Atlantic municipal plant adds 5000 KW unit, near operation
The Atlantic utilities plant expects the new steam generating unit and 5000 KW turbine generator to be in operation within three weeks to a month. Completed contracts in 1955 funded by earnings and revenue bonds, with rate reductions already granted. The project expands capacity for homes and industry and interconnects with IPALCO for emergency service.
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Combustion Engineering Company, Inc
New York City
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Des Moines
Winger Construction
Ottumwa
Marley Company
Kansas City
Allied Steering Company
Atlantic
Pew
Town Power and Light Company
Ipalco
Atlantic Power Plant
Longtime Atlantic Barber Homer Vought Dies at 66
Homer Vought 66 of 1108 Cedar Street Atlantic died Monday at Atlantic Memorial Hospital after a period of declining health. He was born March 6 1801 in Kansas and moved with his family to Iowa as a child. He married Anna Wright in 1912 and worked as a barber in Avoca Omaha and Atlantic, later opening a barber and beauty shop with his wife. He belonged to the Presbyterian church Masonic and Shrine and was a former Rotary member. Surviving are his wife sister Mrs Clark Hayes Jefferson and brother Arthur Vought Farnhamville. A son Clair Vought died in World War II. Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church with Masonic rites and interment in Atlantic Cemetery.
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Atlantic
Atlantic Memorial Hosal
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Elva Vought
Kansas
Jefferson
Anna Wright
Omaha
Arthur Vought
Farnhamville
Clair Vought
Ethel Vought
First Presbyterian Church
David Hubler
Land Funeral Home
Rosas Camblin
Girard Lawyers Seek U S Court-Masal for Japenese Case
Lawyers for Army Specialist 3 C William S Girard pursue a writ to prevent his trial by a Japanese court contending he was on duty and covered by a U S Japanese agreement. Government and Defense dispute over duty status and jurisdiction while Eisenhower backs Japanese case.
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Washington
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U. S
Japan
Defense Department
Robert Dechert
Miami
Eisenhower
United States
Far East
Couple Killed in Crash at Blairsburn
A California couple, Bob Hyatt 56 and Ethel 50, of Stockton, died in a heavy rainstorm crash on Highway 69 twelve miles north of Blairsburg. Their car veered, rolled, and hit an embankment. Mrs Hyatt died instantly. Mr Hyatt died en route to Wright County Hospital in Clarion. Another fatal truck collision occurred nearby when James McCully Sr., ahead Omaha driver, died at the Highways 69 and 20 intersection.
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Ethel
Stockton
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Wright County
Clarion
Munday
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Omaha
Weather outlook with scattered storms and warm temps
Partly cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night. Locally severe storms likely in the east. Temperatures from the northwest mid 50s to mid 60s. Wednesday brings decreasing clouds and highs from the northwest in the 70s to southeast upper 70s. Thursday expected to stay partly cloudy with little temperature change.
Three killed in Blair Nebraska highway crash
Three people died in a three car crash six miles south of Blair on Highway 73 near midnight Monday. Kenneth G. Harris of Dallas and Alan McMasters of Omaha died in the collision with Judith Keup of Gibbon critically injured. An unidentified woman and John Williams of Cherokee Iowa also involved. Williams suffered a cut lip. Harris had been living in Omaha, a construction worker. The fatalities bring Nebraska traffic deaths to 106 for the year.
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Koerber
John Williams
Cherokee
Iowa
Williams
McMasters
Narr
Harris
Nebraska
Birmingham Student Named Dean at Simpson College
Dr. Mo Francis Christie aged 34 of Birmingham Southern College becomes dean of Simpson College in Simpson College, effective August 1. He will succeed Dr. Oliver H. Bimson who retires July 31.
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Mo Francis Christie
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham
Ala
Simpson College
Christie
Oliver H. Bimson
Storms sweep across Iowa with tornado threats
A line of severe thunderstorms moved east through southern Iowa on Tuesday, raising the risk of tornadoes from Mahaska to Louisa counties and beyond. Creston logged heavy rain and gusty winds, while Davenport and St Lucas faced lightning outages and street flooding. Des Moines forecasts more rain and storms for the next two days.
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Weather Bureau
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Louisa
Missouri
Iowa
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Davenport
St. Lucas
Woc-Tv
Blue Grass
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Senate postpones hearings on Bakers Union dispute
The Senate Rackets Committee postponed further hearings on the Bakers Union to June 20 after last Friday’s recess. The delay aims to allow committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy and others to testify in contempt of Congress trials of Teamsters officials Frank W Brewster and Einar O Mohn who refused to testify and challenged the subcommittee's jurisdiction.
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Senate Rackets Committee
Bakers Union
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters Union
Frank W Brewster
Einar O. Mohn
Brewster
Teamsters Western Conference
Mohn
Teamsters
Senate
Royal couple to visit Canada in fall tour
Britain's Prince Philip announced he and Queen Elizabeth will visit Canada in the fall. The Queen will formally open the new Canadian Parliament after a national election. The trip reportedly includes a stop in Jamestown, Virginia for a 330th anniversary festival, with a possible U.S. visit after Canada.
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London News Chronicle
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Ike Returns To His White House Desk
President Eisenhower, nearly recovered from a stomach ailment, spent about an hour and 45 minutes at his desk in the White House. He signed a large appropriation bill for State and Justice and the federal judiciary, requested a supplemental amount for the Senate restaurant, dictated letters, and met with five aides between 10 AM and early afternoon.
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Beck Passport Suspended Across Federal Request
The State Department has temporarily suspended Dave Beck's passport following a joint request by the Justice Department and the Senate Rackets Committee. A Tacoma federal court had denied Beck's request to attend a labor conference in Paris while awaiting trial on charges of evading $56,000 in federal income taxes in 1950 and aiding in preparing a fraudulent return.
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Misses Commencement at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr Milton S Mosenhower failed to attend the commencement at Johns Hopkins Hospital as he suffers a kidney ailment. The first commencement since October Eisenhower’s inauguration took place with Eisenhower’s seven year old brother admitted after a sudden illness. Conditions listed as satisfactory though doctors cannot determine how long treatment will take.
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Russell Sees Revival of Soil Bank Plan in Senate
Sen. Russell of Georgia says the Senate will revive the main phase of the soil bank farm program though details may spark controversy. The farm bill carries 3.67 billion in new funds for the Department of Agriculture for the year starting July, with action expected this day. The House previously ordered the acreage reserve portion ended and did not fund 1958 crops, while the Senate panel favored continuing payments and authorized 500 million for that year.
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Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Department of Agriculture
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Soil Bank
Conservation
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Tense clashes erupt in Algiers as mobs attack Moslems
About 5 000 rioters clashed with Moslems in Algiers injuring 50 and drowning a man after pushing two Moslem autos into the sea. Stores owned by Moslems were looted as paratroops and other forces cordoned the Arab quarter. Fifteen Moslems hospitalized four in serious condition amid a general strike urged by student veteran groups. Shops and banks closed and transport slowed to a crawl.
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Algiers
Yoesdi
Dulles Stresses Allied Unity in Disarmament Talks
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States prioritizes allied views and will not sacrifice cooperation for speed with the Soviet Union on disarmament. He noted informal talks with Russia possible but insisted negotiations remain multilateral, affecting Stassen’s private talks with Zorin and a London restart delay.
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Return Girl to Omaha as Search for Phillips Continues
Police in Omaha held Anne Warren a 19 year old Indian girl on an open charge as the search for John David Phillips a 2 year old Negro charged with murder continued with no definite clues to his whereabouts. Warren said she knew Phillips and had gone with him but had not seen him since May 25 when they met in Sioux City. Mrs Rits Kappenman 21 was killed by two bullets in the brain in the basement apartment while her husband was in class at Creighton University Dental College.
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Omaha
Anne Warren
John David Phillips
Sioux City
Phillips
Rits Kappenman
Mayflower II Repeats Pilgrim Voyage Moves Toward Provincetown
The Mayflower II sails again after a calm night as Capt. Alan Villiers reports being 15 miles west of Nantucket lightship. He plans to press on to Provincetown, aiming to estimate arrival time later Tuesday.
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Mass
Alan Villiers
Nantucket
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