Iowa toll road bill endorsed by senate committee
A special Iowa senate committee unanimously endorsed a bill to build a 180 million dollar east west toll road across the state. The panel trimmed initial appropriations and said five man toll road authority would run the project with revenue bonds possible. Other measures include liquor tax hikes, axle mile truck tax proposals, and a call for an income tax enforcement probe.
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Iowa
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Sioux City
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Highway Commission
William Tate
Mason City
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Conway Morris
Dallas Center
Morris
Tom Frey
Neola
State Tax Commission
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Disillusioned Hero Ira Hayes Found Dead in Sacaton
Ira Hayes 32 one of the Iwo Jima flag raisers in World War II was found dead on the Sacaton Indian reservation. Overexposure to freezing weather and alcohol contributed to his demise after a life troubled by fame and peacetime. Hayes’s story contrasted heroic memory with personal decline.
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Ariz
Ira Hayes
Iwo Jima
Sacaton Indian Reservation
Hayes
Mt. Suribachi
Far Pacific
Arizona
Churchill Rejects Malenkov Meeting Over Far East
London AP report says Prime Minister Churchill rejected a Labor proposal for a meeting with Soviet Premier Malenkov on the Far Eastern situation. He said such a talk would likely not yield favorable results at the time.
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London
Churchill
Malenkov
Far East
House of Commons
Colder Weather Forecast Hits Iowa With Snow Flurries
The weatherman warned of very cold conditions for Wednesday night and Thursday from a Canada dry air mass. Temperatures fell to six below zero in Decorah and 17 in Cedar Rapids with a Monday high of 21 and predictions of five below to start Tuesday. Snow flurries and up to an inch of snow were reported across parts of Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Canada
Grandmother Heroically Rescues Grandchildren In Fire
In Plainfield New Jersey a grandmother Mrs Oscar Augustine about 50 from Berwick Pennsylvania threw her two grandchildren to police three stories below as she died in a blaze that gutted a 100 year old frame house. A man also perished and seventeen others escaped in night clothes and bare feet in sub freezing weather.
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Plainfield
N. J
Oscar Augustine
Berwick
Locust Plague Ravages Morocco Amid Failed Sprays
A Moroccan locust outbreak described as the worst since 1867 has devastated 300 miles of farmland. Swarms up to 20 miles long strip crops, threaten villagers, and resist control despite planes, heli copters, flamethrowers, and heavy machinery.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Quake Shakes Three States Across Tennessee Missouri Arkansas
An earthquake rattled parts of Tennessee Missouri and Arkansas with a stretch from Dyersburg to Poplar Bluff and Sikeston to Blytheville. Hayti residents reported windows rattled though no property damage was noted in early AP reports.
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Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Dyersburg
Tenn
Sikeston
Blytheville
Ark
Hayti
India pays tribute to aid friends and loans
New Delhi reports the Indian government paid tribute to the United States and other nations for economic and technical assistance. From 1951 to July 1954 India's foreign aid totaled over 1000 million rupees, with about half as outright economic aid and the rest as loans, including a $189.84 million U.S. wheat loan. No reference to Russian or allied technical aid was noted.
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New Delhi
U.S
India
U. S
Russia
Reporter in Russian Colonel Pose In Banned City
Norman Poirier of the Pottstown Mercury roamed Pottstown in a Russian colonel uniform to test access in a city under a state directive banning Russians. He rode trains, photographed factories, and mingled with residents while a fellow reporter shadowed him.
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Pottstown
America
Norman Poirier
The
Which Nephew Named in Will
Riverhead New York AP report notes two William Francis Glendenning nephews claim 4000 of a 12000 estate from John Glendenning a 84 year old Brentwood retiree died last August. One nephew a 50 year old Queens sewer worker the other a 47 year old Manhattan cook. They once were on good terms but now do not speak due to a dispute. A court decision was not immediate.
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Riverhead
N.Y
William Francis Glendenning
John Glendenning
Brentwood
Queens Sewer
Manhattan
William Francis
Russia Declares End to War With Germany
In Moscow on Tuesday the Soviet Presidium declared an end to the state of war with Germany and lifted all restrictions on German nationals. The decree stated Russia would retain rights and obligations under the four power agreement concerning Germany as a whole.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Presidium
The
Supreme Soviet
Tension Rises Over Costa Rica Nicaragua Clash
The Inter-American Peace Commission plans an urgent flight to Washington for talks with the OAS on the Costa Rican Nicaragua situation. Costa Rican President Figueres may seek more military aid as Somoza’s forces assemble. Somoza warns that abolishing the neutral zone at the border endangers peace.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Inter-American Peace Commission
Washington
Organization of American States Council
Jose Figueres
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Rate Rise Sought by Summerfield for Postal Services
Postmaster General Summerfield asked Congress to raise letter postage from three to four cents to cover rising costs and growing mail volume. He also urged increases in domestic airmail from six to seven cents and higher second and third class rates by 15 and 28 percent. The letter rate would apply to the first ounce with three cents for each additional ounce. He proposed a 5 percent pay rise for about 500,000 postal workers.
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Washington
Summerfield
Congress
Benefits for GIs In Jan. 31 Voted
The House Veterans Affairs Committee approved a bill to let men in service by January 31 keep GI schooling rights. A Defense Department spokesman urged interested men to promptly visit Army or Navy recruiting offices to enroll and access the benefit.
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Washington
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Tito Critics Put On Probation by Yugoslav Judges
Belgrade Yugoslav court convicts former Red leaders Milovan Dijilas and Vladimir Dedijer of conspiring against Tito by planting hostile propaganda in the foreign press. Both receive suspended sentences and probation likely requiring silence during the period. could face up to 20 years in hard labor.
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Alex Singleton
Belgrade
Dijilas
Borba
Communist Party
Peko Dapcevic
Dedijer
Refugees from Tachens Arrive in Formosa Harbor
An old landing ship docked at Keelung Formosa carrying 193 refugees from the Tachens including widows orphans and sick Nationalist soldiers. The group includes 83 children under 14 and 15 orphanage staff. The move signals a possible full withdrawal from Tachens with U.S. Seventh Fleet nearby ready to assist.
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Formosa
Keelung
Tachen Islands
Dingy
LSM
Yikiangshan Island
Chen
Hanyang
Loyang
U. S
Hilary F. Jones
Henson
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Boy, 6, Drowns Saving Dog in Frozen Lake
In PORT HURON Michigan AP report Mark Leslie aged six died after he and his dog fell through thinning ice on Lake Huron while attempting to rescue the pet. The dog was saved by coast guardsmen.
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Port Huron, Mich
Mark Leslie
Lake Huron
Ark Ram
Coast
Approval Is By Margin Of 409 to 3
The House approved President Eisenhower's Formosa defense pledge by 409 to 3 with rapid, bipartisan support. Debate stressed urgency and sweeping powers to counter a possible Chinese invasion, while opponents warned against overreach and limiting amendments. Senate leaders anticipated swift action by Thursday.
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Eisenhower
Formosa
Senate
Barden
D-N.c
Siler
R-Ky
Sheehan
R-N
Pacific
House
U.S
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Youthful Killers Get Life Terms
In New York, two teenage killers Jack Koslow aged 18 and Melvin Mittman aged 17 were sentenced to life imprisonment for a torture murder during a rampage that included burning and beating a vagrant named Willard Menter and dumping him in the East River. Judge Hyman Barshay followed the jury’s mercy recommendation.
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New York
Hyman Barshay
Jack Koslow
Melvin Mittman
Willard Menter
East River
Filipino jeep driver’s wife births quadruplets
Manila report says a 25-year-old wife gave birth to four sons in one night, her seventh to tenth children, marking a rare multiple birth in the family.
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Manila
Gold-Plated Car Keys Presented to SUI Professor
University of Iowa staff member Professor George L. Mosse received gold plated keys in a surprise campus ceremony. The duplicate keys, for his existing Plymouth, were funded by sociology and anthropology professors as a symbolic gift echoing a prior spoof about a nonexistent Cadillac. About 1,000 freshmen witnessed the event in MacBride Auditorium.
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SUI
Iowa City
University of Iowa
George L. Mosse
Mosse
Macbride Auditorium
Forest Evashevski
Plymouth
Richard Wilmeth
Thief Steals Nine Dollars Then Ornery Prank At Grocer
In Columbus Mississippi Ira Fuqua reports a theft of $9 plus vandalism as the thief opened sardines and crackers and smoked a cigar from the store stock, leaving the scene amid the upset.
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Columbus, Miss
Ira Fuqua
Fuqua
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