Outlook Gloomy As Seaborne Shipping Grinds To Halt
The Associated Press reports a three seaboard shipping stoppage begins at midnight with key unions NMU NMEBA and ARA signaling a strike. Pickets at Chicago Denver and Los Angeles airports back labor action while negotiations with United Air Lines drift toward a critical stage.
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Associated Press
United Air Lines
AFL Air Lines
National Maritime Union
CIO
American Radio Association
National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
ARA
San Francisco
Joseph Curran
NMU
NMEBA
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Geome 900 Afl
UAL
Parasal
AttaWibre
ALPA
Orphanage Fire Kills 32 in Montreal Blaze
Fire swept St Cunegonde's hospice, killing 32 and leaving 13 missing as searchers pull bodies from the rubble. Coroner to hold an inquest. two nuns' bodies moved to their mother house. Elevator shaft work blamed by a priest. license issued for Karl Aldag and Lorene Reedinger in Atlantic.
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Montreal
St. Cunnegonde’s Hospice
Alosen
Rita Gervais
Chauvin
Grey Nuns
P. M. Seguin
Karl L Aldag
Lorene Reedinger
Atlantic
Weather forecast shows scattered showers through Monday
Mostly cloudy with widely scattered showers this afternoon. Winds 10 to 15 mph. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered thunderstorms in the south and east. Sunday cooler with northwest winds around 8 mph. Partly cloudy north and cloudy with scattered showers Monday and little temperature change. Tuesday cloudy and warmer with showers over the south and west by night.
Forest City Man Succeeds J. J. O Connor as Atlantic Supt
A. H. Schuler, Forest City schools superintendent for three years, will head Atlantic schools next year after the resignation of J. J. O Connor. Schuler signed a contract with the Atlantic board. O Connor leaves to join Walnut Grove Products in Atlantic and resigns from the Iowa High School Athletic Association board of control. Schuler has earlier led Swea City schools, holds degrees from Westmar College and Colorado State, and is active in education groups and local clubs. He is married with no children.
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A. H. Schuler
Forest City
Atlantic Schools
J. J. O'Connor
Schuler
Atlantic Board of Education
O'Connor
Walnut Grove Products Company
Atlantic
Iowa High School Athletic Association Board of Control
Swea City
Westmar College
University of Iowa
Colorado State College
County Board of Education
Department of Rural Education
American Association of School Administrators
Phi Delta Kappa
The
Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Eastern Star Lodges
Expect Battle Over Suspension Of Economic Ban
The NSC advised Congress on a 90 day interim suspension of the economic aid ban behind the iron curtain to study trading conditions. Opposition from Republicans warns against a broad suspension while Truman deems the ban defective. Senate probes into MacArthur policy proceed with witness votes next week.
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Washington
White House
Congress
National Security Council
NSC
Truman
U. S
Aussia
Security Council
State Department
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Joint Committee
Senate
Department—Federal
Bluffs youths held for dope inquiry
Two youths were arrested in Council Bluffs after police heard reports of youths using or selling doped cigarettes in a park. One is 17 from Council Bluffs and the other 20 from Omaha. They were held for investigation while police questioned a third teen about marijuana cigarette sales. An hospital intern treated a youth at the station who appeared intoxicated and abusive.
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Council Bluffe
Council Bluffs
Omaha
OConnor resigns as Atlantic schools head to join Walnut Grove
J. J. O'Connor, four years as superintendent of Atlantic schools and famed Iowa educator, resigns to join Walnut Grove Products, maker of livestock minerals. He came from Wiota, earned degrees at Maryville Missouri and Iowa, and led a program of student testing and a five year building maintenance plan. The move ends a period of high academic standards and modernisation under his leadership.
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J. J. O'Connor
Atlantic Schools
Iowa
Walnut Grove Products Company
Atlantic
O’connor
Wiota
Maryville
State Teachers College
University
Joe L. Gettys
Ockaleces
O'Connor
Harmony
DiSalle Signals More Price Rollbacks on Items
Washington reports Secretary Michael V. DiSalle indicated beef price rollbacks will continue with new levels, while no specific plans for additional item cuts were disclosed. He told a defense committee the beef controls aim to stabilize consumer prices and avoid black markets or rationing. He noted current livestock price cuts and retail ceilings, with further reductions expected and cattlemen urged to accept controls.
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DiSalle
DiSale
Wasehdog’mittee
Brannan
Hessic
Congress
Belgians Charm Miss Truman in Brussels Visit
Margaret Truman toured Belgium with Perle Mesta as her host. After 43 hours abroad she canceled a Bruges stop due to weariness. Belgian press warmed to her, praising her charm and perceived friendly influence in Europe.
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Brussels
Belgium
Magaret Truman
Luxembourg
Perle Mesta
U. 8
Bruges
Europe
Medal Winner Killed in Korea Battle
Washington reports Sgt. Loren R. Kaufman of Dalles Oregon earned the Medal of Honor for dauntless courage in Korea on September 5 near Yongean bayoneting five Communists and fighting with rifle machine gun and grenades. He was later killed in action six months afterward.
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Washington
Loren R. Kaufman
Dalles
Ore
West Yongean
Korea
Kaufmai
Marilyn Jebsen Killed in Atlantic Crash
Marilyn Jebsen, 18, an Atlantic waitress, was killed instantly when her car collided with a semi truck near Council Bluffs while en route to auto races. Jerry Lynch, 21, also of Atlantic, died in the crash. Several others including Beverly and Dale McDermott suffered injuries with varying severities. W M Porter of Vinton drove the truck and survived with contusions and fractures. The accident left multiple injured and under investigation.
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Marilyn Jebsen
Atlantic
Bluffs
Barnys Tebsen
Jerry Lynch
Lynch
Beverly McDermott
Dale McDermott
Burt Shidler
Des Moines
W. M. Porter
Vinton
Jebsen
McDermott
Council Bluffs
Union Freight Company
Porter
Gay Stuelke
Shidler
Reds battle to keep open escape routes in Korea front
Scattered clashes across east and central Korea fronts as Reds fight to maintain retreat paths toward the north while Allied forces press toward Kumsong. Lt General Van Fleet warns of a third spring offensive as U N losses mount with ships Thompson and Walke hit by shore and underwater attacks.
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Tokyo
Korea
Kumsong
U.S
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Inje
Kumhwa
George McArthur
United Nations
Thompson
Bsongjin
Walke
Deer struck by United flight at Omaha airport
A United Airlines plane arriving from Chicago struck a 150 pound buck deer on landing at Omaha Municipal Airport last night. The aircraft suffered no damage but police had to destroy the deer after the collision.
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Omaha
United Airlines
Chicago
Atomic Bomb Now Obsolete Says Top AEC Scientist
New Orleans States reports quoted Dr. Edward Teller of Los Alamos telling Rep. F. Edward Hebert that the atomic bomb is obsolete. Hebert relayed a chat during Eniwetok atomic tests in April and May. He also noted a cloud from the test that would circle the globe before dissipating.
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AEC
New Orleans
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Edward Hebert
D-La
Eniwetok
Associated Press
Edward Teller
AKC
Los Alamos, N. M
Hebert
United States
Teller
Iran Extends Deadline in Oil Negotiations with Britain
Iran grants 48 hours more for Britain to accept demands that all profits from the Anglo Iranian Oil Company be paid to Iran. Prime Minister Mossadegh seeks a definite yes or no by Tuesday, while U S diplomat Grady mediates to avoid collapse of talks.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mousadagh
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Mossadegh
Grady
Kasem Hassibi
Finance Ministry
AIOC
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Hassidi
Two U.S. Planes Land in Czechoslovakia
Prague confirmed that two missing United States Air Force jet fighters landed in Czechoslovakia. The pilots, Lieutenant Luther Rohland of the United States and Lieutenant Bjoern Johansen of Norway, were reported safe.
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London
Carechoslovak
United States Air Force
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Germany
William Siroky
U. S
Eilig Briggs
Siroky
Briggs
Luther G. Rohland
Bjoern Johansen
Norway
Johansen
General Levels Attack Against High Taxation
General Bovige les MacArthur tours Texas denounces government spend ing and taxation making Americans servants of the state. He frames policy as drift toward socialism and warns of shrinking purchasing power and a creeping public- funds bias, urging resistance to moral decay and inflation.
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Fort Worth
Bovigeles MacArthur
Texas
Truman
MacArthur
Korea
Truman Signs Bill Extending Trade Act for Two Years
President Truman signed a bill renewing the reciprocal trade agreements act until June 12, 1958. He said the U S will push free world trade by reducing barriers while noting the law bars concessions to Russia and satellites. He criticized some new procedures as cumbersome though protective of American producers.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Free World
Russia
Kraschel Urges Truman to Seek Agricultural Advice
Des Moines report cites Nelson Kraschel urging President Truman to obtain informed agricultural guidance. Kraschel, a cattle feeder, claims beef output would drop if feed reduced and warns against price rollback hurting farmers.
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Truman
Nelson G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Democratic Party
Summer study trip to Minnesota for two teachers
Miss Alm Beckwith and Miss Miriam Goddard depart for Minneapolis to attend an eight week summer course at the University of Minnesota.
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Alm Beckwith
Miriam Goddard
Minneapolis
The
Universit of Minnesota
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Inows
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