Home-made Handcuff Key Found on Kitts in Waterloo
Federal officers report Kenneth Kitts, 34, a bank robber awaiting grand jury testimony, was found with a home-made handcuff key sewn in his pants seam at Black Hawk county jail. The key, unable to unlock standard handcuffs, was discovered after a prior search. Kitts faces multiple federal terms and Nebraska prison sentences. He may be moved to Sioux Falls for a South Dakota bank robbery case before return to Nebraska.
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Waterloo
U. S
Fred Biermann
Kenneth Kitts
Kitts
Black Hawk County
Nebraska
Lincoln
Linn County
Cedar’ Rapids
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Electric Wristwatch by Elgin Aims for Perfect Time
Elgin National Watch Co unveils an electric wristwatch with a tiny battery powering a quiet motor and no mainspring. The unit, about the size of a conventional watch, runs more than a year on a penny sized battery and costs under a quarter for replacement. A Paris firm, Lip, also announced an electric wristwatch simultaneously, with firms sharing research but pursuing separate progress.
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Chicago
Stie
Elgin National Watchy Company
J. G.'¢ Shennen
Elgin
Paris
Lip! Watch Company
Besancon
France
Shennan
Havel
100 Percent Diesels on Rock Island Line
Des Moines report says Rock Island president J. D. Farrington declares passenger service will be 100 percent diesel within days and by year end Freight trains in the Davenport to Omaha area will run on diesel engines. He spoke during his Des Moines visit for a meeting opening and before an ICC examiner.
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Des Moines
The
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
J. D. Farrington
Farrington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Davenport
Omaha
Des Moines Teen Burned in Chemistry Lab Explosion
Des Moines reports 17 year old Lincoln high senior Don Madison suffered severe burns to hands arms and face plus glass cuts after a quantity of flash powder exploded in a chemistry lab while he worked alone. The blast shattered a lab window broke a bench glass cover and damaged lab equipment.
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Des Moines
Don Madison
Lincoln High School
Madison
Chuckle Political Speaker Sparks Audience Debate
The Floodlight reports a humorous scene with a speaker calling for a working majority and an audience member retorting with a blunt push for a majority that works. The exchange captures a satirical moment in civic discourse.
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Buster
Nearing Agreement on Ports of Entry
Allied spokesmen reported truce negotiations neared agreement on the 10 ports of entry for a Korean armistice. United Nations negotiators proposed a compromise while the communists promised to think it over. Col. Andrew Kinney said the parties were generally in agreement on the better part of the ports question. Communist newsmen anticipated a truce within three or four weeks.
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Munson
Korea
United Nations
Andrew Kinney
Red
Korean Situation a Truman Factor for 1952 Run
Key West notes Democratic Chair McKinney on Wednesday saying a satisfactory Korean War settlement could lessen President Truman’s chances of seeking re election. He advised the open convention if Truman does not run and expects a public statement before the July convention, with a May 15 target for word to the party.
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Key West
Fla
Frank E. McKinney
Truman
McKinney
Taman
Democratic Executive Committee
Chicago
PR Man Applies for City Manager Post
City officials report the first application for the city manager post after a man described as a public relations man called to express interest. Mulqueen advised written submissions. The job offers a salary range of 10 000 to 12 000 dollars to widen applicant pool. The current manager Oliver Comstock resigns April 7 after starting in June 1950 at 10 006 dollars.
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James Mulqueen
Mulqueen
Bulletin of the
International Association of City Managers
Oliver D. Comstock
Thealy
Work Year a Repair Flood damaged Church Then Fire
Floodwaters in Kansas last July damaged the Armourdale Baptist Church interior. Members labored for months to repair the damage and finish the work. This week services were to resume, but a Wednesday fire destroyed the church. The cause is not yet determined.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Armourdale Baptist
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported By The Associated Press
Iowa traffic fatalities reported by the Associated Press for March 19 1952 and March 19 1951 summarize crashes across the state with casualty counts and brief scene details. Authorities record injuries and fatalities, noting roadway conditions and vehicle types involved in each incident.
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Iowa
Assocated
Plans for Clean-up Week Will Cover the Entire City
Council Bluffs plans for a city wide cleanup by April 26 with cleanup week starting April 20. A 25 member city wide committee met at Hotel Chieftain to discuss block by block canvassing, weed control, dilapidated properties, and trash collection while urging railroads and businesses to help.
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Council Bluffs
Fifth Avenue
Avenue B
South Main Street
Pearl Street
Third Street
Chamber
Women's
Boy Scouts
Morse
Waldo Merrill
James Burke
Burke
Kenneth Tharps
Chamber of Commerce
Ivan Cohoe
Cohoe
Women Golfers Killed by Plane Near Jacksonville
Two women golfers were killed when a navy Corsair crash landed on Timuquana golf course near the Air Station south of Jacksonville. The victims were Mrs Brady Johnson and Mrs William Dempsey, wives of local officials and contractors. Eyewitness A C Weller said the engine was dead on approach and a nearby caddy survived. The pilot, unnamed, apparently survived the landing but the crash left the scene ghastly to onlookers.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Timuquana
Brady Johnson
Dinsmore Darries
William Dempsey
Timuquana Club
Naval Air Station
A. C. Weller
Timugana Road
Weller
Father at 15 but too young to drive story
Hillyard, age 13, faces a municipal court case with charges of driving without an operator license and speeding. He explains Iowa law limits him to 16 for a regular license and to a school permit if he attends school, but he must work to support his wife and child Jerry Lee.
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Jerry Lee
Hundreds of U S Servicemen Wed Japanese Brides
In Tokyo and other ports, hundreds of American servicemen took Japanese fiancés as civil ceremonies wrapped up to meet a U S deadline. Consul General James B. Pilcher said about 1000 marriages were recorded. 95 at Tokyo alone. Many couples had children from these unions amid postwar efforts to bring brides to the United States.
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Tokyo
United States
James B. Pilcher
U 8
U.S
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Fukuoka
Sapporo
Tickets Issued In Ak-Sar-Ben License Drive
Police issued 125 traffic tickets at Ak-Sar-Ben bridge Wednesday morning in a license plate drive. About 100 violators faced booking for front plates showing 1951 registration. Over 20 tickets for delinquent plates or Nebraska registration. Three tickets at the South Omaha bridge. Agencies involved included Council Bluffs police state highway police and the Town bureau of auto registration. The check ran from 9 to 12. Police also issued four warrants for delinquent parking tickets.
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Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Eldon Winger
Nebraska
South Omaha Bridge
Council Bluffs
State Highway Police
Town Bureau of Auto Registration
Tam Togam
Cant. Winger
Boone Girl 19 Dies of Accident Injuries
Shirley Tru, age 19 of Boone, died in Keene county hospital from injuries after a Monday automobile wreck near Grand Tunction. Her sister Barbara, also a passenger, remains hospitalized in serious condition with brain hemorrhage and other injuries.
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Jefferson
Shirley Tru
Boone
Keene County Hospital
Grand Tunction
Barbara
60 000 TV Sets in Moscow Reported by Pravda
Pravda reports about 60 000 television sets in use in Moscow. The agriculture culture department says an application by Allied Mills Inc to build a 24 million dollar mixed feed plant in Mason City Iowa was approved, with partial completion stalled in 1951 and 8 percent metals critical to the project.
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Moscow
Pravda
Washington
Culture Department
Communist Party
Thesday
Allied Mills, Inc
Mason City
Stennett Approves $90,000 High School Bond Issue
Citizens in Stennett approved a $90,000 bond issue to fund a new high school gymnasium. Construction could begin this spring pending material availability. The project includes a standard size basketball court for 500 spectators, a stage, and locker rooms for boys and girls. The current gym will be remodeled into a dining room lunch facilities and shop quarters.
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Stennett
Glenwood Dashes Grundy Center In State Tourney Opener
Glenwood, co champ of the Hawkeye Eight, toppled undefeated Grundy Center 41 to 35 in the first round of the state high school basketball tournament. Orv Allen led Grundy Center with 14 points as Glenwood’s balanced attack, led by Ron Vrba and Duane Eruestle with 10 apiece, pulled away after the third period.
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Iowa City
Glenwood
Grundy Center
Spartans
Rams
Western Iowa
Grundy
Orv Allen
Jake Bergman
Ron Vrba
Duane Eruestle
Ilenwood
Zajller
Ballen
Bruestle
Peterson
Beran
Davis
Oo Edwards
Ij Atachour
Gregory
Berane
Allen
van Possen
Kell
J. Bergmnan
Viba Edwards
Collier
Bruasile
Gruny
30 Persons Sought to Adopt Colle Pal Drifts from Nonpareil Feature
Colle Pal, a collie pictured in Mondays Nonpareil, drew about 30 home offers to City Poundmaster Ivan Borin. The dog slipped away during the night before ownership could be finalized. Borin urged secure tethering for newly placed pets and noted two other dogs and a pup were placed through the feature. If not adopted, dogs face euthanasia. ownership requires a $2 license fee.
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North Eighth Street
Pal
Toby
Tum
Borin
Four year old displays set of false teeth
DECATUR Ill 72 When year old Joseph Michael Doolin smiles he shows a rare set of dentures. Only five of his teeth are his own after a dentist pulled all but five on Feb 13. Joe handles apples garamels and bubble gum with ease and minor adjustments should keep the dentures until his permanent teeth arrive in a couple of years.
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Decatur
Ill
Joseph Michael Doolin
Joe
Taft Leaders See Key Test in Wisconsin
Eisenhower's 39 percent write-in in Minnesota signals growing challenge to Taft for Republican nomination. Wisconsin voters face a write-in ban, making April 1 a crucial test for Taft, Stassen, and Warren as delegates are chosen ahead of the July convention.
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Jack Bell Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minnesota
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wisconsin
Gaige Roberts
State’s Department of Elections
Taft
Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Hisenhower
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Tafl
New Jersey
Rain Delays First Day of Spring in Southwest Iowa
Rain and lingering winter chill mark the arrival of spring with clouds and a 47 degree high forecast. Southwest Iowa endures a rainfall of .83 inch, roads slow, some rural schools close, and the Missouri River rises briefly before falling. Blizzard conditions elsewhere kill four, trap 125, and close major routes across the Sierra Nevada as tornadoes strike Missouri and Illinois injuring three.
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Iowa
Missouri
Sierra Nevada
Guthrie Center
Ames
California
Iinois
Despite Mother's Will Sons May Get Estate
In Cleveland in May 1928 Mrs Elisabeth T Miller left her two sons W Tyler Miller of Seattle and Otto Miller of Napoleon $1 each. Judge Nelson J Brewer refused to probate the will citing torn signatures. pending appeal, the sons inherit an estate valued at 318766 dollars.
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Cleveland
Elisabeth ©. T. Miller
W.tyler Miler
Seattle
Otto Miller
Napoleon
Nelson J. Brewer
Truman Withdrawal Puzzles Californians
President Truman suddenly withdrew from the California presidential primary leaving state Democratic leaders puzzled over strategy. Should they back a favorite son to protect California's 68 convention votes for the pro Truman faction, switch to Kefauver, or do nothing and concede the delegation to Kefauver?
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Sacramento
Calif
Truman
California
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Minnesota Write In Votes Spark Legal Question In Primary
In Minnesota presidential primary tallies, Eisenhower and Stassen led Republicans with large write ins, while Humphrey topped Democrats with write ins. The ballot rules offered no automatic delegation. observers expect court or convention moves. Machines required explicit write in actions, and many voters learned the process as they went.
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Eisenhower
Minnesota
Stassen
Eis- Wenhower
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Truman
Humphrey
D-Minn
Edward C. Slettedahl
Taft
Earl Warren
California
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Robbery at Suburban St Louis Home Holds Family at Gunpoint
In a casual televised style, three masked men robbed the Roehl family of Frontenac, including 11-year-old Eldora, during a nighttime home invasion. A pistol was held to the girl’s head as the intruders ransacked the residence, taking about 25 000 dollars. The family, wife and husband Mr and Mrs William Roehl and two children Elizabeth 15 and Eldora, faced threats during the break in.
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ST. Louis
Eldora Roehl
William Roehl
Frontenac
Elizabeth
German Measles Force School Closure in Chelsea
Chelsea Iowa school closes for three days after more than half of 43 pupils contract German measles. Superintendent William Dennis cites illness as reason for no classes for rest of the week.
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Chelsea, Ia
Chelsea
William Dennis
Indictments Return Against State Rep Adduci in Payroll Probe
VHICAGS, a-ine Wook county grand jury returned two more indictments against State Rep James J. Adduci in its irregular payroll practices inquiry. Adduci, a Republican, was named Tuesday in charges of forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Vhicags
Ine Wook County
James J. Adduci
Adduci
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Charles O’curran
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Glenwood Clips
Colle
Ike
Minneapolis
Dwight Eisenhower
Harold E. Itassen
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Pfe
Ted C. Spagnuolo
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