60 MPH Winds Topple Trees and Down Power Lines
A fast moving storm lashed Council Bluffs with 60 mph winds, toppled dozens of trees, and knocked out power lines across the city. Iowa Power and Light reported a dozen high voltage feeders down, lightning struck a substation, and by mid-morning service was restored. Rain totals ranged from 0.7 to 1.1 inches, with a 5.64 inch year total and a cooling trend from 94 to 64. Nonstop winds and heavy rainfall also hit Sioux City and western Iowa, prompting widespread reports of damage and record rainfall in several towns.
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Council Bluffs
Public Works Department
Vern Beats
Iowa Power and Light Co
Beats
Sixteenth Avenue
Eleventh Street
John Northcott
Weather Bureau
Hill
Council Bluffs Experimental Farm
Mercury
Sioux City
Mit
Lowva
Algona
Williams
Webster City
Estherville
Buckeye
Popejoy
Garvin
Cedar Rapids
Parkersburg
Haverhill
Osage
Forest City
Spencer
Sac City
Shell Rock
Emmetsburg
Kanawha
Dumont
Jefferson
North English
Atlantic
Harlan
Sibley
Lenox
Mason
Iowa
Sioux Rapids
Mason City
Nebraska
Grand Island
Cty
Union Pacific
DCT
Lght
Imperial
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Sidney
Norfolk
Todays Chuckle with a Country Dream and a Good Car
A lighthearted quip advises that content country living requires a poet soul a philosopher mind simple hermit tastes and a solid car to enjoy the rural lifestyle.
Army War College Grad Russell Receives 10 Month Course
Col. Clyde R. Russell son of Mr and Mrs George T Russell 17 W Pierce St has graduated from the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks Pa He was among about 200 senior officers completing a 10 month course at the Army s highest educational institution Russell now assigned to the Third Army headquarters in Germany He entered the Army in 1941 His wife Virginia resides in Des Moines
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Clyde R. Russell
George T. Russell
W. Pierce St
Army War College
Carlisle Barracks
Russell
Senate Rejects Holding Efforts on Air Force Funds
The Senate defeated a Republican bid to cap an Air Force funds boost at 300 million dollars above Eisenhower’s budget, clearing the way for a potential increase of nearly a billion dollars in White House and Defense Department air power requests. Senator Bridges of New Hampshire proposed a 500 million cap but lost 47 to 42.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
White House
Defense Department
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Reports May Have Been Sold As Paper
Senator Bridges urged the House to determine if key Statements of campaign contributions were destroyed after House Clerk Ralph R. Roberts suggested the documents were sold as scrap paper. The records include the 1952 Republican National Committee treasurer report and Democratic treasurer filings. the DOJ seeks them for investigations.
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Wshington
Sen. Bridges
House
St. Louis
Robertsop
Wayne C. Grover
Signs Confession In Double Killing
Spencer county attorney said Herbert Seebeck 61 deaf mute signed a statement that he killed his sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Hagberg of Spencer Monday. Hoover reported Seebeck gave the statement to him and Sheriff Al Thorall. The statement said the Hagbergs and he had trouble.
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Spencer
Earl Hoover
Herbert Seebeck
Herberg
Hoover
Seebeck
Thorall al
Hagbergs
Plot To Kill Batista in Cuba Warned by Police
Mexican police say 20 Cuban exiles were arrested exposing a planned assassination of President Fulgencio Batista. Authorities report a target date in late July with simultaneous uprisings planned in Havana and 10 major cities.
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Merlico City
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
Hangs Himself in Des Moines Jail Cell
William J. Kness a 37 year old man from Carroll hanged himself with a belt in a Des Moines city jail cell Monday night. Police said he was in custody on suspicion of attempting to pass false checks after being arrested Monday afternoon following an attempted cashing of a check at a service station where an attendant notified police.
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Des Moines
Wiliam J. Kness
Carrol
Kness
Guided Missiles Can Be Tested
The Air Force has Snark and Navaho missiles ready for extended tests after the U S Britain extend the U 3 test range to 5000 miles into the Atlantic. The range now reaches Ascension Island enabling tests from Patrick AFB Florida toward a distant South American Africa midpoint site.
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Washington
Air Force
Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
Florida
Ascension Island
Ascension
South America
Africa
Patrick Air Force Base
Britain
Butler Faces Fight At Demo Conclave
INDIANAPOLIS. National Democratic Chairman Paul Butler faces a uphill challenge against Frank E. McKinney in Indiana convention. McKinney's choice State Sen. Matthew Welsh leads early but likely lacks a majority of 1923 delegates. Hugh Dillin, Robert D. Branigin, and Mayor Ralph Tucker also contend for the six man gubernatorial race.
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Indianapolis
Paul Butler
Frank E. McKinney
Matthew E. Welsh
Vincennes
McKinney
Welsh
Wels
Hugh Dillin
Petersburg
Butler
Robert D. Branizin
Lafayette
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Bomber Crashes Near Salina Killing 3 Crew
A P A B T bomber from Smoky Hill Air Force Base crashed in a wheat field near Salina Kansas early Tuesday killing three crew members. The aircraft was returning from a routine training mission when it exploded scattering wreckage over about a mile. Names of the dead were withheld pending notification of next of kin. One body and parts of another were recovered at the crash site.
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Salina. Kan
Salina
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Roosevelt's Wife Seeks Final Decree in California Divorce
Pasadena California. Mrs James Roosevelt requests a final decree of divorce from Brep. James Roosevelt after twelve years of marriage. The Roosevelts remain married until a judge signs the decree. An interlocutory decree was granted June 22, 1958.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Superior Court
Roosevelts
Rassvelt
Heavy Early Voting Marks City Special Election
Voting was very heavy mid morning in the citys special election with 2652 votes recorded by noon across 19 precincts and 438 absentee ballots. The Sixth Ward led activity with 755 ballots cast as officials reported early turnout. The city manager plan had been approved on October 7, 1949.
Train Bus Crash Leaves Six Injured Near Denison
Six people were hospitalized after a Greyhound bound Chicago to Omaha collided with Milwaukee train No. 219 at Arion crossing on US 30, seven miles southwest of Denison. Injuries ranged from head and rib to arm and leg. bus driver and train crew were unharmed. Several ambulances responded, and patients were treated at Crawford County Hospital Denison.
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Denison
Arion
US 30
Here
Greyhound
Chicago
Omaha
Milwaukee
A. L. Merritt
Merritt
Sioux City
Missouri Valley
Dow City
Dunlap
Rom Dunlap
Craw-ford County
Etta’ Tane
Dorothy Bryant
Perry
Ford
Loretta O'Connell
Carroll
Frank Shelidorf
West
Minnie Halsebus
Columbus
Fair
Tina Benéke
Madeleine White
Cliff Harsted
Fatalities and Injuries Reported in Unclear Incident
An incident at a site produced multiple fatalities and serious injuries with varying counts and damaged equipment. The report lists figures such as four deaths and four injuries, but the exact details and circumstances remain unclear due to garbled text. Authorities are expected to release a formal update.
Municipal election returns from Tuesday’s vote
Returns will be available by calling The Nonpareil. First returns around 9 p.m. Dial 7523 for automatic results, or 4061 if busy. By noon, 1,302 votes with 93 absentee ballots, described as tight. In 1949 total votes were 4,119 for city manager plan and 3,132 against, with 12 of 19 precincts carrying.
Guatemala Under Army Rule After Student Protests
President Carlos Castillo Armas placed Guatemala under army control after demonstrations in which four students were killed and 17 injured. A state of siege was declared as troops took charge, amid protests against curbs on civil liberties following Arbenz’s overthrow and alleged underground communist influence.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Contol
Nuadret
Darlos Castillo Armas
Castilo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Youngster Learns How To Keep His Many Friends Happy
In Jacksonville Florida a boy named Michael Lowas, age unknown, took a purse from a neighbor and distributed $36 in small bills to friends including Larry Lowas. The boy feared the ice cream man had taken most of the money as the incident drew concern in the neighborhood.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Michael Lowas
Larry Lowas
Congress Sends 33 Billion Highway Bill To Eisenhower
Congress sent to President Eisenhower a 33 billion highway construction bill the largest public works program in U. S. history. The Senate passed 89 to 1 with Sen. Long dissenting. the House approved earlier by voice vote. The plan funds a coast to coast interstate system with four lanes or more, limited access and bypasses, linking 42 state capitals and many large cities. It imposes new taxes including higher gas, tire, and vehicle levies to raise about 1 billion dollars yearly over 16 years, starting immediately. The final bill blends Senate Gore and House Fallon measures and is expected to be signed quickly.
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Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen. Long
D-La
House
Hisenhower
American Trucking Assn
Sen. Gore
Rep
Fallon
D-Md
Atlantic and Pacific
Canadian
Gulf and Mexican
Pension Drive Split Shapes Veteran Benefits Fight
Washington leaders unveiled a half-cost pension plan for veterans as House debates over a costly bill continued. Rep Edmondson says American Legion and VFW back 90 dollars a month instead of 105, trimming first year costs to about 0.67 billion. Teague and Speaker Rayburn back a rival plan aiding seriously disabled vets with roughly 0.2 billion first year. Republicans caucused to allow free votes while White House had not yet commented after previous opposition to the main bill.
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Washington
House
Rep
Edmondson
D-Okla
American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House Veterans Committee
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Eisenhower
White House
Delivered Bride When She Was Born
Clifton Forge Virginia to Alderson West Virginia story describes Dr. Paul Argabrite delivering Sharon Ann Kirby born recently. Dr Argabrite lists his professions as farmer and doctor and says he delivered his pride at the time of her birth.
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Clifton Forge
Ortho Paul Argabrite
Alderson
W. Va
Marea Sharon Ann Kirby
Argabrite
Eisenhower reportedly displeased with Wilson
White House press secretary James C. Hager dismissed as a lot of nonsense a report that President Eisenhower is displeased with Secretary of Defense Wilson and plans to ask for his resignation.
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Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Defense Wilson
AFL Council Holds Key To Merger Proposal
Des Moines report states three council members discuss merger talks as AFL officials weigh options. The article notes a formal position by CIO leaders and potential actions at upcoming meetings to advance or block the plan.
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AFL Council
Des Moines
Tie Audito Weiine Tala i. Ye Cio
CIO
AFL
Marilyn Miller Cay About Wedding Date
Roxbury Conn. Mrs Mari Monns and playwright Arthur Miter discuss their upcoming marriage. They have not announced a date or venue. A hint was dropped that Saturday could be the day, but no details are provided.
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Marilyn
Miller Cay
Roxbury
Conn
Mari Monns
Arthur Miter
Trey
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