Reach Accord On Armament Plans
Paris AP reports Western disarmament delegates won approval from NATO partners for an arms cut inspection program to present to Russia next week. West Germany voiced reservations about the open skies aerial inspection plan. US delegate Harold Stassen and French counterpart Jules Moch led the discussions at a three hour NATO council session.
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Paris
NATO
Russia
West Germany
U.S
Harold Stassen
Jules Moch
Permanent Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic Alliance
Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Stassen
Moch
Funeral Services For Mrs. Ford on Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Ford 91 will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Catholic Chapel Iowa City with burial in Riverside Cemetery Rev Edward Phillips of the First Methodist Church Iowa City will preside. Mrs Ford died Thursday in Largo Florida at her son in law and daughter Joe Kilroe home. She married Edwin W Ford on December 28 1887 and lived near Riverside before moving to Riverside in 1919. She was a Riverside Garden Club and WSCS member. Survivors: six daughters two sons eleven children eleven great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Her husband died March 26 1946.
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Riverside
Barbara Ford
Iowa City
Edward Phillips
First Methodist
Ford
Largo
Fla
Joe Kilroe
Edwin W. Ford
Riverside Garden Club
WSCS
Gertrude Walker
Comstock
Minn
Blanche Miller
Moline
Hll
Irene Alt
Ednardt
Portland
Ore
Edith Kilroe
Daisy Pickett
Upper Darby
Irvin E
Silver Springs
Harley
Pedro Beach
Ala
Edward Philips
First Methodist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Three-Year-Old Lose Toes in Lawn Mower Incident
Three year old Ricky Marlow of near Burr Oak lost all of the toes on one foot after his foot became caught in the blades of a power lawn mower.
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Ricky Marlow
Burr Oak
Free Eye Tests By Optometrists Monday
Washington optometrists will cooperate in a state Visual Readiness screening of preschool children with free screening tests offered as a public service on Monday July 1. All children entering school for the first time next fall are invited to visit any local optometric office for a free visual screening to determine if corrective measures are needed for school work.
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Washington
Steeplejack Rescued From Dangling Rope
A 66 year old steeplejack dangled head down from an 80 foot smokestack for 90 minutes as winds tore his rigging. Firemen cut his ropes and he survived, saying he cannot return to work until tomorrow. He has fallen many times but plans to work yet and retire to a farm with a shotgun and coon dog.
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Washington
Mike Brummett
Restrictions On Soil Bank Plan For 1958 Program
Washington sources report a House Senate Conference Committee will bar farmers from expanding un controlled crops on land entering the 1958 soil bank acreage reserve. The panel also sets a $3,000 payment ceiling for individual growers after cutbacks to reduce surplus crops.
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Washington
Senate Conference Committee
Soil Bank
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Administration
True D. Morse
Congress
Conference
Senate
Belmond Woman Killed In Car Train Crash
Mrs. Laura L. Finn, 44, of near Belmond Iowa, was killed when her car collided with a freight train at a gravel road crossing one mile north of Belmond. Rock Island engineer J T West of Dows said he blew his whistle but she did not hear or see the train. Her car was dragged more than 600 feet along the tracks.
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Belmond
Iowa
Laura L. Finn
Here
Rock Island
J.T. Westrem
Dows
Kids Day July 4 In Riverside With Wes Holly Troupe
Riverside hosts a free Fourth of July Kids Day featuring the Wes Holly troupe from WOC TV Davenport starting at 9 30 a m. A 1 p m Main Street parade invites floats and pets. Events include a money envelope drop, chicken throw away greased pig chase foot races tug of war and a ball game. The VFW posts a lunch stand and park picnic area.
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Riverside
Wes Holly
Woc-Tv
Davenport
Main Street
VFW
Wes
Joy Holley
Rusty Pipe
Clarabell
Dwight
Blowout Blamed in Seven Highway Deaths Near Farmington
Police attributed a tire blowout to a fatal crash 10 miles east of Farmington on US 550. A pickup and an automobile collided killing seven people including two children. a witness said a front tire blew, sending the car into the oncoming truck.
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Farmington
New Mexico
US 550
Floyd Miles
Rescuers Busy as Floods Roar Across Midwest States
Flood waters from Hurricane Audrey batter Indiana and Illinois with up to 10 inches of rain. Indiana National Guard set up headquarters at the statehouse to coordinate flood operations while Army DUKs search for victims. The Wabash River tops flood stage at Terre Haute and Red Cross pleas for sandbags aid levee protection amid multiple fatalities.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Midwest
Indiana
Illinois
Indiana National Guard
Statehouse
Tipton
Army Duks
Stout Field
Big Eagle Creek
Wabash
Terre Haute
Red Cross
Shelbyville
Ill
Marshall
Kaskaskia
Army Units Move To Aid Homeless In Hurricane Path
The Fourth Army marshals all resources in coastal Louisiana to locate hurricane deaths. At least 161 dead, including 11 in Texas, as a nine foot tidal wave hit Cameron and surrounding towns. Helicopters from Fort Polk and bulldozers search wreckage while ambulances and radio networks restore order. Icehouses hold bodies for identification as refugees flood Lake Charles with five babies born in Cameron during the ordeal.
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Lake Charles
Fourth Army
Louisiana
Texas
Cameron
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Polk
Calcasieu River
South Louisiana
Jerry Coron
Red Cross
Spirit Lake Girl Wins VFW Essay Contest
Mary Ann Sigler an 18 year old Spirit Lake student won first prize in the VFW Auxiliary high school essay contest at the auxiliary convention in Sioux City Iowa. From 982 Iowa entrants she earned 100 dollars and a silver medal for writing on Americas Crusade for Free Man s Rights. Katherine Beck Burlington took second with 50 dollars and a medal and Mary Madden Indianola finished third with 25 dollars.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Mary Ann Sigler
Spirit Lake
VFW
Sigler
Katherine Beck
Burlington
Mary Madden
Indianola
Manslaughter charged in Davenport auto deaths
Robert B E Love of Montpelier faces manslaughter charges after a coroner jury found two people died from his gross negligence and reckless driving near Davenport on U S 6 March 23. The victims were Mrs. Donald Argenta and her seven month old son. Love was injured and jailed on crutches awaiting his police court appearance.
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Davenport
Iowa
Robert BE. Love
Montpelier
Love
Donald Argenta
Sales Tax Change Creates Problems for Iowa Phone Bills
Iowa readers face billing confusion as a 2 percent sales tax reverts on July 1. Northwestern Bell will charge 2 percent on both local and long distance calls starting with July bills, while independents will split June and July billing dates. Overlaps in billing periods may cause some customers to pay the 2 percent rate for calls made in June and July.
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DES Moines
ICPA
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Northwestern Bell
Bell
Tax Commission
Iowa
125 Participate In Livestock Tour Here
One hundred twenty five farmers and others joined a livestock tour sponsored by the county swine and beef producers on Friday. Iowa State College extension economist Francis Kutish praised local production methods and noted high management levels. He predicted hog prices to stay firm and feeders to cost 25 cents per pound next fall, as tours covered farms of Don Sheetz Milton Ross Keith Stewart Jim Bell A K Stoutner R W McDowell and John Shetler in West Chester Keota Wellman.
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Francis Kutish
Iowa State College
Mr. Kutish
Don Sheetz
Milton Ross
Keith Stewart
West Chester
Jim Bell
A. K. Stoutner
R. W. McDowell
Keota
John Shetler
Wellman
Airliners Collide On Miami Runway
A four engine DC7B struck a parked Super Constellation at Miami International Airport just before midnight. Both Eastern owned aircraft valued at five million dollars were destroyed and no passengers were aboard. The Constellation was unoccupied and the DC7B crew escaped unharmed as firemen battled the blaze.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Miami International
Constellation
Northrup King builds new drying plant in Washington county
Northrup King Corporation begins construction on a drying and processing facility at the northeast edge of the city opposite Washington Concrete and Holbert Cattle Company. The steel dryer tower rises 73 feet with concrete reinforced core and elevator grading, a late season hybrid seed corn project planned to include a future warehouse. Groundbreaking occurred February 12 1957 with completion expected in September as part of expanding seed operations from Minneapolis to Iowa soils and climate suitable for experimental plots.
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Washington
Northrup King Corporation
J. C. Holbert Cattle Company
Earl Wood
Northrup King Corporations
Washington Concrete Company
Holbert Cattle Company
Northrup King
Minneapolis
Minn
Billy Graham Says No Easy Route To Heaven
Evangelist Billy Graham told 15,500 at Madison Square Garden that salvation comes only by taking up the cross and following Jesus Christ. He said sin is costly, riches do not guarantee eternal life, and his coast to coast telecasts have extended through July 13 making the New York Crusade national in scope.
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New York
Billy Graham
Kingdom of Heaven
Madison Square Garden
Hell
Graham
Christ
Jesus
ABC
Two Killed in Crash Near Bellevue Iowa
FBI employee Edwin Hinman 25 of Alexandria Virginia and his daughter Barbara 3 were killed in a head on Iowa 52 crash seven miles north of Bellevue. Hinman's wife Ramona 23 was hospitalized with broken legs and head injuries. another daughter Corrine 6 months was unharmed. The Hinmans were in Leland Hinman 20's car from Oak Forest Iowa when they collided with Joseph Monner 24 of Bellevue who said he fell asleep. Monner was hospitalized. Sheriff said Hinman worked for the FBI but details were unavailable.
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Bellevue
Iowa
FBI
Edwin Hinman
Alexandria
Barbara
Hinman
Ramona
Corrine
Hinmans
Leland L. Hinman
Oak Forest
Joseph L. Monner
Monner
Lorin Feldermann
Maquoketa
Loveless Plans Return From Conference
Gov. Herschel C. Loveless could not attend the Chicagoland Fair opening in Chicago due to a Governor’s Conference in Williamsburg Virginia. Robert Johnson said Loveless would fly home from Williamsburg to Des Moines arriving today after weather delayed his eastern-bound plane.
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Des Moines
Herschel C. Loveless
Chicago
Robert Johnson
Govenor
Loveless
Williamsburg
Maines
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