Eisenhower Truman hail West German pacts amid Berlin tensions
President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson hailed recent pacts uniting West Germany with Western allies as a big step for world peace. Acheson will report to Truman and address the nation Monday as Washington weighs countermeasures to East West German tensions and possible Berlin disruptions.
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Washington
Truman
Acheson
National
West Germany
Bonn
Germany
Paris
Free World
U.S
Senate
Dean
State Department
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Riots feared as Duclos jailed in Paris show of force
Paris police flooded city streets to prevent Communist rioting after Jacques Duclos, leader of the French Communist party, was jailed. Interior Minister Charles Brune denounced Duclos and pledged order. The CGTI federation urged immediate strikes, while L Humanite and Liberation appeared after confiscations following riots that left a death and many injuries.
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Paris
Jacques Duclos
Charles Brune
Duclos
General Labor Confederation
CGI
Brune
National Assembly
Communist Party
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
L’humanite and Liberation
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Gen
Eisenhower
SHAPE
Rioting Communists In West Tokyo Break Up By Police
Demonstrators in western Tokyo hurled flaming torches and sulphuric acid at police and bystanders. Police arrested about 12 protesters. Two officers and three journalists were injured including AP correspondent William C. Barnard who received first aid and continued reporting.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
William C. Barnard
Inquest Ordered In Illinois City Farmer Death
Illinois City coroner Ban ning orders Saturday inquest into the death of George Reddick 52 a farmer found at his farm two miles west of Illinois City. He may have died of a heart attack after the tractor went off an embankment with the machine rolling and crushing his chest. The body was found by his son Rodney who had last seen him at 2 p m and went for help. Survivors include his wife seven sons two daughters and other relatives. Funeral services pending at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home.
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Illinois
Leslie H. Banning
Hook Island
George Reddick
Ilinois City
Reddick
Rock Island
Rodney
George W
Della Mae Shaeffer Reddick
Muscatine County
Illinois City
Rebecca Reid
Wapello
Harlan
Hilton
Marvin
Darrell
Clyde
Eldon
Germany
Lorb
Best Women Drivers Awarded Orchids in Menlo Park
Memorial weekend campaign in Menlo Park California honors top women drivers with an orchid each day to promote road safety and prevent holiday traffic deaths.
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Menlo Park
Calif
San Francisco Peninsula
Civil unrest at Koje Island camps leaves many wounded
Eight prisoners killed and 17 wounded in clashes at Koje Island and on the Korean mainland. The UN reports no fatalities among its personnel. The tally lifts total prisoner deaths to 245, with 115 killed by fellow prisoners after drumhead trials. Four North Korean prisoners die and three are wounded in a work party confrontation with guards on Koje. Three Korean civilians die and 13 are injured in a brawl among captured personnel moved to Yongchon. One more North Korean prisoner dies and another is wounded by a bullet during a guard change in compound 66.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
U. S
Koje
Yongchon
Pusan
Five to Fifteen Iowa Holiday Deaths Warned
Des Moines officials warn Memorial Day weekend could bring five to fifteen Iowa deaths due to careless driving. State Safety Commissioner Pearl McMurray says peak traffic may linger through Sunday as motorists travel. He cautions that prudent driving could limit fatalities to five, while reckless behavior risks higher losses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Safety Department
Pearl McMurray
McMurray
Not Normal: Masterson Trial Defense Witnesses Testify
Two defense witnesses in John A. Masterson assault case describe the 24 year old as not normal before and after the Sept 11 stabbing at St Ambrose cathedral. Howard Doty says Masterson appeared shy and abnormal while working at Earl May Seed and Nursery. Deputy Robin son notes Masterson’s conduct after transfer from Psychopathic hospital.
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Des Moines
John A. Masterson
Theresa O’connor
Masterson
St. Ambrose Cathedral
Howard Doty
Earl May Seed and Nursery
Doty
John J. McLaughlin
Jack Masterson
Masters
Robert Robinson
Psychopathic Hospital
Iowa City
Robinson
Wilbur Miller
Robert Powell
Ana Pauker Reported Purged From Romania Posts
Vienna newspapers carried notices that Ana Pauker, longtime Romanian foreign minister and deputy prime minister, was purged from her posts and from the Romanian politburo. Bucharest radio and Agerpres reportedly omitted her name from the new politburo list, fueling Western diplomats' beliefs of rising anti Semitism in the Soviet sphere.
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Vienna
Ana Pauker
Stalin
Romania
Bucharest Radio
Agerpress
Communist Party
Iowa Pilot Credited With First MIG Kill Over Korea
Lt. Robert C. Ochs of Dubuque Iowa received belated credit for downing one MIG in northwest Korea on Wednesday after gun camera film confirmed his shot. It was his first aerial victory.
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Seoul
Korea
Robert C. Ochs
Dubuque
Ochs
Maher Leads Memorial Day Tribute in Muscatine
Joseph Maher of the VFW delivers a Memorial Day address at Greenwood cemetery honoring war dead and their mothers. The program includes service at Riverside park, riverfront floral tributes, school music, and readings honoring Lincoln and Gettysburg.
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Joseph Maher
Veterans of Foreign Wars
First
Iowa
Muscatine Vfw
Greenwood Cemetery
Riverside Park
Muscatine
California family reunites after Iowa governor pardons son
A California family headed home after Iowa Governor William Beardsley granted a full pardon to Thomas Lee Benson, 15, of Long Beach. Benson had been jailed in Pottawattamie county for breaking and entering after being arrested May 3 in a Council Bluffs grocery. He claimed to be 18 during questioning.
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Des Moines
California
Iowa
William S. Beardsley
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
Lincoln O. Benson
Long Beach
Calif
Thomas Lee Benson
Tommy
Minneapolis Man Offered Job Here As City Engineer
The Muscatine city council offered Robert H. Smith of Minneapolis the position of city engineer at 425 dollars a month. If he accepts, he will begin June 16, replacing Wilson Cooper. Ed Knott was hired as assistant in the engineer's office at 300 dollars monthly for one year. The council also set a 600 dollar offer for the Christopherson lot for sewer right of way and agreed to share 60 dollars for a new curb while the owner pays full cost of a sidewalk on Sycamore street. The meeting discussed plans for Leroy street paying but no action was taken pending possible city engineer appointment.
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Muscatine
Robert H. Smith
Minneapolis
Florence Mason
Smith
Institute of Technology
Riversdale
N. C
Wilson Cooper
Ed Knott
Robert K. Stohr
Christopherson
Grover Street
Slough
Muscatine Realty Board
Pipe of Canada
Sycamore Street
East Second Street
Richard Kling
The
Engineering Service Co
Davenport
Leroy Street
Tiger Claws Trainer Injured at Jungle Compound
Edwin Balair Trees, 54, a trainer at Thousand Oaks Jungle Compound, suffered three deep gashes after a tiger clawed him by the knee on Thursday. He is husband of fellow trainer Mabel Stark and is recovering at a medical facility.
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Tiger Claws
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Edwin Balair Trees
Trees
Mabel Stark
Muscatine County Republicans to Choose Five Primary Contests
Muscatine County Republicans will decide five county races in Monday's primary, with eight statewide Republican contests also on the ballot. Unopposed Democrats include several county offices, while for governor and first district congress, Democrats and Republicans field contested bids.
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Muscatine
W. C. Hendrix
Letts
Fred C. Stroup
Tom E. Lange
Wilton
Claude E. Webb
Recorder of Deeds
Ida E. Kellner
Lucile Freybler
Robert C. Petersen
Robert H. Wilson
Ralph P. Evans
West Liberty
John E. Rex
Farmer
John F. Coffin
Conesville
E. R. Swickard
Roy E. Tipton
H. H Hanson
John Hendriks
Henry Sy Wassink
Board of Supervisors
Muscatine County
Guy E. Fuller
William F. Moomey
Charles L. Anson
Robert E. McElroy
William H. Wellens
George Greiner
Eisenhower Gives Up NATO Post to Focus on Campaign
General Eisenhower, resigning his NATO command in Paris, will forgo a full campaign but will meet delegates and party leaders in give-and-take sessions before the July GOP convention. Ridgway will take over NATO, as Eisenhower prepares to shed his uniform Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Paris
Washington
Abilene
Kan
New York
Denver
NATO
Matthew Ridgway
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Europe
South Dakota
Desert Into Farm in Less Than Day
Desert turned into a fully equipped seven room farm in under 23 hours to illustrate the Columbia basin project’s irrigation promise. Donald Dunn of Marion Kansas received the tax free $75,000 farm including livestock and gear after volunteers built it for him alongside 110 acres of land and a fully stocked pantry.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Columbia Basin
Columbia River
Donald Dunn
Marion
Kan
Three Hurt When Car Leaves Road Near Highway 61
Davenport men Ter B. Shelby Sedrick Horton and Walter Nabors suffered cuts and bruises when their car left the road and ditched about 9 am today one mile east of the Highway 389 intersection on Highway 61. They were taken to Hershey hospital for treatment. Shelby was driving as the car went off the road near the Charles P Hanley cottage.
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Davenport
Buster B. Shelby
Sedrick Horton
Walter Nabors
Muscatine
Highway 389
Highway 61
Hershey Hospital
Shelby
Charles P. Hanley
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