Congress approves larger corn plantings to protect price supports
In Washington, Senate negotiators tentatively agreed to allow Midwest farmers to plant 51 million acres of corn this year, up from 44 million, to sustain price supports. The plan ties eligibility to 15 percent of cropland in a soil bank reserve and follows halted pork purchases as hog prices rise.
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Washington
Midwest
Senator Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Ezra T. Benson
Benson Varner
Soi
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Senate
Benson
Tornado Misses Bryan School as Cold Front Sweeps Central Texas
A cold front moved through Bryan Texas at 1 45 pm driving a tornado path that skirted Stephen F Austin High School and A and M area causing power outages and million dollar damage. Wind gusts reached 41 mph and temperatures dropped from 71 to 62 by 2 30 pm.
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Cedar Raulda
Bryan
Texas
Rosi
Groner
Jainis
Texas A
Koynada
Mercury
Iowa
Bryan Air Force Base
Stephen F. Austin High School
Cedar Rapids man dies after bicycle crash with motorist
A 71 year old Cedar Rapids motorist, Robert Kehne, collapsed and died after striking 12 year old cyclist John Parrott in the 4600 block of Mt Vernon road. Parrott sustained a minor wrist laceration. The coroner attributed Kehne’s death to a heart ailment. Services set for Saturday at Turner chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Fer Kepiggene
Cedar Rapids
Robert Keane
Vernon Road SE
Kehne
John Parrott
Vernon Road
Mt. Vernon Road
Mocks
Bivoy
Mercy Hospital
Robert G. Kehne
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Lottie RB. Steight
New Appeal Halts Fresh Gaza Flareup
In the Kissulim sector Israeli and Egyptian forces exchanged fire Friday despite a U.N. cease-fire appeal. Egypt had earlier claimed Israeli shelling killed civilians, while Israel urged both sides to observe the cease-fire agreed just Thursday. The U.N. truce chief had set a Thursday midnight deadline for compliance.
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Egypt
Israel
Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel Foreign Tainkstry
Boi
E. L. M. Burns
U.N
Burns
U S Agents Launch Liquor Drive in Iowa
Federal agents raid Storm Lake club and two Denison taverns for operating without federal retail liquor permits. Raids target 790 to 800 Iowa taverns as part of an ongoing drive. Five people connected with the Storm Lake American Legion club Pastime club and Harald's club in Denison were booked and scheduled for arraignment in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Storm Lake
Denison
Paul Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Daylan Countryman
Storm Lake Club
Harold’s Club
Russell Wood
American Legion Board of Justees of
Arthur Dale Wideman
William Sheewell
Sioux City Revenue Office
Hans Dersien
Harold Lechithilex
Reds Cancel Serov Return
London reports that Soviet security chief Gen. Ivan A. Serov was dropped from the delegation accompanying Bulganin and Khrushchev to Britain on April 18. The move followed sharp British criticism of Serov. Maj. Gen. V. Sakarov will head the security detail, last year serving at Geneva.
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London
Ivan A. Serov
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Serov
Tavrenti Berle
Foreign Office
Bulganin
Khrushchevy
Jacob Malik
VH. 5. Sakharov
Geneva
Obituary Mixup Sparks Irony Over Death Deadline
A caller asked to include her husband’s name in the obituary after catching him kissing his secretary. The editor asked how long he had been dead and she replied he starts tomorrow.
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Limno
Open House At Cedar Rapids City Hall Tonight
Cedar Rapids hosts a public open house from 7 to 10 PM at city hall. Mayor Kim Meaghan invites residents to tour seven floors, view health and safety exhibits, and ask officials about municipal operations. Free coffee and doughnuts offered on the third floor.
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Cedar Rapids
Kim Meaghan
Health Department
Public Safety Department
Bank Bandits Hold Up Flint Branch for 50000
Three to four masked gunmen robbed the Citizens Commercial and Savings Bank in Flint Michigan on payday, stuffing about 50000 into jackets as six or so customers and employees were forced to lie on the floor. The getaway car was later found abandoned ten blocks away.
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Flint
Mich
Citizen's Commercial and Savings Bank
Everett Cummings
Detroit poet Eriger Guest suffers heart attack at home
DETROIT AP Eriger A. Guest 74 longtime Detroit Free Press poet suffered an apparently mild heart attack Thursday night at his home. Physicians reported his condition unchanged at a hospital Friday as managers described his health status.
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Detroit
Eriger A. Guest
Detroit Free Press
Lhootors
Delegates Named by Iowa G O P
In Des Moines the Second district Republican caucus named W Palmer Wilson and James T Remivy as first district delegates to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. Alternates include Mrs Cassie Winthrop and James Holmes. First district delegates are William S Anderson and George Nagel with alternates Frank C Allen and Col L A Pierce. Warren Rees was endorsed for national committeeman.
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Frank Nye
Toreyte
Des Moines
Secion D
W. Palmer Wilson
Oelwein
James T. Remivy
Angmosa
Iiriet
San Francisco
Cassie
Winthrop
James
Holmes
Cedar Rapids
William 8. Andréron
Wesel Branch
George Nagel
Lows City
Frank C. Allen
North English
Col. L. A Pierce
Morning Sun
Ees
Warren Rees
Anamosa
Charles Willenmeyer Lof Davenport
G.O.P. National
J. F. Waller
McGregor
Boyd J.milray
Vinton
Wayne Norman
Dubuque
Thomas E. Tracey
Manchester
D. Silliman
Marjorie Zohradt
Decorah
Zohrdat
L. L. Jurgemeyer
Clinton
Mr 5 by 5 Seized Owes 1 5 Million
Phoenix AP report says Harry Lester known as Hy man Trugman 42 admitted owing 1 5 million in debts and fled Buffalo in November 1954. Police and FBI tracked him to a Phoenix club where he was seized.
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Phoenix
Harry Lester
Buffalo
FBI
Lis-ter
Hyman Trugman
Education Need Told By Citizens
A East known man nicknamed Mer Five By Five, Lester, described as about five feet five inches tall and weighing around 250 pounds, was linked to a scheme discussed by a Buffalo guest and a Washington committee. The report notes a push for better education funding and references court decisions, while Lester claimed he traveled from Buffalo to Phoenix for health. He admitted to selling novelties and impersonating others, with investigations into fraud and bankruptcy proceedings.
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Lester
Washington
Sentini Citizens' Committee
Jputtale
Buffalo
Aisald
Ameriresort
Harry Byrd
Ing
Herpe
Phoenix
Cath
Lin
Pice
Lin Phoenix
Eisenhower
Wreck of Plane With 5 Identified
The U S air force said parachutists confirmed a missing Flying Boxcar and found no survivors. Five Americans were aboard the plane when it disappeared Tuesday, ending a 14 month survey that included White House conferences on education.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Shikoku Island
White House
Te Committer
District of Columbia
YA Nite
Spats the guide dog earns graduation in Columbus
Spats a Labrador retriever and his owner Mrs. Joseph McMaster completed training at Pilot Dogs Inc in Columbus. Once a stray pup abandoned near Pittsburgh Spats now helps his owner who has lost most of her sight due to diabetes and they walk downtown proudly after graduation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Spats
Pittsburgh
Joseph McMaster
Pilot Dogs, Inc
Pitwburgh
Stevenson accuses Kefauver of neglecting senate duties
In Jacksonville Adlai Stevenson charged Senator Kefauver has ignored senate duties to run for president. He said Kefauver has been absent from key bills for eight years and accused him of endorsing Republican aims to end Stevenson’s campaign. Kefauver defended himself from the Newark questions.
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Jacksonville
Pla
Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
Senate
Stevenson
Kefauuver
Kefouver
Minnesota
Krfanver
Io Newark
Fefauver
Pigeon Returns Home After Three Mile Trek
In ISTA California a boy This report notes Rickie Hall 13 traded a pigeon to Dale Auvil 13 for a parakeet a week earlier. Dale chipped the pigeons ear to keep it nearby. The bird walked three miles back to Rickie three days later worn and hungry.
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Igeon
Ista
Calif
Rickie Hall
Dale Auvil
Dale
Rickie
Linn County Democrats Convene vivid presidential nominating clash
The Linn County Democratic convention opens tonight in the Crystal ballroom Montrose hotel with 226 delegates from 50 precincts. Supporters of Senator Estes Kefauger and Adlai Stevenson clash as campaigns contend for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Linn County
Crystal
Montrose Hotel
Estes Kefauger
Adial Stevenson
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