Half Mill School Tax Boost Seen
The Council Bluffs Board of Education proposes a 1955-56 budget totaling about $2,330,000, an increase of $118,000 from the current year. A one half mill higher levy would rise the school levy from 48.92 to 49.43, with major costs in teachers salaries and planned boiler repairs at Bloomer and Thomas Jefferson High Schools.
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Council Bluffs Board of Education
Carl Eckert
Bloomer Schol
Bloomer
Lester Andrews
Tee Jay
Thomas Jefferson High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Russell Blanchard
Duke's Helicopter In Forced Landing Near Glasgow
Glasgow report says the Duke of Edinburgh's helicopter forced landing in a field near Bathgate after clouded visibility. Queen Elizabeth II waited twenty minutes for him and later met him at a factory visit, where she kept a calm, amused demeanor. An RAF pilot operated the craft as the royal party diverted from a scheduled meeting near Uddingston.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth II
Bathgate
Queen
Uddingston
Back next weekGone fission sign at Los Alamos shop
A sign on a shop door in Los Alamos, the Arctic town, reads Back next week Gone fission, signaling a temporary closure and hinting at a playful pun or outage.
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Los Alamos
Scelba Resigns as Italian Cabinet Crisis Unfolds
Premier Mario Scelba turned in his resignation as his coalition government faced a collapse after the Christian Democrat party quit and rival factions debated power. The cabinet agreed to present resignations to President Gronchi as Scelba expressed duty and hoped for a quick resolution.
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Frank Bruito Romeo
Mario Scelba
Scelba
Giovanni Gronchi
Quirinale
Mario Scctha
Council of Ministers
Christian Democrat
Christian Democrat Party
Amintore Fanfani
Giuseppe Pella
Pella
Giuseppe Saragat
Conferees Agree On Salary Boost For Federal Workers
Conferees from the Senate and House reached agreement on a bill raising salaries for 1,073,262 federal employees by 7.4 percent retroactive to March 1, with Senate gains limited to minor increases. The plan totals about 328 million dollars annually, affecting 983,057 Civil Service workers and 90,205 related staff. Senator Olin Johnston had urged an eight percent raise for rank and file, while postal workers had already received about eight percent.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Olin PD. Johnston
D-Sc
Weight battle sets 175 pound limit clash in New York
New York fighters arcme Moore weighed 175 pounds for Wednesday defense against middleweight Boby Olson at 170% pounds. The division limit is 175 pounds, Moore had to shed 2 1/2 pounds in 11 weeks.
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New York
Arcme Moore
Boby Olson
Moore
Accountants Elect Iowa Society Leaders
The Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants elected DURUQUE FC Arnold Carl son Deg Maines as president. Other officers selected include Keith W. Dunn of Cedar Rapids as vice president Roger R. Cloutier as secretary and J Farr y Halliday of Des Moines as treasurer.
Iowa selects David Gale Johnson for U S farm delegation
David Gale Johnson of Vinton Iowa has been chosen as one of 12 members of the U S farm delegation to visit Russia between July 15 and August 15 Rep Talla Iowa announces Johnson, born 1916 in Vinton and educated at Iowa State University Wisconsin and Iowa State University, is an economics professor specializing in agricultural economics.
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Washington
David Gale Johnson
Vinton
Iowa
U.S
Russia
Rep. Talla
Talla
Johnson
Iowa State College
University of Wisconsin
Iowa State
University of Chicago
Weather Outlook for Southwest Iowa Thu Mostly Warm
Southwest Iowa remains partly cloudy and warm with highs near 85 and no rain forecast. A stray shower may affect parts of Iowa and Nebraska Wednesday night and Thursday. a trace fell here Wednesday morning. A lightning strike briefly knocked out KSWI transmitter but service resumed in seconds.
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Iowa
Nebraska
KSWI
Sioux City
Dubuque
Spencer
Edith Weeks Dies in Des Moines at 72
Edith Weeks 72 wife of Carl Weeks president of Armand Co. died at a Des Moines hospital Tuesday night Born in Dubuque she was daughter of the late Charles B Van Slyke She helped furnish Lucas House Iowa City and was a former director of the Garden Club of America The Weeks built Salisbury House now sold to the Iowa State Education Association as a new headquarters.
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Des Moines
Edith Weeks
Car) Weeks
Armand Co
Dubuque
Charles B. van Slyke
Weeks Buil
Salisbury House
Towa State Education Assn
Weeks
Garden Club of America
Lucas
Iowa City
Iowa
Communist Talks Open With China and Russia Leaders
London report notes North Viet Nam leader Ho Chi Minh, educated in Moscow, left Hanoi Wednesday to confer with Red China and Soviet government officials, as announced by the New China News Agency.
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London
Wo Chi Minh
Moscow
Viet Nam
Tlanoi
Red
Ike In Vermont Routs To Speak In New England Event
President Eisenhower arrived in Vermont on Wednesday beginning a six day swing through Vermont New Hampshire and Maine to deliver speeches. He aims to press his public agenda during the northern trip and meet with local leaders and supporters along the way.
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Rutland
Fasenhowez
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Corner Takes On New Look At Main and Broadway
The Corner at Main St and Broadway shows major changes after the southwest corner building is razed to clear the way for the Council Bluffs Savings and Loan Assn. The bus zone moved to the south side of Broadway between Main and Fourth Sts. Construction demolishes the corner by July 31, with 18 feet of Main St and six feet of Broadway blocked by barricades. Wrecking by American Wrecking Co. precedes new work. no bids yet for the new building.
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Main St
American Wrecking Co
Expansion Program Announced By GM
DETROIT The General Motors Corp announced a new expansion program with capital expenditures of about 0.5 billion dollars. President Curtice said the plan reflects faith in the country and aims to boost the national economy with roughly 6,300,000 square feet of new floor space. Major outlays cover new machine tools presses and facilities, with substantial completion targeted by the end of next year following a three year contract with unions covering more than 400,000 production employees.
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Detroit
Harlow
Curtice
General Motors Corp
Republican Wins Tight Denver Race in Runoff
Will F. Nicholson a 51 year old Republican state senator and Eisenhower ally was elected Denver mayor by a narrow margin of 766 votes. He received 60,505 to opponent Bert Keat’s 59,739 after a runoff triggered by the six candidate May race.
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Denver
Will F. Nicholson
Eisenhower
Colorado
Bert Keating
Nicholson
Keating
Molotov Urges UN Action For World Peace at San Francisco
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov addressed the United Nations on its 10th anniversary urging dedication to cementing world peace. He said the USSR would support the UN and emphasized the UN as a center to harmonize nations and reduce tension. He avoided a call for a formal peace declaration despite Romulo pushing for a San Francisco Declaration.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
Soviet Union
U. N
Molotov
World Organization 45
Westjern
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
U. N General Assembly
Basin Inter Agency Committee In Session
Grand Island Nebraska delegates from Basin states attend a one day meeting of the Basin Inter Agency Committee where Dr W V Lambert of the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture says knowledge from research can greatly cut damage in the Great Plains. Gov Victor Anderson welcomed attendees.
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Grand Island
Neb
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Great Plains
W. V. Lambert
Victor Anderson
Creighton University Dormitory Loan Approved
The Housing and Home Finance Agency in Washington approves a loan of 750000 dollars to Creighton University of Omaha to fund construction of a new men’s dormitory housing 354 students.
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Creighton University of Omaha
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Washington
Baer Almanac 1956 Breaks Tradition With New Weather Signs
Lancaster Pa The 131st Baer Almanac acknowledges another weather source besides its famed oracle noting the US Weather Bureau and even hints at funding its improvements. It predicts a cold early year with winds and snow in the North and forecasts August storms as major conventions occur nationwide. The edition also offers Leap Year guidance for women and notes a wide international distribution with circulation around 250000.
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Lancaster
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Barr
Almanac
Stevens Resigns as Army Secretary. Brucker Named Successor
President Eisenhower nominated Wilber M. Brucker to succeed Robert T. Stevens as secretary of the Army after Stevens cited compelling personal considerations for resigning. Brucker, former Michigan governor and Pentagon general counsel since 1934, will take over as Stevens plans to leave by late July.
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Washington
Robert T. Stevens
Army
Eisenhower
Wilber M. Brucker
Defense Department
Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
Brucker
Michigan
Detroit
White House
Stevens Eisenhower
New England
Wilson
Pvt G. David Schine
John G. Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Adams
Saginaw County
Bob
Brill Named Lake Manawa Conservation Officer
Conservation Officer Joe Brill arrived Wednesday to assume duties at Manawa Park succeeding Harold Berwick who moved to United Air Lines in San Francisco. Brill, 36, comes from Ledges State Park near Boone where he served three years and has 14 years with the conservation commission. He will reside in the state house at Manawa Park with his wife and two sons.
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Joe Brill
Manawa Park
Brill
Harold Berwick
Conservation Department
United Air Lines
San Francisco
Ledges State Park
Boone
The
Conservation Commission
Senate backs Ike views on Big Four and rebukes McCarthy
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voiced complete confidence that President Eisenhower will articulate American aims and succeed in negotiations at the Big Four summit. It urged rejection of Sen. McCarthy's resolution seeking satellite talks, warning it would undermine unity at a pivotal moment in world affairs. McCarthy pitched changing the measure to affirm humanitarian aims, while leaders expected a decisive Senate rejection of the resolution.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Lincoln School Board To Act On New Budget
Lincoln Neb city budget action set for Saturday night as the Lincoln school board considers a general fund about 650000 higher than last year 4652669. Superintendent Steven Watkins figures the levy will rise roughly 3.26 dollars per thousand of assessed property.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Put Jie
Steven Watkins
Farmers to face extra checks on gas tax refunds
About 300 Iowa farmers will receive forms demanding satisfactory evidence before refunds for gasoline used in nonhighway and agricultural work can be issued. The state treasurer's office will mail additional information requests as audits reveal excessive refund amounts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Earle Smith
Smith
Iowa-Missouri
Bank Deposits Show Increase in May Says Barometer
The May figures from the Business Barometer by the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce show bank loans up by 2,198,638 compared with a year ago. Deposits rose by 1,446,338 while postal receipts and building permits fell by 1,646 and 417,998 respectively.
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Council Bluffs
Chamber of Commerce
Flame Throwers To Destroy Marijuana Field In Cook County
Sheriff announces use of flame throwers to destroy a four mile long marijuana field valued at over two million dollars in southwestern Cook County. The field, 400 yards long, had been under surveillance for a month with no arrests reported. Investigator calls the crop clearly cultivated.
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Shicago .P
Cook County
Joseph D. Lohman
Chicagoland Marine Reserve
Lohman
Walter Fleming
Increase in 1955 Spring Pig Crop Reported
The Agriculture Department said the 1955 spring pig crop exceeded 1954 by percentage, with breeding intentions suggesting a 1955 fall crop 1 percent higher. The spring crop was estimated at 60,453,000 head, with a fall forecast of 40.74 million. Pigs saved per litter matched the 1934 record of 69, and total 1955 spring and fall production was about 101 million head, up 9 percent from last year and 14 percent above the 1944-53 average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Confirm Nominations in Senate Postmaster Picks
WASHINGTON The Senate confirmed postmaster nominations Glenn O Jones Atlantic Clarence A Norland Maruiml on Wednesday. The action moves to appoint officials overseeing mail distribution and rural delivery nationwide, reflecting ongoing staffing of the postal service.
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Washington
Senate
Glenn O. Jones
Atlantic
Clarence A. Norland
Maruiml
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