Omaha Airplane Crash Injures Two Men in Cornfield Scene
Two Omaha men were hospitalized in fair to serious condition after a Thursday plane crash in a cornfield near North Fifteenth Street and River Boulevard. Pilot Harold Honeywell, 29, suffered possible skull fracture and facial injuries. passenger William Scarborough, 26, sustained severe head injuries and multiple fractures. Officials investigated, with police guarding the wreckage for inspectors. The aircraft, a converted Fairchild PT-26 owned by Aeroser Viet Inc, was described as a joy ride. Witnesses described a low flight, wing failure, and the plane breaking apart on impact. Both men regained consciousness but could not recall the crash.
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Omaha
Mercy Hospital
Fifteenth Street
River Boulevard
Harold Honeywell
William W. Scarborough
Aeroserviet, Inc
Honeywell
Scarborough
R. J. Bledsoe
Avenue N
Missouri River
Bledsoe
Joan Huebner
West Broadway
Huebner
Scarporagh
See 22 Mill Tax Boost for Schools
The tentative 1949 50 budget for Council Bluffs schools totals 1 271 152 a rise of 141 421 over the current 1 129 731 budget A 1 mill building fund levy is proposed plus a 1 mill increase offset by bond and playground adjustments State aid is estimated to rise about 100 000 next year with major gains in general aid to 223 612 Tuition and state apportionment total about 70 000 unchanged The instructional cost rise includes salaries textbooks and equipment A maintenance budget of 69 000 replaces 43 000 to cover remodeling costs at Dodge school The current year mill levy of 30 742 would rise to roughly 33 or 33 mills Formal approval is set for July 1 Auditors Judd Kelser and Scott were hired to audit the district and two high schools.
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Council Bluffs
Vuard
Russel Mourer
Thomas Jefferson High School
Dennis Nelson
Increnas
Dodge School
Judd, Kelser
Scott
Hearing July 22 on Cleghorn Ordinance
Des Moines Iowa state commerce commission schedules a July 22 hearing at Cherokee on a Cleghorn Iowa ordinance to regulate Mindrs Central railroad train speeds over Cleghorn crossings.
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Des Moines
Cherokee
Iowa State Commerce , Commission
Cleghorn
Central Railroad
State board of control visits Orphans Home and reformatory
The three member state board of control visited the Soldiers' Orphans' home in Davenport and will complete its semiannual visits next week with trips to the men's reformatory at Anamosa on Monday and Tuesday.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
Anamosa
Truman Pushes End of Postmaster Political Appointments
President Truman urged Congress to remove postmaster appointments from politics and have the postmaster general appoint all postmasters under civil service rules. The move, aligned with Hoover Commission plans, would end Senate confirmation for first three class postmasters and shift smaller fourth class posts to the postmaster general. He also called for postal rates to reflect rising costs and warned of a potential annual deficit of over 400 million dollars for fiscal year 1950 starting July 1.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Civil Service and Classification Acts
Senate
Civil Service Syatem
Lne
Government Reorganization Commission
Hoover
Cost of Living Slightly Down in May Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the cost of living edged down three tenths of a percent for the month ending May 15, with little overall change over two months in the national average. Fluctuations varied by city, while most major groups fell slightly, led by fuels, house furnishings, and apparel.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Greek Premier Sophoulis Dies at 83 in Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis, premier of Greece, died Friday at his summer residence at 4 15 p m aged 83. He had been premier since September 7 1947 and had long been a central figure in Greek politics amid civil war turmoil with communist guerrillas in the north.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Greece
Sophoulis
Guer Julas
Four Men Hurt in Waterloo Gas Plant Blast
Four men were injured in an explosion at the Town Public Service Co gas plant in Waterloo on Friday. The blast happened in a stone building used for testing gas meters. Merle W. Parr, division manager, and Assistant Fire Chief Ray Garrabrant said the cause of the fire was unknown.
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Waterloo
Town Public Service Co
Merle W. Parr
Parr
Ray Garrabrant
Isotope jet material sparks fuel for turbine debate
Atomic Energy Commissioner Lewis u. Strauss charged that a iron 59 radio isotope sent to Norway months ago could aid jet turbine development for high temperature use in military aircraft. He said Norway seeks alloys for jet turbines and testified the isotope’s main use is for high speed military engines.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Lewis U. Strauss
Strauss
McMahon
SEC
Senator Hickenlooper
Rtowa
Shenandoah Girl Stricken By Infantile Paralysis
Barbara Saddler eight daughter of Owen and Mrs Saddler of Shenandoah and manager of KMA radio station is hospitalized in Omaha with infantile paralysis at Children’s Hospital.
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Shenandoah
Barbara Saddler
Owen Saddler
KMA
Children’s Hospital
Omaha
General Philip B. Peyton Dies at 63 in Walter Reed Hospital
Retired Army Major General Philip B. Peyton died Friday at Walter Reed General Hospital after a heart attack. He was 63 and formerly commanded the Army War College in Washington and the First Army Corps in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Washington
Philip B. Peyton
Walter Reed General Hospital
Peyton
Army War College
First Army Corps
Columbia
S.C
Fort Dodge Freight Carrier Hearing Continued
A hearing on the commercial cartage company Fort Dodge to operate as a freight carrier was continued to a later date.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Senate Group Claims Unity Against TH
Senators claim unity against the Taft Hartley act and its emergency injunction powers as the chamber’s parliamentary outlook shifts. The Lucas amendment to remove injunction authority and leave seizure powers dominates the debate, with a Holland plan offering an alternative 60 day injunction proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas of
Mlinois
Senate Democrats
Truman
Lucas
Taft
Ohio
Holland
D-Fla
Hiss Denies Perjury Count in Trial Testimony
In New York, Whittaker Chambers convicts Hiss of passing government papers in 1937 and 1939 while Hiss testifies he last saw Chambers in late May or early June 1936 and did not meet him after January 1, 1937 until within the last year. He denies the perjury count and maintains he did not see Chambers after the 1937 date until recently.
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New York
Aiger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Essex Approves School Bond Issue
Essex voters approved a $55,000 school addition bond issue for an auditorium and gymnasium in an election Thursday. The measure passed 299 to 10 with 310 votes cast and one spoiled ballot. Superintendent Glen Hornbuckle said construction would begin after bids are let.
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Essex
Essex Independent School District
Glen Hornbuckle
War Veteran Killed on Eve of Wedding
A 24 year old Aledo war veteran Robert Bowlinghouse was killed when his car overturned near White Hall Greene county while en route to Cairo for a planned Saturday wedding to Margaret Marchildren 19 of Cairo. His companion Bill Lee escaped with minor injuries.
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Galesburg
Aledo
Cairo
Robert Boulinghouse
White Hall
Greene County
Bill Lee
Houtinghouse
Margaret K. Marchildren
Morrison Man Admits Mutilation Slaying
Edward J. Beckwith, 27, of Morrison, confessed to the mutilation slaying of 22 year old Mrs Irma Jean Stahlhut found in a tavern cooler. He said he killed her with a paring knife after attempting a sexual assault, after which he fled before being captured by a posse.
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Morrison, Ta
Edward J
Buddy) Beckwith
Morrison
Max Studer
Irma Jean
Stahihut
Beckwith
Studer
Meyer
E. M. Beckwith
Rain causes state wide wind and flood damage
Wall Street Commission Kilne Taylor describes Thursday night rain as part of a system bringing 1.22 inches to the area. Weather forecasts predict more thundershowers and mid sixties temps, with highs near 90 on Saturday. Across the state, winds uprooted trees, damaged roofs, and knocked out power. towns like Decorah and Shell Rock reported antenna damage and flooded streets. Dumont and Albia logged heavy totals, Dumont the heaviest in 15 years.
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South First Street
Wall Street
Kilne ‘Taylor
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Associated Press
Decorah
KDEC
Shell Rock
Albia
Eddyville
Glenwood Horse Show Rescheduled After Rain Delay
The Glenwood horse show postponed this week due to rain has been moved to Monday and Tuesday June 27 and 28. The notice appears in the paper with page references to other local items including a drive education proposal and city planning updates.
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Glenwood
Council Bluffs JayCees
Flocdl
New Police Action Against Catholicism in Czechoslovakia
The government in Prague announced stronger police action against Catholic priests and bishops, especially in Slovakia, amid reports of monastery closures and priest arrests. The move aims to curb Vatican influence as church-state tensions escalate. Czech Protestants were said to consider backing the Catholic church in the conflict.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Vatican
Ita
Conservation Officer Finds Boy's Clothes at Lake Gene Carrier
A state conservation officer and Lake Manawa custodian reports finding a complete outfit belonging to a boy about 10 in a men's toilet near the bath house. He fears the child may have swum away or drowned, but suspects the lad may have simply left in his bathing suit and hopes the owner turns up.
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Lake
Gene Carrier
Lake Manawa
Carrier
Manawa
Clark Orders Night Rider Investigation In Alabama
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a full Justice Department field investigation into recent night rider violence in Alabama. The inquiry, noting alleged Klan involvement, coincides with congressional hearings on Alabama floggings. House judiciary subcommittee hearings begin next Wednesday with Birmingham reporters as witnesses, drawing county and party debate.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Congress
House
Clarke Stallworth
Birmingham Post
Clarence Lake
Birmingham News
Rattle
Ala
Birmingham
Battle S
Battle
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Celler
New York
Convict’s Arrest Solves Sioux City Wave of Burglaries
Sioux City police say a 35 year old ex convict known as the strip bandit confessed to more than 30 burglaries in the country club area north side and west side. Detectives recovered part of the loot after arrest on a roofing job on the west side.
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Siouk City
Thomas Lair
Country Club
North Slide
West Side
Lair
Russell H. White
Approve Increase in Minimum Wage Law
The senate labor committee unanimously approved raising the current 40 cent per hour minimum wage to 75 cents. They rejected broad expansion, opting to cover about 10,000 additional workers under the wage law. Senator Pepper of Florida expressed optimism about passage in both chambers.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Pepper
D.-Fla
Senate
House
House Labor Committee
Bus Pitches Off Highway Injures 34 in Crash
A Greyhound bus traveling from New York to Washington left a highway near Baltimore at dawn, injuring 34 people. All but one passenger and the driver survived with non critical injuries as the vehicle struck culvert fenders and an embankment after veering to avoid a car. The driver Philip Thedeau said he became drowsy before the crash.
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Houismore
New York-Washington
Greyhound
Baltimore
William Dreyer
Philip the
Deau
Confirm Appointment of Ravndal Ambassador to Uruguay
The Senate on Friday confirmed Christian M. Ravndal as ambassador to Uruguay. Ravndal, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, was nominated for the post and now takes up the duties in Montevideo.
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Washington
Senate
Christian M. Ravndal
Uruguay
Ravndal
Decorah, In
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