Clarence Hathaway case tests welfare and family plans
The Hathaway family, parents Harold and Georg, seek to raise their 27 month old son Clarence with little social contact. Judges and welfare workers weigh future needs for speech and socialization, including classes at Selberling Center and potential schooling, while neighbors push for fencing after minor wandering incident.
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Hathaways
Harold
Georg
Clar
Gia Hathaway
Cee le
Clarence
Hathaway
Eve
Akron
Russell Tams
Thomas
Selberling
Wathaways
Business Type Of U S Envoy Hasn't Lasted
Peters Edson reports that despite Secretary of State Davies claiming most ambassadors abroad are career diplomats, Eisenhower era non career picks largely failed to endure. Of 15 top non career ambassador appointments, only six remained in post, with many leaving early and career diplomats reeling back in. Although rich donors backed several picks, most left and the government shifted back to seasoned diplomats.
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Peter Edson
Washington
NEA
Davies
Foreign Service
Truman
Eisenhower
State Department
Dow Aut
Cnreer
GOP
Belgaum
Fred M. Alger
Michigan
J Clifford Folger
G.G.P
Folger
James 3. Kemper
Ellie O. Briggs
Canada
H. Douglas Stewart
Livingston Merchant
Diplomatic Postings Update and Replacements Listed
The report notes changes in U S foreign service postings including replacements in Portugal Turkey Thailand and the United Kingdom. Career ambassadors James C H Boukright Henry J Taylor Max W Bishop and John Hay Whitney are named as successors with figures reflecting prior salaries or allowances.
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Switzerland
Willis
Henry J. Taylor
Thailand
William J. Dono
Van
Max W. Bishop
Uruguay
Jefferson Patterson
Patterson
United Kingdom
Winthrop
W. Aldrich
John Hay Whitney
Whitney
Sioux City to Host Next FISC Convention in 1958
The Federation of Iowa Stamp Clubs concluded its two day state convention at the Sheraton Montrose. New officers were elected with Clarence Olson as president and Miss Ione Leese as secretary, both Sioux City residents. The group selected Sioux City to host the 1958 convention and awarded prizes totaling over 12000. Winners from Gazette area included Milton Heltman of Morengo in postal history and Byron Bell of Cedar Rapids in topical class D. New Iowa Postal History Society officers were elected: Heitman president, R Bickel vice president, and Westholm secretary treasurer.
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Federation of Iowa Stamp Clubs
Sheraton-Montrose
Federation
Sioux City
Clarence Olson
Ione Leese
Milton Heltman
Morenge
Heitman
Lincoln
Iowa
Iowa Patriotics
Byron Bell
Cedar Rapids
Stamp Club
Bell
Helph Koppelman
Leo French
Coggon
Normen Erickson
Bernice Satris
Wes Moines
J. Stanley Thompson
Minneapolis
Woodrow Westholm
Des Moines
Bob Stahl
J. F. Penrose
Batavia, Jr
Westholm
Sablatrom
Meitman
Bernice Saolris
Carl Grissman
Des
Ku Klux Klan Operations in Britain Reported
London dispatch states the Ku Klux Klan has spread to Britain with a Texas headquarters flooding Britain with enrollment forms offering VIP treatment. Labor MP Fenner Brockway says he will raise the matter in Parliament as soon as the House reopens. Scotland Yard denies knowledge of KKK activities in Britain.
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Allen Dodd
London
INS
Britain
Waco
Texas
Fenner Brockway
Reynolds News
Scotland Yard
Joan Tomlinson
Birmingham
White House
Curtis
Air Traffic System to Resemble Express Highways
Aviation experts predict a future air traffic control system like modern express highways with one way lanes and cloverleaf intersections. A 10 man panel under Gen. Edward F. Curtis outlines a plan with continuous R&D costing 35 to 40 million dollars yearly and a three member modernization board to advance communications navigation and facilities.
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Hugh Morrin
Washington
INS
White House
Edward F. Curtis
James Anast
Curts
Curtis
Congress
Secretaries of Defense and Commerce
Atom-Smasher Cancer Treatment Shows Hopeful Results
Los Angeles reports hopeful findings from deep cancer treatment using an atom-smasher. Dr Malcolm Bagshaw presented 48 of 74 patients showing disappearance of malignancy in a little over a year while cautioning that cures are not yet proven.
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Los Angeles
Tuportel Munday
Stanford University
Malcolm Bagshaw
California Medical Association
Des Moines Man Crowned Iowa Chess Champion
Don Reynolds of Des Moines won the Iowa chess championship on Sunday, undefeated in two matches. Four players tied for second through fifth under a Swiss system, with Ken Grant of Cedar Rapids and Glenn Mertis of Marion among the top entrants. A record 46 entries, including a woman, participated in the tournament at the Sheraton Montrose hotel, where new officers Arthur Davis Ames president, John Giness Waterloo secretary treasurer, and Milford B. Mott Des Moines vice president were elected.
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Idon Reynolds
Des Moines
Iowa
Don Reynolds
Jc. A. Williamson
Davenport
Cedar Rappas
Ken Grant
Cedar Menids
Yehe
Glenn Mertis
Marien
Reynolds
Towa
Towa State ‘Chess Association
Sherater
Montrose
Arthur Davis
Ames
John Giness
Waterloo
Milford B. Mott
Davis
Moth
Miss Decorah 1956 Myra Skuster Crowned Beauty Queen
Special to The Gazette Decorah Iowa Myra Skuster 20 Luther College sophomore from Mitchell crowned Miss Decorah at a Turner Chamber of Commerce pageant She was Mitchell County centennial queen last year Martha Barsness presented the crown There were 22 contestants Ardith Gulbro Highlandville was runner up.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Myra Skuster
Luther College
Mitchel
Turner Chamber of Commerce
Mitchell County
Martha Barsness
Misa Lowa
jArdith Gulbro
Highlandville
Iwes
How to plant your way to a better garden
A May issue offers an inclusive gardening plan for new and barren plots. It guides what to plant where for a mature garden, with options to start now or add later. Provides practical steps, timing, and tips to create a beautiful space.
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Bardens
Beter Flames & Gardens
Woman to U S Syria Spy Case Arrives in New York
An American woman who served six months in an Israeli prison for spying for Syria was to land in New York on Monday. Mary Frances Hagan, 29, Huntington West Virginia, a Columbia University graduate, was released from prison on Sunday after her August arrest and conviction under Israel's official secrets act.
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Vain Guzette
Syria
New York
Mary Frances Hagan
Huntington
W. Va
Columbia University
Woman denies spying ties amid Arab visa scrutiny
In Rome the woman said trouble began from an Arab visa in her passport. She claimed she was suspected from day one in Teheran, denied spying for Syrians or others, and said her Middle East trip was personal to study the troubled region.
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Rome
Nagaport
Tecael
Middle East
New York
Draft Officials to Confer in Iowa City on Draft Laws
Johnson county courthouse in Iowa City hosts a day long briefing session for draft board members and clerks from 25 counties. State selective service officials lead the meetings to discuss charges in the draft laws and the Johnson county draft board office will be closed all day.
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Towa
Linn County
Aly
Walter
Balby
Iowa
Zieier
Thosa
Avecol
Tos Gazette
Iowa City
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