Eisenhower Visits Iowa State Fair Draws Thousands
Des Moines residents and state farm animals groomed for President Eisenhower’s visit to the Iowa State Fair. He arrives around 6:20 pm with a 20 minute non political speech planned before departing for Denver. A 36 head of Iowa stock will be on standby for inspection if security permits. Admission will be suspended during his time at the fair.
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Des Moines
Eisenhower
L. B. Cunningham
Dews
Fairgrounds
Colorado
Washington
National American Legion
Des Moines Muniorial
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Martin
Tom Martin
Iowa
U.S
Milter Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Benson
White House
Denver
Flonver
Eiserhower
State Fair Board
Five U. S. Technicians to be released by Vietminh
Five U. S. technicians from the Army and Air Force, captured in mid June by the Vietminh, are expected to be released Monday or Tuesday. The French News Agency dispatch from Saigon says they will be handed over at Qui Nhon after being captured while swimming in a stream near Flourane.
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Paris
U. S
Army
Air Force
Vietminh
Saigon
Qui Nhon
Virwminh
Flourane
Chuckle notes graded atom bomb into three sizes
A humorous line claims the atom bomb was graded into three sizes big tremendous and where is every boy prompting a lighthearted take on a serious topic.
Penny bounty cuts for crickets shock Malvern town
In Malvern Earl Dashner Jr and his son Terry set a deal to pay per dead cricket. The bounty started at a quarter then dropped to a dime then a nickel and finally a penny as payments fell despite high output.
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Malvern
Earl Dashner Jr
Small Son
Terry
French Assembly kills EDC Treaty in vote delay
In Paris the French National Assembly rejected the European Defense Community treaty on a procedural motion to delay ratification. An official tally showed at least 300 votes against and fewer than 270 in favor, prompting threats of resignations from eight ministers who supported the European army. Prime Minister Mendes-France planned neutrality in the delay vote, and a pro EDC faction urged renewed talks with the five other EDC powers.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Premer
Pierre Mendes
Welcome flags stay up through September in downtown
The 114 Welcome flags put up by the Chamber of Commerce will remain until Sept 24 due to a busy month. Manager Howard Bessire says there are too many events to remove and rehang the flags. Readouts include a tour for new school teachers, Iowa Danish Brotherhood meeting, Methodist District Superintendents Retreat Sept 11 to 13, Iowa State Soil Conservation Commission Sept 18, Southwest Iowa Welfare Assn Sept 22, and Women's Day on Sept 22 along with a city tour for teachers on Sept 24.
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Chamber of Commerce
Howard Bessire
Bessire
Cnts
Iowa Danish Brotherhood
Methodist
Iowa State Soil Conservation Commission
Southwest Iowa Welfare Assn
Britain lifts three year embargo on arms to Egypt
London on Monday announced a three year end to the embargo on arms to Egypt with Britain seeking Cairo assurances that arms will not be used against Israel. The move paves the way for Egypt’s air land and sea forces buildup aligned with Atlantic pact partners. The embargo was first imposed in October 1951 after Egypt repudiated the Anglo Egyptian Treaty allowing British troops in the Suez Canal zone.
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London
Briain
Egypt
Foreim
Briaim
Cairo
Israel
Britain
Biitain
Ocober
Suez Canal
Three Die in Kansas Robbery Shooting Incident
In Kansas City Kansas three men were shot to death during a Sunday robbery inquiry. Deputy Mau Bedell 51 was killed when Arthur Hervier 3, a suspect, grabbed a deputy's gun. Willie Guess died after officers ordered suspects to exit a taxicab. Roy Kenner 44 reported the robbery and armed suspect with a knife and a woman.
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Kansas City
Kan
Mau' Tice A. Bedell
Arthur Herviey
Herviey
Willie Guess
Guess
Robert Connell
Iip
Roy Kenner
Sunny Warm Day Forecast for Southwest Iowa
The weather outlook calls for continued sunny skies and warm temperatures across Southwest Iowa with a slight uptick toward Tuesday. Lows near 38 expected, while Sunday climbs. Rivers remain near flood levels as the Des Moines River swells and the Des Moines Weather Bureau notes dry conditions elsewhere.
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Des Moines Mendsy
Banigal
Iowa
Wes Moines
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported by AP
A summary of Iowa traffic fatalities compiled by the Associated Press outlines recent crash deaths across the state. Data covers several incidents, listing locations and outcomes, with emphasis on the toll among motorists and pedestrians.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Water Into Sheriff's Face Break Out in Creston Jail
A jail break at Creston led to Ralph Goddard dumping water on Sheriff J R Ewings face as he grabbed one escaping prisoner, Earl y McKinnie, who fled in a stolen Mac ksburg car. Goddard and McKinnie were recaptured after a few hours. Goddard faced a 1500 dollar bond for a recent service station hold up at Afton. Law enforcement from Greenfield Winterset and Madison County aided in the manhunt near Macksb urg.
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Creston
J. R. Ewme
Macksburz
Walter Ias Ewing
Ralph Goddard
Cleston
Goddard
Early McKinne
Mecksburg
Ewingiscud
McKinne
Macksburg
Elton Jhort
Ewing
McKinnie
Seling
Bull Pen
McHinnie
McKinni
Afton
Sherff Don Foster
Greenfield
Clair Boyd
Winterset
Scott Duckworth
Baboon Dare Brings Unwanted Pet to Council Bluffs Home
A Council Bluffs woman took in an eight year old Rheus baboon named Pat after a dare. The animal chewed cigarettes and damaged belongings while living with Mrs. Mary Shepley and her daughter Beth. Harlan Armstrong, Pat’s owner, planned to reclaim the baboon after work Monday.
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Council Bluffs
Pat
Mary Shepley
Willow Ave
Shepley
Beth
Republicans Claim Democrats Use Vast Cunning in Anti Communist Efforts
Cincinnati report from a GOP pep rally quotes National Chair Leonard W. Hall accusing Democrats of employing vast cunning to hamper anti Communist legislation. He cites ADA as left wing confusion and says Republicans will not back down in the crucial Senate fight led by Hubert Humphrey. Eisenhower congratulates 100 plus GOP leaders on campaign readiness ahead of the coming race.
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Cincinnati
Leonard W. Hall
Republican Party
Congressional Democrats
Hal
Cammun
Gaves
Esenhower
Congress
ADA
Hall
Americans For Democratic Action
China
GOP
Senate
Democrats
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Panel Discussion On Tax Regulations Set
DES MOINES Iowa Tuesday panel discussion to outline changes in the new tax code. Russell E Train counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee will speak at the Iowa Statehouse meeting sponsored by the Polk County Bar Association with expected attendance by Iowa Bar Association members.
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Des Moines
Russell E. Train
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Iowa
Trai
Towa Statehouse
Polk County Bar Assn
Iowa Bar Assn
Atlantic Splits Harbor Tug In Collision At Le Havre
LE VIAVRE France The 15,602- ton steamship Atlantic split a harbor tug in two during harbor entrance maneuvers and sank the small craft possibly taking seven lives. Flying Panama flag the Atlantic was assisted by two tugs when it collided with the harbor boat.
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LE Viavre
France
Atlantic
Panama
Sioux City Recruit Named to Succeed Taxpayers Head
DES MOINES 2P Raymond E Edwards of Sioux City was named to replace Joe L Long as executive secretary of the Iowa Taxpayers Assn. Edwards, 49, will assume duties when Long completes 19 years as secretary. He has led Woodbury County Taxpayers Conference for two years and is a Syracuse University graduate who served four years in World War II and is married with three children. Long helped enact the state budget appeal law and plans for recovery from a long illness.
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Des Moines
Raymond E. Edwards
Sioux City
Joe L. Long
Iowa Taxpayers Assn
Edwards
Long
Woodbury County Taxpayers 'Conference
Syracuse University
Association
Southwestern Bell and CIO Sign One-Year Contract
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and the CIO Communication Workers reached a one year agreement after an all night bargaining session. It covers 51,000 employees in six states with wage increases from 1 to 2.50 dollars a week. The present scale ranges from 35 to 8 dollars a week.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communication Workers
Des Moines Man Dies After Oregon City Crash Summary
Charles Byers, 33, Des Moines, died Sunday in a Springfield Missouri hospital from injuries in a car truck crash near Buffalo Missouri the previous evening.
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Des Moines
Charles Byers
Springfield
Buffalo
Eisenhower pledges strong military reserve item for 1955 Congress
President Eisenhower told the American Legion the nation must build a strong ready to serve military reserve within a year. He called it a top item for Congress and urged unity on foreign policy while criticizing wishful thinking and political timidity. He noted a plan to require able bodied men to serve and join the reserve may be considered, though no final decision was announced.
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Washington
Eisenhower
American Legion
Congress
John Lodge
Connecticut
Lewis K. Gough
Pasadena
Calif
Gough
United Nations
U. N
Russia
Colorado
Iowa
Des Moines
United States
John Hannah
National Security Council
Touhy Remains In Prison Pending Ruling On Release
The U S Court of Appeals ruled Touhy must stay jailed while a lower court reviews a release order. The 13 year old prohibition era gangster was returned to Stateville Prison August 10 after two days’ freedom, following a habeas corpus ruling by US District Judge John P Barnes that perjured testimony sent Touhy to prison for the 1933 kidnapping of John Factor.
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Touhy
Hicaso P
U. S Circuit’ Court of Appeals
Stateville
John P. Barnes
John
Jake the Barber
Prehistoric Bones Unearthed On Fourteenth Ave Lot
Excavators on 185 Fourteenth Ave uncover elephant leg bone and other parts. J. Pruité, former curator of the Pottawattamie County Historical Society, identifies the finds. Irvin Lee owns the lot. Eggers and Tallman of Council Bluffs handle the dig as Lee plans future construction. The exposed bone measures about six inches in diameter with a large knuckle end, and soil appears virgin loess, undisturbed. The bone portion is shellacked to preserve the find.
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Fourteenth Ave
J. Pruité
Pottawattamie County Historical Society
Irvin Lee
Eggers and Tallman
Council Bluti
Lee
Les
Ler
Train Shears Front Off Truck Near Crescent Crossing
A lime road truck driver escaped injury after leaping from a gravel truck as a Chicago and North Western Railroad freight train struck near the Crescent quarry crossing. The front of the dump truck was sheared off and 25 boxcars’ steps were torn away. Kenneth Williams of Griswold owned the truck, valued about 5000? The driver blamed weeds on the east side of the tracks for obstructing view. The freight train, southbound under conductor Roy Mitchell, required no immediate identification of other crew.
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Cavin Coolidge Wembke
Griswold
Chicago and North West Rn
Kim Hollow
North Western Railroad
Missouri Valley Lamestone Co
Crescent
Wes
Kenneth Willams
C. D. Eberly
Eberly
Lembke
Roy Mitchell
Three Memers Re-Elected By ASC In West Pottaattamie County
The three ASC members reelected Monday at Community Hall are George Clausen Crescent Charles Minihan Neola and Walter Wedel Minden. Alternates elected are Jack Hartwell McClelland and Earl Knickman Route 1. The committee will organize after Sept 1 to name a county ASC chairman Dudley Stupfel currently serves in that role.
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West Pottaattamie County Agriculture Stabilization Committee
George Clausen
Crescent
Charles Minihan
Neola
Walter Wedel
Minden
Jack Hartwell
McClelland
Earl Knickman
Route
ASC
Dudley Stupfel
U. S. Department of Agriculure
Hurricane Carol Advances Toward Carolina Coast
Wilmington, N C reports Hurricane Carol with central winds near 190 mph approaching the North Carolina coast. The Weather Bureau advisory at 1 a m places the storm about 10 miles south-southeast of the city, third named hurricane of the season.
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Wilmington
N.C
Carol
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Here
Fifty-four Feared Drowned After Inter-Island Launch Capsize
Dozens feared dead after a Philippine inter island motor launch capsized in stormy seas off Mindanao Saturday. Reported by Philippine News Service, fifty four persons were missing.
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Philppine Interisland
Mindanao
Philippine News Service
Petition seeks paving of Thirty-second St between Broadway and Fifth Ave
A city petition filed Monday with 22 signatures asks the council to include Thirty-second Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue in the next paving program.
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Second St
Broadway
Fifth Ave
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Iowa Methodist Hospital
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