Kidnaped Girls Escape in Iowa
Two 16 year old East Chicago girls describe a 45 to 50 year old man who abducted them in Farmington Iowa and forced them into a blue Buick sedan. They say the assailant attacked them repeatedly during a 250 mile ride, locked one in the trunk, and fled west after they escaped at a gas stop. He wore dark glasses and spoke with a southern accent. The car bore Arkansas plates stolen from a vehicle near Lake Norfolk. Authorities search for the armed suspect, possibly Arkansas resident.
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Farmington
Iowa
East Chicago
Ind
Orville Lee
Chicago
Southeastern
Lee
Arkansas
Sick baby dies after two hour wait at Detroit hospital
A Detroit hospital inquiry found a mother waited two hours in a dispensary instead of the emergency department for her 15 month old son James. Mrs. Caroline McAbee said staff sent her home twice before returning. the child died in her arms. Hospital officials called it a tragic mistake.
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Detroit
Caroline McAbee
James
McAbee
Childrens Hospital Hospital
West Chester to discuss school district reorganization
A meeting is set for Thursday August 16 at 8 p.m. at West Chester High School to discuss problems involved in school district reorganization. Washington invited representatives will explain a proposal and all patrons taxpayers and interested persons are urged to attend.
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West Chester High School
Washington
Gunman Kidnaps Sgt. Wife After Shooting in Connecticut
North Branford Connecticut FBI and state police investigate a claim by Air Force Sgt. Robert Drepperd 26 that a gunman wearing a pale green uniform shot him and abducted his wife Grace 27. A bullet was removed at Middletown hospital and bloodhounds hunted for Grace while their 19 month old son Steven was cared for by a policewoman.
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North Branford. Conn
FBI
Office of Strategic Information
State Police
Air Force
Robert Drepperd
Middletown
Drepperd
Grace Dreppered
Dreppere
Steven
Dreppered
Connecticut
Sioux City Boy Drowns in Missouri River
Sioux City nine year old LeRoy Sorenson drowned Friday while swimming in the Missouri River near here with his brother. Authorities said LeRoy appeared to strike something when he dived from a river piling on the Nebraska side. His brother survived.
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Sioux City
LeRoy Sorenson
Missouri
Here
LeRoy
Nebraska
Missing Boy Found Hidden Behind Sofa in Waterloo
Bruce Thuesen seven year old disappeared Friday after not waking in bed. Police traced his location to the Thuesen home and, after nearly seven hours, the boy emerged from behind a sofa claiming he fell asleep there and woke as officers arrived.
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Waterloo
Bruce Thuesen
Bruce
Thuesen
Eisenhower Dulles Plan Suez Crisis Talks Again
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles prepare to meet early today to discuss the Suez Canal crisis and a bipartisan conference with Congressional leaders. Britain France and the U S reportedly propose international control with five guiding principles and arbitration by the world court.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
White House
Dulles
Chicago
New York
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold Dulles
Britain
France
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Canal
World Court
Truman
Panama Canal
Chipmunks Suspected in Grave Flag Theft at Lakeside Cemetery
In Port Huron Michigan police closed the case of missing grave flags after observing chipmunks stealing small American flags from Lakeside Cemetery. A watch was kept and officers saw the animals carting away additional flags, likely for nest building.
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Commie Chipmunks
Port Huron
Mich
Lakeside Cemetery
LeRoy Dives In Tragic Incident Report
Gary, aged eight, told police that LeRoy dived into the water and did not surface. The report notes a search was conducted and authorities investigated the disappearance.
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Gary
Iowa Family Reunites After 4900 Mile Paris Trip
The John Cunningham family of Iowa City met in Paris after five years and 4900 miles of travel. Sheila Cunningham toured Europe with the University of Iowa Highlanders, prompting a family reunion with John and Mrs Cunningham and sons Michael 20, John 29, and Jerry 22 plus Sheila’s fiancé Pfc James M Hogan. The reunion involved travel by Queen Mary and Army and Air Force leaves from bases in France and Germany.
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Paris
John Cunningham
Iowa City
Atlantic
Cunningham
Sheila
Europe
University of Iowa
Michael
John Cunningham Jr
Peggy
Chambley Air Force Base
Metz
France
Jerry
Kaiserlautern
Germany
James M. Hogan
Braconne
Truman hints at endorsement as convention nears
Former President Truman said he may be reconvinced about his Democratic nomination choice and plans to reveal it at a news conference later today. He indicated he is leaning in one direction amid a busy schedule with supporters of Harriman and Stevenson.
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Chicago
Truman
Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harriman
Stevenson
Gov. George Leader
Pennsylvania
Mr. Truman
Adlai
Mr Truman
Sheraton-Blackstone
Egypt vows to destroy Suez Canal if seized by force
Cairo sources say Egypt will destroy the canal rather than let it fall from control if France and Britain act to seize it. Two Britons are expelled from Egypt on undisclosed charges as amid talks in London Paris and Washington. The London talks on canal internationalization begin August 16 with a likely Russian representative. Arab labor unions threaten violence and boycotts against nations backing forceful action.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
France
London
Ae Ol Co
Arthur Hawke
Henry Peuleve
Suezon
Hawke
Peuleve
Shell
Sefton Delmer
London Daily Express
Issa Fl Korashi
New York Daily News
Delmer
Gamal A. Nasser
Suez
Pharoah
Karashi
Nasser
National Guidance (Propaganda
Salah Salem
al Shaab
Moscow
Paris
Washington
Foreign Office
Russia
Britain
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Council of the International Federation of Arab Labor Unions
Carroll County Storm Drops Wind and Hail Across Farms
A wind and hail storm swept a large area of Carroll County damaging crops especially south of Glidden where fields saw winds up to 70 mph and hail six to eight inches deep. Rain totals varied with Williams in Hamilton County reporting 1.08 inches and other towns recording varying totals as weather forecasts called for more thundershowers through Monday.
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United Press
Carroll County
Iowa
Glidden
Williams
Hamilton County
Jewell
Sac City
Zearing
Toledo
Grundy Center
Steam Rock
Shell Rock
Waterloo
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Dubuque
Des Moines
Explosion Aboard German Freighter Kills Two Crewmen
The Coast Guard probed an explosion aboard the German freighter Heidberg in Lewes Delaware that killed Juergen Schwittner and Herbert Gueldner and burned six others. The 277 foot vessel carrying iron ore was en route to Philadelphia from Puerto Ordaz Venezuela when a piston failure ripped through the engine, but the ship remained afloat and was anchored awaiting tow for repairs.
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Coast Guard
Philadelphia
Puerto Ordaz
Venezuela
Delaware River
Heinz Nauersberger
Heidberg
First Hurricane Betsy Approaches West Indies
The season's first hurricane Betsy nears the West Indies with winds up to 120 mph moving 17 mph toward Dominica expected by noon. Warnings extend from St Lucia to Antigua as radar planes monitor the storm from the U S and Puerto Rico stations.
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Miami
South Atlantic
West Indies
Dominica
San Juan
P.R
Railways Buy 800000 Items Yearly Then Spends 650 Million
British Railways purchases about 800000 items each year, covering goods from soap to railroad tracks, with a total expenditure near 650 million dollars.
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British Railways
Mrs Nina McCoy Of Wayland Dies At 84
Funeral services pending at Zehr Funeral Home Wayland for Mrs Nina McClintic McCoy 84 who died at her daughter Grace Moser Farmington home in the early morning hours. Survived by two daughters Mrs Moser Farmington and Mrs Mildred Gisel Wayland a son Glen McCoy Wayland and several grandchildren.
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Wayland
Zehr
Nina McClintic McCoy
Grace Moser
Farmington
Iowa Fire Marshal seeks stronger statewide fire laws
Fire experts urge the Iowa Legislature to grant the state authority to enforce fire prevention standards. They propose basic construction standards, direct penalties for noncompliance, and reorganization of fire laws to let the fire marshal oversee hotels, hospitals, and nursing homes rather than relying on licensing refusals by other departments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ed Herron
Herron
Governor's
Fire Law Study Committee
National Fire Protection Assn
Committee
State Agriculture Department
State
Public Health Department
Agriculture Department
Kansas Leads Nation in Newspapers by Population
Kansas reports 54 daily papers and 295 weekly publications, reflecting a dense print media presence per capita across the state.
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Kansas
State
Oldsters Gather For Annual Dinner Here
More than 100 members of the Evening Journal Three-Quarter Century Club were to attend a noon dinner at the Country Club. Reservations numbered 135. A short program followed, with time for socializing among Washington County’s older residents. An added feature was visiting the new building on the Washington Retirement Home site, which is open to the public today until 4 30 p.m.
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Evening Journal
Country Club
Oldsters
Washington County
Washington Retirement Home
New Fire Strikes Belgian Mine Trapping 254
A fresh fire rekindled at Amer Coer coal mine in Marcinelle Belgium delaying rescue efforts for 254 entombed miners. Officials said extinguishing the blaze hinges on lowering an elevator damaged by twisted rails as mourners gather.
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Marcinelle
Belgium
Amer Coer
Bitter Heart
Andre van den Heuvel
Jean Reyn
van den Heuvel
Mareinelle
Belgim
Michigan’s land and water make up vast state landscape
The piece notes Michigan’s area as 40 percent water and 60 percent land with the Great Lakes Erie Ontario Huron Michigan and Superior touching its shores. It mentions more than 11 000 inland lakes and credits science for agricultural progress including hybrid corn that now yields about one third more corn on 82 percent of the land compared with the early 1930s per a TwentyFirst Century Fund report.
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Michigan
Set Hearing Date For Mid-Prairie School Proposal
The Iowa Mid-Prairie school reorganization plan will have a public hearing on August 28 in Washington County. Petitions signed by at least one third of voters in districts part of the proposal have been filed, and objections must be submitted by noon August 28. The County Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. the same day to hear interested parties.
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Mid-Prairie
Washington County
Lester B. Krabill
County Board of Education
Iowa
Supt. Krabill
Drop Kidnap Charges Against Davenport Man
Henry County authorities dropped kidnapping charges against 20 year old Davenport man Thomas Bellows after an affidavit showed Mellie Joyce Spencer willingly eloped with him. Bellows was arrested in Los Angeles last Monday and disclosed the couple had been married.
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Green Rock
Davenport
Henry County
Weather Report for Iowa Tonight Through Sunday
Partly cloudy in the northwest and cloudy in the southeast with scattered thunder showers in the southeast tonight. Sunday will be partly cloudy with a low of 5 to 67 and a high of 80 to 85. Monday expect widely scattered thunder showers across the state.
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United Press Iowa
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