Eisenhower Opposes Federal Aid Bill for All States
General Dwight D. Eisenhower voiced opposition to federal school aid grants for all states and urged aid only for states unable to raise taxes, under strict formulas to prevent abuse and federal interference. He signaled a cautious stance amid Truman Taft GOP dynamics over education funding.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
Columbia University
Military Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Rep
Gwinn
Senate
House
F Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
State builds case against Babich in murder trial
A pathologist testified that at least one minute passed between the first shot and the fatal shot to Patricia Birmingham as the state rejects the defense claim that a struggle over a revolver caused the shooting. The 19-year-old Milton Babich faces first degree murder charges.
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Milwaukee
Patricia Birmingham
L. J. van Hecke
Milton Babich
Weather outlook with scattered storms tonight
The forecast calls for showers and scattered thunder tonight with clearing skies in the northwest. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with occasional showers in the south and east and only slight temperature changes.
Pigman Named by Chambers as Spy Ring Courier
Ward Pigman a former Bureau of Standards employee and now chemist at the Institute of Paper Chemistry Appleton Wisconsin is one of five men Chambers said relayed secret U S information to him during his time as a communist spy ring courier Pigman testified before a grand jury last December denying any dealings with Chambers and Chambers named him at Hiss perjury trial in New York
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Ward Pigman
Bureau of Standards
The
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Appleton
Wis
Whittaker Chamber
U. S
Chambers
Pigman
Alger Hiss
New York
Midwest Democrats Back Brannan Plan in Farm Conference
A 16 state Democratic Midwest conference endorsed the Brannan plan promising cheaper food and farmer prosperity. The move set against the American Farm Bureau and backed the Aiken bill option for farmers in 1950 elections.
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Des Moines
Truman
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest
Farm
Heifer tops W A Hopley Angus sale at 1950 dollars
A heifer sold for 1950 dollars to lead the W A Hopley Aber deen Angus sale at the Hopley farm southwest of Atlantic. 73 head averaged 505 dollars. Dick Nobis of Davenport bought Blackcap Grenada. Top bull brought 750 dollars. Kitty Clover farms of Omaha led buyers with fifteen head.
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Hopley Farm
Atlantic
Dick Nobis
Davenport
Kitty Clover Farms
Omaha
Ferndale Ranch
Santa Paula
Calif
Towa
Missouri
G. A. Kent
Kentrock
Muscatine
Roy Johnson
Balton
Nels G. Kraschel
Harlan
Hanford Project Costs Bring Fresh AEC Scrutiny
Senator Hickenlooper targets the Atomic Energy Commission over rising Hanford plutonium facility costs. The $24.95 million capstone project, contracted to General Electric, faces renewed questions of mismanagement as lawmakers weigh security and loyalty renewal issues amid secrecy.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Hanford Wash
Hanford
McMahon
D-Conn
House-Senate Atomic Committee
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
AEC
Joint Committee
General Electric Co
Carleton Stugg
Appropriations Group
Shugg
Baby sitter beats child to death in Lancaster
In Lancaster, 14 year old Jean Sonnen beat six year old Ronald Keller to death with a wood club after he pulled the washing machine plug. Sonnen was ordered held at the Lancaster county shelter home for girls as police report the fatal assault occurred during a family laundry routine in the basement.
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Lancaster
Stiles Smith
State Police
Ronald Glen Keller
Jean Sonnen
Lititz
Lancaster County
Smith
Sonnen
Paul Keller
Ronald
Keller
Jean
Sgt. Smith
Meeting of Iowa Postmasters Notables in Sioux City
Mr and Mrs Sam Childs attended the Iowa Postmasters association meeting held in Sioux City last week with local officials and peers from the state.
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Sam Childs
Iowa Postmastern Association
Sioux City
Supreme Court Clears Way For Payment of Vets Bonus
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the 1949 law and the $86 million veterans bonus plan. The decision allows $50 million from cash funds and a bond issue to fund payments. About 200,000 applications exist with 12,000 processed. checks to early claimants will begin once approved.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
State Bonus Board
Storms and floods kill ten in Dallas county Texas
Storms and flash floods killed at least ten people in Dallas county with one missing. Four drowned in Garland as Duck Creek waters surged. A Frisco freight train hit a washout. a three month old child suffocated after a power outage. Damage across Garland and surrounding areas reached about a million dollars. A hundred people were rescued by boat.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas County
Garland
Duck Creek
C. R. Smith
Atlantic attorney to speak at Elks Flag Day ceremony
Thomas M. Gaffney of Atlantic will deliver the Flag Day address at the Atlantic B P Q Elks Lodge. Boy Scouts and veterans groups join. program opens with The Star Spangled Banner and includes prayers, songs, and an account of Old Glory.
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Atlantic Attorney
Atlantic B. P. QC
Elks Lodge
Boy Scouts
Veterans’ Organizations
Hugh Allen
Carl Schwartz
C. S$. Linkletter
George Zellers
Mr. Zellers
Don Minor
American Legion
Amvets
War Dads
V.E.W
Esquire
The
Elks
The Princeton Theft Involving Lead Bars and Paintings
Princeton university authorities investigated the theft of 12 to 15 lead bars including a cobalt bearing piece. The same weekend three valuable drawings and etchings by Rembrandt and Degas vanished from Princeton art museum, valued at $11,300.
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Princeton Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Princeton
Art Museum
Rembrandt
Degas
Visiting Mother At Mrs Walter Home
Mr and Mrs Edwin Fackler and Karl Frederick of La Jolla California visit for a month at Mrs John Walter’s home to spend time with her mother.
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Edwin Fackler
Karl Frederick
LaJolla
Cal
Switzer Fate to Be Set in Two Weeks for Iowa Judge
Washington reports the next two weeks will decide Carroll C. Switzer’s confirmation as federal judge for southern Iowa. Clinton County bar association urged Senator Gillette to push his preferences and oppose Switzer’s appointment, though his name was not formally mentioned.
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Truman
Carroll O. Switz
Des Moines
Iowa
Clinton
Clinton County Bar Association
Guy Gillette
Bar
Gillette
Carroll C. Switzer
Senator McCarran Delays Switzer Nomination Over Gillette Views
Senator McCarran heads the judiciary committee and will halt action on Switzer’s nomination until Senator Gillette, who objects to the choice, responds. Gillette plans to submit his position in a few days, while blue slips are sent to senators for viewpoints with a 10 day objection window.
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D-Nev
Gillette
Dtown
Senate Judiciary Committee
Switzer
Congressional Record
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Switser
Ten communists sentenced to death by Tripolis tribunal
A military tribunal at Tripolis condemned ten communists to death for guerrilla activity in Peloponnesus. The group includes Taks Moulopoulos, a representative of the communist guerrilla government with cabinet rank. Three of the convicts are women.
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Athens
Tripolis
Peloponnesus
Taks Moulopoulos
Miss Elizabeth Thurman 76 Dies in Atlantic
Miss Elizabeth Thurman 76 of 704 West Sixth street died at Berry nursing home at 6:00 am after long illness. Born January 13 1873 in Atlantic she lived here all her life and was a Church of Christ member. Survived by brother Lou Thurman of Atlantic sister Mrs Sophia Miller of Antioch Calif and several nephews and nieces. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 pm at Taylor funeral home with Rev C S Linkletter officiating interment in Atlantic cemetery.
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Elizabeth Thurman
West Sixth Street
Berry Nursing Home
Miss Thurman
Atlantic
Carl
Bertha Thurman
Church of Christ
Emma
Collision claims second victim in rural Iowa crash
L. J. Ritland aged 69 of Roland died at a hospital after a Sunday night auto crash near Randall on the Hardin-Hamilton county line. His wife, 63, was killed in the collision with a car driven by Richard T. Jacobson, 18, of Story City. The wreck occurred about 13 miles north of Ames.
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Ames
L. J. Ritland
Roland
Ritland
Richard T. Jacobson
Story City
Hardin-Hamilton County
Randall
Western Berlin railway workers reject compromise in seven to one vote
Berlin Western Berlin railway workers voted six to one against a compromise plan backed by the Four Powers. The 14,000 strikers rejected leaders who urged a return to work amid Soviet threats and propaganda. Maj. Gen. Bourne urged workers to ignore rumors and trust western assurances.
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Berlin
Sermin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
UGO
Gabeteure
Taegliche Rundschau
G. K. Bourne
Treat 250 for food poisoning after company picnic
About 250 people were treated for ptomaine poisoning after Seymour Packing Company’s annual picnic in Topeka. Hospital treatment reached 200 with 50 more treated at home. no one was in critical condition. President J. G. Neville and four board members attended. Coroner H. L. Clark cited a salad dressing as the likely cause.
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Topeka
Seymour Packing Company
J. G. Neville
H. L. Clark
Iowa diplomat nominates for posts in Prague and Montevideo
President Truman named Ellis Briggs from Maine to replace Joseph E. Jacobs as ambassador in Prague Czechoslovakia after Jacobs’ six month tenure. Christian Ravndal of Iowa, currently director general of the foreign service, will succeed Briggs in Montevideo. Ravndal has nearly 30 years in diplomatic service and lives in Decorah Iowa. he expects to go to Montevideo in August.
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Truman
Joseph E. Jacobs
Czechoslovakia
Ellis O. Briggs
Maine
Uruguay
Jacobs
Prague
Christian M. Ravndal
Iowa
Briggs
Montevideo
Ravndal
Foreign Service
Europe
Decorah
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