Humphrey Pushes Senate Inquiry Into Campaign Spending
Senator Hubert Humphrey urged an immediate Senate inquiry into presidential campaign spending from both major parties. He introduced a bill to form a subcommittee inquiry led by Senator Gillette to require disclosure of funds sources and uses and to identify all committees aiding candidates. The move comes as both parties seek the 1968 nominations.
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Washington
Humphrey
Senate
Minnesota Democrat
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Gillette
Iowa
Fliers Smash Red Military School in Korea Raid
United Nations pilots destroyed or damaged 21 Communist jets and leveled a large Red military school near the Manchurian border. About 70 Thunderjet bombers hit the headquarters and barracks while 85 Sabre jets engaged 115 MiG-15s, downing 12 and damaging seven without losing a plane.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nation
Manchurian
U. S. Fifth Air Forc
U. S
Yalu River
Air Force
North Korea
Mrs Mintoyne Dies. Rites Planned in Burlington
Mrs. C. A. Mintoyne of Burlington died Friday morning in Mercy hospital Burlington after heart disease and complications. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Prugh's chapel Burlington. She formerly ran Wapello Cleaners with her husband and later West Burlington cleaners, and was a former seamstress for Younker Brothers. She lived at 1630 Smith Street and was active in Tarry A While and the Order of Eastern Star while in Wapello.
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Wapello
Prugh’s
Burlington
C. A. Mintoyne
Mercy Hospital
Mintoyne
Smith Street
West
Seaton Girl Crowned Miss Freedom Flame at Muscatine Event
Doris Tharp of Sexton, a 17 year old from Illinois, won the Miss Freedom Flame title at Muscatine's winter beauty contest opening the 1952 Fourth of July celebration. She defeated 13 contestants and will appear in St Louis August 7 as a KWPC sponsored contestant.
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Ilinois
Doris Tharp
Sexton
Miss Freedom
Muscatine
Barbara Larkin
Columbus Junction
Norma Small
Letts
Betty Jo Danner
Route
West Liberty
Miss Tharp
St. Louis
Bewty
KWPC
Tax Exemption for Congress Living Expenses Reached
Congress conferees agree to exempt the first 3000 dollars of Washington living expenses from income tax as part of a 76 million budget bill. The compromise between House and Senate would take effect January 1 and aims to offset a 2500 dollar expenses allowance previously untaxed.
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Washington
Muscatine Soldier Injured in Crash
A Muscatine soldier, Donald Curtis 21, was among four Iowa soldiers hurt in a Friday car crash north of Butler Missouri. Two other soldiers, Calvin P. Van Kooten 22 and Kenneth Van Gorp 22 of New Sharon Iowa, died. The six men from Fort Hood Texas were en route home on fur loughs. The crash involved a head on collision 15 miles north of Butler Missouri. Curtis is the son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Curtis 408 Cedar street. The Souths wife, Barbara Wedekind, left Friday by plane for Missouri.
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Muscatine
Donald Curtis
Iowa
Kansas City
Calvin P. van Kooten
Kenneth van Gorp
New Sharon
Fort Hood
Tex
Butler
Curtis
Clifford Curtis
Cedar Street
Barbara Wedekind
Missouri
Moline Woman Dies in Highway 67 Crash
A Moline woman identified as Mrs. Frank Hamelau, 27, was killed and seven others injured when two cars collided on Highway 67 south of the Quad Cities on Friday.
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Moline
Frank Hamelau
Highway 67
Quad- Cities
Heavy Day Looms For Congressmen As Adjourn Nears
Congress rushes to pass nearly 60 billion dollars in appropriations before adjournment ahead of the Republican national convention. A new GI bill for Korean War veterans, a 1.395 billion housing expansion, a 46 billion military spending bill, and a 1.015 billion State Justice and Commerce funding measure move toward the president.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
White House
House
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Senate OKs Mississippi River bridge widening plan
The senate approved a bill to widen the bridge over the Mississippi between Bettendorf Iowa and Moline Illinois and sent the measure to the White House for consideration.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Bettendorf
Moline
Til
Senate
White House
Longest Korean Armistice Talks Prolong Prisoner Repatriation Debate
In Munsan Korea talks extended the longest session in weeks as negotiators clashed over prisoner repatriation. They scheduled a second secret meeting for Sunday to pursue a resolution.
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Munsan
Korea
Civil Rights Plank Among GOP Platform Debates
Republican platform writers wrestle with civil rights language as 10 subcommittee drafts omit the topic. A voluntary federal commission to curb discrimination is favored by some to attract Black and minority votes, while others push local hands off approaches to win Southern support. Senator Millikin pressures Taft and Eisenhower factions to unify before final wording.
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Millikin
Colorado
Coloradoan
Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Federal
Senate
Taft Accuses Ike of Making Wild Charges in Nomination Fight
Taft charges Dwight Eisenhower with wild charges and libel after the Texas delegates split. He accuses the Eisenhower camp of plotting to override the convention through propaganda while claiming the majority will of the people is being thwarted.
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Taft
Ike
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Ohio
Eisenhower
DP National Committee
Texas
Two Candidates Speak in Iowa Boone Ames
Dwight Eisenhower with Mamie toured Boone and Ames drawing large crowds as he campaigned for the Republican nomination. In Cedar Falls Kefauver argued that farm aid is at risk if Republicans win, praising Democratic gains for farmers and predicting an early nomination win.
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Cedar Falls
U. S
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Iowa
Nancy
Cloudy Skies and Warm Trend Ahead for Iowa
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and higher temperatures with a high around 90 to 96 statewide. A cool front from the northwest is expected to bring cooler weather by Monday, with continued showers and thunderstorms possible in parts of the state.
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Lowa
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Warren refuses VP nomination if offered
California Governor Earl Warren said on Friday night that he would refuse the vice presidential nomination if it were offered to him. He stated the decision clearly during remarks at a Denver event.
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Denver
California
Earl Warren
Eleven Iowa holiday deaths top 276 nationwide toll
During the first half of the holiday weekend eleven Iowans died in motor vehicle crashes and drownings. Names and ages include Revere Brooker 48 Dallas Center and Mrs Owen Grady 72 Waukee in a Highway 92 collision west of Indianola. A tractor overturn near Humeston killed Floyd Osher 57, others injured. Drownings occurred at ponds and rivers across the state as youths faced unsafe swimming. The national toll reached 276 with 168 auto fatalities 81 drownings and 25 other accidents, fireworks deaths minimal.
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Revere Brooker
Dallas Center
Owen Grady
Waukee
Donald Morrison
Chariton
Floyd Osher
Nevinville
Earl E. Leonard
U.S
National Safety Council
Iowa Highway Deaths Report July 5 1952 and 1951
Road toll list notes fatalities near Logan and Shellsburg with ages and locations. Larry Dekiotz age 6 died near Logan while Calvin P Van Kooten age 2 and Kenneth Van Gorp age 22, both of New Sharon, died near Shellsburg. Lowell-
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Logan
Larry Dekiotz
Shellsburg
Calvin P. van Kooten
Kenneth van Gorp
New Sharon
Lowell
Local Man Hurt In Head-on Crash
Walter D. Sellers aged 31 of 1114 East 10th street lies in Bellevue hospital with a severe lung injury after a head on collision on East Fifth street Thursday night. Opposing driver Harold Ditch of 1517 East Fifth street was treated at Hershey hospital for cuts and bruises and released. Police report Sellers was westbound and Ditch eastbound on Fifth street. both cars suffered front end damage with no other occupants. An alien property office investigation, part of a postwar cleanup, was ordered by Attorney General McGranery.
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Walter D. Sellers
East 10Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Sellers
East Fifth Street
Harold Ditch
Hershey Hospital
Ditch
Fifth Street
Washington
Alien Property Office
McGranery
Russell to Cover GOP Convention
Walter Russell, managing editor of The Muscatine Journal, left for Chicago to attend the Republican national convention opening Monday. His daily convention sidelights will supplement AP leased wire coverage and wirephoto and contributions from IA Daily Press Association and NEA service. This will be the eighth convention Russell has covered for The Muscatine Journal.
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Walter Russell
Muscatine Journal
Chicago
Associated Press
Iowa Daily Press Association
NEA Service
Russell
Eisenhower Campaign Arrives in Chicago for GOP Battle
Dwight Eisenhower rolled into Chicago amid a rousing reception as he enters the Republican race for president. He pledges war to the finish against a “little group of arrogant men” and faces a round-by-round convention battle with Taft for the 604 delegates needed.
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Chicago
Dwight Eisenhower
North Western Station
Eisenhower
Clinton
Ike
Taft
Ohio
J. Russell Sprague
New York
Contests Settled by Republican National Committee
Summary of 96 delegate disputes resolved by the RNC across states. Texas posts 38 votes with 22 Taft, 16 Eisenhower. Florida 18 votes seats regulars over grass roots. Georgia 17 votes all for Taft. Kansas 22 votes with 1 dispute favoring Eisenhower. Louisiana 15 votes split 11 Taft 2 Eisenhower. Mississippi 5 votes. Missouri 26 votes 1 dispute. Puerto Rico 2 votes with three Taft delegates seated after a Taft Eisenhower contest.
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Henry Zweifel
Texas
Republican National Committee
Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Herbert Hoover
Associated Press
Lone Star
Chicago
Eisenhowe
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Puerto Rico
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National Committee
Red Military School
Seaton, Ill
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John Harold Kemble
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Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Church
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First Eub Church
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Marcitine Nash Sales
George Black
Ray Brewer & Son
VFW
Illinois Saddle Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lutheran Formes
Bloomington Four-H
Fulton Royal Workers
Jimmy Lange
Betsy Lange
Dick Apland
A . R. Erickson
Ross Davis
Lioyd Tomasson
Wayne Schneider
Route 4
Weed Park
Lauren Sloan
R. Stewart
Bud Hazelwood
Ed Defoster
Don Bromwell
D. Rada
Carol Keen
Ronald Tietge
L. Gerral
M. Haverock
Mildred Gering
Bill Bevans
Bob Bevans
L. Gering
Nona Jean Fox
Myra King
Jan Knight
Wilbur Metzger
Martha Perdue
Don Hopkins
Martin Hartsock
Neil Palmer
Clayton Roost
Henry Faulkin
Cere
GOP
Davy
Boone
Ames
Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie
North Western Railroad
McHose Park
V. P
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Donald Miller
Prairie City
Jack Dooley
Davenport Brooker
Grady
Indianola
Brooker
Morrison
Humeston
Osher
Leonard
Council Bluffs
Wilma Jean Hays
Shenan
Gooh
Larry DeKlotz
Robert DeKlotz
Wiggins and Miller
William van Zee
Dooley
Wapsipinicon
Davenport
Alien Office Probe
Tales
Fisenhower
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