Spring Snow and Floods Strike Mid-America Seaboard
Winter’s retreat delayed as a Sunday snowstorm blankets the Midwest bringing up to seven inches of snow in the northwest, causing accidents and school closings across multiple towns. Strong winds and drifting delay readings while IALCO reports outages, highways ice bound and river levels rising as Missouri Arkansas tornadoes damage farms and a heavy snow warning spans Kansas and central Iowa.
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Mid-America
Iowa Power and Light Co
Ialco
W. C. Rathke
Ipalco
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Hamburg
Perry
Eldora
McGregor
Moville
LaMars
Spencer
Highway Patrol
Carroll
Estherville
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Webster City
Williams
Mason City
Midwest
Missouri
Arkansas
McKenzie Creek
Piedmont
Kansas City
Kansas Ciy Weather Bureau
Kansas
Iowa
Wichta
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Plan For Foreign Aid Policy Outlined By FOA Official
Washington sources report 2 Director Marold Stassen told FOA employees Monday the Eisenhower administration will craft a foreign aid policy plan after dine. He indicated the plan will outline an approach for foreign assistance and the role of the agency in Congress and diplomacy.
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Washington
Marold Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Eisenhow.er
Lord of Fermen
En. Pre
Petitions Favor Liquor By Drink in Iowa House
Three petitions with 2 292 signatures from Dubuque and Muscatine counties backed a bill to legalize liquor by the drink. Rep. Riley Dietz said the measure won’t be brought up again Monday and perhaps not this week. The House earlier rejected the bill 53 to 48 and deferred further action.
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Des Moines
Dubuque
Muscatine
House
Riley Dietz
R-Walcott
Storm Downs Utilities Lines in Southwest Iowa
A blizzard level storm cut telephone service to 10 towns and hundreds of farm homes in Southwest Iowa after breaks in a 69 000 volt power line between Malvern and Red Oak. Emerson and Hastings lost electricity, with 150 wire breaks reported between Red Oak and Malvern and 100 toll circuits knocked out across the region. Power crews worked overnight to restore service, with lines expected back by Monday afternoon.
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Iowa
Emerson
Hastings
Malvern
Red Oak
Wales
Ralph Stebbins
Atlantic
Montgomery County
Council Bluffs Telephone Company
Thurman
Randolph
Bridgewater
Massena
Griswold
Brayton
Sidney
Imogene
Stuart
Bach Named Deputy Building Inspector in City
LaVern E. Bach, 33, of 119 Fifth Ave, began duties as deputy building inspector in the city public services department. City Manager L M McConnell called the post temporary until civil service exams in April. Pay range is $275 to $325 monthly. Bach comes from contractor work in Council Bluffs and Omaha and studied jets engineering and accounting at the University of Omaha. He will assist Building Inspector Oscar Biesen dorfer. Promotional civil service exams will be held next month for street and sewers, fire and police departments.
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LaVern E. Sach
Fifth Ave
Public Services Department
L M. McConnell
Bach
Council Bluffs and
Omaha Contractors
University of Omaha
Oscar Biesendorfer
Plane crash near Springfield kills 12 and injures 23
An American Airlines Convair plunged through darkness and rain two miles north of Springfield Airport killing 12 and injuring 23. The craft, en route Newark to Tulsa with multiple stops, had final tower clearance when a flash was seen before vanishing. Crew of three and 32 passengers aboard. only pilot Jack Pripish survived.
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Springfield
American Airlines
Jack Pripish
Chicago
Rita Madaj
Glenn Walker
Los Angeles
Newark
N. J
Tulsa
Oklo
Syracus
Rochester
Detroit
St. Louis
Carl McCrary
Glenn Hendrix
Fatalities and Property Damage Figures in 1950s Township Report
A 1950s era municipal bulletin records property damage and fatalities with figures like 0.902 and 108 16, reflecting census style counts. The readable text is fragmented but indicates safety concerns and casualty tallies within the town.
PTA Committee Plans Master School Development Strategy
An executive PTA committee from five groups backed hiring an engineer to draft a master plan for school development after a proposed 700000 bond failed. The unnamed city group aims to appraise needs, create a phased program, and provide engineering services for future school buildings while inviting wider participation.
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PTA Committee
Board of Education
PTA
Longfellow
Longfellow, Dodge, Edison, Madison and
Gunn Pta
Fred W. Berg
Longfellow Pta
C. H Woodward Jr
Madison
Robert Howard
Kenneth Wymore
Dodge
Woodward
Burl Starr
Louis Kelley
Richard Stoufer
Gunn
Albert Kellar
Edison
Servicewoman Hurt In Montgomery Crash
Servicewoman Sandra Fel Toway of Ft Melelland Aly was treated for bruises and concussion after a car out of control on ice hit a fence. The crash occurred three and a half miles east of here on Highway 34. Driver Iris Castle and another WAC Carol Inclair of Chicago escaped injury. vehicle damage was slight.
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Red Oak
Txt
Sandra Fel Toway
Melelland
Aly
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Here
Iris Castle
WAC
Carolinclair
Chicago
Hoegh clarifies key club bill in liquor law debate
Des Moines Governor Leo Hoegh says the key club bill does not permit sale of liquor by the drink in private clubs or elsewhere. He plans to sign the bill, clarifying it allows bona fide clubs to store liquor but targets clubs operated for profit. enforcement aims to curb illegal sale and prevent new key clubs.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
Hoegh
Fire devastates Capadele Apartments homeless 80 in Atlantic
A Sunday blaze in the Capadele Apartment House left about 80 people from 39 families homeless in Atlantic. The $200000 loss included $125000 for the building, with no injuries reported. Fire crews from multiple towns battled six hours in rain and sleet, limiting damage to adjacent business properties.
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Capadele
Atlantic
Nenpareil
Ralph Cockshoot
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Greyhound
Charles Turner
Atlantic Fire Department
Massena
Adair
Walnut
Lewis
Anita
Viota
Marne
The
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Oakland Woman Dies In Crash
Mrs Sylvia M Osborn 61 of Oakland died from injuries in a one car crash two miles east of Atlantic on Highway 6 Sunday morning. The car skidded on ice went over a viaduct embankment and Dr the door flew open throwing her from the vehicle as it rolled over her. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Atlantic Hospital. The Osborns who ran Oakland Hotel were en route to Des Moines to visit a son Aubrey G Osborn. Survivors include husband Gail and two sons Aubrey G and Manfred, a daughter Corrine Parker, seven grandchildren, one sister and six brothers. Services tentatively planned Wednesday at Christian Church with Wieths Funeral Home handling burial at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
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Oakland
Sylvia M. Osborn
Atlantic
Des Moines
Aubrey G. Osborn
Osborn
Kansas
Hunnewell
Kan
Mt. Auburn
Gail
Aubrey G
Manfred
Spencer
Corrine Parker
Clinton Robinson
South Haven
Arden Lawhead
Kingman, Ariz
Hiriam Lawhead
California
Floyd Law
Spokane
Wash
T. J. Lawhead
Bakersfield
Calif
Max Lawhead
Las Vegas
Alfred Lawhead
el Paso
Tex
Christian Church
Wieths
A Powered Submarines to Reshape Navy Strategy
Committee members from the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, back from an all night cruise aboard the Nautilus, say atomic powered submarines will radically change naval strategy and tactics. They praise Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover for guiding the development of the world’s first nuclear powered submarine and note that security limits prevent disclosure of tested operations.
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Conn
Congressional
Atomine Energy Committee
Hyman G
Rickover
Legislature action on bills moves through both chambers
The House sent to the Senate a bill to place legal advisers of all state departments under the attorney general and a two mill cap for county hospital construction. It voted 78 to 20 to fire the deputy state banking superintendent and approved raises for senior bank examiners. A 76 to 20 vote backed a bill to make soldiers relief tolls public. The Senate passed 43 to 0 a bill allowing Iowa to tax out state insurers at the same rate as in-state firms. Debate occurred on a state building code commission bill but no vote was reached.
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Secion
Atlantic High School
Cockshoot
Kansas City
iBy
Associated Press House
Senate
Buiding Code Commission
Steel Industry Pushes to Restore Investor Confidence
US Steel chairman Fairless told the Senate Banking Committee that the steel sector has lagged behind rivals, seeking to restore investor faith. He cited double taxation and past performance as barriers, and described plans for stock splits to attract funds for expansion.
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Washington
Benjantin Furtress
US Steel
US Steels ‘Board
Senate Banking Committee
Keannes Fairless
Stes Proges
Tam Nar Gee
Ares Shaulder Aman
Rossol Am
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Steel
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