Memorial Day Traffic Toll Falls Short of Forecast
Memorial day weekend traffic deaths totaled 104 as of 6 p m Thursday with a National Safety Council forecast of 310 for the 78 hour period ending Sunday midnight. Weather remained fair in most areas drawing motorists to highways while Iowa saw three fatalities in autos from collisions near Audubon and Waterloo.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Iowa
Jo Anne Allwood
Kansas City
Edith Beatty Miller
Barrington
Ill
Winogene Anderson
Eagle Grove
Allwood
Reds Walk Out at FDR Grave Rites
Six Communist delegates from Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia walked out of a Memorial Day service at Franklin D Roosevelt's grave in Hyde Park New York. W Averell Harriman said the Soviets turned traitor to peace and international good faith. Mrs Roosevelt and family witnessed the walkout. Harriman issued a statement condemning Kremlin propaganda and betrayal of peace.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Harriman
Franklin Roosevelt
San Francisco
Mr. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
John
Roosevelt
U. S
Kremlin
America
Former Governor Defends In Hot South Dakota Primary Campaign
Former Gov. George T. Mickelson defends his role in South Dakota GOP delegate battles for Eisenhower amid allegations of smear tactics and a Paris trip funded in part by the campaign. Taft campaigners allege improper expense support. Mickelson admits $300 of his own money. The dispute includes farm price supports and universal military training stances amid a sensitive farm draft backdrop.
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Pierre
S. D
Paris
South Dakota
George T. Mickelson
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Mickelson
Associated Press
David S. Ingalls
National Eisenhower Committee
Ingalls
Washington
Taft Committee
Truman
State Acheson
International Bankers
Wall Street
Victor A. Johnston
Johnston
Candidates for Governor in 11th Hour Statements
Five candidates from Iowa's governor race issued closing remarks. Republicans Beardsley Evans and Nicholas express confidence and fighting spirit while Loveless and Wearin-Loveless seek November victory. Evans forecast around 315000 votes. prior estimates varied 280000 to 400000.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Kenneth A. Evans
William H. Nicholas
Otha D. Wearin
Herschel C. Loveless
Beardsley
Evans
Trim
Nicholas
Wearin
Iowa
Loveless
DiMaggio to Fight Losing Son's Custody
Joe DiMaggio vows to contest Dorothy Arnold's bid for full custody of their 9 year old son Joe The former couple currently share custody with DiMaggio having partial custody The dispute follows reports Arnold accuses DiMaggio of taking the boy swimming with Marilyn Monroe last week an outing she calls improper.
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New York
Joe DiMaggio
Dorothy Arnold
Joe
Miss Arnold
Marilyn Monroe
Joe J
Des Moines man dies after apartment shooting
Dean Adams, 6, of Des Moines, died at Broadlawns hospital from a 32 caliber bullet wound after a confrontation at the entrance to an apartment house where Miss Laura Orr, 20, had ended their brief acquaintance. Custodian Ernest K. Davis, 46, claimed self defense after Adams, armed with knives, advanced following a dispute with Orr. Davis and cousin Willard Sanders say they dragged Adams outside. Adams returned and Davis fired as Adams threatened them. Adams, employed by Des Moines Steel Co., died about 12:30 a.m. Police held Davis. no charges filed yet.
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Des Moines
Dean Adams
Broad’awns Hospital
Ernest K. Davis
Davis
Adams
Laara Orr
Willard Sanders
Aun
Jack Smith
Mike Judge
Miss Orr
Sanders
Des Moines Steel Co
Hens Defy Old Laying Adage
Samuel Bass says he placed two New Hampshire Red hens in an orange crate on the rear bumper of his car in Lakeland Florida and drove to Pulaski New York. He reports eggs appearing each night along the route with a final night tally of three eggs despite poultry experts saying a hen changes quarters stops laying.
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Pulaski
N. Y
Samuel Bass
New Hampshire
Lakeland
Fla
Bass
Marshalltown Clothier Dies After Lengthy Illness
Marshaltown due to a report: Himan Druker 6, a Marshalltown clothier, died at a hospital Friday after a lengthy illness.
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Marshaltown
Himan Druker
Marshalltown Clothier
Primary Election Opens Polls in Muscatine County
Polls open 7 a m to 8 p m for the Iowa primary as Muscatine County prepares 19 voting precincts with machines ready. Returns will be tabulated and broadcast by The Muscatine Journal and AP linked wire, with results available by phone and window bulletins.
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine County
Associated Press
AP Election Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Muscatine
Walter Conway
Fourth Ward
Iowa Commerce Commission
Harry B. Thompson
Frances Johnson
Arnolds Park
Clyde Spry
Bronson
William S. Beardsley
Robert Blue
Carroll Switzer
Iowan Pardoned Man Faces Disturbing the Peace Hearing
LeRoy Smith a 19 year old who was pardoned after serving three months for a false theft accusation faces a Monday hearing on a charge of fighting in an alley the day after his release. Judge Don L Tidrick set the hearing after Smith pleaded innocent to the May 15 incident noting he was freed on governor granted clemency earlier. The pardon followed another youth admitting the earlier false implication.
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Des Moines
LeRoy Smith
Don L. Tidrick
Smith
Escaped Iowa Slayer Sought After Prison Break
Authorities hunted Robert Richey 26 of Newton who walked away from the Fort Madison state penitentiary while on duty Friday afternoon. Richey was serving a life sentence for the fatal shooting of his mother in law Mrs Harold Davis in Newton on December 22 1947. His father in law was wounded in the same incident.
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Fort Madison
Robert Richey
Newton
Richey
Harold Davis
French Police Raid Red Offices Seize Arms
French police conducted dawn raids on Communist party offices across the country seizing arms and ammunition. In Toulon authorities found buckshot loaded cartridges at the CGT headquarters as riots left several officers injured. Police moved against Jacques Duclos and hundreds of Reds amid Wednesday riots tied to Gen Ridgway’s arrival and Eisenhower’s command.
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Paris
Communist Party
Red Party
Ministry of Interior
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Toulon
Whch
France
Jacques Duclos
Duclos
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eisenhower
Light hail pest in Quad-City area report
Several Quad-Cities sections reported a brief hail burst around six twenty early today with hail up to three eighths of an inch. The Moline airport weather station recorded the un scheduled event from 6 18 to 6 28 a.m. with little damage noted near the airport.
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Davenport
Quad-Cities
Moline
Iowa Couple Hurt In Plane Crash Near Belvidere
A Cedar Rapids pair, Robert Paulson and Shirley Hepker both 22, were hospitalized in Highland with broken backs head injuries and shock after their small plane crashed and burned in a Belvidere area farm field. They had refueled at Rockford before the fatal descent and escaped the wreckage before flames.
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Belvidere
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Highland Hospital
Robert Paulson
Shirley Hepker
Paulson
Hepker
Chicago
Dr John A Vieg Wins Fulbright Fellowship
Ames reports that Dr. John A. Vieg former Iowa State College professor has received a Fulbright fellowship to lecture and conduct research in Scandinavian countries next year.
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Ames
John A. Vieg
Iowa State College
Fullbright
Scandinavian Countries
Fire Hits Great Lakes Pipeline Tank Yard Near Carter Lake
A spectacular oil fueled blaze at the Great Lakes Pipeline Co tank loading area near Carter Lake Iowa on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River burned for about three hours. Fire Chief Clyde P. Dunn said 8 to 10 empty tank cars were destroyed and one small building burned. No storage tanks exploded. The cause of the initial blast was not immediately known.
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Omaha
Great Lakes Pipeline Co’s
Carter Lake
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri River
C.s.t
Clyde P. Dunn
Dunn
Congress laments mule industry as tractors take over
Washington notes mules in the Cotton Belt are rapidly displaced by tractors. Rep. Rankin and Rep. Cannon mourn the decline, saying the mule market has collapsed as farmers shift to mechanization. Other lawmakers recall wartime uses and resist harsh judgments on Missouri mules. Rep. Doughton unavailable for comment.
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Washington
John Rankin
D-Miss
Cotton
Dixie
New South
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Tas A
Cannon
Rankin
Beck
Expense Paid Visits Stir Ike Bribery Controversy
Washington buzzes as plans for GOP convention delegates to visit General Eisenhower with expenses paid trigger GOP and Democratic criticism. Taft and Kefauver camps call the idea bribery and urge investigation while Eisenhower aides deny national funds backing the visits. Ike returns Sunday with White House talks and a Pentagon briefing planned before Abilene radio address.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Kefauver
Tennessean
Abilene
Kan
New York
Denver
Eisenhower Committee
Gael Sullivan
Justice Department
David S. Ingalls
Taft - For - President Committee
Wall Street
Ike
Ingalls
National Airport
Truman
White House
Iowans Expect Ike Meeting. No Expense-Paid Offers Reported
Des Moines reports indicate up to 75 Iowans may travel to Abilene Kansas next Thursday to meet General Eisenhower. Iowa officials say no one has received an expense-paid offer. A 25 to 35 person group, plus 50 or more individuals, plan the trip or be present for the event.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Abilene
Kansas Town
Edward J. Kelly
Eisenhower State Group
Eisenhower
Burglar Shatters Window at Des Moines Service Station
E. E. Feeley, owner, reports a burglar fired a rifle shot through the front window of the Feeley brothers service station in Des Moines after finding no cash. The incident left the shop damaged and the culprit irate.
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Des Moines
Feeley
E. E. Feeley
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