Speculate On Anderson For Defense Post
Washington sources discuss Secretary of the Navy Robert Anderson as a potential deputy defense secretary to replace Roger B. Kyes. Kyes resigns amid the McCarthy Army row, with White House and Pentagon weighing candidates including Anderson, a Texas businessman, alongside outsiders like Paul Hoffman and John J. McCloy.
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Kyes
Wilson
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Robert Anderson
Roger B. Kyes
Defense Department
White House
Penttagon
Anderson
Fentagon
General Motors Corp
Bolt
GAT
Texas
Service Secretariat
Miletary
Defense
Stevens
Army
Pentagon
McCarthy
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Talbott
Eye2C.B. Men Voted For State Post Among 11 Nominees
Eleven candidates for staff superintendent of public instruction are named by the Associated Press from Des Moines. Included are two Council Bluffs educators Russel J. Mourer and Ernest W. Barker. Mourer says he is not interested. Jessie Parker’s elective term ends next January, with the new board to appoint the successor.
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Council Bluffs
Associated Press
Des Moines
Russel J. Mourer
Ernest W. Barker
Mourer
Hoth
State Board of Public Instruction
Barker
Jessie Parker Whs
Senate
J. Leonard Davies
State University of Iowa
Iowa State Education Assn
Paul F. Johnston
Arministration
Arthur Carpenter
Howard Benshoof
Glenn Holmes
M. L. Cushman
Iowa State College
Earl Cope
Iowa Falls
Currence FE
Amen
Mount Pleasant
Paul Norris
Excise Tax Reduction Goes Little Too Far
Republican tracers said at the White House that President Eisenhower feels a House bill to cut excise taxes by about a billion dollars goes a little too far. House Speaker Martin said the administration hopes to pare the figure in the Senate while noting no effort to reduce the proposed cut will be made by the administration or GOP House leaders.
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Washington &P
White House
Eisenhower
House
Martin
R-Mass
Senate
Dies At Waterloo
Waterloo man George W. Nauman, 85, longtime city treasurer for 16 years, died at a hospital Sunday night.
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Waterloo
Cgeorge W. Nauman
Waterloo Fly
Dorothy Houghton Weighs Iowa Senate Bid
Mrs Hiram C Dorothy Houghton former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and current assistant director of the Foreign Operations Administration spoke during a Des Moines visit about a possible run for the Iowa Republican nomination to the U S Senate. She said she is flattered by the suggestions and may announce her decision Tuesday.
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Washington
Hiram C
Dorothy) Houghton
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
U. S
Houghton
Foreign Operations Administration
Senate
Iowa
Des Moines
Red Oak
Ask Check On Reds In British Honduras
London reports urgent government inquiry into possible Communist influence in British Honduras amid Mayday 1940s era politics. Gov Renison seeks royal commission to probe links between colony's leading party and Guatemala Communists. Election in British Honduras set for April 23 under latest constitution.
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British Honduras
London
Churchill
Central America
Lorel Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Patrick Muir Renison
Guatemala
Florida
Panama Canal
Flonduras
Fair Weather Expected Through Tuesday In Southwest Town
Readings point to continued sunny fair weather over the Southwest Town region through Tuesday with highs near 57. Monday reached about 50, Monday night will be cold around 30. Sunday’s high was 54 and Monday’s low 25 with a trace of snow before midnight. Temperatures statewide fall to 15 in Waterloo early Monday, then warm up for Monday and Tuesday.
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Cal
Tuesda
Waterloo
Iowa Traffic Deaths By The Associated Press
A brief AP report from March 1953 outlines Iowa traffic fatalities with focus on rising deaths and regional patterns. It notes contributing factors and the need for safer driving practices amid increasing motor vehicle use across the state.
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Associated Press
Oakland Welcomes Jackettes After State Final Loss
Oakland honors its Jackettes as Garnaville's Candy Kids win 48 to 45 in Des Moines. Coach Lester hails the 1954 team as finest yet. Madonna Leader scores 107 in four games. A warm homecoming draws residents from Council Bluffs Anita and nearby towns.
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Fred Hawks
Oakland
Iowa
Drake Field House
Des Moines
Garnaville
Candy Kids
Iowa Basketball Queens
Q. E. Lester
Jackettes
Uncle Joe
Madonna
Joe
Southwest Iowa
Garnavillo
Lester
Fpottawattamie County
Council Bluff
Anita
Oak-land
Dennis Turner
Oakland High School
Lois Danker
School Vote Is Extremely Light
A local election on Monday forenoon yielded only 92 ballots across nine polling places making this one of the lightest school votes in history. Incumbents James H. Ross Dr Russell Blanchard and Ralph Storrs face no opposition as polls stay open until 7 pm and the unofficial noon tally compares sparse counts with 1953 1952 and older years.
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James H. Ross
Russell Blanchard
Ralph Storrs
Star Motors Vnes
Washington School
A. L
Sloumer
Millen
Nestinister Church
Longfellow School
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Franklin School
Company M Veterans Reunite in Red Oak for Annual Meet
Red Oak WWI veterans of Company M held their Annual reunion Sunday with 19 members present. The gathering, continued since 1919, named Frank Crowder of Omaha president Thure Freeburg Red Oak vice president Art Phelps Red Oak secretary treasurer Edward Lelpley Meadville Pa and his brother Jim Washington DC traveled the farthest. This marks the Lelpleys first attendance.
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Wpcchl Lo “Lieuwenparel Red Oak
Veterans of
Red Oak
Company M
Frank Crowder
Omaha
Thure Freeburg
Art Phelps
Edward C. Lelpley
Meadville
Jim
Washington, D. C
Lelpleys
New Assignments For 3 Admirals
Washington The White House on Monday announced the appointments of Vice Adm John E Cassady as commander in chief of U S Naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Also announced were the appointments of Vice Adm Thomas Combs to command the 6th Fleet succeeding Cassady Rear Adm Edmund T Wooldridge to head the 2nd Fleet succeeding Combs Wooldridge is now commander of the battleships cruisers in the Atlantic Fleet The new assignments were disclosed as President Eisenhower sent to the Senate nominations calling for promotions in rank for the three men He nominated Cassady for the new rank of admiral Combs for promotion from the temporary rank of vice admiral to permanent rank and Wooldridge to be a vice admiral.
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White House
John E. Cassady
U. S
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Thomas Combs
6Th Fleet
Cassady
Edmund T. Wooldridge
2Nd Fleet
Combs
Wooldridge
Eisenhower
Senate
Military Aid Costs Nation 7.7 Billion
President Eisenhower told Congress that since October 1949 the United States has provided 7.7 billion dollars in military aid including 30,792 tanks and combat vehicles 5,340 aircraft 601 Navy ships and 2 million small arms. The 1953 shipments comprised almost half of the total with NATO allies expanding airfields and jets while Indochina and other regions received growing support.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Indochina
U.S
NATO
North Atlantic
Two Mason City Churches Robbed
Thieves broke into the offices of First Congregational Church and Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City Saturday night and Sunday. At First Congregational they stole $26.50 in cash and a jammed check after taking keys from the minister’s desk. Trinity Lutheran saw an attempted safe burglary and cabinet damage, netting about 40 cents.
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Mason City
First Congregational Church
Aspen
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hall demands air time to answer Stevenson speech
Republican National Chairman Leonard W Hall urged NBC and CBS to provide free radio and television time to respond to Adlai Stevenson's Miami Beach rally criticizing Eisenhower over McCarthy. Hall said the Dems had been given matching coverage and that the party would designate its spokesman, not rely on personal rebuttals.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
Rwss
Stevenson
Miami Beach
Fla
Hall
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Democratic National Committee
Hail
Four Luther College choir members hurt in Nebraska crash
Four choir students from Luther Junior College at Wahoo Nebraska were injured when their car collided with a Des Moines driven pickup on Highway 6 two miles east of Wahoo. Injured were Katherine Morton Elna Kuehner Martha Smith and Dennis Johnson. Two other passengers were shaken but not hospitalized. All were taken to Jennie Edmundson Hospital and then Immanuel Hospital Omaha. Morton underwent surgery Monday.
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Luther Junior College
Wahoo
Neb
Carroll Lint
Des Moines
Here
Katherine Morton
Omaha
Elna Kuehner
Diller
Martha Smith
Duluth
Minn
Dennis Johnson
Pocahontas
George Lindsay
Ed Christensen
Johnson
Spencer and Garrison
Lindsay
Lint
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Immanuel Hospital
Miss Morton
Two Car Collision Claims Second Life
A two car crash near here on February 26 killed XL OREST CITY resident Sun E. C. Howland and his riding companion Mrs. Emily Lackore. Howland, 78, died in a hospital from injuries. Lackore died last Tuesday. Both were residents of Forest City.
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Orest City
Here
E. C. Howland
Emily Lackore
Howland
Forest City
Bentley improves in Washington after shooting injuries
Rep. Alvin M. Bentley of Michigan continues to improve but remains in serious condition after being wounded when four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire on the House of Representatives a week ago. His doctor reported Monday.
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Washinglon
Alvin M. Bentley
R-Mich
Building boom starts as January February set records
Construction figures for January and February reach the highest on record, signaling a broad U.S. upturn. The F W Dodge data show combined construction of over 2.1 billion dollars with estimated purchasing power near 9 billion, pointing to rising demand for lumber steel and materials and growing employment as permits convert to contracts. Strong financing from insurers and lenders supports a year of expanding activity across homes plants and offices.
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U.S
David Lawrence Washington
America
F. W. Dodge Corporation
United States
F. W. Dodge
Department of Commerce
Japan US defense pact aims to hasten American withdrawal
Tokyo reports Japan and the United States signed a mutual defense package pledging 100 million dollars in aid over three months to bolster Japan's armed forces from 120,000 to 160,000 and provide ships and planes. The pact includes grain shipments, military collaboration, and a 700 man advisory group with ratification expected by April 1.
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Japan
United States
U. S
John Allison
Katsuo Okazaki
Shigeru Yoshida
Allison
Dulles
Okazaki
Serviceman Dies In Auto Crash In Shelby County
An Offutt Air Base serviceman Leslie E. Goodie 23 Anderson Alabama died Saturday night after being thrown from and run over by a car on a dirt road in Shelby County. Passenger Richard Bohac 20 Rogers Nebraska was rescued unharmed. The accident occurred on a sharp turn about 34 miles north of Shelby.
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Offut Air Base
Shelby County
Leslie E. Goodie
Anderson
Ala
Richard Bohac
Rogers
Neb
Bohac
Goodie
Orrell Gearhart
Fred Hobus
Robert Hobus
Avoca
Gearhart
Hobus
Shelby Fire Department
Jimmy Wooten Declares Sheriff Run In June Primary
Jimmy Wooten a 38 year old former boxer announces a bid for sheriff seeking the Democratic nomination at the June 7 primary. He is the first Democrat to enter any county office race. A Missouri native, he has lived here 32 years and resides at 1009 Avenue C.
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Jimmy Wooten
Wooten
Missouri
Avenue C
Reject Effort To Kill Union Shop
Washington House Labor Committee rejected 18-8 an effort to strike union shop provisions from Taft Hartley Act at a closed door meeting. Chairman McConnell said Rep. Wint Smith sponsored the proposal to outlaw contracts requiring union shops and membership maintenance.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
McConnell
R-Pa
Wint Smith
R-Kan
Republicans Sign Martin Senate Petition Push in Iowa
Campaign headquarters for Martin for Senator said Monday that more than 55,000 Republicans have signed nominating petitions for Rep. Thomas E. Martin of Iowa City. Martin is the sole announced GOP candidate. The petitions include signers from every Iowa county and are expected to exceed 60,000. only about 3,000 are legally required to file.
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Martin-for-Senator
Rep
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Martin
Iowa
Rescue Two Sisters From Canyon Depths
In Yuma Arizona two sisters Carla Meyer twelve and Jean nine were rescued after slipping into Palm Canyon eight teen hours earlier. Deputies lowered to a narrow ledge by rope and carried them out cold and hungry but apparently well after a picnic led to their loss sixty miles north of the city.
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Toll Of Avalanche Deaths Rises To 13 In Austria
Austria's avalanche toll rose to 13 on Monday as rescuers found three more skiers buried under a 30 foot snow slide. The year’s snow slide deaths reached 154 across the country.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Freight Train Hits Ohio Car Killing Five at Crossing
Columbus police say five residents of the city, three women and two men, were killed early Monday when their automobile was demolished by a freight train at a grade crossing. The toll is reported as the highest in Columbus in many years.
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Ohio
Arenivi
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