Eisenhower Reacts to Defeat of School Construction Bill
President Eisenhower voiced great disappointment over the House defeat of a 1.59 billion school construction bill. Democrats and some Republicans blamed his stance for negative votes, as the measure failed 208 to 205 after an anti segregation amendment.
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Washington
Eienhower
Anne Wheaton
White House
Senate
William F Knowland
House
Eisenhower
Ment
Edith Green Dore
Stuyvesant Wainwright
BR. N.Y
Cleveland M. Bailey
D. W.va
Bailey
Samuel K. McConnell Jr
R-Pa
Faulty Claims By Farmers Delaying Gas Tax Refunds
Des Moines reports 500 to 600 faulty gas tax refund claims daily flooding the state division. George Marchi notes farmers file with old permit numbers rather than new permanent numbers issued since July 4, slowing refunds and doubling processing work. About 160,000 new permits issued under the 1957 law. farmers average four refunds yearly of about $30.
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Des Moines
George Marchi
Marchi
Decatur County heir leaves estate to Iowa state
John H. Ryan and his wife left about 40 000 dollars to the state of Iowa in 1940 wills. The executors presented 29 974.01 to the Iowa Executive Council as the estate was settled after Mrs. Ryan's 1950 death. Officials discussed returning the money to Decatur County to fund the county hospital bonds, but the council decided to place the funds in the general state fund awaiting legislative direction.
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Des Moines
Decatur County
Iowa Executive Council
John H. Ryan
Leon
Dio McGinnis
Ryan
McGinnis
Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
M. L. Abrahamson
Chet Akers
Clyde Spry
Norman Erbe
Oscar Strauss
Executive Council
McMindes Rites Here On Monday Morning
Graveside rites for Mrs. Nita McMindes will be held at Elm Grove Cemetery Monday at 10 30 am. The body arrives Sunday morning in town from Tucson Arizona. Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home Sunday afternoon and evening. Rev Milan Thompson to lead the graveside services. relatives and friends may meet at the funeral home at 1 09 am Monday.
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Elm Grove Cemetery
Nita McMindes
Tucson
Ariz
Jones Funeral Home
Milan Thompson
Woman Found After Eight Days Paralyzed in Tub
In San Francisco a 74 year-old widow, Betty Schardt, lay paralyzed in her bathtub for eight days after falling during the morning of July 18. Neighbors, hearing only the TV, noticed piled newspapers and called police. She was taken to French Hospital in very weak condition with her dog Keenie nearby.
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San Francisco
Betty Schardt
Charge Union Heads Used $101,963 For Personal Purposes
Senate Rackets Committee accuses Lloyd Klewert and Anthony Valente of United Textile Workers of diverting union funds. The case details include hotel bills, Broadway and New York musicals, golf and cash advances, and a $24,000 home down payment.
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Washington
Senate
United Textile Workers
Alphonse F. Calabrese
Lloyd Klewert
George Bernard Shaw
Calabrese
Kienert
Anthony Valente
Cairo Wedding Hall Collapse Kills Many Guests
A two story building in Cairo collapsed during a wedding reception killing many guests including 54 children aged 1 to 14. Police counted 63 bodies recovered with higher toll possible. 15 others were hospitalized and the bride Faima El Shimy and groom Mansour Abdel Hamid were present.
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Cairo
Faima el Shimy
Mansour Abdel Hamid
Explosion in airliner prompts jury trial debate and FBI probe
Civil Aeronautics Board and FBI take charge of the investigation into a mysterious blast on a Western Airlines Convair near Las Vegas. A passenger, S. F. Binstock of Canoga Park, is dead after being blown from the lavatory at 10 000 feet. Eleven others survive as investigators search for powder marks and the missing body. Binstock had $125 000 flight insurance naming his wife as beneficiary.
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Canoga Park
Calif
FBI
Binstock
Las Vegas
Nev
Eva
Convair
California
Western Airlines
Milton Shirk
Los Angeles International Airport
Air Force Base
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Joan Hollinger
Eisenhower Opposes Jury Trials in Civil Rights Bill Debate
President Eisenhower renewed opposition to jury trials in the civil rights bill as Senate leaders ready a battle over an amendment to guarantee jury trials in certain vote denial cases. Western Democrat Joseph O Mahoney proposed the compromise, with a vote expected next week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Joseph CC. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
William F. Knowland
Knowland
George D Aiken
R-Vu
House
O'Mahoney
Defense Takes Over In Trial Of Iowa Livestock Dealers
In Des Moines two Iowa livestock dealers Felden Viers and Merle Mersman stand trial for a 37 million dollar check kiting scheme. Holmes Foster testified the Gladbrook State Bank was wiped out after discovery and that deposits fell from a healthy ratio to nil capital. FBI agents said the men admitted participation in a fraudulent scheme after discovery.
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Des Moines
Fldon Viers
Marshalltown
Merle Mersman
Cole
Holmes Foster
Mount Pleasant
State Banking Department
Gladbrook
Foster
Mersman
Viers
Iowa
Clarence F. Harris
FBI
Use Tax Revenues Rise in Iowa June 1957
Iowa use tax collections on new motor vehicles and trailers reached 528135 by June 1957, up about 62000 from June 1956. Tax Department officials report the total above 466000 for 1956, reflecting a rise in use tax receipts.
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Des Moines
Governor's Days At Clear Lake Opens With Buffet
Gov Herschel Loveless attends a three day Governor's Days event at Clear Lake Iowa beginning with a legislative buffet at the All Veterans Social Center. He will dedicate the $1 million lake encircling sewer system funded by an $85 000 state appropriation and crown Miss Iowa Sunday night amid 20 contestants.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Herschel
Loveless
All Veterans Social Center
Iowa Conservation Commission
State Park
Atlantic City
George A. Wilson
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Washington, D.C
Chamber of Commerce
Exhibition golf match draws crowd at Country Club
Joanne Gunderson and Judy Torluemke faced Curt Wells and Gene Tucker in a nine hole exhibition at the Country Club. Curt shot par 35, Gunderson tied the course women’s record with 37, while Torluemke and Tucker posted 43 each.
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Joanne Gunderson
Judy Torluemke
Curt Wells
Gene Tucker
Joanne
Judy
Curt
Gene
Miss Gunderson
Iowa Highway Commission Allocates 99 Million for Next Year
The Iowa Highway Commission approved a 99.3 million dollar highway fund distribution among six districts for the coming year. A new two part compromise divides 35 percent of federal matching funds upfront and 65 percent by district, balancing districts with and without interstate projects, with Des Moines area central district receiving 29.3 million.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Robert Beck
Centerville
Commission
Beck
Chris Larsen
Sioux City
Des Moines
Atlantic
Northwest
East Central
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Mason City
Britain backs US plan to ban intercontinental missiles
London officials pledged support for the United States proposal to ban intercontinental missiles as part of early disarmament talks. Cmdr Allan Noble stated the measure would be an appropriate provision for a partial agreement while Soviet Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin remained silent during the 40 minute session amid Western pressure on stopping nuclear tests.
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London
Britain
Cmdr
Allan Noble
U.N
U.S
Valerian Zorin
Two Percent Less Corn In Storage In Iowa
Des Moines reports Iowa corn stocks in all storage positions on July 1 totaled 490,018,000 bushels, two percent below last year's record. Oats stored across Iowa totaled 27,343,000 bushels, well under the prior year’s 49,995,000. U.S. corn stocks also rose thirteen percent above the previous July record.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
United States
West Chester Man Dies Here Today
Clay Walton longtime West Chester resident died at Washington County Hospital today. The body will be taken to Jones Funeral Home pending definite arrangements for final rites.
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Clay Walton
West Chester
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Blatnik presses stronger curbs on cigarette ads
Washington congressman Rep. John A. Blatnik urges the FTC to require tar and nicotine labels on all cigarettes and to compel manufacturers to back up advertising claims for filter cigarettes. He notes progress against misleading ads but says more is needed as hearings end.
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Washington
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Blatnik
Federal Trade Commission
House
FTC
Paralytic Polio Cases on Decline
The Public Health Service reported poliomyelitis figures showing a drop in paralytic cases. In the week ended July 20, 50 paralytic cases were noted, bringing the year total to 780, well below the 1956 pace, with 2,016 paralytic cases in the same period last year.
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Washington
Publi Health Service
PHS
Temperatures Rise Across Iowa With Warm Nights
A heat wave pushes Iowa highs into the upper 80s and 90s with lows around 66 to 72. Some light showers fell overnight in the north with Popejoy at 0.42 inches and Waterloo at 0.04 inches. Des Moines and Sioux City reached 87 degrees, Council Bluffs 88, and Spencer cooled to 62. Scattered storms are expected Sunday.
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Iowa
Popejoy
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Sioux City
Spencer
Hoffa Backed by Delegates for Teamsters Presidency
About 200 Teamster delegates gather in Chicago to back James R. Hoffa for International President after Dave Beck leaves the post. Harold J. Gibbons endorses Hoffa as the logical choice, while John T. Brien of Chicago remains a strong challenger ahead of the September 30 election.
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Chicago
James KR
Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Post
Senate
Post International
Dave Beck
Teamster
Harold J. Gibbons
Central States Conference of the Union
John T. Brien
the International
No Bombs Aboard Sioux City Plane
A caller warned of a bomb on a Sioux City to Chicago plane prompting searches of two planes on arrival in Chicago. No explosives were found and no injuries reported.
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Sioux City
Sioux City, Iowa
Chicago
Weather forecast for Iowa with showers and warmer spell
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Saturday. Tonight will be a little warmer, with highs near 85 to 92 on Saturday. Temperatures through Wednesday run above normal with cooler air late weekend and a warming trend by midweek. Rain averages around 0.25 inch in north and west Iowa and 0.25 to 0.5 inch in the southeast, with two wetter periods expected Saturday or Sunday and again Monday.
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United Press Iowa
Iowa
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