May Propose Formula For Cut In Arms
The United States Britain and France may propose at the next Big Four summit that Russia consider a formula to reverse the arms race in Europe. Dulles discussed the idea with Macmillan and Pinay during recent talks in New York and San Francisco. He noted Molotov’s responsive reply to US demands for compensation over a Soviet jet downing a US patrol plane. A Geneva summit is planned for July 18 with Eisenhower, Bulganin, Eden and Faure.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Europe
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
New York
San Francisco
United Nations
V. M. Molotov
Alaska
Siberia
Artice
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Eden
Faure
Geneva
European
Moscow
Warsaw
Thundershowers Forecast Here and Nearby Weather Impacts
The Weatherman expects thundershowers to start Monday evening and last through Tuesday with highs around 85 and a 65 degree low Tuesday morning. Nationwide showers linger into midweek according to the Des Moines Weather Bureau. Heavy rains flood parts of Nebraska and Wyoming with debris blocks on Highway 26 and hail reported near Scotts Bluff.
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Lake Manawa
Manawa
Des Moines
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Dubuaque
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Sheep Creek
Henry
Neb
Highway 26
Nebraska
Wyoming
Torrington
Wyo
Scotts Bluff
Hoeghs Vacationing At Colorado Springs
DES MOINES Gov. Leo Hoegh is vacationing with his family at their summer home near Colorado Springs. His office said Monday he planned to spend this week and next with his wife and two small daughters. The family left a week ago Saturday and the governor followed a week later.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
Simmer Hore
Colorado Springs
Chuckle Jokes About Golf and Marriage
A grouchy husband teases that his wife will leave him if he does not give up golf. His friend replies that it is tough, and the man laments he will miss his wife if she leaves.
1846 U S Stamp Sells For 4200 At London Sale
A hand made five cent U S stamp from 1846, one of about a dozen known, sold in London for 1500 pounds or about 4200 dollars. Issued by Millbury Massachusetts postmaster before the 1847 general issue, local stamps were permitted. Sir Nicholas Waterhouse offered the piece, bought by an Australian collector whose name was not released.
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London
United States
Millbury
Mass
Nicholas Waterhouse
Effingham
Four Iowans Die In Weekend Traffic Mishaps
Four Iowans died in motor vehicle accidents across Floyd County Monona County and Guthrie Center area over the weekend. Sylvia Rey 19 of Rudd died in a two car collision two miles west of Rudd and five others were injured. Delaine Malone 19 of Ute died on Highway 141 north of Mapleton and six others were injured. Lawrence John Herman 39 of Dubuque was killed when his tractor overturned near Manchester while Wayne Titus 14 of Guthrie Center died from earlier injuries in an auto crash nearby. Services were planned for the Titus boy Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Roy
Rudd
Floyd County
Malone
Mapleton
Herman
Manchester
Titus
Guthrie Center
Two More Deaths To Nebraska Toll In 1955 Traffic Deaths
Nebraska reports two additional road fatalities for 1955. One year old Robert Siercks of Fremont died when his car rolled over on a county road west of Fremont. Guy Davis of Lincoln, age five, died after losing control of his car which struck a bridge north of Alliance. Davis was an assistant 4 H club leader and pioneer in the state 4 H movement. The toll for the year rises to 130, one less than the previous year.
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Nebraska
Robert Siercks
Fremont
Guy Davis
Lincoln
Young Siercks
State Highway Patrol
Siereks
Davis
Alliance
Toll Free Bridge to Open at Midnight in Nebraska City
The Missouri River bridge on Highway 2 linking Iowa and Nebraska City will become toll free at midnight Thursday. Nebraska City will retire the last 35,009 dollars of bridge bonds on July 1 and celebrate for two days. The bridge, built in 1920, marks the end of tolls on this crossing.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Iowa
Missouri River
Nebraska
Hart resigns as Highway Commission auditor
DES MOINES Klare L Hart 65 Ames resigned Monday as State Highway Commission auditor for the state comptroller's office. The resignation is effective June 0. State Comptroller Glenn Sars field said Hart resigned because of ill health. He appointed Quentin A Love 34 Fort Dodge to succeed Hart on July 1. Hart has been commission auditor since 18. Love has been an auditor for the comptroller's office at Town State College for the last four years. The commission auditor position pays 5 640 a year.
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Des Moines
Klare L. Hart
Ames
State Highway Commission
Glenn Sarsfield
Hart
Quentin A. Love
Fort Dodge
Commission
Love
Town State College
Business Snowball Stand Sparks Liqueur Scandal
In New Orleans Mrs Paul Spurlock reports a snowball stand outside her house where her children allegedly used two bottles of liqueur to spike the treats. Citizens queued as the situation escalated prompting her to intervene and preserve the remaining liquor.
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New Orleans
Paul Spurlock
Heats On for Industrial Fund in Council Bluffs
Monday announcements launched the final push for a $200,000 Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation drive. Dr ive chairman James Mulqueen announced $138,200 already pledged, with 3,500 local businesspeople targeted over five days to raise the remaining $61,800. Foundation President L. W. Ross cited national interest in the site as a sign of progress. An 80 acre site option was secured last month, with funds to spur local industry and attract new business. Mulqueen noted 100 jobs would mean about $280,000 in payroll and over $500,000 in local trade.
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Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation
Council Bluffs
Mulqueen
Attacking MiGs Piloted By Russians
In Formosa area a Nationalist Air Force briefing says Russians piloted MiG jets that shot down a T33 trainer and attacked an unarmed commercial plane over the Formosa Strait near Matsu Island. Intercepted radio traffic was in Russian and the trainer crashed into the sea with the pilot dead.
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Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Matsu Island
Matsu
Day Becomes Night Over Central London
A freak blackout turned day into night over central London for two hours on Monday. Hundreds called the Weather Bureau for an explanation as street lights came on and animals sheltered. The bureau cited a pall of heavy black smoke trapped under low clouds as the cause.
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London
Nehru Tours Vienna Amid Cheerful Welcome
Indian Prime Minister Nehru spent Monday sightseeing in Vienna as part of his European tour. Thousands of Austrians lined the road to cheer the Asian leader on his arrival from Warsaw aboard a special Soviet plane.
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Vienna
Nehru
Warsaw
Dulles Plans Bangor Flight for talks with Eisenhower
Secretary of State Dulles will fly to Bangor Maine Monday afternoon for discussions with President Eisenhower on foreign policy issues including the defense of an American plane shot down by Russian fighters.
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Dulles
Maine
Washington
Bangor
Eisenhowere
Kilgore to plead innocent on new charges
Alvin Kilgore, 43, held in county jail, will plead innocent and seek a jury trial on charges of robbery and larceny of a motor vehicle related to a shooting case. He was released from Nebraskan penitentiary after serving time for the Council Bluffs officer shooting in which Sgt. Wilbur B. Miller was killed. Kilgore says he served 20 years and now feels he has paid his debt.
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Alvin Kilgore
Kilgore
Nebraska Penitentiary
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Wilbur B
Webb) Miller
Miller
Earl Miller
Philip McCamey
McCamey
Iowa Farmers Back Wheat Quotas in 1956 Vote
Des Moines Iowa farmers approved rigid marketing quotas for the 1956 wheat crop by 1027 to 233 with participation from 82 counties. Unofficial nationwide tally stood at 254197 for and 73852 against.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mannasmith Elected President of Iowa Shorthand Reporters
L. W. Mannasmith a court reporter for District Judge Charles Roe was chosen president of the Iowa Shorthand Reporters Assn at a Des Moines meeting Sunday. Other officers named include N. L. Hutchison first vice president Roy Jensen second vice president and Wes Hart secretary treasurer.
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L. W. Mannasmith
Iowa Shorthand Reporters Assn
Des Moines
Mannasmith
Charles Roe
N. L. Hutchison
Dubuque
Roy Jensen
Waterloo
Wes Hart
Omaha
Jet trainer downed near Matsu Islands amid air clash
Taiwan Nationalist Defense Ministry said Chinese Communist MIGs shot down a T33 trainer near the Matsu Islands within two hours of Red jets striking an unarmed twin-engine amphibian plane. The incident underscores mounting air clashes in Formosa March reports.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Matsu Islands
Bible Society publishes unique new pictorial New Testament
The American Bible Society Monday released a 251 page pictorial New Testament titled The Good News featuring 56 photographs and nine maps. It pairs scriptural accounts with museum era scenes and archaeological findings to depict Jesus time with authentic artifacts and settings.
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Bible Society
New Testament
New York
Jesus
American Bible Society
Gilbert Darlington
Darlington
Caesar
Rom
Torrents Of Rain And Hail Wreak Heavy Crop Losses
Severe storms lashed southeastern Wyoming causing thousands in damages to sugar beet crops in the North Platte valley and flooding towns. The National Guard aided traffic and shelter, power outages hit Torrington and Fort Laramie, and emergency crews fed evacuees as bridges failed and U.S. 85 flooded.
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Wyoming
Torrington
Wyo
North Platte River Valley
National Guard
North Platte
Fort Laramie
Lingle
Guernsey
Wyoming Highway Patrol
U.S. 26
Stan Hathaway
Red Cross
Goshen County Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne
Cherry Creek
Civil Defense
Council Bluffs Armory Bids Set For July 20
The Iowa Adjutant General says bids for a new four unit National Guard armory at Fifth Ave and Pearl St in Council Bluffs will open July 20. The two story 100 by 100 foot building will connect to the Dodge Lightguard Armory, replacing the old adjacent armory. Deeds to the site were provided by a trust including Lt Gen Mathew A Tinley.
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National Guard
Fifth Ave
Pearl St
Council Bluffs
Iowa Adjutant General
Associated Press
Des Moines
Fred C. Tandy
Adjutant General
Dodge Lightguard
Mathew A. Tinley
Denison
Shenandoah
Chariton
Tandy
Muscatine Aluminum Co. Furnace Destroyed by Fire
In Muscatine the McCormick-Craiz Co. aluminum coating firm suffered a fire that destroyed a two story brick building. Unofficial estimates place damage at over 200000. Only the walls remained as generators and anodizing machines were lost. The blaze began with an explosion and flames were seen for miles. The fire was headed by Brent R. McCormick. Cause of the fire had not been determined.
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Muscatine
McCormick-Craiz Co
Huttig Co
Home-O-Nize Co
Fie
Brent R. McCormick
Moscow Invitation Accepted By Tito
Belgrade radio announced President Tito accepted an invitation to visit Moscow after a Big Three Yugoslavia conference. The communique said the United States Britain and France had reached broad agreement on international questions and stressed a strong independent Yugoslavia. It pledged continued cooperation among the four nations.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
United States
Biitain
France
Oklahoma alumni magazine wins Magazine of the Year
The University of Oklahoma alumni publication Sooner Magazine was named American Alumni Magazine of the Year at the organization’s 40th general conference held in Brenton Woods New Hampshire.
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Bretton Woods
Sooner
University of Oklahoma
Segni Wins pledges to form government in Rome
In Rome a six year old farmer and scholar Antonio Segni received the pledge of fullest cooperation from the Christian Democrats as he moves to form a government. The young candidate is backed by the party's center group and seeks to lead a new Christian Democrat administration.
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Segni
Rome
Antonio Segni
Oreater Christian Democrat
Christian Democrats
Polio Vaccine Probe From Cutter Turmoil Nearing Close
Washington The Public Health Service said Monday its report on the questioned polio vaccine from Cutter Laboratory should be ready by the latter part of the week or early next week. The probe centers on safety and production practices at Cutter in relation to early vaccine batches.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Smd
Cutter
Wayne Anderson Dies in Sweden in Car Crash
Wayne C. Anderson 44 of Red Oak Iowa United States Department of Agriculture attache to Stockholm died in Eskilstuna Sweden from injuries suffered in an automobile crash last Thursday. He suffered skull and jaw fractures a concussion left arm crushed and left thigh broken. Survived by widow son Bill daughter Mrs Catham Horn and sister Mrs Lloyd Olenius. He was born September 5 1910 in Stanton Iowa and had served on multiple farm and rural electrification boards. He represented USDA in Sweden and Finland since arriving April 6.
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Eskilstuna
Sweden
Wayne C. Anderson
Red Oak
Iowa
U. S
Stockholm
Anderson
Eskilstuna Hospital
USDA
Finland
Stanton
Iowa Farm Bureau Board
Nyman Rea
Town Rural Electrification Cooperatives
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co
Security State Bank
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
Bill
Catham Horn
Wichita
Lloyd Olenius
Drownings After Boat Overturns On Lake Erie
PORT COLBORNE Ont Missing four people after an overturned boat on Lake Erie. Two survivors recount clinging to the side through the night. Missing are Eart Snyder John Smith Rene Chamberlin Theresa Degrazio. Gladys Wilson Gordon Johnston were rescued and treated for shock. Boat sighted near Port Colborne about 30 miles from Buffalo.
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Port Colborne
Lake Erie
Eart Snyder
John Smith
Rene Chamberlin
Welland
Ont
Theresa ‘Degrazio
Crowland
Gladys Wilson
Gordon Johnston
Buffalo
Names For Twins Pose Baptismal Oddities In Birmingham
In Birmingham England a couple sought to name twin boys Peter and Repeter and twin girls Kate and Duplikate. Rev John Jackson of St John’s Church advised dropping these ideas and urged the Church of England to ban absurd baptism names to spare children lifelong labels. The parish has two children Janet and John.
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Birmingham
England
Peter
Repeter
Kate
Duplikate
Janet
John
Helicopter plan to lower steeple abandoned at Old North Church
Civil Aeronautics Authority officials say the proposed helicopter method to lower a new steeple at Boston’s Old North Church was abandoned as too risky due to limited latitude for safety in the congested area. Investigators noted the project halted after a previous hurricane damaged the site.
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Boston
Old North Church
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Egg candling tests begin nationwide under new egg law
DES MOINES reports a week of one day egg candling and grading exams for an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 applicants in 99 counties. Two dollar per year permits under the new law take effect July. L B Liddy says many applicants are women as large establishments send nearly all female candlers and graders.
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Des Moines
L. B. Liddy
Department of Agriculture Dairy and Foods Division
Harry Agganis Dies at 25 Red Sox First Baseman
Cambridge Mass Harry Agganis 25 Red Sox first base man who had been ill weeks died Monday in Sancta Maria hospital Doctors said death due to a massive pulmonary embolism Red Sox issued a statement by three doctors noting a slow convalescence from a severe pulmonary infection complicated by phlebitic death attributed to embolism
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Cambridge
Mass
Harry Agganis
Red Sox
Sancta Maria Hospital
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