United Fund of Iowa Dissolves At Local Level Shift
Des Moines reports the United Fund of Iowa approves dissolution after ten years. Board cites financial and organizational hurdles and moves toward channeling fundraising through Community Chests and United Campaign groups locally. Edith Hendershot notes federations in Iowa have grown threefold in six years. Formal dissolution will occur upon filing with the secretary of state. About $165,000 raised last year will be redirected to member agencies or to local campaigns.
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Board of Governors
United Fund of Iowa
UFT
United Campaign
Edith Hendershot
Execu
Secretary of State
El Paso Jail Razed for Parking Lot History Remains
The 1880 El Paso jail used only once was cut down for a parking lot. In 1900 condemned prisoners Antonio Flores and Geronimo Parra fled cells with daggers. Flores stabbed deputy Ed Bryant and Parra killed two men before they were hanged.
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EL Paso
Tex
Antonio Flores
Geronimo Parra
Charles Fusselman
Flores
Ed Bryant
Parra
India Communist Chief Backs Red China in Border Dispute
In Madras AP report, P. Sundarayya a member of the Indian Communist party executive publicly supports Red China's claim in the Ladakh sector of Kashmir and the northeast frontier, marking the first such endorsement by an Indian Communist leader.
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Madras
India
P. Sundarayya
Indian Communist Party
Red China
China
Ladakh
Kashmir
Virginia creeper Compared to Poison Ivy Leaf Count
A Virginia creeper with five leaflets resembles poison ivy which has three leaflets. The note highlights similar leaf patterns and cautions on misidentification.
Security Council weighs Eichmann dispute amid Ben-Gurion Frondizi meeting
United Nations sources say the Security Council will give token consideration to the Argentine Israeli dispute over Adolf Eichmann and await Friday talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and Argentine President Frondizi. Argentina demands Eichmann's return and reparations while Israel asserts he must stand trial and remains in Israel. Frondizi stresses sovereignty and due process, while Comay seeks postponement though Argentina supports the council action. Western sources dismiss Soviet disarmament charges as unfounded.
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U.N. Security Council
Adolf Eichmann
David Ben-Gurion
Arturo Frondizi
Mario Amadeo
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Israel
Amadeo
Fichmann
Golda Meir
Eichmann
Brussels
Ben-Gurion
Frondizi
Michael S. Comay
Comay
Bern
Switzerland
West
Doctor’s Views Vary on Tuberculosis Immunization
Medical authorities debate preventive immunization for tuberculosis amid tuberculin test consensus. The piece notes large infection exposure, rising drug use, and argues for targeted or mass immunization strategies. It cites BCG vaccine debate and calls for selective use by physicians through public health channels.
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National Institute of Health
U.S Public Health Service
Henry Phipps Insitute
Philadephia
Chicago Municipal
Wife seeks divorce from cowboy Wild Bill Elliott
Helen Elliott filed for divorce from actor Wild Bill Elliott after 33 years of marriage. The couple wed February 6, 1927, separated December 1, 1958, and there are no children. The filing cites cruelty as the grounds in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Wild Bill Elliott
Helen Elliott
Old Seat Belts Find Use in Hospital Ward
In Salt Lake City United Airlines mechanic Henry W. Thomas devised using worn seat belts to restrain children in wheel chairs beds and carts. More than 250 belts donated to nine Shrine and other hospitals nationwide with early adoption in Salt Lake Intermountain unit and Shrine hospitals in Lexington Minneapolis Portland Spokane and cities in Arizona Colorado and California.
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United States
United Airlines
Salt Lake City
Henry W. Thomas
Thomas
Shriner
Salt Lake
Intermountain
Shriners
Maudie L. Horne
Salt Lake Shrine Hospital
Shrine
Lexington
Minneapolis
Budget Director Urges Congress to Cut Big Spending Programs
Budget Director Maurice Stans urged Congress to restrain large spending measures, warning Eisenhower's 1961 budget faces imbalance. He cited failed postal rate hikes and proposed pay raises for federal workers as key busting items while Senate moves to raise revenue. He warned total added charges could reach about 1.75 billion dollars over five years.
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Washington
Maurice Stans
Congress
Eisenhower
Stans
House
Senate
Llans
Treasury
Associated Press
Plot to assassinate Jordanian ex-chief of staff thwarted
Damascus reports United Arab Republic sources say Maj. Gen. Ali Abu Nuwar, ex-chief of staff and Jordan refugee in Syria, survived an assassination bid. A Jordanian tribunal earlier sentenced Nuwar in absentia for plotting to kill Premier Hazza Majali and King Hussein's uncle in 1957. A Jordanian suspect, Mustaf Awad Ellahham, was arrested and confessed he was sent to kill Nuwar.
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Damascus
Syria
United Arab Republic
Ali Abu Nuwar
Jordan Army
Nuwar
Hazza Majali
Nasser Ben Jamil
Hussein
Amman
Mustaf Awad Ellahham
Pembrokeshire Scripts Used on Commons Roof in WWI
State coats from Pembrokeshire in South Wales were applied to the original roof of the British House of Commons, a feature later destroyed by World War I bombing. The historic decorative elements linked Pembrokeshire to national government architecture and wartime damage.
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Pembrokeshire
South Wales
House of Commons
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