Washington Industrial Drive Sees Encouraging Employee Purchases
Progress toward a $100 000 industrial fund gains momentum as workers from Kiple DePrenger Furniture Mace Motor Co and McCleery Cumming Calendar Co buy stock in the Washington Industrial Corporation. Investors urged to mail $10 shares and support the future of Washington's economy through voter governed affairs.
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Washington
Washington Industrial Corporation
Kiple & DePrenger Furniture
Mace Motor Company
McCleery-Cumming Calendar Company
Riverside dentist Dr Hamilton dies after illness
Dr Charles Bernard Hamilton 47 of Riverside died Tuesday night at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City after a short illness. He was a 1934 Iowa University Dental College graduate and practiced in Ft. Dodge before WWII service. Surviving are his wife Florence and four sons. his parents. and two brothers. Funeral Friday at Seiden and Adams Parlor Riverside.
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Riverside
Charles Bernard Hamilton
Veteran's Hospital
Iowa City
Hamilton
Seiden and Adams
Thornburg
Cecil
Mary Jane Maurer Hamilton
Florence Kelleher
Iowa University Dental College
Forsythe Hospital
Boston
Mass
Ft. Dodge
Iowa National Guard
American Legion
Bpoe and
Loyal Order of Moose
Riverside Lions Club
Phi Kappa Sigma
Delta Sigma Delta
Mt. Pleasant
Jack
Charles
Dennis
Bill
William
Oquawka
Ill
Red Oak
Mrs. J. R. McCreedy Dies This Afternoon
Mrs. J. R. McCreedy of 308 West Second Street died at the hospital this afternoon. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Jones Funeral Home, but details were indefinite today.
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J. R. McCreedy
West Second Street
Jones Funeral Home
Mace Elected Chairman of City Plan Commission
G E Mace was elected chair man of the Washington Plan Commission at its first meeting Tuesday evening in the city hall. Keith Norton was named vice chair man and Mrs William Sitler secretary. John C Owen city solicitor outlined duties as per city ordinance. Regular meetings set for the second Tuesday each month. Attendees discussed plans to attend a state wide planning boards meeting in Ames in May at Iowa State College.
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G. F. Mace
Washington Plan Commission
Keith Norton
William Sitler
John C. Owen
Plan Commission
Ames
Iowa State College
Few Gasoline Law Violations Found In Iowa Truck Check
In western Iowa last week 4,808 trucks were stopped and 185 found over the 20 gallon gasoline limit. Officials said 1,891 had tax paid Iowa gas, 1,043 had under 20 gallons of out of state gas, and 2,264 carried decals or permits indicating a tax payment agreement.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Treasury
Missouri
Nebraska
Earle Smith
Smith
Beef Producers In Favor of Checkoffs
Albert Mitchell of Albert New Mexico voiced skepticism about a nationwide livestock checkoff while Kenneth Falk supported the idea at the Iowa Beef Producers Association convention in Des Moines. A resolution urged continued efforts to establish the checkoff nationwide with proposed contributions for cattle hogs and sheep to fund advertising and promotion.
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Des Moines
Iowa Beef Producers Assn
Albert Mitchell
Albert, N.M
Kenneth Falk
The
State Association
Mitchell
American Cattlemen's Assn
National Livestock and Meat Board
National Livestock and Meat Organizations
Iowa
Eisenhower
Southwest
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Lyle McNabb
Pilot Credited With Saving 97 Lives
In Hamilton Ontario a U S Air Force pilot Capt Jack Wofford is credited with saving 97 lives after a Globemaster troop transport made a forced belly landing near Mt Hope RCAF Station All 96 men and one woman aboard survived as two engines failed on the flight from Lackburn Ohio to Harmon Field N J ild sources say Canadian air force officials praised Wofford for a skilled landing.
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Ont
Globemaster
Here
Jack Wofford
Mt. Hope
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lackbourne
Ohio
Harmon Field
Canadian Air Force
Wofford
Speaker Kehoe outlines drive for $100000 industrial fund
L. J. Kehoe was the speaker at the Washington Y's Men's Club meeting. He detailed the drive to secure $100,000 in investments for an industrial fund in Washington and urged citizen cooperation. The club approved a $300 donation to the YMCA for new poolroom doors and discussed a ladies night and clean up sessions at Lake Darling Youth Center and the YMCA house on North Iowa Avenue.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Office
Chamber
Washington Industrial Corporation
Industrial Committee
L. J. Kehoe
Y's Men's Club
Rotary Club
Kehoe
Washington
MecCleery-Cumming Calen
Washington Y's Men's Club
YMCA
Lake Darling
North
Iowa Avenue
Grace Kelly Becomes Princess In Monaco Castle Throne Room
Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III in a civil ceremony in Monaco’s throne room, becoming Princess of Monaco. The wedding lacks a kiss per the civil rite, with Rainier showing restrained emotion as Grace vows in a regal, state setting above the Mediterranean.
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Grace Kelly
Monaco Castle
Throne
Monaco
Mediterranean
Prince Rainier Hl
Marcel Portanier
Mademoiselle
Grace Patricia Kelly
Prince Rainier III
Prince
Rainier
Grace
Castle
Rainiers
Hercules
Cease fire near in Middle East as Hammarskjold mediates
Israeli Foreign Office spokesman said a cease fire agreement with Egypt could be announced today or Thursday. Dag Hammarskjold has the formal text in hand, with talks described as constructive after meetings with Prime Minister Ben Gurion. Elsewhere Tokyo reports the United States approved selling Japanese weapons to Syria amid renewed weapon studies by both sides.
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Jerusalem
Foreign Office
Michael Elitzur
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Elitzur
Hammarskjold
Middle East
David Ben Gurion
Ben Gurion
Tokyo
United States
Syria
Israel
Japan
Congress Fails To Override Eisenhower Farm Bill Veto
In Washington the House upheld President Eisenhower's veto of the farm bill as a Democratic override motion failed to reach the two-thirds threshold. The 237 to 181 vote left Senate action unnecessary and signals continued debate on a new farm policy amid farm belt politics.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Communism Should Be Taught Urges DAR Spy
Herbert A. Philbrick, former FBI counter spy, urged the Daughters of the American Revolution that communism should be taught in public schools to present the facts. He spoke at Constitution Hall during a national defense session of the DAR Continental Congress where 4000 delegates planned to vote on 27 resolutions including a proposed constitutional amendment on government spending. Voting was set to begin Thursday morning as the three leading states prepared to greet delegates in the receiving line after nominations.
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Washington
FBI
Daughters of the American Revolution
Herbert A. Philbrick
DAR
Philbrick
National Defense
Dar’s
Continental Congress
Constitution Hall
Charles Carroll Haig
Washington, DC
Thomas Henry Lee
Philadelphia
Frederic A. Groves
Cape Giardeau
Private Planes Surge in Washington County New York
A Civil Aeronautics Administration survey shows Washington County to have 15 active civil aircraft as of January 1, 1955, a ratio of one plane per 1 280 residents, higher than the national average. Private planes total 56 469 with uses in farming, health, mosquito control, and business travel.
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New York
Washington County
United States
Civil Aeronautics Administration
North Central
Rural family killed as train strikes farm truck
In Hampton Iowa a Rock Island Rocket hit a farm truck killing Wilbert Crawford 38 his wife 32 and their 5 year old daughter Wilberta as they returned from selling cattle near Sheffield. The truck was dragged 450 feet and plunged 40 feet into a dry creek. The three Crawford children aged 7 to 16 were left orphans.
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Hampton
Iowa
Wilbert W. Crawford
Sheffield
Wilberta
Rock Island
Crawford
C. E. Condon
Here
Minneapolis
Sheffield School
Countryman Attacks Hickenlooper in Iowa Farm Tour
At Shenandoah Iowa Atty Gen Dayton Countryman blasted Sen Bourke Hickenlooper R Iowa during a Republican caravan stop. Countryman accused the senior senator of avoiding farm issues while presiding over farm policy and corn allotments from past laws. Hickenlooper did not respond to the attack and spoke on the farm bill veto and administration plans he said would aid farmers.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Dayton Countryman
Sen Bourke Hickenlooper
Countryman
Secretary of Agriculture
Hickenlooper
Kefauver Fails In Bid for Delegates From New Jersey
New Jersey primary results show Gov Meyner winning a near shutout of Estes Kefauver for 36 Democratic National Convention votes. Kefauver's eight vote slate falls short as Meyner leads 162 166 to 68 517 with 3 147 districts reporting. Eisenhower tops Kefauver in presidential votes. Steven son garners write ins. Regular Dems call it a Kefauver setback.
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Newark
Robert B. Meyner
Estes Kefauver
New Jersey
Kefauver
Chicago
South Jersey
Camden County
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Robert A. Taft
Meyner
Democrats
Forecast Surplus But Warn Against Tax Reduction
Congressional staff economists forecast a two billion dollar federal surplus for this fiscal year. They say a tax cut is not warranted despite receipts being three billion dollars higher than the administration expected and expenses one billion higher. An inflationary spiral could follow a tax cut, risking boom and bust.
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Congressional
House - Senate Economic Committee
Treasury
Farms in Iowa Grower but Fewer in 1954
Iowa farms show increased average land value and size while the total number of farms drops from 203,159 in 1950 to 192,933 in 1954. The Iowa Development Commission cites average land value rising from 27,566 to 36,077 dollars and total farm land value at 5.9 billion dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
Russian Leaders Arrive in Britain for 10 Day Visit
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev arrived in London to begin a 10 day tour. Demonstrations erupted as their train pulled into Victoria Station after docking in Portsmouth. Bulganin and Khrushchev planned talks with Prime Minister Anthony Eden as part of a perceived peace initiative.
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London
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Victoria Station
Portsmouth
Moscow
U.N
Cominform
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Anthony Eden
Russia
Immedi
Weather Outlook Iowa Mostly Fair With Mild Warmup
Mostly fair skies with gradually rising temperatures. Northwesterly winds ease tonight. Lows 28 to 35. Highs around 55 to 65 in the southwest. Friday remains mostly fair with continued mild conditions.
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United Press
Iowa
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