Marginal Farmers One Hurt Most By Lower Prices
Des Moines reports show drought and falling farm prices hit marginal Iowa farmers hardest. Bankers note a shift from wartime gains, with 19 to 45 percent income drops curbing purchases. store sales and urban reliance on farm income reflect broad economic strain across the Midwest.
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Towa
Midwest
Iowa
Bronx City
Des Moines
Younkers
Eigh
Don E. Adison
Cooperative
Farmers Grain Eaters Assn
British Soldiers Trapped in Fire In Cyprus Manhunt Tragedy
In Nicosia Cyprus nineteen British soldiers pursuing Greek Cypriot rebel chiefs in the Troodos Mountains were killed when a forest fire trapped them. Eighteen others were injured as wind shifted and fuel tanks exploded. Helicopters evacuated the wounded as about two thousand British troops pressed the operation against EOKA led by former Greek army colonel George.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Troodos
George
EOKA
Eldon Man Named To Gas Group Post
Eldon resident is elected president of the Missouri Liquified Petroleum Gas Association at its 11th annual convention. Paul Anderson of Springfield is vice president and Frank Achenbogen of Trenton becomes treasurer. New board members include J E Barker St Joseph Trusten Marin Unionville Meg Burkholder Sedalia M R Workin Mexico Howard Scott Eldon Pers Kinison Kirkwood Ivan Welch Joplin Martin Lons Cape Girardeau Gilbert Brewer Cardwell.
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Aanead Gly Wi-O
Jer
St. Loui
Missouri Liquified Petroleum Gas Assi
Paul Anderson
Springfield
Vic
Frank Achenbgeh
Trenton
J. £. Barker
St. Joseph
Trusten Marin
Unionville
Meg Burkholder
Sedalia
M. R. Workin
Mexico
Howard Scott
Eldon
PLM
Perskinson
Kirkwood
Ivan Welch
Joplin
Martin Lons
Cape Girardeau
Gilbert Brewer
Cardwell
Two New Dormitories Planned at University
The University of Missouri Board of Curators awarded the general contract for two men's dormitories. One building to be erected in Columbia, the other at Rolla. M W Watson of Topeka bid $1,023,000 but McCarthy Construction Co of St. Louis won the bid of $331,000 for the Rolla dormitory.
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Columbia
University of Missouri Board of Curators
Rolla
M. W. Watson
Topeka
Kan
Rotla
McCarthy Construction Co
St. Louis
Tennessee Woman Fatally Injured in Barnhart Crash
A collision on US Highway 61 near Barnhart Missouri killed Murs. Rovert Green, 59, of Memphis, Tennessee, and injured her husband. Green was taken to St. Anthony Hospital in St. Louis for serious cuts and injuries. The truck driver Cary Tk Foster of Auxyasse, Missouri escaped with serious injuries.
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Tennessee
Barnhart
Murs. Rovert 1
Green
Memphis
Tenn
St. Anthoy Hospital
St. Louis
Cary Tk. Foster
Auxyasse
Egypts Flag Raised Over Suez Canal End of British Occupation
PORT SAID Egypt. Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser hoisted the flag over the Suez Canal zone to mark the end of 78 years of British military occupation. Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shaposhnikov visits Bevarsht while a national holiday is declared.
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Port Said
Egypt
Gamal Abdel
Nasser Vatanel
Sez Canal Zone
Wie
Nisser
Navy Shouxe
Pavel
Nile
Dmitri Shapilov
Mortel
Bevarsht
Nile Delta
Dune Beas
Caire
Gayot
Creek
Alexandria
Stevenson Says He About Has Nomination Now
Adlai Stevenson asserts he has the Democratic nomination locked in after a buoyant Chicago rally. He dismisses late speculation and says campaign strength will determine his path, while Kefauver’s televised remarks draw Stevenson’s cautious reaction.
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Stevenson
Chicago
Adlai EB
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Haan
Kehaiver
Loum
Three Republicans Vie in Maine Race
Three Republicans compete in Maine primaries to challenge Democratic Gov. Edmund Muskie in the general election. House Speaker Wills A. Trafton of Auburn State Sen. Philip W. Chapman of Portland and former Atty. Gen. Sister A. Lafleur of Auburn lead the field. Chapmann is 63 Lafleur 57 and veteran GOP Rep. Robert Hale faces a tough primary. Also at stake are nominations for two House seats now held by Republicans.
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Maine
Edmund Muskie
Tse
Wills. A. Trafton
Auburn
Philip W. Chapman
Aly
A. Lafleur
Atbon
Chapman
Lafleur
Robert Hale
Liberace Kin Held on Burglary Suspicion in California
Wu dalph Liberace, 24, appeared in court after a failed effort to search for his wife Rudy, a studio editor. He was released on $1 bail with a writ returnable Thursday. Neighbors in Granada Hills reported a complaint about a man spraying a garden hose at doors. Police called the burglary charge a technical investigative booking.
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Yan Nuys
Calif
Lwa
Res Qa Hv
US Pru
Peru heads toward two man race in presidential vote
Peru's election results show former President Mario Prado leading near end, with Meynande Bulanade of the Domestic Youth party close behind. Official tallies place Prado ahead as voting concludes, with around 1.5 million Peruvians eligible and first time women voters participating.
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Devin Oh
Fo Hebingd
Eml
Prado
Elawneds
Lavalle
Ghvania
Stp
Feltis
Aprisht Party
Aportas
Otiatok
Japanese Socialists Oppose Okinawa Base Plans
The Japanese Socialist party called on the government to actively oppose U S military presence on Okinawa. A spokesman said Washington plans to keep Okinawa bases on a permanent basis and urged Parliament to reclaim the island from U S supervision and restore civil government to Japan.
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U.S
Okinawa
United States
Okinaoea
Japan
Florida Boys Club Sends Bicycle to Ike
The Florida Boys Club sent President Eisenhower a bicycle to show support for his recovery and invite him to attend the national amateur bicycle races, hoping his health allows participation. The note cites Dr. Paul Dudleys Wy specialist and urges Ike to take up biking as advised. The club expresses wishes for a speedy recovery and acceptance of the invitation.
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Orlando
Pia
Orinda Boys Club
Eisenhower
Paul Dudhes
Summerville Mishap Fatal for Woman in Mo. Collision
A 216 year old University City resident visiting Summerville on a second honeymoon was killed in a collision on State Highway 47 near Summerville Saturday. Wanda Marie Hunter and Joseph BL Hunter said they had been married nine months and were on a second honeymoon when the crash occurred.
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University City
Rwvins
Pea Summervill
Wanda Marie Hunter
Joseph BL. Hunter
Recurrence Doubt in Case After Procedure
A report cites Dr. Crohn discussing recurrence rates after certain surgery. He notes about five percent of cases recur, though some patients may recover. one patient faced a relatively mild attack and is now recovering after an operation in Washington.
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Paaravianaee
Enhoyer
Hervill B. Crohn
Deaf Man Perfects Cordless Hearing Aid Worn Entirely on One Ear
Peoria, Illinois report describes a cordless single ear hearing aid perfected by an inventor focusing on compact design. The device weighs a fraction of a standard aid and aims for invisibility and ease of use, with potential mail order and manufacturing details noted.
Bomb scare at Los Angeles railroad station baggage room
A menacing buzz in the baggage area triggered a bomb scare at the Union Station baggage room yesterday. Union staff alerted special agent Gene Mallaly who summoned a demolition expert. The device was a toy telegraph set jammed to produce noise.
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Los Angeles
Union Railroad
Automenca
Gene Mallaly
Osage Beach Man To Livestock Post Osage Beach Man To Livestock Post
In Columbia Missouri the Missouri Livestock Association adopted a resolution backing a campaign by the University of Missouri and Columbia to locate a 17.9 million dollar federal abnormal disease research laboratory near the veterinary school. John W Bennett opposed the resolution at the St Joseph stockyards meeting. The association elected C W Sheppard of Warrensburg president Roy Miller of Osage Beach vice president and EE Matteson of Columbia secretary treasurer.
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Columbia
Ue Missouri Livestock Assn
University of Missouri
Oklahoma Group Seeks Lab Site for Agriculture Lab
Oklahoma congressional delegation backs Stillwater Oklahoma State University as the site for a proposed Agriculture Department animal disease laboratory. A letter from delegation lawmakers will join the site selection committee meeting in St. Louis June 2. Other states push for sites at St Joseph Missouri and Kansas State University.
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Wallington
Oklahma
Stillwater
Okla
Agriculture Department
Steed
D-Oxlay
Chaseman
Tor Department
St. Louis
Oklahoma A & M
Caly Lege
Oklahoma
College
Svea
Carl Wackwell
First Lady Returns To White House After Illness
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower returned to the White House briefly after the President was hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital. She left the White House around 9:30 am and planned to rejoin later. Mrs Dowd of Denver, mother of John Dowd, was visiting the Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Waringeon
Mamie Eisenhower
Whitas
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Bisemhower
White House
John &. Dowd
Denver
Riserhower
Gellysburg
St Louisan Fatally Injured in Home Fall
St Louisan Frank Brown of Tedmond Heights died after a fall down a flight of stairs at a home yesterday. Police said Brown, who roomed there, apparently lost his footing and fell backward, dying at St Louis County Hospital four hours later.
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ST. Louis
Frank Brown
Tedmond Heights
Brown
St. Louis ‘County Hospital
Accident at Eureka Fatal for Motorist
A truck out of control struck a culvert four miles south of Eureka on a highway. The driver Verigen FY letter, 22, of Cedar Hill Mo, was thrown from the vehicle and struck a utility pole. He died seven hours later at St Joseph's Hospital in Kirkwood.
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Verigen FY Letter
Cedas Hi
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kirkwood
Training Courses Set in August by Restaurant Group
An employee training course for restaurant customer contact employees will be held in Jefferson City Aug. 22-23, totaling six hours. The Missouri State Restaurant Association and the State Department of Education sponsor the program with adult education at public schools. Courses have been held or scheduled in eight Missouri cities. A Miss Missouri Waitress of 1956 contest will be held with the training, with district winners advancing to the state event at the association convention in September. Virginia Pulsch of Kansas City is chair. Contestants judged on noise neatness personality and true-false questions.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Restaurant Association
State Department of Education
Afde
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Sikeston
Springfiald
Kansas City
Kannibal
St S Louis
Nation Faces Gold Age of Fitness at Youth Conference
At the Annapolis Naval Academy a two day fitness conference opened with about 150 attendees as Vice President Nixon presided in Eisenhower’s absence. Marion B. Folsom urged federal support for youth fitness work while sports figures like Arord Frick Gene Tunney Rogers Hornsby Kenneth L. Wilson Carl Hansen and Howard Robson attended.
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Nixon
Eisenhower
Naval Academy
Marion B. Folsom
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Clarence L. Munn
Michigan State
Yale
Howard Robson
Oregon Man Sought In Stabbing Case
Dorothy Jackson of Chiloquin Ore described meeting a man in a Klamath Falls restaurant who invited her for a ride. He drove to a downtown lumber yard where the rape and stabbing occurred, leaving her in critical condition with four knife wounds. He fled north to Sand Creek area and dumped her from the car. a green sedan linked to Salvador Squarez Galan 38 was identified as a suspect vehicle.
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Klamath Falls
Greip
California
Dorothy Jackson
Chiloquin
Ore
Sand Creek
Here
Salvador Squarez Galan
Widow of Railroad Head Dies in Maine
In Rockland Maine Mrs Harr iette Flora Gray widow of Carl R Gray Sr once president of the Union Pacific Railroad died Sunday at Knox County Hospital after a brief heart ailment She was born in Carthage Missouri and married in Sewego to Gray who then served as a telegrapher She was named American Mother of the Year in 1927 by the Golden Rule Foundation Two of her three sons died last year Carl R Gray Jr head of the Veterans Administration in the Truman era and Dr Howard Gray of Rochester Minnesota survive Russel Gray of Baltimore also survives
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Rockland, Me
Harriette Flora Gray
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Knox County Hospital
Here
New York
Carl R. Gray,Jr
Veterans Administration
Howard Gray
Rochester
Minny
Russel Gray
Haltimore
Wisconsin Dems Push Civil Rights Stand At State Convention
Wisconsin Democrats urged the national party to adopt a firm civil rights stance. A unanimously approved resolution called for a clear, unequivocal commitment to equal rights for every citizen. Sen Estes Kefauver praised the draft as general, good and sound after commenting on it. The presidential candidate won all 28 convention votes while unopposed in the state primary.
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Wisconsin
Demas
Superson
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National Party
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Prima
St Louis Girl Named Miss Missouri 1956
Roseann Teri of St Louis, a 21 year old model, chosen Miss Missouri of 1956 will represent Missouri at Atlantic City in September for Miss America and over 30,000 dollars in scholarships. Beverly Dee Goode of St Louis County was the runner up. Finalists included Sue Todd of Springfield and Koy Foreman and Angeline Knook of Kansas City. Miss Teri modeled as talent, plus judged on personality appearance in gown and swimsuit. Grant to University for Ford Foundation research awarded to Columbia University worth 1.275 million dollars.
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Roseann Teri
Kansas City
Tori
Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis County
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