Eisenhower says U S leads in atom arms race
President Eisenhower states the Western world holds a lead over the Soviet Union in atomic and hydrogen weapons but cautions the duration of the advantage is unknowable. He rejects the idea the U S will start a war and notes Churchill's call to surpass Soviet forces within years.
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U.S
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
West
Winston Churchill
United States
Britain
Chiang Kai - Shek
China
Churchill
Retirement Home Plans Outlined for Washington
Robert Day, Washington attorney and chair of the building committee for the Washington Home Association, presented architect plans for a retirement home on South Iowa Avenue and said construction could begin this year. At the Y's Men's meeting, the group also received ticket reports for Abie's Irish Rose, the home talent show to be staged March 9 10 and 11. Reserved seats require exchange at Osincup's drug store stage and advance tickets remain available.
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Robert Day
Washington
Washington Home Association
Y's Men
Day
South
Iowa Avenue
Abie
Osincup
Pickets Object As Orchestra Plays Nazi Song At Carnegie Hall
Anti Nazi demonstrators rallied around Carnegie Hall while the inside orchestra played the German anthem and the Star Spangled Banner. Picket lines shouted Nazis go home and remember the six million dead Jews as conductor Herbert Von Karajan faced protests from Jewish and labor groups. Police guarded corridors during intermission.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Seiferts Observe First Year Of Ladies Ready To Wear Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Jim Seifert celebrate their first anniversary at Seifert s Ladies Ready to Wear on the square s south side. They bought the store on January 1 and renovated after a brief closing. The Seifert force includes several staff members and the couple recently opened a new women s wear store in Ottumwa, expanding to three Southeastern Iowa shops.
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Jim Seifert
Seifert
Seifert’s
Rothschild’s
Evening Journal
Helen Stewart
Mildred Whitehead
Beulah Pacha
Wiliam Manassier
Bertha Miller
Dale Marsh
Phyllis Kriner
Larry Cochran
Bill
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Legion Post Plans Birthday Party and Wrestling Show
At the Des Moines meeting Leon Beatty post members discussed a wrestling show to be sponsored soon and planned the annual Legion birthday party for April. The post will host a joint party with the auxiliary for members and families. Everette Burham received special recognition for 30 years as service officer, and Bill Putman was noted for helping meet the membership quota. Burton Kent was introduced as a new adjutant and Tommie Tucker reported progress on a Washington pool project.
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American Legion
Leon Beatty Legion
Harold Jarvis
Don Hazen
O. J. Brown
Des Moines
The
Legion
Post
Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Everette Burham
Bill Putman
Leon Beatty
Burton Kent
Jones Funeral Home
Kent
Glenwood
Washington
National Legion Organization
Tommie Tucker
Y's Men Sponsor Easter Sunrise Service Here
Washington's Y's Men's club voted at the YMCA meeting to sponsor the Easter sunrise service again this year. The service has been a local highlight in the Easter worship series, with program details to be announced later.
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Washington
Y's
YMCA
Bulganin Purges Two High Red Officials
London dispatch reports Premier Bulganin ousting two Soviet ministers under Malenkov for unsatisfactory work. A. I. Kozlov, minister of state farms, and A. S. Zasyadko, minister of the coal industry, were replaced by A. N. Zademidko and Ivan Benediktov respectively.
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London
Nikolai Bulganin
Georgi Malenkov
Bulganin
Moscow
A. I. Kozlov
A.S. Zasyadko
Supreme Soviet
A.N. Zademidko
Ivan Benediktov
Bulgaria
Moscow Radio
Kozlov
Zasyadko
Enid McConnell Leads Organ Accompaniment for Meet Arizona
Enid McConnell a Washington High School sophomore plays all organ parts for the operetta Meet Arizona using the Connsonata organ pictured above. She practices two to four hours after school daily and earns praise from director Robert Ferrell for her accompanist work and singing in the mixed chorus. Enid also plays oboe in the school band and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles McConnell. her mother the church organist assisted her preparation with help from local organist John Yousling.
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Enid
Arizona
Robert Ferrell
Charles McConnell
Washington
Enid McConnell
Washington High School
Ike says he is not indispensable to GOP victory in 1956
President Eisenhower in a news conference rejected the idea that he is indispensable to a Republican victory in 1956. He urged reporters to avoid the running question and hinted he may decide about seeking re election early next spring. He also discussed a four year term for House members and salary raises for Congress and federal officials.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Justice Department
GOP
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Recommends Increase In Teachers Salaries In Iowa
Iowa educators push for a 10 percent raise with the Iowa State Education Assn citing Iowa as 34th in the nation for teacher pay at 3260 dollars on average while the U S average stands at 3932 dollars. The executive board warns shortages will worsen as enrollments rise.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Education Assn
Frank Hildreth
Association
Burton Kent Joins Jones Funeral Home in Washington
Burton Kent a licensed mortician formerly with Glenwood Iowa started work Tuesday at the Jones funeral home in Washington Kent from Newton Iowa and his family will reside at 315 West Third in the old McIntyre home He is a Catholic and active American Legion member having served as adjutant at Glenwood post He fills the vacancy created by John Murray resignation
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Burton Kent
Glenwood
Iowa
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Kent
Newton
Bradenton Students Visit Rhode Island Snow Dream
Thirty one Bradenton high school students toured Warwick Rhode Island hoping to see snow. Arriving to clear weather they instead witnessed Florida snow back home, the trip’s surprise note.
Eisenhower Doubts Soviet Farm Experts Visiting Iowa
President Eisenhower said a visit by Russian agriculture experts to Iowa could be beneficial if legal and political hurdles are cleared. He noted complexities of admitting Communist visitors but welcomed discussion if tensions lessen and rights restrictions are resolved.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Iowa
Des Moines
Russia
Agriculture
Soviet Union
United States
Freed by Soviet Verdine Faces AWOL Charge
Pvt. William A. Verdine, 28, of Starks Louisiana, released from six years in Soviet captivity, faced an Army charge of being absent without leave after being freed in Berlin on January 20. He had vanished from his Coburg unit in West Germany on February 3, 1949, with U.S. requests for release previously made.
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Frankfurt
Germany
William A. Verdine
Starks
U.S
Verdine
Berlin
Coburg
West Germany
United States
Russia
Local Resident's Son Publishes Book by Monmouth Scholar
Dr Samuel M Thompson head of philosophy at Monmouth College in Monmouth Illinois has a new book Modern Philosophy of Religion from Henry Regnery Company Chicago. The 601 page text published Jan 31 and available February explores religion for general readers.
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R. W. Thompson
United Presbyterian Home
Samuel M. Thompson
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Illinois
Henry Regnery Company
Chicago
College Text Books
Kenneth D. Miller
Harry P. Osborne of Junction Dies Today
Harry P. Osborne 84 died at 3 a m at Bellevue hospital Muscatine He had lived in Columbus Junction and worked for the Rock Island railroad Funeral services set for Friday March 4 at 2 p m Stephens funeral home Columbus Junction Born July 23 1870 at Ainsworth Survivors include widow one son Carl of Burbank Calif one daughter Mrs Irving Stoner of Iowa City one stepson Paul Lock of Geneseo Ill and two stepdaughters Mrs Harold Koepping Muscatine and Mrs Earl Matthews Arkansas Kan
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Columbus Junction
Harry P. Osborne
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Osborne
Rock Island Railroad
Stephens
Ainsworth
Carl
Burbank
Calif
Irving Stoner
Iowa City
Paul Lock
Geneseo
Harold Koepping
Earl Matthews
Arkansas, Kan
Fairfield Attorney Leo D. Thoma Dies at 67
Leo D. Thoma 67 a well known Fairfield attorney died at 6 45 p m Tuesday in University hospital Iowa City He founded the law firm Thoma Thoma with his brother in 1910 His brother died years ago Funeral services set for Thursday March 3 at 1 30 p m Hoskins funeral home Fairfield Burial in Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield.
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Leo D. Thoma
Fairfield
University Hospital
Iowa City
Thoma
Bettendorf Man Named Chief Suspect in Murder Probe
Sheriff Pete Wildman identified a 30 year old Bettendorf man as the chief suspect in the slaying of Delores Lund of Rock Island Illinois. Edward Meyers admitted being with Lund Monday night at a tavern and was arrested with a female companion after her body was found. Another Bettendorf man Sherman Stewart was also detained after admitting to being with Meyers and Lund. Investigators questioned dozens of men as the search for a motive and murder weapon continued near Devil's Glen Road.
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Bettendorf
Iowa
Scott County
Pete Wildman
Delores Lund
Rock Island
Ill
Wildman
Edward Meyers
Meyers
Gene Lund
Muscatine
Tom
Wayne
Lund
Myrtle Kruk
Duck Creek
Davenport Millwork Firm Swept by Fire
A Davenport millwork firm, Mc Clelland Millwork Co., suffered an estimated 500000 in damage after a two hour blaze. One Davenport firefighter was hospitalized after an aerial ladder explosion on the fourth floor. Fire officials said thousands watched as multiple departments responded and the cause remained under investigation. The building had been damaged previously in December.
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Davenport
McClelland Millwork Co
Rock Island
Bettendorf
Moline
Blue Grass
Buffalo
Les Schick
Harold Perry Named Sales Manager For Washington Mfg Co
Harold Perry appointed sales manager at Washington Manufacturing Co by general manager Robert Reed. Perry has extensive sales and management experience and previously lived in Washington. He began duties at the start of the week and resides with Mrs Perry at 129 West Harrison Street.
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Harold Perry
Washington Mfg. Co
Washington Manufacturing Company
Robert Reed
Mr. Perry
Washington
Mrs. Perry
West
Harrison Street
Gaza border riots spark Egypt Israel clash and UN target
Rioters in Gaza border area clash with Egyptian police after an Israeli attack that killed 39 soldiers and 31 injured. Arab refugees burn a U N relief store near Rafah while Egypt mobilizes border reinforcements and Syria signals aid. No casualties reported immediately, but tensions rise as Cairo seeks UN action and Israel braces for further hostilities.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gaza
Israel
United Nations
Rafah
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Salah Gohar
Palestine Affairs
U.N
Burglars Force Entry Into Levy's Junk Yard
Thieves forced the front door to gain entry into Levy's junk yard operated by Harry Levy and escaped with 16 radiators and five batteries in one night. The sheriff's office reported the burglary investigation is continuing and the stolen property was valued at about $90.
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Levy
Harry Levy
Sheriff's Office
Weather forecast for Iowa regional area turnout
Partly cloudy tonight with cloudy conditions Thursday and a touch warmer. Northeast half expects higher temperatures as the day progresses with limited sunshine.
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United Press
Iowa
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