Strike Deadline Near As Steel Negotiations Stall
With one week left before the June 30 strike deadline the United Steelworkers union and the Big Three producers face a stubborn impasse. A top industry source sees a possible three year deal with a 20 cent wage rise in year one, while companies push a five year package totaling 65 cents per hour. USS plans shutdowns if talks falter as unions and firms flood ads and letters to workers in a bid to sway support.
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New York
United Press
United Steelworkers Union
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel Corp
Stephens
David J. McDonald
USW
USS
U.S. Steel
Four 4 H Members Win Michigan Camp Trip
Four Iowa 4 H boys were named winners of a trip to the American Youth Leadership Camp near Shelby Michigan from August 13 to 26. The delegates are Duane Skarda Afton Everett Collins Galva Ronald Miller Clarsville and John Miller Cedar Falls. They were selected at the 4 H short course for long time 4 H records community church and club involvement and leadership.
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Ames
Iowa
Weaver services for Mrs I N Weaver planned near Keota
Funeral services for Mrs. I. N. Weaver aged 79 who died at her home north of Keota Friday will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the English River Church of the Brethren near South English with Rev J Johnson presiding. Burial follows in the adjoining cemetery with arrangements by Powell Funeral Home Keota.
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I. N. Weaver
English River
Church of the Brethren
South English
J Johnson
Weaver
Powell
Forty Attend School Reorganization Meeting in County
Forty people attended a school reorganization study committee meeting at Prairie Flower school with reps from Kalona Wellman West Chester Prairie Flower and Richmond. Harvey Hofer chaired. plans for a West Chester meeting July 5 were made and an attorney will explain legal procedures. John Fields introduced James Thomas the new Wellman superintendent formerly of Oskaloosa.
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Prairie Flower School
Kalona
West Chester
Prairie Flower
Richmond
Harvey Hofer
Supt. Perry
E. D. Miller
Gerald Graf
Wayne Norman
Robert Godlove
Maurice Crawford
Marion Augustine
Keith Stewart
Howard Greiner
Roger Lance
William Glassburner
John Fields
Wellman School
James Thomas
Osceola
Neighbors win ruling over neighbor’s trash fires
A police magistrate in Mt Carmel Illinois ruled it illegal to light a trash fire whenever a neighbor hangs out washing. Five neighbors testified that Christina Miller would start a fire when they hung clothes, creating smoke over their laundry. Miller denied the allegations.
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MT. Carmel
Ill
Christina Miller
Cyprus Governor Returns Amid Talks on British Plan
Cyprus Governor Sir John Harding arrived from London amid security tightening at Larnaca airport. A British statement said Eden and ministers were in full agreement on Britain’s position in Cyprus. A British serviceman died from burns, bringing British casualties to 21 in the unrest linked to EOKA. A memorial service for U.S. Vice Consul William Boteler was held in Nicosia.
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Cyprus
John Harding
London
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Government House
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Eden
Britain
U.S
St. Paul's Anglican Church
William P. Boteler
Boteler
EOKA
Soho
Theocrates Dervis
FEOKA
Floods and fires sweep across states amid fast moving storms
Severe weather from Texas to Pennsylvania and Indiana triggers flash floods and fires. In Texas a freak lightning strike ignites two 55 000 barrel oil tanks near Midland causing a massive blaze and black smoke. Pennsylvania reports flooded rivers forcing evacuations of campers near Slippery Rock Creek and roads washed out. Indiana suffers a building collapse and injuries as storms linger.
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Appalachian Mountains
Indiana
Lawrence County
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Shipper Rock
Midland
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Indianapolis
Statehouse
Midlands
U S Air Chief Attends Major Soviet Air Show in Moscow
Gen Nathan F Twining U S Air Force Chief of Staff arrived in Moscow for a 19 day visit to observe secret Soviet military planes and installations. He will attend a large air show at Tushino Airport amid expectations of new Soviet aircraft and potential weapon displays.
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Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Air Force
Twining
Air Force
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Soviet Union
Washington
Wiesbaden
Germany
Eisenhower
Nigel Burch
France
Paul Bailly
Vnukovo
Ivan S. Konev
Defese
Marshal Konev
U.S
Konev
I. Zhigaryov
Tushino
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Wilson
Los Angeles County General Hospital Dominates Region
Los Angeles County General Hospital is described as the largest hospital in the world. It serves a wide area of 5 005 square miles and a population of about 4 5 million people in the region.
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Los Angeles County General Hospital
Benson Vows He Is Cut Off Slump In Cattle Hog Prices
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson said the department will monitor cattle hog and poultry prices this fall to prevent a repeat of last year’s price slump. He spoke in Eldora Iowa and warned critics of high rigid farm price supports, urging defeat of such backers in politics. He noted concern over Iowa drought conditions and cited the Iowa GOP primary result showing Hickenlooper supporting flexible price supports and Countryman backing high price supports.
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Ames
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
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Eldora
Iowa
Washington
Rourke B
Hickenlooper
Arts
Dayton Countryman
Livestock Grazing Damages North Dakota Plantings
The Forest Service reports that one in five forestry plantings in North Dakota has been damaged by grazing livestock. These plantings were established by the federal government between 1935 and 1942.
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U.S. Forest Service
North Dakota
None Injured As Car Hits Dynamite Truck
A dynamite truck carrying 17 tons collided with a car near Blairsville Iowa on Friday but four people escaped serious injuries. The injured were truck driver Leonard Page 35 of Des Moines and Mrs Selma Larson of Winona Minnesota and her two sons aged 12 and 9. Sheriff E R Lear said they were mighty lucky they weren’t killed.
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Blairsburg
Iowa
Here
Leonard Page
Des Moines
Selma Larson
Winona
Minn
E.R. Lear
Posse hunts killer in quarry after triple murder
A 50 man posse with Sheriff Robert Stockdale searched a quarry near Warren Ohio at dawn seeking Alfred Wilson 37 who killed three people after his common law wife left him. A suicide note to Juanita Wilson 37 was found in his abandoned car but authorities doubt self harm. Juanita and her three children were placed in protective custody.
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Warren
Ohio
Robert Stockdale
Portage County
Alfred Wilson
Wilson
Juanita
Fayette County groups launch Operation Good Neighbor hay drive
Fayette County civic groups led by the American Legion and Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to expand Operation Haylift by collecting hay for Appanoose County drought victims. Twenty organizations will tour townships to solicit baled hay with free baling and no delivery charge, aiming for about 1000 tons.
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Duce
American Legion
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Guthrie County Wins Get Out the Vote Contest
Guthrie County tops the Iowa Farm Bureau Get Out the Vote contest with a 37.4 percent turnout in the June 4 primary. Other district winners include Fayette 31.1 percent Mitchell 34.8 percent Emmet 33.3 percent Hardin 23.3 percent Cedar 32.6 percent Louisa 28.3 percent Monroe 31.5 percent and Union 32.7 percent. The Farm Bureau will award $50 to each county Farm Bureau women's group.
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Guthrie County
Iowa Farm Bureau
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Emmet
Hardin
Cedar
Louisa
Monroe
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The
Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Debuts With Legs in MGM Film The Opposite Sex
Hollywood report says Marjorie Hellen makes her film debut in MGM's The Opposite Sex with only her legs visible on screen. This novelty moment highlights the star's screen presence and the studio's cheeky promotion.
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Hollywood
Marjorie Hellen
MGM
Youth Center Council Plans Dance Fundraiser
Washington Youth Center student council organized a Friday meeting to finalize plans for a dance at the Legion Hall on Saturday night June 30. President Larry Cochran urged members to sell tickets at 1.50 for couples or 0.75 for singles and announced ticket distribution at the Youth Center tonight. The group also scheduled a meeting next week to discuss painting the rooms above the McLellan store.
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Larry Cochran
Larry
Youth Center
McLellan
Bay Bridge Length Compared With Ferry Route
The Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland spans eight miles while the ferry line between San Francisco and Alameda covers four miles.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Alameda
Russians Warn of ICBM and Submarine Threat at Defense Conference
At the Quantico defense conference the Air Force warned Russia could possess significant ICBM capability within four to five years and that the Soviet missile submarine program could devastate major cities. Navy leaders called submarines a top problem while Army and Air Force urged substantially higher defense budgets.
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Air Force
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America
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Army
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Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radford
Wilber M Brucker
Thomas D. White
U.S
Air
Donald A Quarles
Quarles
Bomb Kills Three Hungarian Children in Vienna Mine Incident
Three Hungarian children aged five to nine were killed in Vienna when a World War II mine they found exploded while they played with it.
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Vienna
Austria
Weather Outlook Iowa Fair to Partly Cloudy Through Sunday
Fair to partly cloudy weather covers Iowa through Sunday with a chance of widely scattered showers and a few thundershowers tonight and Sunday afternoon. Cooler conditions in the northwest tonight, warmer in the northwest Sunday. lows reach 53 to 70, highs in the 80s northeast and 90s elsewhere. Partly cloudy and quite warm Monday.
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