Jury Deliberates Fate in Dr Sheppard Case Cleveland
Jurors began weighing the case of Dr Samuel Sheppard after the judge’s charge on first and second degree murder. The panel heard guidance on circumstantial evidence and potential verdicts including life imprisonment with or without parole.
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Cleveland
Dary
Samuel Sheppard
Merry
Edward Blythin
Rave
Sheppird
Martyn
Shep
Sheppard
Parale
Cary
Council Checks On Paving Plans In The Inside
Council members with engineers review paving plans for the Inside area. The discussion covers bid requests and road work priorities, seeking to improve street conditions and traffic flow in the district.
Arguments Set In Stevens Check Kiting Trial
In Des Moines, prosecutors and defense lawyers prepared Friday to present arguments in the federal trial of Orville Stevens, a 50 year old used car dealer. The panel of five women and seven men heard testimony through Thursday afternoon, as the case contends Stevens used mail to defraud in a scheme labeled check kiting.
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Des Moines
Orville Stevens
Des Moinnes
William F. Riley
Stevens
Ponder $700000 Bond Election Planned for Schools
The Ponder council may seek voter approval of a $700000 bond issue in late winter or spring for seven elementary projects. The School Board completed its study, with a January advisory committee review including an eight classroom Longfellow addition and renovations at Millen Rue Dodge Franklin Harrison Madison. If approved, construction could begin next fall. a June board meeting discussed Madison Bennett area housing plans and the Pierce site. masonry cracks at Edison School, caused by settling, are to be repaired, likely after holidays.
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Longfellow
MrMillen
Rue
Dodge
Franklin
Harrison
Madison
Madison-Bennett Aves
Bennett Ave
Edison School
Potato Peeler Wins KP of the Year Honor
In Fort Knox Kentucky Robert Cordy a 25 year old Korean veteran known as Cardy won KP of the year a new honor for outstanding kitchen performers. After a recent test he earned a three day pass and plans to return to duty then pursue restaurant work. He praises the warm clean kitchen and steady coffee supply while joking about KP duty and Kis marching.
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Knox
Pfe
Robert
Cordy
Cardy
Louisville
Federal Appointment Sets Iowa Reporter for Northern District
Arthur L. Bye of Dubuque, a veteran Linn County District Court reporter from Cedar Rapids, is appointed by Judge Henry N. Graven as the official Federal District Court reporter for the Northern District of Iowa.
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Dubuque
Arthur L. Bye
Vateran Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Henry N. Graven
Iowa
Motorist Meets Muddy Road Trucker's Grim Punchline
A driver halted beside a tractor worker stuck in mud. Asked if he was stuck, the man quipped that his engine had died and he was digging a grave to bury it. The exchange blends grit and humor on a muddy roadside.
Bluffs Airmen Picked To Attend Test Pilot School
Capt John E Allavie of Council Bluffs an instrument instructor and staff pilot at Offutt AFB has been selected as an exchange officer to the Empire Test Pilot School at an RAF station in Hampshire England. He will report to London in February for a 10 month program to become an experimental test pilot and then join the USAF Air Research and Development Command. Only one USAF officer is chosen each year from qualified volunteers. Allavie prior to the selection logged about 6,500 flying hours including 210 combat hours in 25 missions in a B 17 during WWII. He rescued crew members from a burning B 50 in 1952 earning the Soldier Medal. He is married to Rosemary and they have a 18 month old son John Jarces. they will move to England with him.
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John E. Allavle
Council Bluffs
Offutt Air Force Base
Friday
Possiby
Strategic Air Command
Hampshire
England
USAF
Allavne
al- Javie
Army Air Corps
Allavie
10Th K Force Reserve Training Center
Offutt
John J. Allavne
Franklin Ave
Rosemary
John Jarces
Hancock
Bellevue
Snow Storm Dampens Eastern Iowa Roads
A winter storm brought up to three inches of snow in eastern Iowa while western areas saw little or no accumulation. Highway conditions were slick east of Southwest Town with packed, wet snow and temperatures dipping into the 20s at night. The five day forecast calls for normal eastern-state temperatures with minimal precipitation.
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Iowa
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Shenandoah
Mason City
State Highway Patrol
Town
Davenport
Burlington
Mercury
Weather Bureau
West Bend approves 245000 bond for school addition
A $245,000 West Bend bond issue passed 450 to 174 to fund a new school wing. Construction will begin in the spring and will include an agriculture room, lunch room, shop area, auditorium, home economics, band room and other facilities.
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West Bend
Holiday Shopping Hours At Stores In Council Bluffs
Stores in Council Bluffs begin Christmas hours this weekend with 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The same hours apply Monday through Thursday next week. On Friday December 24 stores stay open until 5 p.m.
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Council Bluffs Retell
Need More Than Just Co-Existence DES MONES
Dr. Samuel N. Stevens former president of Grinnell College spoke at a Democratic fund raising dinner, urging a system beyond peaceful co existence with Communism for a workable long run world solution. About 600 tickets were sold, reducing the party deficit by roughly 7500 dollars. He argued most leaders see the world as one, not a forced two world order of Communist and non Communist.
Freed Canadian Report On PWs
Ottawa reports a Canadian Royal Air Force flier released by Red China says U S Lt Col Edwin Heller is recovering in a Communist hospital after four operations. Heller, 34, from Wynnewood, Pa., was shot down in Korea in 1953 after destroying two Communist jets and earning a promotion. Squadron Leader Andrew Mackenzie, released from a Red China prison, gave the update and said Heller will join three other released Americans at Mukden when he leaves hospital.
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Royal Air Force
Red China
U.S
Edwin Heller
Korea
Heller
Wynnewood
Judith Rae Heller
Andrew 5B
MacKenzie
Comrunis
Air Force
Indochina
MacKenie
Mukden
Manchuria
Harod Fischer
Swea City
Iowwa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland Parks
Omaha
Muktien
Four Men Killed As Auto Top Sheared
Four men died early Friday when a car ran under a trailer at a wrecked bridge south of here. Killed were driver Emil A. Wogler Edward E. Fenneman Albert R. Stork 33 and William Rollens. All four from Indiana towns Huntingburg and Winslow. They were bound for work in Jasper.
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Jasper
Here
Emil A. Wogler
Edward E. Fenneman
Albert R. Stork
Huntingburg
Ind
William Rollens
Winslow
Goodfellows Appeal Urges Help For Needy Children At Christmas
A plea from The Pareil in Council Bluffs urges readers to support Goodfellows so poor families can provide Christmas meals and gifts. The note contrasts a child’s misbehavior with hunger and unemployment, asking readers to mail contributions to Goodfellows in care of The Pareil. Previous balance listed as $64.47, with recent donations shown.
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Goodfellows
Council Bluffs
LeRoy Hicks
Business index shows gains in Council Bluffs
The Chamber of Commerce reported Friday that Council Bluffs business indices rise over last year in its November release. The strongest growth occurs in the building sector as the business barometer reflects continuing upturns.
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Council Bluffs
Chamber of Commerce
Princess Margaret sports new short wave hairstyle
Princess Margaret showed a new hairdo in a West End cinema appearance on Thursday night. The style featured short soft waves worn close to the head, replacing her longer curled bob she has worn for months.
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London
Princess Margaret
Peiping Direct Talks With Chou En Lai
A U N secretary general Hammarskjold accepted Chou En Lai s invitation for face to face talks in Peiping on world peace and tension. He planned to depart for Stockholm then travel to Peiping as arrangements are made and aims to press for the release of American fliers jailed as spies.
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U.N
Day Hammarskjold
Red China
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Hammarskold
Chou
Hammarskjnld
Hammanskjold
U. N. General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Ables
Assembly
U. N
Stockholm
New York
Chott
Flammarskjeld
Psiping
Bluffs Youths Hurt In Crash
Three Iowa State College students were involved in a Highway 59 crash two miles south of Council Bluffs. Tom Philpott, 20, remained hospitalized with five broken ribs and multiple lacerations. John Patton, 20, released after leg lacerations and body head bruises. David Herd, 19, released for leg and arm lacerations. The car missed a curve, struck a culvert embankment, and rolled into a ditch. the vehicle was nearly a total loss.
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David Herd
Harrison St
Iowa State College
Ames
Shelby County
Kenneth Jorgensen
Profit-Sharing Checks Issued at Sheaffer Pen Co
WA Sheaffer Pen Co employees in Fort Madison received quarterly profit sharing checks equal to 20 percent of their earnings for September to November. Executive vice president Ga Beck announced total profit sharing disbursements reaching 13,777,000 since 1934, underscoring the program’s long-running scope.
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Sheaffer
Fort Madison
Sheaffer Pen Co
Beck
German Beauty Nabbed As Spy
East German Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt, 25, was seized in munimemu mce in communicado on espionage charges in Frankfurt. She allegedly spied for the Soviets, becoming a mistress to a American security officer while also working with a civilian in a key post. A trap was set after a German employee supplied expected information, leading to her arrest on December 1 as she tried to retrieve it. The case involves multiple security offices and is proceeding in Berlin courts.
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Berlin
Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt
U. S
Thomas C. Landan
American High Commission
Frankfurt
Simontis
West Berlin
Three Are Hurt In Freak Accident Near Glenwood
An Omaha woman and her two children were hospitalized Thursday after a towing car broke loose near the Burlington underpass east of Glenwood on Highway 205. The Davis car, driven by James Eugene Davis of St. Joseph, Missouri, struck an eastbound vehicle driven by Frances Holm of Omaha. Holm suffered head cuts. sons Lee, 12, and Jay, 1 1/2, were hospitalized with various injuries. Deputy Sheriff Edwin Barkus estimated damages: Davis car 3300, towed vehicle 20, Holm car 70.
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James Eugene Davis
St. Joseph
Burlington
Mills
Edwin Barkus
Davis
Frances Holm
Omaha
Holm
Lee
Jay
Barkus
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