Benson Seeks Disaster Declarations as Drouth Worsens
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T Benson tours Midwest farms and says southwestern Iowa and Nebraska may be declared drouth disaster areas if rains do not come soon. He notes no farm revolt in the Corn Belt and cites five months of rising farm prices while praising improving sentiment toward the Eisenhower administration.
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Chicago
Ezra T. Benson
Midwest
Benson
Iowa
Nebraska
Drouth
W.sconsin
Washington
Milwaukee
Farm City
Beave
Des Moines
Texas
New Mexico
Eisenhower
Congress May Seek to End Military Aid to Yugoslavia
Washington reports a potential House amendment to cut all U S aid to Yugoslavia driven by Tito's Moscow statements. Rep John M Vorys notes possible removal of military aid from a 3 8 billion Foreign Affairs Committee bill while acknowledging a deep cut in economic aid.
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Washington
U.S
Yugoslavia
House
Marshal Tito
Moscow
John M. Vorys
Ohio
Foreign Affairs Committee
Tito
Russia
Vorys
Joseph W Martin Jr
Congress
Martin
University of Syracuse
Cess
Eisenower
Emanuel Celler
Judiciary Committee
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Smith
Celler
Bricker
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
White House
E. L. Forrester
D-Ga
D-Ny
Washington primary polls open for voters today
Polls opened at 8 a.m. in Washington for the state primary with eight p.m. closing. Voters may participate without prior registration but must affiliate with a major party in the primary. Ward polling places include the court house, McCormick Farm Equipment, City Hall, and Jarvis Appliance Store.
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Washington
First Ward
Court House
Second Ward
McCormick Farm Equipment Store
Smart's Implement
Third Ward
City Hall
Fourth Ward
Jarvis Appliance
Wisconsin School Buses Move Many Students and Miles
Wisconsin school buses carried 149,967 students and logged 31,750,000 miles during the 1955 56 school year.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
FBI Recovers Portion of Brink's Loot
The FBI confirmed that 4635 of Brink's loot was recovered in Baltimore Maryland as part of the 1950 Brink's robbery case. Jordan Perry, 31, linked to the money in a Boston police report remains under investigation for ties to the heist. Ten of the eleven accused bandits faced court action to quash indictments while the 10th suspect is dead. Perry has prior auto theft and armed robbery records.
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Boston
FBI
Brink
Baltimore
Jordan Perry
Perry
Concord Reformatory
Melegari to Instruct Youth Golf Classes
Frank Melegari of Washington Golf and Country Club will teach group golf to club members entering sixth grade through age 16. Classes start Thursday June 7 at 2 p.m. and run each Thursday through the summer. Prompt attendance is urged due to limited time and only one age bracket offered this season.
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Frank Melegari
Washington Golf and Country Club
YMCA
Dick Thompson
Terry Leeper
Max Owen
Harlan Neuhart
Jim Anderson
John Calkins Taken Rites Here Tuesday
John Lester Calkins 54 died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a heart attack at a Washington City Schools Teachers Association meeting. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Methodist Church with three ministers. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include wife Anna and two sisters. Memorial fund set up by junior high students. donations to Phillips Drug Store collection box.
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John Lester Calkins
Mercy
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. Calkins
Mt. Avro Ia
Charles
Laura Weatherman Calkins
Wayland
Parsons College
Fairfield
State University of
Iowa
Methodist Church
Grandview
Packwood
Argyle
Lockridge
West Chester
Washington
John Phleger
John Calkins
Phillips Drug Store
Army Reserve units move to Willits building in Washington
Capt William Perdock announced the 394th Ordnance Battalion and the 872nd Ordnance Company will relocate from the west Washington armory to the remodeled Willits building on North Marion By month end the Army Reserve Training Center will host the units with drill held Thursdays The 872nd will join the 394th and share space for maintenance and shop facilities Summer camp is planned at Camp McCoy Wis from August 19 to September 2 with 872nd staffing 3 officers 1 warrant officer and 82 enlisted men and 394th with 4 officers 1 warrant officer and 19 enlisted men.
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William Perdock
394Th Army Reserve Ordnance Battalion
Washington
872Nd Ordnance Company
Ed Brown
Willits
North Marion
Perdock
Army Reserve Training Center
394Th Ordnance Battalion
872Nd Ordnance Co
Camp McCoy
Wis
872 Ordnance Company
Riesel Demands Congress Probe of Labor Racketeering
Victor Riesel, blind labor columnist, criticized Congress for avoiding responsibility in investigating labor racketeering and the acid attack that blinded him last April. He urged a broad congressional inquiry into illegal union activities alongside the assault case.
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NEW York
Victor Riesel
Congress
Riesel
House
Senate
New York Daily Mirror
Whites and Negroes Battle in Tennessee Riot in Knoxville
Three white men were charged with inciting a riot after about 1,500 whites and Negroes clashed with rocks and clubs over a city playground in Knoxville Tennessee. A Negro woman was struck, a home was damaged, and 18 police subdued the scene.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Horace Morelock
Andy Court Williams
George Cash
Morelock
Williams
Cash
Emory Jackson
Alexander Park
Dow Day ordered to pay six dollar court costs
Dow Day was arraigned for fighting with Robert Dow and ordered to pay six dollars in court costs. Day could not pay, so Robert Dow paid the costs on his behalf.
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Rockland
Dow Day
Robert Dow
Day
Dow
Ridiculous Day Parade to Feature Two Bands
Ridiculous Day parade plans announced for Thursday at 9 30 AM near the court house. The Junior High Band led by Mel Hill and a German Band will march, with Leonard Bomber's band making two storefront appearances near Everetts Music Store. Pop and the Country Boys perform after the parade and again at about 1 30 PM. Committee headed by Bill Perdock with Harold Johnson Gene Tucker and Milt Barker.
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Court House
Mel Hill
Leonard Bomber
Everetts
Pop
Bill Perdock
Harold Johnson
Gene Tucker
Milt Barker
Plan Sullivan Services At Junction on Tuesday
Maria Sullivan 96 longtime Columbus Junction resident died Sunday at a Louisa County home where she had lived 14 years. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Stephens Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev Burris P Moore officiating. Burial in Columbus City Cemetery. Born June 8 1859 to John and Mrs Sullivan. Survived by nephews William Shepherd Phoenix Arizona and Fred Shepherd Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Columbus Junction
Maria Sullivan
Louisa County
Stephens
Burris P. Moore
Columbus City
Miss Sullivan
John Sullivan
William Shepherd
Phoenix
Ariz
Fred Shepherd
Minneapolis, Minn
Tito snubs Stalin at Lenin tomb in Moscow visit
Marshal Tito visited Red Square's Lenin tomb and ignored Stalin's embalmed remains. He placed a wreath at Lenin, then toured Kremlin rooms and churches with Khrushchev and Bulganin. He planned lunch with President Voroshilov as Soviet tourists watched.
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Whitman Bassow
United Press
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Red Square
V.I. Lenin
Josef Stalin
Tito
Stalin
Lenin
Kremlin
Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Sergei Krilov
Nadezhea Krupskaya
Lenin-Stalin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Klimenti Voroshilov
Bulganin
Khr
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Nikolai Lenin
Red Army
Cigaret Sales Return to Near Normal Levels
The Internal Revenue Service reports cigaret sales are near normal again after a three year slump, with cigar and pipe smoking in decline while snuff use holds. The rebound follows a 1952 53 downturn triggered by fears over lung cancer reports.
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Washington
Snuff
Internal Revenue Service
Two Girls Die in Iowa Weekend Traffic Incidents
Two young girls died in separate weekend crashes in Iowa. Gretchen Elsie Beach Franklin, three, was struck by the rear wheels after falling from a truck on US 61 near Fort Madison. Claudia Snedigar, nine, was hit crossing US 6 near Altoona to pick flowers. driver Mervin Ray Wood, 31, Newton, faces reckless driving charges.
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United Press
Gretchen Elsie Beach
Franklin
Ernest Beach
Fort Madison
Claudia Snedigar
Des Moines
U.S. 6
Altoona
Mervin Ray Wood
Newton
Hoegh Reports Iowa Traffic Deaths Drop in May
Gov Leo A Hoegh announced at a Des Moines news conference that Iowa traffic deaths fell in May for the second straight month, contrasting with the national toll which rose for the 15th consecutive month. He cited state safety department figures.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Hoegh
State Safety Department
Harding speaks to Eden on Cyprus future security tense
Cyprus Governor Sir John Harding met with Prime Minister Anthony Eden and Alan Lennox-Boyd in London to discuss Cyprus plans after British troops crushed the EOKA underground network with 17 leaders arrested. Harding said talks hinge on ending terrorism and hinted Makarios could return from exile if he denounces terrorists. Security was tight with six armed Scotland Yard detectives shadowing him.
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London
Cyprus
Sir John Harding
Anthony Eden
Alan Lennox-Boyd
EOKA
Harding
Britain
Makarios
Seychelle Islands
Scotland Yard
Question Husband Of Wife Who Disappeared
Frank H Russell 43 husband of Irene Russell 31 who vanished Oct 23 1953 agreed to take a lie detector test. Detectives seek her and Russell said the family visited his parents before Irene disappeared. He did not know her fate.
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Chicago
Frank H Russell
Irene
Rose Newman
Sioux Falls
S.D
Russell
Edward Woodrich
George Lundt
South Side
Traffic deaths in state compared across months
The report shows 51 traffic deaths last month versus 56 in May 1955. It notes 45 persons killed in April compared with 48 in the same month last year.
Khrushchev Denounces Stalin in Secret Speech
In Moscow on February 24 Khrushchev leveled a sweeping denunciation of Stalin as a sickly suspicious tyrant who murdered thousands to satisfy power hunger. The State Department released a 26,000 word text, noting it may guide Communist Party leadership outside Russia and confirming further charges against Stalin.
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Donald J. Gonzales
United Press
Washington
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Red
Khrushchev
State Department
Communist Party
U.S
Russia
Stalin
Khurkschev
VM. Molotov
Anastas Mikoyvan
Tito
Chicago Police Seek Slayer of Secretary
Chicago police hunt a prankster who intended to shoot a tavern window but fatally shot Marion Davenjay a 27 year old secretary outside Club 66 in Niles Michigan early Sunday. The .22 caliber bullet is the only solid clue and authorities rule out murder as the motive.
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Niles
Mich
Chicago
Marion Davenjay
Weather outlook for Iowa with warm temps and scattered storms
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered thunder showers mainly in the northwest. Warmer east tonight and Tuesday with highs near 80. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and warm with a few storms. Five day outlook calls for 5 to 8 degree above normal temperatures, normal highs 77 to 80, and rainfall from one tenth to a quarter inch in the south and from a half to three quarters of an inch in the north.
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Iowa
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