Boyne-VFW Group Seeks Direct Option on Power Utility
The Boyne-VFW group petitioned the city council for a direct option from Western Iowa Power, via Southwestern Iowa Power and Light, to acquire local power facilities. The plan proposes city purchase rights within six months of ownership and a 20 year franchise if voters approve. Alderman Katelman opposedRefer to committee for study. rest of council supported advancing the petition.
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Harry Boyne-Vfw Group
Western Iowa Power Company
Southwestern Iowa Power and Light Company
Boyne-Vfw
Wester Towa Power Company
Southwestern Town Tower and Light Company
Katelman
Joseph B Katelman
Comedicon
Kalelman
Southwestern Town Power and Light Company
Omaha
Committee of the Whole
Keleher
Itrm
Sparks
Gould Dietz Dies Near Minneapolis
Gould Dietz, 80, retired Omaha tumberman and aviation enthusiast, died Tuesday near Groveland Lake Minnetonka while eating breakfast. Cause given as heart disease. He was in town for a convention of the National Aeronautics Association and died at the home of his niece Miss Evelyn Stickney and another niece, Mrs. Carl Gage, who also resides in Groveland.
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Minneapolis
Gould Dietz
Omaha
Elizabeth Awaits Baby Public Appearances Closed
London reports Princess Elizabeth will end public appearances until after her baby’s birth in October. The royal schedule pauses as preparations continue.
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London
Elizabeth
Bus Franchise Vote Set For Aug 3 In City
City council members set August 3 for a special election on a new bus franchise after Council Bluffs Transit Company formally requested the election. If approved by voters the 10 year franchise grants an occupancy tax of 2 percent and requires buses on streets within 60 days of approval. Officials of the new transit firm expect bus service within 30 days of election. Only one objection arose, from local attorney P C Rasmussen, who urged wording changes on line transfers. No action was taken on his request.
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Council Bluffs Transit Company
Transit Company
Omaha and
Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
Tram
P. C. Rasmussen
Power talk sw Iowa farms against Yugoslavs case grows
Des Moines story describes a $5 million Creston area project to supply power to about 18,500 farms via five southwest Iowa cooperatives. Earl Wisdom of the Iowa Rural Electric Cooperatives Association cites a $4.125 million REA loan and a 15,000 kilowatt steam plant near Creston plus 151 miles of transmission lines. Also notes Yugoslav crisis with Tito and possible Soviet troop considerations amid Cominform signals and diplomatic chatter in Rome and London.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Creston
Earl Wisdom
Iowa, Rural Electric Cooperatives Association
Rural Electrification Administration
Southwestern Federated Tower Co-Operative
Creston Cooperative
Wisdom
Creston Co-Operative
U S Budget Surplus Reaches Historic High
Washington reports the federal budget surplus at 8.81 billion dollars on June 25, a historic peak that may not be surpassed. The surplus exceeds prewar spending and wartime revenue records, but is expected to fall before the fiscal year ends.
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Washington
Treasury
Ringgold County Wins Farm Bureau Contest
Des Moines Ringgold county won the Farm Bureau contest for highest voter turnout in the June 7 primary. The county captured the $500 first prize with 461 percent of eligible voters registered as having voted.
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Des Moines
Ringgold County
Town Farm Bureau
Ringgold
Eash
Thunderjets Fly Des Moines to Offutt in 17 Minutes
Twenty two F-84 Thunderjets, despite strong head winds, averaged 475 miles per hour on a Des Moines to Offutt field leg in 17 minutes. The planes stayed in Omaha overnight and were to return to Dow Air Base, Maine, the next day. Some instruments were removed for modification causing a late arrival and poor weather flying readiness.
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Des Moines
Offutt Field
Omaha
Dow Air Base
Maine
Housing to Colleges Act Grants Campus Veteran Housing
President Truman signed a bill granting colleges and universities ownership of temporary government housing placed on campuses for student veterans. The measure, sponsored by Rep. McGregor of Ohio, clears the way for institutions to take title to the on campus housing.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
McGregor
Ohio
Earthquake Casualty Estimates From Fukui Area
The Fukui military government reports casualty figures for the quake zone including Fukui city and 99 villages with estimated dead 3155 and seriously injured 7752. Buildings damaged 30721. Fukui city dead estimated at 4000. All Americans escaped serious injury though some suffered minor burns and bruises. American relief teams reached the scene to aid the injured and homeless.
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Fukui
Tokyo
Fukui City
Pe Fukul
Japan
Pukwi
They Drake
London Dockers End Wildcat Strike Return to Work
London dock workers voted at a mass meeting to return to work on Wednesday, ending a 16 day wildcat stoppage that strained food supplies. A labor government declared a National emergency as about 2,000 soldiers moved into the port to unload 232 ships, while over 18,000 men remained idle.
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London
End One day Strike Ends Mills Dispute in Minor Cities
Union and employer representatives agreed to resume negotiations Tuesday, ending a one day strike at flour mills in seven Missouri and Kansas cities.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas Cities
Anti-Truman Demos Rally Over Draft Boost for Eisenhower
The Associated Press reports anti Truman democrats drum for Ike at rallies aided by Elliott Roosevelt who disclosed a new letter from Eisenhower suggesting a true draft movement. Roosevelt read the letter at a New York ADA rally and said Eisenhower might accept aid to unite the party. The piece covers reactions from ADA officials, possible Eisenhower interview talks, and mixed views within the Democratic Party including southern delegates and Truman supporters in the District of Columbia primary with Truman winning a six vote delegation and Ike drawing write-in votes.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Elliott Roosevelt
New York
Americans For Democratic Action
Leslie BE. Schwartz
ADA
Columbia University
Harry Carlson
New Hampshire
Truman
J. Howard Metzrath
General Eisenhower
National Democratic Party
President Truman
Philadelphia
McGrath
District of Columbia
Walnut 4-H Elects State Vice-President Leader
Ronald Paasch 19 of Walnut was elected state vice president of Walnut 4-H here Tuesday. He serves as assistant leader of the Layton Livewires club and is the son of Mr and Mrs Hugo Paasch. His Angus steer Mistery won the grand championship at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City last fall. Other officers named include Floyd Peters of Bellevue secretary treasurer and Elvin Largon of West Branch historian.
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Ames
Ronald Paasch
Walnut
Town Boys
Ralph Bond
Colfa
Paasch
Layton Livewires
Hugo Paasch
Walnut High School
Ronald
Angus
Kansas City
Floyd
Peters
Bellevue
Elvin Largon
West Branch
Weather overview for Council Bluffs and surrounding area
The Weather Bureau reports fair and sunny conditions for Wednesday with a high in the upper 80s. Temperatures over the five day period will average near normal with slow warming and cool nights, generally no rain through Friday aside from scattered showers totaling about a tenth inch or less on Saturday and Sunday. Nebraska shows a fall pattern midweek with showers and thunderstorms and partly cloudy skies Sunday, with a warmer Wednesday and cooler Friday or Saturday. Precipitation is light, with totals ranging from .10 inch in the west to .25 to .5 inch east, and overall a slight below normal temperature trend. Total precipitation to date 9.29 inches, total deficiency 4.29 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Britain Pledges Financial Discipline for U S Loan
Britain promised to keep its financial house in order in exchange for over 4 billion dollars in American aid over four and a quarter years under the European Recovery Program. The pact requires British parliamentary approval by July 3 to continue aid, with ratification likely. The accord runs to June 30, 1953 and covers currency stability, budget balance, and transfer of strategic raw materials to the United States.
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Washington
Britain
Financial House
State Department
U. S
United States
Adequate Rain for Iowa Crops
Iowa weather and crop bulletin for the week ended June 26 reports soils adequate for current needs across the state. Rainfall over two weeks averages 1.4 inches in south central Iowa to 4 inches in the northwest, corn ahead of normal with 17 percent laid by, final cultivation expected this week, pastures improving in northern counties, oats turning in and filling well, wheat ripening fast with good yields where not thinned by winterkill.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
South
16 Jet Fighters to Make Exploratory Fight of Atlantic
The United States Air Force will send 16 jet fighters on an exploratory trans Atlantic flight next week. The mission aims to test ferrying feasibility and logistics over the route and provide limited overseas training. The 56th Fighter Group planes will depart from Selfridge Field Michigan, stopping at Bangor Maine Labrador Greenland Iceland Scotland and England.
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Washington
States Air Force
Europe
United States Air Force
England
Germany
56Th
56Th Fighter Group
Selfridge Base
Michigan
Dow Base
Bangor
Laborador
Greenland
Iceland
Scotland
30 Millionth Bell Telephone Installed in Marshalltown
The 30 millionth Bell system telephone was installed in the home of a 26 year old Purple Heart recipient in Marshalltown. Ceremonies linked long distance calls to Seattle and New York City. The device was installed by Northwestern Bell, part of the Bell system, marking 72 years since Bell’s invention. Bragg family hosted the event, with talk to his brother in Seattle as part of the ceremonies.
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Marshalltown
Bell System
Purple Heart
Seattle
Wash
New York City
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Alexander Graham
Harald Bragg
Bragg
W. G. Bragg
Death Sentences for Japanese Officers Tied to Bataan Massacre
Maj. Gen. Yoshitaka Kawane and Col. Kurataro Hirano were sentenced Tuesday to be hanged for responsibility in the 1942 Bataan death massacre. The rulings mark a wartime accountability verdict against high ranking Japanese officers for actions during the Bataan prisoners of war assault.
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Tiwo
Yoshitaka Kawane
Col
Kurataro Hirano
Bataan
Orient Pastor Dies at Fort Wayne Hospital
The Rev. Reed Kessler, pastor of the Orient Congregational Church, died Tuesday at a Fort Wayne hospital after a heart attack suffered June 14 while en route to the Congregational Christian churches convention in Oberlin Ohio.
President Truman to Dedicate Idlewild Airport
Washington July 31 President Truman travels to New York to dedicate the newly opened Idlewild airport and participate in a ceremony marking the occasion.
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Washington
Truman
New York
Street Bond Issue Passes In Divided Council
Fifth Ward Alderman Albert L Cleveland pushed a 5600000 bond plan for street work, with Mayor Sparks breaking a 4-4 deadlock. City Attorney Mayne to draft proceedings. committee to outline program Friday. Salaries for police and fire set retroactively. traffic at Playland park discussed. Thirty-fifth Street resurfacing settled. plan earmarks 300000 for paved, 200000 for dirt streets. Cleveland named Fif Avenue South First Street and Avenue A as project focus.
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Albert L. Cleveland
George 8. Sparks
George H. Mayne JL
Playland Park
Thirty-fifth Street
Cleveland
Cleve
Fifi Avenue
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Avenue
Studebaker resigns as U S education commissioner
Dr J W Studebaker resigns Tuesday as U S commissioner of education saying he can no longer afford to remain in the federal government. President Truman accepted the resignation effective July 15. In his letter he noted 14 years in office through economic downturns defense buildup wartime years and postwar readjustment challenges.
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Washington
J. W. Studebaker
U. S
Truman
Nancy Huddleson 104 Dies. Lincoln Connections Noted
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Nancy Huddleson who would have been 105 on July 25. She died Saturday at the home of her son William. She and her husband were acquaintances of Abraham Lincoln when they lived in Springfield, Illinois.
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Osceola
Nancy Huddleson
William
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Peru Declares National Crisis President to Assume Extraordinary Powers
President Josef Luis Bustamante Rivero announced in Lima that Peru is in an actual national crisis. He said he will assume extraordinary powers to rule by decree to address the situation.
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Peru
Lima
Josef Luis Bustamante Rivero
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Berlin Appeals to U.N. to Intervene in Blockade Crisis
Berlin city council urged the United Nations to act in the blockade crisis as Allied and Soviet actions shaped the standoff. The U.N. debate followed scarce food deliveries and warnings of starvation for 2,000,000 people in the western zone. Leaders from Britain and the United States condemned the blockade while planning negotiations at Frankfurt to lay groundwork for a western German regime.
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Berlin
United Nations
U.N
State Department
Washington
Lake Success
Colombie
U.N. Security Council
RAF
U. S. Air Force
Russia
Brian Robertson
U N
Central Council
Fruissians
Germany
U.S
Frankfurt
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
European Recovery Program
War Assets Director Resigns in Kansas City Region
John E. Kirchner announced his resignation as regional director of the War Assets Administration. The Kansas City region will cut staff by one third, reducing total administrative employees to 640 on July 1 from 1,013 on May 31. Remaining staff include 532 in Kansas City, 99 in St. Louis, nine in Omaha, six in Des Moines, and three in Wichita.
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Kansas City
John E. Kirchner
War Assets Administration
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
St. Louis
Omaha
Des Moines
Wichita
Kan
Blue Laughs Off Washington Move
Des Moines governor Robert J. Blue dismissed reports he will move to Washington after his term ends next January. He spoke after returning from the New Hampshire governor's conference and the GOP national convention in Philadelphia.
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Des Moines
Uov
Robert J. Blue
Washington
New Hampshire
Philadelphia
First Monona County Wheat Sells for $2.40
The first wheat of the 1948 harvest in Monona County went to the elevator on Tuesday and brought 2.40 per bushel. It was grown by William Larimore, tested at 15.7 percent moisture, and weighed 58 pounds per bushel.
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Monona County
William Larimore
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