Three Key Bills Stalled in House Senate Conference
Washington reports three major measures remain stalled as House and Senate conferees clash on housing and defense production powers ahead of adjournment. The housing bill sparks sharp fights over public housing numbers while the Defense Production Act and a 92 million dollar appropriations bill face renewal of talks.
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20th Birthday For Highway Patrol
Des Moines marks the 20th anniversary of the Town Highway Patrol, begun August 1, 1935 with 53 uniformed officers. The force now numbers 275 patrolmen and drivers license examiners. Patrol cars cover vast mileage as four officers died in the line of duty: Oran H. Pape in 1936, Harold E. Kiinkephus in 1949, Harold C. DeGear in 1954, and Ralph Garthwaite in 1955. Governor Hoegh lauds the patrol for outstanding service and earned respect from travelers.
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Dis Moines
Oran H. Pape
Muscatine
Harold E. Kiiikefus
Red Oak
Harold C. de Gear
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Garthwaite
Woodbine
Leo A. Hoegh
Safeway Store At Jefferson Burned
A Safeway store in Jefferson was gutted by a Sunday night fire. Damage is tentatively estimated at 3100,000. Officials initially suspected lightning from a thunderstorm but investigators later indicated the blaze started from a gas buildup inside the building.
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Needed Someone On His Side Of Argument
New York report says Ernest Moore pulled a fire alarm at 4:30 pm during an outdoor argument with his wife on the sidewalk. Six fire companies and two police cars responded as officers investigated the dispute and fire officials checked the scene.
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Ernest Moore
Clarindan Heads Lutheran Laymen Convention President
Clarinda Monday Alfred Sump of Clarinda was elected president of the Lutheran Laymen’s League of Iowa District West at the group’s ninth annual convention in Milford. More than 25 delegates attended. Sump succeeds Fred Hanse of Spencer with new officers Ray Suhr Mapleton vice president Wendell Grauer Marcus secretary Ray Brehmer Storm Lake treasurer and Orval One Clarinda board member at large.
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Alfred Sump
Clarinda
Lutheran Laymen’s League of Iowa
West Lutheran Church-Misouri
Sump
Fred Hanse
Spencer
Ray Suhr
Mapleton
Wendell Grauer
Marcus
Ray Brehmer
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Clacnda
Dismiss 10 For Abuse Of Leave At Upper Darby Post Office
The Philadelphia regional Post Office Department manager Donald A. Myers announced the dismissal of 10 workers and suspension of four others for misuse of sick leave. The actions followed a GAO report to the House Post Office Committee noting widespread sick leave abuse costing millions annually. Some disciplined employees were seen at race tracks during illness or held outside jobs, though postal work remained their focus during hours. The Upper Darby post office lies in a suburban area.
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Farm Machinery Workers On Strike In Midwest
About thirty thousand five hundred CIO union members at two major farm equipment makers Deere and Co and Caterpillar Tractor Co began strikes in Illinois and Iowa as wage talks stalled. Deere plants at East Moline Moline and Des Moines Dubuque Waterloo Ottumwa faced picket lines with no disorders reported. Caterpillar workers near East Peoria were in a separate three day stoppage involving eighteen thousand employees with a tentative settlement announced. terms were not disclosed.
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Des Moines
Dubuque
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Deere
Highway Closure For Construction Near Manawa Road
Traffic Captain Eildon Winger reports Primary Highway 192, the old Manawa Road, will close from 5 p.m. Monday for two to three weeks during construction of the new highway relocation from Twenty-eighth Ave and Seventh St to the intersection of Highways 192 and 275. Alternate routes include Eleventh Star Highway 375 and River Santiam 2-Brazil. Britain and Venezuela show interest in two hundred thousand dozen eggs buyers for America Pacheco de Carvalho, head of the federal price and produce commission, who must find buyers for the next five months.
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Eildon Winger
State Highway Commission
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Santiam
Brazil
America
Scout Is Thrifty at World Scout Jamboree Visit
Soliver Pecquet a 17 year old scout from France attended the world Boy Scout jamboree at Niagara on the Lake in August and later spent a night in a Toronto police cell after a request for judging time.
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Soliver Pecquet
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Niagara-on the Lake
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You may not be too smart Chuckle quote
A quip suggests that keeping quiet can fool others into thinking one is wiser than they are, reflecting a sharp witticism about discretion and perception.
Unseasonable Heat and Showers Grip Midwest Towns
Swamped by showers and high humidity Southwest Town endured a humid, fluctuating temperature. The Weatherman forecast readings near 98 Tuesday with more showers Monday night and highs around 105 earlier. Sunday saw record heat with 109 in Sac City and 107 in Sioux City. power outages affected Missouri Valley Mondamin Modale and Pisgah while no damage was reported in Council Bluffs.
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Charles City
Des Moines
Sac City
Iowa
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Lake Manawa State Park
Joe W. Brill
Frank Jensen
Heat Victim Walter Moore Found After Collapse in Iowa
Walter E. Moore aged 72 collapsed on Twenty-ninth Street and Avenue B and was taken to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Fairfield. His wife Mary Moore, 72, died at their home from a heart attack. Southwest Iowa endured the warmest July on record with average temperatures about 4.2 degrees above normal and several days over 100 degrees.
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Set Up Basis For Rail Settlement
A Presidential Emergency Board recommended a 44 hour week for railroad service employees and proposed wage adjustments to raise earnings through hour rate changes. It favored a small uplift for yard engine workers while rejecting a general wage increase, to avoid disrupting the current wage structure. The report aims to form the basis for settlements between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and major railroads.
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Two Pottawattamie Districts Get State Special Ed Reimbursements
County Supt. Ernest Barker announced that two Pottawattamie County districts receive a total of 10,544 dollars from the State for excess costs of a special education program. County Bluff district gets 10,444 dollars and Neola district 100 dollars, warrants issued by Iowa Department of Public Instruction for the 1954-55 school year will be forwarded.
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Pottawanamie Count
Ernest Barker
Councy Bluffs
Neola
Iowa
Barker
No Big Rush On Polio Shots in Council Bluffs and County
Doctors in Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County say there will be no rush to vaccinate children against polio before November. Supplies are arriving late and officials favor waiting until after the school season to immunize, citing low polio incidence and better organization. The Salk program remains school directed, with a vaccine request expected in late summer.
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Ponawattame County
Alladble
Douglas County
Nebraska
Medital Society
Pottawattamie County Medical Society
Soviet May Back Satellite Program
Khrushchev says Soviet Union would support any American earth satellite program if beneficial to mankind. He spoke at a Swiss reg ation reception, but offered no details on Eisenhower's plan and noted no Soviet reports yet.
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Shoat Webster Loses Valued Quarterhorse in Crash
In Grafton Nebraska a trailer carrying Shoat Webster’s two high value horses, including a famous rodeo horse valued at $10,000, crashed after the trailer detached from a car on Highway 6 west of Grafton. Both horses suffered broken backs and died.
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Senate panel warned on unsold autos and dealer distress
Detroit industry spokesmen labeled the subcommittee concerns as groundless arguing inventories are below expectations for current sales and dealers remain financially strong. GM Ford Chrysler American Motors and Studebaker-Packard praised the market as healthy and favorable for customers as the panel vows to monitor auto market practices through the coming months.
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Sad Sunday Lit
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American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
Alex Sear
Proht Mann
Red China To Free U.S. Airmen From Korea War
Tokyo reports Peiping Radio says 11 U.S. airmen held since 1953 will be released. They were convicted of espionage after being shot down over North Korea. Talks at Geneva with U.S. representatives preceded their release. Names and sentences of the 11 airmen listed, with terms ranging from 2 to 10 years.
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John W. Thompson TH. Zarman
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Blast to Put Pilot Channel Under Bridge
The blast opened a pilot channel under the ossland bridge across the Missouri River to restore the river to a preexisting course. Engineers expect river levels to fall and then rise, enabling construction of the bridge approach and completion of the road into Onawa.
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Farmer and Daughter Die in Headon Crash Near Montezuma
An Iowa crash on Highway 3 near Montezuma killed the Wildman girl and her father, with Courtney’s driver injured and 11 others hospitalized. A Grenell Transport Co. trailer and a Culusion truck were involved after a collision that virtually sheered the Widman car apart, leaving a father and daughter dead and a son with minor injuries.
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Sharon Sidyrearnid
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Oskaloosa
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Courter
Drowns In Stock Tank At Conway Farm
Anna Mae Barker 2 daughter of Mr and Mrs Pearl Barker drowned Sunday evening in a stock tank on her parents farm south of Conway according to Creston IA reporting.
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Conway
A Wonderful Land Aieva Visit to Iowa Worthy of Fame
Soviet farm group led by Litoshko visits Iowa praised as fertile Illinois of America by Indians calling it wonderful land. Delegation received warm Iowa hospitality and aims to exchange farm delegations with the Soviet Union. News team of 59 buses accompanied by hosts, including farm women, and a coonskin cap gift symbolize goodwill.
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Richard R. Kasischke
Moscow
Pravda
E. Litochka
Aieva
Iowa
Lateshko
Nebraska
Davy Crockett Coonskin
Towa Ats
America
Soviet Union
Livishko
Skindiver Clings to Speargun During Shark Encounter
A skindiver refused to relinquish an expensive speargun as he battled a shark in a submerged hole. He swam for three hours, reached the surface to breathe, and recounted the shark’s attempt to attack while Jones speared the creature, mistaking it for a small fish.
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Halfway Mark Reached In 300 Mile River Swim
Antonin Abertondo reached the halfway point of a 300 mile swim from Cairo to St. Louis on his 30th birthday. The solo effort aims for Mississippi River crossing. Frank Karcher Jr. and other supporters provided radio updates as Abertondo nears the next leg, about 76 miles below St. Louis, after around 38 hours in the water.
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23 Deaths Reported In Counce Bluffs Funeral Homes
Twenty three deaths were reported Monday by Counce Bluffs funeral homes. The 100 degree plus heat over a weekend may have been a contributing factor in some of the deaths. For details, see page 10.
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Don t Score Here For Comne Bluffs 1955 Summary
Fragmentary note mentions fatalities and a 1955 date with unclear references to Comne Bluffs and archives. No clear individuals, organizations, or locations are readable to form a full factual card.
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