Defense reshaping eyed as McElroy could gain wider control
Washington reports preliminary Pentagon restructuring would grant Secretary McElroy broad new powers over military spending. Gen. Lucius Clay urged a single military command and expanded authority for funding decisions while Congress weighs flexible roles for Army Navy and Air Force amid defense reorganization talks. Senate panel approved a funds package including 29.67 million for semiautomatic ground environment and large totals for ballistic missiles bases and dispersal of Strategic Air Command bases.
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First Degree Murder Charge Brought Against Pair in Slayings
Lincoln Neb. police pursued a car matching Charles Starkweather description as the murder hunt expanded to nine slain in the area. Authorities charged Starkweather and Carol Fugate with first degree murder amid fears of more killings connected to the spree.
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Fear Girl
Lincoln, Neb
Charles Starkweather
Packard
Lincoln
Bennet
Neb
Haggard
Robert G. Calvert
Starkweather
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carol Ann
Chuck Starkweather
Rodney
Charles
August Meyer
Carol King
Robert Jensen
Meyer
Carol Fugate
Velda Bartlett
Marion Bartlett
Cave-in in Roundup Kills Four Miners
A mine collapse in Roundup Montana buried four men under about 15 tons of rock late Tuesday. Six workers escaped with injuries as rescue crews worked at the scene.
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Mont
One State Prison Director Proposed for Iowa
The Governor's Committee on Penal Affairs recommended naming a single state director to oversee Iowa prisons. The State Board of Control proposed the plan after meeting Gov Herschel Loveless and prison heads to study improvements. Proposals include pre sentence investigations, a screening center, parole agent assignments, and preparation units for inmates nearing release. Wardens Lainson and Purcell urged a parole nest egg by withholding part of inmates 25 cent daily wages. Loveless emphasized efficiency and a longer program of improvements, with Prof. Walter A. Lunden leading the committee to press for further talks with the Iowa Bar Association on paroles.
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Des Moines
Governor’s Committee On Penal Affairs
Iowa
State Board of Control
Loveless
Herschel Loveless
Percy A. Lainson
Iowa Penitentiary
Ray Purcell
Anamosa Reformatory
Walter A. Lunden
Iowa State College
Iowa Bar Assny
Committee On
Threat of Strike at Case Bettendorf Plant Grows in Talks
UAW Local 858 members vote 509 to 93 to strike if contract talks fail at the J I Case Co plant in Bettendorf. The current agreement expires Friday night and negotiators say a strike could come within two to three weeks. The union seeks 33 cents an hour more plus benefits while Case offers 9 to 19 cent raises. The wage scale now runs from 1.85 to 2.75 an hour.
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United Auto Workers Union
J. I. Case Co
Russell Simpson
UAW
Case
Agreement Reached On Vice Presidential Acting Authority
House leaders report consensus on a bill allowing the vice president to act as president if the chief executive is unable. The plan creates an eight member presidential inability commission requiring six votes, including the vice president, Speaker, President pro tempore, the secretary of state and party leaders.
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House
Judiciary Committee
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Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Cooler Weather Predicted With Snow Report
The Weather Bureau forecasts slightly cooler conditions tonight with lows in the upper teens and a Friday high in the upper 20s. A 28 degree high was set Tuesday while the night low dropped to 22. about half an inch of new snow fell this morning with minor travel disruption.
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Street
Iowa
Associated Press
Des Moines
Lamoni
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Dulles Signals Open Eye For Middle East Aid
U S Secretary of State Dulles told Baghdad Pact leaders that the United States will give sympathetic consideration to new financial aid for Middle East development projects once current funds are exhausted. British Foreign Secretary Lloyd reportedly urged similar review, though no firm grant commitment was made.
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Turkey
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State Dulles
United States
Middle East
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Grain Dealers Back Feed Grain Production Controls
The Farmers Grain Dealers Assn of Iowa urged a mandatory national program to control production of all feed grains. They call for price supports tied to a realistic appraisal of factors and propose submitting an alternate plan to Congress with a referendum by December 15, 1958.
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Des Moines
Farmers Grain Dealers Assn
Iowa
Congress
Urge Benson For Funds to Cover All Soil Bank Signers
Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau Federation urged Agriculture Secretary Benson to secure funds to allow all eligible farmers to join the 1958 acreage reserve program. Sign-up opened Jan 13 and faced funding shortfalls, with a Feb 20 deadline set due to heavy participation.
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All Soil Bank
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Burneu Federation
Agriculture
Yowa Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Committee
Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa Asc
Raise New Hopes For Scout Missing Since Saturday
Footprints found in Mendocino National Forest raised hopes of finding 12 year old Scout Dennis Warschmidt of Willows who vanished Saturday during a capture the flag game. A Chico State College coach Gus Manolis died of a heart attack during the search as a blizzard dumped three feet of snow and fog grounded search aircraft.
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Chico State College
Chico
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Dennis
Consolation pay given to slain Jap Woman’s husband in Japan
In Omagahara Japan a U S Army claims officer delivered 629396 yen to Akikichi Sakai husband of the scrap scavenger Naka Sakai killed by William S Girard on an Army firing range. Lt Col Haefele added 604 yen. Sakai vows to use the money for children education clothing food and a tombstone. Girard, 22, was convicted of manslaughter by a Japanese court and sent home with a suspended sentence after claiming the shooting was a mistake.
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Japan
USS
William S. Girard
Joseph L. Haefele
Nocona
Tex
Naka Sakai
Akikichi Sakai
Girard
Illinois
Robbers take $100000 in jewels from Madison Avenue shop
Two men in a white apron robbed Kobrin Bros. jewelry on Madison Avenue as it opened at 9 10 am. They seized diamonds from a safe, threatened two employees, and fled in two minutes. It follows a $250000 jewel theft from Mrs. Lillian Kramer’s Hotel Edison suite four days earlier in NYC.
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Madison Avenue
Kobrin Bros
New York City
Edison
Lillian Kramer
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Near Normal Across Regions
Temperatures will average near normal Thursday through next Monday with normal highs from 27 to 36 and normals lows from 9 to 17. Expect little daily change, brief cooler spell Saturday, and little or no precipitation.
Iowa Helps In Search For Youths
Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa uses an Iowa State Highway Patrol airplane to aid the search for two teenagers wanted in the Lincoln Nebraska killings. Patrol Maj. James Machholz says the plane will assist traffic patrol and stand by for emergencies, possibly patrolling southwest Iowa. Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation chief T. A. Thompson says many reports have come in with no solid leads. Reports place a youth in an Oregon-licensed coral car talking to truckers near Mount Vernon and a similar car seen crossing the Clinton river bridge into Illinois. Illinois authorities were alerted.
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Iowa
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Starkweather
Carol
Lincoln
Joe Carroll
Scheele
Dan Casey
State Safety Patrol
William Fugate
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Neb
James Machholz
T. A. Thompson
Iowa Bureau of Criminal
Clinton
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