Supreme Court Allows State Tax on Offutt Military Housing
The Supreme Court in a 5 4 decision held state and local taxes may be levied on private firms operating military housing on government lands under the Wherry Act. The ruling affects about 159 projects with 535 3 dwelling units, with Justice Frankfurter delivering the majority opinion and Justice Douglas issuing a dissent joined by three others.
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Washington
Supreme Court Jfonday
Frankfurter
Douglas
Reed, Burton
Harlan
Nebraska Supreme Court
Justice Department
Frankhrter
Waves Indicate New Bomb Test
Japanese scientists report atmospheric pressure waves and a seismograph record from Bikini indicating a new hydrogen bomb test with power comparable to the May blast. Observatories note similar timing and earth shocks, while weather delays kept correspondents away and ABC says tests may run into June.
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Tokyo
United States
Bikini
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Tokyo Central Meteorological Observatory
Japan
Matsushiro
Proving Ground
ABC
Merger Approved By Presbyterians United
The 168th General Assembly voted to merge the Presbyterian Church in the USA with the United Presbyterian Church. The unified body would be known as the United Presbyterian Church in the USA and reach about three million members. The larger PCUSA has 2.7 million members. the United Presbyterian Church is centered in Pennsylvania with about 0.25 million.
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Philadelphia
168Th
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U.S
United Presbyterian Church
United Presbterian Church
USA
Presbyterian Church In
Pennsylvania
Don’t Score Here For Council Bluffs to Date
Local sports score fragment lists numbers and codes with no readable narrative or identifiable teams. The readable material does not establish a coherent event, outcome, or person.
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Council
Voting Edge To West In Italy Votes Near Tie In Early Returns
Early fragmentary results from Italy’s local elections show pro West center parties leading over the Communist Socialist bloc. In 394 districts the Christian Democrats lead with 81 200 votes, Communists 26 207, Socialists 19 361, with the center bloc at 103 309 versus 5 763 for the far left and 30 159 for the far right. Stakes include 6 387 councils across the country and provincial posts in 533 governments.
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Rome
Italy
Jeff Monday
Christan Democrats
Moscow
Alps
Sicily
Rites At Boone For Oldest ISC Alumnus
Boone services set for Mrs. Kate C. Mirick 98 oldest Iowa State College alumna who died Saturday in Madrid. A Monticello High School former principal, she graduated valedictorian in 1817 and helped start the Monticello library before moving to Boone to live with her daughter.
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Boone
Kate C. Mirick
Iowa State College
Mirick
Iowa Lutheran Home For
Madrid
Bremer County
Mitick
Monticella High School
Will A. Mirick
Monticelo
Monticello
Boone i 197
Ralph L. Cooper
Lfeat
Potter Sworn In As Panama Canal Zone Governor
Maj. Gen. William E. Potter was sworn in as governor of the Panama Canal Zone and secretary of the Army staff at the Pentagon. Potter, 50, succeeds Maj. Gen. John Seybold who retired after heading the Missouri Division of the Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha.
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Washingson
Wilam E. Potter
Panama Canal Zone
Brocker
Rl” Potter
Missouri Division
Army Corps of Engineers
Omaha
Pentagon
John Seybold
Britain urges Hammarskjold to press Middle East peace
Britain asks Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to continue his peace mission in the Middle East and to determine the best approach for pursuing a settlement. The United Nations head is urged to use his good offices in the region.
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United Nations
New York
Britain
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Eisenhower Signs Farm Bill Amid Soil Bank Shortcomings
President Eisenhower signed the new farm bill on Monday while expressing disappointment that it does not allow advance soil bank payments to farmers. He acknowledged the bill’s shortcomings but said its advantages outweighed its harmful provisions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Forecaster Charts Damp Holiday Outlook and Rain Totals
A new weather system brings chances of a damp Memorial Day with thunderstorms likely Monday afternoon into Tuesday. Temperatures mid 80s. scattered moisture across Iowa and Nebraska. Heavy weekend rains hit Sioux City and eastern Iowa. twisters and floods noted in western Nebraska and central Indiana.
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Memorial Day
Nebraska
Gulf
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Davenport
Pella
Dubuque and
Traer
Kanawha
Burlington
Waterloo
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Red Oak
Sioux City
Clarence
Iowa
Dubuque Mordy
Valentine
Panhandle
Sprague
Kansas
Northmestern
Texas
Dllinois
Fisher
Associated Press
Indiana
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
CAP seeks 1600 to finish new council bluffs center
Civil Air Patrol seeks local gifts to complete the center at Council Bluffs Airport after 30 senior members and bricklayers volunteers built walls and poured floors. Maj. Donald V Hirst says about 1600 is needed for heating water sewage doors and outdoor work while the Air Force plans to supply up to 250 000 in surplus equipment for 100 cadets. Contributions will be publicized.
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Donald V_ Hirst
Anii
CAP
United States Air Force
Maj
Hirst
Air Force
Council Bluffs
Maj. Hirst
Civil Air Patrol Fund
Iowa
Turner Named To Board At Parsons College
Robert W. Turner of 514 Forest Dr was elected to Parsons College board of trustees, announced by Lyle M. Cassat. Turner, head of City National Bank, a 1917 Michigan graduate, active in First Presbyterian Church and libraries. Upcoming meetings in Fairfield include Friday committee sessions and Saturday business meeting. Also elected were Marvin Schmidt of Des Moines Martyn Stoxn of La Jolla Calif Raymond Stewart and Lee Gobble of Fairfield.
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Robert W. Turner
Forest Dr
Parsons College
Lyle M. Cassat
Boar
Turner
City National Bank
University of Michigan
First Presbyterian Church
Assahere
Parsons
Fairfield
Marvin 3M. Schmidt
Des Moines
Martyn L. Stoxn
la Jolla
Calif
Raymond R. _Stewart
Lee T. Gobble
Ioft Fairfield
How Iowa Would Fare Under Two Highway Proposals
Iowa stands to gain different federal highway funds under competing House and Senate plans. The House would allocate 16 620 000 for primary urban and secondary roads with matching funds, while the Senate proposal promises 19 700 000 in federal aid. Both routes affect timing and total funding for Iowa projects.
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Iowa
House
Senate
Joteteans
Iowa Ward
Mob in France storms police lines to shield reservists
In St. Nazaire a mob of about 1500 men clashed with about 1000 riot police as they protected a group of 200 reservists due to depart for Algeria. Tear gas, iron bars, and stones were used. several were injured on both sides. Demonstrators escorted the reservists from the station amid chants for a peaceful Algeria settlement.
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ST. Nazaire
France
Algeria
Staton
General Federation of Labor
nomCommunist
Algera
Rebe
Adel Theater Fire Destroys Local Risho Venue
A fire engulfed the Adel Risho theater early Monday, causing about $100,000 in losses. Firefighters from Adel and nearby towns battled the blaze for hours, with the building severely damaged after remodeling for widescreen movies. Cause under investigation.
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Adel Theater
ADEL
Risho
Olver Doos
Severs
Air National Guard Aids Iowa Holiday Traffic Plan
Iowa officials mobilize the Air National Guard with two helicopters and seven light planes to support 225 patrolmen for Memorial Day traffic enforcement. Governor Hoegh proclaims Slow Down and Live Months while 20 more fatalities this year prompt a stronger patrol effort.
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Des Moines
Highway Patrol
Air National Guard
David Herrick
Towama
Leo Hoegh
Natonal Guard
Herrick
Hoegh
Clear Lake
Lake Okoboji
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
Iowa Lake
National Guard
Iowa
State Safety Department
General Electric to Build Burlington Iowa Plant
GE announces a 124 million Burlington Iowa appliance timer plant to employ about 360 by end of 1957, with production starting January 1957. F. H. Holt says local hiring except management. plant on 9 acre Des Moines County fairgrounds site, 67,200 square feet, powered by Town Southern Utilities.
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Morrison, Hi
General Electric
Burlington
Iowa
F. H. Holt
General Electric Co
Morrison
Harold E. Deniz
Morison
Des Moines County Fair
Town Southern Utilities
West Burlington
Holt
Deniy
George L. Tevine
Chicago
Putine
Burlington Chamber of Commerce
Eurimston
Seaton Nominated by Eisenhower for Interior Post
President Eisenhower named Fred A Seaton to be Secretary of the Interior succeeding Douglas McKay who resigned to seek the U S Senate seat in Oregon. Announcement was made by White House aide Murray Snyder stating the president had signed papers nominating Seaton.
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Washington
Fred A Seaton
White House
Nebraska
Eisenhower
Interior
Seaton
Douglas McKay
Apol 15
U. S. Senate
Oregon
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Fred Seaton
Push Button War Myth Debunked by Army Leader
Detroit briefing quotes Secretary Wilber Brucker calling push button war a dangerous myth and stating the major combat burden lies with the U S Army. He extols atomic and nonatomic weapons and cites Nike anti aircraft missiles as the primary ground weapon against hostile air forces.
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Detroit
Wilber M. Brucker
U. & Army
Brucker
Air Force
Detroit Economic Club
Army
Navy
Coloradoan Names REA Chief Nominee Hamill
Hamill a 47 year old Republican cattle feeder from Atwood Colorado has been nominated to lead the Rural Electrification Administration pending Senate confirmation He would replace Ancher Nelson who resigned May 15 to pursue the Republican nomination for Minnesota governor Hamill has been Colorado General Assembly speaker since 1951 and is now in his third term He previously ran for governor in 1948.
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Tre White
Senate
Ham
Ancher Nelson
Wao
Mennesota
Hamil
Atwood
Colo
Colorado General Assembly
French and Swiss Climbers Scale La Veronica Peak
Four French and Swiss alpinists report they scaled La Veronica, a 19,685 foot peak in the Andes near Lima Peru. The ascent marks a new climb of the previously unconquered summit with the climbers returning with details of the route and climb.
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Lima
Peru
la Veronica
Andes
Couch Leads Race for Iowa Labor Presidency
Des Moines veteran labor leader A. A. Couch entered the race for the presidency of the proposed Iowa AFL-CIO state organization opposing Des Moines Mayor Ray Mills who also seeks the post. Mills has headed the Iowa Federation of Labor since 191. The two are slated to attend separate meetings in Des Moines for the posts.
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Des Moines
A. A. Couch
Iowa
Afl-Cio
Couch
Ray Mills
Mills
Iowa Federation of Labor
Three Men Die After Train Strikes Truck
A freight train struck a truck at a crossing killing three men. Investigators and local authorities responded quickly as emergency crews secured the scene and began interviews with witnesses amid sparse details.
Benson Plans Tour to Southern Town
An aide to Secretary of Arribulture Benson says his thrice postponed tour of a southern town is set tentatively for Friday. He is expected to arrive in Des Moines Thursday night.
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Washington .P
Todays Chuckle Psychiatrist Joke
A psychiatrist asks can you tell if your husband lies by his face. The wife replies that lips moving prove deception.
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