Detroit Man Arrested Five Times This Year on Drunk Charge
Kerry Oliver aged 45 was arrested for the fifth time in 12 months on a drunk driving charge. He told Judge Joseph A Gillis he could not afford a fine, saying they had only 82 dollars left and planned to save it for the policemen's field day on August 2. Oliver was sentenced to a period in correction with release the day before the 39 day Detroit House term.
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Detroit
Kerry Oliver
Joseph A Gillis
Oliver
Taft Slowed But Active in Senate Leadership
Senator Taft remains active despite a hip ailment forcing crutches and reduced pace. He has named Senator Knowland as deputy to handle floor leadership while undergoing X rays and cortisone treatment at Walter Reed, maintaining a full schedule of committee sessions and calls.
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Washington
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Sen
William F. Knowland
R-Calif
Ohio
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Taft
Churchill Plans Four Power Talk With Moscow
Churchill proposes a preliminary four power meeting with Premier Malenkov to hear Moscow before Western commitments. He aims to persuade Eisenhower and the French premier at Bermuda to discuss Moscow peace feelers, hoping timing favors possible talks amid East German unrest and satellite upheaval.
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London
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Winston Churchill
Russia
Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Hold Boys for Thefts After Chase in Davenport Muscatine
Davenport police captured two youths Dale Wade Lueders 14 and Tom William Kopf 18 after a chase with Muscatine authorities. They allegedly stole a 1952 car from a private garage in Davenport then burgled a Mobil station in Muscatine stealing $15 from the till and cash from machines. The suspects fled on foot after a collision during the pursuit.
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Davenport
Polies
Modigas
Muscatine
Dale Wade Lueders
Tom Wiliam Kopf
Mobilgas
Air Force chief warns of severe manpower shortages
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, retiring Air Force chief, told Kiwanis that even with lifted restrictions the service faces a serious future manpower gap. He criticized budget cuts and overemphasis on equipment over personnel, warning past planning wasted funds and left the force without padding or safeguards.
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New York
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Vandenberg
Defense Department
Kiwanis International
Washington Hospital Gained Joint Commission Full Accreditation
Washington county hospital was accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The 15th annual list names about 5,000 of nearly 6,000 eligible U S hospitals as meeting high care standards. The commission now oversees hospital accreditation formerly held by the American College of Surgeons.
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Washington County
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
American College of Surgeons
Joint Commission
Latin America
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Edwin L. Crosby
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
American College of Physicians
Canadian Medical Association
Death of Cousin in Berkeley Hears Stanley Mouser
Stanley Mouser received word Saturday of the sudden death of his cousin Mrs. Hazel Mouser Legris in Berkeley California from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was in her early sixties. Her father Will Mouser was born and raised in Washington and was widely known here in youth. He was brother to Banks and Fred Mouser. Theodore Roosevelt popularized the expression pussy footing.
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Stanley Mouser
Hazel Mouser Legris
Berkeley Calif
Two Boys Flee After Tire Goes Flat Near Mississippi
Miles east of Muscatine a tire goes flat and two boys flee on foot into a marsh by the Mississippi River. They are later arrested by police in Davenport around 7 am. Officers recover a loaded .22 caliber rifle in the abandoned car.
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Muscatine
Mississippi River
Davenport
Pinay Faces Collapse as Support Evaporates in France
Paris reports two major parties refuse to back premier-designate Antoine Pinay, dooming his bid to form a government to end the cabinet crisis. Auriol likely to turn to Edgar Faure as the Radical Socialist party considers the mandate. Pinay, famed for the save the franc campaign, lacks key parliamentary backing.
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Paris
France
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
Vincent Auriol
Auriol
Edgar Faure
Popular Republican Party
Charles de Gaulle
Caucasses
Detasselers Needed in Washington County
Mrs Vermelia R. Lay of the Iowa State employment service says more detasselers are needed in Washington County for corn detasseling. Eligible youths 15 and over and adults may sign up at the Employment Service office over the Benteco for work or contracting opportunities. The program should start in about three weeks.
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Washington County
Vermelia R. Lay
Iowa
Employment Service
Benteco
No Order for Clark To Give Testimony
The House Judiciary Committee voted 22 to 5 to not subpoena Justice Tom C. Clark for testimony before a subcommittee on Justice Department activities. Clark, who was attorney general from 1945 to 1949, previously declined an invitation to appear, saying a Supreme Court member should not be drawn into legislative matters. The vote centered on the principle of separate and independent branches of government.
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United Press
Congress
Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Suboena
Tom C. Clark
Subcommittee
Justice Department
Clark
Truman
U. S
Riverside man Omar Waldschmitt dies at home
Omar Waldschmitt of Riverside died at 1 30 this morning at his home from a probable heart attack. The body was sent to University hospital in Iowa City for postmortem. He lived with his brother Edwin, was not married, and was a carpenter and mason. Funeral plans are undetermined. He was a St Marys church member. His parents were Mrs Albana and the late George Waldschmitt. The note ends with a political party mention of federalists and Republicans.
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Riverside
Omar Waldschmitt
University Hospital
Iowa City
Waldschmitt
Edwin
Albana
George Waldschmitt
St. Marys Church
West Germany mourns as East German revolt spreads
West Germany declares official mourning after the June uprising as Chancellor Adenauer travels to Berlin to pledge resolve. East Berlin endures renewed clashes with Soviet troops, while reports say a second East German ringleader was executed in Jena and eight West Berliners are dead with many missing.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Konerad Adehauer
Bonn
Jena
West Berlin
East Berlin
Communist Party
Rhee Rejects Armistice Plan as Envoy Seeks Support
A U S envoy led by Walter Robertson and Gen J Lawton Collins traveled toward Korea to secure continued UN military backing for South Korea during an armistice and any renewed war. President Rhee, in statements to Gen Clark, reaffirmed his decision to continue fighting and proposed a three point plan to withdraw Chinese forces, mutual security with the US, and a three month postwar conference.
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Seoul
Korea
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
Walter S. Robertson
Rhee
Army
J. Lawton Collins
United Nations
Robertson
South Korea
Mark W. Clark
Clark
North Korea
United States
Tokyo
Postwar Korea Peace Talks and Security Pact Outlined
The text notes UN rejection of Munjom. It mentions a mutual security pact between the United States and South Korea before an armistice and proposes limiting the post armistice peace conference to three months with renewed hostilities if a satisfactory Korean settlement is not reached.
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Munjom
U.N
United States
South Korea
Ramseyer Sends Cablegram From Iran
Mrs. Ramseyer received a cablegram from her husband stating he arrived safely in Teheran Iran Friday evening at 6 p m The message confirms his safe arrival in the capital.
Report Increase in High Cost of Living
Washington reports May 1953 cost of living at a new high as price gains across food housing clothing and personal care lift the consumer price index to 114 percent of 1947 49 prices. Food up 0.5 percent led by a 7 percent pork rise while lamb prices climbed 4.44 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Correction: Haradon listed as Bankers Life salesman
The Evening Journal erred in the New Comers column of Friday June 19 by naming Leonard Hara don as a Bankers Life salesman. Mr Haradon is actually employed by the Bankers Life and Casualty Company of Chicago Illinois.
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Evening Journal
Leonard Haradon
Bankers Life Co
Haradon
Bankers Life and Casualty Company
Chicago
Catholics Report Missionaries Held by Chinese Communists
Catholic headquarters in Hong Kong reports 25 plus missionaries seized in the last week in a new wave of arrests. Seven of the abductees are Americans. The group includes 15 seized in Shanghai and 10 in Tientsin.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Tientsin
Gas Stations in Iowa Raise Prices Amid Wholesale Increases
Iowa dealers raised gasoline prices by a half to one cent a gallon as wholesale costs climbed. Some stations hiked again Monday with more boosts expected soon. Regular priced around 27.4 cents and premium about 29.4 cents. another one cent rise to 3 cents tax slated July 1 as state gasoline tax increases from two to three cents.
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Iowa
Dust Storm Threatens Southwest Cattle Regions Amid Drought
The article reports dust storms and six foot dirt drifts endangering four southeastern Colorado counties as drought worsens. The Weather Bureau warns of a new heat wave in the upper Midwest while a cold front ends the Atlantic heat. The death toll from the heat wave rises to 133 with drownings, heat prostrations, and lightning fatalities.
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Great Plains
Southwest
Colorado
U. S
Northern Plains
Atlantic Coast
Southeastern
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Prairies
Texas
Oklahoma
Eleven Attend Annual 4 H Short Course at ISC
Eleven Washington county 4 H members attend the Iowa State College Short Course at ISC June 25. Delegates include Harold Bohr Lime Creek Livewires Rodney Campbell Highlanders Jerry Sojka Havre Hot Shots Jim Quinn Ainsworth Beavers Warren Rhodes Kalona Klippers Donald Palmer Jackson Boys Larry Stout Prairie Sons and David Meyers Cedar Chips. Accompanied by George Horn Monroe D Yoder and Jim Elliott the group will hear Dr Evelyn Duvall speak on Your Family Your Friends and You with sessions on agriculture social relations and human development.
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Washington County
Iowa State
Iowa State College
Harold Bohr
Lime Creek Livewires
Rodney Campbell
Highlanders
Jerry Sojka
Havre Hot Shots
Jim Quinn
Ainsworth Beavers
Warren Rhodes
Kalona Klippers
Donald Palmer
Jackson Boys
Larry Stout
Prairie Sons
David Meyers
Cedar Chips
George Horn
Monroe D. Yoder
Evelyn Duvall
Weather Des Moines Iowa Five Day Outlook Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a low around 65 to 70 and a high of 85 to 95. Weather stays partly cloudy Thursday with little change. Five day outlook shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal, with normal highs 84 north 85 south and lows around 60 to 62. Warmer Wednesday cooler late Thursday and warmer weekend. Rain totals 2 to 4 tenths inch from scattered showers Friday night or Saturday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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