Hoover Commission urges tighter control of federal real estate
Washington The Hoover Commission urged Congress and the President to curb mismanagement and waste in federal real estate. It notes 472 million acres of land and space 1,250 times the Empire State Building, with weak inventories and underused properties. The panel seeks expanded GSA authority, stronger Budget Bureau coordination, and potential sale of 100 idle war emergency plants.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
New York City
Empire State Building
Herbert Hoover
GSA
Eisenhower
General Services Administration
Commission
Bureau of the Budget
Interior Department
Bureau of Land Management
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
John BR. Lotz
New York
Sunshine Returns as Rain May Follow in Iowa Weather
Sunshine returned to Southwest Iowa after a week with a warm Tuesday forecast to reach around 80 degrees. The Weather Bureau warned of possible thundershowers Monday night and near 35 degree low Monday night. Unseasonably cool conditions persisted in parts of Iowa with Spencer posting a low of 39, while Des Moines noted a Gulf of Mexico high pressure plume moving in from the south.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Omaha
Spencer
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
North Dakota
Mason City Police Chief Allstot Resigns
Mason City police chief Allstot resigned effective July 1 after four years in the post. Mayor Mendon appointed Police Capt Leo F Risacher to fill the vacancy. Alistot, 58, served 27 years on the force and had been appointed chief in 1951. Risacher, 36, has been captain for nearly 20 years and joined the force in 1923.
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Mason City
Lea B
J. Ale
Sini
George E. Mendon
Leo F. Risacher
Alistot
Risacher
Library Dedicated in Cedar Rapids Masonic Center
The Monday dedication of the new million dollar Iowa Masonic Library will be billed as the outstanding event in Iowa Masonry this century. The Grand Lodge will host the ceremony followed by the Iowa lodges 11th annual communication lasting through Thursday.
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Harner
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Masonic
Grand Lodge
Iowa
Todays Chuckle Shows Morning Mishap as News Story
A lighthearted Monday feature, titled Todays Chuckle, highlights a humorous misstep that unfolds into a ready-made news-worthy moment. The piece frames the incident as a small, relatable mishap that captures public interest.
Des Moines Tax Drive Nets $944 From 410 Trucks
Iowa collected 944 dollars in a surprise tax drive on trucks entering from Missouri with more than 20 gallons in tanks. On June 24, 410 trucks were stopped on nine highways, totaling 18 887 gallons taxed at 5 cents per gallon. One driver carried 500 gallons with four auxiliary tanks and paid only 50 cents. A next drive will target the Nebraska border under a new law allowing entry permits and higher penalties for violators.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Earle E. Smith
Smith
Grand Island
Neb
Chicago
Nebraska
Police arrest 430 Catholics after Buenos Aires riot
In Buenos Aires police raided the episcopal palace and arrested 430 men who sought refuge there after clashes between Peron supporters and Catholics in the Plaza de Mayo. Priests mostly released. Cardinal Copello absent due to illness. Vatican concerned over anti church protests and potential diplomatic strain with Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Metropolitan Cathedral
Plaza de Mayo
Episcopal Palace
Santiago Luis Cardinal Copelio
San Isidro
Carlos A. Gentile
Gentile
Christ the King
Vatican
Pius XI
Carlo Maria Oliva Velez
Vatcan
Mario Zanin
Vatican Press Office
Manawa Pumping Operations Down After Vacuum Pump Failure
Pumping at Lake Manawa halted by a failed vacuum pump used to prime the main pump. Officials from Conservation, Inc. tested replacement parts Monday and hope to restore operation within the week. The aged vacuum system dates to Svand Hotel, destroyed by fire in 1925.
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Lake Manawwa
Old Conservation, Inc
Missouri River
Svand Hotel
Knights of Columbus Factor In Philippines
Des Moines reports by Luke te Hart supreme director of the Knights of Columbus told a Sunday banquet that the order has become a tremendous factor in the Philippines, growing from 35 members in 1947 to 10,000 today and running an advertising program that has generated 13,000 inquiries and 190,000 enrollments in religious instruction classes. Hart was born in Maloy Iowa.
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Des Moines
Luke Te. Hart
New Haven
Russians Accept Moscow Notes in Geneva Seimmit Plan
Western powers Monday accepted Moscow notes on a four power summit to be held July 1 in Geneva, with Russia backing a Biz Four conference and the outline of talks coordinated by Moscow.
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Moscow
Russia
Geneva
W Iowa road bids requested for multiple projects
Bids on maintenance concrete pavement repair and resurfacing are set to open Tuesday in Ames by the Iowa State Highway Commission. Projects cover highways 275 375 6 64 75 100 286 148 333 300 191 49 and related segments across Council Bluffs, Fremont Cass Harrison Shelby Taylor Union, Mills and Page counties, plus stockpile bids for Audubon Carroll Cass Fremont Harrison Mills Montgomery Pottawattamie Shelby Taylor and Union.
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Iowa
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
South Omaha Bridge
Sixteenth Ave
Council Bluffs
Nishnabotna River
Oakland
Avoca
Harrison County
Carson
Griswold
Carroll County
Laneshoro
Cass County
Anita
Fremont County
Modale
Shelby County
Portsmouth
Taylor County
Lenox
Bedford
Union County
Audubon
Carroll
Cass
Fremont
Harrison
Mills
Montgomery
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Taylor
Union
Sidney
Shenandoah
Missouri River
Missouri Valley
Woodbine
Crawford County
Potstawattamié
Monona County
Mills County
Emerson
Page County
Braddyville
Shambaugh
Southwest Iowans Home From Far East
Gen. A. W. Brewster arrived in San Francisco with armed forces personnel from the Far East. The passenger list includes six Southwest Iowans: Ale Donald J. Weber of Atlantic, 1st Lt. William F. E. Dehse of Council Bluffs, Sgt. Donald E. Perry of Creston, Ale Rebert Breant of Oakland, Cpl. Tloyd Casperson Moorhrady, and Ale Charles J. Gahm of Shelby.
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San Francisco
A. W. Brewster
Far East
Four Teens Die In Separate Iowa Crashes
Four teen aged people died in two separate Iowa crashes on Sunday. Carol Bradley 16 and her sister Thoan 14 of Fairbank and Russell Paine 19 of Fairbank were killed when their car hit a bridge abutment on Highway 190, rolled down an embankment, and burned near Oelwein while en route to a wedding. Karen Norris 16 of Sandyville died when a car driven by Ervin Lee Birkenholz 38 of Knoxville failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 92 east of Indianola. Norris was among the dead passengers. The Bradley sisters were students at Fairbank High School and the group had been bound for a wedding in Oelwein. Carol Bradley was trapped in the wreckage, the other two were thrown from the car. The highway patrol noted the abutment impact followed more than 100 feet on the shoulder. Indianola police cited reckless driving by Birkenholz in the town square as a contributing factor. an officer began pursuit after witnessing wheel-spinning and reckless driving.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Carol Bradley
Thoan
Raymond Bradley
Near Fairbank
Russell Paine
Leon Paine
Fairbank
Karen Norris
Russell Norris
Sandyville
Bradley Sisters
Paine
Highway Patrol
Indianola
Henry Warner
Birkenholz
Cutback in M48 tank production eyed
The Pentagon weighs a production cut in M48 medium tanks with officials briefing a likely small reduction under 20 percent. The move aims to align output with ample supply for regular Army units National Guard and overseas orders, with deliveries sourced mainly from Chrysler’s Newark Delaware arsenal. Some Army officials question the stated adequacy of existing M48 and M47 stock for current needs.
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Washington
Pentagon
Newark
Del
National Guard
Don’t Score Here For Council Gruffs to Gate 10K 1955
Accidents and damages section appears mixed with garbled text. readable items mention town fatalities and fines, with unclear references to a 10K event and council actions. Entities are hard to extract. no coherent event or names emerge from the fragment.
Ridgway To Head Mellon Institute
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, U S Army chief of staff, to become chairman of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research upon his retirement June 30. He will succeed Dr. Edward R. Weidlein, who remains president. Ridgway commanded the 8th Army in Korea and later led Allied powers in Japan.
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Pittsburgh
P—Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S. Army
Institute
Ridgway
Edward R. Weidlein
Weidlein
Gen. Ridgway
8Th Army
Japan
New Auto Production Record Seen in 1955 Forecast
Detroit based on General Motors agreement with the CIO United Auto Workers, the auto industry anticipates producing seven million or more passenger cars in 1955. Through June, output is near 4.3 million, with track volume near 500,000. production is expected to level off in July to December. Industry leaders, including GM president Harlow Curtice, were surprised by the higher than expected 1955 pace.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit P
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Harlow H. Curtice
120000 Addition To Wesley Acres Des Moines
A 120000 addition to Wesley Acres, a Methodist retirement home in Des Moines, was consecrated Sunday during the Iowa Des Moines conference. Bishop F Gerald Ensley, resident bishop, called elder care a relatively new church activity and urged expanding such service. In a separate service, 22 were ordained as elders and deacons, with Bishop Edwin E Voigt delivering the ordination message. Southwest Iowans ordained included Waunella Ruth McConnell, Clarinda. Lawrence Garrett, Braddyville. Jerold L Irving, Strahan. Ray Ivan Marlin, Blanchard. and Kenneth Heflin, Harlan.
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Des Moines
Wesley Acres
Iowa-Des Moines
F. Gerald Ensley
Edwin E. Voigt
Aberdeen
Simpson College
Southwest
Pass 500000 Word Mark In Iowa Case
Testimony in a Polk District Court hospital doctor trial reached the half million word mark as Louis B. Blair of St. Luke's Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids testified as the 23rd witness for the Iowa Hospital Association. Blair described seven-year operating income and expenses with a $93,159 gap added to aid totals and a $2,736,607 expansion program funded by bonds and federal funds.
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Des Moines
Polk District Court
Louis B. Blair
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Hospital
Assn
Blair
St. Luuke's
UAW Secures Guaranteed Pay in GM Contract
Detriot (AP) The CIO United Auto Workers union won a three year contract with General Motors guaranteeing wage pay through a new employer paid plan. The deal mirrors Ford terms and includes full union shop for GM workers and similar gains for 35,000 International Union of Electrical Workers. The arrangement shores up labor peace and raises pensions holidays and vacations, with a $600 million three year cost to GM and a funded trust to finance the plan.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford
Walter Reuther
UAW
Ford Motor Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Auto Workers
Reuther
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
Harry W. Anderson
Anderson
Uaw-Cio
Fon
Manager Intern To Work Here
Charles Jackson of Estherville began a two year City Manager internship here, attending the University of Kansas, earning $250 a month, assisting City Manager L M McConnell while he surveys sanitation routes, nonparticipants, and trash pick up viability, with seminars every six weeks. Also three students began roles in Public Works: Jack Brown, Paul Robson, and Allan D Strong with pay rates $1.00 and $1.15 per hour.
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Charles Jackson
Estherville
University of Kansas
Lawrence
L. M. McConnell
Jackson
McConnell
Sanitarion Department
First Ave
Iowa State College
Ames
Department of Public Works
Forest Grover
Jack Brown
Art Brown
N. 34Th St
Thomas Jefferson High School
Paul Robson
Robson
Harrison St
Simpson College
Indianola
Allan D. Strong
Ida G. Strong
First
Rodman
Gingering
Wisconsin National Guard Begins Summer Training in Mud
Leaden skies and mud greet CAMP MCCOY as Wisconsin's 32nd National Guard Division begins a two week summer training. The unit of 10,000 soldiers arrived Sunday from 74 Wisconsin cities in 1,300 vehicles to start drills under GI conditions.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Wisconsin
National Guard
Radford says aid essential as US cannot match manpower
Admiral Arthur W. Radford told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that American foreign aid is necessary for self interest because the United States cannot match the Communist bloc in manpower. He testified in support of Eisenhower's request for 342 billion dollars in foreign aid, including 81.4 billion for military assistance. The hearing opened in public with a prepared statement, then moved to closed session for questioning. Lawmakers questioned planned economic aid portions for Yugoslavia, Near East, and other programs amid Tito-Kremlin talks.
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Washington
Arthur W. Radford
Free Nations
Radford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Atsearald
United States
Yugoslavia
Tito
Kremlin
Sbff
Enea
Near East
Reprimand urged for Sen Klaver over juke box bill
A Nebraska select committee urged the Legislature to reprimand and condemn Sen Sam H Klaver of Omaha for improper and unethical conduct. The six term senator was accused of offering to be retained for 2500 to 1000 in cash and ads in his newspaper to defeat a coin machine tax bill he drafted but did not introduce. Klaver denied the charges under oath.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Sam Hklaver
Omaha
Klaver
Assa
Sen. Klaver
Omaha Public Ledger
Adenauer Arrives In Washington For Talks With Eisenhower
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in Washington to meet President Eisenhower and other officials. He said West Germans seek a close partnership with free nations as the best path to reunification, and he was greeted by Undersecretary Hoover Jr. and German envoy Krekeler among others. He will confer with Eisenhower at lunch Tuesday.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Herbert Hoover Jr
Heinz Krekeler
Herbert Blankenhorn
Germany
NATO
Had Leg Amputated To Win Boy's Love
Dawn McFarland, 17, had her leg amputated to win her boyfriend Gerald Manney's love. She contracted polio as a baby leaving her left leg shorter. After persuading doctors, she received an artificial leg and says she can walk, dance, and go anywhere. She announced an engagement after the operation and a letter promising marriage on his return from Malaya.
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Portsmouth
Fanglant
Dawn McFarland
Dawn
Gerald Manney
Gerald
Malaya
House panel backs $400,000 Red River work aid
The House Appropriations Committee recommended an appropriation of 400000 to continue Red River of the North construction in Minnesota and North Dakota. The figure is 250000 less than the President's budget and the committee did not specify where the cut should be applied.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Red River
Minnesota
North Dakota
Prizes For Gadgets at Iowa State Fair Show
Des Moines reports cash prizes totaling 300 dollars for the best gadgets invented by Iowa farmers will be awarded during the statewide farm program at the Iowa State Fair Ang September 27 to 5.
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Des Moines
Towa
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Philippines
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Fred Pownall
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