Negotiators Near Steel Peace as Wages Seen Rising
Washington AP reports CIO Steelworkers and steel industry negotiators near a compromise likely by mid-1954. The plan would boost wages by about 22 cents an hour with other benefits. President Truman urged the Senate to delay action to avoid disrupting bargaining. Several amendments to extend wage price controls are pending in Congress.
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CIO Steelworkers
Truman
Senate
Senate Ag
John R. Steelman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Let's Go for a Greater CB Let's Go for a Greater CB s
Source close to peace talks reports Monday afternoon three man negotiating teams for both sides may reach a crucial yes or no decision. Chamber of Commerce hosts a Blue Program meeting at 7 30 pm Tuesday at the Hotel Chief tain with 159 volunteers mobilized.
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Tain
L. W. Ross
Chamber
Earle
Reynolds
Philip Murray
Charles Moorehead
Third Avenue
Leon Morse
Glen Avenue
Eighth Army Ready to Meet Offensive in Korea
Seoul dispatch reports Gen James A. Van Fleet stating the U S Eighth Army is ready, alert, and prepared to meet any red offensive in Korea. He says UN morale remains high, nearly to the point of wishing the enemy would attack.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. Ven
U.S. Eighth Army
United Nations Fighting Machine
Rotious Resigns From Police Force
A partial transcript shows Officer Kotrous resigning from the police post as WSB proposals push a 1212 cent pay increase with a 24 cent raise. The Eighth Army and union considerations frame the timing with a July 1 and January future. The resignation follows a news conference outlining a three step plan, while Army and police staff discuss replacements and future wage provisions amid military buildup in Korea.
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WSB
Eighth Army
Patrolvary
Alvin J. Kotrous
Spencer Crease
van Fleet
Timont
Thej
Kotrous
Boyne Construction Company Union
Korea
Earl Muller
Landigurs
Unite
Civil Service
Miler
Court to Rule on Segregation in Public Schools
The Supreme Court will hear shoe appeals by Negro parents challenging segregation of white and Negro children in public elementary schools. The cases from Topeka Kansas and Clarendon County South Carolina may guide nationwide school desegregation decisions, with arguments set for the new term beginning October 6 and a possible ruling by year end or early 1953. Governor Byrnes warned that losing could lead to abandoned public schools in South Carolina.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
South Carolina
Topeka Kan
Clarendon County
High Tribunal
James F. Byrnes
Georgia
Virginia
Alabama
Relaxed down payments on new homes by government change
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board eased down payment rules for new home purchases effective Wednesday. Home prices under 7000 require 5 percent down, 25000 or more require 40 percent, with a sliding scale for between figures. Mortgage terms remain unchanged for both small and large homes, with veterans still eligible for longer payoffs when VA guarantees apply.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Veterans Administration
Soldiers Relief budget approved by Pottawattamie board
The Pottawattamie county soldiers relief commission asked supervisors for a $90,000 budget next year, proposing a levy sufficient for the amount. The board approved the $90,000 figure but asked the county attorney for an opinion on whether a one mill levy would suffice. In 1951 the commission spent $93,662.61 on relief and recommended reappointing R. T. Kissel to another three year term, with current term expiring July 1.
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Pottawattamie County Soldiers' Relief Commission
Board of Supervisors
R. T. Kissel
Warm Days Cool Nights Continue Theme
The weatherman forecasts a comfortable stretch with warm days and cool nights. Tuesday's high is expected to reach 88 degrees, while a cool 6 degrees is noted for Tuesday morning. Sunday topped at 9 degrees with 0.2 inches of rain Sunday morning.
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Mercury
City limits oil-gravel resurfacing to 64 blocks
City to limit oil and gravel resurfacing to 64 blocks with about $8,000 available. Estimated cost for 24-foot street on a 50-foot lot is $10,000. Residents must obtain price estimates, sign petitions, and pay, while the city supplies labor and part of the cost. Some owners plan private paving, and pay the entire bill.
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BILSN
Kennard W. Gardiner
Gardiner
Forest E. Grover
Demo Conventions Set for July 10 17
Democratic party announces two conventions in Des Moines with July 10 state central committee meeting and July 17 state judicial convention. Delegates named at June 27 county parleys. Pottawattamie County starts at 10 a.m. at the courthouse. Delegates apportioned by county and district with 2,088 total.
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Des Moines
Jake More
Democratic State Central Committee
Pottawattamie
Harry Truman
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Cass
Fremont
Guthrie
Harrison
Mills
Monona
Montgomery
Page
Shelby
Taylor
Fasting preacher dies after 51 days without food in Missouri
The Rev J J Ivie 57 year old Assembly of God minister died in Cherryville Missouri after a 51 day fast to seek God’s will He remained conscious until the end Five sons and a daughter were at his bedside His wife said he was ready to die and refused medical help to protect his family from possible action He had expressed concern about communism in a recording made during the fast
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Cherryville
Ozarks
J. J. Ivie
Assembly of God Church
Ivie
Pottawattamie Draft Board Plans 18 Inductees
Pottawattamie county will furnish 18 men for induction on July 21, says William Knox, chairman of the county draft board. Inductees will be at least 20 years old and will go to Fort Omaha for processing before delivery to army training centers.
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Pottawattamie County
William Knox
Fort Omaha
Army
Republican State Convention Call Issued for July in Iowa
The Iowa GOP chair announced the post-primary Republican state convention will meet on July 25 in Des Moines to name candidates for lieutenant governor and an ecommerce commission vacancy. Delegates will be chosen June 27 at county conventions with the same allocation as the state presidential convention. Congressional district caucuses precede the program at Kant Theater starting 11 a.m.
Chuckle: Sailor Requests Haircut With Short Talk
A humorous line from Today's Chuckle notes a sailor stepping into a barber and asking for a haircut described as medium on top with long sideburns and a short conversation. The joke hinges on the contrast between a long sideburns query and a desire for brief chat.
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Ne Sailor
Hamher
Purge Led by Beria Edges Across Soviet States
Lav rent y Beria, deputy premier and secret police chief, is said to have conducted a sweeping purge in the Soviet southeast. Reports claim toppled communist leaders in Georgia and Kirgiz during an apparent read riot act mission with Beria personally supervising actions. Pravda has mentioned his Georgia visit in April and a broad shakeup there.
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William L
Beria
Georgia
Pravda
Stalin
Close Watch on Germ Warfare
Washington says communists have claimed germ weapons for 15 years but have not used them in Korea. U S biological warfare experts monitor battlefronts with no evidence of BW use or active laboratories. A North Korea lab alert proved to be public health related. no offensive germ warfare materials found. U S officials say preparations to strike back exist with overwhelming power.
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Washington
United States
Korea
Defense Department
North Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Russia
U.S
I Tokyo
Challenge Move to Name MacArthur As GOP Keynoter
Bishop Charles W Brashares of Des Moines presides at a district Methodist business meeting at Hotel Chieftain at 6 p m Monday. The dinner begins the Iowa Des Moines annual conference opening Tuesday and running through next Sunday with over 5000 visitors and 600 delegates expected in Council Bluffs for conferences and services at Broadway Methodist church.
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Charles W. Brashares
Des Moines
Red Border Patrols Challenge East Germans Flight
East Germans fled toward the West as Soviet backed border patrols tighten control around Berlin. Russians bar Western access to Berlin’s lifeline highway while NATO allies clash over convention keynote choices with Taft and Eisenhower factions at odds over MacArthur as a potential keynote speaker.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Russia
Radio
Hearings Set on Power Petition Requests
The Iowa State Commerce Commission scheduled hearings June 24 in Des Moines on nine petitions by three power firms for new transmission lines. The To wa Electric Light and Power Co sought 3.6 miles of 7 200 volt and 2 3 00 volt lines in Hancock and Boone counties, plus a 0.4 mile line. Town Public Service Co asked for 0.5 mile of 6 900 volt line in Audubon. Tow Power and Light Co filed lines across Marion Madison Monroe Poweshiek Polk Pottawattamie counties varying from 0.5 to 4 2 miles at 7 200 volts.
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Des Moines
State Commerce Commission
Towa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Hancock County
Boone County
Town Public Service Co
iSioux Ci
Audubon County
Tow: Power and Light Co
Marion County
Madison County
Monroe County
Poweshiek County
Polk County
Pottawattamie County
Sandpaper Technique Featured In Facial Disfigurement Treatment
CHICAGO reports on a sandpaper method touted for facial disfigurements, with coarse sterile sandpaper applied by hand or machine to treat pimples marks or scars. The article notes medical demonstrations and exhibits at the AMA meeting in Washington, with doctors stressing the procedure as a potential post operative aid. It also covers political convention maneuvers and endorsements surrounding MacArthur amid the 1952 national scene.
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Chicago
Medical Association
City to merge Sewer and Street Depts for efficiency
Acting City Manager Kennard W. Gardiner proposed joining the city street and sewer divisions under a single public works administrator to cut red tape and better utilize trucks and staff. A new garage building is planned on land recently acquired, with a repair shop or storage space considered for the old facility. The council will wait to act until a permanent city manager is appointed.
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Kennard W. Gardiner
Public Works
Gardiner
Second Avenue
Indian Creek
Thirteenth Street
Garrett in Hospital After Collapse at Courthouse
State Conservation Officer Ware Garrett, 46, of 231 Benton Street, was reported in fairly good condition at Mercy Hospital Monday. He was driven there by the emergency unit after collapsing in the sheriff's office at the courthouse earlier that day.
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Ware Garrett
Benton Street
Mercy Hospital
Learly
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