Anson Vows Full Enforcement Of Liquor Bill In Muscatine County
Sheriff Charles Anson stated Muscatine County will enforce all laws including liquor by the drink following a meeting with the Iowa attorney general in Des Moines. He said investigations will proceed where laws are violated, and pledged cooperation with state rulings while upholding Iowa law. The report also notes a national rise in production and personal consumption in mid-1950s figures.
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Dayton Countryman
Ia Es
Anson
Des Moines
War Hero Edson Dies in Family Auto From CO Poisoning
Maj. Gen. Merritt A. Edson, Medal of Honor recipient and former head of the Vermont State Police, was found dead in the front seat of his family car. Deputy Coroner Richard M. Rosenberg attributed the death to carbon monoxide poisoning. Edson, 58, had retired from the Marine Corps in 1947 after 30 years of service and served as executive director of the National Rifle Association. His son Merritt A. Edson Jr. said the general had been very tired.
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Washington
Merritt A. Edson
Marine Corps
Richard M. Rosenberg
Edson
National Rifle Assn
Vermont
Merritt A. Edson Jr
Quantico, Va
Queseahen
Defense Department
Crosby Son Philip Crosby Injured In Auto Crash
Private Philip L. Crosby age 21 son of Bing Crosby is hospitalized with a broken back after his car left a road and plunged 20 feet into the Willapa River bed near Raymond Washington. He escaped drowning due to a low tide as he attempted to reach back to Fort Lewis duties. Bing Crosby flew from Spokane to Raymond to be with him.
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Bing Crosby
Raymond
Wash
Philip L. Crosby
Ft. Lewis
Willapa
Willapa Harbor
Crosby
Bing
Spokane
Ray
Hart—Pvt
Philip Crosby
Local Officer Details Boy’s Misdirected Route to Fort Lewis
Acting Police Chief Russell Starns explains Philip, returning from Aberdeen to Ft. Lewis for KP duty, missed the correct road and ended up in Raymond about 30 miles away. He asked a pedestrian how to reach the fort, was hospitalized for several weeks.
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Bing
Russell Starns
Philip
Aberdeen
Here
Ft. Lewis
Raymond
Former POW Investigated For Misconduct In Custody
Edward C. Kirby 24 a wounded Korean War veteran and father of four is in military custody in Council Bluffs Iowa while authorities investigate alleged misconduct during his 33 months as a prisoner of war. The case, led by Fifth Army, will move to Fort Sheridan for formal inquiry to decide possible trial. Kirby, discharged October 1953 after four years service, has denied any POW misconduct and his wife recounts brutal treatment and injuries sustained during captivity.
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Omaha
Edward C. Kirby
Fifth Army
Kirby
Sheridan
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Phoenix
Ariz
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Missing plane from Winnipeg with six aboard reported
Canadian Air Force reports a missing aircraft carrying six people from Winnipeg en route to Regina. Imperial Oil Co staff among passengers, details scarce as search continues.
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Winnipeg
Man
Imperial Oil Co
Regina
Upset autos strike bound Indiana plant sparks violence
The New Castle Indiana plant with 260 workers faced mass picketing and arrests after a strike. CIO official Carl Batchfield led arrests as the company sought contempt charges. court injunctions targeted mass picketing and heightened tensions in New Castle Richmond and Hagerstown plants after contract talks failed.
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Indiana
Henry County
Fred
Hall
Randolph
CIO
New Castle
Carl Batchfield
United Auto Workers
Richmond
Hagerstown
Locke resigns as head of Iowa Air Commission
Locke steps down from leadership of the Iowa Air Commission after informing Gov. Leo Hoegh. successor not yet named. A former national radio aviation program host and current national TV presenter, Locke plans relocation to Chicago with his family. He has long pushed for funding to aid municipalities in building runways and improving airports.
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Locke
Leo Hoegh
Chicago
Ned
Omaha
Promo Aeronautics
Iowa
Sa Ae
Students Bicycle Through Iowa With the Petition
Two California students riding east from Des Moines carry a petition signed by 1,500 California Institute students. The Iowa petition, presented by the Polk County Young Republican Club, was handed to Phares and Grebner at a reception. They plan to deliver it to President Eisenhower, even if they have to chase him to Denver where he is vacationing in Colorado.
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Des Moines
Eisenhower
Iowa
Polk County
Young Republican Club
Phares
Grebner
Denver
iColorado
Tulsa publisher dies in airport accident with plane propeller
Kansas City report says Tex. Atcheson, a Tulsa publishing executive, ran toward a Braniff Convair on a 21 minute layover and was killed after a Braniff DC 3 began taxiing into a propeller during a short layover at Municipal Airport.
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Kansas City
Tulsa
Municipal Airport
Tex
Atcheson
Minneapolis
Draw for Starting Positions At Louisa Fair Harness Race
Harness race draw completed for the Louisa county fair at the fairgrounds. Events include a White Horse Patrol exhibition, two heats across three races, and purses of 385 for the 2 24 trot and 2 20 pace plus 430 for the free Trot.
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Louisa Fair
Columbus Junction
White Horse Patrol
Rochester
Walter
Payne
Denardo
Rice
Calere Kinetic
de France
Billie Barnes
Taylor
Jane Eyre
Clary
Gloria B
Fullier
Tony Amosson
Hogue
Check Reports Klan to Fight Texas Integration
Texas Attorney General says investigators are checking reports of a revived Ku Klux Klan in east Texas. He notes 22 east Texas counties under scrutiny, with no origin given. Citizens Councils form to oppose school integration, while many boards resist new orders.
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Longview
Tex
East Texas
SL Aty
DAV Opens Meet At Des Moines
DAV leaders gather in Des Moines to pledge to curb veterans hospitalization costs. Judge English notes a bill to implement commission recommendations on medical services is slated for action in the next session of Congress.
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DAV
Des Moines
Gram
Saslien Gress
English
Jated
H Commission
Congress
Hunt Lowan and Missing Woman Reported
Sheriff James Van Hemert said a search is underway near Ville Veterans Hospital after a missing woman was believed to be driving a vehicle with unclear details. No other information is available from the fragment.
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James van Hemert
Ville Veterans Hospital
Smith
Mrs. Roosevelt Arrives in Tokyo En Route to Bangkok
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt landed in Tokyo today while traveling to Bangkok for a World Federation of United Nations Associations meeting. She will participate in discussions and promote international cooperation during the trip.
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Tokyo
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bangkok
World Federation of United Nations Associations
Michigan Boy Scout murder probe widens with lie detector tests
State Police Captain Leroy R Muskegon announced eight Boy Scout camp officials are to undergo lie detector tests in the search for Peter Gorham a 12 year old Evanston Ill victim slain by shooting in a Muskegon woods. Gorham is the third child to die in Michigan in five months amid a serial crime pattern. The scene described as five miles from the pathologist notes the boy had been dead since shortly after his disappearance.
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Mich
Leroy R. Muskegon
Peter Gorham
Evanston
Ill
Muskegon
Peter
Michigan
Steamsmya
Pligas
Gorham
Nine Killed as Indians Press Portugal Across Border
Bombay dispatch reports nine killed and about 38 wounded as Indian nonviolent demonstrators crossed into Portuguese territory in a planned invasion scene. Estimates of marchers range from 2,000 to 3,000 as crowds cheered from the Indian side while guards clashed at border posts.
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Bombay
India
Cam
Hurricane Warnings Loom Over Atlantic Coast
World briefs note a tropical storm threatening the Atlantic coast within two weeks, with hurricane warnings issued for Bruns hee Saint pees ene aeeS & Slee Oeee lent. Other items mention Morocco politics and a Wales garrison raid, plus a cross-channel walk by Abdel Latif Abu Heif.
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Miami
England
Abdel Latif Abu Heif
Egypt
Dover
Enjan
Thomas L. Park
Long Beach
Cali
Schmidt Offered Legal Aid by VFW in California
Woodland California VFW offered to finance either a lawyer or a honeymoon for Danny Schmidt the 22 year old Air Force gunner who returned from a 32 month Chinese prison camp. He met privately with his wife Una in Nevada City where she reportedly said she would stay with Alford Fine. Danny Jr. age 2 1/2 remains amid Schmidt’s pleas to reconcile. Una refused.
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Woodland
Calif
Califfornia Veterans of Foreign Wars
VEW
Thowes J. Murray
Danny
Una
Schmidt
Air Force
Nevada City
Alford Fine
Danny Jr
Tear Gas Used to End Prison Rebellion at State Penitentiary
Guards with rifles and tear gas quelled an inmate uprising at the State Penitentiary in Walla Walla Washington. Early reports say about 12 prisoners were directly involved. at one point most of the 1600 inmates were at large inside the walls. One officer was held hostage during the riot which began near dinner, with threats of dire consequences if demands were not met.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Delamore
Two More Killed In Iowa Crashes
Two more people died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. A 13 year old girl identified as Mary Alder of Maxwell died on arrival at a Des Moines area hospital after taking a car ride with a 14 year old companion. A 30 year old man, George E. Marineau of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Saturday night on Iowa Highway 9 near Larchwood, where the Toohey car failed to turn. Marineau was a passenger.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Mary Alder
Earl Alder
Maxwell
George E. Marineau
Sioux Falls
S.D
Des Moines
Story County
J. I. Shalley
Alder
Marineau
Larchwood
Minnesota-South Dakota
Lyon County
Fred Towne
Robert Toohey
Patesenger
Toohey
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