Nixon as three-man asset to Eisenhower in White House
Editorial views Vice-President Richard Nixon acts as a deputy and go-between to Congress, chairing meetings, shaping policy, and projecting diplomacy after a 45,000-mile Far East tour. The piece notes his rise alongside Senator Knowland and hints at 1956 presidential considerations in a Republican era.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Richard Nixon
Dick Nixon
Ike
Eisenhower
National Security Council
White House
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Senate
Taft
Knowland
Ohio
Far East
Dulles
United States
Japan
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Burma
India
Nehru
Philippine
Magsaysay
Pakistan
1956
Capitol Hill
Facing Facts On Segregation and State Plans
Ralph McGill argues in the Atlantic Constitution that legal segregation is ending or should end across Southern states. He notes shifts in education and employment, the clash with Christian ethics, and the secular belief in inferiority, urging legislatures to prepare gradual noncoercive changes without violence.
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South Carolina
George
Mississippi
Virginia
Alabama
Ralph McGill
Atlantic Constitution
Peace by Deadlock in Korea
The piece argues peace by standstill as Eisenhower withdraws two U S Army divisions from South Korea, signaling continued division and dissuading major new war. It notes North Korea’s defensive buildup and a possible renewed but limited search for talks, with emphasis on South Korea’s growing self reliance and US restraint.
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Korea
Eisenhower
South Korea
North Korea
All Korea
Syngman Rhee
United States
Washington
Dr. Rhee
Christmas Visiting Highlights From Local Households
Mrs. Paul Torrence of Savanna Ohio spends Christmas with her mother Mrs. Catherine Hartman. Mr. Torrence joins on Sunday. Ervin Thompson of Oxford Jaunctson guests in Hei Schoon home. Junior Hahn visits grandparents Lloyd and Mrs Pickett. Paul Knipe Becky Christmas with Emil Schroeder family at Wilton Junction. Mardorf family hosts Leslie Mardorf’s first birthday dinner. Jerry Blayney visits Clifford Kidwell home in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Torrence
Savanna, OH
Catherine Hartman
Mr. Torrence
Mrs. Torrence
Mrs. Ervin Thompson
Oxford Jaunctson
Junior Hahn
Alva Hahn
Manchester
Mrs
Lloyd Pickett
Paul Knipe
Becky
Emil Schroeder
Wilton Junction
Donald Tobiason
George E. Mardorf
Richard Mardorf
Leslie Mardorf
Jerry Blayney
Anamosa
Clifford Kidwell
Karen Kidwell
Weekly Column Cartoonish Monticello Notes And Oddities
The editor recounts Leo Cabalka leaving a burning Monticello country club with golf clubs after retrieving them for winter, a coincidence with the fire crew arriving, and a quip about Marilyn Monroe calendars. It also covers local humor about New Year plans, turkey overabundance, pinochle battles, Hopkinton car costs, and a weather quip.
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Leo Cabalka
Monticello
Leo
Fire Department
Advertisement text compliance note in old paper
An advertisement note states that any free prize offer must include the official disclaimer about eligibility and no payment required. It specifies the merchant and newspaper as Hable and references postal lottery law violations.
Christmas weekend guests listed for multiple homes
Christmas weekend guests in the Merle Jacobsen home included Carroll Schneider and Jack and Terry of Cedar Rapids along with Richard Greim of Moline Nettie Jacobsen and Jeane Hoult of Iowa City. At the William Holmes home guests were Flora Bowers and family Cascade Chris Hennig and daughters Cascade Ervin Bohlken and family and Pfc Lawrence T Holmes Fort Sheridan Ill. William Burlage has received a medical discharge from the air corps after 14 months of service and a three month hospital stay in Denver Colo.
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Merle Jacobsen
Carroll Schneider
Jack and Terry
Cedar Rapids
Richard Greim
Moline, Ill
Nettie Jacobsen
Jeane Hoult
Iowa City
William Holmes
Flora Bowers
Cascade
Chris Hennig
Ervin Bohlken
Pfc
Lawrence T. Holmes
Fort Sheridan, Ill
William Burlage
Lawrence Burlage
Air Corps
Denver
Colo
Backwoods dinner ends with a humorous pork chop remark
A group of fishermen visit a rural farmhouse seeking lunch and are served pork chops the hostess notes were from a hog that died of natural causes. The exchange includes a joke about propriety as a father jokes about his daughter’s prom age.
Social attendees from Waterloo Excelsior in Kane event
Home of Mrs. Leo Kane hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lien and Michael of Waterloo and Miss Genevieve O'Brian of Excelsior Minnesota.
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Leo Kane
Robert Lien
Michael
Waterloo
Genevieve O'Brian
Excelsior, Minn
Christmas gathering at multiple Íowaville homes
Christmas evening dinner guests at the Emil Riedel home included Arthur and family from Langworthy and others from Chicago. The Prull and Helms families hosted dinners on Christmas Day with extended relatives from Anamosa Prairieburg Monticello. A belated Christmas dinner was held at John Hayen’s with Hayen family and relatives from Amber Scotch Grove and Galen Hayen.
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Emil Riedel
Arthur Riedel
Richard
Langworthy
Milton Silver
Lee Ann
John Rimmici
Billy
Chicago
Ill
Rimmici
Silvers
Henry Prull Jr
Richard Prull
Coggan
Donald Prull
Anamosa
al Helms
Prairieburg
Harry Prull
June Henrichs
John Prull
Monticello
John Rimmics
Chicago, Ill
Barbara Guyan
John H. Hayen
Louie Hayen
Louis Behrends
Amber
Henry Hayen
Scotch Grove
Galen Hayen
Christmas Day Guests at John Jones Home Maquoketa
Mr and Mrs G M Jones and Alice were Christmas day guests in Maquoketa at John Jones home. Miss Christie Rasmussen of DeWitt returned home with them to spend several days.
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G. M. Jones
Alice
John Jones
Maquoketa
Christie Rasmussen
DeWitt
Christmas Dinner Guests At Mrs Hartman Home
Christmas dinner guests at the home of Mrs Catherine Hartman included Mr and Mrs Albert Hartman Linda Mrs Paul Torrence of Savanna Ill and Steve Hartman.
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Catherine Hartman
Albert Hartman
Linda
Paul Torrence
Savanna, Ill
Steve Hartman
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