Reds Dig In On Rain-Swept Korean Ridges
Large numbers of fresh red troops dig in on rain swept eastern Korea ridges while UN tank columns press toward Kumsong and Kumhwa. Patrols cross mountains, skirmish with Chinese forces as air support aids the drive and the Reds appear to withdraw north of UN lines.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Kumsong
Chupa
Kumhwa
Yanggu
Stan Carter
Eighth Army
Kumhwa Chorwon Pyong Gang ‘Iron Triangle
Red
Iowa to Expect Five Day Rain Outlook Across State
Iowa forecasts show five days of wet weather with up to one inch of rain possible. Des Moines reports suggest showers in Council Bluffs Friday night into Saturday, with clearing by Saturday afternoon. The area may see additional showers Monday and rain Tuesday, as scattered totals across towns range from traces to over an inch.
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North English
Spencer
Fantfield
Ames
Outumwa
Des Moines
Iowa City
Waterloo
Mason City
Burlington
Beef Price Controls to Stay Unchanged in Midwest
CHICAGO Four government price controls on cattle remain unchanged says Price Director Michael V DiSalle after a news conference with about 300 Midwest cattle feeders. He noted the markets show near normal activity this week, with Friday receipts at 6,700 across 12 major markets, and weekly totals rising versus last year and the prior week.
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Chicago
Michael V DiSalle
DiSalle
Truman Pleads for Halt to Inflation in Address
President Truman urged strong inflation controls as a National emergency faces threats to the U.S. and allied goals. Congress weighs keeping the existing defense production act with tweaks or backing a tougher new law, while the public is urged to support the plan via TV and radio appeals. The House Banking Committee delays action as it debates the president’s two year proposal.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Administration
Congress
Capitol
House Banking Committee
Spence (Day
Former Safety Council President Brown Dies
Harry C Brown aged 65, longtime president of the Iowa State Safety Council, died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after a six week illness. He attended Western Normal College at Shenandoah and served as principal of the York Nebraska Business College. He also taught at Estherville.
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Mason City
Harry C Brown
Iowa State Safety Council
Rochester Minn
Old Western Normal College
Shenandoah Land
T the
York Neb Business College
Estherville
Iowa Traffic Deaths in 1951 and 1950 Summary
Partial OCR notes record Iowa traffic death counts for June 15 1951 and June 15 1950 with unclear figures. The readable fragments mention dates and totals but lack complete data for a full table or narrative context.
North Korean War Vet Sees Answer in Crew Cuts and Camouflage
Lt Col Lloyd H Rockwell of Council Bluffs returns from Korea after two years near the 38th parallel. He will command a regiment at Camp Roberts Cal. He speaks on the war with guarded comments noting newspaper information home and recalls partisan fighting. He treasures a bilingual memorial and recalls a Korean aide he could not bring home.
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Lloyd H
Rockwell
Council Bluffs
Soljdiers
38Th Parallel
Old Tiends
Korea
Camp Roberts
Cal
Col Rockwell
China
St Peter Speaking Ends as State Resigns from DC Morgue
Joseph F St Peter 36 who aided the coroner for six months resigned on Thursday to take a job with an electrical firm in the District of Columbia morgue no longer will be greeted with the startling response St Peter speaking during inquiries about the dead.
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Washington
Cersins
District of Columbia
St Peter
Joseph F St Peter
Truman signs grain bill to aid India famine relief
President Truman signed a bill approving up to 2,000,000 tons of food grain on credit to help India fight a famine. The measure aims to ease shortages and support relief efforts amid the Indian food crisis.
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Washington
Truman
India
Council Bluffs soprano lands NYC Opera audition
Alice Mae Riley 27, a Council Bluffs dramatic soprano, will audition for the New York City Opera after a favorable practice session with coach Coenraad Bos. The Omaha area singer, a Union Pacific clerk, departs for New York this week to audition for Wagnerian roles at Halasz's invitation.
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Alice Mae Riley
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Coenraad V
Bos
New York City
Bos Js
Helen Traubel
Metropolitan Opera Company
Washington
Senate
Riley
Fairmount Avenue
Milwaukee
Moss Riley
Union Pacific Railroad
Shays
Fire kills four in Montreal orphanage blaze
Four people died and several more were listed as missing after a fire swept through an orphanage and an old peoples home in Montreal. The blaze cut a swath through the facility raising concern for safety and emergency response. Authorities have begun investigations.
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Montreal
Redetermine Assessor Salaries In Iowa Counties
Des Moines state tax commission notified county conference boards that county tax assessor salaries must be redetermined for July 4 onward under a 1951 law raising salaries by $800 for elected officials. Boards may raise pay only with county supervisors approval. in counties under 80,000 population the maximum is $3,500. Once set, salaries cannot change for the current four-year term.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Iowa
Obart L Larson
George Cosson
Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Conference Boards
Cosson
Highway 6 Resurfacing Seeks Bids for 109 Miles
The state highway commission will receive sealed bids on June 26 for 109 miles of asphaltic concrete resurfacing in seven counties. The project includes 43 miles on US 6 from north of Lewis to Council Bluffs in Cass and Pottawattamie counties.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Lewis West
Council
Cass
Patta- Wattamie
Help Pay for Film at 82nd Augustine Lutheran Synod
The 82nd annual synod of the Augustana Lutheran church voted twenty thousand dollars toward the cost of a motion picture on the life of Martin Luther.
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Galesburg, I
Grand Scratcher Sarah Hair Elected in Iowa Ladybugs
Mrs. Sarah Hair of Ft. Dodge was elected grand scratcher of the Ladybugs of Iowa at a state meeting held here Thursday.
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Waterloo
Sarah Hair
Ft. Dodge
the Ladybugs of
Iova
Supervisors Back Road Plans To Divert Traffic
The Pottawattamie County supervisors approve Chamber of Commerce efforts to divert truck traffic around Council Bluffs. Plans include a farm to market road, potential state aid for Repair Creek Road along Mosquito Creek, and a north south route to the Missouri river levee. A Des Moines traffic official will be invited to discuss improvements as a county survey of farmers seeks road needs.
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Council Bluffs
Allphin
Omaha
Thirty Fifth Street
Broadway
Fifteenth Street
Missour River
Reynolds
C C Coykendall
Des Moines
Iowa Good Roads Association
Councy
Councy] Bluffs
Ilegal Slaughtering Cases Reported by OPS Iowa
The Iowa office of price stabilization reports 18 cases of ilegal slaughtering of beef and 60 minor violations found by eight field agents visiting 549 plants. R K Brannon says inspections show good compliance and the total meat involved is small. The largest case involves a western Iowa market operator who illegally slaughtered five cattle and sold the meat.
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Brannon
Iowa
Ilegally
Eight Year Old Killed in Tractor Roll Accident
An eight year old boy, Darrel Lee Malone, son of Everett and Mrs Malone, was crushed when a tractor rolled on a creek bank on his father's Hazel Dell Township farm. He left surviving brothers Kenneth, David, and Jimmie Dale, and grandparents Mrs Arthur Malone of Glenwood and Mrs Charles Bridges of Council Bluffs. Funeral plans and coroner investigation were reported pending.
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Darrel Lee Malone
Everett Malone
Darrell
Hazel Dell Township
Kenneth
David
Jimmie Dale Malone
Arthur Malone
Glenwood
Charles Bridges
Council Bluffs Wooding
Bunal
Henry Meyer
MacArthur Urges Alamo Spirit in US Policy
General Douglas MacArthur spoke in San Antonio urging a revival of the spirit of the Alamo to guide United States foreign policy. He warned against compromising basic principles to appease aggression, asking if the nation has the spiritual courage to act rightly. An estimated 250000 people greeted him along the airport, parade route, and city.
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Houston
San Antonio
Texa
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Texas
Post-Dispatch Buys Star Times in St Louis Competition End
ST LOUIS F the Pulitzer owned Post Dispatch has bought the Star Times the citys only other afternoon paper The Star Times will cease publication after Friday Its sale price was not disclosed Roberts Star Times publisher cited financial necessity and said the Star Times was sold to the Post Dispatch leaving St Louis with the Post Dispatch and the Globe Democrat as its major papers
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ST Louis
Pulitzer
Post-Dispatch
Star Times
Fizey Roberts
St Lews
Post Dispatch
Globe Democrat
Roberts
Johnson Tells Senators Feared U S Acceptance of Red China
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson testified that he feared the United States might recognize Red China, warning such a move could shift UN Security Council votes against U S interests. He discussed MacArthur’s Inchon operation, dispute over a China white paper, and doubts about a Formosa inquiry while noting State Department opposition.
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Johnson
U.S
China
Washington
Louis Johnson
United States
T Johnson
Senate
MacArthur
State Department
United Natons
United Nations
Security Council
Truman
Acheson
Chiang Kai Shek
Defense Department
Formosa
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Inchon
Korea
South Korea
Johnson Agrees We Could Lick em
Former defense secretary Louis Johnson told Senator Morse that the United States could lick Russia if it chose to fight. He said war with Russia is not inevitable and that Russia is not ready for war, though a pistol shot might start one.
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Johnson
Washington
Louis Johnson
Morse
R-Ore
Russia
Defense
Fire crew rescues man after 2 hour top of 175 foot pole ordeal
Frank Avezzano, 23, climbed a 175 foot amusement pole to retrieve a escaped monkey. Frozen with fear, he clung to the pole as fire inspectors and two firefighters descended him in a rope seat. He reached the ground trembling and unharmed aside from a sore throat from screaming.
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New York
Frank Avezzano
Avezzano
John Golding
Philp Bianca
Samuel Greenberg
Golding
Notre Dame Head Questions NCAA TV Power
In South Bend, Notre Dame president Father John J Cavanaugh challenged the NCAA authority to curb televised college football. He released a lengthy statement not stating if home games will be televised this fall, but said the school wishes to cooperate with the NCAA if possible.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
NCAA
John J Cavanaugh
Notre Dame
Father Cavanaugh
Visiting Minister Describes Bulgarian Communist Control
Bulgarian church leader Tzvetan Litov, who escaped the regime, told the Business and Professional Women’s Club that communists have stripped away nearly all freedoms. He described a police state with state control of education, art, press, and communications, and noted concentration camps and life sentences for dissidents. He is touring the U.S. under the National Committee for a Free Europe, with a speaking engagement in Odebolt and a service at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church.
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Bulgaria
Tzvetan Litov
Litov
Business and Professional Womens Club
Hotel Chieftain
Lytov
Sofia
Russia
Bulgara
Odebolt
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Vacation nostalgia in comics and town paper reads
The note invites readers to keep in touch while away during the summer, referencing fond memories with old friends seen in daily comics. It directs to call the circulation department at 4041 in The Nonparelt for staying connected.
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Noel J Logan
Omaha Community
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