National water use plan outlined at Sioux City conference
A blueprint for a nationwide water use program emerged at Sioux City as the first of eight public conferences by President Truman’s water resources policy commission. The panel will assess overall water resources value, coordinate projects, and decide sequencing, amid calls to merge agencies and improve data for planning and development. After two days, the commission moves to Spokane for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Water Resources Policy Commission
United States
Minnespolis
Minnesota Emergency Conservation Committee
Associated Missouri Basin Conservationista
Kaupanger
Morger
U. S. Department of Agriculture and Interior
War Departments’ Corps of Engineers
Missouri Basin
Spokane
Wash
Pope Pius XII Receives Belgian King Leopold in Private Audience
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII welcomed King Leopold of Belgium for a private half hour audience. Later Queen Elisabeth and then the Belgian ambassador to the Holy See joined the discussions.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Leopold of
Belgium
Princess de Rethy
Holy See
Soil flight day highlights conservation efforts regionwide
Nearly 150 persons joined a soil conservation flight sponsored by the Atlantic Flying club the Chamber of Commerce and Cass county soil conservation committee. Thirteen planes covered a 40 mile route from dawn to dusk with Mrs. Ray Johnson 72 of Atlantic the eldest passenger.
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Atlantic Flying Club
Chamber of Commerce
Cass County Soil Conservation Committee
Ray Johnson
Atlantic
The
Irwin Pellett
Max Bullock
Don Hetrick
Gurdis Hetrick
Bruce Pellett
Charlie Layton
Charlie Robson
W. Clayton Robinson
Wayne Hardenberg
Laddie Cahn
Karl Wiechmanna
Leo Voggesser
Dale
Fred Dressler
Melvin Daume
Anita
Clair Wilson
Lawrence Hall
Griswold
Weather outlook with partly cloudy skies and storms
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers. Warmer tonight and Tuesday in the east and south central areas. Southerly winds 20 to 25 mph this afternoon and Tuesday, shifting to northwest in the state’s northwest third. Humidity remains high but eases in the northwest Tuesday.
Houston TV Coverage Follows Self-Inflicted Death at Ball Game
A 50 year old laundryman, Stanford B Twente, shot himself in a press box at Buffalo stadium during a Texas league game in Houston. The broadcast captured the moment as announcer Dick Gottlieb and engineer Lee Bennett were nearby. An inquest verdict ruled death by own action.
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Houston
Tex
Stanford B. Twente
Dick Gottlieb
Kauee-Tv
Buffalo Stadium
Justice of the Peace
Tom Maes
Maes
George Chapman
Twente
Don Stephens
Tulsa
Gottlieb
Lee Bennett
Bennett
Rev Steffenson Returns Here From Conference Assignments
The Rev. A. D. Steffenson, pastor at First Methodist here, was reassigned to Atlantic at the Iowa-Des Moines conference close in Shenandoah. Dr. O. K. E. Cooley of Council Bluffs became district superintendent and Laurin D. Thomas was reappointed superintendent of the Burlington district. Other area assignments include Ball Adair New Bethel, Butts Anita Viota, Hughes Cumberland Pine Grove, Breeling Elliott Pilot Grove, Bressler Grant Lincoln Center, Warrior Griswold, Myers Hancock, Beals Harlan, Pritchard Lewis Fletcher Chapel, Alexander Massena Bridgewater Avon, Francher Red Oak First, Felt Red Oak Hawthorne Stratton, Ward Watson Shelby Tennant.
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A. D. Steffenson
First Methodist
Atlantic
Iowa-Des Moines
Shenandoah
O. KE. Cooley
Council Bluffs
Lauren D. Thomas
Atlantic Church
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Howard F. Ball
Howard F. Ball, Adair New Bethel
Harold D. Butts
Anita Viota
C. P. Hughes
Cumberland-Pine Grove
A. Breeling
Elliott-Pilot Grove
Kenneth Bressler
Grant-Lincoln Center
W. H. Warrior
Griswold
Ray F. Myers
Hancock
Lawrence B. Beals
Harlan
N. A. Pritchard
Lewis-Fletcher Chapel
John L. Alexander
Massena - Bridgewarter - Avondale
Guy
Doctor Sander seeks reinstatement of medical license
Concord New Hampshire Dr Hermann N Sander applied for reinstatement of his medical license which had been taken after he was acquitted of a murder charge The New Hampshire board of registration in medicine President Dr J Paul Dye said the application was received today but no action is expected for two or three weeks
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Concord
Hermann N. Sander
New Hampshire Board of Registration In Medicine
J. Paul Dye
Waterloo Woman 83 In Critical Condition From Gas Leak
Mrs. Jennie Baker of Waterloo, 83, was reported in critical condition at a hospital after being overcome by gas from a kitchen stove. Authorities said the gas escaped accidentally while she lived alone.
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Waterloo
Jennie Baker
Boat Plane Disasters Claim 16 Lives Over Allegheny Dam
A river spillway disaster near Pittsburgh killed four and left four rescued after seven hours. Rivermen saved four others as a 25 foot cruiser went over the 11 foot dam. Hull Wright, 60, died heroically while Lockmaster James Woffenden survived.
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Pittsburgh
Hull Wright
Wright
James Woffenden
Woffenden
Hull
William Fisher
Carol Krieg
William Lahey, Jr
James McHugh
Charles Reilley
Jack Krieg
Washington Lutheran church caps 91st convention ordains 17 ministers
The Augus tana Lutheran church concluded its 91st annual convention by ordaining 17 men to the ministry and consecrating six women as deaconesses.
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Washington
Augustana Lutheran Church
Amerasia Witness Archbold Van Beuren Faces Cameras
Archbold Van Beuren, former OSS official, testifies on Amerasia documents before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee in Washington. He ordered the first raid on the Amerasia office in 1945, amid inquiries into the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Strategic Services
Archbold van Beuren
Washington
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations
van Beuren
Office
Amerasia Wnayasine
Weekend Accidents Across Rivers And Seas In AP Digest
The Associated Press recounts weekend disasters from coast to coast. In Pennsylvania two men and two women died after a cabin cruiser capsized near Pittsburgh and drifted seven hours beneath a spillway. Nearby in Tennessee three men escaped a similar fate when a 16 foot cruiser went over a low Cumberland River dam. all reached shore. California saw four deaths and 16 rescues when a fishing boat sank in the Catalina Channel. Chicago area saw two drownings as winds and waves toppled boats on Lake Michigan. Oklahoma and Texas reported crashes killing four newspaper deliverers near Shawnee and Conway respectively. A Saint Lawrence River collision injured 25 of 400 aboard a cruise ship. the freighter involved was the other vessel.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland River
San Pedro
Calif
Catalina Channel
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Shawnee
Oklo
Conway
Tex
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Lad Hurt When Run Over By Car In Front Of Store
Four year old Kenneth Harrison of Anita suffered a pelvis fracture and severe abdominal injuries when he darted into the path of a car driven by Ferdinand Nelson of He. He is reported to be doing satisfactorily at Atlantic Memorial hospital.
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Kenneth Harrison
Gail Harrison
Anita
J. C. Penney Company
Ferdinand Nelson
Atlantic
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Bushman the ailing gorilla draws 120000 at Lincoln Park Zoo
About 120000 spectators crowded Lincoln Park Zoo to see Bushman the 600 pound gorilla who was too sick to perform. Zoo vet Dr. Lester Fisher said Bushman’s condition is improving as he breathes easier though he remains elderly at 22 with arthritis and a heart issue.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Bushman
Lester Fisher
Florida
Nevada youth sought after father’s death in Iowa Missouri
Highway officers in Missouri and Iowa search for Carl Jones, 17, of Nevada, to inform him of his father Otis Jones's death. The teen had worked on Toby Cryberg’s farm near Waterloo and reportedly left that job.
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Nevada
Missouri
Iowa
Carl Jones
Otis Jones
Toby Cryberg
Waterloo
London Writer Unacceptable To Gen MacArthur
London Times correspondent Frank Hawley was declared persona non grata by General MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo. Hawley said headquarters viewed his Japan occupation reports as subjective and not objective and warned that critical dispatches could be barred as security risks. He cited a June 8 briefing by Maj. Gen. E M Almond that questioned his accuracy and urged him to follow the headquarters line.
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Tokyo
Frank Hawley
London Times
MacArthur
Sir Alvary Gascoigne
Hawley
Japan
E. M. Almond
Headquarters
Times
Aid Almond
Almond
United States
Des Moines Woman Pleads Innocent in Husband Slaying
Zelma Mae Crawford 38 pleaded innocent to a murder charge. She was held without bond as grand jury action follows. Police say she stabbed her husband Louie Crawford 36 with a paring knife.
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Des Moines
Zelma Mae Crawford
Storm Floods Denison Area Rescue From Ditch
A flood storm dumped 7.55 inches of rain, flooding the West Boyer river and washing out two bridges near Denison. A Deloit woman, Lois Rounds, was rescued after two hours by boat when her car floated into a ditch. Another Deloit resident, Ed Ridge Winey, escaped a similar ordeal. The county fairgrounds filled with water and trees were downed.
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Denison
Here
Boyer
Lois Rounds
Deloit
Highway 4
Jim Mullin
Rounds
Edridge Winey
Schleswig
Charter Oak
Model divorce law goal of bar assoc
New York reports the American Bar Association has formed an interprofessional commission to study divorce law for two to three years. The independent panel aims to draft a model law to gain passage in several states and standardize divorce matters. Members come from law medicine psychiatry psychology sociology and education.
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New York
American Bar Association
Commission
Senate warps on rent control as Wherry fails to shelve bill
In Washington the senate rejected a bid to shelve the rent control bill 44 to 25, testing senate sentiment as the measure nears June 30 expiration. Senator Cain threatened a filibuster while Wherry's motion aimed to return the bill to the banking committee. Senators George and McClellan voiced opposition to rushing a nationwide housing emergency justification.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Banking Committee
Cain
Democrat
Republicis
Donnell
Hea
George
McClellan
D-Ark
Maybank
D-8.c
Loan Committee
Lucas
Town
Wherry
Banking
Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Gillette
D-Ii
Rickenbacker Affirms Belief in Flying Saucers
Indianapolis Indiana Eddie Rickenbacker World War I ace and Eastern Airlines president said he believes flying saucers are real and that if they exist they belong to the United States Air Force. He noted too many good men have seen them while air officials deny the devices exist.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
United States Air Force
Delay in Harry Gold transfer for trial in New York
Federal Judge James P. McGranery postponed action on the government request to move Harry Gold from Philadelphia to New York. Gold is accused of delivering U.S. atomic secrets to Russia and would have faced immediate trial if transferred.
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Philadelphia
James P. McGranery
Harry Gold
U.S
Russia
New York
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Leopold
Dewey
Harry FE. P. Meislahn
Thomas E. Dewey, Jr
Albany Academy
Thomas Kb, Dewey
Bailey Twente
Anderson
S.C
Rev
Steffenson
Sander
Lutherans Ordain
Amerasia Witness
Lany
Lad
Zoo
Hunt Dead Man's Son
Michigan Conservation Commission
Dickinson County
Upper Peninsula
Ronnie Lighthill
Thad Isham
Charles Leitch
James
Owosso
Mich
Colorado
International
London
Gen
Mac
BAR Assn
Eddie
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