May Propose Formula For Cut In Arms
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France may propose at the Big Four summit next month that Russia consider a formula to reverse the arms race in Europe. Dulles and British French ministers discussed possible steps during recent talks in New York and San Francisco ahead of a Geneva meeting slated for July 18.
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Joan 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
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Eden
Faure
Geneva
Moscow
Warsaw
Thundershowers Forecast Here
The Weatherman forecasts thundershowers from Monday evening through Tuesday with a high around 85 and a low near 64. Pleasant weekend at Lake Manawa drew crowds as record rain fell elsewhere in Nebraska and Iowa with flash floods and hail reported near Scottsbluff and Torrington.
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Lake Manawa
Manawwa
Des Moines
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Tobuque
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Sheep Creek
Henry
Neb
Highway 26
Nebraska
Wyoming
Torrington
Wyo
Scottsplaff
Hoegh Family Vacationing Near Colorado Springs
DES MOINES Gov Leo Hoegh is on vacation with his wife and two young daughters at a summer home near Colorado Springs. The Hig office said Monday he planned to spend this week and next there after the family left Des Moines a week ago Saturday, with the governor following a week later.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
Colorado Springs
Hig Offie
Chuckle cartoon gag about golf and marriage
Daily joke panel depicts a man pleading with golf as the reason his wife would leave him. A friend quips with humor about being “gomer to muss her,” highlighting the comic misunderstanding and lighthearted frustration with golf commitments.
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Gomer
1846 U S five cent stamp sells in London
A hand made United States five cent stamp from 1846 sold in London on Monday for 1500 pounds (34200). Believed to be one of 12 remaining, it was issued by the Millbury Massachusetts postmaster before the nationwide 1847 stamp issue. Sir Nicholas Waterhouse offered the piece. an Australian collector bought it.
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London
United States
Millbury
Mass
Nicholas Waterhouse
Effingham
Four Towans Die In Traffic Mishaps This Weekend
Four Towans died in separate motor vehicle accidents on state roads over the weekend. Sylvia Rey, 19, of Rudd died in a two-vehicle crash west of Rudd. Delaine Malone, 19, of Ute, and Wayne Titus, 14, of Guthrie Center, died in separate incidents. Lawrence John Herman, 34, of Dubuque, was killed when a tractor overturned on a Grant County farm road. Malone and several others were injured in the Mapleton area crash. Titus’s death followed injuries from a Guthrie Center crash earlier Saturday. services are planned Tuesday for Titus.
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Associated Press
Sylvia Rey
Inez Roy
Rudd
Delaine Malone
Ute
Lawrence John Herman
Dubuque
Wayne Titus
Harold Titus
Guthrie Center
Miss Roy
Floyd County
Malone
Mapleton
Herman
Grant
Manchester
Titus
Two More Deaths In Nebraska Traffic Toll
Nebraska’s 1955 traffic toll rises with two more deaths. Robert Siercks, 19, of Fremont died after his car ran out of control and rolled over three miles west of Fremont. Guy Davis, 65, of Lincoln, an assistant 4-H leader, died when his car struck a bridge six miles north of Alliance. The year’s toll reaches 130, near last year’s 131.
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Nebraska
Robert Siercks
Fremont
Guy Davis
Lincoln
Young Siercks
Frermont
Hughway
Siercks
Davis
Alliance
Toll Free Bridge to Open Over Missouri River
Western Iowa will gain a toll free bridge connecting Iowa and Nebraska at Nebraska City on Highway 1. The Missouri River span will be free at midnight Thursday as Nebraska City retires the last 3501 of bridge bonds on July 1, with a two day celebration.
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Nepataska City
Iowa
Missouri River
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Hart Resigns as Highway Commission Auditor
Des Moines reports 65 year old L Hart of Ames resigned Monday as State Highway Commission auditor for the state comptroller. The resignation is effective June and Quentin A. Love of Fort Dodge, 34, will succeed Hart on July 1. Hart has served as commissioner auditor since 1948. Love has been an auditor for the comptroller's office at Iowa State College for four years. The position pays $5.60 a year.
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Des Moines
Glenn Sarsfield
Hart
Quentin A. Love
Fort Dodge
Commission
Love
Iowa State College
Snowball Stand Faces Sudden Melt Down in New Orleans
In New Orleans Mrs. Paul Spurlock notices her children outside her home running a snowball stand. Male customers buy ice treats while kids spike snowballs with two bottles of her best perfume. She intervenes, saving the remaining bottle as the business collapses.
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New Orleans
Paul Spurlock
Heat On for Industrial Fund Drives Council Bluffs push
In Council Bluffs two Monday announcements strengthen the Heat s On drive by the Industrial Foundation. A breakfast kickoff at Hotel Chieftain rallied 40 leaders to raise 61 800 more, after 138 200 already vested. An option for an 80 acre site was secured last month to lure new industry. a 100 worker plant could bring about 280 000 in payroll and over 500 000 in trade.
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Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation
James Mulqueen
L. W. Ross
Council Bluffs
Mulqueen
Air Force says Russians piloted MiGs that attacked planes
Nationalist air forces report that MiG jets involved were flown by Russians during a Sunday strike near Matsu Island and an attack on an unarmed commercial plane over the Formosa Strait. Intercepted radio traffic confirms Russian language on the attacking aircraft and radio directions from the ground. One T33 trainer crashed into the sea during a routine south of Matsu, with the pilot killed.
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Vadricht
Farmnsa Strait
Matsu Island
Matsu
Day Goes Dark Over Central London After Blackout
A two hour daytime blackout blanketed central London on Monday as hundreds phoned the Weather Bureau for explanations. Street lights failed and animals at the zoo settled for the night while a pall of heavy smoke trapped under low clouds was given as the cause.
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London
Nehru in Vienna during European tour
Indian Prime Minister Nehru visited Vienna on arrival from Warsaw aboard a Soviet plane. Thousands of Austrians lined the road to cheer the visiting leader as he continued a European tour on Monday.
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Vienna
Nehru
Warsaw
Dulles Plans Bangor Trip for Talks With Eisenhower
Secretary of State Dulles will fly to Bangor Maine Monday afternoon for talks with President Eisenhower on foreign policy issues including the downing of an American plane by Rossan fighters.
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State Dulles
Bangor
Maine
Eisenhinover
Rossan Fightiers
Will Plead Innocent To Other Charges Kilgore Feels 20 Years In Prison
Alvin Kilgore, 43, held in county jail, says after 20 years served he has paid his debt to society. He was released from Nebraska Penitentiary last week after time tied to the shooting of a Council Bluffs officer and now faces Iowa charges of robbery and larceny of a motor vehicle. Kilgore survived a 1935 Omaha gun battle that killed Traffic Sgt. Wilbur B. Muller. two accomplices died, and he disputes the murder conviction. He plans to plead innocent and seek a jury trial in Iowa, detailing a grim decade and a half of prison life and his wish to work outside once released.
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Kilgore
Nebraska Penitentiary
Council Blufffs
Omaha
Wilbur B
Webb) Muller
Miller
Earl Miller
Philip McCarney
Council Bluffs
McCarney
Iowa
Favor Wheat Quotas In Iowa Farmers Vote Overwhelmingly
Iowa farmers in 82 counties voted 1027 to 233 in favor of tight marketing quotas for the 1956 wheat crop. Wheat is a minor Iowa crop, yet 82 counties participated. Nationwide unofficial tally shows quotas winning 2,534,197 to 73,852.
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Les Moiins
Iowa
Mannasmith Elected President of Shorthand Reporters
W. F. Mannasmith, court reporter for District Judge Charles Roe, was elected president of the Town Shorthand Reporters Assn at a Sunday meeting in Des Moines. Other officers named include N. L. Hutchison of Dubuque first vice president Roy Jensen of Waterloo second vice president and Wes Hart of Omaha secretary treasurer.
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W. Mannasmith
Town Shorthand Reporters Assn
Des Moines
Mannasmith
Charles Roe
N. L. Hutchison
Dubuque
Roy Jensen
Waterloo
Wes Hart
Omaha
Jet trainer downed near Matsu Islands by MIGs
The Nationalist Defense Ministry reported that Chinese Communist MIGs shot down a T33 jet trainer near the Matsu Islands within two hours of Red jets attacking an unarmed twin-engine commercial amphibian plane.
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Formosa
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Matsu Islands
Bible Society Publishes Unique New Testament
The American Bible Society published a unique New Testament presenting scriptural accounts alongside photographs from museums and archaeology. Dr. Gilbert Darlington notes the work uses authentic artifacts, covers Jesus era scenes from Nazareth to Galilee, and includes 566 photos nine maps and six diagrams in a 256 page book titled The Good News sold for $2.
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New York
Jesus
American Bible Society
Gilbert Darlington
Darlington
Carsar
Ami
Torrents Of Rain And Hail Harm Wyoming Crops
Cloudbursts drenched southeastern Wyoming causing heavy sugar beet crop losses in the North Platte River valley Sunday night with damages in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Wyoming
Torrington
Wyo
North Platte River Valley
Wayne Anderson Dies In Sweden
Wayne C. Anderson, 44, of Red Oak Iowa an agricultural attache to Stockholm died in Eskilstuna Sweden from injuries suffered in an automobile accident last Thursday He had arrived in Stockholm April 6 to represent the USDA in Sweden and Finland A native of Stanton Iowa he had farmed near Stanton since 1930 and held multiple farm and rural cooperative board positions Surviving are his widow and son Bill a daughter Mrs Catham Horn of Wichita and a sister Mrs Lloyd Clenius of Stanton
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Eskilstuna
Sweden
Wayne C. Anderson
Red Oak
Iowa
U. S
Stockholm
Anderson
Eskistuna Hospital
Council Bluffs Armory Bids Set For July 20
Iowa Adjutant General reports bids will open July 20 for a new four unit National Guard armory at Fifth Ave and Pearl St in Council Bluffs. Maj Gen Fred C Tandy says it will be two stories, 100 by 100 feet, connect to the Dodge Lightguard Armory and require tearing down the adjacent old armory. Deed borne by a trust including Lt Gen Mathew A Tinley Ret requires state replacement of the old armory.
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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. Fire Destroys Plant. $200,000 Loss
The McCormick-Clair Co. aluminum coating facility in Muscatine was gutted by a midnight fire. Estimated damage exceeded $200,000 with only the brick walls left standing. Generators and anodizing machines were lost as flames and explosions lit up the area. cause under investigation. Brent R. McCormick heads the operation. fire began with an explosion.
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McCormick-Clair Co
Hutty Co
Home-O-Nize Co
Brent R. McCormick
Moscow Invitation Accepted By Tito
Belgrade radio reported Monday that President Tito has accepted an invitation to visit Moscow. The announcement followed a Big Three Yugoslav conference on international questions. An official communique said the United States Britain and France reached broad agreement on issues and urged a strong independent Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Sooner Magazine wins Macquane of the Year at conference
The Sooner Magazine alumni publication of the University of Oklahoma received the American Alumni Macquane of the Year award at its 40th general conference in Bretton Woods Nevada.
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Bretton Woods
Sooner
University of Oklahoma
Ameriican
Union Panel Approves Steel Strike Authorization
The CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee authorized its president to declare a strike at Thursday midnight if no wage agreement is reached with the basic steel industry.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Polio Vaccine Report Delays Cutter Investigation
Washington reports that the Public Health Service will issue a report on its polio vaccine investigation this week or early next week. The inquiry concerns Cutter Laboratories and the safety of their poliovirus vaccine, with officials promising findings soon.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratores
Learly
Four Drown In Lake After Boat Overturns at Port Colborne
In Lake Erie near Fort Colborne four men and women disappeared after their boat overturned. Two survivors described clinging to the hull through the night. Missing are Earl Snyder John Smith 47 Rene Chamberlin 24 and Theresa Degrazio 28. Gladys Wilson 30 and Gordor Johnston 28 were rescued and treated for shock. The boat was seen off Fort Colborne, about 30 miles from Buffalo.
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Port Colborne Ont
Lake Ene
Earl Snyder
John Smith
Rene Chamberlin
Welland
Ont
Theresa Degrazio
Crowland
Gladys Wilson
Gordor Johnston
Fort Colborne
Buffalo
Names For Twins Weighs In On Bizarre Baptisms
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 wrote urging parents to drop these ideas. He suggests Church rules banning absurd baptism names to spare children lifelong labels. He notes his own children Janet and John.
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Birmingham
Englana
Peter
Repeter
Kate
John Jackson
St. John's Church
Jackson
Church of England
Janet
John
Egg Candling Tests Start for Up to 150000 Applicants Des Moines
About 10000 to 15000 men and women began a weeklong Monday set of one day examinations to obtain licenses to candle and grade eggs under a new Iowa egg grading law. Two dollar annual permits ambitious. tests occur in 99 counties with county seats hosting sessions. L B Liddy notes many applicants are women. larger egg firms send nearly all female candlers and graders. One person can qualify as both candler and grader, with inspectors and federally licensed graders assisting. The law requires eggs be purchased from producers and sold at retail on a graded basis.
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Des Moines
L. B. Liddy
Department of Agriculture Dairy and Foods Division
Eget
Harry Agganis Dies at 25 with Red Sox
CAMBRIDGE MASS. Harry Agganis a 25 year old Red Sox first baseman died Monday after a weeks long illness. Doctors cited a massive pulmonary embolism following a severe pulmonary infection and phlebitis. The Red Sox released a statement signed by three physicians noting a slow convalescence but fatal embolism.
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Mass
Harry Agganis
Red Sox
Sancta Mana Hosptas
Plans to lower spire at Old North Church halted
Plan to use a helicopter to lower a new steeple at the Old North Church in Boston was abandoned due to safety concerns in a congested area. Investigators found no adequate latitude for safe operations after a hurricane damaged the spire last year.
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Old North Church
Oil Aeronautics Authority
Easuch
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