New Iowa School Aid Plan Aims for Equalized Funding
A committee led by Miss Jessie M. Parker proposes a 1951 plan to replace general and supplemental aid with a distribution system favoring equalized educational opportunity. The plan Forecasts about 40 percent state funding, with minimum classroom costs set at 3800 dollars yearly in 12 grade districts and 2650 for elementary only areas, funded through 120 assessing units.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jessie M. Parker
Miss Parker
Waterloo Tractor Plant Shutdown Sparks Iowa Dispute
The John Deere Tractor Works in Waterloo announced a Wednesday shutdown of productive departments affecting about 7,500 workers. General manager Gust Olson Jr attributed the halt to a time study dispute with caremakers and a lack of castings from the foundry, while toolmaking and related units remain staffed to handle supplies.
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Waterloo
John Deere Tractor Works
Gust Olson, Jr
Olson
After Sitter Combat Pfc Receives Draft Induction Order
After five weeks of bitter combat with the U S 25th Division in Korea Pfc Frederick A Corser 20 Gregory Michigan received his first letter from his draft board It ordered induction into military service.
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U.S. 25Th Division
Korea
Frederick A. Corser
Gregory
Mich
Big-time Cowboys Ride Sidney Opens Annual Rodeo
Sidney hosts the twenty-seventh annual rodeo drawing about 10,000 spectators. Top cowboys compete for 14,500 in prize money behind heavy wire fences as events unfold with stars like Bil McGuire and Gerald Roberts in attendance.
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Sidney
Nonparei
Weiter Sidney
Bil McGuire
Fort, Worth
Tex
Gerald Roberts
Strang City
Kan
Thundershowers Forecast For Midweek Cooler Turnaround
Weather predicts thundershowers arriving Wednesday night reducing humidity and temperatures. Highs to mid 70s Thursday after near 96 on Wednesday. Humidity around 69 percent at 11 am Wednesday, dropping to about 40 percent with cooler air, lows near 62 Thursday morning. Tuesday’s high was 87 degrees. The Washington forecast calls for warmer than normal for the next 30 days with few regional exceptions.
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Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Pacific Northwest
South Atlantic States
Real Live Baby Raffle Sparks Protests at Dallastown Fair
In Dallastown Pennsylvania a plan to raffle an 18 month old baby at the fair drew widespread backlash. Authorities received protests from residents and welfare groups while fair officials warned the winner must prove capability to care for the child. A fair spokesman then hinted the so called baby might be a kitten to calm the controversy.
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Dallastown
Pennsylvania
Stars and Stripes Opens Korean Edition Office
Stars and Stripes SOUTHWEST KOREA FRONT reports the American GI newspaper opening a Korea edition. One officer and six enlisted men arrived to establish the S and S Korean edition office and operations.
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Stars and Stripes
Korear
Korea
Vote to Restore Mail Deliveries Passes House
The House voted 264 to 108 to restore city mail deliveries to two daily runs and instruct the Post Office to cancel an April 17 order cutting city home deliveries to one. A Senate committee approved a companion bill, with no assurance of presidential approval. The chamber also struck a provision for extra funding.
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Washington
House
Senate
Post Office Department
Truman
Rules Committee
Congress
Churchill Plan Wrangle Over European Armies Unfolds
STRASBOURG France European assembly defense subcommittee wrangled behind closed doors for three hours over Winston Churchill’s proposal to unify Europe’s armies against red aggression. British critics and Scandinavian members blocked the plan citing assembly statutes while Leon Maccas Greece cast the deciding vote. If action stalls, Georges Bidault may press for a new subcommittee as the plan faces continued opposition.
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Strasbourg
France
European Assembly
General Affairs
Winston Churchill
Europe
Assembly
James Callaghan
European Council
Duncan Sandys
Churchill
Leon Maccas
Greece
Callaghan
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Georges Bidault
Thieves Loot Buffalo Bakery for Ton of Sugar
In Buffalo N Y thieves broke into a bakery and stole a ton of sugar leaving no other items. Police searched the area for suspects and reviewed surveillance footage as investigators cataloged missing quantities. No injuries reported.
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Buffalo
Truman Will Not Seize Railroads
Washington says President Truman has no plan to seize railroads to avert a threatened national strike. John R. Steelman aims to resume White House talks within days to head off a walkout by 300,000 train men and conductors demanding a 40 hour week and pay protections. A spokesman said seizure is not in the president s mind. Kennedy and Hughes authorized yardmen strikes at three strategic terminals affecting Louisville, St Paul, and Cleveland, with about 3,000 yardmen voting in favor. impact expected due to terminal importance.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
John R. Steelman
Whitehouse
Steelman
Ross
William W. Park Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad
Roy O. Hughes
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood
Kennedy
Kentucky and
Indiana Terminal Railroad
Louisville
Minnesota Transfer Railway
St. Paul
River Terminal Railway
Cleveland
National Mediation Board
Dynamite Laden Truck in Accident Des Moines
In Des Moines a collision involved a car driven by Polk County Supervisor Guy Williams and a semi-trailer loaded with about 20,000 pounds of dynamite. Williams escaped with a cut knuckle. Alvin Charles George, 27, of Fort Dodge, drove the dynamite laden truck and struck Williams’ car, pushing it into the auto ahead. No dynamite caps were packed and no explosion occurred. Williams’ car suffered considerable damage.
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Des Moines
Polk
Guy Williams
Sheriff's Office
Alvin Charles George
Fort Dodge
Williams
Doctors use insecticide fogs in polio battle in UK
British doctors employed war tested insecticide fogs on Wednesday to combat an infantile paralysis outbreak that has reached nearly 1,400 cases across the United Kingdom.
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London
United Kingdom
B 29 Raid Strafes North Korea Target
A force of 98 B 29s from the Fifth Air Force bombed a 21 square mile target north of Waegwan Korea. The attack produced massive smoke and flash bursts as American infantry cheered from ridge lines east of the Nakdong river.
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Fifth Air Force
Waegwan
Korea
Here
Whiting Man Seeks $206,806 Damages in Suit
Frank H. Fydow of Whiting filed a Monona county district court suit against the estate of the late Glen C. Wharton, claiming $206,806 for an unfulfilled contract. He says Wharton, then president of the Kirkendale Boat Company of Omaha, agreed to convey title to 610 acres known as the Walnut Ridge farm, located a half mile north of Whiting.
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CNAWA
Frank H. Fydow
Whiting
Monona County
Glen C. Wharton
Fydow
Wharton
Kirkendale Boat Company
Omaha
Walnut Ridge Farm
Actress Loy Arrives in Mexico City for Divorce Talks
Film actress Myrna Loy arrived in Mexico City on Tuesday amid published reports she will obtain a divorce in Cuernavaca from her producer husband Gene Markey, who is said to be in France.
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Mexico City
Myrna Loy
Gene Markey
France
Opening Day Sparks 4-H Fair at Frontier Park
Opening day at Frontier Park signals a bustling 4-H fair with judging slated for Wednesday afternoon and a full program through Saturday. Exhibits by 13 West Pottawattamie clubs feature canned goods, jellies, jams, vegetables, and baked items while cattle shows draw crowds. Over 200 head of cattle expected. tents expanded 35 feet to accommodate entries.
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Frontier Park
Ernest Hoeck
Af Carson
Ned
Hoeck
4-H
West Pottawattamie County
Thailand Offer for 4,000 Troops Accepted
Defense Secretary Johnson said the United States has accepted Thailand's offer of 4,000 troops for the United Nations force in Korea. He announced this during a conference with the Thai ambassador and noted that army arrangements for deployment are being organized.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Thailand
United Nations
Korea
Twenty Draftees From Potawatamie County Called for Induction
Twenty draftees from Potawatamie County were called for military service. They report for induction at 8 am on Aug. 30 at the draft board office in the water works building. William Keenan, chairman, said they will be inducted at Fort Omaha. A list will be published upon induction. Seventy four other men will report to Omaha Army Headquarters on Aug. 28 for pre-Induction physicals. Keenan announced that instructions were received to re classify some college students now in Iowa.
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Pottawattamie County
Draft Board
Water Works
William Keenan
Fort Omaha
Omaha Army Headquarters
Keenan
Iowa
Air Force Bombers Support Ground Troops in Korea
B 29 crews from a Bomber Base in Japan returned from their largest Korea raid yet saying they hoped they aided ground troops. It marked the first closeup mass air strike on troops and the first time B 29s were ordered to blanket a target area. Pilot and bombardier reflections said they hit the area but could not confirm enemy casualties. results were described as excellent though uncertainty remained about actual impact.
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Oyle
Taegu
James R. Young
Denver
Col
Japan
Air Force
Charles Heeren Killed in Lucas County Car Pedestrian
Charles Heeren a 40 year old Omaha resident was struck and killed by a car while walking along highway 34 about 244 miles east of Lucas. Arlie McCullough 59 of Humeston driver said he did not see Heeren before the collision and sheriff officials investigated the crash ending Lucas County’s 27 month run without traffic fatalities.
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Chariton
Lucas County
Charles Heeren
Monroe Street
Omaha
Paul Laing
Heerenas
Highway 34
Lucas
Arlie McCullough
Humeston
McCullough
Adam Marshall, Jr
Heeren
Former Tax Auditor Dies in Des Moines
Lester R. Abbott, 55, a former tax auditor for the state tax commission, died Wednesday at Veterans hospital Des Moines after a heart ailment. Born in Marshalltown, he had lived in Des Moines 48 years. He previously spent 26 years with the Chicago Great Western Railway.
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Des MoiNes
Lester R. Abbott
Veterans Hospital
Marshalltown
Abbott
State Tax Commission
Commission
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Red Korean troops retreat as B 29 strike rocks Naktong
US Air Force B 29s blasted a 26 square mile area along the Naktong river with 875 tons of bombs in a move described as potentially decisive. Observers say North Korean troops fled in terror, abandoning rifles and packs while defending lines along the river showed a general lull after the strike. American and South Korean forces followed up with ground actions, pushing back retreating Reds.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
United States
New York
Manhattan Island
Naktong
Fifth Air Force
East Side
West Bank
U.S
Korea
Leif Erickson
Waegwan
Death Claims Mother of Henry O Tale and Irvin Talle
Albert Lea Minn Mrs Anna Taille pioneer Freeborn county resident died at Naeve hospital after a week of illness including a cerebral hemorrhage Funeral services pending She was mother of Congressman Henry O Tale of Decorah Jr and State Representative Irvin Talle of Albert Lea
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Henry
Talle
Albert Lea
Minn
Anna Taille
Freeborn County
Naeve Hospital
Talle Wa
Tale
Decorah, Jr
Irvin Talle
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Tulsa
Okla
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Peekskill
N. Y
Jack Bush- Sidne
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