Desks Without Drawers Ills Highlight Embassy Purchases
Washington in Brussels embassy staff face furniture flaws as new chairs and desks lack drawers and front panels. A House Appropriations subcommittee report cites mismanagement of U S property abroad and details a Paris mansion purchase linked to Baron Maurice de Rothschild, including art object removals and alterations.
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Washington
U. S
Brussels
State Department
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Frank T. Bow R
Ohiod
Sam Coont¢R-Orey
Prince HH. Preston Jr
D-Ga
Fantastic Story
France
Paris
Baron Maurice de Rothschild
Iowa Students Celebrate Hoosier Upset With Dorm Raid
Iowa City reporters describe University of Iowa students celebrating a 62 64 upset of Indiana by storming Currier Hall women’s dormitory. Proctors blocked entrances as police dispersed the crowd. Team star Milton Schevertson scored 18 as coach Bucky O’Connor calmed the campus before greeting the squad at the airport.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Indiana
Currier Hall
Seek to Move Township Hall in Dutch Creek
A complaint and petition filed today seeks a declaratory judgment against Cleo Trier K Trier Walter W Wolfe and Helen Wolfe. Trustees Mangold Waterhouse and Hamilton ask to move the Dutch Creek township stall building from Dublin to another location within the township. Defendants claim the building belongs to them and their land, as no deed mentions it. Complainants say the building was built with funds raised by a 1912 levy and belongs to residents to determine its use.
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Cleo Trier
Ruhl K. Trier
Walter W. Wolfe
Helen Wolfe
Howard Mangold
Max Waterhouse
Harry Hamilton
Dutch Creek Township
Washington County
Dutel Creek Township
Dublin
Land Value Debate Over Worthless House and Valuable Land
Subcommittee heard the house was worthless but the accompanying land could hold value. Officials weighed options for disposition and potential buyers as part of a broader evaluation.
Sherwood Eddy Links McCarthy To Hitler And Stalin
Sherwood Eddy 83 former YMCA foreign secretary compared Sen Joseph McCarthy to Hitler and Stalin at Cornell College in Mount Vernon Iowa He said McCarthy seeks the presidency and that America has reached an all time moral low mirroring Russia under Stalin and Germany under Hitler. Eddy noted his 60 years with the YMCA across 50 countries.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Sherwood Eddy
The
YMCA
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Hitler
Stalin
MeCarthy
United States
Eddy
Cornell College
Joe McCarthy
Russia
Germany
Jaycee Award Given To Washington Leader Keith Vetter
Keith Vetter, prominent Washington businessman, named Washington's Outstanding Young Man of 1953 at Bosses Night banquet attended by nearly 100 Jaycees. He received the Jaycee distinguished service plaque for his community efforts including Sunday school leadership, Community Chest campaigns, Camp Fire and Y M C A work, Chamber of Commerce and Young Republican activity. He operates an insurance business and Culligan Soft Water Service locally and serves on national and state soft water groups.
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Dick Richards
Washington Jaycees
Charles Morris
Journal News
Jaycee Press
Jaycees
The
Evening Journal
Journal
Chamber of Commerce
K. Hk. Shannon
Keith Vetter
Dayeere
Harry Levy
Levy
Jaycee Committee
Washington
Mr. Vetter
Jaycee
Vetter
Y's Men's Club
Chamber of Commerce Board
Washington County Young Republican Club
Culligan Soft Water Service
United States
Culligan
State Soft Water Association
National Soft Water Dealers’ Organization
Jaycee Press Award
R. E. Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
Wayne Putman Jr
Lowa Jaycees
Dick Hinman
Bill Mass
Iowa City Jaycees
Stan Hunsaker
Iowa
Mr. Pleasant
Eddie Rains
Keota
Bandits Shoot Iowa Farmer and Flee With Safe
Three hooded bandits shot William Edwards, 50, of Mondamin, Iowa, when he refused to open a safe and fled with the safe after tying relatives in the Edwards home. Police beam roadblocks and search intensify as investigators identify the abandoned safe near the Big Sioux River.
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Sioux City
Mondamin
Iowa
Harry Gibbons
Gibbons
Edwards
Homer Nyrees
North Sioux City
Big Sioux River
William Edwards
Florence Edwards
Vicetim
Mattie Myers
Harrison County
Hacol@ Imrie
Logan
Edwards Farm
Miss Edwards
Here
Rites Held Today For McCutchen Infant
Graveside rites were held at 1 p.m. for Anthony Michael McCutchen four day old son of Mr and Mrs C R McCutchen Jr The infant born Feb 19 died Monday afternoon Survivors include his parents two brothers C R McCutchen III and Charles a sister Evelyn paternal grandmother Mrs C R McCutchen Sr and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Ragen Rev R J Kinnavey led the service Jones Funeral Home arranged the rites
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Anthony Michael McCutchen
C. R. McCutchen Jr
Charles Ragen
R. J. Kinnavey
Jones Funeral Home
Chicaqua Chapter Plans Tree Planting Program in April
The Chicaqua chapter of the Izaak Walton League outlined a tree planting drive set for April during a meeting at VEW hall. Walt Messer will lead the project committee with help from the Boy Scouts, as part of the Plant Iowa program, with planting slated for Sunday April 3 at Lake Danning.
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Chicaqua Chapter
Chicaqua
Izaak Walton League
Vew Hall
Walt Messer
Boy Scouts
Lake Danning
Iawa
Ben D. Bruns
Allen Br. Allyn
State Forcever
Allyn
Karl Frederick
Friese Sisters
Joan
Mary
Frederick
Lowa
Committee Reports Effectiveness Of Globulin Not Known
A government panel said gamma globulin is not yet proven a cure or preventive for polio and that data so far show no measurable reduction in cases or severity among those exposed. Basil O Connor urged cautious interpretation, stressing temporary preventive value for mass inoculations and continued testing.
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Washington Cup
Public Health Service
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
New York
Methodists Plan Sunday School Night at Washington Church
Washington Methodist church hosts Sunday School Night during the Spiritual Life Mission. Dr. Mar ton Green speaks on Teach Us to Pray with vocal solo by Mrs C R Reed and trumpet by Dan Kiesey. Ladies choir led by Mrs Artemas Brown features Robert Wead and Tom Robb among participants.
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Spiritual Life
Methodist Church
Washington
Marton Green
C. R Reed
Dan Kiesey
Artemas Brown
Robert Wead
Tom Robb
Plans for Iowa Republican women club events announced
Plans for activities of the Women’s Republican club were announced along with the Iowa Council of Republican Women spring conference set for March 1 at the Kirkwood hotel in Des Moines. The county group meets Friday at 2 50 p.m. at 919 South Fourth Avenue the home of Mrs. Nate Young. Reservations for the Des Moines conference must be mailed to Mrs. Barbara Hesley by February 26. National Federation president Mrs. Carroll D. Kearns will speak.
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Women's Republican Club
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Nate Young
South Fourth Avenue
Barbara Hesley
Cottage Grove
Carroll.d. Kearns
Knowland Warns Geneva Peace Conference Risks
Sen William F Knowland warned the Geneva peace conference could become a Far Eastern Munich risking World War III. He spoke in New York after Dulles reassured Congress the talks wont imply Red China recognition or U N membership. He edited the speech but kept cautions against concessions on China to seal a Korean or Indochina settlement.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
Senate
N.Y
Knowland
New York
John Foster Dulles
U. S
U.N
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Geneva
China
Indochina
McCarthy Charges Army Rehired Communist in Pentagon Code Room
Senator McCarthy accused the Army of allowing Annie Lee Moss a current Pentagon Signal Corps code room employee to keep her job despite Communist ties. Mary Markward testified Moss was identified as a Communist as early as 1944, while Army Secretary Stevens said he had not heard of Moss before today.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Pentagon
Senate
Robert T. Stevens
Stevens
McCarthy
Royal Army
Annie Lee Moss
Army Signal Corps
Mary Markward
FBI
Markward
France Sets Price for Support of West European Defense Plans
Paris reports France will require allied backing for the European Defense Community pact plus a Saar coal dispute settlement. A Foreign Office spokesman said ratification hinges on U S and Britain guarantees, troop assurances, and closer Western alliance. France also seeks talks to reopen Saar discussions with West Germany.
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France
Paris
United States-Britain
Sarr Basin
Foreign Office
Berlin
United States
Britain
Europe
Ciate
Georges Bidault
Konrad Adenauer
Saar
Bidault
Attend District GOP Meeting in Iowa City
Mr and Mrs Keith Norton attended a Republican First District central committee meeting in Iowa City Monday night. James Schramm of Burlington presided with guests including Don Pierson Huimbolt new state chairman Robert Wacconer Des Moines new state executive director George Nagle and Well Greenwalt. Plans for fundraising and a centennial Des Moines dinner in late April with Vice President Nixon were announced. Candidates Ernest Palmer Jr Herman Lord and Fred Schwengel were listed for governor and congress.
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Keith Norton
Republican First District
Iowa City
James Schramm
Burlington
Star
Don Pierson
Huimbolt
New State
Robert Wacconer
Des Moines
George Nagle
Well Greenwalt
State Finances Committee
Comine
Des Moine
Richard Nixon
Ernest Palmer Jr
Ft. Madison
Herman Lord
I N Shockey Dies At Home Near Princeton Missouri
Word came today of the death of I N Shockey 86 at his home near Princeton Missouri around 5 am. Funeral services will be held in Princeton with date pending. He is survived by his wife another son Ira of San Francisco a daughter Mrs Sam George of Princeton six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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I. N. Shockey
Princeton
Shockey
Cleo Shockey
Washington
Ira
San Francisco
Calif
Sam George
Charles E Nicholson Dies Suddenly At 76
Charles Edwin Nicholson of Winfield died suddenly this morning from a heart attack at age 76. Funeral arrangements are with Jones Funeral Home, with date and time pending word from distant relatives.
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Charles Edwin Nicholson
Winfield
Jones
Norwegian jumper Riisnaes eligible for UNH varsity
Norwegian electrical engineering student Jon Riisnaes, last winter’s North American ski jumping champion, is eligible to compete for UNH varsity this season.
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Durham, N. H
Jon Riisnaes
Norway
University of New Hampshire
Bogan Attacks Iowa Highway Plan Progress
Gerald Bogan executive secretary of the Iowa Good Roads Assn criticized the 20 year highway modernization plan saying it will take over a century to complete. He noted since 1949 only 241 of 4 229 miles of outmoded 18 foot pavement have been eliminated.
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Manchester
Iowa
Gerald Bogan
Iowa Good Roads Assn
Bogan
Rotary Lions
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