Australian House Convicts Newsmen In Blackmail Plot
In Canberra the Australian House of Representatives jailed two newspapermen for three months for attempting to blackmail MP Charles Morean with press attacks. Raymond Fitzpatrick and Frank Browne were found guilty of a scheme to silence the Labor member, Browne shouting in court as Prime Minister Menzies announced the sentence.
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Australian House
Canberra
Australia
House of Representatives
Raymond Fitzpatrick
Frank Browne
Bankstown Observ
House Privileges Committee
Labor
Charles Morean
Sydney
Robert G. Menvies
Fitzpatrick
Browne
Morgan
Menzies
Precedent Urges Limits on Privilege Punishment
A speaker argued that no newsman would feel free under a precedent and urged Parliament not to assume the power to punish breaches of privileges, warning against extending punitive reach beyond established rights.
Newton man to face murder charge in tavern shooting
Thomas Dodd, 29, Newton, is to be charged with murder in the death of Elmer Comstock after a shooting spree that wounded Charles Hut chins and Gloria Fox. Dodd, a parolee, held a $25,000 bond and confessed to the shootings after a one hour interval.
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Newton
Iowa
Dale Swanson
Thomas Dodd
Elmer Comstock
Dodd
Charles Hutchins
Gloria Fox
Comstock
Happy Corner
Dynamite Blasts Wall at Osage Home No Injuries Reported
An over-charge of dynamite used on a construction job at Osage blew rocks through the west wall of the Ben Flack residence there recently. No one was hurt.
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Osage
Ben Flack
Red China rejects offer to negotiate Formosa cease fire
Premier Chou En-lai told Indonesian reporters that Communist China will not negotiate a Formosan cease fire with the United States, saying there is no war and the issue concerns China’s internal affairs. He stressed China favors peaceful settlement and would reject foreign intervention.
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Djakarta
Indonesia
China
United States
Chou En-lai
Chou
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Peiping
Red China
New China News Agency
Formosa
Taiwan
U.S
India
Well formed man and aligned ideas noted
A concise observation highlighting a well formed man whose ideas align with the speaker. The statement emphasizes intellectual compatibility and shared perspective as a sign of character.
Knights of Columbus elect new lodge officers at St James Hall
The Knights of Columbus lodge held its annual officer election at St James Social hall on Thursday evening naming Dr. George Krogmeier as Grand Knight Steve Walter as deputy grand knight Dr J A Marie as chancellor John Pacha as advocate Carroll Ruby as warden Jack Fuhr as recorder Don Custer as treasurer Ray Mineart as inside guard Ferdinand Marie as outside guard B H McCathy as trustee John McDonald as financial secretary Delegates to the state convention are Dr Krogmeier and J M Kelley with Ray Mineart first alternate and Eugene Nugent second alternate.
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Knights of Columbus Lodge
St. James
George Krogmeier
Steve Walter
J. A. Marie
John Pacha
Carroll Ruby
Jack Fuhr
Don Custer
Ray Mineart
Ferdinand Marie
B. H. McCathy
John McDonald
John Hughes to Visit Wales This Summer
John Hughes and his daughter Wilma will leave New York on June 28 by Pan American Airlines for Shannon Ireland. They will take a train to Waterford then cross 45 miles to Cardigan Wales to visit his brother and three sisters in Newcastle Emlyn. They plan a two month trip including London Paris and Switzerland before returning for Miss Hughes to resume her studies at Washington High School this fall.
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John Hughes
Wilma
New York
Pan American Airlines
Shannon
Ireland
Waterford
Cardigan
Wales
Special Services At Nazarene Church Here
Special services are held Thursday to Saturday at the Church of the Nazarene sponsored by Mt. Pleasant Nazarene young people. Each night at 7 30 p m there is singing and music, with Rev Lyle Moyer delivering messages and a Saturday night play titled Heaven. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Church of the Nazarene
Mt. Pleasant
Farm Pond Tragedy Claims 37-Year-Old Everett Carrol
Everett Carrol of near Blanchard died after wading a pond at his farm. The 37-year-old suffered a heart attack during the crossing, authorities said.
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Everett Carroll
Near
Blanchard
Foster Introduces Portable Mill for Washington
Foster's Feed Mill owner Stanley Foster announced a new feed mill on wheels. The Lancaster purchased truck mounted unit grinds home-grown grains into ready to eat livestock rations and can produce up to eight tons per hour with its diesel engine.
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Stanley Foster
Foster
Feed Mill
Washington
Empty Gun Fatality Sparks Chicago Police Probe
In Chicago a wife, Helen Johnson, 28, described as saying she did not know the gun was loaded, shot her husband Oliver, 32, after an argument over disposal of the revolver. She claimed the gun was empty but a bullet killed him. she is held for questioning and an inquest was ordered.
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Chicago
Helen Johnson
Elmo Kern Injured In Shooting Mishap
Elmo Kern thirteen son of Mr and Mrs Lester Kern of 717 West Madison street was taken to Mercy hospital Iowa City Thursday afternoon after a rifle discharged while Elmo and friend Nick Walker examined it. He suffered three punctured intestines and was operated on Thursday evening. Doctors report he is doing fine and expected home in about a week.
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Elmo Kern
Lester Kern
West
Madison Street
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Elmo
Nick Walker
Washington
Young Kern
Charles E Libe, 75, Washington Resident, Dies
Charles Edgar Libe died at his home in Washington at 11 20 a m after a three year illness. He was born October 25 1879 and retired farmer who lived in Washington since 1948. Surviving are his wife two daughters seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren a sister and a brother with a son Charles deceased in 1936. Funeral Sunday at 2 p m at Sherman funeral home. Rev W J Stevens officiating. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Charles Edgar Libe
South
Marion
Sherman Funeral
W. J. Stevens
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Libe
Washington
Adam and
Louisa Benz Libe
Elsie Hotle
West Chester
Iowa
Libe
Christian Tabernacle
Earl
Geneva) Chorpening
Dan
Mary) Boone
Frank Mayhew
Roy A. Libe
Carrolton
Charles
Dulles Sees Soviet Backing of Austrian Treaty as Hope
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said Moscow’s approval of Austria’s treaty could signal Soviet willingness to honor wartime pledges. testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he urged quick Senate ratification ahead of the July Geneva conference. He warned it could open the way to further Soviet cooperation on elections and other commitments. Chairman George expected little opposition and early ratification.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Soviet Union
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Geneva
Switzerland
Austria
Walter F. George
Dga
Complete Swimming and First Aid Courses Reported
The Red Cross swimming courses at the Y were completed by many youths from Keota Washington and Crawfordsville. In Beginning swimming the names include June Miller Mary Lee Trier Evelyn Bohrofen and others with instructors Harold DeTuncy and in First Aid junior and standard courses completed by numerous students guided by Albert Lay.
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Red Cross
The
June Miller
Mary Lee Trier
Evelyn Bohrofen
Helen Pooler
Margaret Pepper
Keota
Alma Peters
Ainsworth
Burnita Hammes
Harper
Delores Herman
Crawfordsville
Pat Yoder
Luella Sojka
Betty Ward
Melva Wertz
Marian Mills
Marcia Robertson
Abigale Perez
Sadie Peters
Sadie Wilson
Jean Singleton
Florence Hindall
Shirley Boshart
Washington
Mary Yoder
Lou Johnson
Kalona
June Bender
Wellman
Beverly Young
Loraine Phleger
Norma Whitham
Phillis Flenner
Shirley Petratz
Grace Lemmon
Laurine Owens
Ruth Ann Brown
Claude Havel
Beatrice Neuhart
Susanne Noonan
Orin Jarvis
Glenn Drahn
Harold DeTuncy
Jerry Neff
Richard Leavett
John Wilson
Thomas Eicher
Gaylen Jarrard
Phil Ahrens
Larry Wehr
Thomas Young
John Peterson
George McDaniel
Merwin Swanson
John Crom
Steve Boyer
Logan Heilman
Alfred Young
John Cruise
Steve Booth
Gene Crossett
Gary Kyle
Craig Wadell
William S. Kyle
Will A. Crom
Albert Lay
Wrong Trousers Give Detroit Thief Away
Fulton Hardy testified in Detroit recorder's court denying burglary of James Johnson's home. The jury saw a varnish stained right rear pocket from Johnson's trousers, leading to Hardy's conviction. He is to be sentenced June 21 alongside two accomplices who had pled guilty earlier.
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Detroit
Fulton Hardy
Detroit Recorder’s Court
Hardy
James Johnson
Johnson
Strikes Force GM To Close 20 Plants
DETROIT UP General Motors closed 20 plants nationwide due to wildcat strikes disrupting parts supply. Most strikes ended but temporary shortages kept plants idle. 59 260 union workers affected. Plants to reopen by Monday as labor talks with the CIO United Auto Workers enter a drawn out stretch.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Wildcat
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
US officials push draft extension and reserve bill aid
Top defense leaders urged a four year regular draft and two year doctor draft extensions before the Senate Armed Services Committee. They said the move pairs with an overall reserve program effort to strengthen defense, while warning Soviet gains require action and insisting no alternative exists for medical draft needs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Armed Services Committee
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Carter L. Burgess
Frank L. Berry
Lewis B. Hershey
Radford
House
Senate
Wilson
Berry
Hershey
Committee To Cut Reclamation Fund
The House Appropriations Committee cut 52.22 million from reclamation construction requests but left a 113.821 million program possible with remaining funds and current balances. It denied 1.48 million for a Fort Randall to Neligh 115 kilovolt line, citing uncertain demand, while reallocating 25 thousand to Granite Falls to Benson planning. Nebraska and South Dakota project figures are listed with budget figures in parentheses.
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Washington (Lp
House Appropriations Committee
Missouri Basin
Fort Randall
Neligh
Neb
Granite Falls
Benson
Minn
Midwest
Missouri
Nebraska
Sargent
South Dakota
Rapid Valley
Final Phase Of Negotiations With Steel Firms
The CIO United Steelworkers move into final preliminary wage talks with the Big Six steelmakers in Pittsburgh amid good spirit and optimism. U S Steel Inland Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Jones and Laughlin Youngstown Sheet and Tube lead the pace as targeted pay increases loom. The union plans to open negotiations with 90 smaller producers next week, aiming to set a pattern for hundreds of firms and workers.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Inland Steel
USW
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel
David J. McDonald
John A. Stephens
Stephens
McDonald
Big Six
CIO Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Dinner at Washington Golf Club Sees Strong Ticket Sales
Clarice Meek of the Chamber of Commerce says early ticket sales for the June 14 Chamber dinner at the Washington Golf and Country Club show good response. John Lee reports 57 of 60 tickets sold as of 1:30 Thursday. his team includes Porter Lee Bill Shannon Virgil Wittmer Bill Sitler Ralph Martin and Tom Carson.
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Clarice Meek
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Golf and Country Club
John Lee
Mr. Lee
Porter Lee
Bill Shannon
Virgil Wittmer
Bill Sitler
Ralph Martin
Tom Carson
Cowles urges expansion of Western economic formula
Gardner Cowles editor Look magazine and Des Moines company president told Long Island University commencement that the US cannot keep its high living standard while the world sinks into squalor and tyranny. He argued the masses seek a fair share and that failure to help could push them toward the Soviet Union. He praised the Western formula uniting freedom and order and urged extending it worldwide to improve economics and liberty.
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New York
Gardner Cowles
Look Magazine
Des Moines (Iowa
United States
Soviet Union
Cowles
Eisenhower OKs 8 Percent Postal Pay Rise for 500,000 Workers
President Eisenhower signed a law granting the Postal Service field staff an average 8 percent raise retroactive to March 1. Each worker gets at least 6 percent, with a 2 percent boost from reclassification. The move ends a two year congressional ROW and aims to equalize pay and curb inequities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Post Office Department
Congress
White House
Washington High announces partial fee exemption scholarships
Daryl Pendergraft of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls announced that Washington high school graduates Deidre K. Miller and Sandra Dell McConnell received partial fee exemption scholarships. The awards, funded by the State Board of Education, target students who intend to teach in Iowa public schools, show high academic ability and suitable personality, and need financial aid. Each scholarship is worth $126 per year, renewable for up to four years if conditions are met.
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Carl Paetz
Washington High School
Daryl Pendergraft
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Deidre K. Miller
Sandra Dell McConnell
Pendergraft
State Board of Education
Iowa
Californian Tells Of Flying About in Saucer
Daniel W. Fry of Puente California spoke in Chicago to 459 attendees paying $1.50 to hear about flying saucers. He claimed three contacts with extraterrestrials and described a saucer landing near White Sands New Mexico on July 4 1950 and a return trip to New York at 8000 mph lasting thirty minutes. He said space men chose him because he didn’t believe in saucers.
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Chicago
Daniel W. Fry
Puente
Calif
Fry
White Sands
N.M
New York
Church Group Enjoys Camp at Lake Darling
Twenty five youths attended a camp at Lake Darling sponsored by St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church. Volunteers donated food and labor while studies covered the Apostles Creed Psalm 23 Beatitudes and hymns. They hiked, crafted, fished, and enjoyed various recreation.
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Lake Darling
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Weather forecast for Iowa five day period
Considerable cloudiness tonight giving way to increasing sun Saturday. Scattered showers end north tonight central south Saturday morning. Cooler conditions persist through Saturday with slight warmth in the northwest. Friday night through Wednesday average temperatures 6-12 degrees below normal with limited daily changes. Precipitation expected 0.25 to 0.50 inches mainly from showers late Tuesday or Wednesday.
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United Press
Iowa
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