Hvasta Returns Home After Escape From Behind Iron Curtain
John Hvasta, 26, a Czech born naturalized American, arrives in Hillside New Jersey after 21 months eluding capture. A seven car motorcade meets him at the airport as Mayor declares John Hvasta Day. Hvasta says he will write his story and may provide broadcasts to Czechs via Voice of America.
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New York
John Hvasta
Czechoslovakia
Hvasta
London
Hillside
N. J
Pan American Airways
John Malone
America
U.S
Leopoldovy
Bratislava
Stephen
John
New Jersey
Hrasta
Voice of America
Radio Free Europe
French Hurl Back Attacking Reds
French Union troops repelled Viet Minh columns in the mountains north of Luang Prabang. Defenders of the Laotian capital gained time to finish fortifications as troops held a 40 mile arc, using sniper fire to blunt a Red Viet Minh 808th Division advance.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Luang Prabang
Kinng Sisavane Vong
Royal
Red Viet Minh
808Th
Wolcott predicts upturn in the economy
Washington reports Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott foresees an economic upswing with production and employment rising, suggesting the 1954 average may only slightly lag 1953's high. Sen. Paul H. Douglas cautions and hopes time proves Wolcott right.
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Washington
Cup
Jesse P. Wolcott
R-Mieh
Senate
House
Paul H. Douglas
D-101
Joint Economic Committee
Wolcott
Douglas
Halleck Knowland Call for Harmony In Ranks of GOP
Republican leaders praise President Eisenhower as a team player and urge more cooperation within the party. Senate Leader Williams calls for unity amid internal criticism as the story continues on page 2.
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Halleck
Knowland
Washington
President Eisenhower
Senate
Williams
Dulles to Press Molotov on Korean Talks to Resume
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will urge Vyacheslav Molotov to use Soviet influence with Communist China to restart the deadlocked Korean peace negotiations. The request will be made at a secret Big Four foreign ministers meeting and possibly discussed informally at a formal dinner.
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Berlin
John Foster Dulles
Vyacheslav Molotov
China
Dulles
Molotov
U. S
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Germany
Eden
Bidault
Rites at Keota Today For Mrs. Fauler 75
Funeral services were held for Minnie Fauler 75 at the Marsh funeral home in Keota. She died Thursday night at her daughter’s home in Iowa City. Born September 20 1868 in Germany, she married Charles Fauler in 1909 who died in 1941. Survivors include a son Frank of Keota and a daughter Mrs John St Yoder of Iowa City. Burial followed at Keota cemetery. Pallbearers named H akist Baumert Chambers Finke Trier Blattner.
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Keota
Minnie Fauler
Marsh
Federal Experts To Help Chicago Fight Rabies Outbreak
Federal experts led by Dr James H Steele prepared to assist Chicago in inoculating about 600000 dogs and cats. The plan includes mass vaccination centers and a three state effort to prevent spread, as bites and fatalities rise in the city and suburbs.
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Chicago
James H. Steele
The
Public Health Service
Atlanta
State Agriculture Department
Steele
Ilinois
Opposition Grows Over Proposed Postal Rate Increases
Washington reports heated opposition as the administration pushes a plan to raise postal rates by 240 million dollars annually. House Republicans doubt passage while Democrats claim the bill has little chance. Key changes include higher first class and air mail rates and substantial increases for newspapers, magazines, and other mail classes effective after the fall elections. The plan awaits floor action after committee approval by 13 to 7.
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Washington
John R. McCormack
Mass
House Post Office Committee
Man 79 Dies as Rack Falls at Pella Plant
Henry Van Brogen of Pella aged 79 was killed Tuesday when a storage rack toppled onto him at the Pella Rosscreen Co. Coroner Jack Evans ruled the death a skull fracture.
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Pella Pella
Iowa
Henry van Brogen
Pella
Pella Rosscreen Co
Jack Evans
Brogen
Truman Questions GOP Red Job Holder Claims at Roosevelt Dinner
Former President Truman challenged President Eisenhower to disclose how many of the 2200 security risk ousters are Communists. He questioned subversion findings, urged the public be told exact numbers, and blamed the administration for the ongoing deception in the anti Communists in government issue. He warned that without disclosure many loyal Americans may be unjustly suspected.
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Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
Americans For Democratic Action
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Congress
Mr. Truman
Ames Student Receives Suspended Sentence For Grocery Theft
Donald D. Fester a Winnetka Illinois sophomore engineering student at Iowa State College was given a six month suspended sentence and fined 2300 after admitting a 228 grocery theft. Police said he manipulated two cash registers to obtain the money last Saturday night. Fester also admitted taking 265 from the same gro cery last May with an accomplice he declined to identify.
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Ames
Iowa
Donald D. Fester
Winnetka
Iowa State College
Fester
Kalona Resident James J. Fisher Dies at 69
James J. Fisher of Kalona died at Mercy hospital Iowa City at 5 p m Friday after a heart attack. Born in Bohemia on September 6 1884 he came to the United States as a child. He owned the Fisher blacksmith shop and is survived by his wife Elsie, two sons Joe and Albert, five grandchildren, and his brother. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Monday at the Kalona Methodist church with Rev John Giles officiating. burial in Sharon Hill cemetery. The body will lie in state at Petersheim funeral home.
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James J. Fisher
Mercy
Iowa City
Mr. Fisher
Bohemia
Fisher
United States
Albert
Josephine Fisher
Elsie Novy
South Dakota
Choir to Present Palm Sunday Service
The Presbyterian church choir with special soloists will present The Seven Last Words as a vesper service on Palm Sunday at 4 p m, according to director Mrs Edith Shielis.
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Presbyterian Church
Edith Shielis
Bequest For Camp Fire Cabin In Washington
Mrs. Cora E. Dowell of Washington left a $1,000 bequest to the Washington Camp Fire girls to fund a memorial cabin on Lake Darling. The will was filed with district court clerk R. R. Noonan. Dowell was a longtime Camp Fire leader in Washington.
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Cora E. Dowell
Washington
Washington Camp Fire Girls
Lake Darling
R. R. Noonan
Eight Die In Blaze At Springfield Home
Eight people perished in a four room frame house fire in Springfield Missouri. Seven of the victims were children of the John Lillard family including the mother and four kids aged five months to six years. three other Lillard children aged four to eleven were staying temporarily with relatives. John Lillard escaped but could not rescue others as the blaze erupted while they slept.
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Springfield
John Lillard
Lillards
Familly
Mexican banks alerted on kidnapping ransom money
In Mexican City banks were put on alert for the missing 200000 dollars linked to the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping. The Bank of Mexico warned private banks to watch for the ransom money circulating locally, while officials said the alert had been issued months earlier and there was no basis for the latest report.
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Bobby Greenlease
Bank of Mexico
Ultimas Noticias
Mexico
Federal Security Bureau
U S Sends 200 Maintenance Men to Aid French Indo China Forces
Washington reports the Defense Department has dispatched 200 U.S. maintenance workers to support French and anti-Communist forces in Indo China. Some will service U.S. aircraft used by the opposition, with more may follow. It is unclear if civilians or military personnel are involved. President Eisenhower says the mission is technical, not combatant, and no fighting troops are planned.
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Washington
Defense Department
Indochina
U. S
Air Force
Eisenhower
United States
Lucky Driver Walks Away From Wreck in San Leandro
Charles P. Seuser said luck favored him when his car skimmed a curb hit a power pole and rolled four times. The vehicle landed upright without wheels and both occupants escaped with minor cuts.
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San Leandro
Calif
Charles P. Seuser
Seuser
Fire Destroy Carriker Building in Richland Area
Richland volunteers and one Fairfield fire truck fought a blaze at the Charles Carriker filling station and general store seven miles southeast of Richland on Highway One. Firemen gained control after dawn. origin undetermined and damage not yet estimated.
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Richland
Charles Carriker
Highway One
Fairfield
Girl Unconscious Since November Dies in Rochester
Beth Appelgate a one year old from Burlington Iowa who had been unconscious since a brain operation last November died Friday night at St Marys hospital Rochester Doctors said the condition was inoperable and the exact ailment remains unknown Civic groups raised 1236 for medical expenses after Beth was taken to Rochester
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Rochester
Minn
Beth Appelgate
Burlington
Iowa
St Mary’s Hospital
Beth
Ward Appelgate
Appelgates
Unrest in East Germany Sparks Arrests and Protests
Reports from West Berlin say at least 206 people were arrested as protests spread across the Soviet zone after Russia rejected Western plans for free elections. Refugees claim Soviet police halted planned marches and East Zone rallies were broken up with officials beaten.
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East Germany
Russia
West Berlin
East Zone
Vyacheslav Molotov
Germany
Information Bureau West
East Sone
Lenin
Merseburg
Telegraf
Rias
American High Commission Radio
Erfurt
Elsterberg
Soviet Zone
Rites Here Monday For Jerry Lunning
Funeral services for 87 year old Jerry D Lunning will be at 10 30 a m Monday at the Jones funeral home with Rev Milo Philips in charge Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery He died in Sioux City where he lived with his daughter Mrs George Tappan since his wife died in 1940 He was born April 10 1866 in Germany and came to the United States in 1892 Survivors include nine children and 21 grandchildren and five great grandchildren One sister preceded him in death
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Jerry D. Lunning
Jones Feneral
Milo Phillips
Elm Grove
Mr. Lunning
Sioux City
George Tappan
Washington
Mr. Lanning
Germany
United States
Anna C. Jerkin
Green View
Ill
St. Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Church
Carl
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Edwin
Hero
Frederick
Leo
Gonvick
Minn
Erhart
Zion, Ill
Henry
Pauline Tappan
Corn Belt cattle feeders shrink cattle on feed 1954 start
Corn Belt cattle feeders reported 10 percent fewer cattle on feed on January 1, 1954, compared with January 1, 1953, reflecting tighter supplies in the region.
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