Weather Threatens More Damage Across Country
Severe weather spans the nation with floods in the Ohio Valley and a 130 mile tornado warning belt from Chattanooga Tennessee to near Corbin Kentucky after a twister struck Mitchelville Tennessee injuring several and destroying homes. The Ohio River rises toward flood stage and rock slides close secondary roads while a cold snap brings snow to the plains.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Kentucky
Plains States
Ohio River
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W.va
Chattanooga
Tenn
Corbin
Mitchelville
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Jack Cosnar
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Wellsville
May Forbid Mailing of Communist Paper
Washington government weighing barring the Daily Worker and other Communist Party organs from U S mail under the 1954 Communist Control Act. Abe McGregor Goff said the Post Office will enforce laws to exclude Communist mail. banning propaganda raises constitutional freedom questions.
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Washington
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Abe McGregor Goff
Post Office
United States
Goff
United Press
Soviet Union
Iron Curtain
VFW Annual Election Set for Tuesday Evening
The VFW post holds its annual election Tuesday at 8 PM with officers nominated and elected from the floor. Members are urged to attend and help select the coming year’s leaders.
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VFW
Expelled Priest Arrives in Finland
The Rev. George Bissonnette, an American priest expelled by Russia, arrived in Helsinki after a farewell attended by most of Moscow's foreign diplomats. He planned to travel to New York as soon as possible, saying the embassy would arrange his flight.
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Helsinki
Finland
George Bissonnette
Russia
Moscow
New York
Aeroflot
Maytag Earnings Rise Despite Sales Drop
Maytag Co. reports 1954 net earnings of 6.74 million dollars or 3.68 a share, up from 6.49 million or 3.53 in 1953, despite an 8.9 percent sales decline. President Fred Maytag II says 1955 should be good if the economy forecast holds.
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Newton
Iowa
Maytag Co
Fred Maytag II
Parts of Airliner Engine Damage Two Chicago Buildings
A Lockheed two engine airliner lost parts shortly after takeoff from Midway and damaged Manhattan Motors and Logan Furniture Store in Chicago. A cylinder and a cowling struck the roof and sidewalk injuring no one as 10 passengers landed safely at O’Hare. Pilot George Herbert called it a one in a million freak incident.
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Chicago
O'Hare International
Lockheed
Midway Airport
Northbrook
Manhattan Motors, Inc
Logan Furniture
Robert Campbell
George Herbert
Herbert
Three Gunmen Hold Up Des Moines Supermarket
Three gunmen robbed Paul Farley's supermarket in Des Moines late Friday night, taking several hundred dollars from the cash registers and bill folds of 12 employees. They ordered all but two female workers to lie on the floor, searched employees' wallets, and failed to open the safe. Manager Elmer Haines, posing as a stock boy, claimed ignorance of the combination. Loss amount undetermined but described as several hundred dollars.
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Des Moines
Paul Farley
Elmer Haines
Plans for Jaycee Style Show Near Completion
Preliminary plans for the Jaycee Trade Show style show on Tuesday March 22 at the armory are nearing completion Harold Johnson chairman says Washington clothing merchants will show spring styles with about 50 models from a quarter million dollar stock E M Bridges Co Seiferts Duncans J C Penney Montgomery Ward Spurgeons Children s Wonderland Joe Falk Klein Klothing Co Melvin Hill master of ceremonies John Yousling organ music Wolf Floral House of Flowers decorations Leon Hillman stage setup seating capacity larger this year Vern Sladek card descriptions lineup merchants urged to send style descriptions by March 18
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Armory
Harold Johnson
Washington
E. M. Bridges Co
Seiferts
Duncans
J. C. Penney
Montgomery Ward
Spurgeons
Children’s Wonderland
Joe Falk Clothing
Klein Klothing Co
Melvin Hill
John Yousling
Wolf Floral
House of Flowers
Leon Hillman
Vern Sladek
Mr. Sladek
Ohio River Flood Risk Dips as Allegheny Drops
Pittsburgh reports visual flood relief as Allegheny River decline in western New York helps ease the Ohio River crest. Weather Bureau lowers Pittsburgh crest from 28 to 26 feet while Wheeling forecasts 36 feet as Monongahela rises and thunderstorm activity wanes.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
U.S. Weather Bureau
Allegheny
Weather Bureau
Monongahela
Ohio
Wheeling
W.va
Allegheny River
Olean
N.Y
Lock No. 2
Braddock
Washington Chamber hears plan to lure industry
Morgans of Boone outlines services of American Industrial Development Service including an industrial survey and prospecting calls. AIDS firm proposes forming an industrial development committee to raise funds for promotion. Earl Senholz Edward Lewis and Morgans touted extensive Midwest experience and operations in multiple states.
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Ord H. Morgans
Boone
Washington Chamber of Commerce Board
Washington
Morgans
American Industrial Development Service of
AIDS
Earl R. Senholz
Senholz
Midwest
Chamber of Commerce
Edward R. Lewis
Michigan City
Ind
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Illnois
Indiana
Call Off Scheduled Strike on Railroad
The CIO Transport Workers Union halted a planned strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad pending federal mediation. About 20,000 workers in 13 states and D.C. would have been affected. If mediation fails, an emergency board may be set up to seek a settlement, delaying any strike by at least 60 days.
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Washington
CIO Transport Workers Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
District of Columbia
National Mediation Service
Eisenhower
Companie
Expect Big Three Meet After French Action On German Rearmament
French officials say a Western Big Three foreign ministers meeting is likely after France ratifies the German rearmament pacts. Figaro reports possible April talks, with Faure aiming to push pacts through the Senate soon. US sources doubt a pre Athens NATO gathering, though Paris prefers an early session.
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Paris
France
Figaro
Washington
Edgar Faure
Senate
NATO
Athens
Two Men Return To Face Milwaukee Robbery Charges
Two Chicago men Michael Messina age 41 and Mike Frank Amerino age 44 were returned from Illinois to Milwaukee to face unlawful flight and robbery charges after a $14,494 haul from an A&P supermarket on Milwaukee’s south side. A third suspect was being sought.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Illinois
Michael Messina
Mike Frank Amerino
Chicago
A&p
KSA-57
Wisconsin
Clayton Tiffany
Lake County
Tiffany
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Skokie Highway
Ill
Lake Bluff
Peter Peradotti
Joseph Horsch
Hugh Kennedy
Messina
Elfert
Lake
Driver Charged After Car School Bus Crash
Ronald Woods of Des Moines was charged with failing to yield right of way after a car school bus collision on US 65 that killed his wife, injured four children, and left 20 bus passengers uninjured. The crash occurred south of Des Moines as the Woods were returning from the girls state basketball tournament.
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DES Moines
Ronald Woods
Israel Accused of Artillery Attack on Egyptian Outpost
Israeli forces are accused of shelling an Egyptian outpost in a border clash. The report cites artillery fire and escalating tensions in the region amid ongoing hostilities between the two states.
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Israel
Border tensions rise after Gaza incident
Egyptian military governor of Gaza accuses Israel of night artillery fire on Deir el Ballah outpost amid rioting and threats to open fire if protests grow. U N relief workers evacuated, guards deployed for observers, as UN council urges restraint and Burns heads to New York.
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Gaza
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
U.N
Abdullah Rifaat
Deir el Ballah
Eevee
di Rifaat
U.N. Council
New York
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
E.L.M. Burns
Rifaat
Meet Arizona captivates capacity high school audience
A near full house packed the high school auditorium Friday for the operetta Meet Arizona. The vocal music cast presented a lively show with an upbeat response from attendees. After the curtain call Bill Sherman presented a gift to director Robert Farrell, and the cast were hosted at Farrell’s home afterward.
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Arizona
Bill Sherman
Robert Farrell
Vocal Music Department
Ferrell
Red Cross Campaign Fund Reaches $505.20 in Washington County
The Washington county Red Cross drive reports $505.20 received toward the 1955 campaign with donations from rural areas and part of the business district. Walter Farrell, chapter chairman, says work continues daily as volunteers listed by Mrs. Charles Wells assist the effort.
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Washington County
Red Cross
Walter Farrell
Washington Business District
Charles Wells
Crawfordsville
Harold Spangler
Duane Henss
Robert Miller
John McNeill
Ed = Mack
Ainsworth
Donald Jones
Barbara Pearson
Virgil K. Hering
Vera Simpson
Everett Meeks
Russell Jones
Charles Droll
Memorial Fund Established for Mrs. Lloyd Neal
Friends of Mrs. Lloyd Neal of Mt. Vernon have started a memorial fund in her name to aid the Heart association. Mrs. Neal, mother of Mrs. Willard Palmer of Ainsworth, died Friday at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services are planned for Sunday in Mt. Vernon.
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Frank W. Fletcher
Crawfordsville
University Hospital
Iowa
Federated Church
Earnest Smith
Jones Funeral Home
Frank William Fletcher
Bureau County
John T. Fletcher
Catherine Kinnick Fletcher
Jessie Luella Mitchell
Fletcher
Dell
Lois) Farrier
Ainsworth
Delbert
Violet) Lowe
Brighton
Lyle
Clarence Fletcher
Moline
Ill
Virgil and
Vernon Fletcher
Grace
Nellie Fletcher
Eugene Fletcher
Wapello
Lloyd Neal
Mt. Vernon
The
Heart Association
Willard Palmer
Cedar Rapids
UN Says Reds Move MIGs From NK Bases
The United Nations accuses the Communists of hurriedly shifting Soviet built MIG jets from six North Korean air fields to hinder probes into armistice violations. The UN ARMISTICE Commission reported 150 MIGs existed before Feb 5, and eight attacked a U S RB-45 / F-86 escort on Feb 5, with two MIGs shot down.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
North Korean
U.N. Military Armistice Commission
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Supervisory Commission
U.N
North Korea
Leslie D. Carter
Immanuel Lutheran To Hear Vacancy Pastor
Rev. W. A. Wietzke of Oska loosa will serve as vacancy pastor for Immanuel Lutheran in Washington and conduct services Sunday. The pulpit was vacated by Rev. Carl Brenner's resignation. Sunday school and Bible class meet at 9 30 a m while worship moves to 2 p m with a Lenten meditation titled Jesus Crosses the Brook Cedron.
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W. A. Wietzke
Oskaloosa
Immanual Lutheran Church
Washington
Immanuel
Carl Brenner
Wietzke
Jesus
Cedron
Dulles to Report on Far East Trip Tuesday
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will report to the nation Tuesday night on his Far Eastern trip. He returns Sunday and will speak via nationwide radio and television. He will report to President Eisenhower and testify before congressional committees soon thereafter.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Dulles
Eisenhower
Henry Suydam
17 Year Old Describes 12 Hours With Green River Killer
Youth club president recounts being kidnapped by Melvin Henry Gray after a robbery in Evanston. Gray killed a dealer and a deputy sheriff, wounded the Kemmerer marshal, and was slain by a Union Pacific agent in Green River after threatening a family.
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Green River
Wyo
Bob Durrant
Melvin Henry Gray
Evanston
Gray
Kemmerer
Union Pacific
Gaylord Sherman
Pointblank
Gus Kalivas
Kalivas
Red Phillips
Phillips
Rock Springs
Parking and Toilet Facilities Reassessed in Rate Your Town
As Washington changes curb parking rules around the square and shifts toward hour limits, residents debate impact on downtown access. Farm Bureau women note Saturday congestion, propose business-area employee parking. Toilet access near the square remains criticized for distance to court house and city hall. Suggestions include centralized public facilities, but unsupervised options raise safety concerns.
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Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Court House
City Hall
Central Park
Mason City
Currier Ives Prints to Be Shown at Library Exhibit
Twenty two Currier Ives lithographs will be on public display at the Washington public library during the week of March 7 to 12. The exhibit runs in the library art rooms on the second floor with a guest book for visitors to register. The prints come from a valuable Travelers Insurance Company collection arranged by agent Paul Horak. Nathaniel Currier and Merritt Ives were noted 19th century lithographers.
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Currier & Ives
Washington Public Library
Travelers Insurance Company
Paul Horak
Nathaniel Currier
Merritt Ives
America
February Weather Tied to Two Light Plane Crashes in Des Moines
The Iowa Monthly Weather Bulletin linked two light airplane crashes near Des Moines in February to murky weather, noting five fatalities. The month was cool and wet with 0.85 to 1.79 inches of precipitation, widespread snowfall, and an ice jam on the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers raising water levels near Chillicothe.
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Des Moines
Iowa Monthly Weather Bulletin
Raccoon
Chillicothe
Cold Wave Warning Narrows Iowa Temperature Drop
United Press Iowa reports a cold wave across the state with temperatures dropping to 10 below in the north and west areas and near zero in the southeast. Tonight remains bitterly cold with Sunday highs ranging from 14 to 28 in the north and 18 to 24 in the south.
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United Press
Iowa
State
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