Period of Totalitarian Rule Is Past
Chancellor Adenauer declared the period of totalitarian rule over Germans is past during a vast memorial in West Berlin near the City Wall. He praised the nine decades of freedom against Communism, urging Germans to remember those who died for liberty while noting bread shortages and martial law in Soviet zones.
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Penin
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Zone
Adenauer
Germany
Iroe
Beegan
Hnd
Sesiat
West Sea
West Fievlin
Strance
Cerpany
City Hall
Goebling
Giermans
Lolpelisy Drexden
Demuilé
Ksenach
Bultring
Olla Grotewahl
Berlin
Red Army
Senators Probe Dr Astin On Battery Additive ADX2
Washington lawmakers pressed Dr Allen V Astin of the Bureau of Standards Monday amid an investigation of Jess Ritbie’s AD X2 battery additive. Ritbie claimed the product can double a lead battery’s power, showing worn batteries, instruments, customer letters, and test histories to prove efficacy despite opposition from industry and researchers.
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Washington
Dr.Allen V. Astin
Bureau of Standards
Jess M. Ritbie
Senate
Ismail Business Committee
Astin
Secretary of Commerce
Double Lite Ritchie
Hiteme
Oakland
Calif
Elhums
Good Will Mission for Dr Milton Eisenhower
An article describes a goodwill mission involving Dr Milton Eisenhower. It mentions a trip to South America and a secret session held by a congressional committee. The piece references President Clark and a Supreme Court justice in a fragmented, bygone political context.
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Milton Eisenhower
Washington
Punalde Eisenhower
Milton Imiecehunt
South Washington
House
America
Judiciary
Missubpoena
Supreme Court
Seahower
Tom ¢. Clark
Pennsylvania State College
Kaiser and Son Defend Record in Senate Probe
Henry Kaiser and his son Mdgen defend their record as airplane builders amid Senate Armed Services inquiry into Kaiser contracts. Senator Pridges cites production costs for the C119 as five times higher than Fairchild Hine and Airrrnet. He says Kaiser’s Willow Run plant could have produced at lower cost elsewhere, estimating potential savings of 16 to 18 million dollars.
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Washington
Henry Kaiser
Mdgen
Sen. Pridges
Eneh
Senate Armed Services Subs
Kaiser
Tathersen
Fairchild Hine
Airrrnet Corp
Willow Run
Mich
Revolver Tourney Highlights Iowa Peace Officers Event
Nearly 200 Iowa police officers are expected to participate in the Sixth Annual Revolver Tournament hosted by the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police and Peace Officers at Camp Dodge. Chief Leo Afistor of Mason City defends as individual champion while Davenport's top team defends the team title.
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Des Moines
Towa Pelce
Towa Association of Chiefs of Police
Camp Dodge
Leo Afistor
Mason City
Davenport
Approve Spears Bow and Arrow for Rough Fish Take
Iowa officials approve spear and bow and arrow use to take rough fish from state waters May 1 through Oct 1. Rough fish include carp buffalo gar and quillback. Spearing legal year round on overflow Mississippi and Cedar River waters. Also permits sailing boats up to 16 feet on Rock Creek Lake and Creston Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coswe
State Conservation Commission
Okoboll
Payoffs Report Disappeared Says Senator Williams
Senator John J. Williams charged that an Internal Revenue Service report accusing public officials of taking payoffs from a Plattsburgh racketeer has vanished. He said Treasury and Justice officials reviewed it, then ordered it destroyed as too hot to handle. Williams faulted IRS Commissioner T Coleman Andrews for not fixing responsibility, citing internal resistance to exposing past officials.
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Washington (P
John J. Williams
R.-Del
Sanate
Internal Revenue
Pltsburgh
Treasury and
Justice Department
Williams
T. Coleman Andrews
Willams
Hancock Womar Dies in Crash in 1955 County Tale
Mrs Judd Miller 9 of Hancock died in a head on crash on Highway 6 near town. Delmar Borrutt 19 of Carson driven another car. his passenger Duane 16 treated for injuries. Miller daughter Marian 11 shaken but unhurt. Coroner says inquest not decided. Services set at Vieths Funeral Home Washta and Hancock Methodist Church with burial at Washta. Survivors include husband Judd two daughters Marian Elizabeth and two sons Lee and Paul.
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Oakland
Judd Miller
Mancock
Nowar
Miller
Polattumie
Pnon
Borrutt
Duane
Warrior
Hancock Methodist Church
Washta Methodist Church
Rosco Horvell
Quiraby
Washte
Vieths
Judd
Marian
Elizabeth
Lee
Pail
J. D. Burnell
Quimby
Beardsley Secures 357 Trailers for Sioux City Relief
Sioux City area relief plans receive 357 federal trailers for temporary housing.195 available immediately,222 to arrive in 1 3 weeks from Wachita Kansas City. Beardsley and Brig Gen Tandy traveled to Washington to speed aid for 12 Northwest Iowa disaster counties following earlier $100000 federal funding.
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Sioux City
Des Moines
Wiliam
Beardsley
Washington, DE
Sioux City Food
Wachita
Kan
Kansas City
C. Tandy
Washington
Iowa
Kiewit to Make Repairs on Ave A
Peter Kiewit Sons Construction of Omaha will repair breaks on Avenue A from Fourteenth to Thirty-seventh Street under a four year maintenance bond. Kiewit will handle repairs caused by defective materials or workmanship, while disputing liability for breaks from other causes. City Manager McConnell will review with Kiewit which repairs are city funded.
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Peter Kiewit. Sons Construction Company
Omaha
Tacaday
Avenue
Omah
Ly J. Strong
Kiewit
L. M. McConnall
Altorneys
McConnell
Avenue A
Strong
Letty
Review of Civil Service Jobs Bill Sparks Senate Inquiry
Washington Senator Monroney urged a Senate inquiry into plans by the Eisenhower administration to strip civil service protection from about 144,000 government jobs. Civil Service Commission Chairman Young said an executive order will review posts, including specialists added in 1947, to determine which positions might lose protection. Veterans are not expected to be affected. about 1,600 of roughly 8,000 government attorneys may be impacted. Monroney said Young should be summoned before the Senate Civil Service Committee for an explanation.
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Washington
Sen
Monroney
D-Okl
Plana
Eisenhower
Phillip Young
Civil Service Commission
Klaen«hower
Young
Truman
Senate Civil Service
Amei
Rhee Demands U N Security Pact For Korea Truce
South Korea’s President Syngman Rhee raised his price for a truce and rejected U N commands. He demanded a mutual security pact with the United States and the simultaneous withdrawal of U N and Chinese forces, warning he would pull his army from U N command if not met. The move drew sharp criticism from Lester B. Pearson and Winston Churchill as emissaries arrived from Washington to regain control. Rhee accused critics of inconsistency and warned of a potential “make believe” peace, saying U S soldiers could be fighting in America’s own backyard if talks fail.
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Clark
U. N
Rhee
United States
U. & Secretary of
Walter 8. Robertson
Gen. J. Lawton Collins
U.S. Army
Washington
Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
U. N. Assembly
Britain
Winston Churchill
U.N
U.S
Korea
Showers on Top Late Wednesday in Council Bluffs
Weather and engineers report pleasant conditions with highs near 93 on Tuesday and mid 80s through Friday. Thunder showers expected late Wednesday afternoon or evening and additional showers Friday night into Saturday. Missouri River level at Council Bluffs would have reached flood stage without Fort Peck and Fort Randall dams, which restrained the river to 11.4 feet Tuesday versus the June average.
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Council Bluffs
Army Engineers
Fort Peck
Montana
Fort Randall
South Rakota
Missouri
Cornell Bluffs
Tinninerrs
Council Bluffs Teadax Wold
Eisenhower Hosts White House Dinner Guests
President Eisenhower hosted a White House dinner Monday night for 422 John L. Lewis 216 and Bernard Baruch 12 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
John L. Lewis
Bernard Baruch
Hizzoner Trapped By Circumstantial Evidence In Water Debacle
Oklahoma City report depicts Judge Evert Crismore amid a chaotic scene when a lawn drought triggers a city water cutoff. The CIO Steelworkers negotiate a new contract as 16,000 workers seek wage gains, with talks highlighting a general wage increase and welfare improvements. Neighbors watched as a plumber fixed the valve while Crismore reflected on the incident and its implications for labor contract talks.
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Oklahoma City
Crismore
Pittsburgh
CIO United Ito
Water Department
Neto
Company of America
Evert Crismore
Oklahoma
Crismore Lawn
Dust Storms Threaten Southeast Colorado Cattle
Dust six feet deep blankets parts of Baca County in the Sutheast Colorado dust bowl. Governor Thornton plans a personal inspection next Monday after Rep. W K Burchfield warns cattle are starving as dust storms grow as severe as 18 years ago.
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Denver
Baca County
Colorado
Thornton
Sinte
W. KK. Burchfield
Northern Natural Gas seeks expanded supplies to 230 communities
Northern Natural Gas Co. of Omaha asked to raise daily gas delivery by 200 million cubic feet through its subsidiaries by Dec. 1 and to approve 300 million more in 1954-55. Hearings opened before North ern Power Commission examiner Ryane L. Hall as communities in Iowa and nearby states seek more gas, with listed towns including Waterloo Cedar Falls Newton Colfax Mitchellville Storm Lake Alta Aurelia Carroll Scranton Balrston Klemme Glidden Ackony.
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Washington
Northern Yatural Gas Co
Omaha
Northern
Penmjlin Basin Pipeline Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Ryaneig L. Hall
The
Power Commission On
Northern Natural
D. Li. Sedgwick
Marefketing
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Newton
Colfax
Mitchellville
Storm Lake
Alta
Aurelia
Carroll
Scranton
Rilston
Bayard
Klemme
Glidden
Ankony
Pension Board to Seek Lower Police Fire Pension Levy
The Fire and Police Pension Board plans a $4.95 tax levy cut for police and fire pension funds in the 1954 city budget. Secretary Harald Christensen announced after a Monday meeting, with taxes for 1954 set at $118,630 from $122,765. The board approved purchases of $95,000 worth of government bonds, bringing total holdings to $404,040, and named two new doctors to the medical review panel evaluating retired police captain F. Montgomery on disability.
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Fire and Police Pension Board
Police and Fire
Nanhual
Harald Christeneren
iPension Board
Christensen
Jen F. Montgomery
Jerom
Montgomery
U S Troops Replace South Korean Guards
U S troops have replaced all South Korean guards at mainland prisoner of war camps holding anti Communist Korean prisoners, the U WN POW Command announced Tuesday night. Anti Red prisoners are to be held at seven Allied camps and at the Pusan camp hospital No 2.
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Pysan
Korea
Cheju
Koje Island
Aled Stockades
Syngmian Rhee
Surprise Policy Change by Danes
Denmark's Social Democrats suspended plans for U S airmen and fighter planes to use Danish bases in a surprising policy shift. Party chairman Hans Hedtoft told a congress that under current conditions the offer should not be accepted, arguing it would weaken support for the Atlantic Pact. Elections are slated for next fall under the new constitution approved in May.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Social Democrats
U.S
Hans Hedtoff
Head on Collision Near Merced Involves Trains
MERCED CALIFORNIA A Santa Fe passenger train collided head on with a freight train near Merced on Tuesday. Three persons were killed and five injured in the crash.
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Merced
Calif
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