Fire restrictions sweep Iowa asOctober drought deepens
Des Moines declares a city emergency over widespread fire danger as October, the driest on record, gives way to November. Mayors in Davenport Marshalltown and other cities ban outdoor fires and close parks while quail season opens amid warnings from the Iowa Conservation Commission and storm outlooks that rain may come before pheasant season.
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Mutiny Ended as Stevenson Orders Penitentiary Ultimatum
Gov. Adlai Stevenson ordered a decisive ultimatum to end a four day mutiny at Menard State Penitentiary. 339 inmates held seven guards hostage until 120 state police moved in and freed them Friday morning. Stevenson, who flew in from New York, said the action was his responsibility and paused his presidential campaign to oversee the response. Prison Lt. Loren Stewart, 55, and other staff were involved in the initial seizure as negotiations failed.
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Weather forecast for weekend with cooling shift
Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with a little warmer southeast at night and colder conditions statewide. Highs around 65 to 75 today, lows 35 to 40, winds 35 to 40 mph southwest to northwest, then shifting to northwesterly 15 to 20 mph tonight and Sunday. Humidity rises Sunday with a mostly fair, cool outlook for Monday.
Iowa voters see Beardsley Eisenhower ahead in race
Iowa political voices predict Beardsley and Eisenhower victory for Republicans. Loveless and Stevenson favored by Democrats. Estimates range from 1.15 million to 1.2 million voters. margins vary from about 50 to 150 thousand.
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Fatal truck crash in Council Bluffs victim named
Wayne S. Strohl 25 of Council Bluffs died in a hospital Friday night from injuries suffered in a two truck crash on Highway 275 near here. The gasoline transport driven by Strohl collided with a truck driven by John R. Clark 55 of Glenwood. The mishap occurred about a mile east of the South Omaha Bridge.
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Election Day Weather Forecast Across Nation
The Weather Bureau predicted fair and mild conditions for Election Day over much of the country in a Saturday forecast.
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Federal civilian staff decline for second straight month
The Senate House committee reported a drop in federal civilian employees, listing 2,571,527 workers across 73 agencies in September, down 18,566 from August. Despite the monthly fall, payroll remains up 76,008 from September 1951.
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Ohio Prison Riot Burns Buildings in Brief Uprising
In Columbus Ohio two thousand inmates rioted for six hours at Ohio Penitentiary. Eight buildings burned as guards fought back with submachine guns and tear gas. A patrolman was lightly wounded and no inmates escaped. Mobile forces from the state, city and National Guard quelled the revolt.
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Catholic Scholars Get Volume One of New Bible Translation
New York Catholic scholars receive the first volume of a four part English Bible translation. Limited first edition aims for early corrections before wider print run and Christmas distribution. Demand grows as Catholics compare with the Protestant translation already selling well.
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Nominees Clash As Campaign Nears Climax In Midwest
Governor Adlai E Stevenson campaigned across Ohio and New York to win 45 electoral votes while attacking Eisenhowers Korea policy and Old Guard conservatism. Eisenhower predicted a nationwide demand for change four days before election day and prepared a Boston speech after Midwest stops.
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Nursing Home Blaze Kills 18 in Hillsboro
Eighteen elderly patients died as fire swept through a three story Hillsboro nursing home Friday night. Most victims were trapped on the third floor. 36 residents were injured. Fire Chief King indicated the blaze started in a first floor men’s wash room and the main building was a total loss. An inquest was scheduled by Jefferson County authorities.
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Watchman Shoots Celebrating Youth in Reinbeck
James Dinsdale 19 near Dinsdale was shot in the left arm Friday night by Reinbeck night watchman Henry Bern as six youths celebrated Halloween. Dinsdale was taken to a Waterloo hospital. Police say the youths were dumping hay from Dinsdale's truck in downtown Reinbeck and Bern fired after Dinsdale failed to stop the vehicle.
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Farmer Harold Hawk Injured In Corn Picker Accident
Mystic reports Harold Hawk, a farmer from north of town, lost his right hand and part of his right arm after a corn picker accident Friday.
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Lewis Obtains New Contract With Hard Coal Miners
John L Lewis and hard coal operators signed a new hard coal contract on Saturday raising wages of 65,000 anthracite miners by $1.90 a day effective November 16. The agreement, announced by UMW leaders Thomas Kennedy and Edward G. Fox, must be approved by the Wage Stabilization Board which cut 50 cents from a soft coal deal.
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Local Price Stabilization Boards Advance Test Run
Price Stabilizer Tighe Woods ordered a slowdown in appointing local price stabilization boards. Pilot setup to begin November in Sacramento St Paul and Providence with nationwide rollout paused until these trials prove successful. Local boards in 3 cities proceed before extending to 52 others.
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Halloween prankers release live birds in mail boxes in New York
In a rural New York community pranksters opened 20 mail boxes on a street and released a live pigeon from each box. George Merrill and Frank Fellows observed the incident at the central New York site.
Truman Sure Democrats Will Win Election On Train
President Truman believes Democrats will win next Tuesday’s election. Aide Frank Macartney predicts a minimum 294 to 237 electoral vote victory, citing Stevenson prospects in California Maryland Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and others. Truman campaigns with whistle stops in Indiana Illinois en route to St Louis, blasting Eisenhower and Nixon while others cheer.
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Colfax man sentenced to long federal prison term
A former Colfax resident, once among the most wanted, was sentenced to years in federal prison for a burglary last year. The case involved a suspect who fled from Purge jail but was recaptured recently near fadee Suda with his wife Migaret Hata listed as a POW.
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Rep Byrnes accuses Snyder of cover up in tax case
Washington congressman Rep John W Byrnes charges Secretary Snyder and other Democrats with a gross cover up of revenue bureau documents related to a movie industry tax settlement. Snyder and Dunlap deny the accusations as politically motivated and a last minute dirty deal.
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Dixie Crosby Passes Today
Beverly Hills widow Dixie Lee Crosby, 40, wife of singer Bing Crosby, died Saturday after a lengthy illness. She had been critically ill this week and underwent abdominal surgery last July. Her family was at her side in her Beverly Hills home as doctors said there was no chance of survival. The nature of her illness was not disclosed.
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Drop in Iowa farm commodity index in October report
Iowa's farm commodity price index fell about 13 points in the month ended October 15. The index stood at 293 percent of the base period, down from 306 on September 15, 1952 and 325 a year earlier. The largest drop was in prices received for crops, led by corn. hay and pasture prices improved.
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