Agencies Seek $11.5 Million Budget Increase
Iowa state agencies, 33 of 52, request an $11.6 million annual rise for the next two years, boosting from $24.85 million to about $36.5 million. The Beardsley budget hearings continue as lawmakers decide final allocations. major departments include the State Board of Education and tax commission.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Mining Board
Ploenser Lawmakers
Feir Board
Commission For Blind
Sate Board of Education
Tax Commission
National Guard
Board of Control, Safety Department
Health Department
State Department of Public Instruction
Four Students Die in Burning Auto Near Somerset
Four high school pupils returning from a dance died when their car skidded off a bridge near Somerset Pennsylvania, plunged 60 feet to railroad tracks and caught fire. All victims lived in Somerset and were about 16 years old. Identified victims are Millie Matthews Bernice Hoover Richard Hoburn and John B Moore Jr.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania
Millie Matthews
Archibald Matthews
Richard Hoburn
Bernice Hoover
John B. Moore Jr
Arrest of last prison escapees ends Pittsburgh breakout manhunt
FBI agents captured Andrew L. White, 31, at a Sealston Virginia relative’s home early Saturday, ending a week-long manhunt for nine convicts who escaped Western State Penitentiary in Pittsburgh. White, serving 17 to 34 years for robbery, offered no resistance. Ring leaders Nick Jirembeis, 42, and Virgil Toney, 42, were seized in Baltimore the previous day.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Andrew L. White
Sealston
Western State Penitentiary
Fred Hallford
White
Baltimore
Nick Jirembeis
Virgil Toney
Weekend weather outlook with warmer temperatures
Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday with a fresh southerly breeze. Highs 40s northeast to low 50s southwest. Saturday night lows 24 to 28. Sunday cloudier with rain at night. Highs 40s to 54, warmer in the south. Monday partly cloudy with showers. not as warm.
Langer backs continuation of UN employee probes
Des Moines and Washington items note Sen. Langer supports keeping the Senate internal security subcommittee and its probe of United Nations employees. Ferguson plans to seek reauthorization. subcommittee funds total 443,800 with expiry Dec. 31. Local liquor by the drink faces slim odds in 1953 Iowa legislature per AP survey.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
United Nations
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
U. N
Langer
Senate Judiciary Committee
Internal Security Unit
Truman
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Judiciary Committee
Internal Security
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Judiciary
Giant mammoth tooth found in Cedar Rapids sewer dig
A nine by four inch tooth embedded in bone chunks was unearthed 21 feet deep during Cedar Rapids sewer excavation. Prof Karl Goellner of Cue College biology department says the fragments are almost certainly from a prehistoric elephant and awaits expert identification of the exact species.
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Cedar Rapids
Karl Goellner
Cue College Biology Department
Air raid drill sends 40000 in Rockefeller Center shelter rush
A surprise air raid drill in four Rockefeller Center buildings Friday triggered a mass shelter rush as more than 40,000 people moved to designated areas in under three minutes.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
Wallace Rites At Independence For Mrs Wallace
The funeral of Mrs David Willock Wallace mother in law of President Truman will be held Monday in Independence Missouri with President and Mrs Truman attending a quiet private ceremony. The family asks that no flowers be sent. The New York Times reports John J McCloy likely to become chairman of Chase National Bank.
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Washington
David Willock Wallace
President Truman
Independence
Truman
Bank Post
New York
New York Times
John J. McCloy
U. S
Germany
Chase National Bank
Indictment Links ex-Ag Dept Official to Prison Term
Former Agriculture Department official Jack Cowart now in federal prison has been indicted for taking pay to influence official actions. The grand jury also charged Tom Foster and Jack Motley of Center Texas in connection with Cowart’s compensation. Cowart faces up to 10 000 fine and two years in prison if convicted.
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Washington
Jack Cowart
Agriculture Department
Atty
McGranery
Alexandria
Cowart
Justice Department
Tom Foster
Jack Motley
Center
Tex
Capital Prefabricators, Inc
Tyler
Junior Farmers Take Home 87087 From Chicago Show
The International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago wraps as junior farmers earn about 87,000 dollars from auctioning 211 steers and 228,810 pounds of beef. About one third of the 11,011 animals end up for banquet tables as packing houses prepare shipments back to farms.
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Chicago
53Rd International
Steck
The
International
Chicago WSB Industry Members Resign Over Wage Order
Industry members of the Wage Stabilization Board from Chicago quit in protest after President Truman overruled the WSB and approved a $1.90 daily wage boost for coal miners. Archibald Cox had already resigned as WSB chair, with Meyer S. Ryder appointed to replace him.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Chicago
WSB
Truman
John L. Lewis
National Board
Archibald Cox
Charles C. Killingsworth
Cox
Meyer S. Ryder
Detroit
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Rhee Seeks Faster Build Up of South Korean Army
President Rhee told President-elect Eisenhower that South Koreans could replace United Nations troops on the front lines with sufficient arms training and equipment. He urged ending the stalemate soon perhaps by pushing toward the Manchurian border as part of a larger build up.
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Seoul
Syngmai
Rhee
Eisenhower
United Nations
O Dwyer resigns as Mexican ambassador with unclear plans
William O Dwyer quits his post in Mexico City effective Saturday night amid mixed reaction at home and abroad. He cites health and easier living in Mexico, aims to stay if he can obtain a permit to work, and moves to a modest apartment while his wife heads to Acapulco.
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Mexico City
William O'Dwyer
U. S
Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Washington Post
Nixon
Muir Cortines
O'Dwyer
United States
O'Dwyers
Ebassy
Moxico City
MacArthur Announces Possible Korea Solution at NY Speech
Gen Douglas MacArthur told the National Association of Manufacturers there is a clear solution to the Korean conflict and that it can be pursued without heavy American casualties or triggering a broader war. He declined to detail decisions and praised President-elect Eisenhower, noting changes since his 1940s plan.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
MacArthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Far East
Waldorf-Astoria
Korea
Manchuria
Red China
Formosa
Indictments in Des Moines Key Club Raid
Polk county grand jury returned four indictments in the Des Moines key club raid of Sept. 6. William W. Quinn, manager of the Warrior club, charged with maintaining liquor nuisance. Rita Quinn, James Brewer, and Dessie Brewer indicted for violating the Iowa liquor control act. Police seized 32 bottles of whisky after the raid as an initial test of key clubs legality.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Willam WU. Quinn
Warrior Club
Rita
James L. Brewer
Dessie
Reds Scramble Jets As Seoul Braces For Night Attack
The U S Fifth Air Force reported Friday night enemy night air raid on Seoul was the largest of the Korean war. Eleven hostile aircraft were tracked from 7 05 p m as Eisenhower left Korea. One F 8 Sabre jet was lost and five Allied planes fell to various causes. Sabre pilots downed four MIG 15s and 15 000 Communists were killed or captured in November fighting.
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Seoul
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Eisenhower
Korea
Airliner Crashes Off Bermuda With 42 Aboard
A Cuban airliner outbound from Madrid via Bermuda crashed into the sea about three miles off Hamilton Bermuda shortly after taking off from Kindley Field. Four survivors were saved by a US coast guard vessel, with reports of more rescued later. Rescuers and crash boats searched for additional survivors near the site.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Star of the East
U. S. Air Force Base
Kindley Field
George 6
Cubana Line
DCF
Havana
Madrid
Coast Guard
Cuban Line
Eisenhower studies Korea war on Helena voyage to Hawaii
President elect Eisenhower completed a three day tour of the war theater aboard the USS Helena en route to Hawaii. He plans six days at sea to study the Far Eastern problem and consider peace paths as he reviews information prior to his administration. He cautioned there are no quick fixes and noted the global scope of the Korean conflict. The Helena battles a tropical storm as it heads toward Wake Island to pick up John Foster Dulles.
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Helena
Hawaii
Eisenhower
Litte
North Korea
China
Soviet Russia
Europe
Wake Island
John Foster Dulles
Korea
United Nations
Guam
Navy
Agana Air Station
Naval Air Force
Marine Drive
Apra Harbor
London Fog Grounds City Traffic And Birds
Londoners wandered through a dense fog that halted buses trains and flights. A mallard drake attempting to lift off collided with a pedestrian injuring both, as the metropolis faced widespread disruption across transit and shipping with the subway crowded and delayed.
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London
Thames
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