Attend School In Shifts Because Of Lack of Classrooms
A United Press extra reports at least 10 million American children are shortchanged by a national schoolroom shortage. About 840,000 attend public schools in shifts, 5.7 million in crowded rooms, and 3.5 million study in dilapidated or dangerous facilities. President Eisenhower seeks a $2.2 billion four year federal aid program to relieve the crisis.
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United Press Extra
Louis Cassels
United Press
Washington
U.S. Office of Education
National Education Assn
Eisenhower
Congress
The Highway Story by Bob Hullihan
A salesman named Fred Holt battles winter mud as he bikes through suburban Iowa to pitch papers. Mud clings to him, his shoes wear thin, and a slip at an intersection leads to two weeks in a hospital. The piece ends with a note on Rhode Island's “city state” reputation based on Providence’s dense population.
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Fred Holt
Iowa City
Fred
Rhode Island
Greater
Providence
Russia, China Rivalry Deepens After Moscow Mission
Soviet leaders sought China's help to reshape East European policy after Polish and Hungarian unrest. Chou Enlai toured Moscow Warsaw and Budapest, portraying China as a central Communist power. The alliance raises China's influence while raising questions about U.N. recognition and future East Asia leverage.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Soviet
Russia
China
Red
Chou Enlai
Moscow
Chou
Warsaw
Budapest
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Janos Kadar
Nikolai A. Bulganin Chou
Bulganin
Red China
East Asia
India
Asia
Burma
Indonesia
U.N
United States
Loveless Nominates Regents Stoking Senate Battle
Gov Herschel Loveless submits six nominations to the Iowa Board of Regents in a surprise move. Several nominees are Democrats including Mrs Kenneth Evans and Mrs Joseph Rosenfield. If approved, the board would tilt to a Democratic 5-4 majority. Lt Rep Casey Loss signals opposition to highway patrol funding.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa Senate
Herschel Loveless
Iowa Board of Regents
Senate
Loveless
Kenneth Evans
Emerson
GOP
Evans
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Joseph Rosenfield
Morris Berkness
Armstrong
Lester
Gillette
Fostoria
Harry H. Hagemann
Waverly
Arthur Barlow
Cedar Rapids
Richard Plock
Burlington
Clifford Strawman
Anamosa
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
Unions Ordered To Kick Out Gangsters
The AFL CIO instructed its unions to eject suspected gangsters or Communists without trial, asserting unions may bar corrupt or totalitarian influences under their constitution and moral principles. The move aims to clean up member unions amid a 27 member council meeting.
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Miami Beach
Aflcio
Afl-Cio
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Senate
Loss cites two year term for public safety post and patrol needs
Loss argues the public safety commissioner's appointment should remain a two year governor appointed post. He says the highway patrol needs higher pay and a longevity program rather than more officers, urging a return to the patrol’s original safety focus. Rep Watts of Murray, in his second Iowa House term, has a long legislative history and family ties to law and politics.
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Terim
Highway Patrol
Iowa Highway Safety Patrol
Special Assembly
The
House
Stanley Watts
Murray
Towa House
Watts
Birmingham
van Buren County
David
College of Law
University of Iowa
New York
Thomas Dewey
Harvard University
Catholic Countries Enforce School Attendance Policy
In Costa Rica Archbishop Ruben Odio declares automatic excommunication for Catholic parents who send children to non Catholic schools. The surprise decree comes amid a backdrop of religious tolerance, Protestant schools, and a cautious move in broader church and state affairs.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Ruben Odio
Brownell Mentioned For Court Position
President Eisenhower may pick a successor to retiring Supreme Court Justice Stanley S. Reed from lower federal court judges. Administration sources noted Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. could be considered for Reed’s seat after Reed announced his retirement after 19 years on the bench.
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High Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Brownell
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
John M. Harlan
U.S. Circuit Court of
New York
William J. Brennan Jr
New Jersey State Supreme Court
Farr Warren
California
Reed
South
Midwest
East Coast
Far West
Washington
Stanley S. Reed
Administration
Herbert Brownell Jr
Riverside Supt. Van De Voort Attends Iowa Teachers Assembly
Riverside news reports Supt. E. Van De Voort attended the Delegate Assembly for the Teachers of Iowa in Des Moines. Also noted are Kent Feed dinner for turkey growers in Kalona, local attendees, a bridal shower for Mrs. Mark Meeks, and Lions Club sponsored ice skating rink on Main Street lights nightly for youths.
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Marge Luckey Riverside
E. van de Voort
Des Moines
Teachers of Iowa
William L. Burke
Chicago
Kent Feed Company
Kalona
Elke Chanters
Muscatine
Riverside
F. W
Schnoebelen
Kent
Claude Carraux
John R. Yeggy
Glen Younkin
Mark Meeks
Iowa City
Methodist Church
Meeks
Leon, Meeks
Bob Meeks
Orval Meeks
John Gookin
Evan Watkinson
William Meeks
Sigourney
Lions Club
Joe Pail
Main Street
Ivan Shradel
Bob Sehnieder
Bob Harper
Don Kirchner
The
Lee McGuire
Leo Birka
Wayland High Honor Roll Students Named by Class
Wayland High School announces semester honor roll dedicated to seniors and underclassmen. Freshmen recipients include Nancy Davies Ardith Davison John Graber and others with several achieving all A grades. Sophomores juniors and seniors list features multiple Graber Farmer Kauffman and Roth family members with several all A students.
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Wayland High
Wayland
Wayland High School
Nancy Davies
Ardith Davison
John Graber
Peggy Hesseltine
Velda Kauffman
Stanley Meyer
Chris Resehly
Gary Tschantz
Martha Wyse
Evelyn Farmer
Elizabeth Freyenberger
Patricia Graber
Jack Hertig
Jerry Hesseltine
Irvin Leichty
Luch Wyse
Janet Yoder
Betty Davison
Beverly Farmer
Jean Farmer
Dorothy Graber
All
A's
Patty Hileman
Donna Roth
Mary Roth
Donna Bain
Janice Bain
LuAnn Boshart
Ruth Ann Clark
Nancy Elder
Marcia Freyenberger
Karen Graber
Mary Hesseltine
Janice Kauffman
Bill Kauffman
Edwin Reschly
Ruth Roth
A’s
Kathryn Schroll
Beatrice Tucker
Noted Educators Born in Hatfield Town
Scholarly Hatfield brief notes three prominent educators born in Hatfield Massachusetts Col Ephraim Williams founder of Williams College Rev Jonathan Dickinson first president of the institution that became Princeton University and Elisha Williams a president of Yale.
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Hatfield, Mass
Col
Ephraim Williams
Williams College
Jonathan Dickinson
Princeton University
Elisha Williams
Yale
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Ment
Beck
Texas
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National Live Stock Commission Co. Union Stock Yards
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Charles Connolly
John Finn
Donald Stevens
Clyde Davis
William Hawes
James Enright
Washington Concrete Co
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Jeanny
Todd
Alameda
Calif
International Soundphoto
Joe Palocka
MR Beelee
MR. Walsh
MR. Beeee
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Stevie
Ham Fisher
Stevie Darling
Clem Shrubbs
WMIX
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
Supt. van de Voort
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Alfalfa
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Blondie
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