Eisenhower Attacks Truman in Seattle Speech on Power
In Seattle Eisenhower ridiculed Truman over water power policy and a federal Columbia Valley Authority. He urged private resources and state federal partnership for western development, opposing a federally controlled TVA style authority and proposing a new interstate body for navigation and flood control.
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Red Assault Breaches Heights Near Seoul in Feb Front Push
Reports from Korea say 15,000 Chinese troops overran seven Allied hill positions defending White Horse mountain and Arrowhead ridge on the western front near Chorwon. Allied counterattacks and air strikes followed as tanks and artillery fought in a major assault that could threaten Seoul.
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Yankees Win World Series In Thrilling Seventh Game
The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 4 to 2 at Ebbets Field to clinch their fourth straight World Series title. Mickey Mantle homered and three relief pitchers held the Dodgers, with key early miscues and late scoring drives shaping the decisive seventh game.
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Eisenhower Flayed As Imperialist At Communist Parley
At the 19th Congress of the Soviet Communist party A N Snechkus, Lithuanian party secretary general, labeled Eisenhower an imperialist and warned that U S troops are near Russia s far eastern frontiers. He criticized Eisenhower s Baltic liberation remark while noting U S policy toward Baltic states and satellites.
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Five Day Forecast Temperatures Near Normal
Temperatures will average near normal with normal highs 67 to 69 and lows 43 to 45. Warmer Wednesday and Friday, cooler Thursday and Sunday. Precipitation expected under 0.1 inch, with showers possible Saturday or Sunday.
Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower Over War Prosperity Claim
Gov Adlai E Stevenson condemned Gen Eisenhowers remark that the economy is a war economy saying such talk comforts the Soviets He argued national living standards rose despite defense burden and promised a Detroit address on the Communist threat TV and radio will carry his remarks tonight at 9 30 p m CST
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Schepers Named President of Eastern Iowa Light and Power
Wilton Glenn Schepers of Lost Neilion, previously vice president, was elected president of the Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative at the board meeting this afternoon. He succeeds W. C. Anderson of West Liberty. Frank Sherburne of Lone Tree was named vice president. Inver Mesmer of Mediapolis was reelected secretary and Herbert Ovesen of Wilton reelected treasurer. Earl Hill of Clinton was elected director at large.
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Truman Says Demo Battle Uphill in Colorado Campaign
President Truman on the campaign train in Colorado warned Democrats face an uphill battle for the six electoral votes as Eisenhower bases his operation in Denver. He urged support for the river storage project, sought White House approval, and critiqued the Republican candidate’s record while touting the Democratic ticket.
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Politician Accuses Back Pay Timing of Government Bonus
Washington Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren denied a Republican claim that paying $4 million in back holiday pay aims to buy votes. Rep. Charles A. Halleck said payments, authorized by a Supreme Court decision earlier this year, were timed to influence elections. Warren cited complex detail work as the delay.
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Soviet checkpoint delays traffic at East West border
Soviet soldiers slowed traffic to a crawl at the Hof Toepen Judioe crossing by conducting a minute search of all trucks passing through.
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Polio Hits All Iowa Counties with Rising Death Toll
All 99 Iowa counties report polio cases this year with Monroe county the last to join the list. Weekly cases total 255, lifting the year’s total to 2692, far above 1951 and 1950 figures. Iowa records 134 polio deaths, mainly in ages 21 to 30, with deaths across age groups listed.
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Portland steer wins grand championship at Pacific International
A Hereford steer owned by Bill Irvine and Art Timm of Dysart IA won the grand championship at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland Ore, earning a $1000 prize.
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Beardsley Appeals to Youth in Parsons College Address
Governor William S. Beardsley spoke at Parsons College pledging not to defer youth program funding and urging opportunities for young people. He said he would continue to seek growth in Iowa amid poverty and deficit spending while Herschel C. Loveless plans to speak Thursday. A statewide straw poll is set for Oct 23 to gauge opinions on state and national elections.
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William S. Beardsley
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Herschel C. Loveless
Man Without a Country Faces Deportation Action
Davenport reports a man known as Karasek, living near Bettendorf since age nine, faces deportation in federal court. Judge Riley will hear a motion to dismiss the case brought under the McCarran Act. Karasek, arrested in 1950, argues the action stems from earlier deportation orders and questions his birthplace and citizenship.
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William F. Riley
Karasek
Loveless Attacks Highway Spending In Iowa Campaign
Democratic candidate Herschel C. Loveless told Young Democrats the state spends one twentieth of primary road funds in Warren county, Beardsley’s home, and charged the highway program is out of date and wasteful. He criticized blacktop use as unable to handle heavy traffic and called the program expensive and failing to deliver value.
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Herschel C. Loveless
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William S. Beardsley
Loveless
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Iowa
Girl Killed as Car Rolls Over in Davenport Incident
A Davenport high school girl died when a car driven by 16 year old Patricia Wilkinson rolled about 10 times over 100 feet on Seven Hills road west of Davenport. Evelyn Jansen 17 was thrown from the vehicle and killed. Wilkinson was hospitalized with severe cuts and bruises.
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Evelyn Jansen
FBI Begins Reducing Mail Washington
The FBI moves to cut payroll to fit current appropriations with no planned firings. Reductions rely on resignations as transfers and higher pay raises are frozen. The 1953 appropriation was 844 million, later trimmed to about 77 million by the Budget Bureau. The payroll stands at 14,600 with 6,600 special agents in the investigation held.
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