Eisenhower campaigns on Korean aid claim and Stevenson defense
Eisenhower cites Lt Gen James Van Fleet letter praising South Korean Army and urges study on site to see Korea’s own battle contribution while Stevenson tours Pennsylvania promising to end government business friction. Stevenson attacks Eisenhower as a puppet candidate and insists business must prosper for America to endure.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Korea
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Eisenhower
Republic of Korea
Orlando C. Mood
Washington
New York City
Richmond Borough Hall
Staten Island
Charge Dropped in Sioux City Murder Case
Municipal Judge George M. Paradise dismissed the murder charge against 74 year old Edward Hickumbottom in the fatal shooting of 28 year old Amelia Blackhawk. Hickumbottom said he shot in self defense after she attacked with a knife and chased him into his home.
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Sioux City
George M. Paradise
Edward Hickumbottom
Amelia Blackhawk
Hickumbottom
Truman warns Eisenhower win threatens peace in Grand Rapids speech
President Truman told a train-side crowd in Grand Rapids Michigan that an Eisenhower victory would be most dangerous to peace. He accused Republicans of repudiating Vandenberg and of backing a NATO funding stance he says would harm defenses. He urged Muskegon listeners that Republican policy would invite Communist gains.
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Adlai
Stevenson
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Grand Rapids
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
GOP
NATO
Europe
Muskegon
Attendance Mark Set This Season At Iowa's Parks
Des Moines reports a new all time attendance record for Iowa state parks this year. Through August total visitors reached 3,882,221, surpassing 1949’s 3,687,287 annual record, with officials predicting over 4 million total. Expanded picnicking and park facilities still fell short of demand, holiday and Sunday crowds were heavy, and artificial lake areas saw the peak use.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission
Bureau Urges Delay of Pheasant Season Over Dry Spell
Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau asked Gov William S Heardsley to postpone pheasant hunting if rain does not come within two weeks. Howard Hill president says postponement could cut fire losses as farmers ready to allow hunting once rains arrive. Corn picking halted in many areas due to field fire risk amid two months without rain.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
William S. Heardsley
Howard Hill
The
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Fire Peril Seen In False Faces
Fire Marshall William A. Haas reports raids found over 2000 highly inflammable false faces described as dangerous torches in local stores ahead of Halloween.
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Philadelphia
William A. Haas
Mutinous inmates at Menard prison threaten toll of 322
State and prison officials press for peaceful settlement as 322 mutinous convicts hold seven guards and a lieutenant at Me nard State Prison. Hostages have had no food since Monday. three released earlier. Prison chaplains delivered message of health and a list of 12 prisoner demands including better food and medical care.
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Marcus McCarthy
Menard State Prison
Chester
Ill
Chester, Ill
Illinois
Sherwood Dixon
Dixon
Beardsley touts rainy day fund and balanced budget
Gov William S Beardsley says Iowa has a rainy day fund to shield residents from tax hikes if revenues fall short. He argues the state avoids deficit spending and maintains a balanced budget in contrast to federal debt. He notes about half of municipal traffic moves on state built roads and praises state local cooperation.
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Keokuk
William S. Beardsley
Ft. Madison
Beardsley
Iowa
Iowa Mother Missing with Five Children Left Behind
Spirit Lake sheriff says a 26 year old Orleans mother Mrs Louis Thompson has vanished since Sunday a week ago after being seen hitchhiking south of Oskaloosa with another woman no trace of her and no word from her since.
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Spirit Lake
Ike Kissinger
Orleans
Louis Thompson
Oskaloosa
Major Downtown Renovation To Transform East Second Street
Demolition of three aging buildings at 121 125 and 127 East Second Street begins January with a new Woolworth retail outlet and a Glass Smart shop to rise on the site. The Wil son Shoe store will undergo remodeling to match the new front and height. The project will displace the VFW and Odd Fellows meeting spaces above the Woolworth and shoe buildings.
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East Second Street
Woolworth
Clarence D. Ager
Woolworth’s
Ager
Wilson Shoe
Dick Wilson
Wilson
Second Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Odd Fellows Lodge
VFW
Contracts To Cut Fire Hazard At Oakdale State Sanatorium
The State Board of Education reports contracts let to reduce fire hazards at the Oakdale State Sanatorium in Des Moines. Work includes replacing old wiring in one hospital wing, enlarging sewerage and water systems, and purchasing a new fire truck.
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Des Moines
State Board of Education
Oakdale State Sanatorium
Pew
Bandits rob West Side charity card party at Austin Center
Seven gunmen invaded the Austin Jewish Community Center during a charity card party in Chicago. They terrorized 150 players, stole cash jewelry and furs, and used a janitor as a shield while a two stage search yielded losses up to 75000 dollars.
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Chicago
West Side
Austin
Barney Juvik
Juvik
Annette Kesselman
Same Old Stuff Seen In Russian Peace Proposals
At the United Nations Vishinsky urged an international Korea peace commission including nonparticipants, potentially allowing Soviet involvement. American observers at the U N viewed it as a familiar Soviet tactic as Vishinsky critiqued Acheson after a long speech.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
Korea
U. N
Vishinsky
Party Worker Fired Over Tungsten Contract Scandal
An official of the Democratic National Committee was dismissed after a nine million dollar tungsten contract with the Defense Materials Procurement Agency. Col Lawrence Westbrook, a liaison for the committee, faced termination amid reports of a potential 450000 dollar commission sharing and alleged pre employment negotiations.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Col
Lawrence Westbrook
Congress
Jess Larson
Defense Materials Procurement Agency
Westbrook
Portugese
U. S
Mitchell
Allies Win Pinpoint Hill From Chinese Reds on Triangles Ridge
Allied forces repelled a major Chinese assault on Pinpoint Hill as combat continued on Sniper Ridge. About 2 000 Chinese Reds attacked from a tunnel mouth while Allies recaptured Pinpoint Hill later in the day.
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Pinpoint Hill
Seoul
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Eighth Army
Pinpoint
Heartbreak Ridge
U. S
Bunker Hill
Panmunjom
Pyongyang
Four Arrested As Suspects in Sheffield Holdup
FBI identifies four Rock Falls residents James Louis Huson 24 Donald Ray McGill 18 Celia Ann Kaehler 18 and Alfred James Kaehler 22 as suspects in the $2352 bank robbery of Farmers State Bank at Sheffield Illinois last Thursday. They were arrested in Jonesboro Hoxie and Rock Falls and charged before U S Commissioner Clara Browder pleading not guilty and held in Craighead County jail. Two gunpoint robbers fled in a car from the Illinois bank near Moline.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Farmers State Bank
Sheffield
Ill
FBI
M. W. McFarlin
Little Rock
James Louis Huson
Donald Ray McGill
Celia Ann Kaehler
Kaehler
Alfred James Kaehler
Rock Falls
McFarlin
Hudson
McGill
Hoxie
U. S
Clara Browder
Craighead County
Illinois
Moline
Ex-Engineering Dean Lam bert Dies After Illness
Byron J. Lambert 78 former dean and professor emeritus of civil engineering at the State University of Iowa died in Santa Barbara California after a long illness. He planned two bridges in Iowa City and designed steel bleachers for the SUI fieldhouse.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Byron J. Lambert
State University of Iowa
Lambert
Iowa City
SUI
Hopkinsville Police Chief and Six Officers Suspended
Hopkinsville Kentucky police chief James Greenfield and six officers were suspended with pay by the City Commission amid a federal grand jury report accusing the force of vice, bribery, mistreatment of soldiers, and corruption. The Army confirmed four Fort Campbell enlisted men were allegedly brutalized by local police. The report followed a 14 month probe.
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Hopkinsville
James Greenfield
A. S. Koon
Clyde Vinson
Joe Davis
Paducah
Greenfield
Army
Ft. Campbell
Here
Federal judge denies retrial in Laurens bank robbery case
Omaha jurist Judge James A. Donahue refuses Bennie Barone 39 of Omaha a new trial after Barone was convicted of aiding two burglars in the Laurens bank robbery in Iowa. The ruling upholds the prior conviction and leaves Barone facing sentencing.
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Omaha
James A. Donahue
Bennie Barone
Laurens
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