Fugitive Ward Sighted in Vienna Soviet Sector
Herbert Ward father of an American family sought by U S officials and Austrian police was spotted by newsmen in Vienna's Russian sector. He fled a car with Soviet plates after disappearing with his wife Jacqueline and two young sons from a Soviet sector hotel Monday. Ward had been advised by the U S embassy to return to the United States for alleged Communist activities.
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Vienna
Herbert Ward
U.S
Ward
Austria
United States
Reds Delay Senator Touring in Berlin
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine faced a disturbance in East Berlin as Communist protesters tried to detain her party during a tour. CBS journalists and U.S. officials were escorted to police headquarters after demonstrators objected to photographs at a busy Alexander Platz store.
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William C. Lewis
Woman takes silverware on vacation to deter thieves
Mrs Clif ford Bundy of Enid Oklahoma took her silverware with her to guard it from thieves but returned home to find a thief had already stolen the $220 worth of valuables from her car before she could unpack.
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Enid
Okla
Clifford Bundy
Mrs Leonard Lintz of Kalona Dies at 64
Mrs Leonard Lintz of Kalona dies at Mercy hospital Iowa City at 8 40 am Funeral services set for Friday Oct 22 at Holy Trinity Catholic church Richmond with burial in the same cemetery Rosary to be recited Thursday evening Antonette Keifer born February 28 1890 to Ignatius and Mary Lafourek Keifer married November 21 1911 lived on a farm south of Kalona Survivors include husband three sons Virgil Washington Clayton Crawfordsville and Richard at home one brother Leo J Keifer Kalona She was preceded in death by three sisters one brother and her parents
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Kalona
Leonard Lintz
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Richmond
Peterseim
Antonette Keifer
Ignatius
Mary Lafourek Keifer
Janey
Virgil
Washington
Clayton
Crawfordsville
Richard
Leo J. Keifer
Ten Puerto Rican Reds Under Arrest
FBI arrests 10 Puerto Rican Communist leaders in a major strike against the Red apparatus aiding Puerto Rico's Nationalist movement. Nine arrested in Puerto Rico, one in New York City. All held top positions in the party and charged under the Smith Act for conspiring to overthrow the government.
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Washington
FBI
Red
Puerto Rico
New York City
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Nationalist Party
House Chamber
Truman
Hoover
Island
Commonwealth
Temperamental Maple Dares Carol Winds in Nashua
A large maple in Nashua New Hampshire bent against a house during Hurricane Carol then rode out the gale and stood upright again as residents called an emergency crew for help.
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Nashua
N. H
Honor Roll List At Washington High School
Principal Carl Paetz announces for the first six weeks the Washington High School honor roll. Sophomores and seniors named include Sandra Batterson, Marlene Benn, Lois Boettcher, Janet Hysell, Carol Leet, Bill McCleery, Linda McConnell, Darlene Nelson, Pat Peiffer, Ann Peterson, Nancy Pratt, Melvan Roberts, Barbara Shannon, Janis Lujins, Julie Wells, Alan Bailey, Janice Baker, Hazel Barr, Betty Bell, Charlotte Berry, Wanda Blattner, Richard Boettcher, Ruth Ann Brown, Michael Chebuhar, Fredene Foster, Marge Fritz, Wayne Gamon, Mark Hensel, Winifred Horst, Wilma Hughes, Betty McBee, Enid McConnell, Guy Montgomery, Sharon Moothart, Tom Morrison, Sonja Mullin, Suzanne Noonan, Ronald Powers, Donna Sojka, Karen Swanson, Marilyn Wilson, Richard Winga, Sara Young, plus lists of additional seniors and juniors.
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Sandra Batterson
Marlene Benn
Lois Boettcher
Janet Hysell
Carol Leet
Bill McCleery
Linda McConnell
Darlene Nelson
Pat Peiffer
Ann Peterson
Alan Bailey
Janice Baker
Hazel Barr
Betty Bell
Charlotte Berry
Wanda Blattner
Richard Boettcher
Ruth Ann Brown
Michael Chebuhar
Fredene Foster
Marge Fritz
Wayne Gamon
Mark Hensel
Winifred Horst
Wilma Hughes
Betty McBee
Enid McConnell
Guy Montgomery
Sharon Moothart
Tom Morrison
Sonja Mullin
Suzanne Noonan
Ronald Powers
Donna Sojka
Karen Swanson
Marilyn Wilson
Richard Winga
Sara Young
Eight Die From Gas Furnace Fumes in Tenement
In Detroit eight men died late Tuesday night from fumes in a crowded tenement rooming house. Seven others were listed as temporarily serious at a hospital, and one was released after treatment. Police suspect soot accumulation in the chimney of the old brick building caused the hazard.
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Detroit
Tractor accident claims life near Storm Lake Iowa
STORM LAKE Iowa UP John Hetrick 62 Truesdale drowned Tuesday when a tractor overturned on him during road work with a blacktopping crew. The machine toppled in a two foot deep water-filled ditch as he tried to turn equipment, Coroner Paul Brecher said.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
John Hetrick
Truesdale
Here
Hetrick
Paul Brecher
Two More British Ports Closed Today
Britain’s dock strike widens with Hull Southampton and London areas shut down others nearly paralyzed. Churchill government plans to deploy 20 000 troops to guard waterfronts as 210 million dollars of goods sit idle.
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London
Britain
Hull
Southampton
America
Birkenhead
Liverpool
Will Quiz Woman About Man's Death
Des Moines deputies planned to question Mrs. Rozean Reid of Knoxville after she was found in a car near Altoona with the body of Harlan Richmond of Maxwell. Coroner Dr. Walter Anderson said Richmond died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Reid was hospitalized in fair condition and ill to be questioned.
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Des Moines
Rozean Reid
Knoxville
Altoona
Harlan E. Richmond
Maxwell
Walter D. Anderson
Polk County
Richmond
Mrs. Reid
Dr. Anderson
Dulles Arrives in Paris For Renewed German Arms Parley
Crawfordsville high school junior class presents Keep Moving a three act comedy Friday Oct 22 at 8 pm Cast includes Karla Spangler Anne Baldwin Mary Wirene June Harris Fred Fisher Rush Harris Danny Cherryholmes Tom Jeffrey Dick McNeill Douglas Wells Marvin Howsare Professor Randolph Barbara Thomas Harriet Mason Helen Liechty Emma Knight Phyllis Lowe Loretta Phillips Betty Griffith Charity Lynn Ed Chalupa Sam Vine the detective Special music between acts Mrs Carter directs with Mrs Wagoman assisting
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Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville High School
Karla Spangler
Anne Baldwin
Mary Wirene
June Harris
Fred Fisher
Rush Harris
Danny Cherryholmes
Tom Jeffrey
Dick McNeill
Douglas Wells
Marvin Howsare
Professor Randolph
Barbara Thomas
Harriet Mason
Helen Liechty
Emma Knight
Phyllis Lowe
Loretta Phillips
Betty Griffith
Search Continues For Missing Boy In North Dakota
Lavern Engel, 4, remains missing after wandering from the Engel farm 13 miles northeast of Powers Lake. Hundreds of volunteers, planes, and bloodhounds scoured rugged slough and hills in a three day search with slim chances of survival in near freezing weather. The parents stay hopeful as authorities pursue faint footprints and possible detours.
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Powers Lake
N.D
Lavern Engel
Obert Engel
North Dakota
Denver
Civil Air Patrol
Engel
Lavern
Enget
First Ward Leads in Community Chest Progress
The 1954 Community Chest drive shows total pledges and contributions at noon reaching 6468.70, led by the First Ward which has 35 percent of its quota. Campaign chair Bill Boshart hopes to finish this week as donors are urged to fund 12 accounts for participating organizations.
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Don Minick
Minick
Chest
Big Lead
Bill Boshart
Girl 3 Dies After Fall From Tractor in Britt
Mary Lou Larson, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arvin Larson of Britt, was killed late Monday when she fell from a tractor at her grandfather’s farm.
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Britt
Iowa
Mary Lou Larson
Arvin Larson
New York Tops Nation in Suit Manufacturing
The commerce department reports that more than one third of all men’s suits sold in the United States are made in New York state where the apparel industry is the leading business.
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Albany
N. Y
United States
New York State
Commerce Department
GOP Launches Broad Push for November Victory
The GOP pressed a major campaign push to retain control ahead of the November election. President Eisenhower heads to the Northeast on a two day tour while Nixon redefines strategy and assails Truman and Stevenson. Senator Ives accuses Harriman of bribery in a prewar case.
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Washington
Congress
Esenhower
Connecticut
New York
East
Richard M. Nixon
Truman
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Democratic Party
Ives
Irving M. Ives
Averell Harriman
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Decatur, Ill
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Las Vegas
John L. Mc
Clellan
Ark
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Albert Gore
Tenn
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Mr. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
John Davis Lodge
Clifford M. Case
New Jersey
Nixon
Philadelphia
America
Adlai E. Stevenson
ADA
Hall
Indianapolis
Harriman
Brooklyn
Baseless Attack on Personal Honor Alleged
A news brief notes a claim of a baseless attack on an individual’s personal honor and integrity. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Municipal Band Checks Now Ready at YMCA
Washington municipal band members may pick up their checks for the past summer's work at the YMCA. Artemas Brown says checks are ready and reminds members to turn in their uniforms before receiving payment.
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YMCA
Washington Municipal
Artemas Brown
New Zealand Proposes UN Enforcement Body for Disarmament
At United Nations New Zealand proposes the Security Council create an enforcement organ as first step toward world disarmament. Leslie Knox Munro explains the plan amid Russo Western disputes over arms cut dates and enforcement establishment. The Steering Committee delays on Russia’s aggression charges against China. U S warns against using claims to mask a possible Communist move on Formosa.
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United Nations
N.Y
New Zealand
United Nations Security Council
Leslie Knox Munro
Russia
West
China
United States
Formosa
First Ward Leads Contest in Community Chest Drive
First Ward holds a commanding lead in the Community Chest block workers drive as of noon per Chest headquarters. Quotas reflect 1953 donor participation by ward: First Ward 35 percent, Fourth Ward 14 percent, Second Ward 10 percent, Third Ward unclear.
Indicted ex NSA analyst on defense secrets theft
A federal grand jury in Alexandria indicted Joseph Sidney Petersen Jr. a former NSA analyst earning 7700 dollars annually on three espionage counts for using secret defense information. He pleaded innocent. authorities say he may have given secrets to a Dutch representative but no transmission is charged. He was fired October 1 and arrested October 9.
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Alexandria, Va
Joseph Sidney Petersen Jr
United States
Petersen
Netherlands
Hugh-Hush National Security Agency
National Security Agency
Col. J.A. Verhuyl
Holland
Federal Dist
Albert V. Bryan
FBI
Iowa to gain 2.21 million in conservation funds for 1955
Iowa will receive 8.972 million dollars in federal cost sharing for soil and water conservation in 1955 up from this year. Dwight W. Meyer cites aims to reach more farmers and encourage production adjustments while a new rule ties eligibility to basic crop allotments. Eight district meetings set Oct 25 to Nov 5 in Cedar Rapids Charles City Estherville Sac City Atlantic Creston Ottumwa and Ames.
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Des Moines
Iowa
ASC
Dwight W. Meyer
Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Charles City
Estherville
Sac City
Atlantic
Creston
Ottumwa
Ames
Dulles Seeks Breakthrough in Saar Rearmament Talks
Paris reports say French Premier Mendes France pressed hard for guarantees on Saar conditions before signing German sovereignty and rearmament texts. Dulles met Mendes France Adenauer and Eden to push for a coal and steel rich Saar accord, viewed as provisional until a German peace treaty.
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Paris
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Pierre Mendes-France
Konrad Adenauer
Saar
Mendes-France
Saarland
French National Assembly
Mendes- France
Adenauer
West European Union
Dulles
Britain
Anthony Eden
FFA Delegates Attend National Convention
Washington Future Farmers of America delegates Jack Peiffer Larry Jackson and Don Palmer attended the 27th national FFA convention in Kansas City Missouri last week with three seniors Jim Peiffer Jack Quigley and George Janecek. Chaperones were FFA advisors from Muscatine and Columbus Junction. Highlights included a talk by Herbert Brownell and presentations of the star farmer and American Star Farmer awards. Top entertainment and Kansas City tours were featured.
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Jack Peiffer
Larry Jackson
Don Palmer
Washington
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Missouri
Jim Peiffer
Jack Quigley
George Janecek
FFA
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Herbert Brownell
Iowans Sweep Top Honors at American Royal Livestock Show
Iowa dominated the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City with top awards for premier exhibitor and champion swine and sheep. Joe R. Caputo of Marshalltown was named premier exhibitor and earned 13 additional ribbons for his Duroc hogs, while neighbor Beryl Keen of Le Grand claimed championships in the boar and sow division with his Hampshires. Champion Shropshire ram and entry went to E. H. Rotter of West Point, Iowa.
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Kansas City
Iowa
Joe R. Caputo
Marshalltown
Beryl Keen
le Grand
Hampshires
Keen
C.T. Keen and Son
Shropshire Ram
E.H. Rotter
West Point
Weather forecast for Iowa sailors and towns
Partly cloudy with rising temperatures tonight. Thursday brings scattered showers and possible thunderstorms moving west to central. Tonight temperatures range from 35 to 40 in the east and 40 to 48 in the west. Thursday projected in the 60s with generally mild Friday conditions.
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United Press
Iowa
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Jeanette Choate
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Ron York
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