Beckwith Calmed to End on Fort Madison Gallows
Edward J. Beckwith, 31, was executed at Fort Madison prison for the 1949 murder of Mrs. Irma Jean Stahlhut in Morrison Iowa. The May 1949 case ended after two trials and a 27 month death row stay with 60 witnesses present.
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Beckwith
Ft. Madison Gallows
Fort Madison
Edward J
Buddy) Beckwith
Morrison
C.s.t
Iowa
Deckwiln
Old Grey Stone
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Harvey Stahlhut
Waterloo
Stahlhut
Lester Peters
Mertens
Mr. Peters
Bennett
Polio Fatalities In Iowa Rise To 31 This Year
Polio deaths in Iowa reached 31 this year with two new fatalities on Sunday in Iowa City and Des Moines. The University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City reported its fourth death, while Des Moines’ Mercy Hospital or equivalent recorded its fourth.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Iowa City
Des Moiines
William James Mott
Jesup
University Hospitals
Des Moines
Jerry McGuire
Mott Boy
Lutheran Hospital
Blank Memorial Hospital
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Mercy Hospital
Negro Lawmaker Raps Both Parties Civil Rights Planks
Democratic Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. told a Harlem mass meeting that Negro voters are sold down the river by both parties for civil rights planks. He urged boycotting the election unless an acceptable platform is pledged. A 16 member Republican statement in Washington endorsed FEPC like measures for enforcement.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr
New York
Harlem
Powell
Washington
Eisenhower
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Two Iowans Killed In Head-on Crash
A head-on collision on Highway 30 two miles north of Scranton left Leo C. Jones 54 of New Hartford and his wife Emma dead. Their daughter Patricia 15 and Jones sister Pauline H Stanley 58 of Minneapolis were treated in a Carroll hospital. The westbound Jones car struck a semi driven by Dick Whalen 21 of Madison Wisconsin. Whalen had a minor leg injury. Greene County Sheriff William L. Davis investigated.
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Scranton
Leo C. Jones
New Hartford
Emma
Carroll Hospital
Patricia
Jones
Pauline H. Stanley
Minneapolis
Greene County
William L. Davis
Dick Whalen
Madison
Wis
Whalen
Plane crash near Wellman injures two people
Two persons were seriously injured when a light airplane crashed in a corn field near the southwest city limits of Wellman Sunday night. David Reynolds 36 and his wife Dorothy of Ottumwa were hospitalized in serious condition. Sheriff Snyder noted the engine was under the cabin and Reynolds said heavy rain prior to the crash may have drowned the motor.
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Wellman —I?i
Wellman
David Reynolds
Ottumwa
Dorothy
Washington County
Charles C. Snyder
Snyder
Reynolds
Two 15-Year-Olds Cited For Curfew Violation In Muscatine
Two 15-year-old boys, one from Letts and one local youth, were booked by Muscatine police Saturday night for violating the city curfew ordinance. The Letts boy was arrested at 11 07 p m in the 300 block of East Second street, and the Muscatine boy at 11 20 p m in the 400 block of Mulberry avenue. Both were released to their parents.
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Letts
Muscatine
East Second Street
Mulberry Avenue
Washington Buzz Over Flying Saucers Alive After Ramey Denial
In Washington the saucer topic surged after Maj. Gen. Roger M. Ramey dismissed reports as not material objects. Dr. Jessie Sprowls blamed hallucination, while radar at National Airport found no unidentified objects as crowd reports spanned the weekend.
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Washington
Air Force
Roger M. Ramey
Jessie Sprowls
University of Maryland
Grammer
Sprowls
Gen. Ramey
Capital
C.s.t
Washington National
Ramey
Watertown Man Teaches Wife Drive as Car Plunges into Pond
Thomas Mullen of Watertown teaches his wife to drive in Newton Massachusetts. The car breaks through a fence, climbs an embankment and dives nine feet into a pond. Mullen and his wife escape through the windows and swim to shore. He later rescues a collie trapped in the car. No injuries reported. The wife’s foot allegedly froze on the accelerator.
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Newton
Mass
Thomas Mullen
Watertown
Mullen
Waterloo Girl Chosen Miss Iowa
Ta Ion E. Hill of Waterloo was selected Miss Iowa from 12 contestants to represent Iowa in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. Gov. Beardsley crowned her at the Governor's Days celebration in Waterloo. Barbara McWhorter of Algona was second, Maureen Guggisberg of Iowa Falls third, and Lea Lawhorn of Garner also mentioned.
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Ion E. Hill
Waterloo
Iowa
Atlantic City
Miss Hill
William S. Beardsley
Barbara McWhorter
Algona
Maureen Guggisberg
Lea Lawhorn
Garner
Puzzling FDJ Rally Fizzle Shocks West Berlin
West Berlin authorities expressed puzzlement over the poor turnout at a planned FDJ peace and unity demonstration. The group had advertised a 10 000 strong youth march across sectors but only about 2000 Blueshirts surfaced with scattered protests near sector borders. Police reported two minor incidents and 38 Blueshirts detained.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Free German Youth
FDJ
Potsdamer Platz
Jungfernheide Park
Gillette to Speak at Drake University Commencement
U. S. Senator Guy M. Gillette of Cherokee will address Drake University during the 34th summer commencement exercises on August 22. The event marks a notable appearance by the national figure at the Iowa campus, underscoring the ceremony's significance for graduates and attendees.
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Dex Moines
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Drake University
Thunderlike crash kills and saves in Texas bus wreck
In Waco, a 17 year old girl Dora Daniels describes a dawn bus wreck on Temple highway where fuel tanks exploded. She credits a brave unidentified Negro soldier from Fort Hood with rescuing her and a Mexican girl as victims including a mother and father killed. The bus disaster left a burning scene and a crying child asking for her mother.
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Waco
Dora Daniels
W. C. Webb
Temple Highway
Providence Hospital
Death Toll May Rise to 33 In Nation's Worst Bus Crash
Two Greyhound buses collided head on seven miles south of Waco Texas and burst into flames killing at least 28 with fears the toll could reach 33. Survivors described a dawn crash on Highway 81 as buses burned to rubble while servicemen and civilians were among the dead and injured and authorities worked through a grim scene.
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U.S. Highway 81
Waco
Tex
Greyhound
Waco. Tex
Here
National Safety Council
Chicago
Passiac
N. J
Chelan
Wash
Lake Chelan
Weirton
W Va
Sam Wood
McLennan County
Temple
Austin
San Antonio
Dallas
Brownsville
Texas
Russ Fighter Felled U.S. Plane Over Siberian Coast
United Nations sources in Tokyo report a U S Navy observation plane carrying five crewmen was shot down off the Siberian coast Saturday by a Soviet fighter. Navy officials refused to confirm and referred inquiries to Washington. Far East Air Forces denied involvement.
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Toronto
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Soviet Union
Paul Ruegger
Germany
North Korea
United Nations
Korea
United States
ICRC
U. S
Washington
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Siberian
Navy
Far East Air Forces
AP Inaugurates New News Delivery Wire in Iowa and Nebraska
Des Moines and Omaha AP bureaus launch a six impulse circuit linking Iowa and Nebraska papers to allow automatic type casting from a news tape. The system replaces the older teletype for two thirds of state AP members and speeds production while retaining some manual setups. Thirty five daily plants join the new circuit with broader plans ahead.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Iowa
Neobraska
Omaha
Associated Press Dispatch
Nebraska
Vyo
Journal
U N Planes Hit North Korea Military Center Near Pyongyang
U S Fifth Air Force reports two waves of fighter bombers struck the Pyongyang area destroying a key military HQ. The raids totaled over 275 sorties with extensive bombardment and exchanges with MiG-15s. Ground fighting at Old Baldy hill saw heavy Chinese losses as U S Second Division troops repelled the assault.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Air Force
U. S. Second Division
Old Baldy Hill
Rain Shortfall Deepens Drought Hit Areas
Weather reports show scattered light showers failing to lift a broad drought across the Southern and Eastern United States. New England awaits more rain as officials note only a small amount likely, insufficient to avert multibillion dollar crop losses despite federal aid designations affecting Maine, Massachusetts, several southern states, and portions of Arkansas and Missouri.
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United States
New England
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maine
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Missouri
North Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
FBI Appeals for Help in Iowa Bank Robbery
Des Moines FBI seeks tips to catch a gunman who robbed Ankeny State Bank, escaping with 25720. Serial numbers of some $5 bills released to aid identification. Suspect described as about 35, blond, six feet tall, 195 pounds, wore work clothes. possibly stole a two tone Pontiac from Iowa, 1952 plate 77 64083.
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Des Moines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Iowa
Ankeny State
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Wagner
John Bennett
C. P. Mertens
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Adlai F. Stevenson
Springfield
Caro
W. Berlin
Gillette
Waco, Tex
Negro
Matilda Zampudio
H. B. Herring
Billy Malone
Jesse Gunterman
Herring
Baylor University
U.S
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