Kefauver Rallies To Win Nomination
In Chicago delegates split as Sen Estes Kefauver led early but faced a push by Sen John F Kennedy after Adlai Stevenson urged an open contest for the vice presidential slot. Kennedy surged on the second ballot aided by Illinois New York Texas and Tennessee shifts while Gore’s withdrawal aided Kefauver's bid.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
South
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kefauver
John F Kennedy
Massachusetts
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Hubert Hene
Minnesota
Robert F. Wagner Jr
New York
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Leroy
Kennedy
Wagner
Humphrey
Illinois
Texas
Gore
John F. Kennedy
4-H Members To Enter Fair Exhibits At Iowa State Fair
Washington County 4-H clubs will send livestock entries to the Iowa State Fair with participants Harold Bohr and the Durian Brothers of Wellman plus Jean Rinner showing baby beeves. Swine entries include Bernard Bartholow, Keith Horn of Washington, Fred and Bill Durian of Wellman, and Ken Greiner of Keota. A livestock judging team and county demonstration team will also represent the county with demonstrations underway and workouts for the judging team next week. The 4-H livestock show is set for next Friday and Saturday, with the market project sale Saturday.
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Harold Bohr
Durian Brothers
Wellman
Jean Rinner
Bernard Bartholow
Keith Horn
Washington
Fred
Bill Durian
Weiiman
Ken Greiner
Keot
4 H Boys To Receive Free Purebred Gilts
Washington County 4-H members are awarded purebred gilts from the Washington County Swine Producers Association. This year Ken Gremer of Keota gets a Hampshire, Dean Havel of Ainsworth a purebred Tamworth, and Don Koch of Brighton a purebred Doree.
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Bern
Washington County Club
Washington County Swine Producers Association
Ken Gremer
Keota
Hampshire
Dean Havel
Ainsworth
Tamworth
Don Koch
Brighton
Comaitiec
Iowa GOP Delegates Head for California
Iowa delegates head for the Republican national convention in San Francisco. The report notes a shift from Chicago’s setting with Democrats and highlights how Iowa GOP participants will join the prime political spotlight as the convention opens this weekend.
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Iowa
GOP
California
Robert Hogan
Iowa Daily Press
SAN Francisco
TDPA
Chicago
Chicago Stock Yards
Firemen praised for work at county home blaze
Washington firemen earned praise from the county board for controlling a fire at the county farm barn. They answered at 4 p.m., worked to 11 p.m., with nine men staying until 1 a.m. They removed hay, spread sparks, and helped extinguish the fire, aided by city workers and county staff.
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Washington
County Board of Supervisors
Oats deemed suitable for seed with testing urged
County extension chief Tom Robb says this year's oats are probably fit for seed but advises farmers to have samples tested at state laboratories for germination impurities and weed seeds.
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Tom Robb
Kefauver Pledges An All Out Campaign
Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver received the Democratic vice presidential nomination at the Chicago convention after two ballots. He pledged an aggressive campaign and said he would serve with humility if elected, overcoming opposition from the South and Truman.
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Kefauver
Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Fidas ‘Pight
South
Harry S. Truman
Acid Thrower Murder Tied to Garment District Racketeers
FBI arrested two New York garment district figures in the assault on labor columnist Victor Riesel. A small time East Side man, Abraham Telvi, 22, was found dead with a bullet wound, linked to the blinding plot. Identified as Miranti and Carlino, the racketeers face federal charges in the case.
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New York
FBI
Victor Riesel
New York Garment District
East Side
United States
Thomas B. Gilchrist Jr
Riesel
Abraham Telvi
Brooklyn
Telvi
Lower East Side
Garment District
Gandolfo Miranti
Fingerman
Joseph Carlino
Rainfall and Storm Disrupts Evening Journal Delivery
Washington reported 0.55 inches of rain before 7 am after a violent electrical storm and gusty winds. The storm knocked out wire service between Iowa City and the Evening Journal, causing today’s paper to publish without United Press updates from about 7 am to noon.
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Washington
Official Weather Observer
Iowa City
Evening Journal
United Press News
Typhoon Babs Leaves 46 Dead in Japan
Typhoon Babs moved over northern Japan then headed to the Pacific Ocean leaving 46 dead and many missing. Heavy rains flood farmland as the storm’s 110 mph winds eased off Honshu’s west coast.
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Japan
Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Honshu
Pacific
Polio Outbreak In Chicago Reaches New High
Chicago health officials say the back of the polio outbreak is broken but urge continued vaccination. The 24 hour count added 25 new cases, raising the year total to 810 and 21 deaths, while the week’s total dropped 27 from last week.
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Chicago
Board of Health
Herman N. Bundesen
Still No Jurors For Brinks Robbery Trial
In Boston prosecutors target Wednesday to select a jury for the Brinks robbery case in Suffolk County. Eight defendants face looting charges over 1.2 million dollars from January 17, 1950, with 262 challenges reduced to 47 as nearly 900 prospective jurors were screened. The defense argues a fair trial is unlikely due to case notoriety.
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Boston
Brink
Suffolk County
Massachusetts
Spencer Man Given Life Imprisonment
Spencer Iowa November reports Herman Seebeck a 67 year old deaf mute diabetic man pleaded guilty to killing his sister and her husband. Judge G W Stillman imposed life imprisonment at Fort Madison after a degree of guilt hearing reduced the charge to second degree murder. Seebeck was deemed mentally competent after 36 days of evaluation at University Hospitals Iowa City. He killed Abraham Hagberg 68 and his wife Caroline 66 who were stabbed and shot in their home on June 25.
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Spencer
Iowa
Herbert Seebeck
G.W. Stillman
Seebeck
Fort Madison
Stillman
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Abraham Hagberg
Caroline
Hagberg
David Norman Wins Jr. Feeding Title at County Fair
David Norman won grand championship honors in the junior cattle feeding pen of five at the Washington County 4-H County Fair. Reserve honors went to John Wagenknecht. blue ribbons to Larry Marek and Paul Smith. red ribbons to David Bell Dick Stewart and the Chmelar Brothers. The winning Herefords weighed 612 pounds on Oct 1 purchased for 22.75 per cwt, sold at 26. They were fed 15.24 per cwt gain with corn silage oats soy meal and hay, yielding a profit of 430 dollars per pen as markets rose.
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David Norman
Washington County
John Wagenknecht
Larry Marek
Paul Smith
David Bell
Dick Stewart
Chmelar Brothers
J.C. Holbert Cattle Co
ICA Denies Plans For Sending The Planes
Washington dispatch reports the International Cooperation Administration denies plans to ship about 380 jet aircraft to Communist Yugoslavia. ICA says all jet shipments are frozen unless President Eisenhower orders them through. Rep. John Taber questions the pipeline under the new law blocking most Yugoslav military aid.
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Washington
International Cooperation Administration
Yugoslvia
ICA
Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
John Taber
R-Ny
GOP
House Appropriations Committee
Proposal for Washington County high school reorganization
A county wide plan led by Mrs Joe Hines argues for a central county high school serving grades 10 to 12 with a broad tax base to finance four year college level salaries and an expanded curriculum. It advocates equal opportunity, extensive electives, and adult and vocational education to curb delinquency and broaden services while utilizing existing facilities.
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Washington County
Joe Hines
Route 4
Washington
John Schultz
Iowa
Toda
Education room fundraiser nets six thousand four hundred twenty eight
A special offering at Friday night softball games at Green field raised 6428 for the county nurses home education room. The feature was Jaycees versus the Chamber of Commerce with disputed winner claims. Otto Mulaec hit a ball that turned into an improbable cantaloupe.
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Greenfield
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Otto Mulaec
Western powers press for quick Suez settlement plan
The United States and Britain urged Russia in secret talks to back a rapid Suez settlement as Dulles and Shepilov met at the Russian embassy and Lloyd joined to discuss strategy. France remained cautiously hopeful while Egypt plans resistance battalions and Arab rifts surface amid shifting loyalties.
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London
United States
Britain
Russia
John Foster Dulles
D. T. Shepilov
Selwyn Lloyd
Shepilov
Dulles
Lloyd
Christian Pine
Radio Moscow
Egypt
Cairo
Canal
Beirut
Arab Front
Addouiya
Saudi Arabia
Fighting Campaign Is Promise Before Delegates by Adlai
In Chicago the Stevenson Kefauver ticket united a party toward a fighting campaign to dethrone Eisenhower. Plans call for a looser, TV aided, cross country effort with Kefauver resuming campaigning after a rest. Stevenson defended his past bid and pledged to lead with leadership and truth against a divided Republican Party.
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Adlai
Chicago
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Democratic National Committee
Pr Butler
National Committee
Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
White House
Kefauver
Truman
Nixon Arrives for Opening of GOP Convention in West
Vice President Richard M. Nixon lands in San Francisco for the GOP convention amid Harold Stassen's bid to unseat him. Stassen moves to press his effort from the St Francis Hotel as delegates arrive for the Cow Palace opening and platform drafting proceeds without major dispute.
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San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Los Angeles
California
Stassen
Massachusetts
Christian A. Herter
St. Francis
Cow Palace
Weather Outlook for Iowa Through Sunday
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Saturday with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight east through Sunday. Cooler Sunday overall except extreme southeast tonight. Lows tonight 55 to 62 northwest and 63 to 70 southeast. Highs Saturday 75 to 80 northeast and 80 to 86 southwest. Generally fair with no major temperature change Sunday.
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Iowa
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