Nickerson accuses aircraft industry of scuttling missile program
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. testifies at a court martial that aircraft makers push to cash in on missiles while opposing Army long range projects. He cites Wilson’s 20 mile limit on Jupiter as pressure point and recalls private efforts to lift restrictions. He warns industry seeks favored civilian jobs post service.
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Huntsville
Ala.s
John C. Nickerson Jr
Nickerson
West Point
Civil Service
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Army
Jupiter
Pentagon
Gov Loveless to review Atlantic Firemen Parade
Gov Loveless and Mrs Loveless will review the annual Atlantic firemen parade. Fire Chief Earl Garside is advised by Robert H Johnson. An invitation to attend was extended by the Atlantic fire element through Cecil Malone. Fire department fund drive gains support with numerous local contributors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Loveless
Atlantic Firemen
Earl Garside
Robert H. Johnson
Weather outlook with clouds showers and mild temperatures
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and little temperature change with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Friday. Highs 72 to 82, lows around 38 to 43 Thursday night. For the longer range, partly cloudy conditions with more showers and thunderstorms and mild temperatures continuing into Saturday.
Iowa patrol readies to enforce 60 mph night limit
Iowa Highway Patrol calibrates speedometers in 225 cars and deploys electric timing equipment as the 60 mile per hour nighttime limit takes effect at sundown July 4. Officers will warn slow drivers and clear traffic, framing the measure as safety driven rather than punitive. In Washington, a Senate hearing featured Howard V. Trautman invoking a June Supreme Court ruling to refuse to answer Communist questions, citing First Amendment protections.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
David Herrick
State Highway Commission
Herrick
Washington W
Senate
Supreme Court
Howard V. Trautman
New York
Senate Internal Security
RCA Communications Inc
Trautman
Watkins
Sen. Hruska
R-Neb
Congress
Hoegh Nominated Federal Civil Defense Chief
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Leo A. Hoegh former Iowa governor to head Federal Civil Defense He pledged to seek more funding if Congress does not provide enough during tough questioning by Len Symington Hoegh called civil defense vital to national defense while Symington criticized funding cuts and called neglect a national scandal
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Hoegh
Val Petersen
Nebraska
Denmark
Len Symington
D-Mo
Congress
Hogh
Symington
Truck Tees Soybeans Into Creek After Bridge Collapse
Vernon Winegarden a 41 year old driver from Webster escaped injury when a truckload of soybeans valued at 85 dollars plunged into a creek after a country road bridge collapsed two miles northwest of here.
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Keswick
Here
Vernon Winegarden
Webster
Irritated Texas farmer fires on military plane
In Lockhart Texas farmer Robert Lee Bartling fired buckshot at an Army plane that buzzed his field for the third time. Bartling, 35, was charged with firing a weapon into an airplane after the L 19 craft returned to Camp Gary Army field near San Marcos 18 miles away. The pilot was uninjured and buckshot embedded in the fuselage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Tex
Army
Robert Lee Bartling
Court of Justice of the Peace
Camp Gary Army Field
San Marcos
Texas
Miss Guilford County 1957 says measurements not needed
Patricia Burt, winner from Greensboro known as Miss Guilford County 1957, states she is five feet five inches tall and weighs 115 pounds but admits she has not bothered to learn other measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
Patricia Burt
Guilford County
Governors Press Tight Money Policy Effect on School Bonds
In Williamsburg governors from both parties urged Eisenhower and Congress to ease costs tied to high interest rates on bonds for schools and capital projects. A unanimous resolution named Stratton as chairman and called for a joint study with the administration to curb burdens on taxpayers. The article also reports the U.S. Court of Appeals upholding the State Department’s authority to deny passports to individuals who refuse to sign non Communist affidavits, in cases involving Dr. Walter Brichl and Rockwell Kent, with mixed judicial opinions and potential Supreme Court appeal.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Governors
Congress
America
Washington
Stratton
William G. Stratton
Hingis
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
W. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Anderson
US Court of Appeals
State Department
Walter Brichl
Los Angeles
Rockwell Kent
Ausable Forks
N.Y
Kent
Associated Press
the. S. Supreme Court
E. Barrett Prettyman
Wilbur K. Miller
George T. Washington
John A. Danaher
Walter Bastian
Prettyman
Briehi
Iowa GOP Advisory Group to Meet in Des Moines
The Iowa Republican Party Organization Advisory Committee will hold a day long session at Hotel Kirkwood in Des Moines. Chairman L L Jurgemeyer says the meeting aims for frank open discussion of GOP affairs. The 52 member committee includes county chairmen and vice chairmen from the 10 most populous counties and four district appointees from other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Republican Party Organization Advisory Committee
Kirkwood
L. L. Jurgemeyer
State Central Committee
Soviet Warning Threatens German Reunification Over Nuclear Arms
The Soviet Union said West Germany cannot expect reunification if it cooperates with the West on nuclear arms. Foreign Minister Gromyko delivered a note to West German Ambassador Haas stating that nuclear armament and unification are irreconcilable, replying to Bonn’s May 22 answer to a Soviet April 27 warning. Bonn defended its position, calling the Soviet critique an election campaign prop oganda and repeating that West Germany has no atomic arms and has not sought them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Andrei Gromyko
Wilhelm Haas
Germany
Bonn
Seviet Union
Des Moines Highway Commissioner Faces Corruption Claims
Des Moines highway official Russell Lundy testified before the Iowa Legislative Investigation Committee about meetings with Loveless associates. He described pressure to resign his post in exchange for a lucrative legal retainer and potential bids targeting the Highway Commission amid party strategy to shift control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Hishwas
Russell Lundy
Lundy
Des Mones Republican
Iowa Legislative Investigation Committee
Guy Herschel Loveless
Loveless
R. E Hollett
Roland Reko
Busines
Highway Commission
Lundy Committee
Republican
Piat Democrats
Commission
Heliett
Hewett
Portland
Lunds
Hollett
Holett
Loveless Con
Odis Sion
Jami
Five Trapped Miners Crawl To Safety
Five miners trapped for more than fourteen hours by a cave in crawled to safety through a hole bored 230 feet into a hillside. The group emerged to cheers from rescuers and relatives as doctors checked them and found no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Fred Sabol
Harrisville
Hank Horvath
Glenn Robbins
Martin Kowalski
Joseph Supinski
Mount Pleasant
Kenny Hamilton
Adena
Passages From Oakland Nearby Bank Deposits Raise Questions
A garbled Oakland page fragment mentions the Crocker Anglo Bank and a deposit issue totaling $27. It references a manager and inquiry into how the event occurred, with unclear names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Concord
Crocker Anglo Bank
U S Officials Weigh Partial Disarmament Plan
London reports say U S and Soviet delegates discuss a phased disarmament scheme. Harold E Stassen proposed listing national armaments for international supervision before destruction or conversion to peaceful use. Britain and France objected to earlier plans, while Canada and other nations signaled cautious support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Harold E Stassen
Worker Dies When Drill Hits Wire
A 45 year old worker near Tay de Fe Tam in Kansas died when a drill struck an 800 volt power line about four miles north of a town. The accident occurred while the drill was operating, the current traveled through the chain and tool, causing fatal injuries. The worker was employed by John Aken at the drilling company in Lamont, with two other men nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay de Fe
Setine
John Aken
Eight Die As Audrey Hits Texas Louisiana Border
The hurricane Audrey blasted the Texas Louisiana border area with winds up to 100 mph. Seven of eight deaths occurred when the fishing vessel Keturah sank and one man drowned in an undertow. High tides and heavy rains caused widespread coastal damage from Cameron to Port Arthur and Lake Charles. Authorities warned of lingering dangerous conditions as the storm inlanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Tex
Audrey
Texas-Louisiana
Cameron
Orange
Lake Charles
Texas
Louisiana
New Orleans
Keturah
City Manager Fired at Maquoketa
Donald L. Ackerman a civil engineer age 27 who served seven months as Maquoketa city manager was fired by the city council after friction with 26 city employees who sought removal. The 3-3 split vote left Mayor Ben Jacobson to discharge him. acting city manager is City Attorney Ray Sokol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Donald L. Ackerman
Ben Jacobson
Ackerman Ackerman
Second Victim Dies in Stanhope Car Crash
Webster City reports two fatalities from a two car collision last Sunday at Stanhope. William M Fivans 60 a Sioux City school official died from injuries after his wife Gladys 57 perished earlier while hospitalised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
William M Fivans
Sioux City
Stanhope
Gladys
Riordan to Be Installed as PR Association President
James Riordan, director of public relations at the State University of Iowa, will be installed Thursday night as president of the American College Public Relations Association. He has previously served as vice president and treasurer of the association.
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Omaham
James Riordan
State University of Iowa Public Relations
American College Public Relations Ass
Asociation
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Joner, Cambridge
Carl Neibey Furniture
Atlantic Wholesale Grocery & Meredith
Atlantic Greenhouses
Gene W. Mehl
Lester Balding
Dr. BR. M. Needles
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Lang’s Square
Deal Oil
Edna M. Johnson
Voss Manufacturing
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James G. Whitney
Jake White
Don Fipperly
Florence Barnett
W. A. Wright
Monaco
Geradine Gail Esterday
Chicago
Princess of
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Henry W. Edgerton
David L. Bazelon
Charles Fahy
Warren E. Berger
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Hungary
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