State Seizes Unstamped Cigarettes in Iowa Crackdown
DES MOINES AP Eight of Iowa residents faced charges as 2414 cartons of untaxed cigarettes were seized at a Keokuk roadblock on the Des Moines River bridge near Missouri. Cars were released after officials, citing reform aims, said the crackdown would continue along Iowa south border.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Martin Lauterbach
Commission
Henry W. Wormley
Lauterbach
Tatterbach
Wapald Tns
Keokuk
Ray 0
Kucht
T Ax Commission
Beer and Cigarette Tax Department
Kuehl
BR. Delahorde
Tay
Delanoyde
Des Moines River
Delahoyde
Selaure
Barn Burns During Storm near Audubon
A barn on the Ralph Myers farm seven miles east and two miles south of Audubon was struck by lightning during a late afternoon storm. Damages estimated between 15,000 and 20,000, with a corn picker and a quantity of baled hay and grain destroyed. all livestock saved and a machine shed garage and a planary adjoining the barn were damaged but saved from total destruction.
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Audubon
Ralph Myers
Audue Hon
Montana counties in flood emergency cross Continental Divide
Fourteen Montana counties along the Continental Divide were placed in flood emergency Friday as rain swollen streams surged to ten times normal flow. Officials warned the rain in Northwestern Montana, though released by Thursday, could bring more rainfall in the next ten days than in all of 1952, with Red Cross and state officials bracing for worsening conditions.
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Great Falls
Mom
Montana
Continental Divide
Red Cross
Entries Pour In For Flower Show At Civic Garden
The Civic Garden Show opened at Community Itar with about 100 entries registered by mid morning and roughly 300 expected by the afternoon deadline. Judging begins Friday afternoon and displays run Saturday 9 am to 8 pm. Notable entries include a wax-like Hoya plant, an evergreen glacier iron arrangement, and bouquets of peonies, dic, poppy and daisies. Exhibits from Lovers of Nature, Pioneer, Garden Department of the Council Bluffs Woman's Club, and Civic Garden. A book display at the Public Library features gardening titles and a bouquet by Mrs Maury Voss. Awards include blue ribbons, a traveling silver dish for most blue ribbons, and a traveling pottery container for outstanding exhibit. Entries are divided into 12 sections, with up to 65 classes in some.
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Community Itar
Charles F. Burke Sr
6Th St
Maury Voss
Chamber of Commerce
US Stratojets Set Speed Record to England
Three American Strat jets smashed the 1.8 speed record by flying from Limestone Air Base Maine to Fairford England in just over 30 hours. Two planes covered the 3 12 miles in 5 hours 36 minutes, another in 5 hours 3 minutes. The previous mark was 29 hours 8 minutes set last April 7. Fifteen planes of the 3000 Medium Bombardment Wing participated, staging from MacDill Field Florida to Maglind.
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Fairford Air Base
England
Atlantic
Limestone Air Base
Maine
Fairford
Mundey
MacDill Field
Tarpas E'la
Maglind
City approves dog confinement law despite picket protests
City Council unanimously passes a controversial dog confinement ordinance effective January allowing unlicensed dogs and certain female dogs to be confined to the owner's premises year round and all other dogs from May to September. Picketing by children outside City Hall drew placards urging mercy for dogs.
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M. McConnell
Couneil Chamber
Marty Schultz
Schultz
Council Chamber
Jn Mason City
Roy
Munster
Sixth
Scott Streets
J. M. Smith and Son
Omaha
Paulson Construction Company
Council /Bluffs
Smith
Planning Commission
James T. Mulqueen
Rock Island rails move forward on Western Town span
Atlantic Rock Island Lines reports the final phase of a multi million rail relocation project near Western Town. President Farrington says the 34 mile stretch will reduce grades and curves, with an 80 man crew laying about one mile of steel daily. Grading began in 1951 and continues on sections of the new right of way.
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Atlantic
Rock Island
7. D. Farrington
Enstown
Jhers
Garnetil Bulls
Farrington
Denounces Plan After Car Crash Incident
A report describes Mrs Halland and Mrs Warner L Holland denouncing an armistice plan amid a chaotic scene in a rush hour crash. The event involves a car allegedly accelerating, striking a landmark, and colliding with another vehicle, with blame and allegations flying as authorities sort responsibility.
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Seoul
South Korea
United Nations
Communist Representa
Halland
Warner L. Holland
Raids Find No Liquor At Taverns In County Sweep
Sheriff and police directed by Sheriff Stuelke conducted Thursday night raids on five taverns with search warrants and checked seven more. Three raids were in Council Bluffs and one in Carter Lake. Officers reported most sites were closed for liquor by the drink and vows to continue checks countywide.
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Roshing
Bone Dey
Hiquor
Sherri Gay Studke
R. Ty Wainaele
Council Bluffs
Shariff Stuelke
Carter Lake
Wao
Shariff J Stuelke
Doan
Atty
Lee
Acheson
Sync A. Maagh
Iowa County
U.n.torneys Association
Sioux City
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
Call for Eight Men as Reward Funds Rise to Three Hundred
Wall Lake residents hear a call for eight men with a $100 reward offered by the Selective Service Board Fund council for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who disrupted tombstones and tampered with induction notices across Wall Lake Ida Grove and Turin. The board has previously issued calls for ten men, with the total reward now reaching $300.
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Wall Lake
Ida Grove
Turin
Selective Service Board Fund Council
Taft urges tie with Britain to bypass UN
Sen Taft called for a Pacific military alliance with Britain to bypass the United Nations veto if armistice efforts fail in Korea. He said he might accept UN participation after a cease-fire, while Eisenhower warned against going it alone in Asia. Taft disputed that he urged single handed policy and noted no change in his stance.
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Sen
Taft
Pacific
United Nations
Senate
GOP
Cincinnati
Eisenhower
U.S
Asia
Korea
Far East
Ohio
Prencn
Anygegans
Acheson
Mar Fehuria
Britain
Showers to Fall Again on Sunday
Wet weekend forecast with showers returning Sunday and more on Sunday night. Iowa area showers from Thursday morning through Friday morning totaled .24 inch with hail and strong winds reported in Waterloo Des Moines and Okawela. Highs near 75 Saturday, cooling to mid 60s Friday, cooler Monday, warm again Wednesday. UN tensions and U.S. stance on alliances discussed by officials.
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Council
Brooklyn
Waterloo
Des Moines
Oclawela
Wanne. Vane
Chuikov relieved of East German posting in Berlin
East German news agency reports Gen Vassily Chuikov, long stationed in Germany since 1949, is relieved of duty and will return to the Soviet Union for a new assignment. Col Gen Andrei Gratschke named to command 300,000 Red Army troops in East Germany. Chuikov had held political head duties and commanded the troops.
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Berlin
Vassily Chuikov
Germany
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gratschke
East Germany
Chuikov
Vladimir Semyonov
Stalingrad
Transit Driver Aids Competitor In Two-State Roadside Incident
Louis County patrolman Green credited Omaha and Council Bluffs bus driver Larry Springer of Avenue C Cannes with preventing a serious crash on I 680 when a trailer wheel broke off a truck en route to Omaha. Springer followed the incident, radioed the danger, and steered passengers to safety as the truck left the highway. A Merchants Motor Freight trailer carrying chicken pies also slid into a ditch nearby.
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Counell Bluffs Transit Company
Omaha and Courell Bluffs Street Railway Company
Iarry Springer
820 Avenue C
Omaha
Green
Chicago
James Reed
Six Truck Overturns On Highway West of Town
A semi trailer overturned on a rural highway six miles west of town early Friday. Driver Charles Hollinger escaped injury as the truck and six others reported incidents disrupted traffic along the route.
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Charles, iHollinger
End of Korean War Seen Near as Armistice Nears
An AP dispatch reports the Korean fighting could end with a truce meeting on Saturday and a prisoner exchange agreement likely to be signed soon, possibly by June 25, the war’s third anniversary. Details remain to be ironed out, but a high U.S. official in Tokyo says a signing next week is possible.
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Shoul
U. N
U. S
Tokyo
Radioactive Atoms Save Many Lives Amid Wartime Talks
Reports say atomic energy has saved far more lives than atomic bombs. Dr John Bowers of Utah outlines how radioactive atoms aid medicine, tracing drugs in the body and aiding treatments from thyroid cancer to rheumatoid arthritis while plans for mutual security and truce talks in Korea unfold.
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New York
Atomic Energy
Iapan
John
Bowers
University of Utah College of Medicine
American Medical Association
AMA
Eisenhower
Inj
U.S
U.N
South Korea
NBC
Jim Robinson
Korea
Rhee
Robinson
Clarke
Bush
Eighth Army
North Korea
Red China
Iowa Traffic Deaths By the Associated Press
An Associated Press tally records Iowa traffic fatalities with numbers and dates, noting trends and notable incidents across the state. Officials cite road conditions, weather factors, and driver behavior as key contributors to the year’s death toll.
Rain Halts Clarinda Centennial Program Again
Persistent rain in Clarinda paused the Centennial program for a second evening. The Clarinda Municipal Band concert and beard judging, originally set for Thursday, have been moved to Friday evening.
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Clarinda
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