Pre-Audits Criticized By Hander
Iowa lawmakers and the state comptroller voiced concern over pre-audit systems at schools. They called for reducing duplicated approvals for building projects while President Virgil M. Hancher warned the system grants the controller power without accountability.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Comptroller
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
State Auditor’s
Hancher
State Comptroller’s Office
Comptroller’s Office
Iowa State College
Univom
Manila Asia Pact Approvals Hint At Rapid Signing
Two articles of a proposed Southeast Asia security treaty were approved in secret talks, with a reliable source saying eight foreign ministers may sign by Wednesday. The main dispute centers on military commitments and whether to adopt a NATO like defense pledge or a U S Britain France style response within constitutional limits.
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U. S
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
Shower Breaks September Heat In Cedar Rapids
A light shower and cooler air eased a multi day heat wave in Eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids received 0.36 inches of rain and temperatures fell from a daytime high near 94 to an overnight low around 66. By 2:30pm the temperature was 77 with forecasts for lower fifties Tuesday and mid eighties Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Mutt and Jeff Creator Bud Fisher Dies at 69
Bud Fisher, 69, creator of the Mutt and Jeff comic strip, died Tuesday of cancer in New York. He launched the strip for the San Francisco Chronicle in 1907, then drew a contract with William Randolph Hearst in 1908. Fisher was born Harry Conway Fisher in Chicago on April 3, 1885.
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Bud Fisher
Mutt and
Jeff
San Francisco Chronicle
William Randolph Hearst
Fisher
Harry Conway Fisher
Chicago
Ex President of Cuba Faces Fines For Arms Conspiracy
In New York AP report Cuba's former president Carlos Pio Socarras and interior minister Segundo Curti Messina faced conspiracy charges over shipping arms to Cuba. Socarras was fined 9000 dollars and his associate 6000 dollars.
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Cuba
Carlos Piio Socarras
Segundo Curti Messina
U S Opens Wide Espionage Inquiry Under Rogers
The Justice Department begins a broad espionage probe led by the new internal security division. Four prosecutors question witnesses before a federal grand jury on multiple statutes including false statements perjury and the Smith Act. A second grand jury may hear evidence on Owen Lattimore related perjury charges.
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INS
Justice Department
Eisenhower
Department
Internal Security Division
Federal Court
Grand Jury
Far Tern
Owen Lattimore
President Eisenhower Clears Annual Physical at Fitzsimmons
President Eisenhower returned to his desk after an annual physical at Fitzsimmons hospital in Denver. He told a reporter he felt fine and slept well, underscoring that the examination aimed to ensure ongoing good health.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Ben
Fitzsimmonseen
Vinton Labor Day Sweet Corn Fest Crowds Vary
A Vinton parade drew 12 000 to 15 000 for a hour long march and street dance as 13 tons of corn and 180 pounds of butter fed the crowd. Queen Joyce Offt was crowned with floats and prizes awarded to Benton County groups and companies.
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Main Street
Waterloo
Benton County
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Keystone
Rosene Badger
Atkins
Mildred Bristricky
Walford
Mary Folway
Norway
Francine Hertle
Newhall
Pat Martin
Darlene Schulty
van Horne
Colleen Smith
Urbana
Maureen van Horbeck
Belle Plaine
Sandra Williams
Shellsburg
Holiday Car Toll Falls to Six-Year Low
A Labor Day holiday report shows 535 total deaths from accidents, with 360 traffic fatalities the lowest Labor Day toll since 1948. Drownings reached 92 and other fatalities 83 as Michigan credited 1,500 national guardsmen aiding state police for reduced fatalities compared with previous holidays.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Nationalists Hit Amoy Area in Major Red Assault
Nationalist China said its air and sea forces attacked Red artillery and troop barracks near Amoy and around Quemoy in a daylong operation. The defense ministry reported sinking a Red gunboat and five large moored junks while damaging over 100 war junks and destroying troop positions. Two American officers on Quemoy were killed as the offensive marked Chiang Kai-shek’s first major retaliation for Red shelling.
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Bank Bandit Escapes With 32000 In St Louis HoldUp
A lone bandit armed with a pistol robbed the Southern Commercial and Savings bank in St Louis taking about 32000. He demanded "the big stuff" and fled after abandoning his getaway car two blocks away, with teller Lorraine Waller recounting the dramatic holdup in full view of patrons.
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ST. Louis
Southern Commercial and Savings Bank
Lorraine Waller
Southern Florida Alerted for Gale
Miami AP reports a tropical storm near 500 miles southeast of Miami with winds 80 to 90 mph. Forecaster Grady Norton warns Southern Florida to remain on alert for 36 hours as heaviest winds lash the Bahamas Tuesday night.
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South Florida
Bahamas
Florida
Grady Norton
Entry Different But Wins Prize
WEST HARTFORD Conn AP Jeffrey Truesdal eight year old entered a parade with a can of angle worms and won second prize despite officials doubting his entry.
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West Hartford
Conn
Jeffrey Truesdal
Lodge Seeks U.N. Action Over U S Bomber Downing
United Nations New York The United States urged early Security Council action to condemn Russia for the unprovoked attack on a U S Navy bomber shot down by two Soviet jets over international waters in the Sea of Japan. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr asked for a meeting to consider the situation and a formal petition would follow.
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U.N
Russia
Sea of Japan
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Security Council
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Francisco Urrutia
Colombia
Winchell testifies on FBI memo in McCarthy hearings
Walter Winchell told Senate investigators he does not know who provided a secret FBI document tied to the Army McCarthy hearings and would not disclose the source. The episode prompted sharp notes between the United States and the Soviet Union as the Security Council considered a potential censure measure.
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William P. Rogers
Washington
Walter Winchell
Senate
FBI
New York
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Winchell
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
McCarthy
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N.J
J. Edgar Hoover
Ha Rone
Army
Watkins
Spiece
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Stevens
Ray H. Jenkins
McCarthy Army
Brownell
Flanders
Guy de Furia
de Furia
Jenkins
Watkins Committee
Eisenhower Rejects Knowland Demand to Break Diplomatic Ties
President Eisenhower on Tuesday refused Senate Republican Leader Knowland’s demand to sever U S diplomatic relations with Russia over the attack on a U S navy plane. The White House kept the reply private while advisers showed irritation at the move and the telegram’s public release before its receipt at the White House.
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INS
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
Calif
U. S
Russia
White House
James C. Hagerty
Lindy’s Mother Dies in Detroit
Evangeline Lindbergh 79 mother of Charles A. Lindbergh died Tuesday at her Detroit home after two years under a doctor's care. She retired as a Detroit schoolteacher in 1942 after 19 years and taught chemistry in 1927 when her son flew solo across the Atlantic. Lindbergh was expected in Detroit to arrange funeral details.
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Evangeline Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
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