Deadly storm toll and $50 million crop loss across regions
A major winter storm killed 36 people and caused more than 50 million dollars in crop damage across the United States. The system dumped up to 15 inches of snow in upstate New York, closed the Thruway for 240 miles, and produced 12 foot drifts with 55 mph winds. Southern states faced a severe freeze ending fruit crops in eight states, while rescue helicopters saved hundreds stranded on Lake Marion. Temperature rebounds followed as winds moderated and conditions eased in many areas. The death toll by state included Indiana 18 Illinois 4 Michigan 3 New York 4 Florida 2 Ohio 2 Missouri 1 Alabama 1 Tennessee 1 Virginia 1.
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Associated Press
Canada
United States
Gulf States
New York
Syracuse
Thruway
Ontario
Quebec
Illinois
Georgia
Carolinas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Virginia
Dixie
Lake Marianz
South Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
New York Harbor
Niagara River
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Great Plains
Cut Bank
Mont
North Atlantic States
Great Lakes
Indiana
Michigan
Florida
Ohio
Missouri
Tennessee
Virgnia L
Abolishment of Dean of Junior College at ISU Freshman and Sophomore Programs
Ames ISU trustees vote to abolish the Dean of the Junior College post effective July 1 ISU will create a Director of Student Affairs to supervise student life and discipline The retiring Helser who heads the Division of the Junior College since 1933 will become the first Director of Student Affairs through the transition period
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Ames
Iowa State College
James H. “Hilton
M DD. Helser
Painter Shocked By High Voltage Wire
Ernest Franck of Missouri Valley was found unconscious in the Franklin Cafe kitchen early Monday. He had been repainting the kitchen on a ladder when he touched a high voltage wire and was hospitalized at Mercy in Council Bluffs. A truck driver nearby assisted until rescue crews arrived.
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Missouri Valley
Ernest Franck
Franck
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Franklin Cafe
Home Improvement Case Goes To Jury
In Des Moines a FHA home improvement loan conspiracy case was submitted to a jury of 10 men and two women at 10 a.m. Monday in Federal District Court. Five individuals and two corporations face charges of conspiring to violate FHA laws by arranging home improvement loans to finance auto purchases.
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Des Moines
FHA
Springlike Weather Moves Into Southwest Iowa
A warm up is forecast as spring-like conditions enter Southwest Iowa. Tuesday expects a high near 60 with increasing clouds, while Monday night remains mild with a low around 35 and above freezing. March 27 marked a record low of 1 degree, breaking a long-standing 12-degree standard set in 1913 and tied in 1937.
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Iowa
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Central Plains
Dubuque Cuts Dental Decay with Fluoridated Water
DES MOINES reports three years after Dubuque began water fluoridation, dental decay in some children fell by as much as 50 percent. Dr. Charles Henshaw of the Iowa State Health Department said the survey covered five year olds and showed 435 children with half the decayed, missing and filled permanent teeth compared with 1951 data.
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Des Moines
Dubuque
State Department of Health
Charles Henshaw
Health Department
Henshaw
Division of
Dental Hygiene
Devise Methods To Stop Brain Tumors
The American Cancer Society reports scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School are developing methods using strong atomic blasts to destroy brain tumors while sparing normal brain tissue. Dr. William H. Sweet leads the team with Brookhaven National Laboratory involvement. Extensive tests are needed before trials on patients.
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Boston
American Cancer Society
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard University School of Medicine
William H. Sweet
Cancer Society
Sweet
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Long Island
Imminent Attack Not Supported by Sources
Qualified sources say there is nothing to suggest an all out attack on Matsun 18 is imminent. Washington reports indicate the Chinese Communists may need more buildup time to mount a large assault on islands 100 miles northwest of Formosa. President Chiang Kai-shek, Monday, discounted Communist strength and predicted the Nationalist flag would soon fly over the mainland.
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Tatpel
Formosa
Washington
Washingrton
Chiang Kai-shek
China
87th Birthdays For Faith Hope And Charity Observed
Faith Hope and Charity marked their 87th birthdays at MARLuCme Mass with prayers and a chicken dinner. Mrs Annie Faith MacDonnell Mrs Ellen Hope Daniels and Mrs Chanty Murphy attended separately to avoid crowds.
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Faith,Hope
Charity
Annie Faith MacDonnell
Ellen Hope Daniels
Chanty Murphy
Big Four Session Hinted With Moscow Peace Move
Washington reports say United States Britain and France will consult promptly on Russia's favorable attitude toward talks. Eisenhower and Dulles set to discuss Big Four efforts and the Quemoy Matsu issue during White House luncheons. France's ratification of German rearming boosts Western alliance readiness amid Sino American tensions.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Western Alliance
Eisenhower
Dulles
Bulganin
Germany
Pipe Puffing Plans Go Up In Smoke
Flint nurse Kay Kelley who won Michigan’s pipe smoking championship failed to advance to the international event in Schenectady New York after her mother opposed the trip. Kelley, 22, outpuffed rival Mrs. Robert Rudl for 36 minutes 10 seconds on 33 grams of tobacco in her first pipe smoking contest.
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Flint
Mich
Michigan
Kay Kelley
Hurley Hospital
Schenectady
N.Y
Robert Rudl
New York
Supreme Court backs bans on eyeglass advertising
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld states rights to prohibit eyeglasses advertising. The decision validates an Oklahoma law that allows solicitation of spectacles by radio, window displays, TV, telephone, or any advertising method.
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Capnival
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Iowa highway bill totals reveal 2.4 billion need
A Bureau of Public Roads study released to Congress shows Iowa requires about 2.487 billion dollars for necessary highway construction through 1964, with most funds needed for rural roads. The report breaks down interstate, primary and secondary systems and notes 1.961 billion if federal aid covers part of the cost.
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Washington
Iowa
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Congress
Nevada
California
Towa
Britain US and France discuss Big Four meeting
London reports Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden said Britain, the United States and France have already begun discussing arrangements for a Big Four meeting. The disclosure comes as alliance talks continue ahead of any formal summit.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
United States
France
Iowa panel backs centralized purchasing plan for lands and parks
A Des Moines subcommittee urged the Iowa Conservation Commission to adopt closer interdepartmental cooperation and centralized buying, accelerate Lands and Waters Division work on parks, and consider a three man full time commission. It called for annual Lands and Waters funding of 550000 and 75500 for state park repairs.
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Des Moines 2
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Lands and Waters Division
Commission
Whitehead
R-Perry
Walter
R-Williams
Pendleton
Storm Lake
Currie
Schaller
Bruce Stiles
State Comptroller
State Auditor’s Office
Conservation Commission
Wildlife Management Institute
Towa
Lands and Waters Fund
Fails In Effort To Defer Gas Tax Bill
Rep Tate of Mason City failed to persuade the House to defer action on a bill making the temporary fifth cent of the gasoline tax permanent. An amended proposal was offered but rejected on a voice vote, with Rep Thompson objecting to delaying further. The Town Good Roads Assn lobbied for only a six cent tax extension, while others favored a seven cent option.
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Des Moines
Tate
Rmason City
House
Ep. Thompson
R-Guthrie Center
Good Roads Assn
Gaudon mm
High-Altitude Nuclear Blast Test Planned in Nevada
Washington reports that Nevada atomic tests will include a high altitude nuclear blast potentially powerful enough to threaten enemy bomber formations. Joint Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department say results will inform atomic anti aircraft weapons, with no initial test date given.
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Washington
Nevada
Joint Atomic Energy Commission- Defense Department
Storme
No Compromise as Nine Prisoners Press Demands
Nebraska Governor Victor Anderson said there would be no compromise until two guards held hostage by nine revolting prisoners are freed. The inmates sent a list of nine demands by rope from the Maximum Security Building, while Anderson pledged private interviews for consideration of most points.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Victor Anderson
Gov. Anderson
County Orders Seven Trucks for Road Maintenance
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors awards seven truck contracts to three firms for road maintenance use. International Harvester supplies two pickups and one flatbed, Tool Sales Co. provides two Ford dump trucks, Robert Lynch furnishes two GMC flatbed trucks. total net cost after trade‑ins is 14632.54 dollars. A petition by 32 county maintenance employees seeks two weeks vacation for all county workers. courthouse staff already receive two weeks. The board has not acted yet.
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Pottawattamie County
International Harvester Co
Tool Sales Co
Robert Lynch
Open Two Lakes To Fishing On May 30
The Site Conservation Commission will open Rock Creek Lake near Newton and Green Valley Lake near Creston for fishing on May 30. Rock Creek Lake will be stocked with bass bluegill catfish sunfish crappies and bullheads. Green Valley Lake with bass bluegill walleyes and bullheads. Boats may be used but must be inspected locally and outboard motors cannot exceed five horsepower.
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Site Conservation Commission
Nouns
Rock Creek Lake
Newton
Greet Valley Lake
Creston
Ofining
Rock Creek
Green Valley Lake
Blue Mills
Commission
Unclear fragments surface in brief notice item
Fragmentary OCR text mentions dates payee ferry art and names like Counce Blutfate with no clear event, location, or outcome.
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Counce Blutfate
Building $300,000 Request For Des Moines Fairgrounds
House measures seek authorization for the State Fair Board to spend up to 300000 to construct and equip a new building at the Des Moines fairgrounds. The facility would house women’s textile exhibits plus 4H, Future Farmers of America and other displays.
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Des Moines
State Fair Board
Iowa House Advances Use Tax Measures and Gas Tax Debate
The Iowa House kept alive three use tax bills after postponement, urged by the State Tax Commission. An amendment proposed a $100 fee on auto corner trucks, while action on a higher gasoline tax stalled with extensive amendments. Adjourned Tuesday without a vote. Senate passed a mental hospital commitment bill 48 to 9 and sent it to the House. The Governor signed bills allowing Iowa hospitals to accept federal funds for construction and gave the Natural Resources Council authority to name trustees for sanitary districts.
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Sociated Press
House
State Tax Commission
Ac- Len
Senate
Iowa
Natural Resources Council
Dr Thompson To Visit Council Bluffs Schools
Dr Thompson of the Iowa Rian Trachers College at Cedar Falm will wear Council Blas pube lic schools V Wednesdays through Friday. Raymond Jones, director of Currgenarated Dr Thompson specialties, will study seventh and eighth grade buildings and premises here and make recommendations to school officials.
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Oscar Thompson
Iowa Rian Trachers College
Cedar Falm
Raymond Jones
Thompson
Trial date set in Dorothy Ehlert murder advisement case
The trial of Mrs. Dorothy Ehlert, age 3, on a charge of advising murder has been rescheduled for April. The case stems from an alleged plot involving her husband Henry Phiert, a 60 year old Evansdale cafe operator, with the previous date listed as Monday.
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Waterloo
Dorothy Ehlert
Henry Phiert
Evansdale
Harlan Sworn In as Associate Justice in Washington
John Marshall Harlan took the oath Monday as an associate justice at the Supreme Court. He affirmed to uphold the Constitution and administer justice impartially to the poor and to all.
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Washington
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Tee Constantian
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