Soviet Official Warns Hydrogen Bombs Could Fall on U S Cities
Moscow reports Anastas Mikoyan declares Soviet bloc has means to deliver hydrogen bombs to American cities and hints at globe circling missiles. He says war would not enrich aggressors and that civilization would unite to stop any attack.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Communist Party Congress
Mikoyan
Russia
America
Mikkoyan
Chrysler to Develop 1500 Mile Ground Launched Missile
Chrysler Corp will build an intermediate guided missile for navy ships with a 1500 mile range. The company becomes prime contractor for development and production of the ground launched system amid U S and defense program debates on intercontinental missiles. Trevor Gardner urged a crash effort and will report to the Atomic Energy Committee next week.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
United States
Trevor Gardner
Air Force Research
Congress
Gardner
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Weapons Subcommittee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Air Force
Donald Quarles
38 Marines Dead In Military Crash Near Niles
A four engine transport plane crashed into a rocky ridge near Niles California killing 38 Marines including five crewmen and 33 passengers. The aircraft was en route from El Toro to Alameda NAS circling for landing when it hit the 1300 foot ridge amid mist. Names of most crew and passengers withheld until next of kin notices. Bodies to Oak Knoll Naval Hospital for identification.
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Niles
Calif
Navy
el Toro Marine Base
California
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Francisco Bay
Alameda County
el Toro
San Francisco
Camp Pendleton
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Oakland
Segregation Forces Organize in Alabama
In Tuscaloosa a Citizens Council leader vowed to fight desegregation efforts as long as white blood remains pure. The rally followed the Autherine Lucy incident and the launch of a state wide Citizens Councils of Alabama network with campus student involvement noted.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Citizens Council
South
Walter C. Givhan
University of Alabama
Givhan
Communist Party
Autherine Lucy
Leonard R. Wilson
Citizens’ Councils of Alabama
Wilson
Ice Jam Threat Faces Danube Hydro Plant
US Army engineers stand by to blast a large Danube icepack endangering the Jochenstein hydro electric plant as Europe endures a severe cold spell. The ice jam adds to widespread river traffic jams, snowbound communities, and dozens of weather fatalities across multiple nations.
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London
Danube
Rhine
Jochenstein
Germany
Austria
Sweden
Italy
Switzerland
France
Rome
Naples
Sicily
Floresta
Bluffs Carpenter Burned After Self Inflicted Fire
Council Bluffs carpenter Abraham Leibotivtz 53 suffered second and third degree burns over most of his body when he set fire to his gasoline soaked clothing near his home garage. He told officers he started the fire himself. He had been charged with assault with intent to commit murder after a February 10 fight with Councilman Joseph Katelman over property.
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Council Bluffs
Abraham Leibotivtz
Leibotivtz
Leibovitz
Joseph Katelman
Katelman
Council Bluffs Development Co
Kiwanis Club Formed in Detroit in January 1915
The first Kiwanis Club organized at Detroit on January 21 1915 marking the origin of a civic service network. The event established a local chapter that would spread nationwide as a service club movement.
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Detroit
U S Faces Potential Loss of Dhahran Air Base Use
The United States risks losing access to the Dhahran air base in Saudi Arabia as a dispute over the price to keep the base open rises. The 18 M41 Walker Bulldog tanks impounded in New York are tied to the demand, and the current use agreement expires June 18. The move affects Western defense posture against Soviet moves in the Middle East.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
United States
Dhahran
New York
United Press
Saudi Arabian
Persian Gulf
Baku
Strategic Air Command
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Dulles
Abdullah Al-Khayyal
Union Pickets Parade In Protest of Benson
In Des Moines a dozen United Packinghouse Workers Union members picketed a hotel Friday night protesting Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson. They charged Benson scapegoated organized labor for rising farm costs and shouted about low wages, while Benson entered the hotel for a National Farm Institute speech.
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Des Moines
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Benson
Organized Labor
Ezra
National Farm Institute
California
Iowa Swine Producer Day set at Iowa State College
Washington County swine producers and others plan to attend Iowa Swine Producer Day at Iowa State College on Monday February 20. Speakers include Dr R R Spitzer of Murphy Products Co and Leon Johnson in addition to ISU economists and industry professionals from three states.
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Washington County
Iowa
R.R. Spitzer
Murphy Products Co
Burlington
Wisconsin
Orleans
Indiana
Leon Johnson
Iowa State College
John C. Milton
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Bernard Ebbing
Bath Packing Company
Waterloo
Wilbur Plager
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Des Moines
Iowa State College Animal Husbandmen
Francis Kutish
Herbert Howell
Ralph Durham
L.N. Hazel
Damon Catron
Local Groups Invited To Armory Open House
Washington Chamber of Commerce members the Jaycees and other service organizations are invited to visit the Washington armory Monday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 for an open house program by the National Guard unit. Capt Harold Stephens and Warrant Officer Glen Murphy emphasize the event aims to acquaint the community with the National Guard and its facilities. the city council and teachers and the general public are also invited.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Washington
Washington Armory
National Guard
Harold Stephens
Glen Murphy
Two Children Dead in Gas Fumes Tragedy in Council Bluffs
A father returning home from work found his wife critically ill and two young children dead from gas fumes at their home in Council Bluffs. Kenneth Thompson, 2, and Linda Thompson, 6, perished while their mother lay in grave condition. Investigators noted a stove vent damper had been closed.
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Council Bluffs
Kenneth Thompson
Linda
Raymond Thompson
Thompson
Washington County Farms Worth More Than U S Average
Census data show Washington County farms average $201.78 per acre for land and buildings, above national and Northern States figures, with average per farm value $34,632. Prices rise since 1950 while overall farm income trends down. Federal soil bank plans to retire up to 22,182 of county cropland may ease pressure.
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New York
Washington County
Census Bureau
United States
Agriculture Department
Congress
President
Soil Bank Plan
Washington
State Bird of South Carolina Named Carolina Wren
The Carolina Wren is designated as South Carolina’s state bird, recognized for its distinctive song and presence across the region.
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South Carolina
Carolina
Seat Belts Credited With Saving Lives After Plane Crash
About 21 passengers and three crew members escaped serious injury when an Eastern Airlines Martin Silver Falcon flipped during landing in rain and fog near Owensboro. Passengers say seat belts saved lives as the plane rolled onto its side and cars were evacuated through windows.
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Owensboro
Eastern Airlines
Evansville
Ind
Chicago
Louisville
Roy R. Muller
Wheaton
Nat Goodman
Reading
Supervisor Acquitted In Drunk Driving Case
Davenport AP reports Richard Englehart Bettendorf Scott County Supervisor was acquitted by a District Court jury after five hours of deliberation on a drunken driving charge. Englehart testified he had two high balls and three beers the evening of the February 1955 arrest. A toxicologist testified the blood test tester had limited experience.
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Victor Levine
Creighton University
Omaha
Englehart
Benson Attacks Phases Of Senate Farm Bill
In Des Moines Ezra Benson criticizes the Senate farm bill saying it poses real dangers in costly price supports for four crops and in soil bank proposals. He cites 90 percent parity supports for peanut wheat corn and cotton and objects to favored treatment of these crops.
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Des Moines
Iowa
ULP
Senate
Ezra T. Benson
National Farm Institute
Benson
Soviet Condemns Stalin Era in Speech at 20th Party Congress
Anastas Mikoyan denounced Stalin era writings and the cult of personality in a speech at the 20th Communist Party Congress. He assailed Stalin's history and Economics work as incorrect and called for a new textbook with accurate facts while criticizing historians and purges of the 1930s.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Radio Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Ivvestia
Stalin
Anastas Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Israeli Official Warns Arms Sale Could Start War
Simcha Pratt, Israel consul general in Chicago, warned at a Des Moines meeting that the recent sale of Czechoslovakian arms to Egypt could ignite war with Israel within two months. He urged Western powers to supply defensive arms to counter Egyptian weapons.
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Des Moines
Israel
Egypt
Simcha Pratt
Chicago
Tiferetth Israel
Pratt
Mrs Showalter Dies Near Keota on Friday
Mrs. Alvina Christina Showalter 69 died at her Kinross area home Friday at 1:25 p.m. Funeral services are pending relatives notification. Donations to the Cancer Fund requested. She was born March 7 1886 daughter of Herman and Alvina Luers. Survived by husband Edward W. Showalter four brothers and one sister. Preceded in death by parents and siblings.
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Keota
Alvina Christina Showalter
Kinross
Powell
Cancer Fund
Alvina Christina Luers
Herman
Alvina Reinke Luers
Edward W. Showalter
Henry
William Luers
Sigourney
Richard
Santa Anna
Calif
Anna Schrader
Area Toastmasters Contest Saturday at YMCA Washington
Washington area Toastmasters host a contest Saturday at 7 p.m. in the YMCA building. Contestants come from Oskaloosa Centerville Burlington Ottumwa and Washington. Thursday meeting listed Bruce Cowden Milton Barker Wallace Blakestead William Ham mer Ed Hatchcroft and future speakers include John Gamon Howard Benn Bernard McCarthy Richard Stephens Everett Meeker.
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Washington
YMCA
Oskaloosa
Centerville
Burlington
Ottumwa
To Washington
Bruce Cowden
Lincoln
Milton Barker
Wallace Blakestead
William Hammer
San Francisco
Ed Hatchcroft
Camera Wise
John
Weather Forecast for Iowa Weekend
Increasing cloudiness to night and Sunday with light rain or snow possible in the south and east central areas. Warmer tonight, then colder Sunday with highs from 20 in the northwest to 35 in the southeast. Monday remains cloudy and colder with lows around 5 to 12 above.
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United Press
Iowa
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