Flood debris and fear as toll nears two hundred
Northeastern Pennsylvania reels from Hurricane Diane flood damage as Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg struggle with 6,000 residents each. typhoid serum is rushed in, 8,000 inoculated in Pocono towns, and a camp wiped out with nine survivors. emergency shelters, drought relief, and a stiff death toll dominate difficult recovery efforts.
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Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Pocono
Bucks County
Pocono Mountains
Brodhead Valley
Camp Davis
Brodhead Creek
East Stroudsburg
Camp David
New Jersey
Newark
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Harvester Plants Reported Closed Amid Unrest
Nearly half of International Harvester's 40 000 CIO UAW workers idle in unauthorized walkouts as bargaining continues. Seven of 18 plants shut down with about 19 133 employees idle while 21 000 UAW members report for work. Ray Shetterly warns settlement hinges on changes in company attitude. Plants listed include Chicago McCormick and Tractor Works, Rock Island Farmall Works, East Moline, Rock Falls, Memphis, and Evansville.
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Chicago
International Harvester
CIO
United Auto
UAW
Ray Shetterly
Harvester
McCormick and Tractor Works
Farmall Works
Rock Island
East Moline
Ill
Rock Fall
Memphis
Evansville
Ind
Wilton Youth Dies in Crash Near Durant
A 15 year old Wilton Junction boy, Donald E. Lentfer, died in a two car collision three miles northwest of Durant. His brother in law Leigh Bell escaped unharmed. Louis Timmsen Sr. of Durant remained in serious condition with injuries as his family rode home from church. The weekend added to Iowa’s rising traffic toll with several new fatalities and injuries across multiple counties.
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Durant
Donald E. Lentfer
Ernest Lentfer
Wilton Junction
Here
Leigh Bell
Bellport
N. Y
Louis Timmsen Sr
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Louis Jr
Bobby
Ted
Iowa
Donald D. Leuenberger
Ossian
U. S. Farm Group Returns From Russia Exchange
A U. S. farm delegation led by Dean Lambert of Nebraska returned from a tour of Russia Ukraine and Siberia urging more exchanges between Americans and Russians. The group issued a 14 point plan to improve Soviet agriculture praising machinery and reduced central control. Moscow Radio welcomed the visitors and noted the candid criticism as a sign of cordial atmosphere.
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Berlin
U. S
Soviet Union
Dean W. V. Lambert
University of Nebraska Agricultural School
Russia
Ukraine
Siberman
Dean Lambert
Ferris S.owen
Newark
Ohio
United States
Moscow Radio
Nicolai Andreyev
Washington
American Midwest
California
Haul Water in Southern Iowa Low Wells Force Livestock Needs
Southern Iowa farmers struggle with dry wells as extended drought forces hauling water for livestock. A State Health Department official notes cities remain largely sheltered, with reservoirs holding two years of supply, while many farmers obtain water from urban sources.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State
Animals and Owners Fill West Liberty Fairgrounds
Four-H members and exhibitors converged on West Liberty fairgrounds for four days of events. Tickets went on sale at 11 am at the amphitheater entrance. Judging begins at 8 am on Tuesday, with the first full horse race program in the afternoon. Tuesday features specialty events and a dance after the evening program. Wednesday is Muscatine day with judging finishing and a prize-winning livestock parade in the evening. Thursday is Children’s Day with a baby beef auction and a tractor rodeo.
Ike to Fly Over Regions Hit by Hurricane
President Eisenhower plans a six state aerial inspection of eastern hurricane and flood damage Tuesday. He will depart Denver to Hartford to confer with American Red Cross chair E Roland Harriman and invites state governors to attend. He urges nationwide fundraising for Red Cross relief.
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Ike
Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Hartford
Conn
E. Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
American Bar Assn
Philadelphia
Island
Connecticut
Jervis
New York
Buses and Streetcars Roll Again in Washington
Washington reports buses and streetcars back on city streets as AFL transit workers resume duties after a 52 day strike. The settlement came early Sunday with Capital Transit Co granted fare increases to offset a 15 cent hourly wage boost for drivers and mechanics.
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Washington
Washington Streets
AFL
Capital Transit Co
Manslaughter Hearing Set In Danner Death Case
A manslaughter hearing is scheduled for Ervin Logan in Judge Robert Jehring’s court at 10 a.m. Tuesday over the death of Hazel Danner 59 of Muscatine in a Saturday automobile crash. Logan 29 of 301 Brook Street is in the county jail on 2500 bond. the accident occurred eight miles west of Muscatine at 1 40 p m. Mrs Danner was ejected from the car and died from injuries. Burial will be at Grandview cemetery with services at Fairbanks Home for Funerals at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Surviving are a brother Charles McIntyre and a sister Mrs Clara Phillips. she was born July 20 1896 in Muscatine. A county attorney led the investigation with county coroner Dr I H Odell. a blood sample was sent for analysis.
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Norma Jean Carnahan
Gilman
Gary Parmenter
Can °da
Tama
Roy W. Richardson
Omaha
Glenwood
Hazel Danner
Muscatine
Ervin L. Logan
Robert Wilson George Phillips
Des Moines
Robert Jehring
East Sixth Street
Ervin Lomi
Brook Street
Logan
Robert H. Wilson Logan
Danner
Clara Phillips
Davenport
Earl Cress
Curt LaRue
Wapello
Leonard Hahn
Fairport
Charles Anson
I. H. Odell
University Hospital
Iowa City
Odell
North Africa Colony in Turmoil After Weekend of Fighting
French troops and Foreign Legionnaires countered rebels in Morocco as a violent weekend left an estimated 800 to 1,341 dead. Casablanca and Oued Zem saw major clashes with tanks planes and fires. U.S. bases remained untouched as chaos spread through Marrakech and coastal Algerian towns.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Foreign
U. S
U.S
Atlas Mountains
Marrakech
Algeria
French Indochina
Britain
Kenya
Oued Zem
Rains End Iowa Heat Wave After Sudden Cold Front
Iowa ended a second August heat wave as a cool front and heavy rains moved through. Des Moines area received over an inch of rain with strong winds up to 70 mph elsewhere, while towns from Ottumwa to Charles City logged 1 to 2 inches. Cooler conditions were forecast to persist across most regions into Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wintersset
Sac City
Mercury
Muscatine
Charles City
Ottumwa
Albia
Osceola
Mount Pleasant
Indianola
Iowa Falls
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Tripoli
Lansing
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Wednes
Benson lauds Soviet farm chiefs as ambassadors of peace
Secretary Benson praised the visiting Soviet farm chiefs as good ambassadors of peace during a six week tour of American farms. He spoke at a luncheon after a cordial welcome and gift exchange, endorsing the American free enterprise system. A royal birthday postscript noted Princess Margaret turning 25 with plans to barbecue a 200 pound beef side. In Shenandoah a mining disaster left one dead and several miners trapped in a collapse.
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Washington
Benson
Ann
Margaret
Ottumwa Area Hit by Severe Storm and Fire Damage
A Sunday night storm pelted Ottumwa with heavy rain and high winds causing fires that damaged a Gene Mills Grocery building in Chillicothe and a large farm barn on the Leo Gentzer property near Highway 34. The barn housed 1100 bales of hay 400 bales of straw 1000 bushels of oats and 100 bushels of wheat all destroyed. Local rainfall was higher than official readings with localized totals estimated around 4.4 inches. The storm also cut about 500 telephone lines and disrupted rail service briefly while several trees fell and electric service was interrupted in parts of Ottumwa.
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Ottumwa
Gene Mills
Chillicothe
Leo Gentzer
Highway 34
Winfrey Kinnear
Weather Bureau
Regis
Iowa Ave
Burlington Railroad
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N. J
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Southbridge
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Port Jervis
Ellen
Colorado
Wilton
Germany
William E. Reed
Agricultural and Technical College
Greensboro
N. C
Reed
Waterbury
Jim Stagg
West Liberty Fair Grounds
Jim
Lewis Stagg
West Liberty Fairgrounds
West Liberty
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North Africa
Colony
Paris
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
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Aix Les Bains
Zem
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Constantine
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World News
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