Boyne-VFW group seeks direct power option in Boyne
The Boyne-VFW group asks the city council to press Western Iowa Power to grant Southwestern Iowa Power and Light a direct option to purchase local power facilities. The plan would let the city buy power within its limits with a six month window and a 20 year franchise if voters approve. Aldermen debated ownership, with Katelman urging municipal ownership and opposing the petition. Keleher of the group said they are ready to take over the utility with an outside firm operating it.
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Harry Boyne-Vew
Western Iowa Power Company
Southwestern Iowa Power and Light Company
Boyne-Vfw Group
Westen Iowa Power Company
Dr. Boyne
T. A. Connolly
Thomas J. Keleher
Keleher
VFW
George Sparks
Katelman
Josep B. Katelman
Daii
Omaha
Committee of the Whole
Sparks
Gould Dietz Dies Near Minneapolis
Gould Dietz, a retired Omaha bartender and aviation enthusiast, died Tuesday near Lake Minnetonka while breakfasting at Groveland. Cause given as Stuart disease. He was in town for the National Aeronautics association convention and died at the home of his niece Miss Evelyn Stickney. another niece, Mrs Carl Gage, also resides in Groveland.
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Minneapolis
Gould Dietz
Omaha
Princess Mazay Beth Withdraws From Appearances
Elizabeth Awaits Baby as Princess Mazay Beth ends public appearances until the baby is born in October.
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Elizabeth
London
Rincess Mazaybeth
Bus Franchise Vote Set for August 3 by City Council
City councilmen on Monday night set August 3 for a special election on a new bus franchise after Council Bluffs Transit company formally accepted the proposal and asked for the election. If approved, a 10 year franchise requires operation within 60 days and imposes a 2 percent occupation tax. The transit firm will cover election expenses and could have buses on streets within 30 days after the vote.
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Council Bluffs Transit Company
Transit Company
Omaha and
Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
Tram Officlais
Tang
BRCG
Rasmussen
Power expansion nears for Southwest Iowa co‑ops
Creston area project backed by a $4.125 million Rural Electrification loan aims to extend service to about 18,500 farms, doubling current Southwest Iowa coverage. Five co-operatives in Adams, Clarke, Corning, Greenfield, Stanton, Osceola, and Mt Ayr would gain 151 miles of lines and a 15,000 kilowatt plant near Creston with diesel power at the site.
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Des Moines
Southwest Iowa
Creston
Earl Wisdom
Drs Moines
Iowa Rural Electric Co-operatives Association
Rural Electrification Administration
Southwestern Federated Power Co-Operative
Creston Cooperative
Wisdom
Creston Co-Operative
Adams County Co-operative Electric Company
Corning
Farmers’ Electric Co-Operative
Greenfield
Nyman
Stanton
Clarke Electric Co-Operative
Osceola
Rideta Electric Co-Operative
Mt. Ayr
Budget Surplus Reaches Historic High in US
The government reports a June surplus of 8.9 billion dollars, a historic peak not likely to recur. Yet officials warn the surplus will shrink before the fiscal year ends as receipts and spending diverge from wartime highs.
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Washington
Treasury
Ringgold County Wins Farm Bureau Citizenship Contest
Ringgold county won Iowa Farm Bureau’s citizenship contest for achieving the highest voter turnout in the June 7 primary. It earned a $500 state prize with 46.1 percent of the county’s eligible voters registered as having voted in the primary.
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Des Moines
Ringgold County
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ringgold
Thunderjets Set Speed Records in Omaha Flight
Twenty two F-84 Thunderjets flew from Des Moines to Offutt field in 17 minutes, averaging 475 miles per hour despite head winds. Aircraft stayed overnight in Omaha as some instruments were removed for modification causing a weather related delay on arrival.
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Des Moines
Offutt Field
Omaha
Dow Air Base
Maine
Housing to Colleges erove AT Oo Waanwal0N bill signed by Truman
The bill granting colleges and universities ownership of temporary housing placed on campuses by the government to house student veterans was signed Monday by President Truman. The measure was sponsored by Rep. McGrea tor of Ohio.
Fukui Earthquake Deaths Estimated at 2500
Tokyo reports Tuesday night casualty estimates for Fukui area from the quake. Officials say about 2500 dead or injured, with Fukui city alone listed around 1000 dead. Buildings damaged exceed 30 thousand as Americans aid the injured and homeless.
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Tokyo
Fukui
Fukui City
Japan
London Strikers Vote to Return to Work
London dock workers voted at a Tuesday meeting to end a 16 day wildcat strike and return to work Wednesday. About 2,000 soldiers moved into dock areas to unload essential supplies for the port of London amid a 18,000 man idle workforce and disrupted food shipments.
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London
Twass
Jon
End One day Strike Recalled in Missouri and Kansas Mills
Union and employer representatives agreed to resume negotiations Tuesday, ending a one day strike at four mills in seven Missouri and Kansas cities.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas Cities
Anti Truman Demos Rally for Eisenhower Draft Moves
Democratic partisans pack streets Tuesday in New York as Elliott Roosevelt reveals a letter from General Eisenhower urging a true draft movement at the Democratic National Convention. The letter, dated June 15 to ADA official Leslie E Schwartz, says Eisenhower would consider public service if it serves duty, while Truman supporters hope for a first ballot nomination at Philadelphia. District of Columbia voters show GOP write ins amid a divided scene as Truman leads six delegation votes.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Elliott Roosevelt
New York
Americans For Democratic Action
Leslie E Schwartz
ADA
Eisenenhower
Columbia University
DR. J
General Eisenhower
National Democratic Party
President Truman
Philadelphia
McGrath
District of Columbia
Truman
Walnut 4-H Names State Vice President Leader
AMES Iowa e Konald Paasch 19 Walnut was elected vice president of Town boys 4-H clubs here Tuesday Ralph Bond Colfax was named president Paasch assistant leader of Layton Livewites 4-H club He is son of Hugo and Mrs Paasch a Walnut high school graduate His Angus steer Mistery won grand championship at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City last fall Other officers named Floyd Peters Bellevue secretary treasurer Elvin Larson West Branch historian
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Floyd Peters
Bellevue
Elvin Lar
Son
West Branch
30 Millionth Bell Telephone Installed in Marshalltown
In Marshalltown a 26 year old Purple Heart veteran received the Bell system’s 30 millionth telephone. Northwestern Bell installed the unit at Mr and Mrs Harold Bragg’s home with ceremonies including long distance calls to Seattle and New York. The milestone follows rapid growth of the telephone network since Bell’s invention. Bragg spoke with his brother in Seattle as part of the celebration.
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Marshalltown
Bell System
Seattle
Wash
New York City
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Alexander Graham
Bell
Harold Bragg
Bragg
W. G. Bragg
Britain Backs Financial Reform for $4 Billion Aid Deal
Britain pledged to stabilize its currency balance its budget and restore confidence in its monetary system in return for more than 4 billion dollars in American aid over four and a quarter years under the European Recovery Program. The agreement expires June 30 1953 and must be approved by Parliament by July 3. American shipments would resume if ratification slips. The pact also seeks to facilitate transfer of strategic raw materials for stockpiling.
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Washington
Britain
State Department
U. S
United States
Adequate Rain for Iowa Crops
Iowa weather and crop bulletin for the week ended June 26 reports soil moisture adequate across the state. Rainfall in the past two weeks averages 1.3 inches in south central to 4 inches in the northwest. Corn growth ahead of normal with 17 percent laid by. cultivation finishing this week. Pastures still short but greening. oats turning in south Iowa. wheat ripening fast with good yields where not thinned by winterkill.
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Des Moines
Towa
Bor
Iowa
16 Jet Fighters to Make Exploratory Flight of Atlantic
The United States Air Force will send 16 jet fighters on an exploratory trans Atlantic flight next week to test ferrying feasibility and logistics. The mission will include limited overseas training with a route from Selvidge base Michigan to Dow base Bangor Maine then to Labrador Greenland Iceland Scotland and England.
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Washington
United States Air Force
Europe
England
Germany
56Th Fighter Group
Selvidge Base
Michigan
Dow Base
Bangor
Laborador
Greenland
Iceland
Scotland
Blue Laughs Off Washington Move
Gov Blue laughed off reports he would move to Washington after his term ends next January during a news conference. He had just returned from attending the governor's conference in New Hampshire and the COP national convention in Philadelphia.
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Des Mulnus
Gav. Robert
D. Blue
Washington
New Hampshire
COP
Philadelphia
War Assets Admin Director Resigns in Kansas City
Kansas City regional director John W. Kirchner resigns and announces a one third staff cut effective June 30. The region covering Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa and southern Illinois will drop to 640 administrative employees on July 1 from 1,013 on May 31. Remaining staff include 582 in Kansas City 90 in St Louis nine in Omaha six in Des Moines and three in Wichita Kansas.
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Kansas City
John
Kirchner
War Assets Administration
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
St. Louis
Omaha
Des Moines
Wichita
Kan
Orient Pastor Dies In Fort Wayne Hospital
Reed Kessier pastor of Orient Congregational church died Tuesday after a heart attack he suffered June 14 while en route to the Congregational Christian churches convention at Oberlin Ohio. He passed away in a Fort Wayne Indiana hospital.
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Jreston
Tue Key
Reed Kessier
Orient Congregational Church
Fort Wayne
Ind
Convention of Congregational Christian Churches
Oberiin
Truman to Dedicate Idiewild Airport in New York
President Truman plans a trip to New York on July 31 to help dedicate the new Idiewild airport there. The event signals continued postwar infrastructure efforts and ties to national aviation projects.
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Truman
New York
Five hundred thousand bonds for street work
Fifth Ward Alderman Albert L. Cleveland pushed a $500,000 street improvement bond plan through the city council with Mayor George B. Sparks breaking a 4 to 4 tie. The measure would retire bonds via state gasoline tax refunds at $50,000 yearly, with $300,000 for paved streets and $200,000 for dirt streets. The plan faces a committee of the whole review to outline priorities, with specific streets named and action continued.
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Fifth Ward
Albert L. Cleveland
George B. Sparks
Council
George A. Mayne Ti
Playland Park
Thirty-fifth
Cleveland
Fifth Avenue
South First Street
Avenue A
Studebaker resigns as U S education commissioner
Dr J Wei Studebaker resigns Tuesday as U S commissioner of education, saying he can no longer afford to remain in federal government. President Truman accepts, effective July 15, noting his 14 years through economic lows, defense buildup, war, and postwar readjustment.
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Washington
J. Wei Studebaker
Truman
Studebaker
First Monona County Wheat Sells for 210 a Bushel
The first wheat of the 1948 harvest in Monona county was delivered to the Blencoe elevator Tuesday and brought 2.10 dollars a bushel. The wheat was farmed by William Larimore, tested at 13.7 percent moisture and weighed 50 pounds per bushel.
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Blencoe
Monona County
William Larimore
Peru President declares actual national crisis
President Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero announced Monday night that Peru is in an actual national crisis and said he will assume extraordinary powers to govern by decree. The statement signals a broad expansion of executive authority amid unfolding turmoil.
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Lima
Veru
Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero
Peru
Berlin Asks U.N. to Act in Blockade Crisis
Berlin city council urged United Nations intervention to end the blockade threatening 2,000,000 people in the western zone. U.N. action was urged as danger to world peace grows, with Britain and the United States shuttling aid planes and a Fedex-style effort to avert starvation by late July or early August.
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Berlin
United Nations
U. N
State Department
Washington
U.N
Lake Success
Colombia
U. N. Security Council
RAF
U. S
Russia
Belan Robertson
Briish
Germany
Frankfurt
W. Averell Harriman
Weather Summary for Iowa Nebraska and Nearby Regions
Weather bulletin lists five day periods for Iowa and Nebraska with partly cloudy to sunny skies, mild temperature rises into the upper 80s, cool nights near 60s, and little rainfall through Friday then light showers possible Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures average near to slightly below normal with scattered light precipitation mainly west and east portions. Includes hourly readings, humidity, wind, and totals: total precipitation 9.20 inches and deficiency 4.29 inches.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs and
Jowa
Nebraska
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