Tornado and High Winds Strike Northwest Iowa
A tornado and severe storms swept northwest Iowa causing major damage in Cherokee county and the Lake Okoboji area. Homes, farms, and livestock were destroyed or leveled. several residents injured. A waterspout was spotted on West Okoboji lake and a tornado damaged multiple structures near Cleghorn and Larrabee.
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Iowa
Cherokee County
Lake Okoboji
Des Moines
Cleghorn
Larrabee
Ed Mathews
Ray Goodrich
Goodrich
Prisoner Screening on Koje Island Warns of Prolonged War
North Korean Gen Nam Il warns the United Nations that continued screening of prisoners at Koje Island may extend the Korean War. Maj Gen William Morrison replies that freedom and choice must be respected. About 45,000 prisoners are being questioned to see if they want to return home, a key obstacle to armistice talks at Panmunjom.
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Korea
United Nations
Koje Island
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William K. Morrison
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Panmunjom
Weather outlook with humid warmth and afternoon storms
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon with lingering humidity. Tonight and Wednesday bring more showers and thunderstorms, with west and central areas at risk of severe squalls this evening. Eastern regions see showers ending Thursday as temperatures ease slightly.
First Trickle Of War Goods Begins Moving
The CIO United Steelworkers strike spills small amounts of defense materials to aid the U S government as 650,000 basic steel workers remain idle. A Buffington Indiana cement plant shipped 521 barrels of Jumpcite cement to Studebaker South Bend. Steel mills report no finished steel shipments amid the strike. The union allegedly seeks wage stabilization board terms before work resumes.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
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Studebaker
South Bend
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Allied Industries
Bergman Seeks Visit With Pia in Italy This Summer
Ingrid Bergman lost her bid to bring her Pia Bergman Rossellini to Italy this summer where Pia lives with Roberto Rossellini. The court ruling limits visitation as Bergman battles for access to her 10 year old daughter.
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lIngrid Bergman
Pia
Italy
Roberto Rossellini
Washington fights to kill weakened price control bill
Washington reports indicate price and wage controls faced a possible death blow as the Defense Production Act nears expiration next Monday. Republicans and southern Democrats seek to end the law’s powers, with Rep. Spence predicting a strong fight against a let-it-die move. A late-added amendment would lift controls on goods below ceilings after three months or when supply is adequate, while the wage stabilization board would be replaced with a limited policy agency. All actions remain tentative awaiting final votes.
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Congress
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Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Talle
Iowa
Wage Stabilization Board
Arrest Leaders of German Spy Ring in West Germany
Frankfurt report says Maria Knuth a Cologne stage veteran and Hermann Westbelt a Frankfurt police secretary are detained as alleged chief spies in what authorities call the most powerful Soviet bloc ring uncovered in West Germany. Allied and German agents cooperated in raids on espionage centers in Berlin Frankfurt and Cologne two months ago.
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Rhineland
West Germany
Maria Knuth
Cologne
Hermann Westbelt
Berlin
Typhoon hits Japan killing many across four islands
A powerful typhoon struck Japan causing widespread damage and killing at least 63 people. The toll included 27 injured and 58 missing, with 55 fishing boats and 234 seamen unaccounted for as communications failed. The storm began inland and blew out to sea by midday.
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Japan
Japanese
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Possibility Of Full Scale War In Korea Seen
Tokyo reports a twilight war in Korea burning with a new glow unless an armistice is reached soon. A 500 plane attack on North Korean hydro plants signals escalation as both sides fight for ground near Chorwon with UN forces replying firmly. Officials say North Korean targets were military and no further statement is needed.
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Robert Eunson
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Chorwon
U. S. 8Th Army
North
Iowa Delegates Back Kefauver For Nomination
Des Moines reports 44 Iowa Democratic delegates split over Kefauver and Stevenson with Kefauver leading among nine delegates and Stevenson ahead with seven. Delegates’ choices total 14 votes for Kefauver and 21 votes among undecided and half votes proceed to Chicago on July 21.
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Iowa
U. S
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Richard Russell
Georgina
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Averell Harriman
Mutual Aid
Kefauver
Stevenson
Guy M. Gillette
Doctor Feels Lucky After Bank Hold Up
Cincinnati report says Dr. Cr. HL Mitchell’s offices were targeted by three bandits who fled empty handed. The doctor noted his family funds remained safe in a bank vault safety deposit box whose key was lost, meaning forced entry would be required to access it.
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Citizens State Bank
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Planes Hit Four Hydro Electric Plants In Korea War
U S planes and navy bombers joined for a second day to strike four of five communist hydro electric stations near the Yalu and Songchon areas. F 84s declared two stations near Changjin destroyed and airmen reported carrier based planes aiding the operation. One allied patrol clashed with Red forces west of Chorwon with about 20 enemy killed as a tougher air campaign signals possible further targets.
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Yalu River
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U. S. Eighth Army
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Panmunjom
Laborites Protest Bombing of Plants in Commons
Labour party leaders in the House of Commons denounced the bombing of Yalu river power plants as risking an extension of the Korea war. Prime Minister Churchill said he had no advance notice but defended the attacks as aimed at reducing enemy war potential. He pledged to exercise allied rights in representations as needed.
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Wiechmanns Visit Relatives in Atlantic Area
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiechmann and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wiechmann of Wagner S D are visiting relatives in Atlantic and nearby areas.
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Government lifts ban on color sets
Washington reports the government ends the outright ban on color television set production for home and theater use. The NPA issues an order allowing manufacturers to resume color TV output if they prove it will not impede defense work. Administrator Henry H. Fowler notes few household TV makers will qualify due to defense contracts.
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National Production Authority
NPA
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Taft Endorses U S Air Attacks on Power Plants
Sen Robert Taft said bombing of Communist hydroelectric plants in Korea should have occurred earlier and that Manchurian bases in China could be attacked directly. He spoke in Hershey Pennsylvania after meeting Gov. Fine and addressing delegates to the GOP convention.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Korea
Taft
China
Pennsylvania
John 8. Fine
Philip Murray
CIO
Taft-Hertley
United States
Truman
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Maryland
Fine
Reno Millionaire Alleges Divorcée Planned Home Burglary
Reno millionaire LaVere Redfield testifies that French divorcée Jean Michaud gped him by casing his Reno bedroom for a 1.5 million burglary. Michaud, 36, is on trial for transporting 147,634.50 in loot across state lines after planning the February 29 theft. Redfield spoke as authorities pursued subpoenas and Michaud hid in his bedroom previously while his wife was in Canada.
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Carson City
New
LaVere Redfield
Petite Jean d'Arc Michaud
FBI
Redfield
Reno
California
Michaud
Canada
Cicero Police Fined Over Riots In Desegregation Attempt
Federal judge fined Cicero police chief Erwin Konovsky two dollars and Sgt. Roland Brann and Patrolman Frank Lange two hundred fifty dollars each for denying the civil rights of Harvey E. Clarke Jr. in a 1959 desegregation incident. The jury convicted them on June 4.
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Chicago
i-Pi
Cicero
Walter J. Labay
Erwin Konovsky
Roland Brann
Frank A. Lange
Harvey E. Clarke, Jr
Konovsky
Clark
Eisenhower Seeks Unity on Foreign Policy at Convention
General Eisenhower urged a peaceful, unbroken Republican convention over foreign policy. He said he hopes for a plank acceptable to Taft and himself and rejected personal attacks while defending a strong stance against communism and for leadership in world peace.
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Denver
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
United States
Group Approves Seizure Permit in Labor Bill Move
The Senate labor committee approved the Humphrey bill to empower President Truman to seize the steel industry during a strike and a broader defense industry seizure measure. Both proposals were previously rejected as amendments to wage price controls and now proceed as separate bills, though senate action remains uncertain.
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Senate Labor Committee
Humphrey
Truman
Sen
Morse
Senate
Labor Committee
Maytag Closed By Nationwide Steel Strike
Maytag suspends production for about a month due to a nationwide steel strike. The Newton and Hampton plants will halt operations at the end of work on July 3 and resume July 28, affecting roughly 2,700 production employees.
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