Red China pledges to fight with Soviet bloc if war comes
Peng Teh-Huai Peiping defense minister declares at Warsaw conference that Red China will combat alongside the Soviet Union and allies if Europe ignites. He affirms peaceful coexistence while urging talks on international disputes including Formosa and warns adventurers that the balance of power favors peace and socialism. The Warsaw gathering includes eight nations forming a military grouping in response to West Germany joining NATO.
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Warsaw
Poland
China
Soviet Union
Europe
Peng Teh-Huai
Red
Peiping
Peng
Formosa
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
East Germany
West Germany
Urges Change In Viaduct Islands
City Manager L M McConnell will press for changes to Broadway Viaduct traffic islands in Ames after meeting Iowa State Highway Commission officials. He proposes end barriers to prevent cars from mounting the islands, with planned islands at Fifteenth and four at Eighth Street. He will also review adding traffic signals at Eighth Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets, estimated at about 16050.
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Broadway Viaduct
L. M. McConnell
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
McConnell
Fifteenth St
Eighth St
Eighth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Irate Japanese Protest Over Mt Fuji Artillery Practice
Irate villagers, joined by about 100 Communist Party members, squat in rain near US artillery on Mt Fuji slopes to protest firing begun Tuesday. Police clash reported Wednesday, no incidents Thursday as shelling continues. Army says firing authorized under accord with Japanese government amid nationwide debate about sacred Fuji site and pilgrims on climbing trails.
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Fuji-Yoshida P
Mt. Fuji
Communist Party
Mi. Fuji
Trom
Cloudy and Warm Forecast for Squilwest Town Friday
Weather forecast indicates cloudy skies with no rain for Squilwest on Friday, highs about 73. Thursday night should remain cloudy and cool with a low near 34. Wednesday’s high reached 72 as temperatures fluctuated across the period.
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Squilwest
Weather Bureau
Todays Chuckle
A brief chuckle note hints at self reflection and daily mood ideas. It suggests people who are always focused on themselves may miss chances for shared humor and connection.
Veishea Opens as Iowa State Draws 150000 Visitors
Ames is set for Veishea with more than 150,000 visitors expected before closing Saturday night. Though formal ceremonies begin at 7:30 p.m., classes were dismissed at noon for events including the initiation taps to five honorary societies Cardinal Key and Mortar Board.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Veishea
Cardinal Key and Mortar Board
Transit Bus Revenue Down in Council Bluffs
Transit Co revenue dropped about 44000 in the last quarter of 1954 and first quarter of 1955 versus 1953 1954 as shown by franchise tax checks. six month income fell from 146883 to 102545. taxes paid declined from 2937 to 2050. James Kiger proposed curtailing two bus lines after 7 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays and after 1 40 pm Sundays, with Mercy Hospital service preserved. City Council tabled action pending further study.
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Council Bluffs Transit Co
James Kiger
The
Transit Co
Harrison
South First St
Kiger
North Broadway
Mercy Hospital
Will Walk Mile To Avoid Camels
COVINGTON Ky Frank Parker of Terre Haute Ind plans to walk a mile to avoid camels after a camel bit him and shook him during a King Bros Circus matinee Parker said the animal sneaked up behind him and grabbed his arm the camel was beaten off by the horse trainer with a chair Parker added that an elephant rumor was unrealized and untrue
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Parker
Urinae
Slow Progress Report On Siamese Twin Separation Survivor
Rodney Brodie, survivor of a surgical separation that left him joined with his Siamese twin, continued to show slow progress Thursday as doctors reassessed the complex post operative course and planned further monitoring.
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Chicago
Rodney Brodie
Prin
Special Session Possible Hoegh Tax Study Panel
Des Moines reports Gov Leo Hoegh backs a 12 member tax study panel created by the 1955 Legislature to review state county school and municipal tax systems. If the panel finishes within 60 days of the 1937 session, a special session may be called. The committee outlined its leadership Sen X T Prentis Rep Edward Oppedahl and Sen Herman Knudson and will meet May 21 to June 2 in Des Moines to hear a survey from Prof Robert Johnson of SUI.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
X.T. Prentis
Mount Ayr
Edward Oppedah
R-Renwick
Herman M. Knudson
Clear Lake
Iowa
Art Hoegh
Hoegh
Robert Johnson
SUI
Nautilus Resumes Shakedown After Steam Pipe Burst
The atomic powered submarine Nautilus left Groton on Thursday for a second attempt at her long shakedown cruise. She is scheduled to reach Puerto Rico on Sunday and then proceed to the Virgin Islands after a steam pipe burst caused a delay near Block Island.
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Groton
Conn
Puerto Rico
Block Island
Richmond construction worker falls from scaffold
In Richmond, Morris Barber, 70, fell from a scaffold four stories high and landed on the ground. He sustained broken arms and minor cuts but otherwise was not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Morris Barber
Imma Minesiory
Honor Miss Hall Bolton At A L Cadet Inspection
Judith Hall age 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter G Hall received an honorary colonel award at the ROTC inspection in Kirnfield She also earned an engraved expansion bracelet from the Chamber of Commerce Cadet Col Thomas N Bolton son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Bolton was named outstanding senior cadet and won the Arnold Air Society medal of Omaha University He also received his third Rotary Award and an Academic Award for top ROTC three year record Lt Col George N Myers inspected the ceremony presenting medals to four cadets and naming winners including Bruce Green Virgil Watson Donald Bahr Ramon Peterson Other awards included best company commander best platoon leader Rotary medal and Phalanx medal from Creighton University Rifle awards went to Bruce Green Dennis Adamson and Francis Laursen The TJ ROTC unit will be inspected Friday at the TJ athletic field by Lt Col Myers and staff Major Edward C Scharnann announced with Capt Elmer C Nielsen and Capt Wesley C Fisher listed on the staff
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Abraham Lincoln Eagh
Kirnfield
Judith Hall
Walter G. Hall
Huntington Ave
Chamber of Commerce
Adela Petersen
WAC
Thomas N. Bolton
Bernard Bolton
Locust Lodge
Bolton
Arnold Air Society
Omaha University
Rotary
George N. Myers
Des Moines
Iowa Military District
Bruce Green
R. W. Green
Route 1
Virgil Watson
Edna Watson
Twentieth Ave
Donald Bahr
Carl Bahr
Willow Ave
Ramon Peterson
Ed J. Peterson
N. Broadway
William Gallo
John Winchester
Paul Poore
Creighton University
Donald Hatcher
Dennis Adamson
Francis Laursen
Thomas Jefferson Rotc
T. J. Athletic Field
Governor Joins Tulip Festival Cleanup in Holland
Holland Michigan governor G Menen Williams participated in a main street cleanup to open the Holland Tulip Festival. He wore bazey pants and wooden shoes, joked about pockets, and noted he attends the festival for the seventh year.
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Holland, Mich
Gov. G. Menen
Williams
Holland
Operation Able drills Forrest City to test civil defense effort
East Arkansas town prepares a dress rehearsal simulating a mass evacuation after an imagined bombing raid on Memphis. Civil defense aims to study care of refugees, shelter, medical aid, and crowd control as National Guard, police, and air protection coordinate over three hours.
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Forrest City
Ark
East Arkansas
Abso
United States
Aes
Gmng
Memphis
For
Pest
Ama
Spaia Ale
Elbert Foster
Asalant
Evil Defense
Arkansas
Wiile Forrest Cay
Fluoridation Urged to Protect Children’s Teeth in Council Bluffs
The City’s health committee of the Chamber of Commerce urged fluoridation of Council Bluffs water. Dr. Eugene L. Marsh said public demand is needed for this tooth protection. He cited 10-year tests showing 50 to 70 percent decay reduction and deemed costs insignificant compared to dental expenses. The call followed prior medical society recommendations and ongoing discussions between City Council and Water Works trustees. Dr. Lynch of the American Dental Society backed fluoridation’s safety and effectiveness.
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Council Bluffs
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene L. Marsh
Marsh
Pottawattamie Medical and Dental Societies
Water Works
Daniel F. Lynch
American Dental Society
Iowa Buffaloes Proud Parents at Burlington Farm
Bill and Martha Gerst on the Julius Gerst farm near Burlington welcomed a 60 pound calf on Wednesday. The calf nursed quickly while the proud mother remained in pasture and the father examined his new offspring. The herd effort shows the calf stronger than the 1952 bull calf, which died after a few days. Bill and Martha weigh the animals at about 1500 pounds and 1000 pounds respectively.
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Burlington
Bill
Martha
Julius Gerst
Ger
Wyoming
Bill Pow
Dubuque Priest to Depart for Rome Mission Post
The Very Rev. John A. Orseoli will leave Dubuque for Rome early next month to become assistant to the general superior of the Dominican Order. He has served as prior of St. Rose Priory in Dubuque for the last four years.
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Dubuque
John A. Orseoli
Duebuque
Rome
St. Rose Priory
Big Three Backing For Premier Diem
Paris reports Western leaders including Edgar Faure and Rusk agreed on a complete policy for Indochina backing Ngo Dinh Diem as premier. The joint statement, drafted with U S and French officials, followed a conference also attended by Harold Macmillan. Bao Dai may receive a new, charted role.
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Paris
U. S
Indochina
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Edgar Faure
State Dulles
Britain
Harold MacMillan
Bao Dai
Diem
Standby vaccine controls gain momentum in Congress
In Washington a moved push to grant President Eisenhower standby power to regulate distribution and pricing of Salk polio vaccine grows. Rep Wolcott calls the plan a compromise between voluntary guides and strict compulsory controls while others weigh the best solution. Public Health Service continues spot checks at Parke, Davis Detroit labs as it probes vaccine production.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Wolcott
R-Mich
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
Parke, Davis and Co
de Witt
Civilians Killed By Exploding Bomb At Valcartier Base
Three civilians including a 16 year old girl were killed and another injured at Valcartier army base fifteen miles north of Quebec when a rocket type bomb exploded. They reportedly collected exploded bomb cases at the rear of the base to resell copper and handled a live bomb.
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Valcartier
Quebec
Big Four reach accord on Austrian independence treaty
Western sources report the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union have agreed on an Austrian state treaty to grant independence after 17 years of occupation. The signatories will travel to Vienna to witness the signing with figures like U S ambassador Llewellyn Thompson and Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold Figl optimistic the pact will be signed in coming days. The deal includes the return of the Zisterdorf oil fields and the Danube Shipping Co to Austria and will lead to troop withdrawals.
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Vienna
Austria
Big Four
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Russia
West
Moscow
Zisterdorf
Danube Shipping Co
U. S
Llewellymm E. Thompson Jr
Allied Control Mission
Leopold Figl
Figl
Paris
Dukes
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Warsaw
V. M. Molotov
Word Of Caution Dont Laugh At Baldheaded Man
Detroit P Ladies warned against laughing at a baldheaded man. Dr Alice E Palmer of Wayne University Medical College told alumni that 9 percent of American women suffer some baldness and that men show alopecia in 43 percent of cases.
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Detroit
Alice E. Palmer
Wayne University Medical College
Dr. Palmer
Palmer
Board Debates New Apartment Building at ISD
The State Board of Education weighs a proposed new apartment building at the Iowa School for the Deaf to replace an old structure largely razed. Secretary Dancer notes budgets must fit Legislature approved appropriations as the two day meeting opens with presidents Hancher Maucker in attendance and several officials present or absent.
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Iowa School For the Deaf
State Board of Education
David A. Dancer
Des Moines
State Board
Hamilton
E. V. Hamilton
Hampton Board
Dwight Rider
Fort Dodge
C. L. Fredrickson
Sioux City
Richard H. Plock
Burlington
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
F. G. Brooks
Mt. Vernon
Clifford M Strawman
Anamosa
Harry H. Hagemann
Waverly
Willard Archie
Shenafidoah
University of Iowa
Virgil Hancher
Iowa State Teachers College
J. W. Maucker
Traday
William N. Spear
State Sanitariam
Oakdale
D. W. Gverbeay
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Vinton
Good Condition Report for Rep. A. S. Broedel
Rep. A. S. Broedel, 73, of Tabor, was reported in good condition Thursday at Jennie Edmundson Hospital.
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A. S. Broedel
Tabor
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Stanton Man Dies In Tractor Crash
Stanton farmer Harry Rea died Wednesday afternoon when his tractor rolled in a field and toppled into a ditch southeast of town. Alvin Ohlquist, 69, hired man, was thrown but not hurt as the planter rode with the tractor through a fence. Officials say the death may not be a traffic fatality since the incident began in a field. Survived by widow Minnie and son Maurice of Los Alamos, Michauch of Omaha, two sisters and Walter Nelson of Red Oak, and brother Howard of Red Oak.
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Stanton
Harry Rea
Stanton Farmer
Here
Rea
Montgomery County
Alvin Ohlquist
Ohlquist
Red Oak
Minnie
Maurice
Los Alamos
N. Michauch
Omaha
Walter Nelson
Howard
Ice Cream Cones Replace His Cigars
Earl Welt, a boy from Bethalto, quit cigars after his mother and teacher reported smoking. He reportedly smoked for six days and ate about 20 ice cream cones to curb the habit while his mother and Mrs Weeks urged him to stop.
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Bethalto
saMong
Mrs Weller
Earl
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