Hoegh Prompts Probe Into Reported Liquor Bribe
Gov. Leo A. Hoegh asked the attorney general and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to probe a report that a former appointive official received 1000 dollars to influence a liquor brand sale at state stores. Hoegh said he seeks a fact based inquiry and urged no suspicion on innocent state employees.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hoegh
Atty
Dayton Countryman
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Hoegh
Runnor
Nethergall
Wents
Bureau of Criminal
State Liquor Control Commission
Twelve Die In Tenement Fire In Amsterdam New York
Early Tuesday a tenement fire in Amsterdam New York killed eleven children and the father of five of them. Eight bodies were recovered and five others injured. Police blamed an overflowing oil stove as flames struck a 10 family building, with residents escaping in nightwear into freezing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Anna Gagliardo
Marvin Swart
Samuel Palumbo
Wants Constitution in Up-to-Date Form
A caller requests an updated and current version of the constitution. The aim is to ensure the document reflects recent amendments and modern governance provisions.
Des Moines Lawmaker Seeks Current Constitution Printing
Stevens proposes a bill to print the state constitution in its up to date form in the laws books. He argues the change would aid school children and others who read the constitution in full. The Iowa code would keep the original constitution plus amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Stevens
Jefferson
Lutheran leader urges churches to inspire youth in defense of liberties
Dr. Oscar A. Benson of Minneapolis told the National Lutheran Council that the church must fire youth with a zeal to defend American freedoms. He said liberty depends more on inner attitudes than speeches in Congress as social pressure challenges free thought.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.S
Oscar A. Benson
Minneapolis
Congress
Church
Benson
National Lutheran Council
Augustant Lutheran Churc
Paul C. Empie
New York
Lutheran World Action
Empie
New Zealand
Formosa
Peiping
Hammarskjold
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Red China
U.N
United States
Indochina
Geneva
Dr. John R. Mott Dies at 89 in Orlando Florida
Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1946 Dr. John R. Mott died at his winter home in Orlando after a long career as evangelist and promoter of international understanding. He served as general secretary of the YMCA International Committee and later as honorary life president of the World's Alliance of YMCA. Born in Sullivan County New York.
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Orlando
Fla
John R. Mott
National Council
Young Men's Christian Assa
YMCA
Sullivan County
N. Y
Fingerprints Searched in Serge Rubinstein Slaying Case
Ten fingerprints found in Serge Rubinstein's bedroom are checked against 5000 nightclub entertainer records as investigators probe the killer of the millionaire financier. A woman's belongings tied to Pat Wray are examined while authorities review Rubinstein's notebook list of Hollywood figures and Las Vegas figures. Lee Brooks is interviewed at hospital with no suspect identified.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Asst. Dist. Atty
Alexander Herman
Rubinstein
Herman
Pat Wray
Cafe Society
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nev
Dist
Atty
Courtlandt Nicoll
Lee Brooks
Brooks
Nicoll
Stanley JT. Stanley
Fire Burns Two Stores in Algona Main Street
Damage estimated near 100000 dollars from a late Monday blaze destroying Hood's Grocery and Finn's Bakery in Algona's business district. Smoke spread to adjacent buildings and caused significant losses to both shops.
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Hood's Grocery
Finn's Bakery
100th Birthday Visit From Eisenhower Aide
Mrs. Nettie Angus Moulden, a Washington native who met Lincoln, Grant, and now Ike, celebrates her 100th birthday with a White House greeting arranged by James Hagerty. She is a lifelong Republican and widow of Jarvis Moulden, long employed at the government printing office.
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Washington
Nettie Angus Moulden
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Eisenhower
Moulder
James C. Hagerty
Moulden
Ulysses S. Grant
Lincoln
President Grant
Grant
Jarvis B. Moulden
Government Printing Office
Metal Bar From Plane Injures Dayton Boy
Five year old Daniel Pohlabel is hospitalized with two head gashes after a two pound metal bar fell from a B25 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and punched through his roof while he watched television. The 12 inch bar was used to close the wheel cover on the aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Daniel Pohlabel
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Pohlabel
Daniel
Belle Plaine approves $260000 bond for two new grade schools
Belle Plaine voters approved a $260000 bond issue to fund two new grade school buildings for the Belle Plaine school district in a Monday vote.
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Belle Plaine W
Belle Plaine
Princess Margaret Begins Caribbean Royal Tour
Britain's Princess Margaret leaves London for a month long visit to the Caribbean first stopping in Port of Spain Trinidad where thousands of flags streamers and banners greet her. Her international flight included a Montreal refueling stop and U S Air Force escort as she travels to the British West Indies aboard the royal yacht Britannia.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Britain
Princess Margaret
Caribbean
Queen Elizabeth
London
Montreal
Hubert Rance
U.S. Air Force
Canada
South Ameria
British West Indies Islands
Royal Yacht Britannia
Surgeons Note Bantu Sprint Edge Over Whites in Mines
English bone surgeon Dr G T du Toit reports that Bantu miners in South Africa show physical advantages for sprinting and heavy mining work. He notes knee structure, ligament deposits, back health, and frequent operations differ between Blacks and whites in a 440,000-person mining industry near Johannesburg.
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Rennie Taylor
Los Angeles
South Africa
Johannesburg
G. T. du Toit
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
du Toit
Ex-Communist Involves Cohn In False Testimony Case
Ex Communist Harvey Matusow says he gave false testimony in the 1952 Clinton Jencks case and that Roy Cohn aided him. The affidavit was filed in federal court in New York as part of a motion for a new trial for 13 defendants linked to the McCarthy era probes. Judge Edward Dimock presided at the original trial.
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Cohn
New York
Harvey Matusew
Roy M. Cohn
U. S
Matusew
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
FBI
Europe
Matusow
el Paso
Tex
Clinton Jencks
Jencks
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Truck Driver Spends Hours After Stroke
Filbert Peters, 56, of Marshalltown, spent more than 38 hours in his truck after suffering a stroke. He could not exit or signal for help until was found Monday morning at the H and N Chevrolet Co. lot and taken to a hospital in fair condition.
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Spencer
Marshalltown
Filbert Peters
Heuer
H and N Chevrolet Co
Eds Boat Line authorized to operate on upper Mississippi
Washington Eds Boat Line of Guttenberg Iowa or Guttenberg Iowa and Guttenberg Illinois owned by Edwin G Rishell has been authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to operate a pleasure and fishing boat service over a one mile stretch of the upper Mississippi River.
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Okay Boat Service
Washington
Ed's Boat Line
Guttenberg
Towa
Edwin G. Rishell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Uranium discovery draws four million dollar offer
Dallas resident Walter Kus sell, an aircraft industry worker, says his Utah uranium find near Moab yielded a four million dollar bid after a prospecting flight last November. He considers three million offers for another discovery as interest rises.
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Dallas
Tex
Walter Kussell
Utah
Kussell
Moab
Kassell
Weather outlook for southeast region icy start with heavy snow
Freezing rain or snow dominates extreme southeast becoming mainly snow by evening with around 13 to 0 inches of accumulation likely. Elsewhere cloudy with light snow flurries. Lows 10 to 22, highs 24 to 30. Snow likely in extreme south by Wednesday evening, temperatures steady through Thursday.
US Nationalists Debate Future Of Offshore Posts
American and Nationalist Chinese leaders weigh the future of offshore island outposts near Formosa as fighting rages around the Tachens. US 7th Fleet and Sabrejet support stand by to evacuate about 30 000 troops and civilians from the Tachens amid clashes with Communist forces.
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Felix B. Stump
U. S
Pacific
Ssimo Chaing Kai-Shek
Tachen
Ilands
Col
Wu Hsu Kovang
Formosa
Taipeh
Tachen Islands
United States
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
Red
Defense Ministry
Yikiangshan
Toumen Island
Tachens
Yushan Island
Quemoy
Matsu
7Th Fleet
Harriman Seeks Record Budget and Tax Increases
Gov. Averell Harriman proposes a record 1.345 billion dollar budget and 124 million dollar tax hike package. He calls for 11 percent income tax, 2 cents a gallon gas tax, 3 cents diesel, 21/2 percent unincorporated business levy, 9 percent corporate profits, with automatic boosts tied to 1954 earnings and GOP veto limitations. He seeks 107.7 million over current spending for 1955-56, arguing most rises are due to Dewey administration commitments.
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Albany
Averell Harriman
Thether
Harriman
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Fatally Injured Webster City Man in Tonganoxie Crash
Richard Lane Silver, 24, of Webster City, was fatally injured in a car-truck collision near Tonganoxie on Monday. He died in a hospital late Monday night.
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Lawrence, Kan
Richard Lane Silver
Webster City
Tonganoxie
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