Watkins Challenges McCarthy Over Finances Refusal
Sen. Arthur Watkins faults Sen. McCarthy for avoiding questions on finances, saying he fired letters from his office rather than testify before the Elections subcommittee. Watkins condemns the attacks as cowardly and notes the subcommittee’s record while urging outright censure.
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Washington
ULP
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate Today
McCarthy
Watkins
Milwaukee
Senate
Wisconsin
Herman Welker
Idaho
Welker
House of Congress
William F. Knowland
United Press Dispatch
Len McCarthy
Sigma
Washington Library opens with open house and art exhibit
More than 300 visitors signed the guest book as the Washington public library marked its formal opening with tours and an art exhibit upstairs. Welcome Week continues through Saturday with daily ballots on favorite paintings and scheduled reviews by local figures.
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Washington Public
Helen Wilson
Mary Berry
George Rudiger
Er. D. Morrison Jr
Jones
Robert Everetts
T. W. Harwood
William Dusenbery
Iowa Highway Commission Uses All Available Road Funds
Melvin M. Graham of Audubon told the Iowa Good Roads Assn that the Iowa Highway Commission has let contracts for highway work exceeding cash on hand. He cited Sept. 30 figures showing 17.8 million in outstanding primary road contracts versus 8.7 million in cash, plus 4.5 million in farm to market contracts funded by future income.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa Good Roads Assn
Melvin M. Graham
Audubon
Graham
Iowa Soldier Killed Attempting to Escape
Pvt. Jack L. Hutson 20 Slater Iowa was shot dead at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri after attempting to break away while being taken to the post stockade He had been AWOL since Sept 28 with prior AWOL offenses dating from his April enlistment A guard fired the fatal shot the official who released the details said
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Leonard Wood
Iowa
Pvt
Jack L. Hutson
Slater
Hutson
Iowa corn harvest reaches ninety percent this week
Des Moines reports the final Iowa weekly weather and crop bulletin for 1954 shows 90 percent of the corn crop harvested, slightly behind last year but ahead of the 1946-52 average. Soybean harvesting is nearly complete with only a few fields left to harvest.
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Des Moines
Iowa
High Court Sets Aside Bequest of $118 009
Supreme Court overturns a Davenport hospital will by Dr Maurice Scanlan that left $118000 to his niece and $7000 to other relatives. The court held he lacked testamentary capacity when signing with two nurses as witnesses and died April 3 1951. Miss Winifred Wolfe appealed after Judge Keck voided the will. The majority favored medical records and hospital notes supporting the expert testimony.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
de Witt
High Court
Maurice Scanlan
Davenport
Winifred Wolfe
Supreme Court
Clifton County
W.L. Keck
Korean War Hero Faces Court Martial
2nd Lt. Charles C. Anderson, 24, of St. Louis, charged with ordering trainees to be hung by ankles and subjected to sand baths and exhaustive calisthenics at Camp Gordon. Maj. Winchester Kelso led the prosecution with Maj. William B. Crane defending. Lt. Col. James Healey presided. Wade was relieved for not acting on the complaints.
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Augusta
Charles C. Anderson
St. Louis
Camp Gordon
William B. Crane
Anderson
Ft. Benning
Winchester Kelso
James Healey
3Rd Army Headquarters
Ft. McPherson
Atlanta
James O. Wade
Francis E. Howard
Wade
Lionel Barrymore Dies After Heart Attack at 76
Hollywood reports Lionel Barrymore 76 died Monday night after a heart attack at his home. The veteran actor known as the Roy al Family patriarch faded to a coma at Valley Hospital after being helped outside for air and was surrounded by Mrs. J. E. Wheeler and his physician John Ewing at his bedside.
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Hollywood
Lionel Barrymore
Shakespear
Macbeth
J. E. Wheeler
Barrymore
John Ewing
Valley Hospital
Wheeler
End to Iowa heat wave brings cooler statewide forecast
Des Moines Weather Bureau projects an end to the warm spell with cooler air arriving from the northwest Wednesday and spreading across Iowa by Thursday. Temperatures drop at least 10 degrees with night lows around 35 to 44 and daytime highs in the 50s to mid 60s, while the five day outlook shows 4 to 8 degrees above normal and light precipitation.
Revival services led by Rev Harold Davy at Prairie Flower
Ottumwa pastor Rev Harold Davy, former Prairie Flower Baptist minister, conducts a weeklong revival at Prairie Flower Church. Evening services are at 7 30 p m daily this week except Saturday with the final sermon scheduled for Sunday night.
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Harold Davy
Ottumwa
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Prairie Flower Church
Portuguese Civil Servants Get 10 Percent Pay Rise
Lisbon announces a 10 percent salary increase for all civil servants to offset living costs. The vast civil service now earns roughly double what it did 18 years ago.
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Lisbon
Dulles in Warning That U S Will Defend Island of Formosa
The article previews the junior class play Arsenic and Old Lace with 24 roles. Performances set for Friday night November 19 at 8 p.m. Cast includes Gladys Knupp, Sarah Poortgay, Dave Williams, Oren Jarvis, Bob Robertson, Dan Kiesey, Margaret Ahrens, Keith Horn, Jim Hinshaw, Bob Evestone, Ron Edwards, Nona Robison, Jim Gorham, Annabelle Zeck, Joy Heck, Beverly Genkins, Mary Ellen Luckenbill, Gene Zeck, Judy Guinkens, Marianne Jarvis, Larry Cochran, and Phil Me.
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Martha Brew
Gladys Knupp
Sarah Poortgay
Dave Ms
Morimer
Oren Jarvis
Teddy Roosevelt
Bob Robertson
Jonathan
Dan Kiesey
Margaret Ahrens
Dave Williams
Rev. Harper
Keith Horn
Jim Hinshaw
Bob Evestone
Ron Edwards
Rosie
Nona Robison
Jim Gorham
Lieutenant Rooney
Annabelle Zeck
Ferguson
Gwendolyn
Joy Heck
Beverly Genkins
Murphy
Mary Ellen Luckenbill
Gene Zeck
Judy Guinkens
Marianne Jarvis
Larry Cochran
Mr. Gibbs
Phil Me
Washington High School
Edgar Jones
Bob Eyestone
Donald Krotz
Jay Heck
Judy Genkins
Phil McClure
Final push planned to finish 1954 Community Chest drive
Washington officials announce a last week effort to lift the 1954 Community Chest total. About 200 attended an open house at Washington junior high school with a potluck meal and performances. Contributions already reach 22,800 with 1,500 to go to the 1963 level.
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Washington
Melvin Hill
Robert Ferrell
Peter Bell
Marvin Lowrey
Steve Johnson
Pat Sorrell
Donna Osincup
Kathy Crone
Joyce Steele
W. O. Boshart
Washington Community Chest
Community Chest
Boshart
Nations pledge fissionable fuel for Atoms for Peace plan
Britain and the United States commit fissionable material to back Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace effort. Britain will earmark 20 kilograms for experimental reactors while the U S allocates 100 kilograms for reactors abroad. Diplomatic officials hail the move as a dramatic boost to the plan.
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United Nations
N.Y
Britain
United States
Eisenhower
Anthony Nutting
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Philippines
Salvador P Lopez
U.S
Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr
Vishinsky
Atomic Energy Commission
Secretary of State
Lodge
Carlos P. Romulo
Russia
Countryman Urges Iowa Law Enforcement Unity and Excellence
Atty. Gen. Elect Dayton Countryman urged Iowa county attorneys and sheriffs to unite to keep Iowa’s law enforcement the best in the nation. Speaking at the Iowa County Attorneys Association convention, he pledged fairness firmness and rightness as principles when he takes office in January. The convention closes Wednesday.
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Waterloo
Dayton Countryman
Iowa
Countryman
Story County
Iowa County Attorneys’ Assn
Speaker Martin Sees Democratic Help For Eisenhower Plan
In Washington Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. told President Eisenhower he expects substantial Democratic support for the administration program in Congress next year. Martin said Democrats publicly expressed willingness to cooperate with the Eisenhower program as they campaign nationwide. He noted no apparent discontent with the President and predicted a favorable 1956 election year.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Eisenhower
Congress
Martin
White House
Dulles Opposes Any China Move on Formosa
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned that any Red China attempt to conquer Formosa would trigger hostilities with the United States. He noted possible U S involvement in the defense of the Tachen Islands and discussed mutual defense talks with Nationalist China amidst regional tensions.
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United Press Staff
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Red China
Formosa
United States
Dulles
Tachen Islands
China
U.S
Korea
Russia
Berlin
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Quemoy Islands
Five day Iowa weather outlook from United Press
Fair tonight with lows 35 to 44 and a Wednesday of partly cloudy cooler northwest while the south and east stay milder. Wednesday highs reach 60s in the northwest to the mid-60s in the southeast with more clouds and cooler conditions Wednesday night and Thursday. The five day outlook shows temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal through Sunday, near normal by midweek, then cooling again and rainfall around a quarter inch or less toward the weekend.
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United Press
Iowa
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