Perfect Weather Draws 15 000 To State Field Day
A crowd estimated 15 000 to 20 000 along three Washington County farms watched the State Conservation Field Days and Plowing Matches. Lawrence Huber won the level land championship, Art Raisch took the contour title, and about 20 000 cubic yards of earth were moved with 80 rods of gullies grassed and a mile of terrace built.
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Washington
Bill Murray
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
U. S. House of Representatives
Herschel Loveless
Washington County
Lawrence Huber
Rippey
Art Raisch
Chapin
Spera
Strum
Shalla
William Murray
Herb Plambeck
Kay Klingaman
Waterloo
HM Boersma
Ralph Rock
Inwood
Adam Schwab
Sheil Rock
Owen Jorgesen
Guthrie Center
Wayne ‘Thompson
Moravia
Marius Rickertson
Bryant
Ison
Wayland
Jerett Day
$64,000 Challenge Is Taken Off Television
New York United Press report says the $64,000 Challenge quiz show has been pulled from the air amid fixing allegations. Rev. Charles E. Jackson of Tullahoma Tenn testified he received an answer on a Dec 29 episode. Sponsor P Lorillard Co said fall programming will be revised for broader appeal and the show will be replaced by a CBS news special.
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New York
UPL
Charles E. Jackson
Tullahoma
P. Lorillard Co
CBS
NBC
Truman Hits GOP Foreign Policies
Former President Harry Truman addressed 2,600 Democrats at the Midwest Democratic conference in Omaha. He denounced Republican foreign policy as deteriorating America’s prestige and emboldening Communists, urging a larger Democratic majority and a 1960 presidential win. He praised young senators including John F. Kennedy and Ralph Yarborough and referenced Estes Kefauver.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Harry ‘Truman
America
Truman
Missouri Farmer
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Nebraska
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Auto Workers Hope For Ford Contract
DETROIT UPI The United Auto Workers enter weekend talks with Ford and Chrysler hoping for a contract offer before a Wednesday strike deadline. Union demands include longer unemployment benefits, a one cent raise, a cost of living pension adjustment, and company paid moving costs for jobs shifted to new plants.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
John. Bugas
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Boy 9 Found After Fleeing From Home
Newton Iowa police reported a nine year old boy missing since Friday morning was found late Friday in Reasnor Iowa. He had been seen on a bicycle and has a prior record including attempted theft and attempting to set fire to Newton business properties. The officer cited he needed to escape mounting pressures.
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Newton, Iowa
UPI
Reasnor
Iowa
Newton
Samuel Miller Dies Kalona Services Set
Samuel W. Miller 77, a retired farmer and lifelong Kalona resident, died Friday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Monday at Fairview Mennonite Church with officiants Morris Swartzendruber and Albert S. Miller. Burial in Upper Deer Creek Cemetery. Survivors include wife Sarah, two daughters Mrs. John J. Yoder and Mrs. Roy R. Miller, son Dr. Daniel Miller, four grandsons, and three sisters Mrs. Harvey Bender Mrs. Will S. Yoder and Mrs. Chris Helmuth, all of Kalona.
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Kalona
Samuel W. Miller
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Fairview Mennonite Church
Here
Morris Swartzendruber
Albert S. Miller
Upper Deer Creek
Yoder
Mr. Miller
Town County
Wiliam K
Anna Brenneman Miller
Sarah Miller
John J. Yoder
Roy R. Miller
Katona
Daniel Miller
Bellevue
Josh
Harvey Bender
Will
Geneva Conference Ends With Call For Atomic Regulation
Five thousand atom experts from 69 nations wrapped up two weeks of talks urging an international framework to control radioactive hazards in the nuclear age. A Dutch delegation backed by researchers across Western Europe pressed for rules to minimize radiation risks and a future treaty, while the conference focused on scientific exchange and peaceful uses of atomic energy.
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NEVA
API
Atoms For Peace
Tod
Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
Regu
Europe
Court asked on Faubus school closing ruling
A bellwether court ruling on the Little Rock school closure by Governor Faubus was requested with a hearing set for 9 30 a m Monday at St James Catholic Church The rosary is planned for 7 30 p m Sunday at the Jones Funeral Home
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Faubus
Little Rock
St. James Catholic Church
Jones
Quemoy Gets More Supplies Through Chinese Blockade
A UPI report from Taipei notes a U.S. escorted Chinese convoy delivered cargo to Quemoy before dawn amid heavy shelling by Red forces. Four LSMs unloaded at Liao Lu Beach for the beleaguered garrison while U.S. destroyers stayed beyond the three mile limit. A C-46 transport attempting to land passengers was forced to turn back due to a damaged airstrip. The U.S. spokesman praised the convoy as the best run yet, confirming orders to escort convoys on international waters remain unchanged.
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Taipel
Formosa
UPI
Quemoy Island
U.S
LSM
Liao Lu Beach
Quemoy
U. S
Liao Lu
Defense Ministry
Joseph Alsop
Jim Bell
New York Times
Keyes Beech
Chicago Daily News
Ralph Harwood
Eisenhower
Iowa Moves to Enforce Nonresident Tax Withholding
Iowa officials announce a two week probe in Davenport to enforce state nonresident income tax withholding. Leon Miller says the law has been largely voluntary since 1937, costing about half a million dollars annually, with plans for an educational campaign to spur employer compliance and clearer definitions of nonresidents.
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UPI
Iowa
Leon Miller
Davenport
Miller
Tax Commission
George Eischeid
Towa
Eischeid
Eisenhower Appeals Khrushchev Over Formosa Crisis
President Eisenhower writes to Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev urging a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan Formosa dispute and to persuade Chinese Red leaders to end military operations. He warns US forces will defend Nationalist islands and stresses negotiations to avoid force, while noting China’s aggressive actions sparked the tension.
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UPL
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Khrushchev
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Formosa
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China
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Khower
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Soviet Union
U.S
Formosa Strait
Republic China
Quemoy
She Quemoys
Dulles
Mars
Cretary
John Foster Dulles
USS
Virginia Negroes Refused Admission To Closed School
In Front Royal Virginia a group of Negro students attempted to enroll at Warren County High School which had been closed to avoid integration. Gov J Lindsay Almond Jr announced the school was removed from the public system next Monday and the board rescinded the weekend enrollment offer. About 47 pupils and parents gathered at the county courthouse while NAACP attorney Oliver Hill met privately with the school superintendent and board attorney. Hill said registration was declined due to actions by Almond and the board.
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Front Royal
UPD
Warren County
J. Lindsay Almond
County School Board
County Court House
Oliver Hill
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Q.D. Gasque
Hill
Gasque
Almond
Citizen Demands Injunction to Keep Schools in Session
Little Rock Governor Faubus faces court tests as he closed the city's high schools after a Supreme Court order to integrate. A citizen and fireman’s wife, Mrs. Gertie Arrett, seeks an injunction while the school board debates reopening, potentially as private schools. DOJ and NAACP may sue to force reopened schools. Central High beat West Monroe 34 straight with a 20 to 14 win Friday.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Orval E. Faubus
Supreme Court
Gertiearrett
Fabus
Iit
Pulaski County
I Gulley
Cental High
Central High
West Monroe
Faubus
Wibus
Violence Flare Up At Rock Island Farm Plant Strike
In Rock Island an unauthorized wildcat strike at International Harvester’s Farmall plant left Richard Bain wounded by a picket and Herman Gathright with a broken jaw. About 1,600 workers joined after 13 left Thursday over piecework rates, disrupting production. Police detained both men for investigation.
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Rock Island, II
UPD
International Harvester
Richard Bain
Rock US
Herman Gathright
Rocky Island
Gathright
UAW
UAW Local 1309
Local 1309
Weather summary from United Press Internats
Partly cloudy and warmer with light to moderate showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the extreme northwest tonight spreading east across the state. Winds turn southeast and warmer, then cooler Sunday with highs around 80 in the northwest and lower 90s in the southeast. Monday brings cooler partly cloudy skies with showers in the southeast.
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Herbert Campbell
Keith Kirkpatrick
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Wellman
Lawrence Miksch
Shington
Ainsworth
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Jerry Heck
Jely
George Nagen
Clarksville
Butler County
Owen Jorgensen
Auto Workers
Samuel Miller
Geneva
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Sounds
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Department of Justice
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Clarence A. Laws
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