Railwaymen Reject Eden Plea To Work
London reporters say Britain's 67 000 locomotive engineers and firemen rejected Prime Minister Eden's back to work plea. They argued his facts on the strike were wrong and that the appeal changes nothing. The walkout threatens exports and economic stability as stevedores and stewards join a costly dock strike.
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LONDON
Britain
Eden
den
Labor Ministry
Transport Workers Union
United States
Canada
Launch New Mail Service Honored By Postmaster General
Washington Postmaster General Summerfield launched the new certified mail service as a regular postal operation. Robert Bancroft, 39, a Washington letter carrier and Watertown South Dakota native, served as model for the stamp design. The ceremony celebrated proof of delivery for items not of monetary value, priced at 15 cents plus regular postage, with six months record at the local office.
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WASHINGTON
Summerfield
Robert S. Bancroft
Washington, D. C
Bancroft
Watertown
5. D
Post Office Department
Three Die, Three Injured In Dakota Car Crash
Vermillion South Dakota report says two cars collided on Highway 50 east of Vermilion Sunday night. Killed at once were Joe Kaiser 50 farmer near Vermilion and Evelyn Bowen 50 of Atlanta Georgia. Cris Bowen 34 died in a Sioux City hospital Monday. Bowens two children Tris 9 and Mara 8 were in critical condition at the hospital.
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VERMILLION
S.D
Sioux City
Highway 50
here
Joe Kaiser
Vermilion
Evelyn Bowen
Atlanta
Bowen
Cris B
Showers Forecast Continue Across Southwest Iowa
Weather outlook for Southwest Iowa calls for light showers and partly cloudy skies on Tuesday with a cool start. Monday night lows near 30, daytime highs around 60s, and a recent Lake Manawa rise of four inches from pumping and heavy rains. Tornado touched down near Spillville causing property damage but no injuries as rains persist along eastern and western Iowa borders.
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Lake Manawa
Iowa
Harold Borwick
State Park
State Conservation Commission
Borwick
Department of Public Works
North Eighth St
Spillville
Orlando Albertson
Ray Numedahl
Numedahls
Albertsons
Decorah
Weather Bureau
Clarence
Dubuque
Burlington
Spence
Davenport
Sioux City
Lamani
Ottumwa
CAP Mercy Flight To Corning Delivers Blood Plasma
The Civil Air Patrol aided the Red Cross in a mercy flight from Omaha to Corning, delivering blood plasma for Rosary Hospital. Officer N J Sulentic piloted the CAP plane loaned by Harry McCandless, with a police escort coordinating the urgent transport.
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Council Bluffs
Red Cross
Corning
the Rosary Hospital
Omaha
Council Bluffs Municipal
CAP
Thurston Urges Cuts in Foreign Aid to Aid Vets at Spanish War Meet
Lloyd Thurston, national commander, told United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary delegates at Hotel Chieftain that the U S should spend less on foreign gifts and more on veterans benefits. He warned that veterans oppose secondary status in the economy and lamented benefits causing treasury imbalance. A memorial service opened the three day conclave which ends with officer elections and installations. Gov Leo Hoegh to attend a banquet. The convention includes 170 auxiliary members and 45 veterans with officers from Des Moines Clinton Dubuque and Clinton area leadership.
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United States
United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
Iowa
Thurston
Mathew A. Tinley
Third St
Phyllis Goettsch
Clinton
Wrongfully Fired High Court Rules
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Dr. John P. Peters was wrongfully fired under a now discarded loyalty program. The court declined to decide whether his rights to face accusers were violated, a ruling with potential impact on Eisenhower era security measures. Peters, Yale Medicine professor, was ousted as a U.S. Public Health Service consultant in May 1933, three months before the administration change. Under both programs accused employees faced no right to confront their accusers.
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WASHINGTON
Supreme Court
John P. Peters
Peters
Eisenhower
Yale University
U.S. Public Health Service
Glenwood to Vote on New Grade School Plan
Glenwood Independent School District residents will vote July and decide on bonds totaling 262000 the legal limit to fund a new grade school. The preferred South Hazel Street site was abandoned due to size and flood risk, with no final site chosen and Reo sites still under consideration.
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xperini
GLENWOOND
Glenwood Independent
Hazel Street
sahet
Reo
Pilots and families leave for home after freeing
Three of the four U S jet fighter pilots freed by the Chinese leave Hong Kong for home aboard an Air Force plane with their families. Capt Harold Fischer Swea City Iowa Lt Lyle Cameron Lincoln Neb and Lt Roland Parks Omaha travel home while Lt Col Edwin Heller Wynnewood Pa remains for 10 to 12 days of physiotherapy after a leg injury from a bailout over North Korea. Fischer recounts bluffing as a Russian pilot during capture.
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North Korea
Fischer
Yalu River
Manchuria
Egypt and Israel clash renews Gaza frontier demilitarized zone push
Cairo reports renewed gunfire between Egyptian and Israeli forces along the Gaza frontier. Egypt demands a demilitarized zone to secure the border and prevent further hostilities.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Israel
Gaza strip
Ford and UAW seal three year wage guarantee pact
In Detroit Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a three year contract creating a guaranteed wage plan to curb a widening strike, with a fund to pay benefits up to 325 a week and a 60 to 65 percent take home pay after state supplements. The plan includes raises, extra holidays, improved hospital medical benefits, and a liberalized pension and cost of living provisions, while GM talks move toward a similar settlement.
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DETROIT
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers’ Union
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
General Motors Corp
John Livingston
Ford Company
John S. Bugas
Bugas
INDIANAPOLIS
Henry G. Riter II
Montclair
N. J
National Assn. of Manufacturers
United Auto Workers
Riter
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
labe
Eight Hurt In Missouri Valley Highway 30 Crash
Eight persons hospitalized after a pickup and car collision three miles northeast of Missouri Valley on Highway 30. Ed Trecek of Logan drove the pickup after a car stopped ahead, sending the oncoming car driven by Robert Shanks to collide. Shanks, 21, Lincoln Air Force Base, was transferred from Mercy Hospital with a concussion and injuries. Trecek, 36, may have head injury and a broken left arm. his wife Marjorie, 34, suffered facial bruises and a knee injury. Trecek children Diane 12, Joe 10, Ed Jr. 14, Susan 7 sustained various injuries. Dixie Halverson, 18, Mason City, also injured with facial cuts and bruises.
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MISSOURI VALLEY
Harrison County
Sam Strain
Logan
Ed Trecek
Robert Shanks
Mercy Hospital
Cowncil Bluffs
Shanks
Lincoln Air Force Base
Offutt Air Base Hospital
Trecek
Marjorie
Diane
Joe
Ed Jr
Susan
Dixie Halverson
Mason City
Council Bluffs hospital
Two Lowans Die In Auto Accidents
Two Iowa residents died in separate crashes. Donald Bruce Fry, 22, of near Wairfield, perished when his car left a gravel road near Stockport, Van Buren County. Mrs. Alex Fahan, 45, of near Yetter, died after a two vehicle collision on Highway 20 west of Sac City. her husband, 47, was in serious condition and a couple in the other car, Mr and Mrs Henry Pelletier of San Francisco, were in fair condition.
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Associated Press
lowans
Donald Bruce Fry
Wairfield
Alex Fahan
Yetter
Fry
Stockport
Van Buren County
Fahan
Highway 20
Sac City
Henry Pelletier
San Francisco
Mixture Of Memories For the At West Point
President Eisenhower visited West Point to mark the 11th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. He and his 1915 classmates recalled both the cadet days and the 1944 Allied crossing into France. Ike flew from Washington to Stewart AFB then motored 16 miles to the academy. He attended June week activities with his wife, planned a Memorial Service, alumni luncheon, and a parade. He will give the commencement address to 469 new second lieutenants.
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WEST POINT
Eisenhower
United States Military Academy
Normandy
West 1 Point
English Channel
France
Washington
Stewart Air Force Base
arrving
Washingon] Hall
Old Stone Inn
M. R. Nelson
Eastern air defense forces
Thayer
Delbert H. Jacobs
Seartie
Western Big Three Ministers To Meet in New York
The Western Big Three foreign ministers plan a June 16 session in New York with U S Secretary of State Dulles to prepare for a second meeting with Russia. British Foreign Secretary Harold MacMillan and French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay will attend for two days to discuss mutual interests ahead of a San Francisco gathering with Molotov.
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WASHINGTON
New York
Russia
State Department
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
Words Won't Relax Tension at Four-Power Meet
Secretary Dulles told the University of South Carolina graduating class that words alone cannot ease international tensions. He cautioned that one summit among Eisenhower and the British, French, and Soviet leaders, scheduled for July 18 at Geneva, will not end the need for strong security policies.
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COLUMBIA
CQP
Dulles
University of South Carolina
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Geneva
Adenauer Quits Post as Foreign Minister in Bonn
Bonn Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on Monday relinquished the foreign minister post to focus on West German rearmament. He urged President Theodor Heuss to appoint Heinrich von Brentano as foreign minister and proposed elevating Theodor Blank to cabinet rank as the first defense minister. Adenauer also notes he assumed the foreign post in March 1951 as West Germany began diplomatic relations.
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BONN
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Theodor Heuss
Christian Democrat
Heinrich von Brentano
Adenauer
Theodor Blank
West Germany
Club 100 Destroyed By Fire in Des Moines
DES MOINES Club 100, a wartime Des Moines night spot, burned to the ground Sunday morning in a spectacular fire of undetermined origin. The club had not operated as a night club since 1946 when padlocked as a liquor nuisance, with Dave Fidler listed as operator.
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DES MOINES
Des’ Moines
Dave’ Fidler
Eyes Revision Of City Codes In City
Mayor William Knox said a revision of several city codes is being eyed. Talks are ongoing with no firm plans. He wants up to date building codes, possible study of plumbing and zoning rules, and improved street lighting with a survey on costs in cooperation with Iowa Power and Light Co.
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William Knox
Iowa Power and Light Co
Knox
Enroll For Summer School Figures Grow At Midday
About 165 students enrolled for summer school with more registrations expected as the day continues. Classes start at 7 30 a m and run six weeks at Washington School. Elementary and high school students fill the sessions with Rex D Nyenfritz directing at Abraham Lincoln and Mervill Brown at Thomas Jefferson. Instrumental music courses reach 237 students with 137 at Lincoln and 100 at Jefferson.
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Russell
Mourer
Washington School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Thomas Jefferson High
Rex D. Nyenfritz
Mervill Brown
Chuckle on Calfree Reunions and Familiar Faces
A lighthearted remark on high school reunions where former classmates, now stout and bald, fail to recognize each other, highlighting the funny aspect of aging and memory.
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Warks
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Reguilar
Dakota
Lloyd Thurston
Dorothy Abels
William A. Johnson
Anna Teufel
N. Broadway
Graham Ave
Burtt J. Wolestt
J. C. Tungk
Glenweod
Carolina
D. M
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