Guard Texas Town After Flash Flood
Lampasas Texas deployed soldiers National Guardsmen and state police to guard against looting after a flash flood that killed four and left another missing. A Red Cross survey tallied 38 homes destroyed 46 badly damaged and 226 slightly damaged with multi‑million dollar losses.
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Lampasas
Tex
Texas
Dallas
Trinity
Waco
Bosque River
Lake Waco
Gulf of Mexico
Red Cross
Highway Patrol
Eli Browning
R. L. Northington
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Board Urged To Set Aside Conviction Of Billy Mitchell
An Air Force board was urged to declare Gen Billy Mitchells court martial conviction null and void and vindicate the aviation pioneer. Representatives for William Mitchell Jr said Congress showed vindication by authorizing a special medal in 1946 and asked the board to correct military records accordingly.
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Washington
Air Force Board
Billy Mitchell
Picure
Eisenhower
Air Force Assn
William Mitchell Jr
Congress
Air Force Board For Correction
Rain totals rise to 1.81 inches in Washington area
Rainfall in Washington over the past week reached 1.81 inches, mostly light showers. The steady precipitation replenishes soil moisture, aiding farmers as they await dry weather to complete corn planting and other field work.
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Washington
Hoffa Indicted With Two Aides on Wiretap Conspiracy
Detroit Teamsters leader James R Hoffa Bernard Brennan president of Local 337 and Bernard Spindel a professional wiretapper were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiring to violate anti wire tap laws. They allegedly tapped telephones at the Teamsters Union headquarters in Detroit and shared calls about the Senate Rackets Committee probe.
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New York
Detroit
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Bernard Brennan
Teamsters Local 337
Bernard Spindel
Teamsters Union
Senate
Public relations advisers urge Beck to quit Teamsters presidency
Advisers led by David Charnay suggest Dave Beck step aside as union president until Senate Rackets Committee disclosures are settled. The plan aims to help public image and may lead to a new president at the September convention. Sidney Brennan, Minneapolis VP, is also urged to resign after conviction for taking money related to a strike breaking scheme.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Einar Mohn
Mohn
Tony Smith
Beck
Senate
David Charnay
Charnay
Allied Industrial Relations Associates
New York- Washington
Senate Committee
Sidney Brennan
Minneapolis
Church Officers Named at Fourth Quarter Conference
Dr. C Raymond Reed led the Methodist Church quarterly conference in Washington naming new trustees and stewards for three years. Officers include Dr M L Smith and Mrs Robert Wead with Warren Dare treasurer and Mrs Arnold Carr benevolence treasurer. Mission and membership figures were reported along with chapel improvements and a request to return current ministers in June.
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Washington Methodists
Leighton Kelly
Brent Layne
Kent Wayne
W. M. Scheuermann
Carole
Kathy Jungbluth
Walter Jungbluth
Allen
Arnold Thompson
Clyde Thompson
Jungbluth
Thompson Twins
C. Raymond Reed
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Methodist Church
Washington
Joe Knotek
Don Maxwell
Ralph Shannon
R. A. Baumgartner
T. L. Brookhart
Dale Cristensen
Maurice Crawford
R. Q. Eastland
Hugh Hall
George Dare
Clarence Jacobs
William Jensen
Joe Kirkpatrick
Phil Kneen
Dale Lance
Merle Lytle
Harold Mangold
Robert Reed
Irvan Rich
Ralph Martin
Wendell Shaffer
William Sitler
Sam Statler
Elmer Steele
Milo Steele
M. L. Smith
Robert Wead
WSCS
Keith Vetter
Paul V. Shearer
Iowa - Des Moines
Warren Dare
Arnold Carr
The
Woman's Society
Mary Ellen Lytle
Reed
Don Frank
Detectives Raid Perle Mesta Party by Error
Chicago police burst into a Gold Coast apartment expecting slot machines but found socialite Perle Mesta as guests of Mrs. Edmond Faulkner. Plainclothes officers declared a raid after a complaint of a private slot machine club. they admitted the prank had misled them.
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Perle Mesta
Chicago
Gold Coast
Storm Death Toll Mounts as Floods and Tornadoes Rage
A deadly flurry of floods and tornadoes kills at least 11 across the South and Midwest over two days. Floods devastate Lampasas Texas with 38 homes destroyed and 95 percent of the business district damaged. A Texas rancher dies from lightning near Hico and a Memphis woman is killed by falling concrete. Tornadoes injure 21 in Conway Arkansas. a foggy Turnpike crash in Ohio kills four. Forecasts call for fair, colder weather in the Northeast and warmer conditions in the South and Rockies.
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United Press
Texas
Lampasas
Tex
Hico
Ohio Turnpike
Memphis
Tenn
Waco
Dallas
Trinity River
Tennessee
Arkansas
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Marie Garney Benson
Conway
Ark
Burwell
Neb
Dayton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Louisville
Bowling Green
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Eisenhower Warns Against Cutting Missile and Aircraft Funds
President Eisenhower told GOP leaders he would not bear responsibility for national security if Congress reduces funds for missiles and aircraft. He urged public support for his $71.8 billion budget in a nationwide address. Senate and House debates continue on defense and other appropriations with projected postal service reductions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Defense Department
NBC
C.d.t
CBS
ABC
Martin
Senate
William F. Knowland
Knowland
United States
Free World
GOP
United States Information Agency
State Department
James C. Hagerty
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Local Archers Plan Tournament Sunday
Members of the Washington Arrowheads archery club will hold a club tournament Sunday May 19 on the field course south of Red Brick school house weather permitting. The public is invited to watch any portion of the event.
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Washington Arrowheads
Red Brick School House
Harry V Miller Opens Radiator Repair Shop
Harry V. Miller announces the opening of a new radiator repair shop at 810 East Madison. He has installed Inland equipment for cleaning and testing radiators and recently completed a special Inland factory course on modern repair. Miller has operated a garage at this location for many years.
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Harry V. Miller
East
Madison
Mr. Miller
Harry
Two Boys Admit They Set Fire to Churches
In Chicago two boys aged 9 and 12 confessed to starting a fire that destroyed St Pauls Episcopal Church on March 16 1956. They also admitted prior arsons burglaries robberies and the theft of a U S mail truck and to setting fires at Corpus Christi Church last fall.
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Chicago
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
U.S
St. Paul
Corpus Christi
County Hospital Tour Draws Over 100 Visitors
More than 100 people toured Washington County Hospital Sunday as National Hospital Week kicks off. The operating room display with a dummy patient impressed many, guided by Gray Ladies who also served punch and cookies. Kiwanis members plan a midweek luncheon at the nurses home followed by a hospital tour as their program.
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Washington County Hospital
Gray Ladies
Ralph Martin
Joe Falk
R. A. Baumgartner
G. M. Wylie
Lloyd Neiswanger
Richard Yordi
Ralph Moore
Kiwanis Club
Submarines Sighted Off Canada Stir Uncertain Theories
Reports describe at least four unidentified submarines sighted off Canada's east coast within weeks. Sightings include a craft near Spencer's Cove in Placentia Bay and other observations around Conception Bay and New Harbor Island. Canadian and U.S. forces investigate with cautious Navy officials noting not to dismiss the possibility of Russian subs.
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Halifax
N.S
Canada
Placentia Bay
John Slade
Spencer's Cove
St. John's
Mld
Gerald McCarthy
Russell Sheppard
Harbor Grace
Conception Bay
New Harbor Island
U.S
Fairhaven
Placentia
Royal Canadian Navy
US. Navy
Air Force
Navy
Missing witness in Beck probe found
The Senate Rackets Committee announced one of four missing witnesses in its Beck investigation was located. Norman Gessert, Beck's wife cousin, was served a subpena in Ellensburg Washington. The other three witnesses reportedly slipped into Canada then Vancouver. The panel said Verscheuren Beck Sr McEvoy and Beck Sr are key figures in union business dealings. A Washington lawyer testified on trucking money loans to favors.
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Washington
Senate
Teamster
Dave Beck
U.S
W. Budd Parsons
Seattle
Wash
Norman Gessert
Beck
Ellensburg
Gessert
Vancouver
Dave Beck Sr
Fred Verscheuren Sr
Joseph McEvoy
John L. McClellan
Verscheuren
Teamsters
Warn Tornadoes Might Hit Iowa
A week of rainfall continues in Iowa with a Weather Bureau warning of isolated tornadoes from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in a belt from Grundy County to Clinton County and into Wisconsin. Major storm centers include Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Dubuque with heavy rains widespread and reports of minor wind damage in Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
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Iowa
U.S. Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Wasconson
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Dubuque
Northwest
North Central
Thompson
Winnebago County
Williams
Jewell
Hamilton County
Denison
Estherville
Forest City
Rockwell City
Steamboat Rock
Lake Park
Merrill
Mason City
Pocahontas
Storm Lake
Spencer
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Americans To Give Up Right to Gold Bullion
The Palmers Vincent and Lucie Palmer report a $50 million sunken treasure find in the Sulu Sea Southern Philippines. They offer to surrender all rights to the treasure to the Filipino people, citing friendly reception from locals.
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Manila
Philippine News Service
Vincent Palmer
Lucie
Sulu
Philippines
Suboceanic Society
Bongao
Palmers
Farmers Grow Peas and Sweet Corn for Vinton Can Co
Washington area farmers have contracted to grow 450 acres of sweet corn and 17 acres of peas for Green Giant Canning Co of Vinton Iowa. Leonard Tindal says the firm aims to extend its canning season by 10 days to two weeks and this is the first year the company contracts these crops this far south in Iowa. The pea acreage is experimental with future operations tied to this year's June harvest.
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Washington
Green Giant Canning Co
Vinton
Iowa
Leonard Tindal
Tindal
4 H Members Plan County Weed Meeting
Four H members and parents in Washington County plan a county wide weed meeting on Thursday May 16 at 7 45 p m in the county courthouse court room Dr E P Sydwester extension botanist from Iowa State College will conduct the meeting All 4 H members and others are invited to attend
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Washington County
County Court House
E. P. Sydwester
Iowa State College
4-H
Gasoline sales dominate dollar volume at average service stations
Gasoline sales account for about 70 percent of the dollar volume done by the average service station.
Weather Update for Iowa Many Showers Possible
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered light showers mainly in the extreme north. Overnight low 45 to 50 northwest and 55 southeast. Wednesday highs 65 northwest and 70 to 75 southeast. Thursday remains partly cloudy with a chance of showers and little temperature change.
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United Press
Iowa
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Ike
Dave Benson
Washington Street
Benson
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Liarold Jarvis
Chamber of Commerce
Jarvis Appliance
Chamber of Commerce Office
Wausau
Wis
Grundy County
Clinton County
Minnesota
Missouri
Vinton Canning Firm
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