Social Security Beneficiaries Get Increases
Washington reports Social Security Administration officials say about 60 million beneficiaries will receive automatic increases in September checks after the Eisenhower bill. Most amounts rise by at least 3 dollars monthly, with a new minimum and higher maximums. widows and survivors also gain, and the program expands to an additional 10 million people effective January 1.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Eisenhower
Southerners Talk More on Phones Says Southern Bell
Louisville office of Southern Bell reports southern cities show highest calling rate with 8.11 daily calls per phone, while Washington D C records 4.08 and Chicago 4.16. Watson cites hospitality and socializing on the phone as reasons, noting residential use exceeds business and females may talk more than men.
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Louisville
Telephone Company
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co
New Orleans
Washington
Chicago
R. M. Watson
Louisvile
Southern Bell
Watson
Weather Forecast Highlights Heat and No Rain
The Weatherman predicts hotter, humid conditions with a Wednesday high near 92 and spotty skies. Total rainfall since last Tuesday reaches 4.26 inches in Council Bluffs. several towns report drier totals, while thunderstorms Monday raised three day totals in Osceola Mason City Perry Zearing Des Moines.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Raccoon River
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Zearing
Oscelon
Grinnell
Conrad
Gilman
Perry
Des Moines
Newfor
Osceola
Mason City
Eisenhower Signs Anti-Red Measure
President Eisenhower signed a law banning the Communist Party and targeting red infiltration in labor unions. He announced intent to back three additional anti communist bills including stripping citizenship for overthrow, death penalty for espionage, and denying pensions to certain convicted officials. The moves target Alger Hiss and alleged Soviet agents.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Congress
United States
State Department
Offigal Alger Hiss
Storm wrecks home. family narrowly escapes injury
Mrs. D. E. Enright and four children fled as a four foot wall collapsed sending mud water and cement blocks into the house at 1104 Oak Park Road during a heavy storm. The family, visiting relatives in South Dakota later, escaped with only minor injuries as neighbors aided in the cleanup and repairs began. Enright, employed at the Union Pacific mail terminal, praised friends and neighbors for swift help after the disaster.
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Oil Bluffs
Het
Larry
Paladino
D. E. Enright
Oak Park Road
Hanea
Becky
Steven
Christine
Enright
South Dakota
Union Pacific Mail
Military Production Facilities Are Ready
Defense Mobilization Director Arthur S. Fleming ordered a new plan to keep U S military production facilities in constant readiness for rapid war production. The plan pays private industry to maintain idle equipment and keeps production techniques up to date, at a cost of several hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
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Washington
Defense Mobilization
Arthur S. Fleming
Flemming
Korea
Hoover to join Convalescent Home board as honorary member
Des Moines reports former President Herbert Hoover said he would be delighted to accept the invitation to serve as an honorary member of the board of the Convalescent Home for Children.
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Dks Moines
Convalescent Home For Children
Herbert Hoover
Flanders Cuts European Trip Over English Weather
New York Senator Ralph Flanders returns from Europe after cutting his vacation short. He cites England's atrocious weather and his inability to learn from English papers what is happening in Washington.
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New York
Ralph Flanders
Europe
England
Washington
Petition for paving on South Ninth Street filed
A petition with four signers was filed with the City Council on Tuesday requesting paving on South Ninth Street from Twenty fifth Avenue to Twenty sixth Avenue.
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South Ninth St
Board reviews portable steel school units in Omaha
School Board members examined 24 by 40 foot steel classrooms at Howard Kennedy School as a potential remedy for crowded grades. Costs cited ranged from 2200 dollars for a basic unit to 8000 to 10000 dollars for a complete setup with insulation plumbing wiring and fixtures. A 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday will consider hiring an architect and estimating costs for an extended elementary program.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Howard Kennedy School
Thirtieth and Binney Sts
Progress in Iowa Corn Crop and Soybeans
DES MOINES Iowa corn development advanced with favorable rains easing conditions in southern Iowa. Over 9 percent of corn reached or passed the roasting ear stage versus a 65 percent average for this date. Soybeans show about 3 percent with pods and overall prospects reported as excellent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Five Charge Categories Set for McCarthy Censure Hearings
A Senate committee lists five categories for public hearings on whether to censure Sen. McCarthy. Charges cover contempt for the Senate, urging federal employees to break laws, handling of confidential documents, abuses of other senators, and the Zwicker incident at Camp Kilmer. The panel says other charges may be considered during hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
Watkins
Utah
Senate Elections
United States
FBI
Hendrickson
Ralph Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Zwicker
Army
Stevens
Murray Named New King Of Powered Flight
Washington reports 31 year old Maj Arthur Murray, one of Edwards AFB test pilots, may have set a new altitude record in the Bell X8A rocket plane. He reportedly flew higher than 83 235 feet achieved by Marion E Carl in 1953, with secrecy masking the exact figure.
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Washington
Air Force
Maj
Arthur Murray
Murray
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Marion E. Carl
Talbott
Amsterdam
Metherlands
Air Force Assn
Omaha
North Sea
New York
Mrs Tom Braniff Dies in Dallas At 67
Mrs Tom Braniff 67 widow of Braniff Airlines president died in Dallas on Tuesday after a cancer battle. She helped grow the airline founded by her husband and was elected to Braniff’s board after his death in a crash near Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Braniff Airlines
Braniff
Shreveport
Dallas
Tom
Ex-Councilmen May Have To Pay For Gift Chairs
Former Clinton councilmen honored at retirement learned they may owe refunds for chairs bought with public funds. State Auditor Chet Akers said such gratuities are illegal, and the audit urged the city to reclaim all chair expenditures, tracing one chair purchase of 74.68 from the 1953 general fund.
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Des Moines
Clinton
Office of
Chet Akers
W. L. McNamar
McNamar
City General Fund
California
Lutherans Elect Rev G W Lobeck To Third Synod Term
The Rev G W Lobeck pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church was reelected president of the Town District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod at Spirit Lake. Walter Discher of Clarinda named first vice president as the conference opened at Walther League Camp on Lake West Okoboji. The Rev Lobeck also gave the keynote on church state and progress for the synod.
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G. W. Lobeck
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Lobeck
Synod
Spirit Lake
Walter Discher
Clarinda
Walther League
Lake West Okoboji
Dulles Presses Island Defense amid Formosa Tensions
Secretary of State Dulles said US forces could defend selected Nationalist islands between Formosa and the Chinese mainland from Communists. He aimed to extend protection beyond Formosa and discuss European defense in Europe and Asia with allies. Meanwhile Brazil's Vargas resignations and death followed military and political upheaval after the Aug 5 shooting of Major Vaz and a palace guard link.
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Te Dulles
Formosa
Vaulles
Peiping
Chang Kai-shek
U. S
Eisenhower
U.S
Dulles
Europe
France
European Army
Pln
Manila
United States
Southeast Asia Alliance
Japio
Air Force
Army
Vargas
Atete Palace
Congress
Jose Cafe Filho
Eduardo Gomes
Air Ministry
Gomes
Ant Air Force
Ruben Vaz
Carlos Lacerda
Maj. Daz
Davy
Climerio Eurides de Almeida
Guard
Jose Antonio Soares
Lacerda
Joao Altino de Nascimento
Brazil
Gregorio Fortunato
Deaf Assn To Hold 4Day Meet Celebrating Deaf School Anniversary
The Towa Association of the Dest will hold a four day convention in honor of the Iowa School for the Deaf centennial. Everett Goodin said 400 to 600 people are expected with registration at noon Wednesday. Activities include a banquet at Hotel Chieftain and a dance, welcome talks by Mayor Keenan and Chamber officials, speakers from Canada and Kentucky, a beard contest, old films, a trip to Boys Town, a board contest, a picnic and a Lake Manawa beauty pageant.
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Towa Association of the Dest
Iowa School For the Deaf
Everett Goodin
Sethday
Gay Stuelke
Chieftain
William ‘Keenan
Chamber of Commerce
Dane V. Piskoff
Toronto
Canada
George Kennapeth
Louisville
Ben Montgomery
ABC
Sne
ISD
Boys Town
Neb
Lake Manawa
Strong Earthquake Reported In Nevada
Nevada experienced its second strong quake in two months late Monday night with the center near Lovelock. A two story office building shed bricks onto the street near Kens and Fallon reports downtown damage. Stillwater was buckled making access difficult though no casualties were reported.
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Renop
Nevada
Tamage
Lovelock
Kens
Fallon
Stillwater
Falcon
Scout official to lead Tall Corn Area Council
P Leroy Johnson of Sidney Nebraska will become executive of the Tall Corn Area Council with headquarters in Des Moines effective September 15. Johnson serves as district Boy Scout executive for the Wyo Ne brake Aires Council.
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Scottseluff
P.leroy Johnson
Sidney
Wyo-Nebrake Aires
Tall Corn Area
Des Mois
Russians Protest U S Activities Over Rastvorov Defection
Soviet note delivered to Washington protests U S actions in the defection of Yuri Rastvorov. It alleges violence against the spy and accuses American intelligence agencies of violating international law. Rastvorov is now in American hands after defecting in Tokyo on January 24.
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Washington
Soviet
Russia
Ias
U. S
Yuri A. Rastyorov
State Department
Rastvero
Rastiorov
Tokyo
Injured Child Dies After Highway Collision
Three year old Allen P rovert of Whiting died in a hospital after a Sunday crash on Highway 5 near Onuwa. His car collided with a mill truck driven by 24 year old Paul Snodgrass of Sloan, who escaped with minor injuries.
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OX City
Rovert Allen
Whiting
Onuwa
Allen
Paul Snodgrass
Sloan
Ike Extends Greetings To Student Congress
President Eisenhower sent greetings to the annual national congress of the United States National Student Association in session at Iowa State College. He expressed best wishes for a fruitful meeting and urged continued value of freedom to believe think and push beyond present knowledge.
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Ames
Eisenhower
National Congress of the United States
Amsn
Iowa State College
America
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