Carrier Boys Feud Ends in Teen Homicide
In Russellville Arkansas a long running feud between rival teen newspaper carriers ends with 14 year old Pat Bowers shooting 15 year old Wayne Coshren at close range after school hours. Coshren supplied the Arkansas Gazette while Bowers delivered the Arkansas Democrat. Prosecutors note months of hostility including prior beatings.
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Russellville
Ark
Guy Hickman
Pat Bowers
Wayne Coshren
Cothren
The
Arkansas Gazette
Bowers
Arkansas Democrat
Little Rock
Ask More for Farm Supports in Senate Push
Washington PA report notes a $2.6B increase in government farm price supports moving to a second Senate Agriculture Committee review after House approval. The panel kept a house bill with extra funds for the Commodity Credit Corporation while adding amendments on foreign imports and grain trade. Debate touched on using private trade facilities and shielding domestic crops from foreign competition. Senators pressed questions on the need for the full CCC funding, which backs prices for cotton wheat corn tobacco and other crops.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ellender
D.-La
Thye i R.minn
Magnuson
Gillette
Iowa
CCC
Agriculture Department
Form Shelby County Good Roads Group in Iowa
Claud Covien dail executive secretary of the Iowa Good Roads nation spoke in Harlan Monday urging formation of an active Shelby County Good Roads association. He cited progress where counties follow the Bergman road law with sound planning and competent administration.
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Harlan
Claud Coviendail
Iowa Good Roads Nation
Iowa
Coviendai
Shelby County Good Roads Association
Sinda
Witthauer Case Under Advisement
A $17 500 damage suit against the city is under advisement by District Judge Vernon Johnson. Owen Witthauer seeks compensation for crop damage from Indian Creek, with prior claims of $27 914 in 1915, 1947. The council offered 17 500 as a compromise. vetoes and overrules followed. City Solicitor Masher questioned the council’s authority to order judgment. he urged allowing the new council taking office April 3 to pass on the claim. Mayne, a municipal judge candidate, was not elected.
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Vernon Johnson
Owen Witthauer
South Seventh Street
Cty
Indian Creek
George I. Masher
Maine
Wittebauer
Top Priority to H-bomb Program
South Hadley Mass Po development of the hydrogen bomb has been given top priority by the atomic energy commission. Sumner T Pyke acting chairman disclosed in a Mount Holyoke College address Tuesday night that the commission is concentrating personnel and projects to push the weapons development mark urged by the president.
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South Hadley
Mass
Atomic Energy Commission
Sumner T. Pyke
Commission
Mount Hohhoke College
Pike
Mrs. Mesta to U S Luxembourg holiday trip
Mrs. Perle Mesta, U S minister to Luxembourg, left Wednesday for a holiday in the United States. She will call Friday from Chebourg to Mrs Mesta, saying she may visit Luxembourg in May.
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Luxembourg
Perle Mesta
U. S
United States
Mesta
Manawa Water Inflow From Missouri River Crest Expected
Missouri River water supply floods into Lake Manawa with eight flood-tube openings to handle overflow. Weather outlook shows milder, springlike warming, with risk from ice breakup and a forecast crest near twelve to nineteen feet. Lake Manawa sits about 40 inches below normal as conditions drift toward warmer days.
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Missouri
Manawa
Lindas
Corneil Bluffs
Wil
Mone
Ward Garrett
Lake Manawa
Lake Miawa
Ace
Decatur
Seb
Neebrash
Strong Backing for Murray Nomination
New York Democrat Murray received broad support from Senator Bricker during a joint committee appearance as the Senate-House atomic energy panel weighed his nomination to head the Atomic Energy Commission. President Truman named the businessman to fill the unexpired term of David E. Louie, who left the commission.
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Washington
Thoms Murras
New York
Atomic Energy Commission
Bricker
R-Ohie
Murraye
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Murr
AEC
Fineer
Truman
David E. Louie
Oblicu
Fort Dodge Survey on Train Discontinuance
Fort Dodge Commerce initiates a survey of local businesses to gauge effects if Central drops trains 75 and 16 between Fort Dodge and Du Hugue. The move follows a reversal of a prior decision with a pending Iowa state commerce commission ruling on continued operation.
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Fort Dodge
Lilneis Central
Becng
Airpad
Iowa State Commerce Sion
Fire in Nine Eagles Park Destroys Timber Cover in Iowa
The Iowa conservation commission investigates a Sunday fire at Nine Eagles State Park in Decatur County. About 400 acres of timber burned on the 1,000 acre park with officials noting the blaze may have been started accidentally by someone in the park. Fines up to 300 dollars and potential jail time of one year are cited under state law.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Nine Eagles State Park
Decatur County
Truman picks Lawton as budget director in shift at White House
White House sources say Frederick J. Lawton a 19 year veteran of federal service will replace Frank Pace as budget director when Pace becomes Army secretary. Lawton currently assistant director of the budget bureau and is a lawyer and accountant. Other proposed changes include moving Air Force secretary to national security board chair and appointing Finletter to the Air Force secretary post.
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Key West
Fla
Whitehouse
Frederick J. Lawton
Truman
Washington
Lawton
Finletter Frank Pace, Jr
Army
White House
Pace
Thhe Air Force
Mington
National Security Resources Board
Thomas K. Finletter
Air Force
Finletter
ECA
London
Fintetter
Thesident
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Lewis Strauss
Dus
Virgenia
Lenox seal placed on 57000 light plant bonds in Lenox
District Judge George A Johnston ordered Lenox town seal affixed to a 57000 loan issue for a light plant refunding. Mayor Barrans, defeated for re election, joined 16 taxpayers challenging the legality. Carlton Belt Co seeks mandamus, bond contract held, trustees and council approved. The bond issue is ready to be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
George A. Johnston
Lenox
George Barraws
Barrans
Johnston
Carlton Belt Company
Des Moines
Lenox High- Plant
Beh Company
Opium Seized From British Ship Shansi in Hong Kong
Hong Kong customs officials seized opium worth 175000 dollars from bunkers aboard the British ship Shansi which had arrived from London via Bangkok. The interception underscores ongoing narcotics control in the port.
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Hong Kong
London
Bangkok
Bednasek and Girl in Love He Testifies
In Iowa City Robert E. Bednasek tells jurors in his murder case he and coed Margaret Anne Jackson were mutually in love. He wept on the stand as he recalled their engagement symbolized by his fraternity pin and their dates from 1949 onward. He described their “engagement” and Jackson’s agreement to accept the pin only as such. He then detailed his background from high school through Merchant Marine service and Town U before recounting how they met and courted until the Christmas vacation of 1947. He testified he and Jackson were in love and engaged last spring, and that she would not accept the pin unless it signified an engagement. He maintained his composure after briefly tearing up.
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Iowa City
Robert E. Bednasek
Margaret Anne
Gee. Geel Jackson
Bednasek
University of Iowa
Clai
Hamilton
Merchant Marine
Town U
Miss Jackson
Garet Anne Jackson
Gee. Gee
Hamiton
Anssi Jackson
Marn
Ike Seeks Budget Readjustment To Boost Defense
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that more could be done for national defense by reallocating items within the existing military budget rather than increasing total spending. He emphasized a strong air force anti-submarine weapons Alaskan air defense and industrial mobilization. A closed session was planned but President Truman asked for an open hearing.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations
Eisenhower
Thomas
Truman
Inmates admit Council Bluffs burglary spree details emerge
Two penal inmates from Nebraska have signed confessions admitting break ins at five Council Bluffs sites. Donald E. Bonham and Dan Reynolds, Omaha residents, described robberies at Hydraulic Stone, Trezicak Oil, and Droge Elevator, with cash and goods taken. Additional participants unnamed. Investigation pursued by Nebraska and Iowa officers.
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Nebraska
Council Bluffs
M. H.liberton
Donald E. Bonham
Nebraska Reformatory
Dan Reynolds
Nebraska State Prison
Etherton
Bonham
Reynolds
Omaha
Iowa
iCounel Blufts Hydraulic Stone Company
Eight Street
Eleventh Avenue
Trezicak Oil Company
East Broadway
Droge Elevator Company
Tonih Street
Fifth Avenue
Hydrauliic Company
Frank
Sixteenth Avenue
Siath Street
Spot
Seventh Street
Creston Fire Chief Declares Towana Hotel Safe
Creston Fire Chief John Mulford said the Towana hotel is 100 percent safe after periodic inspections by insurance underwriters and qualified inspectors. He rejected a state fire marshal order for public changes, noting prior inspections found only minor, promptly addressed items and inviting further inspections by the hotel manager.
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Creston, P
John
Mulford
Zack Cook
Jowana Hote
Cook
Tel
Towana
Robert S. McKee
Successful Landings on North Polar Ice
Blane has made two successful landings on the North Polar Ice Pack, announced by the Alaska air command Tuesday night. The landings occurred March 21 and 22 about 100 miles north of Barter Island, a remote area off Alaska’s northern coast used as a training base by the air command.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Pw 4
Blane
North Polar
Alaska Air Command
Barter Island
The
Air Command
Arrest of Franciscan Father Valican City Prague Police
Prague police report the arrest of Franciscan Father John Evangelist Urban, a prominent church spokesman in Czechoslovakia, according to the Vatican radio on Wednesday. The unexpected action marks a significant development in church-state relations and draws international attention to Prague.
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Valican City
Prague
Franciscar
John Evangelist Urban
Czechoslovakia
Vauican Radio
Revolutionary Texaco Engine May Slash Gas Costs Worldwide
Texaco engineers announce a new combustion engine that could burn diverse fuels from gasoline to diesel without knocking. It promises up to 30 percent more miles per gallon, broader fuel flexibility, and lower refinery pressures. Early tests in Beacon NY aim for mass production in coming years with potential military uses.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Texaco
Beacon
N.Y
Seek Applicants for City Manager
The new council will ask members of the International City Managers Association to apply for the Courteil Bluffs city manager post. Einer P. Juel, councilman elect, announced the plan on Wednesday. The five Good Government councilmen elect met privately Tuesday. A qualified man with on the job experience in a city of 25,000 or more is sought. The salary will be set after consulting the association. The council has not decided which member will serve as mayor. The city manager plan goes into effect at noon Monday.
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International City Managers’ Association
Courteil Bluffs
Einer P. Juel
Juel
Juels
International City Managers Association
Chicago Attorney Three Family Members Found Dead
Chicago police report four bodies, including attorney Irvin Moskal's wife Stella and mother Mollie Moskal, his son John, and Moskal himself. A typed and handwritten note on Moskal's stationery cites fraudulent deals totaling $30,000.
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Chicago
Ma’ Sen
Irvin Moskal
Mollie Moskal
Stella
John
Moskal
John Ryan
Racine Avenue
Secret Police Now Ride Czech Planes To Stop Escapes
Vienna reports that armed police ride Czech airliners to curb westward escapes. The order takes effect immediately after Shren planes resumed their routes and landed near Munich last week. Passengers are searched for arms before boarding both local and international flights.
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Vienna
Austin
U S Officials Skeptical On German Soldiers in Allied Forces
Washington officials said Churchill’s idea is entirely premature and that West Germany must make far more political progress before any use of German manpower in allied defense plans. One senior American official cautioned against rushing such a step.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
United States
West Germany
Death Toll Rises to Three in Auto-Train Crash
Des Moines reports three dead from Sunday night car train collision near St Charles Iowa. Victims include Donald Spellerberg 18 Murray Gene Carlson 17 Truro and Carolyn Kale 15 Truro. Alice Amsted 15 Truro remains hospitalized in Des Moines in critical condition.
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Des Moines
St. Charles
Donald Spellerberg
Murray
Gene Carlson
Truro
Carolyn Kale
Alice Amsted
Grinnell to Host Council on Family Relations Meeting
The Grinnell city council on family relations will hold its annual meeting at Grinnell College campus Friday. Evelyn Millis Duvall, executive secretary of the national council, will be the principal speaker.
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Grinnell
Towa Council On Family Relations
Evelyn Millis Duvall
National Council
Two Million Germans Still Missing Five Years After War
Wiesbaden report says two million Germans remain missing five years after the war with about 100,000 confirmed as prisoners, according to a West German federal agency disclosed on Wednesday.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
West Germany
Senate subpoena targets loyalty records in state department probes
Senate sergeant at arms served subpoenas on Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Civil Service Commission chair Harry Mitchell demanding loyalty records for a 1948 dispute over executive access. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath was also cited but absent. records cover 1940 to present and risk contempt if not produced.
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Washington, P
Senate
Truman
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Harry B. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Joseph Duke
Duke
J. Honard McGrath
McGrath
Capitol
Acheson
Mitchell
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
Executive Branch
Congress
Ache
Sen. McGrath
FBL
$700,000 More in State Gasoline Tax
State Measurer's office reports first quarter 1950 gasoline tax collections near $6.68 million, about $100,000 above last year. Total refunds on non-highway use noted as the best on record. Weather and farm machinery use reduced demand, boosting road fund receipts to $1.84 million.
Slight Earthquake Shakes Long Island Neighborhoods
A slight earthquake shook the Long Island north shore and southern Connecticut at 9 43 a m Wednesday. Father Joseph Lynch Fordham university seismologist recorded the quake and called it a reset tlement quake. Newspapers and police stations were deluged with hundreds of telephone calls in Long Island and Fairfield county Connecticut.
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New York
Long Island North Shore
Connecticut
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
Long Island
Fairfield County
Chuckle: Teen Daughter’s Radio Grounded by Odd Stink
A humor item from the Inter Ocean Optimist notes a father recalling a moment where a teenage daughter’s radio ground out a joke about hearing something wonderful. The punchline involves a truck carrying empty aml cans striking a freight car with live ducks, capturing a quirky family moment.
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Inter Ocean
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