Fair Aims for Dust and Fly Free All Iowa Exposition
All-Iowa fair organizers report steps to ban flies and dust for the next month. Hawk Eye Downs streets will be oiled, fog spray tested successfully, and buildings fog-sprayed. Improvements include a new hog building floor, expanded machinery exhibit area, a new exit street, painting of most structures, and a 600-foot concrete retaining wall in front of the grand stand.
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Andy Hanson
Hawkeye Downs
Hanson
Pig Congress
Prairie Creek
Contest Looms for Second District Committeewoman
DES MOINES Prospects of a contest at Tuesday's Second District caucus for the Democratic state central committee vacancy loomed as two candidates eyed the post Ethel Hart of Cedar Rapids and Mrs John Drilling of Vinton. Hart hesitated to declare while awaiting Linn county delegation caucus in Des Moines. Drilling was reported to be definitely interested after Genevieve Witt of Oelwein declined. The vacancy follows Stella Laffan's resignation. No contest is expected for the district committeeman post with John Reilly quitting and Ed McDermott a likely successor. Linn County Chairman F James Bradley expects a majority of the county 112 delegates to attend. Robert Mullakey of Cedar Rapids is delegation chairman, heading the district s largest delegation.
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Des Moines
Democratic State Central Committee
Ethel Hart
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Democratic Central Committee
John Drilling
Vinton
Benton County Central Committee
Hart
Fort Des Moines
John Reilly
Ed McDermott
Robert Mullakey
Woman Driver Tops Wisconsin State Truck Trials
In Green Bay a female trucker, Bernice Mac Donald of Ripon, outscored 47 entrants and all three top men in the Wisconsin State Truck Driving contest. She posted 330 points from a 400 possible, beating the best male scores of 328 in a notable display of skill.
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Green Bay, Wis
Wisconsin
Bernice MacDonald
Ripon
Wis
Canadian Professor Replaced Fisher At Coe Faculty
Dr. Stanley J. Heywood named registrar director of the summer session and associate professor of education at Coe College, replacing Prof. A. Fisher who becomes president of Buena Vista College. Heywood, research associate at Midwest Administration Center University of Chicago, previously worked with Kellogg Foundation projects on improving Midwest educational administration. He holds a BA from the University of British Columbia and an MA and PhD from the University of Chicago.
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Coe College
Howell H. Brooks
Stanley J. Heywood
Midwest Administration Center
University of Chicago
A. Fisher
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Heywood
Kellogg Foundation
Midwest
Kenneth Rehage
Stevenson Attacks U S Role in Indo China Agitation
Adlai Stevenson, in a rare Alaska address, criticized right wing Republicans for linking negotiations over the Geneva peace settlement with appeasement. He spoke during a vacation trip, marking his first major remarks on the Indo China issue in five days of silence.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Adlai Stevenson
Geneva
Rescue at sea as nine survive airliner shootdown
Nine dazed survivors cling to a raft after a British airliner was shot down near Hainan Island. Captain Woodyard piloted an SA-16 Albatross to recover survivors, including a chokingly injured Chinese woman who died in the arms of a crewman as a doll floated by in the waves.
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Clark Field
Philippines
South China Sea
U. S
Red China
Jack T. Woodyard
Hainan Island
Hong Kong
Philip Brown
Woodyard
Washington, D. C
Tachou Island
Albert F. Smith
Hudson Falls
N. Y
Heywood Biography Signals Diverse Teaching Career Arrival In Cedar Rapids
Dr Heywood has taught at elementary and secondary levels and lectured at the university level in British Columbia and Chicago He led high school social studies in Princeton B C was principal teacher at Alert Bay B C taught at UBC and University of Chicago Also a Royal Canadian Air Force reserve member he spent two summers as flight officer and instructed cadets at the Royal Military College He and Mrs Heywood will arrive in Cedar Rapids before the 1954 55 academic year.
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Princeton
B.C
Alert Bay
University of British Columbia
University of Chicago
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve
Heywood
Royal Military College of Canada
Cedar Rapids
Stevenson Reflects on Indo China Policy Fallout
Stevenson laments Western failure in Indo China and assigns blame for the misfortune to France while stating that responsibility for policy collapse in Asia remains with the West. He cautions against confusion and dissension as the core danger.
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Russia
Indo-China
Stevenson
West
China
Indo
France
Asia
No Landslide Seen in Election Forecast
Washington reports both Republican and Democratic leaders agreeing no landslide is expected in the 435 seat House elections next November. Republicans anticipate a narrow gain to retain control by about 20 seats while Democrats foresee a small margin victory to take the majority. Current counts close to 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Sports Car Tourney Held at Maquoketa
Twenty three cars entered the annual summer Concours d Elegance staged by the Sports Car Club of America's Iowa region in Maquoketa Cedar Rapids. Winners include Paul Shaw Iowa City first in classic class driving a Cord and Jack Wherry Maquoketa second with a Lincoln Continental. Wherry also second in sports car under 1500cc with HRG. Sturgis Ely Cedar Rapids third in MG in sports class under 1500cc. Dr John Parke Cadillac Triumph fourth in sports class over 1500cc. George Erbeck Sunbeam Talbot fourth in Modern Conventional. Oldest car entered was Shaw's Cord. SPAC members picnic at Maquoketa Caves state park.
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Maquoketa
Sports Car Club of America
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Paul Shaw
Jack Wherry
Wherry
Sturgis Ely
John Parke
Cadillac Triumph
George Erbeck
Sunbeam Talbot
Shaw
Cord
SPAC
Maequoketa Caves
Ship may be Ark found on Mount Ararat
American explorer John Libi says traces of a vessel possibly Noahs Ark were found on Mt Ararat in eastern Turkey. He says ice blocks prevented closer than about 100 yards and estimates the ship at 216 feet long. He plans to return mid August to continue the search and has taken photos of the site.
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Istanbul
INS
John Libi
Agence France Presse
Libi
Mt. Ararat
Turkey
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