10 Jun 1953
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Newspaper
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Location
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1953
Page
1
Property loss tops $1 million as Floyd River crest floods Sioux City driving evacuations across downtown and surrounding areas. City officials report eight barriers overwhelmed, streets submerged, and several homes inundated. River crested at 10.7 feet Tuesday afternoon, with power plants damaged but utilities gradually restoring as rescues continued.
Thousands of South Koreans demonstrated in Seoul and Pusan as talks on armistice terms continued. Rhee planned a possible trip to Washington to appeal to President Truman not to let delegates sign the agreement. A National Assembly member favored a trip, while officials noted health could delay him.
Mary Rinney of 24 Fifth Ave has been confined to Jenune Henridson Hospital since May 4 for dread treatment and was reported in fair condition at the hospital Tuesday.
Directors of the National Dairy Council plan to defend dairy products as not fattening by presenting a daily nutrition regimen. The diet emphasized includes meat cheese butter fish poultry and drinks with pork and other fats, aiming to show balanced intake rather than excess calories.
Rome reports Interior Minister Mario Scalia said Laly's proAmerian coalition Rovenmant captured a slim Senate majority in national elections. Counted 2,001 of 48,743 districts. 2,001 districts remain. Communist press railed at government decay and Del Gaspan's Christian Democrats failed to reach 40 percent of Senate votes.
Washington reports indicate House Republican leaders after a White House breakfast with President Eisenhower, Dulles, and Blasson predict foreign aid could exceed the 5.474 billion dollar request. Vorys and colleagues pressed the case as ongoing Senate and House discussions shape U.S. security policy amid inflation and global tensions.
Officials from both sides spent an hour and twenty minutes reviewing ceasefire maps as South Korea’s assembly denounced the armistice terms and vowed to resist any move that would leave Korea divided. Crowds in Seoul estimated up to 600000 surged through the war scarred capital while allied and communist teams met in the Panmunjom hut amid cautious progress. A warning to India followed as South Korea vowed to fight foreign troops if they land and to guard prisoners under the exchange pact signed earlier.
Secretary of Defense Wilson testified to a Senate panel that removing U S troops from Korea will take six months or more after an armistice. He joined others noting a long postwar drawdown and warned against rushing demobilization while the Korea situation remains unsettling.
Jack Boyne longtime city engineer and head of Boyne Construction Company died Tuesday noon at a local hospital after a heart attack at a downtown coffee shop. A native of Cornell Bluffs, he served in France in World War I with the 129th Engineers. He was active in civic groups and church, survived by widow Martha and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are pending with Peom Belford Funeral Home in charge.
The weatherman predicts Tuesday highs near 90 with high humidity across the area. A front moving in from the south brings showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night into Wednesday, with 0.5 to 1 inch possible over the next five days and temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal.
The thanksgiving service for the crown was held at St Pauls Cathedral on Tuesday with the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. Prime Minister Churchill read the biblical lesson during the coronation thanksgiving event.
A string of six powerful tornadoes ripped through Michigan and Ohio Monday night killing at least 147 and injuring 700 plus. Flint alone reported at least 113 dead with widespread destruction on Coldwater Road and Kurtz Street as rescue efforts mobilized. National Guard and state police aided, while Red Cross allocated 100,000 for relief amid fears the toll would grow. The disaster prompted appeals for federal disaster designation and delayed hospital care as facilities overflowed.
Senator Watson of Council Bluffs says he can justify the legal services he provided for a cemetery group before the 1954 Legislature. He confirms an undisclosed payment from Town Cemetery Officials and introduced a bill for perpetual care and equal burial rights. The payment is described as personal business, with no other legislators involved, while Polk County investigates the payment and may subpoena officials and records.
Vienna reports a second Soviet gesture in 24 hours by discharging top Austrian Communist police officials in Vienna. The move follows Russian troops pulling back a fringe of the Iron Curtain and relaxing military controls on the demarcation line between Soviet and Allied zones.
A brief Iowa traffic death report notes fatalities occurring around the state during a period in early June 1952. The item lists incidents and locations, with authorities investigating the causes and noting victims and vehicles involved.
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