Aspirin bottle romance endures for Irish milkmaid tale
New York says Johnstown welder Frank Havostek refuses to quit love after sending aspirin bottle letters to Breda O Sullivan in County Kerry. He recalls a failed two week Ireland visit due to lack of privacy and farm duties before again tossing another bottle into Jamaica Bay seeking contact.
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Kefauver to press stronger crime laws next year
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee says he will push for harsher crime law measures in the next congressional session. He notes continued enforcement of enacted statutes and urges racketeer financial reporting and removal of gambling tax evasion issues. A proposed permanent crime commission is also under consideration.
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Five Day Forecast Warmth Flows Through Weekend
Temperatures will average four to eight degrees above normal with highs around 82 to 85 and lows near 56 to 60. Warmer tonight and Saturday, cooler Monday, warmer Tuesday and cooler Wednesday. Showers are possible Saturday night and Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday, with totals under a quarter inch.
Five U S Oil Firms Accused of Price Discrimination
A Washington report to Senate investigators accuses Standard Oil of New Jersey Standard Oil of California Gulf Oil Socony Vacuum Oil and Texaco of price discrimination gouging Middle East to Europe while US taxpayers fund Marshall Plan aid. Justice Dept suit seeks 50 million in overcharges on foreign aid funded bills.
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Esso Export Corporation
Sees Revision in Meter Funds Use in Iowa
Carroll mayor A N Neu predicts a 1944 legislative move to loosen limits on parking meter fund use. Current law restricts funds to meter administration, off street parking facilities, and street widening. Neu notes cities seek funds for downtown parking and maintenance as meter balances grow.
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A. N. Neu
Iowa
Neu
Train Rams Car in Wisconsin Killing Motorist and Injuring 65
A high speed electric Chicago to Milwaukee train struck a car near Racine Wisconsin and derailed. The motorist died and 65 passengers were injured as the five car commuter train, traveling about 75 miles per hour, left the rails. The motorman was identified as Hiram M. Bryant of Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Ike and Adlai Clash in Race Unity Test
Pre campaign remarks by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson tested party unity. Eisenhower faced intra party questions over Korea policy and China bombing plans while Stevenson drew Truman disapproval with his Washington assessment. Both set campaign travel plans toward major party events.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Kansas City
South Korea
Red China
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
Congress
MacArthur
United Nations
Communist
China
Endorsed Views on Farm Supports Similar from Eisenhower Stevenson
Washington reports both major candidates echo similar thoughts on price supports for crops. Eisenhower says no tampering with the price support law if elected, while Stevenson rejects Brannan plan as obsolete. Both hint they would keep current parity levels for staples like wheat corn and cotton with broad support for other commodities and dairy products.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ac- Yai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Kansas City
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Enhower
Illinois
Minceequa
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Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Fire hits Rock Island train near Davenport
A fire aboard the Golden State Limited diesel engine west of Davenport broke out when an oil line ruptured and sprayed oil on the rear unit. No injuries were reported, and Davenport firefighters extinguished the blaze within 15 minutes after meeting the Chicago bound train in the yards at Silvis. The train continued after inspection.
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Rock Island
Golden State Limited
Muscatine
Silvis
Navy Tests Four New Jet Fighters
The Navy announced first carrier tests for four jet fighters. The XFJ-2 Fury, F9F-6 Cougar, and F7U-3 are labeled new Navy planes expected to surpass the Russian MIG, with the F2E-3 Moody McDonnell model completing the quartet.
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Washington
Kimball
McDonnell
Car Hits Hydrant Sparks 45 Minute Muscatine Waterworks Show
In Muscatine a car crash on Oregon Street snapped a fire plug and sent a six inch high pressure jet about 20 feet into the air for 45 minutes until municipal workers controlled the geyser. Driver George Richard Morris 71 of Bartow Fla faces a DUI charge and arraignment after colliding with Beatrice A Young of Muscatine.
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Oregon Street
Grandview Avenue
George Richard Morris
Bartow
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Justice of the Peace
Robert H. Wilson
Morris
Musser Park
Mississippi
U.S. Schools Face Teacher Shortage
The NEA reports a nationwide squeeze with rising enrollments and a shortage of qualified teachers. A defense effort is linked to the lack of teachers, while 47 percent of systems show building delays for 343 000 pupils due to funding, material shortages, and costs.
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National Education Association
NEA
Lewis Notices UMW Coal Pacts Expire End of September
Washington officials said John L. Lewis has given formal notice that contracts with the soft and hard coal industries expire at the end of September 60 days required for labor disputes under Taft-Hartley. The notices come as UMW negotiates with leaders Moses and Moody on new contracts, risking a nationwide coal strike if no agreement by September’s end.
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Jonn L. Lewis
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United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Harry M. Moses
Bituminous Coal Opprators Association
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
New Drug Neo Bacin Aims to Treat Infant Diarrhea
A pharmaceutical company announces a new antibiotic combo named neo bacin, pairing neomycin and bacitracin, claimed to yield a high cure rate for infectious diarrhea in infants and children. The report notes the product’s development by the firm in New York.
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Nixon Backs McCarthy Endorsement After Nomination
Senator Nixon of California said he will support McCarthy for reelection if McCarthy is renominated and asks Nixon’s backing. aides note endorsement would not imply agreement with all McCarthy views. Mundt claimed Eisenhower would campaign for McCarthy and other GOP senators.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
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Nixon
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Senate
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Oklahoma
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
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Republican Campaign
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Eisenhower
James Priem
Missouri
William E. Jenner
Indiana
John W. Bricker
Ohio
U.S. Collects Record Taxes and Social Security in 1952
The Internal Revenue Service gathered a record 64.97 billion dollars in taxes and social security contributions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, about 14.5 billion more than the prior year. Federal agencies outside the Revenue Bureau added 2.365 billion dollars. 1953 projections put total collections near 75 billion.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Revenue Bureau
Truman
Iowa Internal Revenue Collections Rise to 1952 Total
Iowa internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30 1952 reached 522 272 157 36 compared with 437 643 616 74 for 1951 as released by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The figures cover individual income and employment taxes, corporate income and profits taxes and miscellaneous revenue.
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Iowa
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Stevenson to address Ames Iowa farm voters September 6
Plan calls for Adlai E. Stevenson to deliver a major farm policy address in Iowa possibly at Iowa State College Ames on September 6 with a public indoor forum. State Democratic Chairman Jake More notes plans are not yet firm but Ames is likely and facilities could be provided by the university under equal access rules.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Iowa
Jake More
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Stevenson
Kasson
Minn
Wilson W. Wyatt
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Truman
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Virgil M. Hancher
State University of Iowa
Florence Lynch
Five Quintuplets in Brazil Baby Tragedy Ends
In Sao Paulo a quintuplet birth turned tragic when one of the five newborn girls died Thursday night after being placed in an incubator following a Tuesday night birth. Another baby had died earlier in the week as the family faced the loss.
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Brazil
Maria Albano
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