$30 Million School Fund Proposed By Frank Nye
Des Moines report outlines a $30,611,956 annual budget for six State Board of Education institutions for the coming biennium starting July 1. The plan funds University of Iowa and related facilities, with most support from appropriations and about 6 million from tuition and fees, plus salaries for key leaders and a tight-budget mandate.
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Anamosa
John Berg
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Lakeside
Okeboji
University Hospital
At Least 18 Die In Chicago Fires
Two separate fires on Chicago’s North Side killed at least 18 people Thursday. Sixteen victims were recovered from the Haber Screw Machine Company explosion site on the third and fourth floors, with officials warning there may be more inside. Two children died in a second fire at a nearby nursery in a three story brick building. At least 30 were injured across the two incidents.
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Haber Screw Machine Company
U N Set To Reply to Red Truce Moves
United Nations vote backs a Brazilian resolution to keep panmunjom talks alive. In Korea the UN command plans to inform Communists if it will resume armistice negotiations and may say yes. Six vehicles linked to a POW convoy were seen near Kaesong as allied sick and wounded arrived.
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Panmanjom
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P.O.W
Trucks Still Roll in North Korea as War Front Bombs Move
Allied reports say Sabrejets shot down two MiGs and damaged three on Thursday while fighterbombers hit front lines and comms in North Korea. Hundreds of Communist trucks moved toward the front as carrier remained attack-free. Recon pilots noted convoys carrying sick and wounded U.N. troops for exchange.
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Seoul
Plan Withdrawn by Soviets at United Nations
Poland announced the Soviet bloc has withdrawn its peace package at the United Nations General Assembly citing opposition from the West. Foreign Minister Stanislaw Skrzeszewski said the section for an immediate Korea cease fire would be dropped and no vote on other sections would be pressed this session. Western delegates warned the move could let the Reds use UN prisoners as hostages for better terms.
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Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
U. N
Korea
Andrei Vishinsky
Blood test results show different blood types for murder victims
County Attorney William Meardon announced that two murdered women and 17 year old Charles Nelson had different blood types. Nelson’s blood was type A, Beverly Brenneman had type B, and Mrs James ijer had type O, describing the result as unusual.
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Adlai in Forced Jungle Landing
A royal navy helicopter carrying Adlai Stevenson made a forced landing in a muddy Malayan jungle eight miles from Langkat due to engine trouble. Stevenson, editor Barry Bingham of the Louisville Times, and Walter Johnson of the University of Chicago were uninjured, with other passengers aboard.
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Adlai Stevenson
Malaya
Ahe Langkat
Ore
Stevenson
Barry Bingham
Louisville Times
Walter Johnson
University of Chicago
Record Cold Expected in Iowa Tonight
Weather forecast predicts record low temperatures across Iowa tonight after a storm raked the state. Winds ease from Wednesday’s 50 to 70 mph gusts as arctic air drops north to south with lows around 23 to 24 degrees and highs near 46 to 48.
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Peron Rally Bombing Triggers deadly Argentine riots
After a bombing at a Peron rally in Buenos Aires, pro Peron mobs rampaged through the capital burning opposition offices and the Jockey Club. Six people were killed and 92 injured as authorities arrested a North American circus trainer Esteban Jacyna among detainees.
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Jockey Club
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Herkimer
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Ers
Armed Forces
Lawrence man kills seven of family and self
An unemployed boilermaker Peter Akulonis, 39, killed seven or eight relatives in Lawrence and Methuen, then shot himself as police closed in. He had lost his job recently and co workers described him as mild but with a persecution complex. A son, Peter Jr, age 10, was missing. police searched for him.
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Eisenhower urges global fund to end war and aid nations
President Eisenhower called for a world disarmament plan and a global fund to aid reconstruction, urging the Soviet Union to end the cold war and allow free elections in Korea and Eastern Europe. He outlined five steps toward peace and proposed diverting armament savings to humanitarian aid.
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Statler Hotel
U. S
Tax details pad the final price of the set
The article notes that federal taxes apply and that the tax amount is added to the stated set cost. It implies the total price includes the base price plus tax, with no tax included in the list price.
Malan Wins African Vote in South Africa Election
Opposition papers concede victory for Prime Minister Daniel Malan's Nationalists as counting shows 16 of 19 key seats secured for an overall majority. Official tallies place United party ahead 44 to Nationalists 30 with Labor 4 and 78 undecided. many remaining races skew to Nationalists.
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South Africa
Daniel Malan
Malan
Anct United Party
J. G. N. Strauss
Nationalists
United Party
Labor Party
Cerit
House Unit Votes Rent Ceiling Abolition Plan Advances
The House Banking Committee voted 16 to 10 to remove federal rental controls on about 4.3 million of 6.4 million dwellings still under federal control, a move Democrats call a rebuff to President Eisenhower. The panel approved a gut-and-stab bill by Chairman Welcott to let controls expire May 1 except in defense areas.
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House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Welcott
R-Mich
Bears Multiply at Bever Park Zoo in Cedar Rapids
The Bever Park Zoo reports the bear population doubled with two new cubs born this year to the four resident bears. Parks Commissioner Dick Jones says space is tight and funds limited for more cages. He suggests civic support or a zoological society to aid expansion as crowds grow and cubs appear.
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Cubs
The Outlines Cost of War
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower framing the cost of modern war. He says a heavy bomber equals a brick school in over 30 cities and two power plants. He notes profits for a fighter plane, a destroyer, hospitals, highways, and housing.
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