Truman asks Congress to fund 7.9 billion foreign aid plan
President Truman urged Congress to approve the full 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid package to sustain global security against the Soviet threat. He outlined four core reasons for mutual security, warned of a prolonged fight in Congress, and stressed U.S. leadership of the free world.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Free World
Capitol
U. S
Rapid Acquittal in Mississippi Civil Rights Trial
A white jury in Jackson Mississippi took 45 minutes to acquit former Sheriff Robert E Lee 39 and four deputies of all counts in a civil rights case accusing them of beating a handcuffed Black prisoner. The two day trial concluded Wednesday with the defendants cleared.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Robert £. Lee
Today's Chuckle on an Educational Toy Examined
A reader recalls a clerk defending an educational toy as a tool to fit a child to modern life. The conversation humorously notes the toy's complexity and the child’s struggle to assemble it correctly. The Commentator presents the exchange as a witty glimpse into practical parenting and progress.
Van Eaton resigns from Iowa turnpike study panel
Sioux City State Senator C.8 Van Eaton quits Beardsley toll road feasibility committee citing insufficient time. He had just been elected secretary of the group this week and sent a resignation letter to the governor.
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Soux City
van Eaton
Sioux City
William Beardsley
Iowa
Iowa Turnpike Study Committee
Man Loses Leg in Clinton Snow Plow Crash
Walter Belt, 56, a railway crane operator from Council Bluffs, lost his right leg when a snow plow hit the rear of a stopped freight train in Clinton yard limits. He was trapped for over two hours until doctors amputated in cramped wreckage as rescue crews battled deep snow delays. Harold Sheppard of Clinton survived with minor injuries as officials investigated motive and the halted eastbound freight.
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North Western
Clinton
Walter Belt
1722
Avenue A
Jane Lamb Hospital
Belt
Harold L. Sheppard
W. H. Cunningham
Associated Press
Tno
Bell
Sheppard
DeWitt
Leonard
Andother
Lloyd
Doctor No Match for House Burglar
SAN PEDRO California doctor M E Wilmoth confronted a burglar in his bedroom. He fell after the thief released a door, was hit with bottles and cans near a trash barrel, cut his foot on a broken bottle, and lost ten dollars to the intruder.
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San Pedro
Calif
M. E. Wilmoth
Taft and Hoffman clash over Eisenhower in New Hampshire
Senator Taft campaigns in Manchester for New Hampshire GOP presidential delegates disputing Paul Hoffman who warned Republicans risk a splinter party if Eisenhower is not nominated. Taft defends Eisenhower and questions southern appeal while noting his own delegate prospects versus Eisenhower.
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Concord
N.H
Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Manchester
Paul G. Hoffman
Durham
Eisenhower
South
Tait
Duff
Lodge
Milder Readings With Rain Forecast Friday In Southwest Iowa
The weatherman expects a warmup to near 40 degrees on Friday followed by rain in the afternoon. Rain should change to snow Friday night into Saturday as strong northerly winds push temperatures back down. Thursday brought cloudy, cold weather with a high near 32 and a low around 22 anticipated Friday. Some sideroads near Hamburg remained drifted shut with vehicles reported stuck in snowbanks.
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Iowa
Mercury
Hamburg
Herring Runs for Democratic Nomination in Des Moines
Clyde E. Herring a 37 year old Polk County attorney announced on Thursday his bid for the Democratic nomination for Des Moines county attorney in the upcoming June primary election.
Liberalizing housing construction controls to boost output
Washington liberalizes building rules for housing commercial highways and schools. New one package housing order raises self authorized steel per dwelling to 2300 pounds and increases tonnage for non residential projects. Copper limits drop to 135 pounds per dwelling with substitution by aluminum possible. Alterations may use up to half the materials of new dwellings.
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Washington
NPA
NPR
Davenport 2-Fred Schwenigel Seeks Re Election
Republican state representative from Scott county Fred Schwen igel announced Thursday his bid for re election.
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Davenport
Fred Schwenigel
Scott County
Quick Thinking by Traffic Patrolman Helps Halt Truck
Baltimore patrolman Henry Becker directed traffic at a busy intersection on Wednesday when a truck sped downhill. He blew his whistle, leaped onto the tanning board, and halted the vehicle, earning praise from Police Commissioner Beverly Ober. Ishmon Davis, 29, driver, was charged with faulty brakes.
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Baltimore
Henry Becker
Beverly Ober
Becker
Ishmon Davis
Loyalty security setup under fire in Senate probe
Washington senators McCarran and Ferguson pressed for a full scale inquiry into the State Department loyalty security program. Secretary Acheson would testify under oath as to whether the internal security subcommittee or the appropriations subcommittee should conduct the investigation. The dispute followed Acheson reversing the loyalty board’s finding on diplomat Oliver Edmund Clubb, with McCarran hinting at possible pension action and noting Clubb’s pension figures differ between sources.
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Washington
State Department
McCarran
D-Nev
Ferguson
R-Mich
Acheson
Senate
Appropriations
McCarrap
Weecarran
Department
Oliver Edmund
Clubb
Employers urged to allow votes on election day
Local merchants and business men were urged to let their employees take time to vote at the school election. Chamber secretary Larle C. Reynolds said employers should permit workers to go to the polls during working hours if they cannot vote off hours, stressing that every registered voter should cast a ballot.
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Larle C. Reynolds
Chamber
Trapped Bull Ferdinand Shot to Death in Ravine
Ferdinand, a 1200 pound brown bull with a nose ring, fell into a 30 foot ravine on the Herman Boyer farm north of town. After days trapped, two trucks and five men finally killed him with a Remington hunting carbine and an automatic pistol, then hauled him up and sent him to the meat market for bologna.
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Ferdinand
Herman Boyer
Here
Owen Witthauer
South Side
Pete Trzeciak
Art Kibat
Herman Pete Trzeciak
Boyer Farm
Comstock Resigns City Manager Post in Bangor Note
Oliver D Comstock resigns as city manager effective April 7 after 1 year 10 months in the post. Council had discussed the move behind closed doors amid tensions over personnel matters including the firing of Finance Director Nels Hansen. The resignation precedes new council organization with Mayors Shugart and Schonberg leaving office and Schmidt and Keenan taking seats.
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Oliver di Comstock
Bangor
Maine
Comstock
Marion
Oliver ’ D. ‘Comstock
Nels Hansen
Hansen
3Hugart
James L
Mulqueen
Shugart
Courie
Carl Schonberg
Theodore
Ted” Schmidt
Wiliam Keenan
Nels’ Hansen
Tye
California
Florida
Nels
Irwin- Imig Company
Omaha
L Certified Public
Soviet Agent Sneaks Pictures of U S General Diary
Washington reports an unidentified Soviet agent entered a U S general’s room in Frankfurt last summer and photographed his diary. Maj George W Grow 56, now at the Pentagon, was named in excerpts printed in an anti American book that accused him and the U S army of warmongering and being Wall Street tools. The book quotes Grow urging total war and striking at enemy weakness.
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Washington
Frankfurt
Russia
Geo.y
Robert W., Grow
Moscow
Pentagon
Grow
U.S. Army
Wall Street
Plan State Survey on Horsemeat Sale
DES MOINES Iowa department of agriculture will conduct an immediate state wide survey to see if horsemeat is sold for human consumption in Iowa. About 600 samples may be collected from counties to protect legitimate retail markets and counter false accusations against certain retailers.
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Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
L. Bi Liddy
Departments, Dairy and Food Division
Liddy
Castom Java
Jare
Blood soaked profits denounced in Senate war surplus probe
Testimony described vessels of a New York ship firm delivering cargoes to red China after the Korean war began. Senator Minnat denounced the practice as blood soaked profits while attorney Wasson defended actions, noting ethics concerns but saying no laws were broken.
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Washington
New York
China
Sen
Me .D
Minnat
Hous
Ton H. Wasson
Wasson
Newbold Morris
Senate
U. S
Morris
China Trading and Industrial Development Corp
Red
McCarthy cites trustees in Morris foundation
Senator McCarthy says two trustees of Newbold Morris led foundation have engaged in communist front activities. He mentioned this during Senate hearings on war surplus government ships but did not name the trustees.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Newbold Morris
Pinay Confirmed France Premier After Assembly Vote
Antoine Pinay was named premier of France after a dramatic vote in the national assembly. He secured 324 votes, nine more than the minimum, with 206 votes against.
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Paris
Antoine* Pinay
France
National Assembly
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