First On Loan Equipment Presented by Potawat budget Muscular Dystrophy Chapter
The Potawatattamie County Muscular Dystrophy Chapter presented its first on loan aid a hydraulic lift for 11 year old Lawrence Dyke son of Gus and Mrs Dyke of 1522 Twelfth Ave The lift helps move him between bed and wheelchair into a car and an optional tub attachment is planned The equipment costs over 200 dollars and nine local dystrophy patients have been registered for assistance with Mrs Bernice Ziarko county welfare office case worker supervising.
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Pottawattamie County
Lawrence Dyke
Gus Dyke
Twelfth Ave
Young Dyke
Bernice Ziarko
Eleven New Through Streets Approved by City Council
North south travel in Council Bluffs gains priority as the council passes a third reading ordinance creating eleven new through streets. Cross traffic on streets including Thirty-seventh Thirty-fifth Twenty-fifth Twenty-first Seventeenth Eighth Seventh Third Main and Harrison must stop before entering these routes. Traffic signs will be expanded at intersections. City Engineer Joseph Burleson said signs will be added immediately. The council also postponed a land sale offer between Lake Manawa and Indian Creek with bids of 2500 and 2750 from two local firms.
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Council Bluffs
Main
Harrison
Joseph Burleson
Keith Rosenberg
Manawa
Lake Manawa
Indian Creek
Rosenberg
Darrett Anderson
The
Home Realty Co
IBM Chairman Dies in New York at 82
Thomas J Watson longtime chairman of International Business Machines Corp died of a heart attack Tuesday at Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
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New York
Thomas J Watson
International Business Machines Corp
Roosevelt Hospital
Club luncheon speaker introduction slips into joke
The emcee offers a playful intro at the weekly luncheon, saying the speaker “needs no introduction” then undermines it with a quip that he doesn’t know him from Adam’s ox. The moment showcases light humor within a formal club setting.
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Adam
Fitness Conference Foresees Youth Health Crisis
Annapolis delegates from the President's Conference on Fitness of American Youth wrestle with whether American youth faces physical decline and how to reverse it. Leaders from sports medicine education and related fields urge public opinion shift and propose a national fitness council plus expanded physical education and supervised recreation in schools.
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Naval Academy
Youths register for city recreation play programs
Recreation Supt. Forrest Wakefield said registration Monday for youths aged up to a certain age began, calling it a forerunner activity. Officials expect ongoing registration throughout the week for latecomers.
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Recreation
Forrest Wakfield
Public Private Power Issue Moves Toward Congress Showdown
Washington report notes the public vs private power debate advanced toward a Senate committee vote on a federal dam in Hell’s Canyon along the Idaho Oregon line. The House Interior Committee also delayed action after 22 Republicans failed to attend the session.
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Washington
Congress
Hells Canyon
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Senate
House Interior Committee
Firm program for an ICBM
Air Force research chief Lt. Gen. Donald L. Putt testified before a Senate panel that the ICBM program is a real firm plan. He warned of possible Soviet progress and said early milestones suggest a realistic schedule, while noting uncertainties about final timing.
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Washington
Russia
Air Force
Soviet
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Putt
Fifteen Apply For Graham Scholarship Exam
Fifteen applicants, five boys and ten girls, sat Tuesday for the Alice Graham Scholarship. The test, prepared by the University of Iowa, was held in the office of Ernest Barker, Pottawattamie County school superintendent. The scholarship is valued at 32,000 and covered general intelligence, English, American history, civics, algebra, geometry, and physics.
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Alice Graham
Ernest Barker
Pottawattamie County
University of Iowa
Russia Offers To Finance Aswan Dam
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser said the Soviet Union offered to send Egypt 31.12 billion to finance almost the entire Aswan Dam project. Nasser indicated he would not accept the offer at present, citing a cautious study of strategies and timing.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Soviet Union
Aswan
Nasser
Outline of Soil Bank Agreements At Atlantic Meeting
County ASC leaders from 12 southwest Iowa counties outlined signing of soil bank contracts by July 20 with 60 percent acreage reserve payments based on 60 percent of the county corn sealing rate. Calculations yield per acre payments such as 87 cents in a $1.45 loan county. examples show 30.43 per acre for 35 bushels. Destruction deadlines vary by crop. contracts to be drawn at the county ASC offices. participation options range from 5 to 50 acres or 10 to 50 percent of base. West Pottawattamie meeting set for Wednesday at Hotel Chief.
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ASC
Rescuers Search Quarry Slide Victims Near Pompton Lakes
In Haverstraw New Jersey rescuers worked to reach two of three men buried by a quarry slide at Pompton Crushed Stone Co. One body, Wallace Van Orden Jr. of Bloomingdale, was recovered Monday night after rescuers cut away the truck cab. The missing men are Charles Badwn of Cedar Grove and Grant Harris of Pompton Lakes.
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Hiverdale, Niu
Pompton Crushed Stone Co
Wallace van Orden Jr
Bloomingdale
Charles Badwn
Cedar Grove
Grant Harris
Pompton Lakes
Land Under New Soil Bank Program
Washington The Agriculture Department estimates 8 to 15 million acres normally planted to major surplus crops will be placed under the soil bank program this year. Farmers receive payments from $4 to $366 per acre for taking land out of production. The program aims to reduce surpluses of cotton wheat corn peanuts rice and tobacco and offers up to 1 200 000 000 a year through 1959 for reducing plantings and adopting cost sharing practices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New Soil Bank
Soil Bank
Demos Charge Influence in Cuba Nickel Plant Expansion
Democratic House investigators allege political influence in a 43 million dollar expansion of a nickel plant at Nicaro Cuba. Republicans demand hearings, accusing the majority of suppressing evidence and bias.
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Washington
Democratic House
Subcommittee
Nicaro
Cuba
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Justice Department
Eisenhower Reports Another Good Night in Hospital
White House bulletin says President Eisenhower had another good night at Walter Reed Army Hospital and his spirits and morale are high. Doctors note he is recuperating and his progress is satisfactory as the nation follows his welfare.
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Washington .P
Eisenhower
Walter Road Army Hospital
Eisenhower silent on re election plans amid illness suspicions
President Eisenhower remains hospitalized at Walter Reed after June surgery with no formal word on whether he will seek a second term. Senator Bricker expects an announcement soon while Vice President Nixon and party officials discuss convention plans and the GOP stance on Ike’s candidacy.
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Eisenhower
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Nixon
Enhower Moz
Annapoli
Leonard Hail
Republian National
Chaiman
Hartford
Conn
GOP
Walnut community school district seeks 11 candidates
Eleven residents filed for the June 29 Walnut Community School District election to choose a district treasurer and school directors. Treasurer candidate H. J. Stahl is single contender for a two year term.
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Walnut Community
Pottawattamie County
Ernest Barker
Barker
Stahl
H. J. Stahl
Arnold Thomsen
Archie Gumbert
Wilma Nissen
R. M. Terry
Louis Myer
Phillip Madsen
Harold Johnk
Ralph Andersen
Lester Brehmer
Mary Margaret Jacobsen
Walnut
Navy Names Von Heimburg to Lead New Reserve Training Command
The Navy announced that Rear Admiral Ernest H. von Heimburg will head the new Naval Reserve Training Command, with its headquarters in Omaha Nebraska. Heimburg, then commander of the 4th Naval District in Philadelphia, will move to Omaha August 16 as the command starts operation July 1.
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Washington
Navy
Ernest H. von Heimburg
Naval Reserve Training Command
Omaha
Britain Explodes Atomic Device in Test Series
Sydney reports a British Ministry of Supply announcement that a second atomic device was exploded off Australia’s northwest coast on Tuesday. Officials said the blast was successful and tests aimed at a trigger for Britain’s first hydrogen bomb were planned.
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Sydney
Australia
P—Bryan
Austalia
2 Britsh Ministy
Supply
Air Force Funds NGTON BP-Twa De Budgets Comment
A Senate panel debates Air Force spending as lawmakers critique allocations and call for tighter oversight. Treasury and defense officials defend the budget amid concerns over waste and efficiency.
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Ngton BP — Twa de
Jm Jongrante Bynkers
New Road Use Tax Formula Urged
Iowa Good Roads Assn urged a new road use tax distribution to fund highways and support early construction of at least one north south four lane across Iowa. The plan reallocates 42 percent to primary roads 44 percent to secondary roads and 14 percent to cities and towns and emphasizes factors like sufficiency ratings population and registrations. It also calls for continued current revenue sources and speedier four lane projects with priority based on sufficiency ratings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
The
Iowa Good Roads Assn
Association
State Highway Commission
Towa
Highway Commission
Steamy Southwest Iowa Heat May Linger Through Thursday
Forecasts show hot conditions in Southwest Iowa with highs near 100 as a new storm center in the Far West forms. Moving slowly east, it offers little immediate relief. Tuesday started near 75, with a potential overnight low around seven percent humidity and a Wednesday reading near another five. Rain missed the area Monday keeping it dry at 95.
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Iowa
Northeast freezes as record cold grips region
A severe cold spell hit the Northeast on Tuesday with Connecticut tying a June low of 45 degrees and Houston Maine near freezing. New England towns saw frost, while Spencer and Davenport reported light showers. Cedar Rapids topped warm spots, and Nebraska recorded scattered rain and rising river levels from a flash flood.
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Connecticut
Mercury
Houston
Maine
New England
Spencer
Davenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Nebraska
Wilbur
Hastings
Republican
Frenchman Creek
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Granted Power To Call Steel Strike
United Steelworkers leaders can call a nationwide steel strike if no new contract by June 30. The Wage Policy Committee voted to authorize a walkout of about 650000 workers in plants producing nine tenths of the nation's steel. Industry firms rejected the union demand for a 4 to 3 percent raise plus benefits after talks with Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel executives.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Ge Biz Bethlehem
Tien Faye
Recht Stineseparate
Roni
A UL S
Sas
Es Rey
Mulqueen To Moderate Citywide Public Rally
James Mulqueen a former mayor of Council Bluffs will moderate a citywide rally Wednesday for supporters of Save the Council-Manager Plan. Speakers include Don Filbert and C W Emarine as BRGA attendees are welcomed, with tensions over past city actions and a call for public debate to defend the council-manager form.
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James Mulqueen
Council Bluffs
Don Filbert
C. W. Emarine
Robert C. Heithoff
Chamber of Commerce
Mulqueen
Iowa Air Control Co
Des Moines
Filbert
Jayvcees
BRGA
Seaman Reviews Bomb Intensity From Boom Event
A seaman recounts the H-bomb blast impact near Boom Abo month, mentioning witnesses Thomas McAnd and Mr and Mrs Bra Meinir of Clinton. The account references the USS Eses and a vessel encounter amid two ships near the event location.
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Cinton
Thomas McAnd
Bra Meinir
Rukhreas
MeAndreas
Elcal
Tomeet
Ora
Angel
Southwest Iowa Delegates Named for Church Convention
The General Council of the Congregational Christion Catches in Omaha June 2 27 will include Southwest Iowa delegates FL Wo Bason Rev Norman Brooks Rev George Campbell Harry Voss Esther Scott and Mrs George Rose from Oakland Farragut Council Bluffs Avoca Shenandoah.
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Sax Southwest Teaans
Amions
Lowa Deviieries
Creneral Council
Christoin
Omaha
Southwest Lowa
Norman Brooks
Oakland
George Campbell
Farragut
Harry Voss
Council Bluffs
Esther Scott
Avoca
George Rose
Shenandoah
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Janes B. Dawson
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Herb Thompson
Annapolis, Md
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Chieftain
Demos
Chicago
Edmund F. Mansure
General Services Administration
Mansure
GSA
Frederick Snare Corp
Merritt Chapman & Scott
Ch Caza
Balmer & Moore
Wiliam J. Balmer
Edward F .Moore
Cook County
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Moore
Msure
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Britain
New Storm Center Brewing
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Heithoff
Assn
Mony
Joseph B. Katel
Albert L. Cleveland
Katelman
Cleveland
Emarine
Mill Levy
Mull Levy
Boithoff
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Seaman
Bomb
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