Murder charges in ax slaying of three U S officers
Frankurt AP reports James M. Leech of Lima Ohio a former U S Army captain faces murder charges in the eight year old ax and fire killings of three American officers in Germany. Extradition papers are being forwarded as investigators note Leech was once a deputy town commander and the case rests on strong circumstantial evidence.
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Frankfurt
Germany
James M. Leech
Lima
Ohio
U.S. Army
GB Nawibee Wich Abbas
Me Benepuly Lia
mUuty
William Canfield
Leech
Idma
Seert
Mal. Everett
Cotran
Washington, D. C
Seattle
Wash
Adrian L. Wessler
Mew Rochelle, Noy
Bonn
U. S. High Commission
Sail Hheir
James B. Conant
Conant
State Department
Justice Department
Canfield
Cofrin
Goxollte
Hillowee
Crnfield
Cofran
Cofian
Rosewater
Arton
Heceoom
Wossley
Cecman
Passat
Canefield
Lepe
Lled
Slight Decline In Living Costs Amid Tax Cuts
Washington reports April living costs fell slightly driven by a tax cut on April 1. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the index at 1.6 percent of the 1947-49 average, cutting about 14 million workers’ pay in auto, aircraft, and farm equipment sectors. Food prices rose modestly in April while clothing and house furnishings costs fell.
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Washington
Bureau At Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Bureau
Clague
Neapolitan workers win big lottery despite betrayal
Four companions find a 15 cent note and pool to buy a lottery ticket. Pennaculo allegedly kept the prize after the day of drawing. The court heard a sad ending as Pennacolo faced charges, but the judge dismissed the case saying the fate punished him enough.
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Naiuts
Tilly
Cilacomo Pennarolo
Giacomo
Friends
Pennatonia
Pennaculo
Penniarolo Doletally
Muscatine Favors Daylight Saving Time Action
Muscatine City Council backs daylight saving time if Davenport and Quad Cities adopt it. The council votes to set 2 a.m. as the start date once Davenport Moline Rock Island and Bettendorf shift clocks ahead, aligning with other Iowa cities already on advanced time.
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Muscatine
Davenport
Quad- Cities
Horscay
Moline
Rock Island
Bettendorf
Iowa
Minton
Dubuque
Inside look at Southwest Iowa invitation and political chatter
In the Ab-page supplement of today's Nonpareil the lead story notes an invitation to visit Tohlen's and mentions council members. Doon Reed's acting prowess is highlighted as proof of being bad to be good. Page references point to Treland's premiere elect John Costello and education as a central issue in the primary.
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Tohlen
Reed
Atory
Treland
John 4. Costello
Towa
Britain In Coalition Project Wall Street to Dulles
Washington officials warn of possible difficulties in building a Southeast Asia anti communism defense without Britain. New Zealand’s foreign minister Clifton Webb says a satisfactory alliance must include Britain, while Australia’s May 28 elections loom. US and French officials continue preliminary talks in Paris.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Britain
New Zealand
T. Clifton Webb
Dulles
Lestis Knox Munro
Webb
U. S
Paris
Approve Boost In Security Payments To Millions
The House Ways and Means Committee in Washington approved President Eisenhower's plan to sharply boost Social Security payments for millions of workers and dependents. The measure centers on raising the maximum wage base from 3,600 to 4,200, affecting benefits and taxes. The vote count favored the proposal amid discussions of broader fiscal impact.
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Washingson
House
Ways and Means
Erie
Eisenhower
Small Defense Posts Fight Encirclement
In the Red River delta three French defense posts Yen Phu Anxa and Co quan held out against encircling Vietminh forces as Dien Bien Phu defenders received air dropped ammo guns and food from French Union aircraft with French NCOs in charge.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Rmn
Red River
Vietrminh
Dien Bien Phu
French Union
Yen Phu
Anxa
Coquan
Viaduct Work Progress Ahead of Schedule
Ed Larsen of Larsen Bros says Broadway Viaduct work is ahead of schedule with 18 piers planned for the foundation to span the North Western and Illinois Central Railroad tracks. Completion is targeted for 1955 aided by favorable weather. Two large piers are currently under construction.
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Ed Larsen
Larsen Bros
North Western
Ilinois Central
Showers On Tap For 5. W. Iowa
Thundershowers expected to begin Friday night across southwest Iowa, lasting through Saturday. Warm weather with highs near 80, lows around 58. Friday highs near 80, Friday low 57. Thursday high 72. Cooler spell Sunday and Monday with 3 to 5 degrees below normal. Precipitation 0.25 to 0.50 inches, mainly showers.
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Iowa
Thieves Break Into Hills Grain and Feed Co
In Iowa City thieves broke into Hills Grain and Feed Co about six miles south of town Thursday night and stole typewriters and adding machines valued at about 1,000 dollars. An investigation is underway as police seek leads and review nearby business security footage.
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Iowa City
Hills Grain and Feed Co
Here
Shoulders And Dolan To Prison For Perjury
Two St. Louis police officers who helped capture the Greenlease ransom kidnapers were sentenced for perjury. Veteran officer Shoulders received three years, rookie Elmer Dolan two years, by District Judge Albert Ridge who cited Shoulders as the dominant figure in directing the case.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Bobby Greenlease
Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
Albert A. Ridge
Dolan
Mark Hennelly
Henry Morris
Five Sites Narrowed for Air Force Academy Location
Senator Capehart said five sites remain under consideration for the Air Force Academy with four in Indiana Michigan California and Colorado. He noted Madison Indiana is among the top three and others are undisclosed. An Air Force site selection commission is finishing inspections nationwide and a decision may come next week.
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Washington
Sen Caperhat
R-Ind
Air Force Academy
Tie
Indiana
Michigan
California
Colorado
Madison
Ind
Ohio River
Capehart
Air Force
Police Cars Wrecked in Des Moines High-Speed Chase
A speeding driver led Des Moines officers on a high-speed chase Thursday night, firing over forty rounds. Two police cars were wrecked and two officers injured, with Delmar A. Ramsey, 21, charged on multiple traffic counts after his vehicle, riddled with 38 bullet holes, ended the pursuit. The chase spanned about 15 miles, clearing roadblocks, with Ramsey colliding into a wall, striking a officer, and escaping into a yard. Officers Bruce Dwyer and Dick Nehring sustained leg and back injuries.
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Des Moines
Delmar A. Ramsey
Missing Man Rescued From Locked Car Trunk
Fred Mueller, 55, who had been reported missing Tuesday, was found Thursday inside the locked trunk of his car near Middletown NY. Illness stalled him Tuesday, he said, and he crawled into the trunk to rest before the lid snapped shut. A motorist hearing pounding alerted authorities.
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Middletown
N. Y
Fred Mueller
Mueller
New Paaltz
Lum
Plan To Lower Voting Age Hit
Washington reports the Senate defeated President Eisenhower's request to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 by a 34 247 vote. Sen Russell of Georgia denounced the move as an invasion of states rights, calling it an insult to governors and state legislatures and arguing that voting age should be decided by individual states. The proposed amendment would prohibit states from denying the vote to citizens 18 or older.
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Washington
Senate Vriday
Fisentiowet
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Senate
Georgia
Molotov Seeks Five Point Cease Fire Plan
In Geneva, Russia purportedly proposed a five point Indochina armistice plan. Britain and France reportedly accept it as a basis for discussions. The plan calls for a cease fire, zones for troop assembly, bans on outside reinforcements, international control to verify compliance, and international guarantees to prevent violations.
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Geneva
Russia
Indochina
Britain
France
Molotov
Brain Tumor Kills Senior At Lawler
Marlene Ann Busta, 17, died from a brain tumor while being moved to a Rochester hospital. The Lawler senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Busta, would have graduated Monday. Funeral services set for Saturday at Little Turkey Catholic Church.
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Lawler
Iowa
Marlene Ann Busta
Rochester
Dubuque Businessman William B Papin dies at 80
William B Papin, 80, a Dubuque businessman affiliated with Myers-Cox Co., a wholesale tobacco firm, died here Thursday night according to local reports. He was a longtime figure in the Dubuque business community and associated with Myers-Cox Co.
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Vubuque
William B. Papinsefi
Dubuque
Myers-Cox Co
McCarthy to Attend Hearings as Speeches Clash on Capitol Hill
Senator McCarthy said he will be there Monday as Senate investigations resume, but he warned he cannot promise how long he will stay. He criticized President Eisenhower’s order barring executive branch witnesses from certain testimony and argued that the truth should be told. The dispute centers on McCarthy aides and Army officials over alleged pressure to secure favorable treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine, with questions over subpoenas and who may compel testimony. The issue could reach the full Senate for a ruling.
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Sen. McCarthy
Capitol Hill
G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Capitol Hull
Vnday
Army
Wisconsin Republican
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Executive Branch
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pentagon
Stevens
John G. Adams
Subcommittee
G. David Schine
Roy M. Cohn
Francis FP. Carr
Adams
Schine
Senate Government Operations Committee
Reassessment on Council Bluffs Tax Books in 1956
Council Bluffs to reassess all real estate, placing new valuations on the 1956 tax rolls. City Assessor Dennis Nelson leads a $20,000, 18 month effort funded by city, county, and school authorities to correct inequalities and boost total valuations by three to five million dollars.
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Council Bluffs
Dennis Nelson
County Board of Supervisors
School Board
Nelson
Cleminshaw
Tax Commission
Des Moines
William Keenan
de Russell Blanchard
Sefer
John Anderson
Board of Supervisors
Charles Swanson
City Board of Review
C. A. Bowers
Bowers
L. M. McConnell
Board of Review
Politician Posters Found In Unauthorized Spots City Police Urge Removal
Police Chief Karl Miller said posters of candidates are turning up on utility poles and trees around city parking. Officers verify names and contact candidates to remove posters, a process he calls costly and time consuming.
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Karl Miller
Chef Miller
Iowa State College WOL TV posts substantial profit in 1953
State Auditor reports WOL TV net profit of 189 211 for the year ended June 30 1953. Athletic program shows a loss of 46 280 while overall college cash balance falls to 2 959 620 from 4 483 516. Admissions and sports receipts total 275 051 with total disbursements 25 542 118.
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BEL MOVIES /P
Iowa State College
WOLTV
C. B. Akers
Center Square boy wins 1954 national spelling bee
WaorislU and Cas shore, 14, of Center Square, Pa., won the 1954 national spelling bee, earning $500 and a trophy after spelling down competitors. Runner-up William Kelley, 11, of Deering, Mass., mis-spelled unimnated as unemnated. Chest: the champion correctly spelled transept to clinch the title.
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Waorislu and
Casshore
Center Square
Cashore
William Kelley
Deering
Concentrated Force Off Yermosa Coast Reported
Washington reports a substantial force of jet fighters and light bombers concentrated along the mainland coast opposite Yermosa, seat of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government, indicating a major military buildup in the region.
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Washington
Red Chita
Aar
Yermosa
Chiang Kai-shek
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