Flood, rains lash Ohio Valley. 12 dead in PA Ohio storm
Monongahela River floods into Pittsburgh area as heavy rains lash Ohio Valley. At least 12 killed and damage surpasses three million dollars. Canonsburg evacuates 50 families as barges and a derrick sink. West Virginia and Ohio towns suffer outages, downed trees, and property damage across Cleveland, Youngstown, and Morgantown.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Canonsburg
Red Cross
Carnegie
Cleveland
Akron
Canton
Conneaut
Youngstown
Youngstown-Warren
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Salem
Elmer Prince
Main Street
S3em
Red China Ends Ban on News Agencies
Washington officials rejected a request to allow 15 American news correspondents to visit the Chinese mainland as Peiping ended a seven year ban. A Peiping cable said visas were authorized for 15 American correspondents from news agencies newspapers and broadcast outlets. Visas were to be picked up in Moscow or at Sumchon near Hong Kong for one month.
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State Department
Red
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Hong Kong
Peiping
AFF
Red China
Moscow
Sumchon
Klong Kong
Rural Teachers To Meet Run 24 In County
Pottawattamie County rural teachers will gather at 9 a.m. August 24 in Community Hall for an in service training session ahead of the rural school opening. Some rural schools start August 27 and all will be open by September 4. A separate meeting for new faculty is planned but not dated.
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Pottawattamie County
Ernest Barker
Barker
Woman in dress plot twist joke headline
A humorous caption notes the woman seemed poured into her dress with the punchline that someone forgot to say when. The quip captures a light, period-tinged comic tone.
General Everest Visits Mother in Omaha Area
Lt. Gen. Frank F. Everest, deputy chief of staff for Air Force operations, visited his mother in Council Bluffs Omaha area after talks at Offutt Base. He said a Reserve Jet Air Squadron move would need new facilities, land donations, and faces airport commission rejection. Efforts target relocating squadrons, including Minneapolis, to the Missouri River side.
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Council Bluffs- Omaha
Frank F. Everest
F. F. Everest
Third Ave
Offutt Air Force Base
Washington
Air Force
Russia
Nathan Twining
L and
Chamber of Commerce
Omaha Airport Commission
Gen. Everest
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Jump Recorded In Polio Outbreak
Chicago reports 582 polio cases and 13 deaths as of Monday. Dr. Herman Bundesen offers delegate inoculation stations and shots for a nominal cost. Weekend toll: 66 cases and 2 deaths. past years showed far lower figures. Fifty five cases had received Salk vaccine.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Bundesen
Brink's Theft Trial Begins in Suffolk Court
In Boston Judge Felix barred defense motions to dismiss 136 indictments against eight defendants as the $1.2 million Brink's robbery trial opens in Suffolk Superior Court. The Commonwealth plans to try 13 of 169 indictments now, while defense counsel seeks dismissal of the rest.
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Boston
Felix Barte
Brink
Suffolk
Commonwealth Hald
Paul T. Smith
Forte
Smith
Don't Score Here For Council Bluffs 1955 Fatalities Report
Council Bluffs statistics show 1901 fatalities and 4 injuries from accidents. The year 1955 records include 1 237 140 incidents and 739 damages with a total loss of 166 031 dollars and 268 099 dollars in property. Bot fatalities noted.
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Council Bluffe
Seven Pigeons Recovered From Theft in Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania Mrs. Emily DeLong reported six pigeons stolen from a rooftop coop. Police recovered the birds and returned seven pigeons to the woman.
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Reading
Emily DeLong
Two Die In Explosion At Olin Mathieson Plant
Two people were killed Monday when an explosion ripped through the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp plant in Niagara Palls. At least 120 others were injured as responders battled flames and carried victims to safety in the immediate aftermath.
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Niagara Palls
Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp
Violent Iowa Storms Cause Widespread Damage
A severe weather outbreak hit western and northwest Iowa early Monday with heavy rain, hurricane winds and hail. Manning suffered major damage injuring one man and killing cattle. Audubon and Stuart areas faced power outages as lines fell and roofs were torn away. Storms moved southeast from Guthrie Center to Creston, with 70 mph winds in Creston and a 14 degree temperature drop in half an hour. The Weather Bureau warned of continuing unsettled conditions and near term cooler temperatures.
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Iowa
Manning
Nick Schrum
Manning Hospital
Schrum
Nellie Ohrt
State Highway Patrol
Guthrie Center
Hamlin
Audubon
Des Moines
Utality
Audubon Hospital
Elk Horn
Atlantic
Creston
KSIB
Stuart
Weather Bureau
Carroll
Denison
Storm Lake
Cherookee
Sioux Rapids
New Teachers From Bluffs Schools
A total of 54 new teachers plus three returning from leaves of absence hired for the Council Bluffs public school system this summer. Supt. Mourer says 45 vacancies from resignations and retirements have been filled, 11 more teachers added for increased enrollment, and an instrumental music instructor hired for elementary grades. Last year 53 teachers were selected.
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Council Bluffs
Russel J. Mourer
Road Costs Set At 4 494 251 In Pottawattamie County
County engineer Paul Mahoney told the Board of Supervisors that completing the farms to market road system would require 4 494 251 dollars. He disputed the state highway commission estimate of 2 212 000 and submitted his own total, covering bridges grading clearing and grubbing culverts and road surfacing. The plan includes 585 miles of farm to market roads.
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Pottawattamie
Paul Mahoney
Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Highway Commission
Mahoney
Highway Commission
Pottawattamie County
GSA Calls Bids On Post Office and Federal Court Building
The General Services Administration calls bids for a new Federal Court house and Post Office Building in Council Bluffs. Estimated cost 1.5 million dollars, with demolition of the existing Sixth Street site. Bids due Sept. 18, opened in Kansas City, MO. Architects are Robert C. Robinson of Council Bluffs and Brooks-Berg of Des Moines.
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Council Bluffs
General Services Administration
Washington
Kansas City
Sixth ,St. and Broadway
GSA
Washington, D. C
East Bannister Road
Robert C. Robinson
Brooks-Berg
Des Moinés
Strike At Lester Plant Settled In Five Year Pact
Philadelphia report says Westinghouse and Local 107 reached a five year settlement to end the 297 day strike at the Lester plant. The agreement awaits union vote Tuesday night before becoming binding. About 6,000 workers in the Philadelphia area were affected. Core dispute centered on reclassifying jobs and moving incentive workers to hourly pay. Current wages go up to $3.60 per hour.
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Philadelphia
Lester
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers
Untis
470 Visits By YNA During July
A total of 470 visits was made by Members of the Council Bluffs Visiting Nurses Assn in July. Non communicable disease 432 acute communicable 1 tuberculosis 20 crippled children 2 maternity and infant 3 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 for Dynamic Civil Rights Platform
In Chicago Gov. Averell Harriman urged Democrats to craft a dynamic platform in the Roosevelt Truman tradition while Loyd Benefield denied plans to form a Harriman bloc at the convention. Benefield quoted Harriman as confident the party will back forward looking liberal aims and rejected moderation. Johnson of Texas emerged as a potential kingmaker, possibly delaying a Stevenson victory and boosting Harriman or causing deadlock with 56 Texas votes and Southern delegate support.
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Chicago
Averell Harriman
New York
Loyd Benefield
Harriman
Benefield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eet B. Johnson
Texas
Adlai
Stevenson
Johnson
Senate
Says The GOP Is Being Fooled
CHICAGO Claude R Wickard said Democrats plan to capitalize on farmer discontent at the Democratic national convention public hearings Wickard sizes up the situation farmers upset over low prices and incomes yet too busy with crops to complain Republicans misinterpret lack of complaint as satisfaction Wickard operates a farm in Indiana and is the Democratic Senate nominee for Homer Capehart seat He contrasts with Benson's farm price upturn statements and leads the party Agricultural Advisory Committee within the DNC
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Chicago
Claude R. Wickard
Wickard
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Indiana
Senate
Homer Capehart
Benson
Democratic National Committee
SACs Arsenal To Utilize New Missiles
Air Secretary Quarles says two intercontinental missiles will join the Strategic Air Command arsenal when operational. He notes missiles will add efficient retaliatory punch with less vulnerability and that SAC works with the Western Development Division of ARDC. SAC plans a guided missiles squadron.
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Washington
Strategic Air Command
Air
Quarles
Sen. Hruska
Rneh
SAC
Special Western Development Division
Air Research and Development Command
Delegates Asked To Vote For Adlai Stevenson Nomination
The Democratic Party State Central Committee adopted a resolution urging Nebraska delegates to the national convention to back Adlai Stevenson. It notes Kefauver has withdrawn and urges Stevenson support. The committee elected Mrs. Ethel Kirwin of Scottsbluff as vice chairman.
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Lincoln
Democratic Party State Central Committee
Nebraska
Adlai Stevenson
Senstes Kefauver
Stevenson
Ethel Kirwin
Scottsbluff
Leslie Caron Weds Peter Hall in London Ceremony
French actress Leslie Caron married British director Peter Hall in a private Marylebone Town Hall ceremony. The bride, 23, tied the knot with the director, following Caron’s earlier marriage to George A. Hormel’s former wife, Misa Caron.
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London
Leslie Caron
Peter Hall
Marylebone Town Hall
Misa Caron
George A. Hormel
Services planned for Iowa City Girl Scout Patricia Hanlon
Services were planned here for Patricia Ron Hanlon 13 Iowa City Girl Scout whose body was found in the chimney of a Girl Scout camp clubhouse after an all day search Friday. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joan Harton and reportedly had tried to enter the clubhouse by climbing down the chimney.
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Iowa City
Patrica Ron Hanlon
Girl Scout
Joan Harton
Bulwark Sails to Bolster British in Suez Standoff
The 22,000 ton aircraft carrier Bulwark sails for the Mediterranean to back British forces amid the Suez dispute over Egypt's nationalization of the canal. Prime Minister Eden has mobilized reservists as 1200 paratroopers depart for the region. Nasser's government recalls a limited number of reservists. The world awaits a 24 nation conference on canal control with Rome as a possible site. U S Sixth Fleet warships also move from six Italian ports for redeployment maneuvers linked to the crisis.
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London
Mediterranean
Egypt
Suez Canal
Portsmouth
Eden
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Suez
Britain
Great Waterway
Australia
Portugal
Pakistan
Ceylon
Italy
Turkey
Masser
Rome
Prmme
Antonio Segni
Gaetano Martino
Naples
U.S
Navy
Damascus
Syria
Sheik
Abulqasor Abdin
West
Suez Canal Co
Syrr
Canal
Boy in critical condition after collision in Dubuque
John Walbers, 3, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Walbers of Dubuque, remained in critical condition at a local hospital Monday after Saturday night injuries from walking into a car driven by 26 year old John F Boulin of Dubuque. He suffered a skull fracture.
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Dubuque
John Walbers
Clarence Walbers
John F. Boulin
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