Surprise Witnesses In Lattimore Case
Justice Department sources say the FBI has lined up several surprise witnesses for the perjury case against Owen Lattimore the Johns Hopkins University 52 year old professor and former State Department consultant indicted on seven counts for allegedly lying during his testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Owen Lattimore
Tin Orient
Lattimore
John Hopkins University
State Department
Senate
Internal Security
Tie
Tafts Chances of Becoming Speaker Boosted Today
Senator Tafts bid for Senate Republican floor leader received a lift from remarks by Senators Carlson and Smith who met with Eisenhower on Tuesday. Carlson said Eisenhower would not influence the selection but indicated personal support for Taft, though his remarks were read as cautious rather than a full endorsement.
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Washington
Cil
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Alexander Smith
Tafts
Carlson
Taft
Cold Weather Here to Return in Iowa Weather Forecast
United Press reports warmer air moved into Iowa today but a sharp drop is forecast for Thursday with snow possible Friday. Temperatures ranged from 14 degrees at Mason City to 82 at Ottumwa early, with readings later expected to climb to 38 to 54 this afternoon. Tonight should be fair with lows from 12 to 18 north and 16 to 22 south.
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Iowa
Mason City
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Columbus Junction Man Hospitalized After Illinois Accident
G W Ayers of Columbus Junction is in a Sandwich Illinois hospital after a car crash near Plano Illinois Saturday evening on his way home from Chicago visits with his daughter Mrs Robert Wilson. His Plymouth was badly damaged.
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Columbus Junction
G. W. Ayers
Sandwich
Ill
Plano
Robert Wilson
Chicago
Insanity ratio remark on Africans and the lost
A fragment notes a claim that the insanity ratio among Africans is described as 20 times higher than in the los, reflecting biased language and problematic comparison in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los
Six Children Die in Arkansas Kerosen Fire Disaster
Six children perished in a three room farm home fire near Little Rock caused by a kerosene explosion. The Bryant family parents were in critical condition from burns incurred when the father attempted to light a chimney fire with kerosene. One other child was less seriously burned.
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Little Rock
Ark
Here
Hilton Bryant
County Group Donates $100 For TB Research
The Washington County Tuberculosis association donated $100 for research to the American Trudeau Society, the medical section of the National Tuberculosis Association. The National TB Association is funding 29 investigations in 12 states and DC on bacterial resistance, minimal tuberculosis, and drug inhibition.
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Washington County Tuberculosis Association
A. Boice
American Trudeau Society
National Tuberculosis Association
States
District of Columbia
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Boice
Iowa
Clintate Oat Growers Meet in Mt Pleasant Tuesday
Two Washington county growers of the new Clintate Oat released for increase by the Iowa Crop Improvement Association attended a Mt Pleasant meeting Tuesday night. Ralph Tadlock of Wellman and Verne Knecht from the Washington FFA joined growers from SE Iowa counties along with Tom Robb and Jim Elliott from the county extension office. Topics included oat disease problems fertilization seeding rates certification requirements and other issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Mt. Pleasant
Ralph Tadlock
Wellman
Verne Knecht
Washington Ffa
Iowa
Tom Robb
Jim Elliott
California Scientist William E Bush Dies by Own Action
Livermore California authorities reported that 44 year old UC atomic scientist William Emory Bush was found dead in a gas filled room. Bush who worked at California Radiation Laboratory during WWII had been reassigned to an Atomic Energy Commission plant for fundamental atomic research and left a note citing marital troubles.
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Livermore
Calif
CUP
University of California Atomic Scientist
William Emory Bush
California
Radiation Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission
Bush
Appeal for help locating missing children in Naperville quarry
Parents Floyd and Geraldine Rosenstiel pleaded for information about three-year-old Edward Rosenstiel and six-year-old Jean Petersen after the boys vanished. Authorities pumped two quarries dry to search the murky bottoms but found no trace of the children, prompting hopes they may have died in an accident.
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Naperville
Edward Rosenstiel
Jean Petersen
Arab Nations Plan Countermeasures Against France
The Mgrplian government said a bloc of Arab Asian states will meet in Cairo late this month to plan strong actions against French aggression in North Africa. The gathering follows the Arab League political committee conference on December 20 to discuss Tunisia Algeria and Morocco.
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Cairo
Kevpt
Mgrplian
North
Arab League
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Soil Committee Schedules Nine Regional District Meetings
Kenneth Wagner and R Ed Baur announce nine statewide regional meetings for Soil Conservation District Commissioners. The sessions run 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on December 19 at the Harlan Hotel in Mt. Pleasant, with officials from Washington County listed as attendees.
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Kenneth Wagner
West Liberty
Iowa
State Soil Conservation Committee
R. Ed Baur
van Meter
Iowa Association of District Commissioners
Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Service
Harlan
Mt. Pleasant
Washington County
Homer Vincent
James Birney
Herb Campbell
Harry Ramseyer
Carl T. Anderson
Tom Robb
Howard Witting
P.M.A
Paul Boettcher
June Nicola
Ayers Sentenced to 50 Day Jail Term
Cliff Ayers was ordered by Justice of the Peace H M Putnam to serve a 50 day term in Washington county jail on a charge of intoxication.
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Cliff Ayers
Justice of the Peace
H. M. Putnam
Washington County
Houser Will Not Be Here December 23
Master Sergeant John V. Houser, an army and air force recruiter from Davenport, said he will not be in Washington on December 23 due to holidays. He will be in Washington again on December 30 and remains stationed to recruit from Davenport after coming from Des Moines. He has 11 years in service, was at Tinker Air Force Base, is married with two children, and can be reached at the Washington post office for information on the armed services.
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John V. Houser
Army
Air Force
Davenport
Washington Post Office
Washington
Set
Houser
Des Moines
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Armed Services
Teens Charged in Ringsted Jewelry Store Robbery
Four teenagers including a 17 year old married couple faced charges for a Ringsted jewelry store theft. Gary William 17 and Floyd Rasmussen 19 from Fairmont Minnesota were accused of stealing 1200 dollars worth of watches. Rasmussen is Ringsted resident and the others hail from Fairmont Minnesota.
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Estherville
LLP
Ringsted
le Roy Larson
Gary William
Floyd Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Fairmont, Minn
Sioux City Real Estate Man Denies Wife Death Guilt
Sioux City real estate man Philip Hegstrom, 48, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the September killing of his wife, a grand jury indictment citing a heavy coffee mug attack in the kitchen. A dismissal petition was overruled and a trial could occur this month if requested.
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Sioux City
Philip Hegstrom
L. B. Forsling
Hegstrom
Coeds Flee Fire in Currier Hall Dormitory
Two hundred University of Iowa coeds fled Currier Hall when a fourth floor room caught fire from a candle. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze with no injuries reported.
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Currier Hall
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Candle
Westminster Local Social Notes Highlight Family Visits
Mr and Mrs Keith Stewart visited hospitalized Frank Stewart. Robert Stephens family joined the Stewarts for supper. Re nard Sandheim and Jean Booth also attended. The Stewarts met Edwin Pfeffer's youngest child. Ted Kelsey Paul DeLong and families hosted a birthday supper for Bob Eckels with an eighteen candle cake. Bill Walker and children stopped by the Eckels home midweek.
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Robert Eckels
Westminster
Keith Stewart
Frank Stewart
Robert Stephens
Renard Sandheim
Sandholm
Mary Jane Stephens
Jean Booth
Edwin Pieffer
Pfeffer
Ted Kelsey
Paul De-Long
Bob
Wagenknechts Visit and Family News Near Ogden Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wagenknecht and family spent December 6 weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith in Ogden Iowa for visiting and pheasant hunting. The Bruce Lord home welcomed Theodore Verne as the newest member. Charles Lord underwent an appendectomy in Washington hospital and is recovering. Mrs. Gail Shull visited the Wagenknechts last Tuesday.
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Glen Lord
North Xenia
Herman Wagenknecht
Gerald Smith
Ogden
Iowa
George Lord
Bruce
Washington Hospital
Gail Shull
Active Varianoes and IQ Abbreviation Note
The text notes seventy varianoes described as active. It also explains IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient.
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I. Q
Intelligence
Mother Asks Arrest To Aid Her Children
Mrs. Sarah Pecks a 38 year old Indiana mother of nine deliberately sought arrest on an auto theft charge to secure care for her children. She stole her employer's car in Macy Indiana saying earnings as a waitress could not feed them and hoped arrest would trigger help.
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Carmi
Indiana
Sarah Pecks
Macy
Ind
B 29s Hammer at Red Supply Areas in Korea
American Superforts bombed two communist supply dumps in North Korea and, despite heavy overcast and strong winds, dropped 220000 pounds of explosives from Okinawa. Sabrejet pilots shot down one MIG-15 and damaged four others over MIG Alley. Bombers from five 5th Air Force wings and a Marine air group attacked Red transport and battlefront positions in the Haeju Peninsula area.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Mig
5Th Air Force
Marine Air
Okinawa
Haeju Peninsula
Local Stores to Open Evenings for Christmas Shoppers
Washington stores will be open tonight from 7 to 9 for Christmas shoppers. They will remain open Saturday night and will also be open Monday and Tuesday evenings next week to serve last minute buyers.
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Washington
Frigid Winds Slaughter Florida Crops Amid Cold Front
A strong high pressure system drove frigid air into Florida causing temperatures to fall to 22 degrees in parts of the state. Farmers used smudge pots to protect citrus as authorities estimated four-fifths of snap bean and corn crops and truck farms were destroyed.
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United Press
Florida
Sunshine State
Midwest
Diamond Accused of Mis Using Office
Former U S Attorney Tobias E Diamond of Sioux City Iowa faced sworn testimony accusing him of turning his government office into a bill collecting agency for a private law client. The 74 year old resigning official testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee probing Justice Department scandals.
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Washington
U. S
Tobias E. Diamond
Sioux City
Jettorney
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Miami
Mrs Frank Mast Dies In Edinburgh Texas
Mrs Frank Mast 84 of Ottumwa died in Edinburgh Texas while visiting for the winter. She was formerly Ida Miller taught school locally and was mother of Dr T M Mast of Washington and Mrs W D Elliott Jr of Edinburgh Texas and Donald Mast of Burbank California. Surviving also a sister Mrs Will Clapp and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Ottumwa pending word from relatives.
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Washington
Frank M. Mast
Edinburgh
Texas
W. D. Elliott Jr
Donald Mast
Burbank
California
Will Clapp
Mast
Willits Repeats as First Chamber Member Renewal
Cloud Willits became the first member to renew his chamber of commerce membership in Washington, continuing a three year pattern. He is an active booster, former president and former director of the chamber as the campaign to recruit merchants and others proceeds.
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Willits
Chamber
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Cloud Willits
Egyptian Students Rally Against Imperial Powers in Cairo
In Cairo a crowd of about twelve thousand Egyptian students denounced the United States Britain and France as imperialist powers and staged protests against French aggression in North Africa. Tunisian and Moroccan flags flew from Fuad El Awal University buildings as students occupied the main hall and shouted anti French slogans.
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Cairo
Egypt
United States
Britain
France
North Africa
Fuad el Awal University
Quad City Strikers Print Own Strike Paper
AFL printers at four Tri Cities papers walk out and plan a second edition tabloid. No negotiations scheduled as Local 170 and the four papers continue publication without the striking workers.
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Quad City Strikers
Moline, Til
AFL
Tri-Cities
International Typographical Union
Harold Clark
Davenport Times
Rock Island Argus
Moline Dispatch
Davenport Democrat
Mrs Houghton denies Eisenhower post offer
Mrs H C Houghton Jr former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs denies being offered the ambassador post to the Netherlands by President elect Eisenhower. She campaigned through 11 states for Eisenhower and says she is not seeking political jobs.
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RED Oak
H. C. Houghton Jr
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Netherlands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Des Moines Man 93 Becomes Father for 13th Time
Luis A. Carrizales aged 93 and wife Mary 28 welcomed a daughter on Monday. Married in 1945 the couple already had three daughters and two sons. Carrizales previously fathered seven children with two former marriages, totaling thirteen.
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Des Moines
Luis A. Carrizales
Mary
Carrizales
Urge Commission to Regulate Utilities
A nine member Iowa study committee recommended creating a five member public service commission to regulate public utilities. The group urged absorbing the state commerce commission duties and scrapping that agency. Debate over including municipal and cooperative utilities offered legislation for 1955 session.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Public Service Commission
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
William 8. Beardsley
State Commerce Commission
Brodie Twins Undergo Historic Separation Attempt
In Chicago the 15 month old Brodie Siamese twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee, joined at the skull, faced a seven hour operation to separate them at the University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital. Doctors warned of possible complications and the goal would be to complete the separation, a first if successful.
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Chicago
Brodie
DiSalle Takes Over Price Control Job
Washington reports Michael V. DiSalle is named to lead the wage price control program for the remainder of President Truman's administration. He notes he would have weighed more if not for a 35 pound loss during his Senate bid, and will hold the post from Roger L. Putnam as the Republican take over nears on January 20.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSallie
Senate
Ohio
Truman
Roger L. Putnam
DiSalle
Youth Dies Testing Speed of His Car
Des Moines. Robert Hukill, 18, died after his car crashed off a curve and overturned southeast of the city. Deputies said he was racing with Guy Moore Garrett Jr., 27, at speeds up to 85 to 90 mph. Hukill was thrown 30 feet from the wreck.
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Des Moines
Robert Hukill
Here
Hukill
Guy Moore Garrett Jr
Polio Fatality Rate Drops to About Eight Percent
Report notes polio cases now show about eight percent fatality. Medical officials cite vaccines and treatments improving survival, while public health campaigns emphasize prevention and early intervention.
Surprise Lunch Meeting With MacArthur At Dulles Home
Eisenhower and General MacArthur met at lunch in John Foster Dulles local home three days after Eisenhower returned from Korea. The gathering marked the first between the two since 1946 when Eisenhower chaired the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The meeting was announced from Eisenhower's Commodore Hotel HQ by Press Secretary Hagerty with details limited.
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New York
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
Korea
MacArthur
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tokyo
Commodore Hotel
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
Gen
Tito Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Vatican
Belgrade Yugoslavia Marshal Tito announced the severing of diplomatic relations with the Vatican citing interference in Yugoslavia. Deputy Foreign Minister Ales Bebler delivered the notice after Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac was named cardinal.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Aloysius Stepinac
Ales Bebler
Silvio Oddi
Tito
Kremlin
Pius XII
Iin
Churchill to Visit U S Next Spring
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill plans a February or March trip to the United States for talks with President Eisenhower. He may bring Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Chancellor R A Butler. Arrangements await Eisenhower’s inauguration on January 20.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
Anthony Eden
R. A. Butler
Funeral services for John A. Arthur held Tuesday
Funeral services for John A. Arthur were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Sherman's funeral home with Dr. C. R. Reed in charge. Pallbearers were Francis, Raymond and Don Crone, Marion Ferguson, Fred Graham and Everette Stewart. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery.
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John A. Arthur
Sherman
C. R. Reed
Francis, Raymond
Don Crone
Marion Ferguson
Fred Graham
Everette Stewart
Elm Grove Cemetery
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