Drought Termed Economic Disaster Raises Living Costs in July
Government stabilizers warn the cost of living will hit a new high as the BLS reports food prices up 1.2 percent for the two weeks ending July 15, with eggs surging 18 percent. Arnall links inflation to drought and decontrol, while Putnam blames GOP controls. Weir counters Arnall, arguing steel price increases will affect families modestly.
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Ellis Arnall
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
GOP
Republican Party
Arnall
Congress
South
New England
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corp
Weir
Pittsburgh
Iowa
United Nations
Public Unity Commission
Stevenson to Head Campaign From Springfield Aide Network
Gov. Adlai Stevenson moves the Democratic national campaign headquarters to Springfield Illinois and names Wilson Wyatt as personal campaign manager. Wyatt says the campaign will be directed by Stevenson from Springfield with close ties to the national committee, challenging traditional capitol control.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Wilson Wyatt
U. S
Stevenson
Washington
Wyatt
Democratic National Committee
Flying saucer reports push air defense to scramble
Colorado Springs ADC center reports a two week stream of unidentified object sightings. Interceptor planes are kept ready to launch within seconds, while results of scrambles go to Wright Patterson for analysis. Radar has detected many unexplained blips.
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Colo
Air Force Air Defense Command
Air Force Base Here
ADC
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Vatican says no petition to start Eva Peron beatification
Vatican confirms no formal request has been received to open beatification proceedings for Eva Peron, wife of Argentine president Juan Peron. Buenos Aires reports note widespread tributes as her body lies in state ahead of a funeral, with plans for a glass monument and long conservation period.
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Juan D. Peron
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Latin America
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Alexander IV
St. Clara
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Hunt Continues For Bank Bandit
Des Moines report says a blond man about 35, six feet tall and 195 pounds robbed the Ankeny State Bank of 25720 and fled in a waiting car. The assailant, wearing soiled work clothes, broke in Thursday night and forced assistant cashier Wayne Rowland to open a safe. FBI notes a two tone Pontiac possibly from 1950 or 1951 with a stolen Iowa plate 77 64083.
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Ankeny
Midwest
Wayne Rowland
Rowland
FBI
Iowa
Work Starts on New Armory at Davenport
Work began Friday on a new National Guard armory in Davenport costing 110,975 dollars. The 100 by 130 foot brick-and-steel building is being erected by the Iowa National Guard Corp. of Scott County for use by the guard units.
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National Guard
Iowa National Guard Corp
Scott County
Powber Crashes Near Denver After Torpedo Bomber Fire
A single engine navy torpedo bomber crashed northeast of Denver Friday night after diving in flames. All three crewmen parachuted to safety before the crash and were rescued in good condition.
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Denver
Army Speeds Up Casualty Reports to Families in Korea
The army reports it is accelerating casualty notices to families in the Korea fighting. Current notification time averages six and a half days from a soldier being killed, wounded, missing in action, or captured, according to the chief of the casualty branch.
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Seoul
Korea
Four Gunmen Rob Lyons Bank in Daylight Holdup
Four gunmen carried out a three minute daylight holdup at the Bank of Lyons in suburban Chicago catching 17 people, including 12 employees, in a rear room while a fourth robber emptied teller cages of cash estimated at 45000 dollars. Masked robbers used timing as hundreds of nearby workers were about to cash paychecks. The gang did not enter the vault.
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Chicago
Lyons
Bank of Lyons
Eisenhower Nixon campaign harmony and strategy outlined
Nixon credits Eisenhower with harmony among campaign leaders and outlines plans for a broad, issue driven push. They met with over twenty campaign strategists for two and a half hours, with Eisenhower emphasizing world peace, a non boss driven campaign, and eventual touring starting September 1.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
California
Eisenhower
United States
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
Race With Officer Costs Lowan S875
George B. Tyler of Fairfield paid 75 dollars after pleading guilty in Des Moines municipal court to reckless driving and resisting an officer. He was fined for racing a police patrol car.
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Des Moines
George B. Tyler
Fairfield
Tyler
Comparison of Iowa party platforms shows contrasts
A study of the Iowa Democratic and Republican platforms from recent state conventions highlights tax cut pledge versus no tax increases, with the Dems promoting broader topics including private school bus use and a fair employment law, while GOP calls for highway priorities and union shop policy.
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Iowa
Demos
GOP
Two More Iowans Die in Accidents
Iowa reports two additional deaths from motor vehicle crashes. The 1952 state toll reaches 281. Victims are John Norman Edge eight month old son of Norman and wife near Humboldt, and Donald M Acker 27 farmer near Wiota. Edge child was thrown from a pickup during a rollover northwest of Humboldt. Acker died when his tractor overturned on a Cass county road south of Wiota.
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John Norman Edge
Norman Edge
Humboldt
Donald M. Acker
Wiota
Edge
Acker
Cass
Capri
Egypt
Farouk
Ahmed Fuad I
Narriman
Isle of Apri
Fden Paradiso
Mother Visits Condemned Killer in Iowa Penitentiary
The mother of condemned slaver Edward J. Beckwith, 31, and family members visited him at Fort Madison prison. Beckwith, scheduled to be Iowa’s 40th execution by gallows at 6 30 Monday, killed Mrs. Irma Jean Stahlhut, 22, in a Morrison tavern on June 22, 1949. The Rev. Lester Peter said Beckwith has re established his Christian faith and has no further visitors expected before the execution.
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Edward J. Beckwith
State
Nancy Beckwith
Beckwith
Iowa
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Morrison Tavern
Lester Peter
U S Studies Aid to Stricken Areas in South New England
The Agriculture Department calls the drought in the south and New England one of the nation's worst economic disasters. Nine additional counties in Arkansas join earlier drought areas, expanding federal loan eligibility. Officials discuss emergency action and railroad hay-rate relief as Wisconsin ships hay to Tennessee. No direct grants yet. loans carry 3 percent interest.
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South
New England
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
South Carolin
Massachusetts
Maine
Arkansas
Missouri
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Knox Hutchinson
Nashville
Tenn
Raub Snyder
Wisconsin
Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner
Madison
Iowa Will Not Aid Drought Areas With Feed Shortage
Iowa expects no surplus hay to relieve drought regions as cattle feeding expands. The 1952 Iowa hay crop is estimated at 6 396 000 tons, but most of the crop will be used for home consumption, leaving little for export or aid.
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Des Moines—i
Iowa
South
New England
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rosalind Russell Hurt in Filming Accident
Rosalind Russell is hospitalized in Fort Lee Virginia after a knee fracture and a deep shin laceration from a fall while filming Never Wave at a Wac. She received 17 stitches and plans to stay several days.
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Fort Lee
Rosalind Russell
Broadcasters Challenge WOI-TV As Unfair Competition
The Iowa Broadcasters Assn votes to condemn WOI-TV for commercial activities using tax funds. The resolution demands a termination of commercial operations and peers at plans for the station while urging legislation to protect public meetings broadcasts. The group names officers and calls for state and federal action.
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Des Moines
Iowa Broadcasters Assn
Iowa State College Station
Woi-Tv
Iowa State College
State University of Iowa
Federal Communications Commission
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State
Association
Iowa
Ed Breen
KVFD
Fort Dodge
Ben Sanders
KICD
Spencer
Ken Gordon
KDTH
Dubuque
George Vogeler
KWPC
Muscatine
U S Leads Olympic Team Race After 535 Points
The United States moved ahead of Russia in unofficial Olympic team points at Helsinki with 535 to 528.42. Ford Konno won the men's 1500-meter free style, boosting U S momentum as Jim McClane finished fourth and basketball showed a 10 point U S gain.
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Helsinki
United States
Russia
Tiny Ford Konno
Jim McClane
U. S
Tony
Old Pair Bashful As They Marry
In New York a 76 year old groom named Fred Ellenberg wed 83 year old Margaret Beebe in a bashful ceremony on Friday. He corrected the marriage app to say Beebe was born in 1868 and the couple then headed to a new ranch home in Glastonbury Connecticut.
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Fred Eilenberg
Margaret E. Beebe
Ellenberg
Glastonbury
Conn Ellenberg
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