Efforts To End British Strike In High Gear
Britain moves to end a 11 day rail strike as Sir Brian Robertson and officials plan talks with ASLEF leaders at the labor ministry. The TUC pushes a peace plan to restart wage talks while service shrinks and factories curb operations ahead of a potential crisis point. Additional meetings aim to foster good faith before ASLEF pay claims are discussed.
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London
Britain
Brian Robertson
British Transport Commission
Ministry of Labor
Brian
Wilfred Neden
Jim Baty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Trades Union Congress Executive
TUC
Walter Monckton
Ander
Charles Geddes
Walter
Eden
Sir Brian
Baty
Aslef
Safety Appeal Saved 4 Lives
Des Moines Governor Leo Voegh said a voluntary highway speed limit during a trial period saved four lives and should resume through Labor Day. He noted eight reckless driving arrests and many warning tickets, with fines from 25 to 100 dollars, while reporting four deaths from speed this year.
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Des Moines
Leo Voegh
Ins
Mit
Nike Successful In Cold Weather
Ottawa headquarters reported sub Arctic tests proved the Nike ground to air guided missile effective in severe weather. Six months of testing near Churchill Manitoba and in New Mexico assessed performance in low temperatures and need for possible modifications.
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Ottawa
Arctic
United States
Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
New Mexico
Sunny And Mild On Tap Thursday
Des Moines Weather Bureau reports a dry trend with sunny skies and mild temperatures near 72 on Thursday. Cooler nights predicted with lows around 50, rainfall unlikely through Friday and Saturday. May rainfall statewide remained below normal while June beginnings bring some statewide moisture and isolated showers in Southeast Iowa Wednesday.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Iowa
Des Moines
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Spencer
Davenport
Second Accident Victim Is Dead
Miss Nadine Gill twenty one of Atlantic died Tuesday in a Council Bluffs hospital from injuries from a two car crash on Highway 6 east of Council Bluffs Saturday. Her sister Mrs Sarah Witte twenty eight also died and five others were injured in the crash.
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Nadine Gill
Atlantic Yes
Council Bluffs Hospital
Highway 6
Council Bluffs
Sarah Witte
Atlantic
Miss Gill
Silver Creek Bridge
Quick
Bloedel Resting At Hamburg Hospital
Rep. A. 8. Bloedel, 79, of Tabor, was reported resting well at Hamburg Hospital after entering the facility following a heart attack. He had been hospitalized previously in Count Bluffs earlier in the month due to heart issues.
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ySperial
Bloedel
Tabor
Hamburg Hospital
Count Bluffs
Roles Reversed As Indian Princess Traces Lewis and Clark
Mrs Earl Winger greetings Princess Norma Jean Blackeagle of Lapwai Idaho at Council Bluffs Airport as the party retraces Lewis and Clark routes by plane. The gathering honors 1804 meeting descendants James Durgan joins the group with officials and a luncheon at Hotel Chieftain follows a visit to the Lewis and Clark monument on Rainbow Drive.
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Lewis and Clark
William Knox
Norma Jean Blackeagle
Richard K. Stoufer
Earl Winger
Council Bluffs
Fourth Ave
Lapwai
Idaho
Winger
John Colter
St. Louis
Pacific Ocean
Princess Blackeagle
Bitterroot Mountain
Pacific Northwest
Mrs. Winger
C. Don Piniser
Walla Walla, Wash
James Durgan
Washington State
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Rainbow Drive
Yellowstone Park
Welcomes Study Of Truck Taxation
DES MOINES Iowa Motor Truck Assn welcomes a state study of truck taxes. LeRoy E Crowley says the committee will collect facts for the 1957 Legislature. He notes trucks pay taxes but cannot prove they are taxed enough. He cites Missouri’s three cent gas tax vs Iowa’s five cent rate.
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Des Moines
Iowa Motor ‘Truck Assn
LeRoy E. Crowley
Association
Crowley
Missouri
Four-Family Baby Born in Wilmington Opens Lineage Record
Alice Elizabeth Carmine arrived in Wilmington marking the fourth generation for four families. She has four great-grandmothers and joins a long family line, highlighting an unusual lineage milestone.
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Wilmington
Del
Alice Elizabeth Carmine
Alice
Missouri River steamboat route to Sioux City eyed in years
Brigadier General W E Potter told a Senate panel that Congress authorized a 9 foot navigation channel to Sioux City, needing about 10 years at current funding levels. He noted possible 6 foot or 6 1 2 foot service within five to six years as upstream dams stabilize water.
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Washington
Missouri River
Sioux City
W. E. Potter
U. S. Army
Missouri River Division
Senate
Congress
Missouri
Lioux City
Potter
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Eissenhower
BRT Seeks $2.50 Daily Wage Increase Across Roster
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will ask railroads for a $2.50 daily wage rise for its 715,000 members. W. P. Kennedy, president, announced after a wage committee meeting in Chicago. The increase would apply across the board to all classifications under BRT jurisdiction, from passenger brakemen at $13.45 daily to footboard yardmasters at $15.07.
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Chicago
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood
BRT
Kennedy
Villisca 4-H Girl Among Eight State Officer Finalists
Virginia Hein of Villisca is named among eight Iowa 4-H girls chosen as finalists for state offices. They will compete at the 26th annual 4-H girls state convention June 15 to 18 on the Iowa State College campus in Ames. Election is scheduled for Thursday evening. Four offices will be filled.
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Sectlon
Virginia Hein
Villisca
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Crop Picture Generally Excellent
Iowa’s crop picture is generally excellent with only drought in western and northwestern areas slowing germination and pasture growth. Replanting due to hail will be small and localized as corn cultivation starts earlier and progresses faster than any year on record.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weekly
Towa
Five Iowa lakes selected for dredging priority
DES MOINES The State Conservation Commission named five state lakes to be prioritized for dredging if funds are approved by the Legislature. The list: Lizard Pocahontas Silver Palo Alto Crystal Silver Worth Rice Crystal Hancock and Rice Winnebago. The panel also noted prior $20,000 for Little Wall Lake and the idle dredge now rented to North American Steel Co. The plan for Stanton Lake in Montgomery County could advance to contract letting by late summer.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Legislative Interim Committee
Bruce Stiles
Lizard
Pocahontas County
Silver
Palo Alto
Worth County
Crystal
Hancock County
Rice
Winnebago
Little Wall Lake
Mississippi
Casey Loss
D-Algona
Little Wail Lake
Stiles
Stanton Lake
Montgomery County
Triplett Murder Trial Opens with Confession Tape
In Le Mars prosecutor Beebe outlined a taped statement by Ern est J. Triplett 54 admitting involvement in the disappearance and death of 3 year old Jimmy Bremmer. Bremmer vanished from Sioux City Aug 31 and remains found a month later in a farm pasture. Triplett, an itinerant salesman, had entered Cherokee State Mental Health Institute as a voluntary patient while detained as a Bremmer suspect.
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Triplett
Cherokee State Mental Health Institute
Sioux City
IRS settles $1300 in tax claims for Lapp estate
The IRS accepted 1300 dollars to settle tax claims totaling 37086 dollars for the 1944 and 1945 years against the willam N. Lapp estate of Ames. Lapp died July 3 1919 and the estate was adjudged insolvent.
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Washington JP
Internal Revenue Service
Willam N. Lapp
Ames
Lapp
Auto Walkouts Halt Production at Ford and GM Plants
Deep walkouts by UAW members halt production at Ford and GM plants. Ford reports 13,250 idle workers across four plants after a three year contract with modified wage guarantees. GM lists about 38,840 idle across 12 plants, with New Brunswick IEV workers planning action.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Ford
UAW
General Motors
Rouge
Subtehan Brarborn
Pressure On Adenauer to Visit Russia
West German parties urge Chancellor Adenauer to visit Moscow to discuss normalizing relations with the Soviet Union. A cabinet spokesman welcomed the proposals and noted talks would need study, as Bundestag recess paused for a Moscow bid caucus.
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Adenauer
Russia
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Kremlin
Dawn
Free Democrats
Mote
Soviet Union
Ike hints Soviet move aims at splitting West Germany
President Eisenhower suggested Soviet Russia seeks to pull West Germany from its new Western allies. He backed Chancellor Adenauer, praising him as a great statesman and pledging U S support in talks with the Soviets after West Germany joined NATO. He noted Moscow invited Adenauer amid Germanys full independence and a promised 500000 man defense force.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Isenhower
Soviet Russia
West Germany
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Adenauer
Moscow
United States
West
Western Alliance
Housing Program Tops First Hurdle
The Senate approved an omnibus housing bill by a 60 to 25 vote to authorize 135,000 low rent public housing units annually for the next four years. President Eisenhower had proposed 35,000 per year for two years. The measure also allows carryover of about 20,000 units not yet built into the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Sen. Capehart
Rand
Mogt
Public Housing Administration
Resolution Calls For Changes In Board
Lincoln introduces a broad study proposal on the Nebraska Board of Control to recommend statutory changes possibly abolishing the board and expanding unicameral powers. Duplication of service by the board will be reviewed. Burl ington Lions elect six town governors Everett Scott Glenn Hill Henry Krein Ray Menke Ray Lindley and Clarence Cornwall. 1956 convention planned for Waterloo.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Board of Control
George Syas
Omaha
Board of Control
Burlington
Lions International
Everett Scott
West Union
Glenn H. Hill
Keokuk
Henry Krein
Glenwood
Ray Menke
Marion
Ray Lindley
Onawa
Clarence Cornwall
Des Moines
Lions
Waterloo
Draft Board To Name 4 Men For Induction
The Pottawattamie County Selective Service Board will meet June 13 to name four men for induction into the Army on June 23. Mrs Anne Delaney, clerk of the local board, announced the quota and induction date. The county quota for July will be four men. Induction is scheduled for July 21.
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Pottawaitamie County
Iowa Senator Votes Against Housing Bill in Senate Roll
Washington Senate records show Sen. Hickenlooper voted against the omnibus housing bill passed 60-25. He earlier backed an amendment to substitute President Eisenhower's public housing program. that amendment was defeated. Sen. Martin did not have a recorded vote on either measure.
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Washington
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
Eiserhhower
Sen. Martin
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