Mercy Hospital to add $300,000 rehabilitation center
Mercy Hospital announces a 300000 rehabilitation center expansion to house physical therapy and related services. a new one story and half basement wing will sit south of the current building near Oak Street with an entrance at Oak and Parkway. work begins in July as other expansions near completion. the project aims to provide outpatient therapy, occupational, electro and hydrotherapy, exercise rooms, social services, and visiting consultants. the addition follows a year of major growth at mercy, including a million dollar administration and operating wing and more patient rooms. plans note Hill Burton funding is being sought with prior grant confusions acknowledged by Sister M. Laurentina.
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Mercy Hospital
Oak Street
Parkway
Hazel Street
Hill Burton
M. Laurentina
Gallagher conviction thrown out by Army review board
An Army review board threw out the court-martial conviction of Sgt. James C. Gallagher for killing two fellow soldiers in a Korean prison camp. Gallagher, 24, Brooklyn, was sentenced Aug 19, 1955, to life. his case could go to the Court of Military Appeals. The board ruled lack of jurisdiction due to Gallagher’s discharge in 1953 and re enlistment the next day, breaking previous service.
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Washington
Army Review Board
James C. Gallagher
U.S
Korea
U.s.court of Military Appeals
Gallagher
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ft.Leavenworth Kan
John W. Jones
Detroit
Donald T. Baxter
Waukon
Iowa
Supreme Court
Nine Die In Private Plane Crash On Indiana Farm
A private plane crashed on the Clark Dellinger farm near Jeffersonville Indiana in rain, killing nine aboard. The Lockheed transport was en route to Standiford Field Louisville and carried Crane Co executives to a plumbing and heating convention. no survivors reported by state police.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Here
Standiford
Louisville
Clark Dellinger
Ohio River
Lawrence Wainscott
John Vissing
Shorty
Dellinger
Wissing
Crane ‘Co
Chicago
Eisenhower cancels Wednesday news conference
President Eisenhower will not hold his regular weekly news conference Wednesday as the Friday cabinet meeting is moved to Wednesday morning. He will meet with Indonesian President Soekarno on the same day.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Soekarno
Housekeeper In Creston Hears Pigeon In Coop
Farmer Charles Wimmer reports a homing pigeon landed in his chicken coop with a leg message. He notes birds of a feather do not always flock together as the bird made itself at home on the farm in Creston Iowa.
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Creston
Iowa
Charles Wimmer
Wimmer
Eden Munn Frogman Case Remains Unsolved Cold War Mystery
London reports say Sir Anthony Eden refuses to discuss the disappearance of Lt. Comdr. Lionel Crabb as debate over handling of the case continues. Parliament backed silence 316 to 229, with critics calling for accountability while noting a body and possible secrets remain.
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Eden Munn
Frogman
London
Anthony Eden
Lionel
Crabb
Labor Party
Portsmouth Harbor
Parking Lot Proposal for Waugoo Street Draws City Attention
Land options for a 50 stall metered lot on Waugoo Street were presented by the Chamber of Commerce to the city Monday night. The plan aims to deter a costly parking ramp elsewhere, with committee support pending layout verification of a 45 to 50 stall estimate. Total cost set at 50 000 dollars for three properties, plus demolition and surface costs. committee also approved parking rule experiments and removal of meters to aid private lots.
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Waugoo Street
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Council
Safety and Protection Committee
Chm
Herbert Wenzlaft
Waugoo St
Union Street
Glenn Koplitz
Carl Biederman
Sidney Hirschberg
John Greenough
Main Street
Greenough
Oshkosh
Biederman
High Street
Hirschberg
H Bomb Detonation Rescheduled for Thursday
Atomic task force officials moved the first U S H bomb detonation to Thursday due to improving weather. An airborne test will drop the device from a B52 over Namu Island, Bikini Atoll, at about 10 000 feet. The Mt McKinley carries the communications center while observers view from the Badoeng Strait area and decontamination gear.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Atomic Task Force
U.S
United States
Marshalls
Namu Island
Bikini Atoll
Bom
Badoeng Strait
Nation Eyes Nebraska Vote For Farm Shift
Omaha report on Nebraska primary where Eisenhower and Kefauver faced light turnout indecisive for both parties. Farmers can choose ballots and may influence key delegate selections while Republicans predict broad support for Eisenhower. 18 Republican and 22 Democratic delegates to the national conventions are chosen.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Indiana
Kefauver
Democratic National
Bernard J. Boyle
Boyle
INATO Post Accepted By Dixie Senator
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia accepts Eisenhower administration post as personal ambassador to NATO. White House also says he will help develop bipartisan foreign policy, easing Democratic critique of administration foreign policy and answering calls for a big name Democrat in top post. George as longtime Senate Foreign Relations chair may blunt campaign emphasis on partisan divides in foreign affairs.
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Washington
Walter F. George
Eisenhower
Georgia
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Warren R. Austin
U.N
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Santee Suspension Upheld By New York Judge
New York State Supreme Court Justice Walter A. Lynch upheld the lifetime suspension the Amateur Athletic Union imposed on Wes Santee, the top American miler. He criticized amateur officials, saying Santee removed himself from amateur status with some help from guardians of amateur athletics. Santee, famed for a 4 00.5 mile last year, faced suspension Feb 19 for alleged overexpense payments to compete, while KU graduate and Marine Corps officer contested jurisdiction and alleged rule violations by the AAU in other cases.
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New York
Supreme Court
Walter A. Lynch
Amateur Athletic Union
Wes Santee
Santee
United States
AAU
University of Kansas
Marine Corps
Fall Into Vat Is Fatal In Italian Steel Plant
MILAN Italy UP A 41 year old worker was killed instantly Monday when he slipped and fell into a vat of molten steel at a Milan steel plant. authorities called it a tragic industrial accident.
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Milan
Italy
Dulles Calls Soviet Cuts Propaganda Move Not Verifiable
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the United States welcomes Russia's plan to reduce armed forces but warned there will be no verification of actual reduction. He argued workers moved to industry could boost military power and called for real inspection before any trust in the plan. Additional officials echoed concerns about feasibility and U.S. readiness, emphasizing no budget cuts without checks.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Russia
Dulles
Carter L. Burgess
Senate Military Appropriations
Burgess
Donald A. Quarles
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
U.S
West
White House
James C. Hagerty
Moscow
Eisenhower
Henry M. Jackson
Kefauver Sits in Campaign Chair at Store
Senator Ester Kefauver sat in a contour chair at a Oakland department store on Monday. A price tag on the chair read Campaign chair five dollars and ninety eight cents, drawing attention to a playful mix of politics and commerce.
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Oakland
Calif
Sen- Ester Kefauver
Air Budget Not Affected By Soviet Cut
Air Force leaders testified before a Senate subcommittee that the planned Soviet 1.2 million force reduction will not justify cuts to the U S budget. Gen Nathan F Twining and Air Force Secretary Donald A Quarles said production and air power would not be diminished and the budget remains austere yet adequate for national security.
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Washington
Air Force
Russia
Donald A. Quarles
Nathan F. Twining
Senate Military Appropriations
Subcommittee
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Twining
Jit
Edward J. Thye
R-Mixn
Thye
Graham to Die Week of Aug 26 for Plane Incident
John Gilbert Graham, 24, was sentenced to die the week of August 26 for the airliner explosion near Longmont, Colorado last November 1 that killed 44 people. Dist. Judge Joseph M. McDonald announced the sentence after a 30 minute hearing in which Graham testified he does not want an appeal and wants the sentence carried out.
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Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Longmont
Colo
Dist
Joseph M. McDonald
Graham
Russia equips army with deadly new A weapons
Washington report cites U S Army sources claiming Russia has completed a far reaching modernization for atomic age warfare. New gear includes a 203 millimeter atomic gun with 16 mile range a 240 millimeter heavy mortar rapid mobility trucks a helicopter and amphibious vehicles enabling dispersed armored task forces. True magazine notes many of these weapons may outclass current U S forces with the army declining comment.
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Washington
U. S
Russia
Red Army
Pentagon
True
United States Army
Tre
73 Drowned As Motor Launch Capsizes Off Java Sea
Police announced an overloaded motor launch capsized in the Java Sea during a holiday excursion off Tegal. Seventy three people, many women and children, drowned. the boat carried 91 aboard. The skipper and two crewmen were detained.
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Java Sea
Jakarta
Indonesia
Tegal
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Ninth
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