Highway Mishaps Claim Ten Lives Over Weekend
Ten persons died in weekend highway mishaps amid icy pavements and frost. James Kerr 19 Osceola died en route after a two vehicle crash on U S 69 near Leon. Eugene Eberhardt 35 Garna Villa died in a Dubuque hospital from injuries after icy slip on U S 69. Mrs Marian Larson 25 Waterloo killed in a two car crash on U S 20 east of Waterloo. Mrs Fred Serfoss 54 Waverly fatally injured when her car skidded on ice on 0 S 3 near Waverly. Henry E Penrod 74 Sycamore Ill died in Fort Dodge hospital from injuries in a near Harcourt truck car crash. Nora Keene 73 Paol Junction and Howard Sanford 32 Glenwood injured fatally when car skidded on U S 275 and plunged down embankment south of Council Bluffs. Raymond E Morrison 27 Ottumwa killed in two car collision at an Ottumwa street intersection. William M Whennen Ottumwa and family escaped major injuries in a separate crash. Frank Cota 89 Harpers Ferry died from burns in hospital after kerosene lamp fire at home.
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James Kerr
Osceola
U. S. 69
Leon
Eugene Eberhardt
Garna- Villa
Dubuque
U. S
Guttenberg
Marian Larson
Waterloo
U.S. 20
Larson
Frank Lane
Lane
Fred Serfoss
Waverly
Henry E. Penrod
Nora Keene
Paol Junction
Howard Sanford
Glenwood
U. S. 275
Council Bluffs
Sanford
Raymond E. Morrison
Ottumwa
William M. Whennen
Addelmund
Frank Cota
Harpers Ferry
Waukon
Cota
Hull doubts POWs want to return to democracy
General John E. Hull, Allied commander in the Far East, said 22 unrepatriated American prisoners did not seem eager to return to democracy. In Seoul he noted they have at least 87 days in custody to decide, while plans for rest of anti-Communist Koreans and Chinese being civilianized by Jan 22, 1954 proceed.
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Tokyo
John E. Hull
Far East
Hull
Seoul
Korea
Formosa
Flull
Syngman Rhee
Thimayya
United Nations
Washington
Pfe
Richard Tenneson
Alden
Minn
New Tax Rule Applies to Occupied Trailer Homes
A 1954 law shifts trailer home owners to a monthly county tax based on trailer length including hitch. Unoccupied trailers treated as personal property. Multi home plots become mobile home parks requiring state licensing and monthly occupancy reports to the county assessor. Information available from the county assessor office.
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State Department of Health
Iowa suspends over four thousand licenses in 1953
Iowa's Public Safety Department reports 4,514 licenses revoked or suspended in the first ten months of 1953. Drunk driving leads with 2,184, followed by reckless driving with 528 suspensions and 431 for license restriction violations. Mental illness accounts for 131 suspensions and speeding for 101. Total suspended 2,330 and revoked 2,184.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Public Safety Department
Winter Weather Returns to Iowa With Cold Wave
Light snow fell across Iowa as winter officially begins at 9:22 p.m. A cold Canadian air mass will bring subzero to single digits in northern areas, with lows of 10 to 20 in the south. Tuesday turns partly cloudy and colder, with highs of 10 to 25, and the outlook is continued cold on Wednesday.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Isowa
Streme
Dock Workers May Align With UMW After NY Waterfront Vote
Captain William V. Bradley head of the International Longshoremen's Association says he favors affiliating with John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers if the ILA wins the New York waterfront bargaining election. He expects a landslide victory and says AFL charges of racketeering led to the current split. Bradley cites discussions with Lewis and CIO and AFL leaders about possible affiliation.
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Washington
William V. Bradley
Independent International Longshoremen’s Aren
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
ILA
New York
Bradley
Lewis
UMW
AFL International Longshoremen’s
AFL
CIO
Kremlin awards Stalin Peace Prizes to diverse recipients
The Kremlin honored Howard Fast Chilean poet Pablo Neruda Polish writer Leon Kruczkowski and others with Stalin peace prizes amid controversy. An unfrocked Italian priest Andrea Gaggiero and Swedish physician Dr. Andrew Andree were cited for peace work and antiwar activities linked to Korea. Prize values were not disclosed.
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London
Kremlin
Howard Fast
Korea
Fast
U.S
Pablo Neruda
Leon Kruczkowski
Fighters For Peace
Andrew Andree
Moscow
Three Commended For Accident Victim Aid
The Iowa Safety Department commends two Iowans and one Illinois driver for aiding in accident response. Russell Allison of Fairfield received first aid duty near Kalona on Nov 29 and helped transport the victim to a hospital. Fairfield residents George Harden and Glen Sherman aided. Dick Holman of Center Point directed traffic near a burning gas truck for over an hour near Center Point on Dec 2. Joseph L. Tershel of Park Forest Ill held a drunken driver at the scene near Cedar Rapids on Dec 1 until highway patrol arrived.
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Des Moines
Iowa Safety Department
Illinois
Russell Allison
Fairfield
Kalona
Allison
George Harden
Glen Sherman
Dick Holman
Center Point
Dee
Joseph L. Tershel
Park Forest
Cedar Rapids
Highway Patrol
Infant Dies in Mercy Hospital Iowa City
Cora Emm Erlenbush infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris D. Erlenbush of seven miles southeast of Washington died Sunday morning in Mercy hospital Iowa City. Born December 19, she is survived by her parents. Graveside rites were held at Hillcrest cemetery Brighton with Rev. Earl C. Long officiating. Jones funeral home handled arrangements.
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Cora Emm Erlenbush
Chris D. Erlenbush
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Iowa City Hospital
Erlenbush
Lois Lowry
Hillcrest Cemetery
Brighton
Earl C. Longfellow
Jones Funeral Home
Rioters Demonstrate in Tehran Amid Mossadegh Trial
In Tehran a wave of demonstrations erupts as Mossadegh faces treason charges while the Shah intercedes. About 60 students led chants against Britain as troops dispersed crowds and six people were arrested at the scene. British Embassy staff arrived at the airport under heavy guard amid resumed Tehran-London diplomatic ties.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Youn Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mossadegh
Dean Reports to President on Korea Peace Talks
Special Ambassador Arthur H. Dean delivers to President Eisenhower a report on eight weeks of futile effort to secure Communist agreement for a Korean political conference. He plans a national TV address at 9 p.m. EST and ABC radio later, detailing negotiations with the goal of restarting talks and achieving lasting peace.
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Washington
Arthur H. Dean
Eisenhower
Dean
Korea
DuMont Television Network
ABC Radio
John Foster Dulles
Fieenhower
White House
United States
Sgt Claus Hikes To Remote Lost Cove Orphanage
Santa Claus in uniform and four helpers hiked to Lost Cove North Carolina to deliver gifts to 22 people as the Operation Christmas windup. Air Force teams had distributed gifts to about 5,000 children in North Carolina orphanages earlier, but rough terrain required infantry-style delivery to reach the isolated plateau location.
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Asheville
N. Co
Air Force
Lost Cove
N. C
North Carolina
Pope Ai Force Base
Unaka Mountains
Bob Johnson
Indianapolis
William S. Lynes Seeks Republican Governor Nomination
William S. Lynes, 60, of Waverly, filed for nomination papers to run for governor as a Republican next year. He has served four terms as Bremer County representative, including two as speaker of the House.
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Des Moines
William S. Lynes
Waverly
Secretary of State
Lynes
Bremer County
Records track cow production to identify profitable cows
The owner keeps notes on each cow to see which animals generate money and which are low producers, aiding management decisions.
Soviet agrees to talks on peaceful atomic energy plan
Moscow reports that the Soviet government will negotiate with the United States on Eisenhower's proposal for peaceful development of atomic energy. An official statement praised Eisenhower as a world war era military leader while proposing nations commit to not use atomic weapons and work toward international control and disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
Ressia
Heart Attack Aboard Train Fatal to Curtis Henderson
Curtis Alonzo Henderson 66 an engineer on the Golden State Limited Rock Island passenger train between Eldon and Rock Island died aboard the Rock Island train Sunday morning after a heart attack. He and his wife were headed to Washington DC to visit relatives. He was stricken on board and died before reaching Washington. Funeral arrangements are handled by Campbell Funeral Home of Fairfield. He was born March 24 1887 in Cuba Illinois. Survivors include his wife a son Harry W and a daughter Dorothy Fisher both of Washington DC and six grandchildren.
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Curtis Alonzo Henderson
Rock Island
Eldon
Mr. Henderson
Washington, D. C
South Washington
Henderson
Washington
Fiden
Campbell
Des Moines to Host Large Cooperative Grain Elevator
Digging for a new 5,000,000 bushel grain terminal begins this week near Des Moines. The Farmers Grain Dealers Assn will build a $2,500,000, 20 acre elevator four miles SE of the city. It will be the second largest in Iowa and the largest cooperatively owned elevator in Iowa Illinois Indiana and Ohio.
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Des Moines
Farmers Grain Dealers Assn
Don E. Edison
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Twenty two Vehicles Registered Last Week
Twenty two vehicles were registered at the county treasurer office last week to individuals and firms in Crawfordsville Wellman Washington Keota Ainsworth and Riverside. Registrations include Ford trucks Chrysler Chevrolet Pontiac Buick Mercury and Nash across listed owners and addresses.
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Max Albert Owen
Crawfordsville
Ford Truck
William E. Martin
Wellman
Enos Dewitt Miller
Wellman Chrysler
Jess Alison Raymond
Eidin Charles Bauer
West Chester—Ford
Frank Burton Kleese
Keota — Plymouth
Maple Crest Turkey Farms Inc
Everette Davis
Crawfordsville Ford
Liloah Farrier
Brighton
Merle Raymond
Esther Mae Allison
Washington- Ford
Orville Joshua Sherwood
Washington
William Robert Murphy
Ainsworth—-Ford
Melvin Archie Bone
Riverside Ford
Hiunt’'s
Ainsworth
Mercury
Lawrence Frank Dann
Chrysler
Lyle Kenneth Ross
Pontiac Home Gas Co
Will Sing Christmas Carols in City Park
Residents of the Washington area are invited to a carol sing in Central Park on Wednesday December 23 at 8 30 p m Sponsored by the YWCA the singing will be led by Milo Sorden in front of the nativity scene at the Memorial band stand Choirs of the city are cooperating in the event announced today by Mrs Neil Trotman YWCA vice president
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Washington
Central Park
YWCA
Milo Sorden
Neil Trotman
Tallman Seeks Republican Iowa Commerce Commission Nomination
Clarion resident John Tallman announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Iowa for the Commerce Commission. He previously ran unsuccessfully to fill a two year term and currently serves as assistant to the commission's electrical engineer.
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Clarion
CUP
John Tallman
Iowa Commerce Commission
Tallman
Commission
Cull Target Herd as Buiding Measures Set in Motion
A livestock roundup proceeds with the aim to remove weaker members from the herd. Officials state the culling focuses on improving overall herd health and productivity.
Five of Criminals Still at Large in Detroit
Three of five escaped convicts from Southern Michigan Prison were captured on Detroit's near side. Captured were Daniel Bousha, 37, Virgil Lane, 27, and Edward Emerick, 27.
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Detroit
Michigan
Daniel Bousha
Virgil Lane
Edward Emerick
Five Jackson Prison escapees roam Detroit area
Police guard five of the thirteen convicts who broke from Jackson Prison as Michigan mounts a major manhunt. Roman Usiondek, a claimed psychopath, vows vengeance while detectives canvass rooming houses and hotels and watch relatives of the fugitives.
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Usiondek
Asst
Tom Pasieczny
William Bannan
Jackson Prison
Detroit
Hamtramck
Jackson
Here
Funeral for Mrs Belle McCarty Held at Jones Funeral Home
Services were conducted at 10 a m with Rev Earl Longfellow presiding. Pallbearers Keith Jones Otis Jones Lester Willey and Dick Conrad assisted. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Belle McCarty
Jones Funeral Home
Earl Longfellow
Keith
Otis Jones
Lester Willey
Dick Conrad
Elm Grove Cemetery
Nazarene Church Christmas Program Shown
The Nazarene Church presented a Christmas program on Sunday evening featuring songs and recitations by children and the choir. Mrs Ralph Lytle gave a sign language prayer, Mrs Nay adley sang with accompaniment, and Mr and Mrs Wesley closed with a song while Burroughs played electric guitar. Treats followed, with Van Gent heading the program committee and assistance from Mrs Elmer Neff and Lucy Kelley. Valeg tine McKune was pianist.
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Pregram
Elmer Neff
Neff
Lucy Kelley
Valege Tine McKune
Funeral services for Mrs Ape thur Ballew
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Sherman's home with Rev. E C Alles in charge. Pallbearers included P A Melmore Gene Turner Luther Ballew Lester Ballew Aaron and Howard. Burial followed at Wot cemetery.
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United Press
Syamore
Fort Dodge
Harcourt
William Addelmund
Marvin Wertjes
Cedar Falls
Illinois Central
Perse
Tenneson
Portia
Howe
Minnesota
Mrs. Howe
Gift Guide Today
Dock Workers Union
Andrea Gaggiero
Pravda
Yageiero
Sgt. Claus
Santa
Allen
Jolene
Winner
Galen Howsare
Roger Sommers
Susanne
Maureen Milller
Crawfordsville Lions Club
Bob Miller
K. K. McDonald
Crawfordsvile
Wyman
Unite Bly
Staten Pover Wenaal
a _4
Oasia
Bohlen
Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Fyodor Ilyichev
Berlin
Curtis Henderson
Will
City Park
Commerce Commission
Bulletin
Motor City
Roman Usiondek
Pasieczny
Sophie Kubert
Peter
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