Hoover Commission Finds Army Meals Below Civilian Standards
The Hoover Commission reports U S military base meals fail to meet commercial restaurant standards. It cites waste and duplication in government buying and handling costing taxpayers about 340 million dollars yearly and calls for unified management and tighter inventories. The Navy example cited reflects a lack of coordination between purchasing and stock control.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
U. S
Hoover
Commission On Organization
Executive Branch
Commission
Navy
Canned Hamburger Supplies Endurance Quoted
A fragment notes a person stating there is enough canned hamburger to last at the current rate of consumption for more than 59 years. The text provides no date or location.
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Leo Klinger
Frank Jakoubek
Klinger
Iwage
Frisco
Air National Guard funding requested for Sioux City hangar
The air force asked Congress for 958 338 to start July 1 for construction at Sioux City Municipal Airport. Of this total 699 900 is earmarked for a hangar, disclosed to a House appropriations subcommittee. Kefauver to speak at Des Moines event and other Iowa items follow.
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Air Force
Congress
Air National Guard
Sioux City
House ‘Appropriations
Marine Killed in Korea Jeep Accident
J. Jarvis G Miguel, 25, Corydon, a marine flyer, was killed Saturday in a jeep accident in Korea. His mother Mrs. Claude Sheppard was informed. United World Federalists advocates universal disarmament with safeguards and cites the U.N. Charter as a basis for changes to maintain peace and security.
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J. Jarvis G. ‘Miguel
Corydon
Marine Flyer
Korea
Claude Sheppard
United World Federalists
Stanley
U.N
Dr Raymond Seiler Dies in Blairstown Rites Planned
Dr Raymond A Seiler a Blairstown physician since 1911 died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after three years illness He was born October 26 1884 in Early Iowa and studied at Clinton University of Chicago and Bush Medical College Surviving are a sister Mrs Hugh W Crawford Blairstown and a brother H D of Clinton Funeral services Wednesday at 10 a m at Dewey Funeral Home with ministers from Westminster Church Cedar Rapids and Blairstown Burial in Springdale Cemetery Clinton
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Blairstown
Raymond A. Seiler
Cedar Rapids
Early
Clinton
University of Chicago
Bush Medical College
Lincoln Lodge
A.F
A.M
Iowa Consistory
el Kabir Temple
Lincoln Star
O.E.S
Hugh W. Crawford
H. D
Dewey Funeral
Arnold H. Marzell
Westminster Church
Robert Drury
Iowa Man Appears at UN Charter Hearing
Muscatine engineer C. M. Stanley spoke before a senate foreign relations subcommittee reviewing revisions to the United Nations Charter. He serves as president of the Iowa engineering association and represented regional interests in the hearing.
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Iowa
UN Charter
Washington— C
M. Stanley
Muscatine
Senate
Gls Cen Still Hunt Fish Without License
In Des Moines an attorney general opinion says Iowa armed forces members may hunt and fish without licenses while in the state. The ruling hinges on Eisenhower's Korea war order not ending the conflict, so service members remain at war for licensing purposes.
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Des Moines
INL
Iowa
Attorney General’s Office
Bruce Stiles
Eisenhower
Attorney General's Office
Dyersville Boy Wins One Year Scholarship
Eldon Hall a Xavier high school senior earned a one year scholarship to Iowa State Teachers College for his tin can projector exhibit at the Northeast Iowa Science Fair in Cedar Falls. The award was among four scholarships from 245 exhibitors as over 2600 students attended.
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Gazette
Dyersville
Eldon Hall
Xavier High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Hall
Local Man Holl Shares Family Roots and Career
The article notes Holl is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Holl and highlights his self driven path in business and community involvement. He describes beginnings, influences, and a commitment to service shaping his career and public work.
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John Holl
Number of U S Businesses Dips
The Commerce Department on Monday reported 4,184,000 business firms in the nation at the start of the year. The 1954 decline of 3,000 firms marked the only drop in the industry population in at least a decade.
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Washington
Commerce Department
State Okays Purchase Of Twenty One Fords
The Iowa Executive Council approved the purchase of 21 Ford cars at prices from 1 179 to 1 464 with tax exemptions. A state car dispatcher's office also sought permission to advertise for bids on 30 more state cars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Opposes Bill on Natural Gas Regulation
Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman said he will send Commerce Commission counsel Irving Chenoweth to Washington to oppose the Harris bill regulating natural gas rates. He aims to protect Iowa consumers from unregulated prices. The article notes Greenland's Norse colonization in 982 A.D.
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DES Moines
INS
Dayton Countryman
Commerce Commission
Irving Chenoweth
Washington, D. C
Congress
Countryman
Iowa
Air Force records show auto accident surge in 1954
The Air Force warns of serious concern as auto accidents among personnel run about five times higher than airplane crashes. In 1954 there were 757 fatalities from air crashes and 608 from auto crashes, with 5324 injuries in auto crashes versus 529 in planes, totaling 6460 auto accidents and 1326 airplane crashes.
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Washington
Air Force
House Appropriations
Air Force Seeks Large Logistics Budget Clarification
Washington lawmakers question the Air Force on a 1.235 billion logistics request. General Bogart cites a dictionary definition while Chairman Mahon presses for plain terms. General Callahan quips Logistics is the stuff without which war cannot run.
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D. F. Callahan
Newspaper Publishers Meet for 69th ANPA Convention
About 1200 executives from U S and Canada gathered at the Waldorf Astoria to attend the 69th annual convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. The meeting runs Tuesday to Thursday with a panel on reducing production costs and Henry Ford II will address the closing dinner Thursday night.
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New York
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Anpa Bureau of Advertising
Russia To Free 613 Austrians in Soviet Release Deal
Moscow reports Russia will release 613 Austrian citizens from Soviet prisons. Tass also states 74 Austrians convicted of serious crimes will be handed to Austria as war criminals, while 39 Austrian civilians remain jailed for espionage. The remaining group would be handed over after an Austrian state treaty and Soviet troop withdrawal.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Soviet Union
Tass
Benson Tours Drouth and Dust-Hit Great Plains
Secretary Ezra T. Benson visits Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Nebraska and Wyoming to view crop choking dust storms and wind erosion. The three day tour assesses damage to over five million acres and aims to shape federal response to drought in the southern Great Plains.
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Washington
Secetary of Agriculture
Ezra T.benson
Drouth
Great Plains
Benson
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Nebraska
Wyoming
Agriculture Department
Dreath
Air India Crash Probe Finds No Early Evidence
Hong Kong report says the Colonial government investigation into the April 11 airliner crash has revealed nothing significant yet. Beijing accuses American and Chinese Nationalist agents of sabotaging the plane killing 11 Communist delegates and reporters bound for the Bandung conference.
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Hong Kong
Air India
Red China
Bangdung
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