Fire-Swept West Liberty sale barn wiped out in four alarm blaze
A four alarm fire destroyed the West Liberty Auction Co sale barn Friday night amid wind shifting from the northwest. About 70 000 worth of property owned by Obio H Nealson burned, with partial insurance. Firefighters from Muscatine rural Nichols Wilton and West Liberty battled the flames until dawn, preventing spread to the nearby Ditmar Kerr lumber yard and three adjacent homes.
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Chuck Hansohn
West Liberty
West Liberty Auction Co
Ditmars-Kerr Lumber Yard
Obio H. Nealson
Contol
Hames
Ditmar-Kerr
Chet Beach
West Liberty Auction Ca
Journal
Knoxville
Tennessee
Michael
Tommy
Mary
Bobby Jean
Georgiana
Mys
Robert Akins
AP Photofax
Payless Pay Day for N. C. Teachers
New Orleans schools closed for holidays as 4000 teachers face nonpayment amid integration battles. Federal court orders release of $728,000 in frozen funds and $200,000 in escrowed taxes, but pays remain uncertain as the Orleans Parish School Board battles with state authorities.
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New Orlegny
New Orleans
Geiason
Orleans Parish
More Taxpayers Paid More Taxes in 1959
IRS preliminary figures show individual income tax returns rising to 16.2 million from 9.1 million, with gross income up to 305.8 billion and taxes paid increasing to 38.9 billion from 34.3 billion. The report covers 1959 earnings and tax collections, highlighting a record year for taxpayers and revenue.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Jump in Food Prices Pushes Living Costs to New Peak
Washington report shows the consumer price index rising to 127.4 in November from 127.3 in October, the first November increase since 1951. Food prices, movie admission fees, and health insurance costs drive the rise, with about 225,000 workers set for cost-of-living wage boosts tied to the government figure. after-tax earnings of factory workers fell due to shorter hours.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wyoming Governor To Take Thomson Senate Position
Wyoming Governor Joseph J. Hickey announced he will resign soon to fill the Senate seat left by the death of Keith Thomson. Secretary of State Jack Gage will serve the remaining two years of the governor’s term.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph J. Hickey
Wyoming
Senate
Keith Thomson
Hickey
Jack Gage
Journal Want Ad Sells Pigs and More in Readers’ Market
A Journal Want Ad touts success with selling pigs and a variety of items from household goods to clothing. The ad highlights numerous pis sold and invites readers to place ads via AM 3-283L to reach buyers.
Light Snow Follows Across Iowa After Record Cold
Light snow moved into western Iowa after the coldest night of the season. Temperatures fell to 23 degrees below zero at Elkader and 22 below in Spencer, with Davenport hitting 16 below and other towns setting 60 plus year records. Snow is expected to end in western areas tonight while the rest of the state remains wintry, with about two inches of accumulation and a White Christmas possible.
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Iowa
Mercury
Elkader
Spencer
Vera
Davenport
Walerion
Mason City
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Reau
Taiwa
Muscatine
Weater Bureau
Britain urged to join protest over Laos interference
The Soviet Union called on Britain to join in appealing to Washington to halt what it described as crude U S interference in Laos. It urged Britain to revive the 1954 Geneva control commission to assess the Laos situation, noting Britain and the Soviet Union cochair Geneva talks.
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London
Soviet Union
Brita
Washington
United States
Laos
Britain
Soviet ‘Union
Salvage survivor joins Pine Ridge crew on tanker
Norfolk Virginia reports four crew members from the Lug joined engineer John Richart aboard the stern section of the broken Pine Ridge as a destroyer transported 28 other survivors toward Norfolk. Richart 36 of Wilmington Delaware remained aboard to protect salvage rights. Coast Guard ships and planes resume search for eight crewmen still missing, including master Captain Clark Snyder 44 of Havertown Pennsylvania. The Pine Ridge was ripped by gale winds 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras North Carolina in the Atlantic graveyard.
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Pine Ridge
Valley Forge Towers
North Carolina
Norfolk
John Richart
Richart
Wilmington
Del
Clark Snyder
Havertown
Keyeee. Shipping Co
Philadelphia
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Kennedy May Pick Heller for Economic Council
Palm Beach Florida reports that President elect John F Kennedy today may name Dr Waller W Heller 45 of the University of Minnesota to head the Counc il of Economic Advisers He would lead the economic staff during a period of business downturn and is described as a key figure with the university economics chair and department head role in Minnesota's School of Business Administration.
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Pam Beach
Fla—ie
John F. Kennedy
Waller W. Hellion
University, of Minnesota
Council of Economic Advisers
Palm Beach
Fla
Council of Econemic Advisors
Jos
Waller H. Helier
University ‘of Minnesota
School of Business Administration
McDonald Assured Re Election in Steelworkers Race
Pittsburgh union headquarters confirm Donald C Ravick failed to secure enough nominations to run for president of the United Steelworkers. Incumbent David J McDonald appears set for re election on February 14 after defeating Ravick in 1957. Ravick, 42, of White Oak Pennsylvania, is a furnace tender at Irvin Works and leader of Local 2227.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Donald C. Ravick
USW
David J. McDonald
Ravick
White Oak
Rarigk
Irvin Works
U.S. Steel Corp
McKeesport
Organization For
Truman says MacArthur wanted to use atomic bomb in Korea
In New York former President Truman accuses General MacArthur of wanting to bomb China and eastern Siberia during the Korean War. MacArthur denies the claim, saying he did not need the atomic bomb and that Truman’s assertion is false. Truman says no documentary proof and delays further comment.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Douglas ‘MacArthur
China
Siberia
MacArthur
Truman
MatArthur
Avid
Clifton
Daniel
Gald
Taman
Chicago
Irv
Kupeinet
L MacArthy
Russia
Japan
South
Pacific
Anyon
MacArthurn
Far East
Bupeinet
Tye
Joint Chiefs “of Staff
Art
Jon My, Park
Five Cities Hit Fire Kills 17 Including 14 Children
Fires in Chicago Hartford City Baltimore Poteet and New York City claim 17 lives. Among the dead are 14 children and two mothers. three other children suffer critical burns. Fire causes vary with a gasoline explosion in Hartford City and kerosene incidents in Poteet.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Hartford City
Ind
New York City
Lower East Side
Albert Coleman
M's
Coleman
Mi Tonio Garcia
Garcia
Gorge LA. Poe
Baltimore
Poe
Terresa
Clayton
Jean da- 20
Reports Ease U S Fears of Israeli Rise
Washington officials said U S fears that Israel seeks nuclear military status were eased by assurances from Jerusalem. Premier David Ben Gurion and Ambassador Avraham Harman pledged a Negev reactor would be used solely for peaceful scientific purposes.
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Washington
U. S
Israel
Jerusalem
Middle East
State Department
David Ben-Gurion
Avraham Harman
Negev
East Struck by Severe Snow and Cold Across East
The Associated Press reports a brutal cold wave gripping two thirds of the nation with heavy snow extending from the Rockies to New England. Record low temperatures were set in several areas as the icy spell continues with little relief expected soon.
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Associated Press
Rockies
New England
Midwest
Winter Weather Sweeps Across Wide United States
The period saw brief warmth in Los Angeles with 80 degrees and a fierce cold snap across the Midwest. Joliet Wisconsin and International Falls Minnesota reported subzero readings while Chicago hit -11 near O’Hare, marking a nine year low as the cold front extended into the deep south and Gulf Coast.
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National Falls
Minn
Florida
Gulf Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Midwest
Dakotas
Upper Great Lakes
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Chicago
The
Mercury
O'Hare International
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Thomson
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Copter
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Heller
McDonald
Mystic Man
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John Lewis
Job Fling
Family of
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