Six Hurt as Auto Plunges in Ditch Crescent Iowa
Six people were injured when a southbound car on Highway 75 30 skidded on slick snow packed roads near Crescent Iowa and plunged 30 feet into a drainage ditch. Three remained hospitalized Monday. others treated for minor injuries after being freed from the wreck.
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Monay
Iowa
Weather Bureau
George Lindsay
Mercury
Jack Kennedy
B J Conlon
State Highway Commission
Council Bluffs
Conlon
Northwestern Belt Telephone Company
Iowa Power and Light Company
Council Bluffs Transit Company
Public Works
Forest E Grover
Grover
Broadway
Crover
Main
Pearl Streets
Fifth Avenue
Dubuque
Jack Boyne
Middle States
Agar
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Norman Price
Sixth Ave
Floyd Clark
Fifth Ave
Jack Fields
Seventh Ave
Eugene Fields
Floyd Westerberg
Edmund DeCann
Fourth Ave
Saar
A W. Keer
Fields
Westerberg
Pigeon Creek
Crescent
C. D. Eberly
Wayne Moser
Ed Christensen
Saar election yields CVP majority in parliament
Complete returns show Johannes Hoffmann's Christian People's Party with about 55 percent of valid ballots and roughly 29 of 50 seats. Social Democrats near 33 percent with 17 seats. Communists small share. new Democratic People's party gains. Hoffmann says France and Germany will resume talks on a peaceful settlement. The Saar crisis remains unsettled as ballots include many blanks signaling discontent.
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Christian People’s Party
CVP
Johannes Hoffmann
Social Democrats
Democratic People’s Party
Hoffmann
France
Germany
Saarbruecken
Saar
Juke Boxes Exempt From Price Controls
Eight convicts escaped Western State Penitentiary after overpowering guards and fleeing down a 70 foot wall using a rope made of sheets and towels. Police across nearby states hunted the eight men as juke boxes and pinball games were exempted from price controls by the Office of Price Stabilization. A ninth convict surrendered at the gates. a tenth was later caught on the roof.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Pittsburgh
Western State
Chuckle as showing up on Monday counts as success
In these troubled times just arriving on Monday morning on time is framed as a small victory and a morale boost reflecting perseverance and ordinary resilience.
Injuries Are Fatal After Air Crash Near Billings
In Billings Montana a ninth victim, Daniel Ruch, 37, of Sioux City Iowa, died from a crash injuries suffered on the Air Force C-119 Boxcar wreck near here on November 17. He had severe head injuries and burns.
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Billings
Mont
Daniel Ruch
Sioux City
Ruiz Cortines names Padilla Mervo Mexico's foreign minister
Mexico City sources report Incoming President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines appoints Luis Padilla Mervo as Mexico's representative to the United Nations to serve as foreign minister.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Luis Padilla Mervo
Mexico
United Nations
Saar Saarland Referendum Vote Sets European Integration Tone
Turnout reached 93 percent despite chill and rain as 579,231 votes were cast and 141,903-24 per cent invalid. Hoffmann declared a decisive victory while French ambassador Gilbert Grandval voiced satisfaction, framing the result as advancing Franco German ties and broader European unity amid Saarland tensions.
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Germay
France
Hoffmann
Gilbert Grandval
Saar
Europe
Industria
Germany
Goodfellas Seek Help For 250 Christmas Dinner Baskets
The Goodfellows aim to feed 250 local families with a Christmas dinner funded by 1950s style generosity. They seek $1,750 to cover groceries, noting Monday’s mail brought early donations and requests for aid. Contributions listed in The Nonpareil beginning Tuesday, sent to Goodfellows in care of The Nonpareil, Council Bluffs.
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Goodfellas
The
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Flight Engineers Strike Grounds Eastern Constellations
Flight Engineers International Association walked out Monday against Eastern Air Lines Inc., grounding Constellation planes east of the Mississippi. Service at about a dozen major cities from St. Louis to New York and Boston to Miami was disrupted as Eastern kept most four engined DCs and two engined Martin 404s in operation.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines Inc
Leftist party leads in Venezuela Constituent Assembly vote
A Leftist party seeking a greater share of revenue from Venezuela's oil riches led by almost two to one in unofficial returns from Sundays election of a 103 member Constituent Assembly in Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Labor and Commerce Cabinet Jobs Filled
NEW YORK Martin P. Durkin of Chicago was named secretary of labor and Sinclair Weeks of Boston secretary of commerce in President-elect Eisenhower's Cabinet. Walter Williams of Seattle was named undersecretary of commerce. Durkin is general president of the AFL Plumbing and Pipefitting International union.
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New York
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
Mass
Eisenhower
Walter Williams
Seattle
Wash
Durkin
United Association of Journeymen
AFL Plumbing and Pipefitting International Union
Des Moines announces two state labor and industrial posts
Gov Beardsley named Williard Russell of Toledo as industrial commissioner to fill the late Albert Shaw’s term ending 1955 and Frank Means of Manilla as labor commissioner. Russell, 62, a 30 year attorney veteran and UI graduate, will earn 5000 annually. Means, 55, with 12 years at the State Commerce Commission, will earn 4300 and serve until next June 30. Des Moines—appointment immediate. John M. Ropes will succeed Means after canvass.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Williard F. Russell
Toledo
Frank Means
Maniila
Russell
Albert J. Shaw
Pocahontas
University of Iowa
Gilbert Means
M. L Gilbert
Means
State Commerce Commission
B. M. Richardson
John M. Ropes
Manilla
Eye Mar 1 for Bids on Bidway Surfacing
City officials plan to open bids for resurfacing Broadway with asphaltic concrete by March 1 next year. City Manager L M McConnell said consultants J Henningson Durham and Richardson Engineering of Omaha are surveying the project to provide detailed cost data for Broadway property owners by month’s end. If property owners and the City Council approve, bids will be opened March 1.
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Broadway
L. M. McConnell
J Henningson
Durham and Richardson Engineering Company
Omaha
McConnell
Clme
Toll Roads in Iowa Not Feasible Now
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Toll Roads Study Committee told Gov Beardsley that toll roads in Iowa are not economically feasible at present and earnings would likely not cover construction and operating costs. The panel said final decisions depend on legislative funding and engineering costs, with bonds repaid by toll revenue.
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DES Moines
Iowa Toll Roads Study Committee
William S. Beardsley
Industry, Business
Highway Trafffic
Mitra
Nat Waeat Bond
Eisenhower names foreign staff officers and delegates
New York report details President-elect Eisenhower s rapid foreign staff appointments and a Columbia discreet meeting with Nelson Rockefeller to discuss governance. Key picks include John Foster Dulles as secretary of state designate Winthrop Aldrich as U S ambassador to Britain Henry Cabot Lodge Jr to head the U N delegation and Harold Stassen to lead the Mutual Security Agency. Lucius D Clay to meet the President elect amid plans for a broader study group with Fleming and Milton Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
Columbia
University
Nelson A. Rockefeller I
Arthur
Flemming
Milton Eisenhower
Govern Jmental Organization
Rockefeller
Aldrich
Chase National Bank of New York
Gaps Emerge in Northern Air Defense Arc
Washington reports broad gaps in the northern air defense system 1600 miles wide from Pole to Greenland and Canada. Russia could reach American targets if weather or radar gaps hinder interception. The article notes weak interlocking radar and bases in Alaska Greenland Labrador and Newfoundland need rapid improvement and new bases like Hue and Narsarssuak are under consideration.
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Elton C. Fay
Pole
Washington
Greenland
Alaska
United States
Russia
Canadalhere
Canada
United
States
U. S
Hue
USAF
Theimeter
Sandesjarctic
Arctics
Northeast Air Com Circle
Thule
Capelibility
Far North
Labrador
York
Newfoundland
Put Teeth in Railroad Law Would Tighten Blocking Penalties
City Manager L M McConnell says a stronger ordinance to stop street blockages will be discussed at the City Council meeting Monday night at 8 in City Hall. The plan includes a cross-blocking ordinance and possible fines on railroads that block crossings, with engineering experts consulted to address the problem.
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L M McConnell
McConnell
Broadway
Eleventh
Twelfth Streets
Farm Girl’s Steer Nears Finals At International Exposition
Fay Mugge, a 15 year old 4 H member from Cleghorn Iowa, shown with her 1050 pound Aber-Jeen-Angus steer Shorty, advances toward finals after winning the summer yearling class. Judges named her calf top in the breed’s division. she must win over Hereford and Shorthorn yearlings to reach the Aberdeen-Angus final. The grand champion will be named Friday.
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Chicago
Sven Iday
Hoser
Iowa
Fay E. Mugge
Cleghorn
Aidwawe
Ally
A. D. Weber
Kansas State College
Fay
Hereford
Aberdeen-Angus
Sabre Jets Score 23-4 Over Russian MIGs in November
Seoul reports Fifth Air Force said Sabre jets racked up at least 23 4 over MIG-15s in November air battles and allied planes also knocked out 3035 Communist trucks. Clouds and rain limited air operations. ground fighting remained light. The Air Force tallies include 23 MIGs destroyed, four probably destroyed and 15 damaged, with nine planes lost to ground fire and three to other causes.
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Seoul
Air Force
Screen Actors Guild Strike Begins Nationwide
HOLLYWOOD A nationwide strike by the AFL Screen Actors Guild against producers of filmed television commercials started Monday. It is the first strike in the guilds one year history, and may be a tough one, said president Walter Pidgeon.
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Hollywood
Afl-Screen Actors Guild
Guild
Walter Pidgeon
Orlando Dies at 92 Last Big Four Member
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando died after a week of critical illness in Rome. The former prime minister and last surviving member of World War I's Big Four passed away on Monday at age 92.
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Vittorio Emanuele
Orlando
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