Iowa House approves 31.5 million for Regents colleges
The Iowa House approved an annual 31,456,206 appropriation for Board of Regents institutions to raise faculty salaries by 18 percent in the coming biennium. The measure, up from the Senate's figure by 350,000, returns to the Senate for action. Rep. Milroy urged higher pay to match peers, while Whitney’s enrollment limits were withdrawn.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Board of Regents
Senate
Milroy
W.E. Whitney
R-Aurelia
Whitney
University
Iowa State
Iowa
John Carlsen
Clinton
Ray Cunningham
R Ames
Elmer Vermeer
Pella
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving
School For the Deaf
House Trims Information Agency Budget Request by 26 Per Cent
The House passed a bill providing 106.1 million dollars for the U S Information Agency, 26 percent below Eisenhower's request. The president condemned the cut as false economy and hoped the Senate would restore the reduction. GOP leaders doubted substantial restoration.
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House
House Today
Senate
U.S. Information Agency
Eisenhower
House Agricultural Subcommittee
Roland W. Bartlett
University of Illinois
Airways
House Commerce Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
U S Decides Not to Seek U N Action on Suez Now
The United States, after talks with Britain and France, will not bring the Suez Canal issue to the United Nations Security Council at this time. Officials cited doubts of usefulness amid ongoing U.S.-Egypt talks and fear of Soviet veto. Eisenhower indicated progress in talks but no agreement on 13 October principles.
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Washington
United States
Suez Canal
United Nations Security Council
United Press
Security Council
State Department
Britain
France
Egypt
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
Jordan
U.N. Security Council
Suez
Cairo
Eisenhower Defends Summerfield on Mail Curtailment
President Eisenhower defended Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield for last weekend’s mail service slowdown saying Congress funded insufficient post office money. He signed a 41 million dollar package to restore services and dismissed claims of coercion. The briefing touched on farm policy, gas legislation, billboard limits, US Information Agency funding, Suez negotiations, labor racketeering probes, and Stassen's disarmament updates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
Congress
Edgar Eisenhower
Tacoma
Wash
Edgar
United States Information Agency
Egypt
Suez Canal
Washington Industrial Corp Slogan Contest Entry
An entry in the Washington Industrial Corporation slogan contest promotes Washington as a premier site for new industry with a five word limit. The entry invites interest in locating firms in Washington and highlights the promotional aim of the contest with a fifty dollar prize offered for the winning line.
Eisenhower Laughs Off Brother Edgar Critique
President Eisenhower dismissed his brother Edgar's long running criticisms with a light joke during a weekly news conference. He said Edgar had criticized him since childhood, prompting laughter from reporters and no further questions on the issue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Edgar
Funeral plans set for Robert H. Barber Wellman
Funeral services for Robert H. Barber 73 of Wellman will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Wellman Methodist Church with Rev. E. M. Buehler officiating. Burial in Wellman Cemetery. Barber a former bank president in Wellman Boone and other Nebraska towns died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
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Wellman
Robert H. Barber
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Wellman Methodist Church
E. M. Buehler
Wellman Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. Barber
Windsor
Conn
Strong Hayden
Jennie Clark Barber
Culbertson
Neb
Amanda Kannon
Barber
Wellman Savings Bank
Citizen’s National Bank
Boone
Kearney
Paxton
Keystone
Arthur
Nebraska Banking Association
Doane College
Wheaton
University of Chicago
Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Stanley
Kenneth
Worland
Wyo
County wide fifty dollar slogan contest announced
Washington County residents are invited to enter a fifty dollar slogan contest sponsored by the Washington Industrial Corporation. The best five word or less slogan to promote Washington as a site for new industries wins fifty dollars. Officials say increased industrial activity benefits both rural and urban residents through jobs and side incomes. coupons run daily in the Evening Journal, to be mailed to Box 484.
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Washington Industrial Corporation
Washington
Washington County
Tom Duncan
Duncan
Evening Journal
Archbishop Makarios Returns to Greece After Exile
Archbishop Makarios arrived in Athens amid a thunderous reception and pledged Cypriots will fight for self determination and union with Greece. He condemned trusteeship and praised Cypriots executed for extremist activity, saying their bones will fortify the cause of freedom.
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Athens
Makarios
Cyprus
Greece
Nairobi
Kenya
Indian Ocean
Seychelles
Mediterranean
Britain
Wayland Easter Egg Hunt Sponsored by Local Businessmen
Wayland businessmen sponsor the annual Easter Egg hunt at Wayland West Park this Saturday, April 20. Children up to 12 years old should assemble at 2 p.m. for the event.
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Wayland
Wayland West Park
Start Construction On Hospital Addition
DES MOINES AP Construction on a $2,500,000 Methodist Hospital addition began after groundbreaking Tuesday. The three story rehabilitation center will house 120 beds for patients over 16. Miss Rachel Younker broke ground, daughter of the late Marcus and Annie Younker, founders of Younker Brothers.
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DES Moines
Methodist Hospital
Rachel Younker
Marcus
Annie Younker
Younker
Ross Manufacturing Plans to Reopen Here This Spring
Ross Manufacturing announces plans to reopen its Washington plant on West Madison Street later this spring. The firm will operate a complete assembly line for radio and television parts and is inviting applications from former employees and new workers. Keith Vetter of the Washington Industrial Corporation welcomed the project and offered assistance.
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Ross Manufacturing Company
Washington
Ross Company
West
Madison Street
Jay Brewer
Ross Firm
Evening Journal
Ross
Keith Vetter
Washington Industrial Corporation
Washington Industrial Corporation Board
Iowa Senate Passes County Salary and Garnishment Bills
The Iowa Senate approved measures to raise county officer salaries and expand wage garnishment. The bills cap garnishment at 30 dollars weekly per creditor and 150 dollars total. allow three eighths of a mill extra levy for mental health funding. raises for auditors treasurers and other officers were outlined but not automatic. Senator Nolan said no more night sessions this week, with possible future evenings as the session continues.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
D.C. Nolan
Iowa City
Senate
House
William S. Beardsley
Frank Elwood
R-Cresco
Scott Will Fight Return to California
Leonard Ewing Scott, 59, said he would fight extradition to California where he is wanted for the murder of his wife Evelyn, 63, and for absconding with $600,000. He was held without bond in Detroit pending a May 7 hearing to determine transfer to Los Angeles.
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Detroit
Leonard Ewing Scott
California
Scott
Wayne County
Los Angeles
U.S
Thomas P. Thornton
Evelyn
Blast at Monsanto Plant Kills Four in West Virginia
An explosion at the Monsanto Chemical Co plant near Charleston West Virginia leveled a three story shell building at the Nitro site killing four workers and injuring five others. Chlorine fumes forced about 1500 residents to evacuate their homes until the gas was contained.
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Charleston
W. Va
Monsanto Chemical Co
Monsanto
Nitro
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Rita Mills of Keota Dies at Keota Home
Rita Grandma Mills of Keota died at her daughter Mrs. Carl Pippett s home in Keota just after noon today after a period of bedfast illness. Funeral arrangements were not yet determined at press time.
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Keota
Rita
Grandma) Mills
Carl Pippett
Rainfall in Washington Tallies .30 Inch Tuesday Evening
Washington reporters recorded a .30 inch rainfall Tuesday evening as a gentle shower began about 8:30 p.m. and continued into the early hours. The measurable total reflects local weather observations from the day.
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Washington
Official
YMCA World Service Worker Speaks to Y's Men
Carl E. Stair YMCA World Service representative spoke at a Washington Y's Men's Club ladies night. He described five years in Rio de Janeiro Brazil and highlighted YMCA overseas work amid poverty and communism's influence. Gene Tucker led the meeting and Dr. A C Peterson reported a $422.19 surplus from sponsoring Harvard Glee Club in Washington.
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Carl E. Stair
Ymca World Service
Washington Y's Men's Club
Stair
YMCA
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Richard McCleery
Ymca World Service Committee
Gene Tucker
A. C. Peterson
Harvard Glee Club
Washington
Three Die When Car Hits Stalled Truck in Iowa Crash
In Iowa near Vail three Boger cousins aged 27 17 and 22 died when their car struck a stalled stock truck on U S 30. The truck was partly on the road and torn from its frame. A passenger Lloyd Finneran 26 was injured and truck driver James Baumhover 22 was slightly hurt.
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Vail
Iowa
Here
U.S
Lawrence Boger
Charter Oak
Gladys Boger
Gloria Boger
Westside
Boger
Harry Maxwell
Denison
Lloyd Finneran
Rogers
James Baumhover
Waterloo Legislator Proposes Reducing Iowa Counties
Rep Bernard Balch of Waterloo calls for cutting Iowa counties from 99 to 50. He drafted a bill to allow consolidation, urging tax savings through merging counties and outlining initiation methods by county boards or 33 percent of voters, though no committee has agreed to introduce it.
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Des Moines
Bernard Balch
Waterloo
Iowa
Balch
County Boards of Supervisors
Soviet Envoy May Be Ousted by U. S.
Washington reports the State Department is considering ousting a Soviet embassy official accused of pressuring air force defector Peter Pirogov to return to Russia. Pirogov, 37, says he will not go back, citing his American family and home. The Senate subcommittee will hold a hearing on the charges.
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Washington
State Department
Peter Pirogov
Russia
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Pirogov
Genadi F. Mashkantzev
Pirogoyo
America
Air Force consumes nearly four million gallons of fuel daily
The U S Air Force uses almost four million gallons of fuel every day, highlighting its vast logistical needs. Factoring daily consumption underscores the scale of operations across bases and missions worldwide managed by the service.
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U. S. Air Force
Weather by United Press Iowa
Considerable cloudiness through Thursday with cooler temperatures tonight. North highs in the low 60s, south 60s, with lows 32 to 38 north and 38 to 44 south. Occasional light rain or drizzle south Thursday and showers Friday. Five day forecast shows 2 to 4 degrees below normal highs and 40s to 60s, with about ½ inch rain over the weekend from showers or thunderstorms.
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United Press
Iowa
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Evelyn McCutchen
Fredene Foster
Lois Boettcher
Everette Jones
Ed Miksch
United Nations
Labor Department
Harold E. Stassen
London
Brother
Ross Manufacturing
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