Treasury Hints At Raising National Debt Ceiling
Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson testified before the House Small Business Committee that the administration may ask Congress next year to raise the 275 billion dollar debt ceiling. He stressed no final decision, and said efforts will continue to stay within the current spending limit as the January budget and debt management are weighed.
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Washington
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Congress
Anderson
Congressional
House
Small Business Committee
Defense
Federal Reserve Board
Dulles Warns Of Counter-Attack In Wartime Speech
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned that any attack on U S allies would trigger a counterattack on a Pearl Harbor scale. He urged collective defense through NATO or other free nations and criticized deals with the Soviets as unsafe.
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Chicago
John Foster Dulles
Pearl Harbor
Dulles
U.S
NATO
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Free World
SEATO
U. S
Russia
World
West Germany
East Germany
Vanguard Rocket May Be Launched Today
Cape Canaveral reports a slender Vanguard rocket poised for a trial launch that could set schedule for a satellite. Officials note the second stage has passed ground tests and more checks may be required before liftoff.
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Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla.up
County 4-H Officers Training Session Set for Nov 23
Newly elected Washington County 4-H officers plan a county officers training school in the court room of the Washington County Court House on Saturday November 23. Girls president Carol Lance and boys president Larry Marek will preside. Registration starts at 1 15 PM and adjournment is 3 30 PM. All county officers will participate.
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County Officers Training School
Washington County Court House
Carol Lance
Larry Marek
To Hold Inter Church Service Here Sunday
An inter church youth Thanksgiving service will be held Sunday evening November 24 in the Methodist Church sanctuary at 7 30. Rev Donald Frank assistant pastor will lead the service A social hour follows in the church inviting young people from all Washington churches to attend.
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Methodist Church
Donald Frank
Washington
Miracle in the Mountains reviewed at library
The library hosts the final of three National Book Week reviews in the main reading room tomorrow at 1 30 p m Mrs William Boshart will review Miracle in the Mountains by Harnet Kane A sizable audience attended Wednesday's first review by Mrs Edward Hutchcroft and Mary Gale Letts reviews today.
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William Boshart
Harnet Kane
Edward Hutchcroft
Mary Gale Letts
Egypt Sees No Strings In Soviet Egypt Aid
Egyptian War Minister Abdel Hakim Amer returned from Moscow with a Soviet loan offer of 700 million rubles to help develop the economy. Western diplomats warn the package could give Russia control through necessary spare parts and equipment, signaling risk to Egypt’s autonomy amid Nasser's mid East influence.
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Murray Brown
United Press
Russia
Egypt
Moscow
Abdel Hakim Amer
Amer
Cairo
Syria
U.S
Suez Canal
Wilbur G. Landrey
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Landrey
Middle East
Nasser
Washington
United States
County 4-H Leaders Attend Electric Training School
Washington County 4-H leaders attended the annual Electrication Training School at Iowa State College despite snow delays. Topics included planning adequate farmstead wiring, lighting and electric motors, and safe electricity practices. Local clubs will discuss and practice wiring and electrical topics in upcoming months with help from Iowa Southern Utilities and college departments.
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Snow
Washington
Iowa State College
Tom Robb
Robb
Iowa Southern Utilities
Cooperative Extension Service
Agricultural Engineering
Iowa Utilities Association
The
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
High School Teacher Hurt In Auto Collision At Noon
Delores Mitchell a high school teacher was injured with cuts to face and head after her car collided with another driven by Louis Jones at the corner of Fast Jefferson and South 7th. Jones a high school student and two passengers were uninjured. Fire destroyed Dan Clark s farm home near Gettysburg Maryland for the second time in 27 years on the same site.
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Delores Mitchell
Fast Jefferson
South 7Th City
Miss Mitchell
Louis Jones
Willis Jones
Jones
Gettysburg
M. D
Dan Clark
Here
Iowa City Man To Be Sentenced Saturday
Marvin Biggerstaff, 36, will be sentenced in Johnson County District Court on a second degree murder charge for fatally shooting his wife Donna Belle, 24, during an argument at their home. Their two young sons were nearby as police arrived after a disturbance call.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Marvin Biggerstaff
Johnson County
Biggerstaff
Donna Belle
Eisenhower Faces Busy Budget And NATO Preparations
President Eisenhower returns to Washington to craft a new budget prioritizing missile funding and defense cuts, while shaping a rallying plan for NATO amid Russia’s said strength. He will address a national audience on international cooperation and meet Congressional leaders before the December NATO summit.
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Washington
NATO
Eisenhower
Augusta
Congress
North Atlantic
Russia
Cleveland
U.S
Two Medal of Honor Winner John K. Kelly Dies in Chicago
John K. Kelly, a World War I double Medal of Honor recipient, died of a heart attack Monday night while crossing a bridge in Chicago. His body was unidentified in a morgue until Wednesday and is being returned for burial. his brother Michael Kelly of Chicago says he may be the last surviving two Medal of Honor winner.
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Chicago
John K. Kelly
Kelly
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Michael Kelly
Inter-Service Rivalry Hinders Missile Race
Charles A Wertz 83 longtime Wellman resident dies at home after two year heart condition. Funeral at East Union Mennonite Church with Rev D J Fisher and Rev George S Miller. burial East Union Cemetery. Powell Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife Katie, daughter Fern Whetstone, grandsons, great grandsons, two brothers and a sister. one son died in infancy.
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Wellman
Charles A. Wertz
East Union Mennonite Church
D. J. Fisher
George S. Miller
East Union Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Fern Whetstone
Joe
Juelsburg
Cole
Ojai
Calif
C. C. Miller
Kalona
Wertz
Seeing Aid Claims Successful Blindness Tests
East Orange osteopath Dr John C Button Jr reported experiments in which a blind Newark woman saw light using an electronic setup. Tiny skull holes and brain wires with a photocell allowed her to sense light direction, enabling her to say when the light turned on.
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East Orange
John C. Button Jr
Betty Corstorphine
Newark
N.J
Los Angeles
Miss Corstorphine
Button
Kearny, NJ
Hill Re-Elected As Iowa Farm Bureau Head
E Howard Hill of Milburn was re elected to his sixth two year term as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau at the closing session of the three day annual convention. Vice President Howard Waters Danville had sought to drop Hill from consideration but backed down as Waters and Hill had clashed over board voting policies. Delegates also drafted three resolutions including a state wide tax plan proposing a three percent sales tax with one percent for school aid to cut property taxes, aiming for at least twenty five percent of school costs relief.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
E. Howard Hill
Milburn
Hill
Howard Waters
Danville
Waters
Northeastern Bell Iowa Local Phone Rates Rise
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co announces higher local rates in most Iowa exchanges. Des Moines VP M F Oberg says increases are to cover higher costs. Residence and rural party line rates rise 50 cents, residence individual 75 cents, business lines 2 dollars. long distance unaffected. Effective on next monthly bills. Last local rate hike was 1951. wage deals with CWA total about 20 000 workers across five states.
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Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Iowa
M.F. Oberg
Communications Workers of America
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Oberg
Prison break brag lands two men in custody in Iowa
Eugene R. Anderson and Thomas L. Wheeler, both wanted in Columbus on embezzlement and car theft charges, were arrested after boasting of a prison break at a West Liberty, Iowa, restaurant. A third man, Calvin Herstman, was jailed on vagrancy charges. an FBI check was sought.
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Davenport
Iowa
Columbus
Ohio
Eugene R. Anderson
Chicago
Thomas L. Wheeler
Anderson
Wheeler
Here
West Liberty
Calvin Herstman
Lincoln
Des Moines
FBI
French Press Sees Pineau Dulles Talks as Slim
Paris newspapers harshly judged the Pineau Dulles talks as disappointing and limited. Le Figaro Parisien Libere and L Aurore, while pro American, called Washington conference outcomes slim.
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Paris
Christian Pineau
France
John Foster Dulles
le Figaro
Parisien Libere
L’aurore
Washington
Paris Journal
Pineau
Dulles
Tunisia
National Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
Felix Gaillard
London
Selwyn Lloyd
MS Cure Claim Tested by Sabin on Blood Samples
Dr Albert Sabin announced plans to test a Russian developed cure for multiple sclerosis using blood samples from diagnosed patients in Dayton Kentucky and other volunteers. He said the virus culture claims to cause some MS cases will be checked for presence in patients blood and compared with Shubledze virus.
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Cincinnati
Albert Sabin
Antonina Shubledze
Dayton
Sabin
Shubledze
Soviet Union
Russia
Congress accuses Holaday of interservice missile lag
A House subcommittee chairman says competition among services hinders U S missile progress and claims the U S lags Russia in IRBM and ICBM programs. Holaday disputes the charge noting uncertainty about a Pentagon target date while the administration moves to create an integrated office for nuclear powered aircraft and rockets.
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Washington
William M. Holaday
George D. Mahon
D-Tex
House Defense Appropriations
U.S
Mahon
Russia
Holaday
Plan Special Office
Pentagon
Welfare payments may be cut again in Iowa
Des Moines reports welfare officials warn payments for old age assistance aid to dependent children and aid to the blind could face further reductions. Iowa Welfare Board chief L L Caffrey says last July cuts of up to 15 percent were made and a half million dollars extra is sought to prevent further action. George Paul notes no formal decision was taken by the Legislative Interim Committee on releasing the funds.
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Treasury
Eisenhower
Percival Brundage
Administration
Russia
Brundage
Des Moines
L.L. Caffrey
Iowa Welfare Board
Paul
Weather Outlook From UNITE PRESS TOWA
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with little temperature change through Friday. Scattered snow flurries expected in the northeast Friday afternoon. Tonight’s low ranges from 15 to 24 with colder air in the northwest to the southeast. Friday’s high stays partly cloudy and cold, with Saturday remaining quite chilly.
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TOWA
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