Kentucky Flood Disaster Area Expanded
President Eisenhower declared Kentucky a major disaster area as the flood toll rose to at least 11 in a four state region. Federal aid was approved while the Army National Guard and Red Cross helped move food and medical supplies to isolated towns.
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Eisenhower
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Army
National Guard
Red Cross
Bueau
TVA
Hazard
Williamson
Logan
W.va
Pikeville
London
Ashland
Gas Line Hearings Continue in Capital
In Washington Iowa officials and engineers testified before a Federal Power Commission examiner on a proposed 76 million dollar natural gas pipeline from Beatrice Nebraska to Joliet Illinois. Sigourney mayor Stephan Gerard and engineer D R Stewart urged 800000 cubic feet daily for Sigourney plus six potential industrial customers.
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Washington
Stephan Gerard
Sigourney
Iowa
D. R. Stewart
Midwest
Federal Power Commission
Natural Gas Pipeline Co
Beatrice
Neb
Joliet
Ill
L. P. Harlan
Interstate Power Co
Clinton
Interstate
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Centerville
Osceola
What Cheer
Keota
Iowa Power and Light Co
Des Moines
Emerson
Malvern
Pacific Junction
Oskaloosa
Winterset
Indianola
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Essex
Iowa - Illinois Electric Co
Davenport
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Clarinda
Creston
Greenfield
Knoxville
Muscatine
Pella
Willisea
Enrollment Workers Will Report Tonight at YMCA
YMCA enrollment workers plan first annual reports at 7 p m in the YMCA building this evening. They will announce progress and continue efforts this week to inform locals and recruit members.
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YMCA
Battle Over Farm Legislation Reaches Congress
A new clash between the Democratic Congress and the Eisenhower administration centers on soil bank subsidies as debates over farm policy intensify. Harold Cooley and W R Poage push payments to growers of cotton, wheat, peanuts, rice and tobacco for obeying production laws, challenging the administration’s bid to ease corn planting limits. Assistant Secretary Marvin McLain testifies that corn would not receive special treatment and that a minimum allotment is needed for corn to meet market needs.
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Washington
Democratic Congress
Eisenhower
Harold D. Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
W.R. Poage
D-Tex
Cooley and Poage
Congress
Marvin McLain
House Committee
Iowa Senate drops daylight savings time bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee blocked the daylight savings time bill saying it is too controversial and would take more time than it is worth. Action on the measure was delayed and its prospects this session appear unlikely.
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Des Moines
Senate Judiciary Committee
Iowa
W. C. Stuart
R-Chariton
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
David O. Shaff
Clinton
Funeral planned for Fred H. Kitzman in Keota
Fred H. Kitzman 77 of Keota died from a fall at his Keota home. Funeral at Powell Funeral Home Keota Saturday at 1 30 p m with Rev C S Kempker conducting. He was born January 27 1880 near What Cheer married Estella McVeigh in 1912 and farmed in Sigourney Webster counties before moving to Keota area. Survivors include his wife two sons Donald and Dallas three grandchildren four brothers and one sister.
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Keota
Fred H. Kitzman
Powell Funeral Home
C. S. Kempker
Mr. Kitzman
What Cheer
August
Bertha Pokrantz Kitzman
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Estella McVeigh
Webster
Bud Dempsey
Kitzman
New Residents At UP Home Welcomed By City Hostess
New residents at the United Presbyterian Home were greeted in Washington by the Chamber of Commerce hostess. Dr and Mrs H F Philips reside in Cottage 14. she serves as registered nurse. Mrs Mattie M Black lives in Cottage 3 as matron. Rev Roy P Morris stays in room 201 with five sons and 14 grandchildren. Rev T J Lew, new St James Catholic Church pastor, also welcomed.
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United Presbyterian Home
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
H. FE. Philips
Cottage 14
U.P
Philips
Santa Monica
Calif
Mattie M. Black
Cottage 3
College Springs
Iowa
Roy P. Morris
U. P
Murry
Nebraska
Five Escape Death In Apartment House Blast
Five people escaped death or serious injury when a two story Cedar Rapids apartment house exploded. Mrs Mullins suffered a head injury, while Mrs Courtney rushed in to help and was cut and bruised. Inside were Mullins with a two year old daughter, and May with two children. gas company workers had checked a leak before the blast.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
William Mullins
Cecil Courtney
Marion
Mullins
Lori
Kenneth May
Edward
Colette
Jesse Hunter
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Iowa Governor Names Six Regents Appointees
Democrat Herschel Loveless selected four Democrats and two Republicans to the Iowa Board of Regents. The appointments to fill three terms expire June 30 and three vacancies, with Senate confirmation required. Members named include Harry Hagemann, Mrs. Rosenfield, Lester Gillette, Mrs. Berkness, Arthur Barlow, and Mrs. Evans.
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Des Moines
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa Board of Regents
Senate
Harry H. Hagemann
Waverly
Joseph Rosenfield
Lester Gillette
Fostoria
Morris Berkness
Armstrong
Arthur Barlow
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth A. Evans
Emerson
Board of Regents
Rex Weddle
Knoxville
Rosenfield
Evans
Hagemann
Barlow
Dwight G. Rider
Fort Dodge
Gillette
W. B. Hamilton
Hampton
Rider
Berkness
Frank G. Brooks
Mount Vernon
Willard Archie
Shenandoah
Carl Fredrickson
Sioux City
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Teachers College
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Iowa Braille
Vinton
Oakdale
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
University of Iowa Joint Economic Council
Amana Society
Amana
Kossuth County
Eisenhower urges Congress to liberalize immigration law
President Eisenhower asked Congress for new immigration legislation to grant asylum to refugees fleeing Communist persecution and tyranny. He urged two steps, including paroling escapees into the United States under conditions set by the attorney general, and highlighted Hungary as a focal point of the crisis.
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Washington
Llp
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Hungary
Free World
Jaycee Boss Night honors Merritt McDaniel and Robert Brewer
The annual Boss Night Banquet of the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Merritt McDaniel as the outstanding boss and selected Robert Brewer as the Outstanding Young Man of Washington. Phil Kneen presented McDaniel’s award. Bob Robertson presented Brewer’s.
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Merritt McDaniel
Washington
Mr. McDaniel
Jaycee
Robert Brewer
Wasaga
Bob Robertson
McDaniel
Phil Kneen
Brewer
Robertson
Tito Still Wanted As U S Visitor
The State Department remains keen on Tito visiting the United States despite congressional protests and hints that Tito may cool to the idea. If he comes, he would be the first Communist nation head to make such a visit, with objections rising from Congress Catholic groups and others. President Eisenhower stressed meeting disagreeing leaders to assess possible understandings, and warned against discourtesy to foreign visitors.
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Washington
State Department
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
United States
Congress
Tito
Eisenhower
U.S
New York City
Saud
Saudi Arabia
House Panel Backs Bill For School District Reorganization
DES MOINES Iowa the House of Representatives School Committee approved a bill that would force reluctant districts into reorganization if 75 percent of districts vote approval and the plan gains an overall majority in a school election. The measure previously passed the House 95 to 0 but stalled in the Senate. Committeeman W E Whitney said the bill moves along.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
House
Senate
Committe
W. E. Whitney
Aurelia
Ways and Means Committee
Warn Farmers Not To Hike Hog Production
Iowa Farm Bureau leaders warned that flooding the hog market next fall and winter could cost farmers millions. They urged holding 1957 production level to avoid a price break, noting rising breeding stock except in drought areas and hogs at $19.50 per head for 3 pounds. The group authorized President E. Howard Hill to seek cooperation from swine associations banks and other groups to enforce the plan.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Federation
Iowa
Howard Hill
Dulles Seeks Saudi Aid in Battle for Middle East
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles pressed King Saud to back the Eisenhower Doctrine and oppose Soviet influence in the Middle East. He hoped Saud would endorse U S aid and help rally Arab nations, while outlining plans during a Blair House meeting after touring Washington.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Dulles
Eisenhower
White House
Blair House
Keping
United States
Turkey
Iran
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Russia
Laud
Richard M. Nixon
District Forester Resigns Iowa Post
Allan D Allyn resigns as district forester for eight Iowa counties to enter private industry. He led forestry in Wapello Jefferson Mahaska Henry Des Moines Louisa Washington and Keokuk. Allyn will join Crandon Paper Mills Fort Madison as a forester. no replacement announced.
Bedwell Recants Murder Confession In Chicago Case
Bedwell a 20 year old skid row dishwasher recanted his signed confession to the murder of sisters Barbara Grimes and Patricia Grimes. He testified he was beaten into admitting and faced a habeas corpus hearing with bail possible as police pursue new leads.
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Chicago
Bennie
Bedell
Wilbert F. Crowley
Joseph Lohman
Bedwell
Romeo
Lohman
Paris, Tenn
Fire Death Toll Shows Big Decrease in Iowa 1956
Iowa Fire Marshal Ed J. Herron reported 49 deaths in 1956 from fires, down from 91 in 1955 and 58 in 1954, with total fire loss at 12,183,000 and 3,948 fires statewide. He credited rural fire education and warned that young children and the elderly remain most at risk. Nationally, about 10,600 fire deaths occurred in 1956 with losses around 1.6 billion dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ed J. Herron
Herron
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House Scheols Committee
State Department of Public Instruction
Ernest Kosek
Kosek
Melvin Synhorst
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
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