Stalemate in Geneva as murder case widens reach
In Kansas City the hunt for the killer of Mrs. Wilma Allen, 34, intensified with FBI involvement after her nude body was found in a Johnson County pasture. Investigators cite possible sex motive and robbery angle, noting gunshot wounds and tied hands, while examining tire tracks and surrounding evidence.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Here
Wil Allen
Missouri
Union Station
Bobby Greenlease
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Robert C. Greenlease
Hall
Blue River
Schmidt Talks To Wife She Leaves Husband
Una Schmidt-Fine, in Nevada City California, has moved out with her young son after a phone call with Airman 2C Daniel C. Schmidt in Tokyo. Schmidt, held in a Red China prison 32 months, plans to discuss the situation with Una upon return.
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Schmidt
Nevada City
Calif
Una Schmidt-Fine
Una
Alford B. Fine
Daniel C. Schmidt
Ena
Tokyo
America
Red China
Harold Berliner
Berliner
Red Cross
Danny
Fine
Daddy
Allis-Chalmers Workers Strike Springfield Plant
some 3800 Local 1027 CIO UAW members struck Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co in Springfield at 12:01 am as the deadline passed. Francis Smith, the local president, said officials will confer with other plants before negotiations in Milwaukee Tuesday. The union seeks a company‑wide contract. local strike vote was 1,616 to 12.
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Springfield
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Fancis Smith
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Smith
Connie Hurricane Aims Offshore as Low Pressure Advances
World news briefs report Hurricane Connie with 135 mph winds moving in the open Atlantic about 500 miles east of West Palm Beach while an eastward low pressure to the south may push it away from land. Washington confirms two privately drafted atomic reactor projects showing promise to advance power reactor knowledge. Kentucky politics note A B Chandler winning his party primary in a move toward a potential governorship.
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Miami
Fla
Connie
Atlantic
West Palm Beach
Washington
Freed Fliers Describe Torture by Reds During China Detention
Ten of eleven U.S. airmen say they endured months of physical and mental abuse in Chinese prisons to extract statements used to convict them of spying. Col John Knox Arnold Jr led a Sunday briefing detailing beatings with hands tied and other torture methods. The men, released last Thursday at the Hong border, plan homeward flights via Travis or Honolulu with convalescent leaves ahead. Arnold, a B-29 crew commander shot down in 1953 over North Korea, said confessions were coerced and later repudiated at trial while Maj William H Baumer did not sign any statement.
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Tokyo
U. S
John Knox Arnold Jr
Hong Border
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Alaska
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Honolulu
Travis
Arnold
China
Silver Spring
North Korea
Peiping
Manchuria
581St
Pacific
Peip
Elmer F. Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
Cilaar
Liswellign
Korea
Yalu
MI6
Workers Ratify Deere Settlement
CIO United Auto Workers locals ratified a three year contract ending the Deere strike. About 12,500 UAW members walked out from eight Deere plants in Illinois and Iowa. Production expected to resume by Tuesday with up to 25 dollars weekly layoff pay.
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Moline
CIO
United Auto Workers
Deere & Co
Illinois
Iowa
Dubuque
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Deere
UAW
Reverend Mahood Dies at Ft. Dodge Home for Aged
Reverend John Wilmot Mahood, 91, retired Methodist minister known for vigorous evangelism, died Sunday at Friendship Haven, a Methodist home for the aged in Fort Dodge. He gained national attention for his preaching and service across Northwest Iowa.
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Mahood
Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
John Wilmot Mahood
Friendship Haven
Iowa
Envoys and Newsmen Toast Russ Party Amid Legion Split
Envoys and newsmen attended a lavish party hosted by Soviet Premier Bulganin and aides at his country estate. In Iowa, the 40 and 8 group urged the Legion to clamp down on national leadership, while delegates prepared for the 37th Iowa Legion convention amid calls for harmony between state and national chapters. Premier Bulganin entertained guests including Capt Harold E Fischer Jr and Pin Hoegh, with fishing, boating, and a Moscow Spartak win telecast as reporters probed possible photo reconnaissance implications.
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Iowa
Legion
Pin Hoegh
Harold E. Fischer, Jr
Swea City
Iowa 40 and 8
Ning
Bulganin
Sposa
Bolshoi Theater
Deer Park
Moscow Spartak
Es Wolverhampton Wanders
Airliner Forced Down in Iowa
A Los Angeles to New York Constellation diverted to Iowa City after smoke in the radio control unit forced an emergency landing. The aircraft blew a tire on a sharp turn but landed on a 4,000 foot runway with all 66 passengers and six crew unharmed. passengers were later taken to Cedar Rapids for onward travel.
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Iowa City
Ies
Tno
Robert Bower
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New York
Cedar Rapids
Constellation
Cyclist Fatally Struck on Highway 20 Near Epworth
A cyclist named Josephe Meitl of Dubuque was killed when struck by a car on Highway 20 about a mile east of Epworth this morning. The driver, Behr, did not see the cyclist due to glare from the sun as he crested a rise.
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Dubuque
Josephe Meitl
Envoys Fail to Agree on Civilians Repatriation In Red China Talks
U S and Red China envoys end a 214 hour session without progress on civilian repatriation. Ambassadors Johnson and Wang call for 48 more hours, unresolved disputes over lists of Chinese nationals in the United States and India as third nation representative. The State Department opposes Peiping representation. Next meeting set for 9 a m Wednesday.
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U. S
Red China
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
United States
India
S&s
State Department
Peiping
Johnson
Wang
Riots in South Korea injure U S soldiers and Koreans
Fifteen U S soldiers and four Koreans were injured in renewed riots against United Nations inspection teams in South Korea. The military denied reports that U S soldiers bayoneted demonstrators and said injuries were light during rock throwing at Pusan and other ports Inchon and Kunsan. The ROK government accused Polish and other UN team members of spying for North Korea and sought UN commission membership from Switzerland and Sweden.
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Seoul
U. S
U.S
Pusan
Meetetael Gembreinesy Oo
Inchon
Kunsan
South Korea
UNSC
T. Ee Se
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
ROK
North Korea
8Th Army
Heiress Arrested On Drunk Charge In Las Vegas
A 26 year old heiress once acquitted in 1947 of murder in the yacht explosion deaths of her parents in Newport Beach California was arrested on a drunk driving charge in Las Vegas Nevada.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Newport Beach
Calif
Fairall Named for Postmaster Appointment in Muscatine
Rep. Schwengel announced Kenneth Fairall of 415 Fairview Avenue is recommended for Muscatine postmaster. Fairall, a longtime community leader, has served on the Chamber of Commerce boards, chaired the airport commission, organized Murray Weir Day, led Rotary and Masonic groups, and expressed commitment to learn the postmaster duties diligently. Parrall, the acting postmaster, conveyed gratitude for the appointment and pledged to serve effectively.
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Kenneth Fairall
Fairview Avenue
Muscatine
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Fairall
Faira Point
Glen Pollock
Parrall
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber
Senior Chamber
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Muscactine Airport
Manpower Commission
Rep. Schwengel
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David S. Long Jr
Stanley
Kan
Allis - Chalmers
World News
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Louisville
Kentucky
Red
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Deere Settlement
Urge Legion
The
40 And 8
Premier Bulganin
Avis
Geneva
Pan Khrushchev
Maung Ohn
Erent
Ganin
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Hoegh
Leo Hoegh
Camp Ripley
Minn
Iowa-Nebraska National Guard
34Th Infantry
Chariton Smith
Fred C. Tandy
Warren C. Wood
Gering, Neb
Loree Gen Menoearmegaae
Aegs
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