Man Admits Bank Robbery At Milo Iowa
James Thomas Kehler a 35 year old Chicago man admitted robbing the Milo Iowa branch of the People's Trust and Savings Bank of Indianola last Tuesday bedrag by a shotgun and escaped in a stolen car found abandoned near Melcher. He was arrested near Hartington Nebraska and identified in photos as the suspect. An arraignment in district court is set for Monday with potential life imprisonment.
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Indianola
Iowa
James Thomas Kehler
Chicago
Milo
C. J Richards
Kehler
Hartington
Neb
Nebraska
Leroy Hoctwalker
Dallas
Sherif Richards
Iowa Bureau of Criinal
FBI
People's Trust and Savings Bank of Indianola
Crowd Thought It Was All An Act
SHREVEPORT LA Lawrence Anderson’s act drew 1500 spectators at the Jimmy Lynch Thrill Show Sunday until a giant firecracker exploded in his left hand. Three fingers and the thumb were blown off and his right hand injured. He underwent surgery as the crowd laughed thinking it was part of the act. He was taken to a hospital. physicians said his condition was not serious.
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Shreveport
Lawrence Anderson
Jimmy Lynch
Paim
Anderson
Her Argument Fell On Unsympathetic Ears
In Plainview Texas a wife received a traffic ticket after an incident in a parking space press reports she claimed the other driver caused the mishap. The arresting officer noted her comment about the ticket, and witnesses say the response was unsympathetic.
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Plainview
Tex
Iowa Delegation Splits on Foreign Aid Authorization Vote
Eight member Republican delegation in Congress split on Monday voting for the foreign aid authorization. Reps Cunningham Dolliver LeCommte and Schwengel supported it while Reps Gross Hoeven Jensen and Talle opposed.
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Iowa
Congress
Cunningham
Dolliver
le Commte
Schwenge
Reps
Gross
Hoeven
Jensen
Talle
CAP Offers Three Training Tracks To Youth In CAP
Council Bluffs Civil Air Patrol outlines three training tracks for teens including obedience to authority cooperation and leadership while teaching flying basics. A study manual by Maj. Donald V Hirst details flight theory clouds and weather terms. A meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Community Hall invites teens and parents to discuss forming a cadet squadron contingent on 1600 for a Municipal Airport training center.
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Civil Air Patrol
Maj
Donald V. Hirst
Council Bluffs Cap
Maj. Hirst
CAP
Community Hall
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol Fund
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Crooks Filch Checks From Rich Tourists
Frankfurt police disclose an international racket stealing traveler's checks from wealthy tourists. A first arrest has been made and police in 10 countries pursue the gang. The haul exceeds 142000 dollars in Germany alone with repayments across Italy Austria Spain Tangier Portugal and Scandinavia. The gang uses forged passports and illicit checks to cash in banks and stores as leaders allegedly operate from northern Italy.
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Frankfurt
Germany
P.po.lice
Europe
Frankfurt Authoritie
A& News
Italy
Austria
Spain
Tangier
Portugal
Scandinavia
Sach
Miles
Don’t Score Here Fatalities and Injuries Report
Partial OCR reading notes a council bluffs date with mentions of fatalities two and injuries sixty four. Scattered figures show damages and a report code 39851958 with references to accidents and Iowa fatalities. The fragmentary data suggests a traffic incident record without complete details.
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Council Bluffs
LeMay Seeks 3.8 Billion Boost for B52 Bomber Drive
General Curtis E LeMay urged a Senate subcommittee to approve a 3.8 billion dollar rise in Strategic Air Command funding for accelerated B52 production. Chairman Chavez disclosed the figure after LeMay testified in a closed session on the Defense Department budget for the coming fiscal year. Chavez said LeMay pitched the increase as a four to five year plan to counter the Soviet long-range bomber buildup.
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Curtis E. LeMay
Senate Appropriations
Strategic Air Command
Chevez
D-Nm
LeMay
Defense Department
Chavez
House OKs foreign aid bill for America’s allies
The House passed a $3.8 billion foreign aid bill cut by over a billion from Eisenhower’s request, sending it to the Senate where further reductions are planned. It remains $1.1 billion above last year’s appropriation, with actual funding to be determined by a separate bill. The roll call was 273 to 122 in favor, while 147 to 52 opposed to sending the measure back to committee.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Congress
Tech
Estimate Drop In Wheat Crop
Washington forecast the 1956 government restricted wheat crop at 22,672,000 bushels, with winter wheat at 679,375,000 and spring wheat at 252,297,000. Last year’s totals and 10-year averages are cited. Nebraska outlook trimmed to 65,540,000 bushels, down from prior forecasts.
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Washington
Apriculture Department
Omaha
Agriculture Department
Nebraska
Drowning at Winterset Claims Local Boy Seven
Winterset reports the first drowning at the American Legion pool as seven year old Lloyd Young Jr. of Martensdale disappeared within ten minutes of arriving with his mother. His body was recovered from the 4.5 foot area after a vigilant search by lifeguards and responders.
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Winterset
Lioyd Young Jr
Lievi Young
Martensdale
American Legion
Paul Eggleston
Roroner
Supreme Court Rejects DuPont Monopoly Claim in Cellophane Case
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a government complaint that DuPont de Nemours and Co. illegally monopolized the cellophane business. The decision ends the federal challenge to the company’s control of the market.
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Washington .P
Supreme Court
du Pont de Nemours and Co
Eisenhower Rejects Soviet Bid For Joint Chiefs Visit
President Eisenhower personally turned down a Soviet invitation for all U S Joint Chiefs of Staff members to visit the Soviet Union. The decision was announced by White House press secretary James C Hagerty from the hospital where Ike is recovering from surgery. Gen Nathan Twining will still attend the Soviet Aviation Day on June 24 with an eight day trip, but the Joint Chiefs were not granted the same access. The Soviet bid was extended by Col Sergei Edemsky, the acting military attache.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Sherman Adams
Walter Reed
Joint Chiefs
Russia
Moscow
White House
James C. Hagerty
U. S
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Twining
United States
Hagerty
Sergei A. Edemsky
Ready
James C Hagerty
Adena
We Hospital
Stie
Organization of American States
Panama City
Miister Nedra
Adams
President
Presdent
Council Bluffs Honored for Pedestrian Traffic Record
The American Automobile Association awarded Council Bluffs a 1935 pedestrian traffic record citation for the 25,000 to 50,000 population class. City Manager L. M. McConnell and Police Chief Earl Miller were notified Monday. award presentation is planned. The city had one pedestrian fatality in 1955.
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The
American Automobile Assny
Council Bluffs
L. M. McConnell
Earl Miller
E R. Lange
AAA Motor Club
Manawa Lake Pumping Drive Heads Four Thousand Dollar Goal
Crowl leads Conservation Inc fund drive to save Lake Manawa by pumping Missouri River water into the lake. About 4,000 dollars are needed to sustain a 24 hour operation, with water flowing at 13,000 gallons per minute. Volunteers and local firms rally support as the state weighs mosquito creek diversion plans.
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Harry C. Crowl
Keehne Ave
Head Conservation Incorporated
Lake Manawa
Clyde Talley
Mussouri
Crown
Fourth St
Tailey
S. Main St
Talley
Missouri River
Mosquito Creek
Eugene Ray
Lincoln Ave
Ray
Conservation Commission
Clayton Bain
Manawa
Conservation, Inc
Welcome Tito In Stalingrad
Tito arrives in Stalingrad amid a mob of about 200000, with Khrushchev and Mikoyan guiding him. An American reporter, Betty Masa of Bronxville, NY, is swept into Mikoyan's car by the crowd while chatting at the railroad station. She describes the scene as wildly enthusiastic and uncontrollable in the Soviet Union tour.
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Stalingrad
U_ 3
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nulata Khrushchev
A. I Mikoyan
Staton
Soman
Betty Masa
Bronxville
SN. Y
Mikoyan
Sue
Masmwang Lenmead
Tto
Samet Union
Start Toward Resuming Duties Of Office
President Eisenhower made small steps toward resuming duties after emergency surgery. He walked with minimal support, sat in a chair for 15 minutes, and had an overall improved condition. Vice President Nixon may represent him at key meetings while Adams and Hagerty coordinate temporary White House operations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adame Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Nixon
Break In Heat Is Due Tuesday
A heat wave grips Southwest Iowa as cooler air and scattered light rain are forecast for Tuesday afternoon. Mon values reach mid 90s with another 95-degree high expected before the rain. Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs set warm records as statewide readings stay hot into Sunday. The Weather Bureau predicts a five day outlook with light rain Tuesday and Saturday, totaling 20 to 40 hundredths of an inch.
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Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Lamont
Nebraska
Chadron
Sidney
Weather Bureau
AMA Gold Medal To Walter Bierring
Dr Walter Lawrence Bierring of Des Moines Iowa former Iowa state health official and AMA president 1934 35 selected to receive the American Medical Association Distinguished Service Award for achievements in public health and medical education He taught pathology bacteriology and medical theory at Iowa University served twenty years as Iowa public health commissioner and led state medical boards and health organizations
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Chicago
Walter Lawrence Bierring
Des Moines
Iowa
Morxda
Chnsen
Bermg
AMA
Wil Recene
University of Iowa
Amer Boants
Sears
Iowa State Board of Health
Iowa State Board of Medical
Ban Travel Abroad Announced by Interior Ministry
An Interior Ministry spokesman said on Monday that Egyptians will not be allowed to travel abroad this summer. The ban aims to conserve foreign exchange.
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Valro
Interior Ministry
GAR Auxiliary Convening Here
The Grand Army of the Republic Woman's Relief Auxiliary gathers for a four day Iowa state convention at Hotel Chieftain with about 150 members from 100 corps. Ina Williamson notes aims to serve all veterans and promote Americanization by providing flags for churches schools and youth groups while welcoming any woman interested in veterans service. National President Lucille Rand and district official Mary Smith attend as speakers as memorial services open the event and elections of officers are planned.
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Woman's Relief Auxiliary
Grand Army of the Republic
Ina Williamson
Fort Dodge
Department of
Minn
Relief Corps
Williamson
Lucille Rand
Worchester
Mass
Mary Smith
Belmond
Natonal
Rand
Folsom Everest
Council Bluffs
General Grant Woman's Reef Corps
Elizabeth Kay
Ethel Shepard
Swims 9 Miles In Choppy Seas Off Key West
A 36 year old man named Raymond swam nine miles after a fishing boat sank during a squall off Key West. He reached Boca Chica Naval Air Base to report the wreck and three other survivors were plucked from the wreckage by a Coast Guard boat while a Navy helicopter assisted.
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Key West
Fig
PSA
Coast Guard
Ray Wraymond
Boca Chca
Wraymond
Dawrhy
Des Moines Pastor Accepts Milwaukee Post
The Rev John Wo Coms, current pastor of the Omaha church, has accepted a new posting in Milwaukee after seven years of service in Des Moines. Local leaders note his leadership in the church and community.
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Des Moines
Omaha
Chicos Pojim
Twiw Unianan Chica
Dax Manes
Om Cri Pig
Reese
J BR Mae Geese
Muneh Asin
Mtn
John Wo Coms
Milwaukee
Todays Chuckle Mom Why don’t you eat your Jell-ow
A fragment shows a dialogue with Johnnie teasing about eating Jell-O and a remark It ain t dead yet. The text includes a stray phrase N PWeRar of REHIVE and appears to be part of a humor panel or caption from a newspaper page.
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Johnnie
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