Urge Restoration of Foreign Aid Cut Bank Robbery in Southport
A masked gunman abducted bank president John A. Whalen and his wife from their home in Southport Indiana early Tuesday. They were held with six bank employees for almost six hours as the vault opened and about $65 000 was taken before the robber fled in Whalen's 1956 black Oldsmobile. Police scoured central Indiana with planes and alerts issued statewide.
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Three Atlantic Women Injured In Car Crash
Mrs. R. B. Shephard 66 Mrs. C. C. Moeller 60 and Mrs. Elizabeth Uhlmann 65 all of Atlantic were treated at Atlantic Memorial Hospital for shock and bruises after the 1956 car driven by Mrs. Moeller overturned in a ditch on Highway 71 north of Brayton. All three wore safety belts. damage to the vehicle was estimated in the hundreds of dollars.
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C. C. Moeller
Elizabeth Uhlmann
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Atlantic Memorial Hospital
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Nebraska Women Injured In Crash Near Griswold
Two Nebraska women, Marie Hackenberger and Laura Pettigrew of Dunbar, were treated at Atlantic Memorial Hospital after their car overturned on a county road near Griswold. The vehicle rolled in loose gravel, crossed a fence, and entered a corn field, with severe injuries and possible others. The car was listed as a probable total loss.
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Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Griswold
Marie Hackenberger
Laura Pettigrew
Dunbar
Nebr
Frank Robinson
Weather Outlook Warm With Possible Thunder Showers
Generally fair and warm conditions continue Wednesday with a chance of thundershowers in the northwest. Highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s. The outlook calls for mostly fair weather with widely scattered showers and continued warmth on Thursday.
Robeson Contempt Vote Amid House Hearing Turmoil
The House Committee on American Activities moved to cite Paul Robeson for contempt of Congress after a heated session with Chairman Walter and members. The panel voted to recommend contempt, sending the matter to Congress. The inquiry also examined Robeson’s alleged passport use by Communists or sympathizers.
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Director Resigns From WOW Radio TV Post
WE00 Iowa State College President James H Wilton announced the resignation of WOW director W Richard V Hull to take a similar post at Ohio State University He will leave around mid November while on leave of absence to study at the educational television and radio center in Ann Arbor Hull a 1938 ISU graduate joined WOI in 1941 became director in 1946 and previously worked at Ohio State Minnesota and WCCO Minneapolis He flew to Paris Monday as one of four Americans to UNESCO television film meeting
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Richard V. Hull
WOW
Ohio State University
Iowa
James H. Wilton
Hull
Iowa State College
Educational Television and Radio Center
Ann Arbor
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Unesco
Iowa State
Foster Mother Of 38 Girls Honored In New Jersey
Mrs William Yates of Old Bridge East Brunswick is named New Jersey Foster Mother of the Year for caring for 38 foster daughters over 25 years. Governor Meyner will present a silver tray from the State Board of Child Welfare. Her husband recalls being called father to one and grandfather to another as the girls grew up in a home filled with photos and wedding memories.
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William Yates
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
Yates
Old Bridge
State Board of Child Welfare
Albert Latschar
Franklin Township
Burglary at Hiram's Country Store Nets Safe
Early Tuesday burglars broke into Hiram's Country Store in Des Moines and fled with a safe containing 500 to 800 dollars. A patrolman found the break in at about 4 30 a m after Royce Gale said he closed the shop at 11 p m Monday. Earlier Monday a lone thief entered Thriftway Super Market at 4th and University and escaped with about 900 dollars from a safe.
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Hiram's
Royce Gale
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4Th and University
Eliot Recovering From Heart Attack Aboard Queen Mary
Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot is recovering in London after a heart attack suffered aboard the Queen Mary on the Atlantic voyage from New York. He is in a London hospital for rest with doctors noting a not serious cardiac condition. Dulles cites encouraging Soviet signs but warns it is uncertain if Khrushchev reforms will endure.
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Dulles
Housewife Helps Capture Oelwein Armory Suspects
A tip from Mrs. Elmer Damon led to the Tuesday arrest of Francis Howland and Wayne Pelley in Oelwein after police said the pair used a National Guard jeep to batter a supply room door at the armory. They fled but were caught. the car held various small items and valuables.
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Francis Howland
Wayne Pelley
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Edora Boys State Training School
Judge Drops Contempt Charge After Back Support Paid
Dedham man Raymond Tigges, 28, sees contempt citation dismissed by district judge Ben Nett Cullison after he pays 648 dollars in back child support, court costs, and other fees. Tigges was arrested in Cedar Rapids on a bench warrant for failure to pay support and previously failed to cover costs in a paternity suit.
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Bennett Cullison
Raymond Tigges
Dedham
Tigges
Cedar Rapids
Hoegh Discusses Growth Of Iowa At Luncheon Here
Governor Leo Hoegh addressed 65 Rotary members and guests praising service clubs and state efforts to build a better Iowa. He noted industry growth from 1.8 billion in 1945 to 4 billion by 1955 with a 5 billion goal for 1960 and stressed highway improvements and three Es for safer roads through engineering, education, and enforcement. He toured 4-H FFA grounds and dairy farms and planned an evening speech at the 4-H and FFA grounds banquet.
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Atlantic Rotary Club
Lowa
Argentine Lt Col Cogorno Executed in Peron Restoration Plot
Retired Argentine Lt Col Oscar Lorenzo Cogorno is named among 17 military men executed by the Provisional Government in Buenos Aires for leading a revolt to restore Juan D Peron. Report says up to 150 Argentinians, military and civilian, have been executed since the weekend as authorities hunt two former generals Raul Tanco and Jose Valle.
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Juan J. Peron
Raul Tanco
Jose Valle
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International Sounddphoto
Asian-African Group seeks UN talks on Algeria
The Asian African Group of the United Nations urged an urgent Security Council meeting to discuss Algeria. Thirteen of its 23 members signed the request with ambassador Senarat Gunewardene stating the decision is definite and others may join soon. The group seeks independence for French Algeria, though opinions differ on approach.
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Eisenhower Pleas for Funds Amid Illness Update
President Eisenhower, convalescing after intestinal surgery, signs three documents while seated, as White House aides report his good spirits. Civil and military leaders urge restoring 600 million of 1.1 billion dollars cut from foreign aid. Adams will brief senators on his condition and support for the full 4.9 billion requested.
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Sherman Adams
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Radford
Walter Reed Army Hospital
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James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
NATO
Joseph Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Illegal for youths under 16 to work in restaurants
Iowa Bureau of Labor reports permits issued to 14 and 15 year olds to work in restaurants violate child labor laws. The law bans under 16 from hotels cafes and restaurants and requires a work permit issued by local school officials.
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Iowa Bureau of Labor
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The
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Atlas Ad
British Deport Greek Clergyman Amid Cyprus Tension
The British government says Archimandre Kathaikos Macheriotis, a Greek Orthodox Church official in Britain, was deported on police order in the public interest. The move follows talks involving Nicos Kranidiotis, aide to Archbishop Makarios, who faced opposition to Cyprus policy.
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Archimandre Kathaikos Maeherhott
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Natonal
Athens
Home
Selwyn Lloyd George
Macheriotis
Nicos Kranidiotis
Makarios
Iowa ruling ensures 30 days regular pay for military leave
The Iowa attorney general ruled that an employee of a local government subdivision is entitled to regular pay for the first 30 days of military leave. Des Moines County Attorney Tapscott had asked about a Des Moines school board teacher whose military pay exceeded his school salary, prompting the ruling signed by Atty. Gen. Dayton Countryman and Asst. Atty. Gen. Leonard Abels.
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Iowa
Leo J. Tapscott
Dayton Countryman
Leonard C. Abels
Tapscott
Lbes Moines School Board
Mes Moines
A. W Fettke
Banker and wife force bandit to flee in Stockbridge
In Stockbridge Georgia the bank president and his wife fired on a robber trying to rob Citizens Bank. The bandit, possibly wounded, fled in a car. the 45-year-old cashier Mrs Charles T Loder said he resembled the May 4 1955 robber who stole 4500 dollars and was never caught.
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Citizens Bank of
Atlanta
Charles T. Loder
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