Flood Rains Sweep Ohio Valley Kill 12 In Pittsburgh Area
AAP reports devastating floods across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania with at least 12 dead and damages surpassing three million dollars. Monongahela River crested above flood stage as 23 barges broke loose and Canonsburg evacuated over 50 families. Red Cross shelters opened in Carnegie while Ohio cities like Cleveland Akron and Youngstown faced outages and storm damage.
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Red China Ends Ban on News Agencies
Washington state department rejects invitation for 15 American news correspondents to visit the Chinese mainland while Hong Kong reports Peiping ends a seven year ban. Visa issuance outlined for 15 American reporters with one month validity through Moscow or across from Hong Kong, via Peiping.
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Rural Teachers To Meet Aug 24
A meeting of all Pottawattamie County rural school teachers will be held at 9 a.m. Aug. 24 in Community Hall. County School Supt. Ernest Barker said it will be an in service training meeting in preparation for the opening of rural schools. Some rural schools will open Aug. 27. all will be open by Sept. 4. Barker said a meeting for all new faculty members is being planned, no date set.
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Todays Chuckle Woman in Tight Dress Jokes
A humorous quip unfolds about a woman appearing as if poured into her dress with part of a line missing, suggesting someone forgot to finish a joke. The fragment hints at a lighthearted, cheeky tone typical of a daily humor column.
General Everest Visits Mother in Council Bluffs Area
Lt. Gen. Frank F. Everest, deputy chief of Staff for Air Force operations, visited his mother in Omaha area after talks at Offutt AFB. He discussed locating a Reserve Jet Air Squadron in the Council Bluffs metro area, a plan rejected by the Omaha Airport Commission.
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Jump Recorded In Polio Outbreak
Chicago polio cases rose to 582 with 13 deaths as of Monday. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen offered delegates vaccination stations at nominal cost, noting 55 of the cases had received Salk shots. Weekend totals reached six cases and two deaths, comparing with 161 cases and 10 deaths in 1952.
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Brink's Theft Trial Begins in Boston Court
Judge Felix Forte allows the Brink's robbery case to proceed with 13 indictments chosen from 169 while 156 remaining charges are slated for later. Defense seeks dismissal of those extra indictments as counsel questions the process.
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Seven Pigeons Returned To Woman In Reading Tale
Mrs Emily DeLong reported six pigeons stolen from a coop atop her house in Reading Pennsylvania. Police found the birds and returned seven pigeons to the woman.
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Emily DeLong
Two Die In Explosion At Niagara Falls Plant
Niagara Falls, N Y two people were killed Monday in an explosion at an Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp plant. At least one other person was reported injured.
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Violent Iowa storm damages Manning and region
A severe thunderstorm complex swept southwest and northwest Iowa early Monday, injuring a Manning man, destroying a barn and killing 14 cattle, with widespread power outages and roof damage. Storms hit Audubon Creston Stuart and Storm Lake, uprooting trees, leveling crops, and knocking out lines as temperatures plummeted before partial recovery.
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Bluffs Schools Hire 54 New Teachers This Summer
Council Bluffs public schools hired 54 new teachers this summer along with three returning from leaves. Superintendent Russel J. Maurer said 45 vacancies from resignations and retirements are filled, with 11 extra teachers added for enrollment growth and an elementary instrumental music instructor hired. Last year 53 teachers were needed.
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Russel J. Maurer
Road costs set at 4 494 251 for county farm to market roads
County Engineer Paul Mahoney told the Board of Supervisors that completing the farm to market road system in Pottawattamie County would cost 4 494 251 dollars. His figure, based on gravel surfacing and including bridges, grading, clearing, culverts and surfacing, covers 585 miles of roads.
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Board of Supervisors
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Pottawattamie County
GSA Calls Bids On Post Office And Court House
The General Services Administration announced bids for the new Federal Court house and Post Office Building in Council Bluffs. Estimated cost is 3.5 million dollars with demolition of the existing Sixth Street structure. Bids open September 18 in Kansas City. Architects are Robert C. Robinson of Council Bluffs and Brooks-Berg of Des Moines.
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Strike At Lester Plant Ends After 297 Days
Philadelphia Westinghouse Electric Corp plant leads to a five year settlement with Local 107 Independent United Electrical Workers. Agreement awaits union approval Tuesday night. Strike was the longest in the area impacting thousands of workers. Key issue was job classification changes and incentive workers moving to hourly pay. current rates reach $3.60.
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470 Visits By VNA During July
A total of 470 visits was made by members of the Council Bluffs Visiting Nurses Assn. In July, it was reported Monday. They were: non-communicable disease 432, acute communicable 1, tuberculosis 20, crippled children 2, maternity and infant 3, and unclassified 12. The nurses also assisted at one Pottawattamie County tuberculosis lung clinic with five in attendance.
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Council Bluffs
Harriman Presses Dynamic Platform for Democratic Fight
CHICAGO Gov Averell Harriman urged Democrats to adopt a forward looking platform in the Roosevelt Truman tradition. His campaign director denied a Harriman bloc at the Platform Committee but Harriman signaled no leadership for a strong civil rights plank. Lyndon Johnson emerged as a potential pivot in the Stevenson Harriman contest as delegates chart a possible deadlock with Johnson holding Texas votes and Southern support.
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Wickard says GOP fooled by farmers' complacency
CHICAGO Claude R Wickard, secretary of agriculture under FDR, told public hearings for a farm plank that Midwestern farmers are upset by low prices but too busy to complain. He warned Republicans misread lack of complaint as satisfaction and said a farm revolt could emerge in November. Wickard operates a farm in Indiana and is the Democratic Senate nominee challenging Homer Capehart.
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SAC's Arsenal To Utilize New Missiles
Washington notes intercontinental missiles will join Strategic Air Command arsenal when ready. Air Secretary Quarles cites improved retaliatory punch with less vulnerability and says SAC collaborates with the Western Development Division of ARDC. SAC plans a guided missiles squadron.
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Delegates Urged to Support Adlai Stevenson in Nebraska
The Democratic State Central Committee adopted a resolution asking Nebraska delegates to vote for Adlai Stevenson at the national convention. With Kefauver withdrawn, the resolution urges Stevenson’s nomination, and the committee elected Mrs. Ethel Kinwin of Scottsbluff as vice chairman.
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Leslie Caron Weds Peter Hall In London Ceremony
French actress Leslie Caron married British director Peter Hall in a private ceremony at Marylebone Town Hall. Caron, 23, previously wed to George Hormel, heir to an American meat-packing fortune, is joining Hall in a high profile union.
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Leslie Caron
Peter Hall
Marylebone Town Hall
Miss Caron
George A. Hormel
Services Planned for Patricia Ann Hanton
Patricia Ann Hanton, 13, Iowa City Girl Scout, found dead after an all day search. Her body was discovered in a chimney at a Girl Scout camp clubhouse. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jane Hanton.
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Patricia Ann Hanton
Iowa City
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Jane Hanton
Bulwark Sets Sail To Aid British In Suez Crisis
The 22 000 ton aircraft carrier Bulwark sailed for the Mediterranean to back British forces amid the Suez Canal dispute with Egypt. Eden ordered reservists called up and paratroopers sent as Nasser mulls conference talks on international control of the canal.
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Dubuque Boy In Critical Condition After Collision
John Wolbers, 3, Dubuque, remained in critical condition at a hospital after injuries from a Saturday night accident. He had a skull fracture when he walked into the side of a car driven by 26 year old John Bouhn of Dubuque.
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