Second Appearance as Defendant Testifies in Murder Trial
Robert Fischer, 15, testified for the second time in a second degree murder case in Webster City Iowa, saying he knew it was wrong to kill though he shot his school superintendent father Al Fischer 42 last April 18 at Jewell. He recounted self defense claims and memory gaps about Ten Commandments and family arrangements. The trial entered its third week with a verdict expected by midweek.
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Webster City
Robert Fischer
al Fischer
Jewell
Lloyd Karr
Robert
Fischer
Iowa
Karr
Karl
Four hour air drama ends with belly landing at Dayton airport
Pilot Carl R. Siemer 31 of Cincinnati safely landed a Lockheed Lodestar with four aboard at Dayton Municipal Airport in Vandalia after a jammed landing gear kept the craft circling the field. Spectators counted onlookers as the flare lit grass became the touchdown site and fuel burn reduced fire risk in case of a crash.
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Dayton
Carl R. Siemer
Cincinnati
Municipy
Vandalia
State Fair Reports Profit of 239764 in 1951 Audit
DES MOINES. The 1951 Iowa state fair posted a profit of 239,764 with receipts 741,597 and expenditures 501,833. The audit covers Dec 1, 1950 to Nov 30, 1951, showing year receipts 860,877 and disbursements 647,683, ending cash balance 213,194. The board began the year with 465,050 cash, elevating the year end cash to 478.
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Des Moines
State Auditor's
State Fair Board
The
Fair Board
Several Classrooms Are Minus Teachers
Shortage of substitute teachers left city schools short of instructors on Monday with 20 to 22 teachers out sick daily. Substitutes were urged to register at the superintendent Maurer’s office. Classes sometimes doubled up when no substitute could be assigned. At Abraham Lincoln High School Theron Stuelke began classes then handed them to a student organizer.
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Russell J. Maurer
Abraham Lincoln High School
Theron Stuelke
Taft Winds Up N H Campaign Clashes Preview Primary
Taft ends a three day New Hampshire blitz and heads to Texas as Eisenhower supporters mount last minute rallies. Gov Adams accuses Taft of isolationism while Lodge and Adams campaign for Eisenhower in Dover and Lancaster. Tuesday primary could shape later races with about 75 000 GOP voters and 14 national delegates at stake. Dems expect about 25 000 voters and eight delegates with Kefauver challenging Truman.
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Associated Press
Sen
Taft
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Ohio
Texas
Sherman Adams
Adams
Harold E. Stassen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Asl J.reaily
Iowa Traffic Deaths March 10 1952 and 1951
Report lists traffic fatalities in Iowa for March 10 1952 and March 10 1951. Includes brief notes on locations and victim counts. No additional details available in the fragment.
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Rssseueeees
Strike Ties Up N Y Central Inland Lines
Strikes paralyze most of New York Central inland service, snarling rail connections in St Louis area. Army warnings and possible spread threaten other lines as thousands refuse work. NYC operates busy Chicago to New York routes with about 20,000 daily passengers. 10,000 quit, 15,000 affected, 5,500 on strike per union counts.
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Chicago
New York Central
St. Louis
Buffalo
Karl R. Bendetsen
Army
Firemen's Brotherhood
NYC
Central
New York State
Cleve
Roy QO
St. Louis Terminal
New York
Boston
Pennsylvania
Deep Water A-Bomb Test Feasibility Explored
Scientists study deep water atomic blasts as future tests may sink ships and damage harbor targets. Past Bikini tests showed power but shallow water wasted much of the force as a towering water column rose skyward.
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Elton
Ray
Washington
Marshall
Islands
Aemit
Bikini Lagoon
Night of Terror for Three Girls At Carnegie Museum
Three young girls wandered inside Carnegie Museum overnight and emerged Sunday morning badly frightened after spending the night among dinosaur exhibits and Mummy cases. Police were alerted and neighbors aided in the all night search.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum
Big Museum
Wwoman
C-47 Crashes and Burns at Offutt
An air force C-47 crashed on Offutt air base parade grounds during a routine flight. All 12 aboard escaped unharmed as the aircraft, based at Mountain Home Idaho, failed to rise and struck the ground amid light rain and a slight cross wind. A board of officers was convened to investigate the crash. the bomber was destroyed.
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Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Offutt Base
Mountain Home
Idaho
Ogden Hill
Utah
Offutt Field
Ramey Base
Puerto Rico
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Offutt Air Base
Robert. J. Engelbretson
L. W. Roberts
Beise
Ydaho
Pendeley
Boston
Mass
A. Ashbridge
Boise
Donald R. Carver
K. E. Sandee
San. Antonio
WJ. Harr
Aliquitts
Pie
G. Ty. Johnson
Orfordville
Wis
M. G. Wiliams
Fongview
Tex
J. J. Brocoto
Saly
V. HB
Turner
Little Rock Ark
Danial Leon
Chicago
Hartford
Conn
Voters race for record in Bluffs school election
Slushy weather could not dampen turnout as Council Bluffs voters streamed to polls. By noon 561 had voted, topping 1949 and 1950 noon totals, with 204 cast in one precinct the strongest single showing. Voters decide three school board seats and a treasurer, plus bond and levy matters, aided by PTA groups and local clubs running get-out-the-vote campaigns.
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E. P. Woodring
South Seventh Street
PTA
Kiwanis Club
Sam Hurd
Council Bluffs
Avenue I
Rosa Fern
Linda Kay
Clyde Thorpe
Avenue H
League of Women Voters
West
Harry C. Dickson
s—Avenue
Franklin School
Towis
Tim
the Falls
R. McComs
Darrell Shelton
1St Street
Tom
Batista Returns to Power in Cuban Revolt
In Havana an army backed revolt ousted President Carlos Prio Socarras. Fulgencio Batista seized control as the president fled the palace amid gunfire that left two dead. The move comes three months before Cuba’s scheduled elections.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Icubs
Carlos Ipxio Socarras
Revolt Shake Near Camp Columbia Amid Bank Burglary
The report notes burglars took $10 from Cromwell Bank and Desi Batista along with two army officers left the presidential palace after claiming Batista seized Camp Columbia. He said he was forced to stage a revolution to counter a fake turn of events tied to a June 1 election.
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Nnucar
Prio
Batista
Camp Columbia
Appoints Land to Engineering Post
John Laub named assistant city engineer in Cromwell Union County. He has civil engineering experience with Union Pacific and U S engineers, plus Cass and Calhoun counties, earning $376 a month. Tasked with Ninth Avenue drainage, Vine Street widening, and parking lot plans near Munster Street.
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Cromwell
Cromwell State Bank
A. Omar Cannon
Union County
Henry C. Lath
Creston
Tharp
Grover
Carsten Liekvold
Laub
Sixth Avenue
Union Pacific Railroad
U. S Engineers
Cass
Calhoun
Tampane Company
Omaha
Sth Ave
John Laub
Ninth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Vine Street
Scott and Munster Streets
Sixth
Scott
Munster Street
Weather Like a March Hare
The Southwest Town area is expected to see a brief rain and snow respite Tuesday with more precipitation arriving Wednesday. Skies will be spotty and temperatures cool through Tuesday, with readings from about 24 to 38. Monday high near 38, low around 33. Precipitation totals varied by location, and a new storm system from Washington and Nevada may influence Midwest weather late Tuesday night.
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Mercury
Council Bluffs
van’ Meter
Des Moines
Iowa
Columbia
Midwest
Washington
Nevada
E. F. Stapowich
Oil trade case settles with Newbold Morris firm
Washington reports $847,000 fine for employing foreign radio operators in an oil deal with China. An $88,000 settlement has been worked out by the law firm of Newbold Morris, noted government corruption sleuth, amid congressional inquiries.
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Washington
China
Newbold Morris
Sleuth
Rail Trust Certificates Authorized for Milwaukee Road
The Interstate Commerce Commission on Monday approved the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to issue 2.406 million dollars of equipment trust certificates to fund new locomotive and car purchases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
Fire Destroys Hotel in Texarkana Tragedy
A spectacular blaze gutted the Splawn hotel upper floors in Texarkana on Monday. At least two people were burned to death and as many as three may have perished among the 90 guests in the 40 room hotel.
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Texarkana
Tex
Splawn
Lt Allavie Cited in Crash Rescue
First Lt John E. Allavie of 807 East Pierce Street and T/Sgt Billy R. Hough of Zearing Texas were cited in a Soldier's Medal recommendation for rescuing crewmen from the burning B 50 at Offutt Air Base after a February 26 crash. Five crewmen died, 12 were injured. the pair pulled at least four men from the nose section before fire crews arrived. Allavie is in the operations squadron. Hough is an air policeman. Allavie graduated Abraham Lincoln High School in 1943.
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John E. Allavie
East Pierce Street
Offutt Air Base
Offutt
Allavie
Billy R. Hough
Zearing
Allavne
Set
Hough
Abraham Lincoln High School
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N.Y. Central Inland Lines
Piio
Cromwell Bank
Henry C. Lawheo
Rafael Salas
Cuba
Salas
Frio
Piio Had Little Hope of Saving the Day. He Said He Was Going To Camp Columbia
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