Ten Lives Lost In Iowa Over Long Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports ten people died in Iowa over the Thanksgiving weekend. Fatalities include six traffic deaths such as Ronald Hagge in Scott County and Mrs Galdys Schroeder in Waterloo. Also listed are Edwin Campen in Wiota, Elmer Pederson near Sioux City, and more. Also three shooting deaths including Opal Hilton and Donald Hill in Des Moines.
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Associated Press
Towa
Ronald Jerry Hagge
Clinton
U. S. 67
Princeton
Scott County
Galdys Schroeder
Waterloo
John Rieter
Schroeder
U. S. 20
Sioux City
Keith Bader
LaPorte City
Cedar Rapids
U.S. 151
Springville
Gunnar R. Overland Jr
Ames
U. S. 69
Ray Dawson
Bagley
Jefferson Hospital
Opal Hilton
Donald Hill
Des Moines
Merrill Hilton
Hill Boy
Dale L. Coffman
Coffman
Pioneer Atlantic resident Mrs Gillett dies at 108
Mrs Meroway Johanna Gillett died at 8 05 this morning in Dunkerson nursing home Greenfield where she had been a patient three years. Born December 25 1834 in Oldenburg Germany she came to Atlantic with parents in 1860. She married Henry Gillett September 5 1885. Surviving daughters Ruth Powell Cedar Rapids and Ruth Marker Atlantic a brother Peter Heiken Whitier California a sister Mrs John Wilkinson Montevideo Minnesota seven grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral services pending Meyer funeral home. Clerk at Atlantic water office new clerk Mrs Robert Bebene replaces Wayne Fobresan.
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RK. A. Powell
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Marker
Atlantic
Peter J. Heiken
Whittier
Calif
John Wilkinson
Montevideo
Mainn
Lester H. Gillett
Meyer Funeral Home
Nuclear bomber claim adds tension to Berlin showdown
Aviation Week reports the Soviet Union has a nuclear powered bomber prototype with two nuclear engines and two jet engines. The craft reportedly completed six months ago and flown near Moscow for at least two months. Speeds approach the sound barrier and the aircraft weighs about 300000 pounds with a 195 foot length and 78 foot wingspan. Western Berlin faces anxiety over an impending East German and Soviet push, while mayor Willy Brandt works to bolster morale amid airlift fears and possible economic impact.
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Soviet Union
Aviation Week
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U.S. Air Force
Defense Department
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Berlin
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State Dulles
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Switzerland
Nikita Khrushchev
Germany
Khrushchev
Round Table
Man Found Safe In Houseboat On Mississippi River
George Myers, 58, was found safe aboard his houseboat on the Mississippi River after a three state search. Iowa Illinois and Missouri authorities joined Burling ton relatives in the effort sparked by his disappearance from the Quincy Illinois Boat Club on Thanksgiving Day. The Coast Guard Cutter Lantana traced a 35 mile route and located Myers near Quincy following near stormy conditions.
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Keokuk
George Myers
Mississippi
Coast Guard
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Myers
Burlington
Quincy
Ill
Lantana
Waterloo voter contest filed over county auditor race
John L. O Connell of Waterloo files notice to contest the election of Fannie Koobs Republican as Black Hawk County auditor. O Connell, who lost by 67 votes in the November 4 election, cites counting errors and absentee ballot handling concerns.
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Waterloo
Fannie Koobs
Black Hawk County
John L. O'Connell
O'Connell
Miss Koobs
Polio Victim Pamela Henry Prepares for 1958 March of Dimes Tour
Eight year old Pamela Henry shines her shoes in Oklahoma City as one of three 1958 March of Dimes poster children. The trio will symbolize the foundation’s expanded fight against arthritis and birth defects alongside polio.
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Pamela Henry
Oklahoma City
Ohio
U.S
National Foundation
Tractor overturns killing Edwin Campen near Wiota
Edwin G Campen 22 of Wiota was killed when a tractor toppled onto him in a field at the Campen farm east of Wiota. He was pinned beneath the machine and died about 4 30 PM Saturday. Survived by mother Lena Hoffrogge Campen sister Mrs James Stapleton brother LeRoy Campen and fiancé Beverly Smith. Funeral Tuesday 2 PM at First Evangelical Lutheran Church south of Wiota with Rev M H Brandt officiating. Interment in church cemetery.
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Edwin G. Campen
Campen
Wiota
George Henry
Lena W. Hoffrogge Campen
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
James Stapleton
LeRoy George Campen
Beverly Smith
Cumberland
M. H. Brandt
Roland Funeral
Thanksgiving Visit With Blue Springs Family Ends
Visit reports that Mrs Edna Roberts spent Thanksgiving with her daughter and son in law the Dale Roberts and their family in this city. The Blue Springs Missouri relatives joined Mrs Roberts for the holiday gathering with her daughter in attendance.
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Dale &. Roberts
Blue Springs
Edna Roberts
Mother and Pal Charged in Insurance Murder Plot
In Chicago a mother of three, Mary Saisi, and her ex convict boyfriend Richard Lansing are charged with killing Peter Saisi to collect a $12,000 double indemnity policy and a 1958 model car. Lansing confessed to shooting Saisi in the head after the husband pleaded on his basement floor. Police noted inconsistencies and questioned a claimed robbery.
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Chicago
Richard Lansing
Peter Saisi
West Side
Lansing
Mary Saisi
Saisi
Des Moines Cab Union and Firms Settle Strike Pact
Representatives of Local 90 of the Teamsters Union and officials of Ryan and Yellow Cab in Des Moines announced a new two year pact effective Monday. The agreement provides higher hospital and sick benefits and a pension fund for cab drivers, with taxi operators and dispatchers also receiving a five cent per hour raise. The drivers sought a $1.50 per hour minimum, which was not granted.
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DES Moines
Teamsters Union
Ryan and
Yellow Cab
Teamsters
4-H Scholarships Awarded at National Club Congress
Virginia Patridge, 17, of Allerton Iowa, among 38 of 400 4-H scholarships announced at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Patridge won in the Safety project category.
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Chicago
Virginia Patridge
Allerton
Iowa
Miss Patridge
DeGaulle Bannered Right-Wingers Sweep France Assembly
Right wing movement led by Charles de Gaulle swept to control of the French National Assembly, claiming 32.1 percent of votes and 188 of 465 seats. Communists fell to 10 seats. ex-premiers and center figures toppled. Soustelle emerged as key rightist leader. In a separate report a civilian at Hanscom Air Force Base attempted to steal a jet to reach India, triggering an explosion that knocked off the canopy.
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Boston
India
Donald L. Lutman
Bound Brook
Hanscom Air Force Base
Bedford
FBI
Lutman
Thakur
Plante
Air Force
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
France
Jacques Duclos
Edgar Faure
Jules Moch
Christian Pineau
Robert Lacoste
Justce
Francois Mitterand
Jacques Soustelle
Fifth Republic
Soustelle
Algeria
Atomic agreements ratified with U S and Britain
Japan’s ratification of atomic cooperation pacts with the United States and Britain becomes effective today. The U S agreement supplies enriched uranium 235 for research reactors while the Britain deal enables Japan to purchase a power reactor. A separate local theft report notes a hubcap stolen from Lois Felker’s car at 907 Laurel over the weekend.
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United States
Britain
Japan
Lois Felker
Laurel
UAW Ends Seven Week Strike at Caterpillar Plants
Twelve thousand UAW members return to work at Caterpillar East Peoria Morton and Mossville plants after ratifying a new wage contract. The agreement includes wage boosts of 8 to 17 cents plus a one cent cost of living increase and staged raises in October. A separate wage pact covers about 2,000 Decatur workers with similar terms. The Decatur ratification vote follows.
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United Auto Worker Union
Caterpillar Tractor Co
East Peoria, Morton and Mossville
Caterpillar
UAW
Caterpilar
Decatur Works
Decatur
Peoria
Sylvia Fahren Krog Wins $400 AEE Club Scholarship
Chicago report notes Sylvia Fahren Krog of Walcott Iowa win a $400 scholarship for outstanding work in the AEE Club home improvement project. The item highlights the student’s achievement and the club’s support for youth activity.
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Chicago
Sylvia Fahren Krog
Walcott
Towa
AEE Club
Eisenhower plans talks on defense and space program
President Eisenhower to convene with the National Aeronautics and Space Council and the National Security Council in Washington amid defense and space age discussions. A Berlin alert notes a U.S. train to West Berlin was delayed by East German rail issues and possible renewed blockade tactics.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
Capital
National Aeronautics and Space Council
National Security Council
Security Council
Mrs Henry Sieck of Elk Horn Dies in Atlantic
Mraida Estella Sieck 52 wife of Henry FE Sieck of near Elk Horn died at 4 45 PM Saturday at Atlantic Memorial hospital after long illness She was born January 25 1906 near Walnut to Heney and Martha Gundy and married September 14 192? at Papillion Nebr Survived by husband three daughters Mrs Richart Ratz Idaho Falls and Donna Marilyn Steck at home three sons Duane Henry J and Jerry Steck her mother Mrs Martha Gundy Fleworn three sisters Mrs Ray Stokes Omaha Mrs Willand Schaaf Adair and Mrs Albert Claussen Anita and three brothers Norman Gundy Anita Lawrence Gundy Avoca and Edward Gundy Missouri Valley Funeral services Wednesday at 1 AM at SS Peter and Paul Catholic church with Rev Peter J Lapcheske officiating Rosary at Roland funeral home tonight and Tuesday at 7 30. casket not opened at church and interment Atlantic Catholic cemetery
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Mraida Estella Sieck
Henry FE. Sieck
Elk Horn
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Sieck
Walnut
Heney
Martha Felker Gundy
Mr .Sieck
Papillion
Nebr
Kirk Horn
Omaha
Willand Schaaf
Adair
Albert Claussen
Anita
Norman Gundy
Lawrence Gundy
Avoca
Edward Gundy
Missouri Valley
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Peter J. Lapcheske
Roland Funeral Home
Jury chosen to hear insanity plea in Quackenbush case
In Council Bluffs a jury was selected to hear the insanity defense of Anna Mae Quackenbush 37 of Tucumcari I M charged with murder in the Sept 3 beating death of Herman Kohlweg 77 operator of a local confectionery store Her husband Ira 37 also faces murder charges The defense entered an insanity plea if found insane she would be committed until sane and retried if found sane a new jury would be chosen for the murder trial
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Council Bluffs
Anna Mae Quackenbush
Tucumcari
I. M
Herman Kohlweg
Weather outlook with clouds unseasonal warmth and chill
Partly cloudy period with a colder night and low temperatures ranging from five to twenty one. A gradual warm up is expected Tuesday with highs from northeast to fifty plus. The outlook calls for more clouds Wednesday and warmer conditions in the south.
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