Molotov Resigns Post in Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov is dumped as Soviet foreign minister as Dmitri Shepilov succeeds him. Diplomats say Moscow policy will now be driven by Bulganin and Khrushchev with Tito’s Moscow visit signaling an end to Molotov era and a shift toward peaceful coexistence.
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Donald J. Gonzales
United Press
Washington
Vyacheslav M Molotov
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Molotov
Dmitri Shepilov
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushches
Yugoslavia
Tito
Belgrade
Pravda
Shepilov
Egypt
Cairo
West
Wisconsin Traffic Violations Top 171000 in 1955
Madison Wisconsin authorities report the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department logged more than 171000 traffic law violations by drivers statewide during 1955. The figure reflects enforcement activity across the year as officials cite ongoing road safety efforts.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
Approve Liberalization of FHA Direct Loans
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to liberalize Farmers Home Administration direct loan programs. It would authorize refinancing of family size farmers debts when they cannot meet terms or refinance at reasonable rates, permit a second mortgage for debt loans, and allow first time loans to part time farmers. It also extends and increases the economic emergency loan authority and raises initial and total indebtedness limits for operating loans.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Soviet Embassy Statistician Mikeev Leaves U S on Vacation
Viladi mir Mikheev, Soviet Embassy statistician, departed Washington with his family for a vacation after seeking data from U S government workers. U S officials view the move as voluntary, while some see it as permanent. He contacted Air Force economist Sidney Hatkin and two government librarians in his information quest.
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Washington
Viladimir Mikheev
U.S
Sergei Bogomolov
Bogomolov
Mikheev
United States
Washington Post
Air Force
Sidney Hatkin
Three Iowa Children Die in Friday Highway Crashes
Three lowans died in traffic mishaps Friday raising Iowa’s 1956 toll to 251. David Ridge, 6, Comanche, died at Clinton hospital after a truck hit his bicycle at an intersection. Claudia Snedigar, 9, Des Moines, was fatally struck near Altona. driver Mervin Wood faced reckless driving charges. Mrs. E S Faircloth, 49, near Melbourne, died after her car left the road and hit a bridge abutment.
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Iowa
David Ridge
Dorothy Ridge
Comanche
Clinton Hospital
Lester Carstensen
Clinton County
Taylor Purcell
Claudia Snedigar
Art Snedigar
Des Moines
U.S. 6
Altonna
Highway
Geth Me Dole
Mervin R. Wood
Newton
al Hoard
Wood
Lutheran Hospital
E.S. Faircloth
Melbourne
Marshalltown
Morrell Plant to Reopen After Week-Long Shutdown
Morrell plant in Ottumwa Iowa will reopen Monday after a week long shutdown ending a labor dispute with UPWA. John Morrell & Co and UPWA leaders said a settlement includes appointing a local union administrator Russell Bull to manage Local 1 and aims to restore stable labor relations and full production by late next week.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
John Morrell & Co
al Union
UPWA
Helstein
Russell Bull
Des Moines
McCallum
Telegraphers Strike Threat Eased by 30-Day Extension
In New York a 30 day extension of contracts with Western Union by the American Communications Association eased the threat of a nation wide telegraph workers strike. The Commercial Telegraphers Union organized limited walkouts in Cleveland Philadelphia and Los Angeles but did not call a general strike. No service disruptions were reported nationwide and talks in Washington were adjourned to resume Monday.
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NEW York
American Communications Association (Inc
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Afl-Cio
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
United Press Bureaus
ACA
CTU
Washington
Eisenhower Plans Quiet Weekend at Gettysburg
President Eisenhower spent a quiet weekend in Gettysburg with Mrs Eisenhower and her mother as about 3000 Boy Scouts joined locals for the Lincoln pilgrimage. A parade and speeches at the battlefield were slated with Lt Gov Roy E Furman to speak near Lincoln's historic site.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
John S. Doud
Battlefield
President Lincoln
Roy E. Furman
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Democrats Move Into California in Primary
Sen Estes Kefauver moved into far northern California on a bid for Democratic support in the California primary. Adlai Stevenson followed, expanding from Los Angeles through the central valley to the bay area. Kefauver accused California Democratic leaders of shoring up Stevenson while failing to win offices for the party despite nearly a million Democratic voters.
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San Francisco
Sen Estes Kefauver
California
Adlai Stevenson
High Country
Illinois
Los Angeles
Central Valley
Bay Area
Kefauver
California Democratic Organization
Stevenson
Stevenson leads as Iowa Democrats back Stevenson at state caucus
Adlai E. Stevenson wins informal support from Iowa Democratic convention delegates in Des Moines. Raymond Baxter says Stevenson has a definite victory over Kefauver, with 17 of 24 Iowa votes expected for Stevenson. A UPI poll shows 25 delegates favor Stevenson, 16 Kefauver, 5 uncertain.
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Charles A. Krouse
United Press
Des Moines
Adlai E. Stevenson
Iowa
Stevenson
Kefauver
Jake More
Harlan
Iowa Democratic Party
More
Teihednicra
Gov
Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Benson Seeks Farm Relief On Iowa Tour
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson wrapped a two day farm tour in southwest Iowa praising the trip as highly successful. He toured six Iowa farms, pressed drought questions, and urged contact with soil bank provisions while noting farmers face seed and hay shortages. Benson planned stops in Nebraska before meeting state officials at Lincoln.
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James R. Quinn
United Press
Nebraska City
Neb
Ezra T Benson
Benson
Iowa
Otoe
Seward
Lancaster
Nebraska
Lincoln
Soil Bank
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committees
ES. Weise
Jewel
Weise
TitoVisits Moscow After Molotov Resignation Sparks Welcome
Yugoslav President Tito arrives in Moscow on his first Soviet visit in a decade. Diplomatic observers note Molotov’s abrupt resignation may soothe tensions while Khrushchev and other Kremlin leaders greet him at Kiev Station.
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Whitman Bassow
United Press
Moscow
Tito
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Cominform
Kiev
Molotov
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Presidium
Politburo
D. T. Shepilov
Union Votes Approval of Deere Settlement
Union locals in Des Moines voted two thirds to approve a 137 day strike settlement with John Deere Co. The Des Moines plant was last to approve as about 760 workers were to return Monday. East Moline plants had earlier ratified the agreement ending a nationwide strike that kept roughly 4,100 workers idle since January over an incentive wage dispute.
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Des Moines
United Auto Workers Union
John Deere Co
East Moline Tll
Deere
Teens sentenced to jail nights for house breaking in Gunterville
Six teenage boys convicted of house breaking reported to jail at 7 pm Friday and will sleep behind bars nightly for six months. Circuit Judge J S Stone imposed the unusual sentence requiring them to check out at 7 am daily and spend each night in jail to serve the term. Each boy arrived alone or in pairs and brought Bibles along with pulp fiction and detective stories.
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Guntersville
Ala
J. S. Stone
Holman Jones Texas Millionaire Dies at 82
Jesse Holman Jones once built a $100 million fortune in Texas and served as a cabinet adviser. The Tennessee farm boy died Friday night after a week of critical illness at age 82. President Roosevelt praised his ability to respond decisively and honestly.
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Houston
Texas
Jesse Holman Jones
Tennessee
Jones
John T. Jones
Roosevelt
Washington
Escaped Bank Robber Returns to Iowa To Finish Life Sentence
Fort Madison Iowa reports 52 year old bank robber Bray Harding who escaped in 1946 and later sought asylum in Montana. He was extradited after neighbors favored leniency. Harding was later captured in Washington and confessed involvement in a 1926 Modale Iowa bank robbery with $5000 taken.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
ULP
Montana
Iowa State
Bray Harding
Harding
Rock Springs
Mont
Washington
Yakima
Wash
Modale
Ralph Marshall Buys Grunder Interest in Scott Furniture
Ralph Marshall announces he has purchased Harland Grunder's stake in the Scott Furniture Company and will operate as sole owner. The firm will be renamed Marshall Furniture and Grunder plans to move to Wilton Junction to start a new home furniture store.
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Ralph Marshall
Grunder
Scott Furniture
Scott Furniture Company
Harland Grunder
Wilton Junction
Mr. Marshall
Mr. Grinder
Scott
Marshall Furniture
Three Contests Highlight Washington County Primary Ballot
Washington County Iowa eyes a June 4 Republican primary with three local contests for state representative county treasurer and hospital trustees drawing notable interest. Voters in Washington city wards 1 through 4 cast ballots at court house, IH store, city hall, and Jarvis Appliance.
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Washington County
William H. Smart
Richard L. Stephens
City of
Washington
First Ward
Court House
Second Ward
International Harvester
Third Ward
City Hall
Fourth Ward
Jarvis Appliance
United States
Dayton Countryman
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Leo A. Hoegh
W. H. Nicholas
Wendell Pendleton
Melvin D. Lynhorst
Chet B. Akers
M. L. Abrahamson
Agriculture
Clyde Spry
Norman A. Erbe
Don Hise
Commerce
H.M. Reed
Bombing targets U S official in Cyprus
Greek Cypriots bombed the home of U S consular official John Meehan in Nicosia, wounding no one but shocking his wife and three children. Meehan, a communications official at the U S monitoring station, said they would rebuild. The attack follows anti British unrest and amid Britain’s stance on Cyprus as a strategic base.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
House of US
John Meehan
Mediterranean
Britain
EOKA
Meehan
West Acton
Mass
U.S
Anthony Eden
London
NATO
Middle East
Stress Emphasis on Voting in Washington Primary
The Washington Chamber of Commerce and local service clubs urge all eligible voters to participate in the upcoming primary on Monday. Spokeswoman Clarice Meek says voting is both a duty and a privilege, helping ensure good government and benefiting local business by civic participation.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Clarice Meek
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Meek
Jet F86D crashes into field hitting farmhouse killing boy
In Tokyo a US Air Force F86D jet crash landed in an open field and skidded into a nearby farmhouse. A three year old Japanese boy was killed. His father and the unidentified pilot were hospitalized in serious condition.
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Tokyo
Navy seeks consent to scrap 107 ships from WWII era
The Navy asked Congress for permission to scrap, sink, or sell 107 vessels including the carrier Enterprise and battleships Mississippi California and Tennessee. Most ships are WWII veterans with Mississippi dating to World War I.
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Gaylord P. Godwin
United Press
Washington
U.S
Navy
Enterprise
Mississippi
California
Tennessee
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Congress
Two Escape Death In Airforce Plane Crash
NEWBURGH NY AP An Air Force pilot and a chaplain riding with him parachuted to safety before their T 33 jet trainer crashed on a farm 20 miles west of Newburgh. Both men from Sioux City Iowa were on a flight from Sioux City to Philadelphia when fuel ran low and they bailed out after the chaplain jumped first.
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Newburg
N.Y
Here
C.B. Henk
Cornelius S. McLaughlin
Sioux City
Iowa
Stewart Air Force Base
Philadelphia
Stewart
Weather Forecast Iowa Partly Cloudy Warmer Through Sunday
United Press Iowa reports partly cloudy conditions with warmer temperatures through Sunday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms likely northwest to night and Sunday. lows around 50 northeast to 65 southwest. Sunday highs in the 80s. Monday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers southeast and cooler northwest.
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United Press
Iowa
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