Eisenhower Plans Quick Iowa State Fair Visit
Des Moines awaits President Eisenhower as he lands about 5 25 pm and delivers a 20 minute speech at 6 30 pm during the Iowa State Fair centennial. Former President Hoover and Senator Tom Martin accompany him while 36 top Iowa bred animals are prepped for potential inspection. Admission will be suspended during his time at the fair.
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Des Moines
Eisenhower
L. E. Cunningham
Fairgrounds
Colorado
Washington
National American Legion
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Ins
West Branch
Martin
Will Beep
Tom Martin
U.S
Maeton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Benson
White House
Yhen
Denver
Loover
FFA
John W. Corry Jr
Corry
State Fair Board
Expect Release Of 50 U. S. Technicians
Paris dispatch says five U. S. technicians from the Army and Air Force captured in mid June by the Vietminh are likely to be released Monday or Tuesday. They were captured while swimming in a stream near Tourane and were to be handed over at Qui Nhon.
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Paris
U. S
Vietminh
Sangon
Qui Nhon
4Retraimh
Tourene
Chuckle on atom bomb grading sizes joke
A humorous quip riffs on atomic weapon terminology by listing three absurd sizes big tremendous and where is everybody. The line plays on slapstick misdirection and collective boredom with a punchy punchline.
Bounty On Crickets Lowered To Penny
Malvern brief notes a local family story as Eay Dashner Jr and his son Terry discuss insect bounty payments. Initial reward was a quarter per cricket, with totals reaching seven dollars fifty cents, then reduced to ten, five, and finally one cent per cricket as the output remained high.
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Malvern
Eay Dashner Jr
Terry
French Assembly Kills EDC Treaty
In Paris the National Assembly postponed ratification of the European Defense Community Treaty by a 319 to 264 vote, delaying the debate on the case for a European army. Eight ministers threatened resignation, while Premier Mendes France sought Cabinet neutrality and signaled willingness to resume negotiations if the Assembly approves past actions.
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Paris
Natonal Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
September events fill month as flags stay up
The downtown Welcome flags will remain through September 24 as many events are planned. Howard Bessire notes the schedule is crowded, with tours for new teachers, Iowa Danish Brotherhood meetings, Methodist District Superintendents Retreat, Soil Conservation Commission, Welfare Association, Women’s Day, and a city tour for high school teachers on September 24.
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Chamber of Commerce
Howard Bessire
Bessire
Iowa Danish Brotherhood
Iowa State Soil Conservation Commission
Southwest Iowa Welfare Assa
Lift Embargo On Arms To Egypt
Britain on Monday lifted a three year embargo on arms to Egypt. The Foreign Office seeks Cairo assurances arms will not be used for aggression against Israel. The step opens a path for Egypt’s land and sea force buildup linked to Atlantic pact partners. The embargo was imposed in October 1951 after Egypt repudiated the Anglo Egyptian Treaty.
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Lundun
Britain
Egypt
Foreign Office
Cairo
Israel
Suez Anal
Sunny Warm Day On Tap For Southwest Towans
The forecast calls for another sunny warm day across Southwest Towans with temperatures near 90 Tuesday, about a couple degrees higher than Monday. Low Tuesday around 68, Monday’s low 69, Sunday peak 8. The Des Moines Weather Bureau notes a dry weekend statewide, the Des Moines River rising but staying below flood stage, and the Flintco River cresting near 11.5 feet at Des Moines. Thunderstorms from the west are expected to move into Town late Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Towans
Mercury
Iowa
Des
Des Moines
Three Die in Kansas City Robbery Shootings
Roy Kenner notified police that a black man with a knife and a woman robbed him of 11 dollars, triggering a fatal chain of shootings. Deputy Sheriff Mau rice A. Bedell was shot by Arthur Hervey a 10 Negro who seized a deputy’s gun, and Hervey was killed as he fled. Willie Guess, another Negro, died when officers ordered bystanders to leave a taxi and one officer fired, believing Guess reached for a weapon.
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Kansas City
Kan
Sherff
Maurice A. Bedell
Arthur Hervey
Hervey
Wleys
al Negro
Traffic Deaths Rise in Yearly Toll Record
AP report highlights annual traffic fatalities with year by year totals showing increases over 1953 and 1954. Data points include August figures and total counts, underscoring rising danger on roads across regions.
Water Into Sheriff's Face in Brief Jail Break
Creston IA prisoners Ralph Goddard 19 and Earl McKinnie 25 escaped briefly from the jail Saturday night. Goddard threw water into Sheriff J R Ewing's face in the bull pen, then was captured while McKinnie fled with a stolen car and later returned. Goddard is held on a $1,500 bond for a service station holdup at Afton.
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Creston
J. R. Ewing
Asher
Macksbury
Ewing
Ralph Goddard
Tod
Goddard
Earl McKinniie
Macksburg
McKinnie
Ellen Long
Sherif Ewing
Xannie
Bull Pen
MicKinnie
McKnnie
Afton
Don Foster
Greenfield
Clair Boyd
Winterset Ewing
Scott Duckworth
Baboon Taken On A Dare Terrifies Bluffs Family
Council Bluffs woman turns temporary owner of an eight year old baboon named Pat after a Sunday dare. The pet caused extensive damage at 716 Willow Ave injuring kitchenware and electricals while scaring Beth Shepley and prompting the owner Harlan Armstrong to reclaim Pat. The Humane Society had urged care for the animal.
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Council Bluffs
Pat
Mary Shepley
Willow Ave
Mrs. Shepley
Don
Republicans Accuse Democrats of Using Cunning in Anti Communist Fight
National Chairman Leonard W. Hall headlined a Cincinnati Republican rally accusing Democrats of seeking to make anti communist legislation unworkable. He urged party officials to reaffirm campaign ethics and warned against left wing ADA tactics aiming to confuse support for recognizing Red China. Eisenhower congratulated GOP delegates for their readiness for the forthcoming campaign.
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Leonard W. Hall
Congressional Democrats
Eisenhower
Congress
Hall
ADA
Americans For Democratic
China
GOP
Senate Democras
Hubert Humphrey
Marnesota
Communist Party
Senate
Democrats
Esenhower
Panel Discussion On Tax Regulations in Iowa
Tran counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee on the new tax code will address Iowa attorneys Tuesday. He will head a panel at a meeting at the Iowa Statehouse sponsored by the Polk County Bar Association. About 500 Iowa Bar Association members are expected to attend.
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Dis Moines
Hussell FE
Tran
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Iowa
Iowa Statehouse
Polk County Bar Assn. and Son
Iowa Bar Assi
Atlantic Splits Harbor Tug in Havre Sinking Seven Feared
In Havre France the 15 62 ton steamship Atlantic collided with a harbor tug during harbor entrance maneuvers and split the tug in two, sinking it and likely taking seven lives. The Atlantic flew Panama’s flag and was being guided by two tugs.
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Lli
Havre
France
Atlantic
Panama
Appointment of Raymond E. Edwards to Iowa Taxpayers Assn
Sioux City announces the appointment of Raymond E. Edwards to succeed Joe L. Long as executive secretary of the Iowa Taxpayers Assn. Edwards will assume the post after Long ends his 19 years of service on Oct. 1. Edwards, former executive secretary of Woodbury County Taxpayers Conference, is a Syracuse University graduate and a WWII veteran with a wife and three children. Long helped craft the state budget appeal law and plans to recover from illness while stepping away from the post.
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Raymond E. Edwards
Sioux City
Joe L. Long
Iowa Taxpayers Assn
Edwards
Long
Woodbury
Association
Southwestern Bell CIO Sign One Year Contract Settlement
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co signed a one year contract Monday with the CIO Communication Workers covering 51000 employees in six states after an all night negotiating session. The agreement raises wages from one to two dollars and fifty cents weekly, adding to the existing scale of three to ninety four dollars weekly.
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IT. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communication Workers
Des Moines Man Die s After Springfield Crash
Chariey Byers aged 43 of Des Moines died Sunday in a Springfield Missouri hospital from injuries received in a car rack crash near Buffalo Missouri the previous night.
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Des Moines
Chariey Byers
Springfield
Buffalo
Indictments in Phenix City rackets and Eisenhower reserve plan
A grand jury in Phenix City, Alabama, returned 545 indictments after a three week probe into vice and racketeering. The report names 59 individuals and criticizes local law enforcement. In Washington, President Eisenhower urged Congress to build a strong military reserve, hinting at universal training and a civilian soldier approach, while addressing the American Legion convention.
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Phenix City
Ala
Alabama
Stose
Walter B. Jones
Citzens
Russell County
Phenix
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Ishn Lodge
Connecticut
Legion
Lewis K. Gough
Pasadena
Calif
Gough
United Nations
U. N
Russia
Colorado
Des Moines
United States
John Hannah
National Securty Council
Skull Fracture Suffered In School Scaffold Fall
Des Moines man Clifford Anderson, 23, of Creston, remained in fair condition Monday at Iowa Methodist Hospital after a skull fracture from a fall from a scaffold at Valley High School in West Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Clifford Anderson
Creston
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Valley High School
West Des Moines
Touhy Remains in Prison Pending Ruling
CHICAGO The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Touhy must stay jailed while a lower court reviews a release order. The 53 year old outlaw, freed briefly on habeas corpus, is linked to the 1933 kidnapping of John Gake, the barber factor, and was returned to Stateville Prison on August 10 after two days of freedom.
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Chicago
U. S Circuit
Roger Touhy
Zangster
Stateville
U. S
John P. Bates
Touhy
Prehistoric Bones Unearthed On Council Bluffs Property
Excavators Unearth bones identified by O J Pruitt former curator of Pottawattamie County Historical Society as a jeg bone and other elephant remains on Irvin Lee’s lot at 185 Fourteenth Ave The digging by Eggers and Tallman of Council Bluffs aims to salvage as much as possible Virgin loess soil hosts the find Largest bone protruded about two feet from the bank with a six inch diameter knuckle end Preservation actions include shellacking the exposed portion.
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Fourtenth J Ave
O. J. Pruitt
Pottawattamie County Historical Society
Irvin Lee
Fourteenth Ave
Eggers and Tallman
Council Bluffs
Lee
Tr ain Shears Front Off Truck At Crossing Near Crescent
Lembke, Griswold man leaped from a gravel truck just before a Chiazo and North Western freight train struck at Linje Kain Hollow Road crossing near the Missouri Valley Limestone Co. quarry. Front of the dump truck sheared away and 25 box car steps were torn off. Damages estimated at 1000 dollars. Driver said weeds hid the track, he attempted to back off but jumped clear as the southbound freight train, led by Roy Michell, passed.
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Calum Coolidge Lembke
Griswold
Chiazo
North Wetern Railroad
Tne
Linje Kain Hollow
North Western
Missouri Valley Limestone Co
Crescent
Kenneth Wiliams
Fatrolman
D. Eberly
Lembke
Roy
Michell
Lea Ned
Re-Election of ASC Members in West Potawattamie
Three members of the West Potawattamie County Agriculture Stabilization Committee were re-elected Monday at Community Hall. George Clausen Crescent Charles Minihan Neola and Walter Wedel Denison were chosen. Alternates Jack Harwell McClelland and Earl Knickman Route 1 were named. Dudley Stupfell remains interim chairman pending ASC organization after Sept 1. An order limiting service to three consecutive terms was revoked by the U S Department of Agriculture, enabling the reelections.
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West Potawattamie County Agriculture Stabilization Committee
George Clausen
Crescent
Charles Minihan
Neola
Walter Wedel
Miniden
Jack Harwell
McClelland
Earl Knickman
Route 1
ASC
Dudley Stupfell
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hurricane Carol Toward Carolina
Hurricane Carol moved slowly toward North Carolina with sustained winds around 100 mph. The Weather Bureau advisory at 11 a.m. placed the storm about 10 miles south-southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina, as the season’s third cyclone in the region.
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Wilmington
1.C
Carol
North Carolina
Sear Suvuay
Baeau
Seasor
Here
Fifty four feared drowned off Mindanao in capsizing launch
Fifty four persons were missing and feared drowned after a Philippine inter island motor launch capsized in rough seas off southern Mindanao Saturday. The Philippine News Service reported the incident.
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Ménila
Mindanao
Phlippines News Service
Paving Request Seeks Street on City paving Program
A petition bearing 22 signatures was filed with the City Council on Monday. It asks that C and St. between Broadway and Fifth Ave be included in the next paving program.
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Broadway
Fifth Ave
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