Convair Crashes Near Ft Leonard Wood. 30 Die in Missouri
A Convair with 27 passengers and 3 crew aboard crashed near Forney Airport at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri, killing all 30 aboard. Pilot Capt Hugh Barron of Tulsa Oklahoma had attempted an emergency landing after losing the right wing and one engine. Eyewitnesses described flames, muffled explosions, and a low approach before the wreck erupted into a wooded area. Authorities evacuated bodies and searched the scene as Army units cleared a path through rugged terrain.
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American Airlines
A. J. Brewster
The
Post Airport
Hugh Barron
Tulsa
Ohls
Convair
Forney
Lieber Heights
WAC
Beverly Streeter
Asbury Park
N. J
Lebanon
Army
Forney Field
Iowa vets tax relief under fire as committee weighs cuts
Des Moines report shows the Iowa Tax Study Committee debating removal of veteran and homeowner tax relief programs. Professor Robert H. Johnson urges scrapping most exemptions and proposes state payments for basic education costs, with local districts raising any extras.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Comealites
Robert H. Johnson
The
State University of Iowa
Johnson
Five Day Forecast With Above Normal Temps
The forecast shows temperatures averaging 4 to 7 degrees above normal tonight through next Wednesday. Highs range from 84 to 88 and lows from 60 to 64. Expect warmer weather after Saturday with rainfall around half an inch, locally heavier in Saturday thunder showers.
Demos Protest FPC Action on Power Project
Demos challenge the FPC approval of Idaho Power Co. dams in Hell's Canyon and vow to make the issue national. The license covers Brownlee Oxbow and Low Hell's Canyon dams with a 50 year term, while opponents plan court action after a Portland board meeting on August 15.
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Hell’s Canyon
Commission
Idaho Power Co
Federal Power
Congress
Develoe
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Dixon-Yates
Magnuson
Wash
Humphrey
D-Minn
Jerome K. Kuykendall
Idaho Power
Brownlee
Oxbow
Creara
National Hell’s Canyon Assn
Portland
Ore
Bank Tellers Warned About Suspect Pair in LA Areas
Police report two young women, a redhead with a ponytail and a brunette, casing banks in Los Angeles and Walnut Park. They asked for paper money in exchange for rolls of coins, but the rolls contained 40 slugs each. The duo have reportedly netted about $700 so far.
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Los Angeles
Walnut Park
Area Gets Relief From Heat Wave and Rain
Cooler air moved across Iowa easing the 10 day heat wave. Sac City reached 100 degrees while towns from Dubuque to Sac City saw highs near 88 to 100. Rain totaled 0.19 inches with overnight thundershowers and scattered showers expected into Saturday.
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Muscatine
Associated Press
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Sac City
Dubuque
Letts Centennial Parade Opens Two Week Celebration
Letts launches a two centennial celebration with a parade through the business district featuring floats and marching groups. An estimated 2,500 attendees will fill streets as last minute entries delay the 10 a.m. start.
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Letts
William M. Duvall
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
En Chamber of Commerce
Nab Shoulders Refuses Extradition in Slaying Case
St Louis police officer turned prisoner refuses to waive extradition in the auto trunk killing of Bobby Carr former cab driver and one of three charged suspects Louis D Shoulder 26 faces transfer proceedings as part of the kidnapping investigation
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St. Louis
Louis D. Shoulders
Bobby Carr
Des Moines Woman Dies of Bulbar Polio
Blodgett of Des Moines died from bulbar polio at a city hospital Thursday night. She had been admitted for treatment July 31, marking the first polio death in Des Moines this year.
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Blodgett
Des Moines
Soviet Farm Delegation Visits South Dakota Ice Show
Tulupnikov of the Soviet Ministry of Agriculture and eight delegates attended a Holiday on Ice show in Huron with Brookings connections. Gov Joe Foss welcomed the group at intermission as they planned a four day tour of South Dakota farms before continuing to Minnesota.
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Alexi
Kay Servatius
Tulupnikov
Ministry of Agriculture
Soviet Union
Huron
Holliday
Brookings
South Dakota
Joe Foss
Colmg
Minnesota
U. S
Man Killed In Car Crash Near Buffalo Iowa
Ronald E. Viner, 24, of Buffalo, died when his car rolled over on Jamestown road near his home. Deputies say he was alone and likely lost control, becoming pinned under the vehicle. An unknown motorist reported the death, and coroner Kenneth Froeschle ruled it a heart attack, not a traffic fatality, with death recorded at Davenport.
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Iowa
Ronald E. Viner
Jamestown Road
Viner
Davenport
Scott County
Kenneth Froeschle
Freedom Airmen Return From Prison Flight
Eleven U. S. airmen who denounce Red Chinese charges of spying arrive in Tokyo on their way home after 30 months in Communist prisons. Premier Bulganin says Moscow will study Eisenhower’s proposal on military information exchange and mutual aerial inspection. A hurricane named Connie moves toward the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico with alerts in effect. A motor boat from Little Rock, Arkansas, faces trouble after hitting a sand bar near St. Louis.
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U. S
Moscow
Bulganin
Eisenhower
St. Louis
Little Rock
Ark
Louis
Bloodstained car found with clothing linked to missing Kansas City wife
A bloodstained 1955 convertible containing ripped clothing is found on a busy Kansas City street. Police theorize Mrs. Wilma Allen, 34, kidnapped and killed. her purse and stockings missing. Her husband, two sons, and relatives trace her movements after a beauty parlor visit, while investigators check the car for fingerprints and evidence.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
William Allen Jr
North City
Eugene Pond
Allen
Pond
Vona
Allens
Bedford
Iowa
Clarence W. Moody
Burlington
Colorado
Moodys
Moody
Moody Oane
Ottawa
Chanute
Kan
Gambling Bill Seeks State Run Racing Revenue New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Senate backed a state racing measure proposing two annual horse races at Rockingham Park in Salem with a House vote of 141 to pass. Proponents argued potential revenue around two million dollars, while opponents warned against state dependence on gambling income and warned of political opposition from the Christian Civic League.
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Concord
N. H
Cemora
Scutios
Fannatas
Hampshire
Senate
Rockingham Park
Salem
Peariee
Co House
Airman Schmidt Learns His Wife Has Remarried
Airman 2 C Schmidt of Redding California, freed by Red China, learns within a day his wife Una Schmidt Fine has remarried Alford Fine. Officials say he will try to contact her. Mrs Fine, in Cisco Grove California, may leave her second husband to decide between Schmidt and him.
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Bobby
Chewrae
An Allen
Allen
Tokyo
Daniel C. Schmidt
Redding
Calif
Schmidt
Alford Fine
Manila
Avert Strike at Deere Plow Works Reached in Illinois Iowa Pact
A strike by about 600 employees at Deere Co Plow Works in Moline was averted by a new contract with the Equipment United Electrical Workers Union. Terms mirror an agreement reached Wednesday night with the CIO United Auto Workers for 12 500 workers in eight Illinois and Iowa plants. The present pay scale remains in effect at the plow works.
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Moline NL
Cone
Deere Co
Moline
Erm
United Electrical Workers Union Union
CIO
United Auto Workers
Illinois
Iowa
Local Gazette Mentions Furtive Plant Near Burlington
Fragmentary OCR mentions a finance plant near Burlington and references Moody as editor and publisher of the Furtington Hawkaye-Geastia, hinting at a historical local page item.
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Nance
Burlington
Moody
Furtington Hawkaye-Geastia
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