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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1955

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Evacuations on Tachens Amid U S Navy Air Cover

The evacuation of civilians from North Tachens is complete with South Tachens to continue overnight under U S protection. U S 7th Fleet planes faced light anti aircraft fire near Yikiangshan but were not hit as warships and amphibious craft ship the mass move. President Eisenhower outlines a seven billion dollar emergency school program to fund federal loans grants and bonds to expand free education nationwide.

Taipei Formosa U.S Alfred M. Pride 7Th Fleet North Tachen Island South Tachen Island Jim Becker Estes Yikiangshan The Tachens Red China East China Sea Lower Tachen U. S Red U S Navy Adm Pride Yu Shans Washington Eisenhower

Coffee Price Slashes by Major Chains in New York

Safeway cuts its Edwards vacuum packed to 92 cents, Nob Hill to 80 cents, Airway to 74 cents, with nationwide variation likely. A&P lowers prices up to 12 cents to 89 cents for vacuum-packed, 85 cents Bokar, 83 cents Red Circle, 79 cents 8 O Clock, reflecting a fall from August 1954 highs. Gristede Brothers and Grand Union also trim prices in New York and Connecticut.

New York Safeway Edwards Nob Hill Airway A&p Food A&p Red Circle Grand Union Co Gristede Brothers Connecticut

Spurned Suitor Surrenders After Fatal Shooting

A spurned suitor surrendered to police after a daylong chase that ended with the fatal shooting of Walter Henry and the gunpoint abduction of ex girlfriend Lorraine Rodgers. Russell Winterbottom, 33, turned himself in from a relative’s Tur tle Creek home. Rodgers, 20, said to have been forced into a car at gunpoint, witnessed the event.

Russell Winterbottom Turtle Creek Lorraine Rodgers Winterbottom Walter W. Henry Miss Rodgers

LaRosa Quits Des Moines Auto Show Abruptly

Julius LaRosa left Des Moines after a notice of possible $200000 damages for breach of his eight day auto show contract. He cited illness and throat trouble and headed home by air. Des Moines Automobile Assn and Grossman Entertainment expect a replacement, with Arthur Godfrey’s office contacted but no substitute found.

Des Moines Julius LaRosa LaRosa Des Moines Automobile Assn Grossman Entertainment Service Des Moines Auto Assn Arthur Godfrey John Planalp Grossman Agency New York Godfrey Newsmen

Jobless Rate Rises in January As Unemployment Grows

A winter lull in some sectors added 500000 to unemployment in January and could bring another 500000 this month. The monthly labor report shows 3347000 people, or 5.2 percent of the labor force, out of work in January.

Washington Mitchell Secretary of Commerce

Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher Set June 17 Wedding

Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher announced their engagement last October and set June 17 for their wedding. The studio said the date is fixed though the location remains undecided, with California a possible venue.

Debbie Eddie Fisher Hollywood Debbie Reynolds California

Defends Bill to Put Special Tax On Large Trucks

Rep. Carl Ringrenberg of Ames defends a bill to tax trucks with three or more axles based on miles traveled in Iowa. Rep. Morris and others introduced the measure despite opposition from the Iowa Motor Truck Assn. Ringrenberg cites interstate use and gas taxes as fund sources and notes Ohio’s similar law as workable.

Des Moines Carl H. Ringrenberg Rames Iowa House Roads Committee Conway Morris Dallas Center Iowa The Iowa Motor Truck Assn Ringgenberg Jouwa Ohio Frank J. Lausche Lausche

Clarion approves 225000 bond for school addition

A bond issue of 225000 dollars for an addition to the Clarion schools was approved by a 564 to 87 vote on Monday.

Eisenhower Clarion

Court Will Place Twins Born to Delinquent Girl

The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments on custody of twin boys born to Louise Mabitt of Henderson Iowa. The boys, about a year and a half, have been in the Miller family's Council Bluffs home since July 1953. The mother seeks placement at Annie Wittenmyer Home for Orphans in Davenport, claiming the Miller release was obtained by threats and coercion. The district court ordered transfer to Davenport via the Potawatamie County social welfare board. the Millers appealed.

Des Moines Iowa Supreme Court Mitchellville Louise Mabbitt Henderson Iowa Harold G. Miller Council Bluffs Annie Wittenmyer Davenport Miller Home Millers Pottawattamie County R. Kent Martin Pottawattamie County Board of Social Welfare

Davenport coach resigns at St Ambrose College

Davenport athletic headlines report the resignation of 34 year old football coach Frank E. Brogger at St Am brose College. He calls the move in the school's best interest and the Rt Rev Msgr Ambrose J. Burke accepts the resignation as college president.

Davenport Frank E. Brogger St. Ambrose College Ambrose J. Burke

Delaware Supreme Court Rules Milford Board Overstepped on Desegregation

The Delaware State Supreme Court ruled Milford Board of Education had no legal right to admit 10 Negro pupils to tenth grade at an all white school last September because approval by the state board was not obtained. In Berlin an American soldier, Pvt William T Marchuk, 38, Norristown Pa, liberated from Vorkuta labor camp, is charged with desertion and leaking vital information to the Russians.

Moscow Soviet Union United States Georgi M. Malenkov Supreme Soviet Communist Party Nikita S. Khrushchev Marshall Nikolai A. Bulganin V. M. Molotov China United Nations U.N Malenkov Bulgarin Stalin Khrushchev Bulganin Communist Party Central Committee Council of Ministers VM Molotov Suc Dover Del Delaware State Supreme Court Milford Board of Education Delaware State Board of Education Berlin Vorkuta U. S. Army William T. Marchuk Norristown

Dollar Day Sets Thursday Sales in Muscatine Stores

Muscatine merchants announce a semi annual Dollar Day event on Thursday February 10 with a wide range of special values. Shoppers are urged to review today's Journal advertisements, plan purchases, and visit local stores for one day only discounts.

Muscatine The Muscatine Journal

Man Kills Wife and Children Then Commits Suicide

In Wheat Ridge suburb a 29 year old man Mitchell J Berkeley shot and killed his estranged wife Yvonne Berkeley and their two children Lindsey Ann eight and Tommy eleven months old in their bed at home then killed himself minutes later when confronted by deputies. The Berkeleys had been married ten years and Yvonne had filed for divorce recently.

Denver Wheat Ridge Mitchell J. Berkeley Carl Enlow Berkeley Yvonne Berkeley Lindsey Ann Tommy Robert Mitchell Berkeley Enlow Berkeleys

Negro joins National Press Club as first Black member

The National Press Club Board of Governors ratified Louis R. Lautier of Atlanta as the club's first Negro member. Lautier represents the Atlanta Daily World and the National Negro Press Association.

National Press Club Washington The Louis R. Lautier Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Daily World National Negro Press Assn

Bill to Extend Draft Is Before House With No Opposition

A bill to extend the military draft for four years advances in the House with no concerted opposition and likely passage. The measure, approved 32 to 0 by the House Armed Services Committee, would run until mid-1959 with two changes limiting exemptions and second tours, while draft quotas run about 11,000 monthly. Senate action remains.

House Washington Secretary of Defense Wilson Armed Services House Armed Services Committee Senate

Recall of Former Boyfriend in Coed Death Probed

A married student and former boyfriend of slain Anne Yarrow was recalled by police for renewed questioning in New York. Police say the 30-year-old Ernest Jackson is not a suspect though he knew Yarrow's hideout and was a classmate at NYU in a postgrad workshop.

New York Anne Yarrow Ernest Jackeson Stuent Jackson New York University

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