Leap Year Baby Celebrates First Birthday At 4
Leap year baby Jeannie File marks her first birthday after four years. Her party moves to March 1 to suit school friends, with cake and ice cream valued over presents. Siblings also note forthcoming birthdays as the family grows, with several births reported in local Omaha area hospitals.
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Edward File
Tenth Avenue
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Stevie
Terry
Light Snow Marks March Arrival In Council Bluffs
A brisk front ushers in March with light snow and below normal temperatures. Readings dip to near 18, rise to around 30, as a Friday storm left about an inch of snow on the ground and kept temperatures near freezing. The forecast calls for continued cold into midweek with minor accumulating snow possible Tuesday, while nearby towns report varying snowfall.
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Iweatherman
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Labon
E. F. Stapowich
Iowa
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Neb
Superior
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North Platte
Ames City Council hears proposal on shared road cost
The commission took the matter under advisement after a local delegation led by Mel Graham proposed a cost share for road work. The plan would have property owners and the city each pay 14 while the state covers 42.
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Mel Graham
Audubon
Earle C. Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Police to Launch Drive on Tardy Traffic Tickets
Mond police will start a drive against delinquent traffic ticket holders led by Capt. Elder E. Winger. About 150 overdue tickets, mostly parking violations, are in custody as warrants will be issued Monday morning if not paid over the weekend. Several date back to December.
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Slippery Highways Cause 2 Accidents in Iowa
Slippery Friday roads in southwest Iowa caused at least two accidents. John Klein and wife of Harlan were injured three miles north of Neola on Persia road when their car left the road and rolled down an embankment. They were taken by ambulance to Mercy hospital in good condition with possible chest injuries. Alice Wall of Missouri Valley suffered head injuries when her car spun several times on highway 30A south of Missouri Valley, also listed in good condition at Mercy hospital.
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Neola
Persia
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Mercy Hossipital
Alice Wall
Missouri
Valey
Missouri Valley
Mercy Hospital
Clinton man dies in western city highway crash
Orville Wells 43 of Camanche, a WWII veteran and survivor of the cruiser Indian Japons, was killed early Friday when his car crashed into a viaduct near the western city limits of Clinton.
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Camanche
Lindbergh Kidnapping Verdict Stands 20 Years On
No new evidence alters the Hauptmann verdict after two decades. New Jersey officials repeat that the case centered on Hauptmann alone, while former Gov Hoffman argues others may have aided the crime, citing witness inconsistencies and hidden testimony. The Lindbergh kidnapping remains one of America's most famed cases with the infant seized from a Hopewell home and ransom notes driving the investigation.
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Hound Richardt Lauptmann
Associated Press
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Haein G. Hoffman
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Shaky Margin for the Over Taft in NH
A county by county AP survey across New Hampshire shows Gen Dwight D Eisenhower leading Sen Robert A Taft in the presidential primary set for March 11. Eight editors in AP member papers report a fragile margin amid ongoing local polling and sentiment checks.
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Robert A. Taft
Associated Press
Eye Industrial Future of City in Planning Meeting
Council Bluffs officials heatedly debated the citys industrial future at a planning commission meeting. They discussed selling or leasing riverfront lots to the American Legion for civic use and possible industrial development, with critics urging safeguards like land revert clauses while others argued against city landholding. The group also revisited Broadway cutoffs proposed by engineers for development along Second Avenue and Avenue A.
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Des Moines Republican Files for Congress in 83rd District
Des Moines Friday L M Peet president of Farmers Life Insurance Co took out nomination papers at the secretary of state's office as a candidate for republican nomination for congressman in the 83rd district.
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Farmers Life Insurance Co
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Leap Year Day Women Rule Shenandoah and Carroll
On Leap Year Day women act as mayor for a day in Shenandoah and Carroll, enforcing odd rules. Policewomen patrol streets looking for men with groceries, fines are issued for not dressing as women and for sidewalk litter, and two supposed hold-up men are rounded up. Fines go to the community chest.
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Herb Sullivan
Leola Faul
Howard Brantz
Carroll County State Bank
Carroll Policewomen
New Hampshire primary outlook fuels Taft Eisenhower clash
Editors from Concord Monitor project Eisenhower leads 52 48 statewide with Merrimack County backing. voting patterns show even East region support while Taft gains with late organizing. Outlook hinges on Taft tour, town meetings, snow impacts. Kefauver and Truman favored by machine factions. Registration runs heavy ahead of primary.
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Eisenhower
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Claremont Eagle
Keene Sentinel
Manchester Union
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Taft
New Hampshire
LeMay in Line for Vandenberg's Post
Washington report says Gen Curtis E LeMay may replace Gen Hoyt Vandenberg as air force chief of staff. LeMay, commander of Strategic Air Command at Offutt AFB, Omaha, reportedly told he will take over. No comment from White House or air force.
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American Aviation Daily
Triday
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Vandenberg
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported for 1952 and 1951
The Associated Press notes Iowa traffic death counts for February 1952 and February 1951. Details compare yearly trends and fatalities across municipalities.
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The
Associated Press
Four Taverns Raided in Shelby County by State Agents
State agents acting for County Attorney L W Fromm raided four Shelby county taverns on Thursday night as part of Fromm s campaign to dry up the county. Liquor and gambling devices seized were turned over to Sheriff Orrell Gearhart.
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L. W. Fromm
Shelby County
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Orrell Gearhart
Justice of the Peace
Plan to Illuminate 'Bad' Rail Crossings
City Electrician Lloyd Roper announced a plan to light several critical railroad crossings with mercury vapor overhead lights. He will seek council approval to install lighting at Sixth Avenue at Fifteenth Street, Fifth Avenue at Fourteenth Street, Heventh Street and Avenue B, three crossings on Avenue G between Thirteenth and Tenth Streets, and Sixteenth Avenue between Main and Third Streets and between Main and Sixth Streets. The plan has the approval of City Manager Oliver D. Comstock.
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Iowa Draft Quota Sets 350 Men in April
Des Moines officials say Iowa's April draft call quota is 350 men, the lowest monthly figure since selective service resumed calls in September 1950. The quota reflects ongoing adjustments in military manpower and regional needs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Selective Service
State Agents Raid Five Atlantic Taverns
Five Atlantic taverns were raided by state agents and local officers on Thursday night. R. W. Nebergall, chief of the state bureau of criminal investigation, said in Des Moines Friday that the raids yielded quantities of liquor though reports were not yet complete.
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R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Criminal Ivestigation
Des Moines
Enemy Casualties in Korea Reach 1 597 841
Washington reports total enemy casualties in Korea through February 19 amount to 1,597,841, up 20,107 in two weeks. The figure includes 1,148,077 battle losses, 317,176 non battle losses, and 132,288 prisoners. U S casualties total 405,992 through February 22, with 16,463 killed, 76,911 wounded, and 12,618 missing.
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Russell Gains Southern Backing In Democratic Race
Backers claim most southern support for Senator Richard Russell of Georgia in the Democratic presidential contest, with governors from South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Mississippi on board and Texas backing him. The entry could affect Truman’s plans, while Kefauver welcomes the development as a healthy issue discussion.
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Illinois Delegates Favor Sen Tat For President
Illinois Republican delegates to the national convention show support for Senator Tait of Ohio as president candidate in an Associated Press poll. Forty four of sixty two respondents favored Tait, with Eisenhower six, Dirkson five, Arthur two, and five undecided. Twenty nine of ninety one did not answer. Democratic delegates favored Truman, with Stevenson and Douglas each mentioned and seven undecided.
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Father fights conviction of soldier son in Korea court martial
Dorsey McConnell, a millwright, plans to appeal a 10-year sentence for his 20-year-old son Pfc Warren G. McConnell who claims sleep deprivation led to a guard duty lapse near the front in Korea. The father says he hired a Washington lawyer and will seek relief from the U. S. Court of Military Appeals after learning details from his son’s letter.
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Washington
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Lompoe
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C and C B Weigh Fare Hikes for Council Bluffs
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway officials could not be reached for comment on fare plans. The company applied Thursday to the Nebraska Railway Commission for higher Omaha rates, leaving the amount to the commission. Current Council Bluffs to Omaha fare is 10 cents with transfers, or 13 cents for Omaha passengers, and the firm says it loses about 340,000 dollars annually due to rising operating costs. It may need an ICC tariff filing for any Council Bluffs hike.
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Atlantic Votes on $176,000 School Bond Issue
Residents cast ballots Friday in a special election on a 176000 bond to finance an annex at Lincoln Elementary. The addition would add four classrooms plus space for kindergarten music recreation and physical education visual education PTA programs and a principal's office.
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Atlantic
Lincoln
Baby Drought Ends as Neola Stinn Can Claim Gifts
NEOLA The baby drought ended here Thursday night as Mr and Mrs Raymond Stinn had a daughter at Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs. That means there is at last an infant to claim the eight gifts worth 75 dollars for the first Neola baby of the year.
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Omaha
George Kirlin
Madale
Mercy Hospital
Jalon
Charles Rankin
South Seventh Street
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
William
Raymond Stinn
Allied Tank Raiders Hit Reds at Kumsong
Allied tank raiders smashed into the former red supply base at Kumsong and blasted Chinese positions north of the city. Another group of raiding tanks clashed with Chinese artillery and mortars on the western front.
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Kumsong
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