Turn Down Resolution On Inquiry
The Iowa House defeated a resolution 56 to 34 calling for an inquiry into questionable purchases by the State Highway Commission. Rep Roscoe Pollock and Rep William Dillon backed the move amid rumors, while Rep G T Kuester urged defeat citing past investigations and concerns over whitewashes. A bid-by-two-firms example was cited, and Democrats filed a separate request for an extensive probe before recess.
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Des Moines
House
State Highway Commission
Roscoe Pollock
R-Douds
William Dillon
Columbus Junction
Kuester
Pollock
G. T. Kuester
Rgriswold
Highway Commission
Liquor Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Board of Control
State Board of Control
J .O. Watson
Rindianola
Jim Henry
R-Carson
Duillon
William Denman
D-Des Moines
Denman
Pollox
Iowa
Kennedy Considered for Defense Post Deputy Assistant Secretary
Lorne E. Kennedy formerly of Council Bluffs is being considered for deputy assistant secretary of defense for all hazards or resilience affairs a Defense Department source said in Washington. Robert Ross, a former deputy, was nominated to be an assistant secretary but the Senate has not yet confirmed him. Seaton of Hastings Neb is publisher and Kennedy has long resided in Washington after early newspaper work and service to Lens Wherry. The deputy secretary position carries a $30 a day pay.
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S Lorne E. Kennedy
Council Bluffs
Defense Department
Washington
Robert Ross
Fred Seaton
Senate
Ross
Seaton
Hastings
Neb
Kennedy
Agai
Ax c
Lens Wherry
Seator
Griswold
Bowring
Nebraska
Jack Kennedy
Stan
Des Moines Fire Destroys Sargent & Co Plant
A Sunday night blaze leveled the Sargent & Co feed plant in northeast Des Moines causing about 900000 in losses. Fire officials reported 60 firefighters battled a 12 degree wind driven fire that burned most of the block long building. 80 percent grain recovery possible, with insured building and machinery totals guiding recovery. Ernest I. Sargent said most of 100000 bushels of stored grain likely survived. plant employs 50 on three shifts. Other Sargent facilities ordered to double shifts to cover dealers.
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Des Moines
Sargent & Co
B. A. Ferguson
Highway 6
Ferguson
Ernest I. Sargent
Iowa
Sargent
Fremont
Neb
Waverly
Monmouth
Algona
Goose Flight Due First Warm Day
On the first warm day, many ducks and geese will appear in the territory. State Conservation Officer Ward Garrett notes migratory ducks from the gulf states are moving toward northern nesting grounds. Large flocks reported near Hamburg and just north of Council Bluffs as birds follow the river and feed in nearby fields. Geese, mallards and pintail ducks seen about 12 miles north of Council Bluffs.
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Ward Garrett
Gulf States
Hamburg
Council Bluffs
Garrett
St. Joseph
Couned Bluffs
Officials To Brief State Governors On May 23
The White House will host briefings for state governors on international and domestic issues in Washington on May 23. Sessions are arranged by the Governors' Conference chaired by Gov. Robert F. Kennon Lonmann and by Val Peterson, head of the Civil Defense Administration.
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Washington
White House
Governors’ Conference
Robert F. Kennon
Lonmann
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense Administration
75th Anniversary in Chattanooga Note
Patterson and his wife Cordelia observed their 75th wedding anniversary in Chattanooga Tennessee on Monday, marking a long marriage and family milestone with relatives and friends present.
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Chattanooga Tenn
Me Patterson
Cordelia
Portsmouth Mourns Five Five Victims
Portsmouth mourns the five children and a babysitter who perished in a basement fire on Saturday. Services were held at Our Lady of Fatima Church with burial at St. Mary's Cemetery as the Raymond and Kleffman families face loss, injuries, and ongoing hardship. Donations to assist the Raymond family were announced by local leaders. The tragedy compounds recent misfortunes for the family including prior fires and medical issues.
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Our Lady of Fatima
N. A. Gaul
Portsmouth
Jack Kennedy
W. McManamy
Our Lady of Futuma Church
John Raymond
John Jr
Russell
Jerry
Anna Marie
Jean Kleffman
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Kieffman
Walter Kieffmanj
Raymond
Danny
Gaul
Jean
Ernest Ohlinger
American Legion Post 547
Oblinger
Don Levien
Innocent Plea Filed For Triplett In Slaying Case
Ernest J Triplett 50 of Woodbine Iowa entered an innocent plea on murder charges in the abduction and killing of 12 year old Jimmy Bremmer of Sioux City. Defense by Thomas Tacy of Council Bluffs. Preliminary hearing set for March 21. Held without bond at Plymouth County jail. Triplett had been in Cherokee State Mental Health Institute as a voluntary patient since last October and was held by Sioux City police after Bremmer vanished August 31. He denied knowledge of the boy's fate.
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Couner
Wien
Charge Israel As Aggressor
The U N Mixed Armistice Commission labeled Israel a brutal aggressor for a Gaza Strip attack that killed 38 Egyptians and 8 Israelis, breaching the Palestine truce. The ruling fuels Security Council censure talk as Gen Burns prepares to report to New York. The commission backed an Egyptian resolution blaming Israeli regular army forces for the Feb 28 attack.
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Israel
U.N
Gaza Strip
Palestine
New York
Security Council
Burns
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
U. N. Palestine
Gaza
Truce Commission
U. N
Francois Geicomage
France
Cincinnati Iowa marks community's centennial birthday
Cincinnati in Ap anoose County observed its 100th birthday with a quiet ceremony Monday. Cincinnati High School students staged a pageant directed by Mrs Beulah Mitchell and Mrs Ian Thompson. The town lies nine miles southwest of Centerville.
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Cincinnati 7
Appanoose County
Cincinnati High School
Beu-lah Mitchell
Ian Thompson
Cincinnati
Centerville
Rumors of Princess Margaret Wedding Suddenly Gain Support
London reports press whispers that Princess Margaret may marry Peter Townsend, an air officer with a divorce. The People and the Pictorial cite a romance revival as her August 21 birthday nears, noting Townsend’s prior role as an equerry and the royal issue of requiring permissi on to wed a commoner.
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London
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Townsend
Brussels
Botish
The
People
Pictorial
Elizabeth
Sheny
Prince Charles
Anne
Townsends
Viewers Dazzled By Blinding Flash Of Atomic Device
A 1955 atomic test produced a 20 second blinding flash seen across the West from Idaho to California. The Nevada detonation, from a 5000 foot tower, caused evacuations near the test site and rattled windows in Salt Lake City. No casualties were reported, and military maneuvers were halted due to fallout predictions.
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Nev
Grangeville
Idaho
Rosalia
Wash
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Ore
Missoula
Mont
Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Nevada
St. George
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Salt Lake City
California
San Joaquin Valley
Air Force
Navy
Marines
AEC
Department of Defense
Los Alamos
Livermore
Calif
Deh Valles Junction
Anges Peak
Charlesta Hange
Benth Atrevaih
Oakland Youth Hurt In Freak Auto Accident
An Oakland youth named Gerald Danker, 19, sustained cuts to the head, cheeks, ears, and neck after being thrown from a left back seat window in a freak auto accident near Oakland. He was listed in good condition at Jennie Edmundson Hospital the next morning. Deputies said Danker swerved after sideswiping with Walter Shaw, 63, causing the vehicle to hit gravel and tumble into a ditch. Shaw was uninjured.
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Oakland
Gerald Danker
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Claus Danker
Pottawattamie County
Bob Clark
Jim Campbell
Avoca
Danker
Walter W Shaw
Shaw
Theft at Moore's Jewelry Store Estimated at Four Thousand
Cass County Sheriff Ken Jones reports burglars broke in through the back door of Moore's Jewelry Store in Atlantic Sunday afternoon. They fled before a sale could be opened, taking about 73 watches, 100 pens, 24 sets of pen and pencil sets, 60 debit items, and 200 extension watch bands, with an estimated merchandise loss of $4,000.
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Atlantic
Moore
Cass County
Ken Jones
Chuckle Aming Miss With Ransom Eve NS Usually Out
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Ransome
Four Children Die In South Dakota Fire
Mitchell South Dakota four children aged between 2 and 6 died in a predawn house fire believed caused by an exploding oil stove. The mother Mrs John Heinrich 27 suffered burns while trying to rescue the youngsters. Her husband a truck driver was away on a delivery run.
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South Dakota
Mitchell
John Heinrich
Heinrich
Mild Weather On Tap Tuesday
Minnesota Iowa city notes show unseasonably mild weather with a high near 48 in southwest Iowa on Tuesday and cloudiness. Monday night low around 20, skies fair, Monday morning 3 to near 40 with a trace of precipitation. Sunday high 28, Arctic high brought 50 to 60 mph gusts and light snow. A Pacific high near the Rockies expected to bring warming over the next two days. 2% delay at Rennudy Minn.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mason City
Lamont
Sioux City
Towa
Central Town
Rockies
Central Plains
Rennudy
Minn
Street Work Keeps City Crews Busy
Public Works Director Forest Grover said spring thaw keeps crews active on city streets. One crew fills mud holes, another sands chuck holes, and a third cleans and flushes paved surfaces. Dirt streets are graded as ideal conditions moderate erosion.
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Department of Publi Works
Forest Grover
Grover
Burlington Man Dies In Crash At Highways 605 And 24
A Burlington man, Leon Lewis, died after a northbound station wagon left the road and rolled end over end on a gravel shoulder near the intersections of Highways 605 and 24. Witnesses estimated 70 to 80 mph before impact, and no suicide theory is planned per sheriff Don Phod en.
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Burlington
Linden
Wis
Leon
Hese
Lewis
Bhitis Hospital
Malls
Don Phoden
Rhoden
River slides along as street race scene dries up
Los Angeles report describes a dry riverbed where youths attempted street racing in souped up jalopies. Police rounded up about 1 dozen youngsters. around 20 cars fled but no arrests were made. In the end authorities declared the river not a race track and urged caution on the dry promenade.
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Los Angeles
Los Apeles
San Fernindo
Potee
Wringstore
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