Broad buildup of air power by Red China
Eisenhower has intelligence on an extensive buildup of Chinese air power opposite Formosa. Secretary Dulles says the buildup is grave, broader and more capable than previously known, potentially affecting U.S. defense commitments. He noted the timetable hinting at possible attack plans near the Formosa Strait.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Formosa
United States
Dulles
China
Augusta National Golf Club
Robert B. Carney
Reds
Matsu Islands
Quemoy
Carney
Fortmosa Strait
Formosa Strait
Thunderstorms Forecast Across Southwest Town Tuesday Night
The region expects thunderstorms Tuesday night with partly cloudy daytime skies and highs near 80. Monday will be fair and mild with lows around 60. Weekend highs reached the upper 70s, with Cedar Rapids reporting the heaviest rain at a fifth of an inch. a late snowstorm affected California's Sierra Nevada with up to 18 inches in places. The Des Moines Weather Bureau issued a severe weather bulletin for eastern Iowa, warning of severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes from Wayne and Van Buren counties to the Mississippi River.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Midwest
California
Sierra Mountains
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Wayne
van Buren
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Westbound Milwaukee Freight Derails Near Panama
A westbound Milwaukee freight derailed near Panama Sunday night when a hot box caused sparks and a grass fire. Rear wheels left the tracks at about 5 p.m. dragging a half mile before stopping. Panama firemen extinguished the blaze and the train was back in service by 11 30 p.m.
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Panama
Milwaukee
Here
Chicago Hotel Fire Claims At Least One Life
A large blaze swept a Humboldt Park hotel on Chicago's West Side Monday triggering an extra alarm. At least one person died and several were injured as firefighters battled the flames.
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Chicago
Humboldt Park
Cornucopia Design Wins Iowa License Plate Slogan Contest
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Cornucopia Design chosen as winning entry from over 3,500 suggestions to replace The Corn State on Iowa license plates. John L. Stark of Cedar Rapids, an engineer draftsman, won a $100 savings bond for his entry.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John L. Stark
U. S
Famed Scientist Einstein Dies After Four Day Illness
Albert Einstein died at Princeton Hospital at 1 15 am after a four day illness. The 76 year old world renowned physicist made relativity famous at age 26 and was credited with opening paths to atomic energy by revealing that small amounts of matter yield vast energy. He shunned publicity and entered hospital Friday with only his intimates aware of his condition.
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Princeton
N.J
Albert Einstein
Princeton Hospital
Einstein
Formula For Success A Einstein Quote From Princeton
The article recalls Albert Einstein’s famed success formula A equals X plus Y plus Z with X work Y play and Z keeping silent. It describes Einstein as a premier theoretical physicist, notes his 1990 unified field theory work, and mentions his later life at the Institute for Advanced Study and his fame from relativity.
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Princeton
Albert Einstein
Emre Found Dead in Missouri Valley Home
Samuel Emre, 72, a retired railroad mechanic, was found dead Sunday inside his Missouri Valley home. Coroner Hennessey ruled natural causes with no foul play suspected. Son Charles discovered the body, and services are set for Tuesday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Caroline and children in Chicago and Modale.
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Missouri Valley
Samuel Emre
Harrison County
H. M. Hennessey
Everett Godenour
Hennessey
Emre
Charles
Vesk
Hungary
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Wallace Livers
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hardy- Walker Funeral Home
Caroline
Chicago
Modale
Elizabeth Kowalski
Helen Reisler
Paul Botos Sr
Don’t Score Here Frenzy Hits Town. Fatal Accident Injures
A newspaper note reports a fatal incident after a misread play in town. injuries and property damage are listed as authorities investigate the scene. Local officials advise caution as investigators sort the accident’s details.
National strikes widen as demand for settlement grows
The Associated Press report notes gains in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad dispute while Southern Bell workers remain stalled. In St Louis about 1500 Monsanto midnight shift workers walk out after contract expiry. New England textile mills vote to accept fringe cuts pending broader gains. Sperry Gyroscope CIO Local 450 approves a nine thousand three hundred workers walkout set to close Lake Success plant. Mediator selection remains disputed in the L and N standoff.
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Associated Press
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph. Co
St. Louis
John F. Queeny
Monsanto Chemical Co
International Chemical Workers Union
Boat Explodes on Wisconsin River Near Wisconsin Dells
Ten passengers including two children were splashed to safety after a speed boat exploded 100 feet from shore in the Wisconsin River. All suffered cuts burns or shock but none needed hospitalization. Pilot Harold Soma 26 treated for minor burns. Passengers Gerald Ardle and his wife from New Richland Minn Joseph Rothmeyer and his wife from Monona Iowa among the injured.
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Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin River
Harold Soma
Wade
Gerald McArdle
New Richland
Minn
Joseph Rothmeyer
Monona
Iowa
Act Of Sabotage Derailed Coal Train In Kentucky
Ten cars of a Louisville and Nashville Railroad coal train derailed near Central City Kentucky in what officials call a definite act of sabotage. Investigators say a switch at a siding was partly opened by a bolt driven between the rails.
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Central City
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Queen Star Mist Red Lady Returns Home After Three Years
Queen Star Mist Red Lady, a collie known as Queen, returns to the Chapman home on North 30th Street after three years away. She was found near the river, exhausted with burrs and sand, and recognized as the long-lost pet of Mary Lou Chapman, now in California.
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Queen
Bruce Chapman
N. 30Th St
Star Mist Red Lady
Chapmans
Mary Lou
Chapman
Footsore
Burr Jaden
California
Hamilton Denied New Trial in Second Degree Murder
Agnes Hamilton, 51, of Council Bluffs, was denied a new trial by District Judge Bennett Cullison after conviction for second degree murder in the shooting of her husband George, a Railway mail clerk, at their home. She was sentenced October 2, 1954, to up to 70 years in the Rockwell City reform school. defense had filed for a new trial nine days later and appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Agnes Hamilton
Council Bluffs
Bennett Cullison
Rockwell City
Cullison
Three Hurt After Mormon Bridge Crash injures three
Three persons were injured Sunday night when their car overturned on the Mormon Bridge about a mile east of the ridge. At Mercy Hospital Monday they were James Bahensky 21 Omaha driver left ankle good condition Norman Taylor 23 3535 W Broadway concussion back and arm abrasions Jerry Reynolds 21 2024 Avenue Ay back injury possible internal injury abrasions legs good condition Bahensky said he tried to avoid a collision as another car came from a side road causing the plunge. The 1955 model car was badly damaged. State Patrolman John Ebert Deputy Sheriff Ed Christen Sen aided the investigation.
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Mormon Bridge
Mercy Hospital
James Bahensky
Omaha
Norman Taylor
W. Troadway
Jerry Reynolds
Avenue
Bahensky
C. D. Eberly
John Ebert
Ed Christen Sen
Communism Under Fire At Conference
Fadhil Jamal Indonesia foreign minister denounced international Communism at the Asian African conference in Bandung drawing applause. Chou En Lai and Peiping officials sat stern faced as Jamal called Communism a materialistic religion that breeds hatred among classes. Nehru’s Indian delegation listened in silence to the warning that Communism is a new form of colonialism.
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Bandung
Indonesia
P—Traq
Fadhil Jamal
Red China
Chou Fn- Jai
Peiping
Jamal
Turkey
Open houses at governor’s mansion cancelled for chicken pox
DES MOINES Gov Leo Hoegh cancels all social events at the governor’s mansion this week to protect his daughter Jamis Hoegh, six, who has chicken pox. Normally open houses occur Tuesdays and Thursdays but were halted to keep things quiet.
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Des Moines
Governor's Mansion
Jamis
Leo Hoegh
Iowa Farmers Welcomed to Soviet Agricultural Exchange
Academician Nikolai Tsitsin predicts a warm Soviet welcome for Iowa farm delegations visiting the USSR to learn Iowa-style corn-hog farming. Soviet officials and press urge exchange of livestock and agricultural experts, promising mutual benefit and a 1955 agricultural exhibition host welcome.
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Richard Kasischke
Moscow
Iowa
Soviet Union
Nikolai Tsitsin
Ussr
Tsitin
Russia
Communist Party
Nikita
Khrugichev
Sem
Soviet Resiey
T'sitsin
Pyotr Svechnikov
Supreme Soviet
The
Czechoslovakia
Academician Tat
Sin
United States
Iowa Farmer Exchange
Ting
Hwang
Fowa
Visi
Legislature Defers Farm Bureau Divorce Bill Again
In Des Moines the House deferred the Senate bill to separate the Farm Bureau from the Extension Service for a final time. The deferment passed 64 to 33 with Rep. Pim and Rep. Kuester backing the move. The plan would fund 100 county extension councils via a property tax up to 20,000 dollars yearly, separate from Farm Bureau units.
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DES Moines
Senate
Farm Bureau
Extension Service
House
Rep
Pim
Rlucas
Kuester
R-Griswold
Agriculture Berson
Benson
Hoegh
Halts Work On Bridge Project After Picket Scuffle
Work on the Ak- Sar-Ben Bridge repair was halted after a picket scuffled with a Jensen Construction Co. driver from Des Moines. Ewald Jensen ordered his crews off site and plans to seek a temporary injunction in Douglas County Nebraska. The dispute centers on wages amid union-card demands. Jensen cites open-pay policy. Sheriff and deputy assisted, stating no Nebraska jurisdiction.
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Ak- Sar-Ben
Jensen Construction Co
Des Moines
Ewald Jensen
Douglas County
Nebraska
Iowa
R. Kent Martin
State Line
Towa
Sherff Gay Studke
A. H. Carter
Jensen
Approve Funds For 12 Guard Armories
A bill approved by the House unanimously would authorize 487600 dollars for new National Guard armories in 12 cities including Ottumwa Spencer Knoxville Audubon Perry Ida Grove Charles City Storm Lake Le Mars Glenwood Marshalltown and Sheldon, with most for construction and a portion for equipment and repairs.
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Des Moines
National Guard
House
Senate
Ottumwa
Spencer
Knoxville
Audubon
Perry
Ida Grove
Charles City
Storm Lake
le Mars
Glenwood
Marshalltown
Sheldon
Wiley Not Included In 'Damn' Republicans
In a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Monday former President Truman rejected the term damn Republican while shaking hands with Senator Wiley of Pennsylvania. The incident occurred as Wiles, ranking Republican on the committee, greeted the former president and was heard to remark about four damn Republicans.
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Washington
Len Wiley
Pwrs
Truman
Wiles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chamber Drive Set For Tuesday By Local Chamber Clubs
Spark Plug and Contact Clubs of the Chamber of Commerce launch a one day membership drive Tuesday. Howard Bessire says the group hopes to recruit 30 new members and push the total beyond 105. The chamber aims to reach 1,000 members by year’s end.
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Chamber of Commerce
Howard Bessire
Senate Set To Debate Revenue Measures In Iowa
The Iowa Senate tangled over timing for two revenue bills the omnibus income tax and a gasoline tax rise. After objections to immediate action, the income tax bill was set as a special order for Tuesday morning while the gas tax proposal was slated for debate afterward. Senate members argued over amendments and scheduling before the final decision to proceed with the income tax measure first and then the gas tax.
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Des Moines
Senate
Sen
Lucas
Madrid
Byers
Marion
Dkyfrouse
Rock Rapids
Schroeder
Davenport
Lynes
Plaim
Dewel
Iowa House Passes Seven Appropriation Bills
The House approved seven appropriation bills including a $400 000 yearly funding for the State Sod Conservation Committee and county soil districts, with $330 000 currently available and the governor’s recommendation at $550 000. A House resolution sent four legislators to an April 6 atomic test in Nevada. Amendments to the bill require counties to cover minor child care costs at Woodward and Glenwood state schools.
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House
Senate
Sod Conservation Committee
Nevada
Hanson JR Inwood
Verniver
Watson
R-Council Blaftis
Walter
R-Beaman
Counhes
Woodward
Glenwood
Chuckle on fashion era temptations and resolve
A humorous take notes that modern fashion with low-cut gowns tight waists shorter skirts and sheer stockings tests a man's willpower to look a woman in the eye.
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