Billy Goat Freddy Aids Safety For German Regiment
Freddy the billy goat mascot of the Canadian Princess Patricia Infantry Regiment helped cut accident rates by over 50 percent. Capt. Mike Levy said the unit’s worst drivers were reassigned to care for Freddy, performing grooming and feeding duties at Deilinghofen Germany.
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Deilinghofen
Germany
Freddy
Billy
Princess Patricia Infantry Regiment
Outit
Mike Levy
Senate Censure Panel Mulls Moral Code for Senators
A six member Senate censure committee plans a statement of high moral standards for senators to accompany its McCarthy report. The disclosure says the declaration aims to define ideals and behavior, separate from charges of misconduct against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. The panel continues hearings and aims to outline its report by roughly October 1, with decisions pending on whether findings alone or conclusions will be included.
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Washington UP
Senate
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Ife
Wisconsin
Republican
McCarthy
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Senators reject McCarthy bid for independent counsel
Six senators unanimously reject McCarthy request for new independent attorneys to draft the report. They state they will make all decisions in writing the report and do not necessarily need to rely on counsel.
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McCarthy
Eden Mendes France Meet For Showdown
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and French Premier Pierre Mendes France met in a crucial showdown to decide France’s role in a revised West European defense plan. Diplomatic sources say Eden will warn that French rejection could push the United States and Britain toward rearming Germany without French approval as Dulles trains for a Bonn visit.
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Paris
Anthony Eden
Pierre Mendes- France
France
Eden
Mendes - France
Germany
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Bonn
Washington
London
Mendes- France
West Germany
Italy
Britain
United States
Lie Defector In Effort to Solve Sioux City Mystery
Detective chief Harry Gibbons announced a lie detector test indicated a 50 year old salesman lied about parts of the Jimmie Bremmer disappearance inquiry. The man, under sustained questioning since Aug 31, admitted talking to a boy matching Jimmie's description but denied knowledge of the boy's whereabouts. Police seek to determine the man’s actions for the 90 minutes the evening Jimmie was last seen.
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Sioux City
Harry G. Gibbons
Jimmie Bremmer
Gibbons
Richard Holcomb
University of Iowa Police Science Department
Jimmie
Induction Service For Hi Y Thursday
Washington Hi Y members hold their annual induction service Thursday at 7 30 p m in the chapel of the United Presbyterian church All former and present Hi Y members are urged to attend Parents of the boys and other interested persons are invited Hi Y officers presiding are Dick Gorham president Bill Sherman vice president Larry Cochran secretary Ted Fritz treasurer Rodney Campbell sergeant at arms Advisors are Russell Bannister and James Hervey Washington high school faculty members
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Washington Hi-Y
United Presbyterian Church
Hi-Y
Dick Gorham
Bill Sherman
Larry Cochran
Ted Fritz
Rodney Campbell
Russell Bannister
James Hervey
Washington High School
Hoegh and Herring Push Iowa Conservation Plans
Iowa governor candidates Leo A. Hoegh and Clyde E. Herring addressed soil conservation commissioners. Hoegh urged a 25 percent income deduction for conservation expenses, while Herring pledged continued support for conservation districts and criticized Soil Conservation Service reorganizations as crippling.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Herring
Soil Conservation Service
FTC asks cigarette makers to curb advertising claims
The Federal Trade Commission urged tobacco firms to voluntarily stop advertising cigarettes as not harmful or non irritating. The guidance, part of recommended standards, is non binding but could become enforceable after a final decision on advertising rules. The FTC also urged manufacturers not to claim health benefits for their products.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
Commission
FTC
Marciano Charles Heavyweight Title Fight Postponed by Rain
New York reporters note the Rocky Marciano versus Ezzard Charles title bout at Yankee Stadium has been delayed to Thursday due to rain. Boxing Chairman Robert Christenberry said a new medical exam will occur, weigh-in not required for heavyweights, while promoter Jim Norris confirmed the postponement after today’s weigh-in. Charles weighed 192 pounds and Marciano 186½.
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New York
Rocky Marciano
Ezzard Charles
Yankee Stadium
Robert T. Christenberry
New York Boxing Commission
Jim Norris
Charles
Marciano
Will Urge Students To Drink More Milk
Des Moines based C W Bangs, Iowa school lunch program director, outlined the Agriculture Department plan to push milk consumption in schools. The program aims to use surplus milk, costs about a cent or two more per student for a second bottle this year after an initial five cent bottle, and begins in about a month.
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Des Moines
C. W. Bangs
Iowa
U.S. Agriculture Department
Bangs
Glenn Drahn Speaks at Washington Y's Men Meeting
Washington high school football coach Glenn Drahn spoke at the Washington Y's Men's club meeting. He outlined lessons he values in sports: unselfishness cooperation responsibility and character building. Dr Max Smith announced the home talent play dates for the week of March 18 and Robert McLaughlin was introduced as a new member.
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Glenn Drahn
Washington
Washington Y
Drahn
Max Smith
Payne’s Observing Business Anniversary Open House
Payne's Radio Television and Appliance marks its first anniversary this Friday and Saturday with an open house. Bernard and Mrs Payne bought the business at 118 N Iowa last year from Wayne Tait and merged prior radio TV repair work with new service departments. Free coffee during the weekend and other activities are planned as details appear in another advertisement.
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Payne
Bernard Payne
Iowa
Wayne Tait
Payne's
S. Second St
Mrs K A Mathers 63 Dies After Illness
Mrs K A Mathers a well known Haskins community resident died at 2 15 am today at Washington county hospital after three years of declining health Burial will be in Ainsworth cemetery following funeral at 11 am Friday Sept 17 in Jones funeral home Rev Dale Brehmer officiating Survivors include husband two daughters Martha Skubal Jean Ferguson Ames son John Terry Mathers Ainsworth three sisters two brothers and four grandchildren Judy John Joe Skubal and Keith Mathers
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K. A. Mathers
Haskins
Washington County Hospital
John Wesley White
Sarah Ellen Squire White
Washington High School
Washington
John
Martha) Skubal
Ainsworth
Marion
Jean) Ferguson
Ames
John Terry Mathers
P E. Babcock
Elizabeth Young
Frank Chilcote
Corvallis
N. C. White
Murray
Iowa
Judy
Joe Skubal
Keith Mathers
Robber Bows Up Thriftway Store In Oskaloosa Heist
An armed robber held up the Thriftway Grocery in Oskaloosa near closing time and escaped with about 1000 dollars. Police search for the suspect and an accomplice, who were last seen entering a car behind the building. Bonnie Smith, a store employee, reported the incident and the cashier tills were emptied before the thief fled.
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Oskaloosa
Thriftway
Burrell Smith
Nixon and Martin Open GOP Campaign Tour
Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker Joseph Martin launched a national campaign tour to win a Republican Congress in the November election. They planned separate flights with stops across the country while urging voters to back GOP leadership and education on the administration program. Martin predicted gaining 15 House seats as Nixon urged active campaigning.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Congress
GOP
Eisenhower
Columbus
Ohio
Martin
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Nixon
Leonard W. Hall
Maine
DeMolay Members Meet At Temple On Monday
Ames chapter of the De Molay held the first meeting of the year at the Washington Masonic temple Monday evening September 13. Fifteen members were present to plan attending church as a group on September 19. Plans were completed for a watermelon feed.
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Ames Chapter
Order of DeMolay
Washington Masonic Temple
Fleming Describes Red Atrocities at Court Martial
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming testified at a Korea era court martial that he was forced to witness 14 prisoners die in a cave as punishment for refusing to join a propaganda panel. He recalled Camp 9, Colonel Kim, and the deliberate reduction of captives to one survivor. He also described seeing Captain Ratsch killed in cold blood by a Chinese soldier.
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FT. Sheridan
Ill
Harry Fleming
Fleming
Racine
Wis
Korea
Reds
Kim
Fieming
Ratsch
Thunderstreak fighter bomber uses 569 forgings
Plane Facts from Farmingdale New York notes the U S Air Force new swept wing Thunderstreak uses 569 metal forgings and castings. The smallest about the size of a pack of cigarettes and the largest reaches 10 feet in length.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
U. S. Air Force
Republic Thunderstreak
Benson Eases Controls On Next Year's Farm Harvest
Secretary Ezra T Benson scrap the total acreage phase of next year crop controls to aid drought hit farmers. He announced 1955 wheat support at not less than 2.06 a bushel in commercial areas and named drought disaster areas Alabama Mississippi Georgia Tennessee and South Carolina for federal aid. A 100 pound subsidy on government fed livestock rose to 1.00. Set asides include 400 million bushels of wheat and one million bales of cotton with potential increases. He expects farmers to plant feed and forage crops with McConnell.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Eisenhower
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Commodity Stabilization Service
James A. McConnell
McConnell
Yoshida to Visit United States in November
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida will visit the United States as an official guest of the American government at the invitation of President Eisenhower. The trip aims to renew friendships and discuss mutual interests, with arrival in New York on November 2 and arrival in Washington on November 7.
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Denver
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
United States
White House
Yoshida
Eisenhower
Dulles Heads to Europe for German Rearmament Talks
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flies tonight to Bonn to meet Chancellor Adenauer and then to London for talks with Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. He travels with H. Struve Hensel as he weighs Western Germany rearmament and German sovereignty.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Germany
Britain
Dulles
Bonn
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
London
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
H. Struve Hensel
Hensel
Eisehower
Denver
Far East
United Nations General Assembly
New York
State Department
U.N
Red China
Reds
Formosa
Free Pacific
Russia
Mao urges close cooperation with Soviet on China policy
Chinese leader Mao Tse-Tung called for firm alliance with Soviet Russia in a major policy speech to the National People's Congress. He told 1,200 deputies that Red China can succeed only as Moscow’s ally and urged China to follow Soviet economic and industrial lessons.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse - Tung
Russia
Mao
Red China
Moscow
Rescue Driver From Submerged Truck
Three Muscatine men saved 27 year old James Williams after his cement truck plunged through a guard rail into nine feet of water on a county road bridge approach. Harold Wingerter and his father pulled Williams free and performed artificial respiration. Sheriff Amson said a valor award would be recommended.
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Muscatine
James Williams
Here
Williams
Northern Gravel Co
Harold Wingerter
Charles L. Amson
Wingerter
Americans Free After 18 Months in Chinese Captivity
Two U S war correspondents and a merchant sea captain were released from 18 months in Chinese jails. They endured no daylight or communication, faced interrogations on germ warfare and invasions, received poor water and enjoyed brief cigarettes after freedom. They were seized March 21, 1953, during a shakedown of Applegate’s yacht in international waters.
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Hong Kong
U.S
Freedom
Red China
United Press
Richard Applegate
International News Service
Donald Dixon
Bes Krasner
Korea
China
Applegate
Macao
Atomic Commission Member Quits Post
President Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Dr Henry Smyth from the Atomic Energy Commission effective Sept 30 He will return to education and was succeeded by Dr Willard Libby of the University of Chicago Smyth author of the 1945 atomic bomb report urged weapons deterring war while pledging overwhelming power if attacked.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Denver
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Henry Smith
J. Robert Ie
Willard Frank Libby
Institute For Nuclear Studies
University of Chicago
Smyth
AEC
Commission
Princeton University
Weather Outlook From United Press Iowa Clouds and Showers
Considerable cloudiness with little temperature change tonight into Thursday. Scattered showers begin west tonight and spread east Thursday and Thursday night. Lows 52 to 58 northeast and 58 to 65 southwest. Highs 70 to 75 northeast and 85 west. Partly cloudy west, mostly cloudy east with more showers Friday.
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United Press
Iowa
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