Fire Rate Reduction Scheduled for Educational Property
Iowa State Insurance Department announced substantial reductions in fire insurance premium rates for educational properties after long term studies. Rate changes cover the whole field and stem from experience data across years, with effective dates confidential until then.
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DES Moines
State Insurance Department
Charles R. Fischer
Fischer
Insurance Department
Iowa Inspection Bureau
Iowa Mutual Fire
S. E. Orebaugh
Orebaugh
Colbert Pleads Guilty in Cedar Rapids Manslaughter Case
Jerome James Colbert a 24 year old Navy veteran pled guilty to one count of manslaughter in the May 1 Cedar Rapids crash that killed Rickey Sojka aged 4 and Rose Ann Sojka aged 3. The court delayed sentence to Oct 22 to hear defense evidence with potential bench parole.
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Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Jerome James Colbert
Rickey Sojka
Rose Ann Sojka
Colbert
Philbrick
W. J. Matias
Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Lee
Cedar Rapids police say Edward Allen Lee a 21 year old Negro faces a manslaughter charge after a bottle thrown at a car struck and killed Thomas Kehne 23. Kehne died after the incident in front of a Negro tavern at Ninth avenue and Fourth street SE. Lee was arraigned with bond set at 2500 and pleaded by Tuesday. Kehne's services were held at Cedar Memorial cemetery with Rev. Floyd Hinshaw officiating.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Allen Lee
Willis A. Glassgow
Lee
Floyd Philbrick
Thomas Kehne
Kehn
Baltimore Warns NAAWP Leader Over Integration Meetings
Philadelphia AP report: Dist. Atty. Richardson Dilworth threatens arrest of Bryant Bowles head of the National Association for the Advancement of White People if he attempts anti integration rallies. Bowles claimed he aimed to replicate his past activities in Milford Delaware Baltimore and Washington.
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Philadelphia
Richardson Dilworth
Bryant Bowles
National Association For the Advancement of White People
Bowles
Dilworth
Milford
Del
Baltimore
Washington
Air chief marshal Roderick Hill dies at 60 in London
London reports the death of Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderick Hill aged 60 who helped map Britain's WWII defense against German V bombs. The veteran aviation leader passed away in London on Wednesday.
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London
Roderick Hill
Britain
Crash of U S B fifty Kills Thirteen Survive
A four engine B 50 reconnaissance plane crashed near Willows California killing 13 of 17 crew. Four survivors including T Sgt Natividad Vasquez were hospitalized after parachuting or escaping the wreckage. The plane from Briggs Field El Paso was on weather reconnaissance.
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U.S
Willows
Calif
Here
Glenn County
Lyle Sale
Glenn County General Hospital
Sgt. Vasquez
Briggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Texas
A. B. Chittenden
Five Die In Helicopter Crash Near Alexandria
Wreckage of an air force helicopter missing since Wednesday night was found Thursday. Alexandria air force officials believe five persons were aboard and killed. Col. W. A. Daniels, commander of the base, confirmed the belief.
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Alexandria
Air Force
Alexandria Air Force
W. A. Daniels
Alexandria Air Force Base
Fed Reserve says meat prices to drop for housewives
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago indicates household shoppers, especially housewives, can anticipate lower meat prices in the coming months amid a favorable market outlook.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Tulsa area over abandoned wells warned of possible explosion
A 40acre southeast Tulsa residential development sits atop abandoned oil and gas wells that could blow at any time. Lee Miller defended his home amid gas odors as parents debated removing children from Eisenhower elementary school. Oklahoma Natural Gas said the area is being watched and tests show safety, while a Bureau of Mines expert warned of potential blasts.
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Tulsa
Okla
Lee Miller
Loma Linda
Eisenhower Elementary School
Eisenhower
Vernon Jackson
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Vance Smith
Smith
G. M. Kintz
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Dallas
Miller
Escapee Steals 280 and Gun From Reformatory
Darrell Watts 23 escaped at 10 a m Thursday from the Anamosa reformatory home of assistant deputy warden Roland Brown. He fled with 280 in cash a .22 pistol a gray suit and Brown’s property. Road blocks and patrols hunted him. Watts, jailed for Boone county car theft, was admitted March 31 1950 and had been Brown’s house boy. He is about 5 feet 8 inches tall 162 pounds with brown eyes and dark brown hair.
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Anamosa
Reformatory
Darrell Watts
Roland Brown
Watts
Brown
Boone County
Preston Linked to FHA Windfall Probe
Senator Homer Capehart alleges a Savannah housing project yielded a $250,000 windfall with two thirds going to Mayor William Bowen and half held for Rep. Prince Preston. Internal Revenue’s T. Coleman Andrews says the government can recapture taxes. committee plans to question firms and individuals linked to multi million dollar windfalls.
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Washington
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
Prince H. Preston
D-Ga
Capehart
Senate Banking Committee
Preston
Statesboro
William A. Bowen
Savannah, Ga
Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
Andrews
Subcommittee
West Rejects Molotov Plan for German Unity Clash
In Bonn and Paris leaders resist Russia's proposal to redraw German sovereignty and rearmament. Eden warns Britain and the U S may pull troops if Europe veers from London accords. Mendes France faces a tough confidence vote as he advocates London decisions.
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Bonn
Germany
Russia
Paris
Blackpool
England
V. M. Molotov
Europe
Eden
London
Free World
Pierre ‘Mendes-France
National Assembly
Depu
Grand Jury Indicts Lattimore On New Perjury Counts
The grand jury returned a two count perjury indictment against Owen Lattimore on charges he knowingly followed the Communist line in public and private statements and writings. He called the move an effort to revive a case tossed by the courts and warned it threatens anyone who writes on foreign affairs for political reasons.
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U. S
Edward A. Tamm
Leo A. Rover
Lattimore
Senate Internal Security
United States
Russia
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Marilyn Monroe Returns to Film Work at Fox Studio
Marilyn Monroe reported for film work at Twentieth Century Fox after the Joe DiMaggio split. She planned comedy scenes with Tom Ewell for Seven Year Itch, appearing composed though her marriage breakup remains a media focus as studio gates remained closed to visitors.
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Hollywood
INS
Marilyn Monroe
Pagliacci
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
San Francisco
Twentieth Century-Fox
Tom Ewell
Marilyn
Ambulance Sirens Silenced in New York
New York health official orders city ambulance sirens silenced from November 1 to reduce noise and improve safety. Hospitals commissioner Basil C. MacLean calls the loud alarms unnecessary and dangerous, calling it spectacular stupidity.
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New York
Basil C. MacLean
Weather warmer than expected with frost in northeast Iowa
Readings show milder conditions with freezing at two towns but most areas in the 40s and 50s. A warming trend through Saturday brings 70s in prospect, while Plymouth county hail caused about 1.1 million dollars in crop damage. Silo filling near seven eighths done and corn field prep underway as soybean harvest lags.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Burlington
Spencer
Mason City
Mercury
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Monthly Weather Bulletin
Plymouth County
Bureau
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Denver
Bal Swan
State Department of Public Instruction
Don A. Foster
Iowa Association of School Boards
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Milo Sojka
M Street
Sojka
Sixteenth Avenue
Second Street
Melcher
Natividad Vasquez
Joseph E. Wittene
John B. Patton
Frank M. Imely
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Howard J. Hansen
Oil Company
Gazette
Nelson Apartments
Savannah
Bowen
William Simon
Shelby Construction Company
New Orleans
Simon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Abraham Traub
Ian Woodner
Iby
Joseph W. Grigg
Anthony Eden
Conservattive Party
Konrad Adenauer
Bundestag
Berlin
Molotov
Moscow
Far East
Washington (Ap
Owen Lattimore
Serene Farm
Inez Robbeee
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