Driving Hazardous Weather Footnotes From Iowa to Chicago
Hazardous driving blamed on freezing rain sleet and snow across Southern Iowa with slick highways reduced visibility for motorists. Weathermen warned for more precipitation through Saturday night with temperatures near 30 degrees and ongoing ice. In Chicago, Brodie twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee remained critical five days after head to head separation, with Rodney improving while Roger remained unstable and unconscious.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa Power and Light Company
Council Bluffs Transit Company
Fred Burket
Public Works
Burket
Shenan-!doah
Stennett
Red Oak
Davis Bus Company
Harlan
Des Moines
State Highway Patrol
Creston
Sanders
Atlantic
Denison
Cherokee
Dakota City
Spencer
Mason City
Cedar
Fats and Elkader
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
Fairfield
Chicago
Brodie
Rodney Dee
Roger Leemet
University of Iinois Neuro- Psychiatric Institute
Roger
Sries
Rodney
Chase Nominated Top Scout for Region Eight Trip
Eagle Scout John W. Chase of Thomas Jefferson High School is Southwestern Iowa Council’s nominee as the most outstanding Explorer Scout in Region 8 six-state area. If he wins, he will represent the region at the Boy Scout Report to the Nation in Washington, D. C., Feb. 7-11, with events including a White House visit and national appearances.
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Washington
John W. Chase
Thomas Jefferson High School
Southwestern Iowa Council
Earle F. Hegemann
Chase
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
QO. A. Kitterman
Kansas City
Hegeman
Chester Chase
Fifth Ave
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Cub Scouts
Order of the Arrow
Chase J
Camp Wakonda
Grisswold
Hawkeye
American Legion
Thomas Jefferson
National Honor Society
Science Club
Bernard Bolton
T. J
White House
Congress Thene
New York City
United Nations
Arthur A. Schuck
Kansasity
Kan
Small Rise in Cost of Living Steadies Rail Wages
Washington report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the cost of living rising slightly to 191.1 percent of the 1935 39 base as of November 15. Higher residential rents and fuel costs pushed the index up while grocery food prices held steady, allowing about 14 million railroad workers to keep their 2 cent hourly wage increase earlier in the month.
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Washington
A&m
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported by AP
Iowa traffic deaths reported by the Associated Press on December 19, 1952 and December 19, 1951 list 342 and 502 fatalities respectively. The figures reflect yearly totals in published summaries.
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Iowa
Associated Press
New Patrol Chief Three-E Man in Highway Safety
Des Moines Lt. David Herrick, 48, named chief of the Iowa State Highway Patrol starting January 1. A Three-E man focused on enforcement education and engineering, he stresses good enforcement with ample personnel to reduce traffic deaths. He notes speed alcohol and thoughtlessness as main causes and supports a night speed limit.
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Des Moines
David Herrick
Iowa State Highway Patrol
Herrick
Air Crash Kills Lt Tom L Harding at Luke AFB
Lt Tom L Harding 23 son of Mrs Rachael P Harding house mother at Grinnell College was killed when his PRA Thunderjet crashed during a practice dive 75 miles southwest of Luke Air Force Base His wife Lorraine lives in Phoenix Ariz
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Luke
Atr Force Base
Ariz
Tom L. ‘Harding
Rachael P. Harding
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Luke Air Force Base
Harding
Lorraine
Lves
Phoenix
Santa Claus Gets $25 Weekly Raise in Bay Area
In San Francisco the AFL American Guild of Variety Artists reports Santa Claus performers in the Bay area receiving a $25 per week increase. Union cards show most are veteran vaudeville actors, with shoppers at department stores enjoying a 27 hour week across five days this season.
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San Francisco
Santa Claus
Ernie Fast
AFL American Guild of Variety Artists
San Francisco Bay Area
St. Nick
Agva Union
Ridgway Criticizes NATO Pace At Paris Defense College
Gen. Matthew Ridgway accused NATO members of slowing defense work during a Paris Defense College graduation. He warned the Kremlin remains a target as ministers nearly cut defense spending and rejected his recommendation to grow NATO forces.
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Paris
Matthew B. Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Defense College
Kremlin
Ridgway
Boston Gunman O Keefe Named in Brink’s Robbery Affidavits
FBI affidavits in Boston identify Joseph J O Keefe alias Specs as a participant in the Brink’s Inc robbery at 165 Prince Street in 1930. The documents recount alleged loot movements including a $60,000 transfer to a Stoughton home and later to the Hooley residence with loot hidden in a chair or bag and in varied bill denominations.
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Boston
Joseph J
O'Keefe
FBI
Brink
O’keefe
Mary A. Hooley
O'Keafe
Stoughton
Mass
Mary O'Keefe
Joseph O’keefe
Paul Hooley
Eleven Boys Charged Over City Water Tank Pranks
Guthrie Center Iowa eleven youths aged 16 to 19 face juvenile court after opening five hydrants in Guthrie Center Exira Casey Audubon area late at night last week draining Casey tank entirely and damaging a Guthrie Center compressor. Sheriff J C McCool said six hailed from Guthrie Center with others from Audubon and Casey and that a Panora hydrant was opened by a separate boy not linked to the group.
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Guthrie Center
Luthrie Center
Extra
Casey
Sherif J. C.mccool
Audubn
McCool
Exira
Panora
Jin
Plan to Redraft Taft-Hartley Act
Washington hears that the new Republican House will move to review labor-management relations as one of its first actions. Rep. McConnell says hearings could begin in February with a possible rewrite of Taft-Hartley or a new bill if needed. Sen. Taft favors retaining the law, while opposition likely if a wholly new act is proposed.
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Washington
Republican House
Rep
McConnell
R-Pa
House Labor Committee
Taft-Hartley
GOP
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Taft Seeks GOP Floor Leader Post in New Senate
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio announced on Friday his candidacy for floor leader as the Republicans take control of the Senate starting January 3. He aims to guide party strategy and manage debate with the new Republican majority.
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Washington
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Finday
Senate
New York
Eisenhower
Roger M. Kyes
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
General Motors
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
South Plainfield
N. J
General Electric Corp
General Foods
Jackson Mills
J. P. Stevens and Co. Textile Manufacturers
Navy
Robert Bernard Anderson
Vernon
Tex
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
North American Aviation Co
Chrysler Corp. Finance Committee
Talbott
James C. Hagerty
Wilson
Helena
Korea
Congress
Joseph W. Marlin Jr
Massachusetts
House
Martin
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Ilinois
Halleck
Truman
Jon
Wage Stabilization Board
Recreation Hall Schedule and Christmas Buried Cash Story
Wakefield releases schedule for Recreation Hall at 141 W. Broadway in Crestview Florida open 10 am to 4 30 pm on December 23 29 30 and January 2 with movie hours listed The tale of three boys dividing 1176 found buried cash near a swamp following a Christmas hunt is recounted alongside Taft’s statement on temporary Senate leadership Bridges Knowland and others involved in the discussion
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Taft
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Forrest W
Senate
Wakefield
Knowland
R-Calif
Recrea
Crestview
Fla
W. Broadway
Recreation Hall
Jimmy Warr
Donald Raysor
New York
Pete’ Richbourg
Diu
Seagland
Pennsylvanian 92 to Join Eisenhower Inauguration Parade
A 92-year-old Pennsylvanian who marched in the 1881 inaugural parade for James A. Garfield will take part in Dwight D. Eisenhower's inauguration parade. J Henry Geer of Beaver County, a Lincoln Republican Club charter member, leads a 60-member unit with silk hats and red white and blue umbrellas.
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WASHINGTON /P
James A. Garfield
Dwight D. Eisenhower
J. Henry Geer
Beaver County
Geer
Lincoln Republican Club
Eisenhower Picks Civilians to Head Armed Services
DES MOINES Iowa Gov William Beardsley says no new major state taxes are envisioned and notes departments seek about 30 million dollars above current appropriations He hints at possible school aid increases but vows not to spark a tax hike while preparing a two year budget due Feb 15 and avoiding sudden boosts.
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Des Moines
William 5. Beardsley
Lansky Faces Denaturalization Over Citizenship Fraud
The U S government began proceedings to strip Meyer Lansky of U S citizenship alleging naturalization fraud. Lansky, linked to Dodge Park Kennels Club in Council Bluffs 1940 1943, was born 1902 in Grodno Russia and naturalized in Brooklyn in 1928. The case ties him to gambling rackets with figures like Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel. Newsroom notes Eisenhower selections of civilian defense heads and inflation controls shaped political context.
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U. S
Meyer Lansky
Council Bluffs
Washington, D. C
Associated, Press
McGranery
Lansky
Myles J. Lane
Southern District of
New York
Sormanussia Lansky
Grodno
Russia
Brooklyn
William Syms
Elizabeth
N. J
Dodge Park
Playland Park
Countil Bluffs
Earl E. Miller
Meyer the Bug
Morris Lieberman
Charlie the Bug
Hollywood
Fla
McCranery
Miami
Las Vegas
Nev
Attorney General
Lucky Luciano
Bugsy Siegal
Luciano
Italy
Siegal
Virginia Hill
Kefauver Committee
Life Magazine
Partics
Lattimore
Thurmond Arnold
James B
Kirkland
Lattimore Pleads Not Guilty to Perjury Indictment
In Washington on Friday Owen Lattimore entered a not guilty plea to a seven count perjury indictment. The charges arise from his sworn denial of Communist sympathies during proceedings.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore Foudly
Nebraska Youth Critically Injured In Wayne Car Crash
2 J ack Killion of Wayne was critically injured Friday when his car crashed into a culvert and caught fire. He was transported to a Sioux City hospital. Sheriff Hans Tietgen said Killion apparently fell asleep at the wheel on Highway 15 two miles south of Wayne.
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Wayne
Neb
Jack Killion
Sioux City
Hans Tietgen
Killion
Highway 15
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Fairview Ave
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