Decisions After Year End
Des Moines Iowa Gov William S Beardsley stated he will likely delay appointing three judges until after January 1 One vacancy is on the Town Supreme Court where Justice H J Mantz of Audubon has resigned for ill health The other two seats await District Court candidates to fill vacancies from the deaths of Sherwood Clock Hampton and George A Johnston Creston The governor said he is preparing his budget message for the legislature.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Supreme Court
H. J. Mantz
Audubon
Sherwood Clock
Hampton
George A. Johnston
Creston
Rock Island to Open Cut-off Line in Summer
The Rock Island lines will open an 8.0 million cut-off between Council Bluffs and Atlantic next summer. The 11 mile relocation adds 35 miles of new track, bridges, and grading with a new freight yard at South Avenue in Council Bluffs. CGW tracks near Woodbury Avenue will be rehabilitated with centralized traffic control and one mile of new track to connect the east yard. This is the second of three major projects toward Denver, following the 1951 spring Denver cutoff and the completed east yard.
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Rock Island
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Associated Press
Chicago
Woodbury Avenue
South Avenue
Chicago Great Western
Woodbury Venue Bridge
McClelland
Great Western
Ithe Rock Island
East Yard
Deniver
Denver
Shugart Named to Iowa Development Commission
Marian L. Shugart, local insurance agent and former mayor, is appointed by Gov. Beardsley to the Iowa Development Commission, succeeding H. W. Schaller of Storm Lake who resigned in November. Shugart, 46, later served as Council Bluffs mayor and city councilman under the city manager plan. He graduates Cornell in 1928 and served in WWII. term on the commission runs to 1955. He lives at 195 Keeline Ave. and is a past state president of the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Marian L. Shugart
Iowa Development Commission
William S. Beardsley
Shugart
H. W Schaller
Storm Lake
Schaller
Council Bluffs
Western Europe Must Build Its Defenses Quickly
President-elect Eisenhower urged rapid defense buildup in Western Europe in a New Year message to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway. He reinforced his earlier views and supported Ridgeway’s demand for immediate improvements as Europe faces inadequate defenses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers
Europe
Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Ridgway
Chickens Talk in Codes Say Scientists
Alton L. Blakeslee reports that two scientists describe a cluck and squawk code among chickens. Using a spectrograph recordings show distinct frequencies for pleasure fear hunger and alert signals, with hens issuing calls to gather feed roost and warn of hawks.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
ST. Louis
Cluck and Squawk Call GOP Senate Caucus Des Moines
Des Moines reports Lt. Gov elect Leo Elther of Fertile says the Town Republican Senate caucus will likely be held Saturday January 10. He plans to issue the caucus call this week. The 46 member Republican Senate caucus will choose a president pro tem and a majority floor leader for the 1953 session opening January 12.
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Des Moines
Leo Elther
Fertile
Senate
Hegstrom Admits Sioux City Slaying
Philip M. Hegstrom, 48, a Sioux City real estate man, admitted the coffee mug slaying of his wife Ruth, 53, changing his plea from innocent to guilty. A Woodbury County grand jury had indicted him for murder, and Judge L. B. Forsling opened the hearing to determine degree. Eight witnesses testified as the state pressed for murder with no specified degree.
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Sioux City
Philip M. Hegstrom
Hegstrom
Woodbury County
L. B. Forsling
Ruth
Marine Decorations for Sen McCarthy
Washington Senator McCarthy received six decorations for World War II service from the Marine Corps eight years after his discharge. Col John R. Lanigan presented the awards in McCarthy’s office. The pilot flew 30 combat missions in the Pacific and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and four additional air medals. The awards were signed by Secretary of the Navy Kimball.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wls
Marine Corps
John R. Lanigan
Fifth Reserve Marine District
Pacific
U S to Deport Draft Dodger Rubinstein
Serge M. Rubinstein a Russian born financier and convicted draft dodger asked the U S District Court to block his deportation His lawyer filed suit seeking an order barring Attorney General Mc Granery from taking him into custody or deporting him Rubinstein who first drew attention as a Wall Street figure was to surrender Tuesday at Ellis Island by 3 p m or forfeit a 1000 bond Edward J Shaughnessy New York district immigration chief said the surrender was expected after a McGranery order set Monday in Washington for Rubinstein taken into custody on a deportation order filed last February
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Washington
Serge M. Rubinstein
U.S. District Court
Atty
Mc Granery
Rubinstein
New York
Wall Street
Jwho
Old Russia
United States
Edward J. Shaughnessy
Ellis Island
James P. McGranery
House
Roy M. Cohn
McGranery
Cohn
MecGranery
Charles Murray
Ross Malone
Myles Lane
U. S
U. N
Grand Jury Report Delayed Amid Politicized Draft Case
A federal grand jury report on a 1947 draft dodging conviction was held up by U S officials amid political sensitivities. Secretary of State Dean Acheson faced continued opposition from deportation efforts while Justice Department aides argued over delaying the report ahead of the presidential election.
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Washington
Rubinstein
Dean Acheson
United States
House
Immigration Service and Justice
United Nations Organization Department
fed/Department
Fed-1
United Nations
New York
Part of Flick coal and steel empire returned to Flick family
The American British and French high commissioners announced a plan to reorganize the Flick empire under the Allied program to break up big German trusts. The Flick properties had been controlled by the Allies since the war. The elder Flick has served a sentence imposed by a U.S. court on crimes charges.
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BOM
Germany
Flick Coal and Steel
Friedrich Flick
Flick
U.S
Clamp Restrictions on Dairy Products
The Agriculture Department restricted dairy imports to curb foreign competition that lowered prices for American butter cheese and dried milk. Over six weeks it bought more than 13 million pounds of butter and over a million pounds of cheese to support milk and butterfat producers, at a cost near 10 million dollars. The move followed requests from dairy producers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
General Offensive Warning Broadcast to Seoul Front
The Pacific Stars and Stripes reported red loudspeakers on the Central Front Monday night blared a warning that Communists will launch a general offensive on January 4. The alert framed as a North Korean advance threat and reflected wartime tension in Seoul and surrounding areas.
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Seoul
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Iowa Traffic Deaths Report for December 30, 1952
Brief item notes traffic fatalities recorded in Iowa on December 30, 1952 with sparse details. No full names or locations provided in the fragment.
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Iowa
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