Prairie Creek Plant To Add 44 000 Kilowatt Unit
Central Iowa Power Cooperative plans a major expansion at the Prairie Creek power station adding a 44 000 kilowatt generating unit. When completed in 1958 capacity will reach about 84 000 kilowatts with a 75 million dollar federal loan funding most of the project.
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Willh Tlle Agailion
Ivan Trottnow
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Creek Power Station
Clemens
Cedar River
Harley Clemens
Coonrod Towing
Massive Coal Pile Feeds Cedar Rapids Plants
Central Iowa Power Cooperative maintains a 60 000 ton open pile at Prairie Creek to supply CIPCO and the Sixth Street plant of Cedar Rapids during peak demand. Last week both plants drew about 1000 and 500 tons daily respectively, equating to roughly 25 rail cars, with coal moved by clamshells and bulldozers to meet holiday load.
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Edar Rapdis
Illinois
Prairie Creek
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Sixth Street
Towa Electric Light and Power Company
CIPCO
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Sespco
Gazette
John Reynolds
Teachers To Seek Tenure Laws Across States
Chicago AP report says the American Federation of Teachers will push for adequate teacher tenure laws in every state where the union is represented. Union president Carl J. Megel announced the campaign at the mid year meeting of the executive council.
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Chicago
American Federation of Teachers
Carl J. Megel
Thief Flies Off With 2400 Lbs Of Feathers
Isadore Simkin, president of Progress Feather Company in Chicago, admitted he never insured his feathers because no one would steal them. A thief proved him wrong taking 2,400 pounds valued at $15,000 from the company.
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Chicago
Isadore Simkin
Progress Feather Company
Simkin
Washington Cathedral
Francis Bowes Sayre, Jr
Jessie Wilson Thayer
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Family Keeps Pet Ocelot Princess in West Virginia
Logan reporters describe John and Mrs Gillispie raising an ocelot named Princess a 17 week old kitten weighing 15 pounds. The cat enjoys chicken and hugs Mrs Gillispie while sparring playfully with the family cocker spaniel. Tom Gillispie bought it in Tampa last August.
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Logan, W. Va
John Gillispie
Princess
Gillispies
Tom
Tampa
Fla
Rob Us It’s Steal Thief Steals From Auto Agency
In Birmingham Alabama a thief stole a car from an auto agency after the dealer displayed a sign reading Rob us its steal. The incident was reported by United Press.
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Birmingham
Ala
World Laughter World Laughter Brief World Wide Oddities
A spoof dispatch from International News Service reports a pig found drunk under a brandy barrel after escaping to market. In Ringgold Sheriff Moreland discovers prisoners behind bars protected by new saw proof bars. In Cestono a parrot, imitating a train whistle, is sent to its owner's kitchen for rest of days. An Indianapolis paper lists a classified ad for a grown boxer that will eat anything, especially children.
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International
Njon
France
Ringgold
J. M. Moreland
Cestono
Spain
Pepito
Indianapolis
Knoxville Break-In Stuns Homeowner With Missing Sink
Police report a Knoxville, Tennessee house was broken into and the thief stole only the kitchen sink. In Kansas City the Missouri State Parole Board chair urged moving his office from the state penitentiary due to frequent inmate safebreaking and parole file tampering.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
Kansas City
Missouri State Parole Board
Man Swallows Dentures Found by X-Ray in Stomach
Jeronimo De La Fuente Salcedo bought new dentures in Linares Spain and hours later misplaced them. A friend urged an abdominal X-ray which revealed the dentures had been swallowed months earlier without his realization.
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Linares
Spain
Jeronimo de la Fuente Salcedo
Jeronimo
Communist Broadcast Denies Wolves Stirring Lapland Herds
In Stockholm officials rebut rumors that hunger driven wolves attacking reindeer in Lapland emigrated from the Soviet Union. They describe the wolves as stateless, aided by the extreme cold and harsh conditions.
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Stockholm
Frigid
Lapland
Soviet Union
Divorce Granted After Desertion Claim In Chicago
Mrs. Mirtel Bachelor, 47, won a divorce from Morris Bachelor, 50, after desertion was found. She testified Judge Edward Casey heard Morris say he was tired of being a married bachelor and wanted to be a single bachelor.
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Chicago
Mirtel Bachelor
Edward Casey
Morris
Preesall Council Mulls Trailer for Steamroller
In Preesall England the town council weighs buying a trailer to transport its new steamroller after a councilman notes the machine travels two miles an hour and pedestrians mock the driver, who is said to be easily hurt by the ribbing.
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Preesall
Eng
Reichfelt Bond Cash Brings Dismissal of Charge
In St. Petersburg Florida Frederick Heinrich Reichfelt aged 62 was booked as a vagrant. The desk sergeant required a $15 bond and Reichfelt produced an envelope with 4805 dollars. The charge was dismissed.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Frederick Heinrich Reichfelt
Reichfelt
Two Prisoners Escape Using Ham Sandwiches in Portsmouth
Police said James Starbuck and Barry Bowden, two prisoners being moved between jails in Portsmouth England, hid buttered ham sandwiches on their wrists to grease off handcuffs and slipped away into the crowded streets.
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Portsmouth
Eng
James Starbuck
Barry Bowden
White House Babies and the Eisenhower granddaughter
The article discusses the tradition bound life of a White House baby, noting the Eisenhower granddaughter born at Walter Reed and comparing with historic White House offspring. It cites Emily Donelson and Julia Grant Cantacuzene as famed examples and recalls earlier generations under Adams, Jackson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt.
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White House
Julia Grant Cantacuzene
U. S. Grant
Lincoln Room
Washington
Executive Mansion
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Esther Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
David
Barbara Ann
Susan
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Denver couple celebrates birth of first child
Denver AP report notes Bill Blank and Marilyn Blank celebrate birthdays 28 and 25 as their first child Stephen Gary arrives two weeks early, marking a family milestone. Stephen Gary is the couple’s first child.
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Denver
Bill Blank
Marilyn
Stenphen
Gary
Stephen
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