Baker Union Chief to Testify on Union Funds Charges
Senate hearings resume next Thursday as Baker Workers Union President James G. Cross faces charges the treasury financed a Cadillac and a girlfriend. Kay Lower described as Cross’s girlfriend invoked the Fifth Amendment amid questions about pay disputes and union corruption links.
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Washington
James G. Cross
Bakery Workers Union
Treasury
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Cross
Chicago
Kay Lower
Ottumwa
Iowa
Miss Lower
Elsie K. Lower
E. K. Thorpe
Los Angeles
Local 37
Kay Thorpe
Albert Barclay
Vandekampf's Bakery
Prof William Burke Suffers Heart Attack
Riverside professor William Burke of the State University of Iowa history department suffered a heart attack Friday at 2 30 am at his home. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. The attack was described as similar to the type President Eisenhower suffered. Arthur Loomis and family from Akron arrived for a visit. his sister Mrs mis was the professor's sister.
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Riverside
William Burke
State University of Iowa
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Eisenhower
Arthur Loomis
Akron
Ohio
Burke
Mis
Tompkins Resigns as Theater Manager Here
E S Tompkins longtime manager of the State and Waco Drive In Theaters has resigned to join the Southeast Iowa AAA Motor Club of Burlington as membership representative. Clarence Lake of Centerville will take over managing Washington Amusement Company theaters with the Tompkins family remaining in Washington.
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E. S
Tommy) Tompkins
Southeast
Iowa
AAA
Motor Club
Burlington
Clarence Lake
Centerville
Washington Amusement Company
Tompkins
Washington
Jefferson
Henry
Louisa
Two U.S. Students Freed From Hungary
Warren W. Hair and Myron A. Gilbert, both 20, were released by Hungary before midnight and handed to Austrian police at Nickelsdorf. They faced a Vienna border fine for illegal border crossing and plan furtherEuropean travel, saying they learned from their experience behind the Iron Curtain.
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Warren W. Hair
North Augusta
S.C
Myron A. Gilbert
Walterboro
D.C
Hungary
Nickelsdorf
Vienna
United States
University of South Carolina
Gilbert
Hair
Europe
Jane de Pedro
Neusiedler Lake
Red
Budapest
U.S
Rites at Coppock For Thornton E Alter 78
Funeral services were held for Thornton E Alter age 78 of Coppock born January 18 1879 in Henry County and died June 5 1957 in Mount Pleasant Hospital Survived by his wife Alma Mae Cook two Mt Pleasant women Mrs Al Stites and Mrs Bernard Shelan Goski three additional relatives and 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren Services were at Crane Funeral Home Mt Pleasant then at Coppock Christian Church with burial at Coppock at 3 p.m.
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Thornton E. Alter
Coppock
Alter
Henry County
Mount Pleasant
Grinnell
Crane Funeral Home
Mt. Pleasant
Christian Church
Detroit Mother Kills Three Young Children
A Detroit mother, Constance Wheeldon, 29, drowned two children aged four and 18 months and suffocated a six month old. She attempted suicide by turning on gas jets after telephoning police to say she had killed her children. Police found the bodies in a northwest Detroit home as her husband, George Wheeldon, was away. No motive given.
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Detroit
Constance Wheeldon
James
Deborah
Diane
Wheeldon
Tornado Hits Missouri City as Storms Spin Across Plains
A severe windstorm or tornado with three inches of rain struck Mound City Missouri on Friday, uprooting trees and snapping telephone lines. No injuries or home damage were reported while the Greybull River in Wyoming receded after forcing some residents from their homes along a 50 mile stretch.
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Mound City
Wyoming
Hiawatha
Kans
Colorado
Meeteetse
Greybull
Wyo
Atlantic
Senate panel approves foreign aid bill with reduced cuts
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a 3.637 billion dollar foreign aid package for next fiscal year, cutting only 227.3 million from Eisenhower’s request. The measure faces House hearings, debates next week, and possible partisan battles.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
John Foster Dulles
Thedore Francis Green
Senate
Green
Wayne L. Morse
Ore
Russell B. Long
D-La
William Langer
R-N.d
Langer
Morse
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Long
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Tito
United States
Eisenhower Urges Unity in GOP Ahead of 1958 Campaign
President Eisenhower urged Republicans to bury personal differences and unite behind the party platform and his budget and legislative program. He warned against divisive tactics, saying unity would prevent a return to New Deal spending and centralization. The two-day Republican gathering drew about 2,000 supporters as leaders hailed the call.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Congress
Prescott Bush
Meade Alcorn
Hypnotist Prof. Baron to Perform in Washington Thursday
Famous hypnotist Prof. George Baron announces a Thursday program at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium sponsored by the Washington Jaycees. A free Central Park demonstration follows the Ridiculous Day parade Thursday morning. Tickets are on sale via Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce or at the high school Thursday night.
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George Baron
Washington
Washington Jaycees
Central Park
Washington Junior
Shrimp anatomy: head houses heart and stomach
The head contains the heart and stomach of a shrimp while the tail is the edible, tasty part.
American GI Fires Japanese Lawyer in Court Jurisdiction Clash
U S Army Specialist William S. Girard 21 of Ottawa Illinois fired his Japanese lawyer Ituro Hayashi on orders from his brother Louis and American counsel The move challenges Japan s right to try him for manslaughter in the death of a Japanese woman at a U S firing range American attorney Earl Carroll now named chief defense counsel stands ready The habeas corpus plea in Washington seeks Girard s return to the United States and the matter hinges on the status of forces agreement with Japan
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Tokyo
William S. Girard
Ottawa
United States
U.S
Stanley F. Levin
Girard
Itsuro Hayashi
Japan
Louis
Levin
Earl J. Carroll
New York
San Francisco
Hayashi
Federal District Court
Washington
Carroll
Five Die in Minnesota Highway Crash Near Clarks Grove
Five persons were killed and another injured when a speeding car on U S 65 near Clarks Grove went out of control on a curve and crashed head on with another auto. Victims include Waldo Schultz and Marilyn Torgeson among five deceased. Kenneth Chapman injured. The crash occurred late Friday on the highway two miles north of Clarks Grove.
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Clarks Grove
Minn
Here
Minnesota
U.S. 65
Waldo R. Schultz
Minneapolis
Marilyn Ann Torgeson
Mason City
Iowa
Mabel Larson
Forest City
Ralph Berard
Des Moines
Kenneth Chapman
Albert Lea Hospital
Walter Carlson
Berard
Schultz
Freeborn
Carl C. Lindahl
McKeesport
Rites at Richland For Arthur Loomis 73
Funeral services for Arthur Loomis 73 will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Gould Funeral Home Richland. Dr Walter Scheuermann of Wash in charge. Burial will follow in Friends Cemetery. Loomis died Thursday evening.
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Richland
Arthur Loomis
Gould
Walter Scheuermann
Wash
Friends Cemetery
Loomis
Graham Pleads For Crusade Funds In New York
Evangelist Billy Graham appeals directly for money to finance the New York Crusade. He reports $420000 in private contributions and says at least $175000 more is needed to meet a July 21 closing date. Four coast-to-coast telecasts cost over $200000. A second live telecast airs tonight 8 to 9 pm EDT on AB C with 57 stations. Graham to begin a month long Crusade at San Francisco Cow Palace April 27, 1957.
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New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Madison Square Garden
Crusade Executive Committee
the Garden
American Broadcasting Co
Perry Como
NBC
Jackie Gleason
CBS
San Francisco
Finnish President Invited to Russia Visit
Finnish President Urho Kekkonen was invited to the Soviet Union by Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin at a state dinner in Helsinki. The invitation aims to deepen friendship and cooperation and notes a possible return visit next year amid Kekkonen’s upcoming travels to Iceland and Denmark.
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Helsinki
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Klimenti Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Iceland
Denmark
Bulgaria
Nikita Khrushchev
Bulgarin
Finnish Karelia
Russia
Busy Farm Season Delays Conservation Field Work in Washington County
The Washington County Soil Conservation District reports a busy farm season delays requests for CS field work. Contour layouts and terrace work are underway for farmers including Al Huber and Fred Semler. Surface drainage, pond construction, tiling, and gully control projects are being completed or planned with help from SCS staff and local landowners.
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Washington County Soil Conservation District
G. W. Rosenkild
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Merlin Hale
Wellman
Burke MecCreedy
Haskins
Meeker Hess
Grace Hill
al Huber
West Chester
Nelson Miller
Fred Semler
Kalona
Pearl Bitting
Crawfordsville
John Simmering
Washington
Glen Davis
Brighton
Charles Kennedy
Otto Walton
Harlan Johnston
Howard Kiefer
Richmond
Elmer Koch
J. A. Mayer
Ira Huber
Glenn Davis
Robert Koehler
Ralph Kleppfer
Riverside
W. G. Detwiler
Well Than Waterways
Fred Kleinschmidt
E. R. Cox
Keota
Esther Hamilton
Wayne Stransky
Donald Wollrab
Paul Rotenburger
Hazel Spera
SCS
F. C. Yeggy
Marlin Romoser
Paul Boettcher
County Extension Service
G. I. Agriculture
Leonard Tindal
Grand Jury Probes Irregularities In Benton County Iowa
Sixty years ago a federal grand jury in Sioux City will review evidence of irregularities in the use of Agriculture Conservation Program funds in Benton County. Alleged misuses show the government bearing full project costs instead of sharing with farmers. Subpoenas target Benton residents as potential witnesses. Funding figures show allocations of $125,307 for last year, with prior years at $111,627 and $73,880.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Benton County
Cc. C. Glenn
ASC
Soil Bank Program Gains Senate Support for 1958 Scale
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to authorize 500 million dollars in soil bank acreage reserve payments to farmers for 1958 crops. The program, aimed at reducing plantings of surplus basic crops, faces House cuts but is expected to survive in a conference to set farm spending.
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Washington
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Soil Bank
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Rain Totals Over An Inch In Two Days In Washington
Slightly more than half an inch of moisture drenched Washington during a heavy shower about midnight Friday totaling 0.52 inch, from the official weather observer. This rain, added to 0.53 inch that fell Thursday night, brings the two day total to more than an inch.
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Washington
Damage claims paid by Arkansas Highway Department in 1955 56
The Arkansas Highway Department disbursed 171214 dollars in damage and injury claims for the 1955 56 period.
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Arkansas Highway Department
Weather outlook shows cooler spell through weekend and rain chances
Five day forecast notes temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees below normal with highs near 80 to 83 and lows around 45 to 60. Rain totals range .50 to .75 inch with showers or thunderstorms early and again around Monday or Tuesday.
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United Press
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