French Premier Calls Party Chieftains Back Into Session
In Paris Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunoury convened 19 party chiefs to end a 35 month Algeria crisis and inflation turmoil. The session aimed to avert government collapse and preserve France’s postwar Fourth Republic as rifts over Algeria home rule and a strong Algerian government widened.
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Paris
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
France
Hotel Matignon
Algeria
National Assembly
Independent Party
Developing Ballistic Missile Defense Advances Reported
A Defense Department spokesman says progress from research to development on a guided missile to intercept 15,000 mph ICBMs. Radar with long range eyes can detect missiles at 3000 miles, enabling about 15 minutes warning to launch anti missile defenses.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Pentagon
Moscow
Thomas D. White
Girl emerges from a yearlong coma in New Orleans
In New Orleans a 20 year old woman, Carolyn Chetta, wakes from a year long coma after being accidentally shot by her fiancé Patrolman Joe Bergeron during a dispute about moving into a planned apartment before their wedding. Bergeron had faced an attempted murder charge that was later dismissed.
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New Orleans
Carolyn Chetta
Petrofreight Dominates Ocean Trade At Fifty Five Percent
The observation states that petroleum makes up 55 percent of all freight moved on the world’s oceans. This indicates petroleum products form the largest share of international seaborne commerce, reflecting ongoing demand for energy resources in global shipping.
Booby trap mail injures Ball State coeds in Indiana
Police seek unknown sender after a two foot wooden box containing a shotgun blast injures Miss Ruth Petry and others at Ball State College in Muncie. Mrs. Reynolds suffers severe injuries. John Fite Jr. was questioned but released.
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Muncie
Ind
Ball State College
Ruth Petry
Linda Helvering
Anita Reynolds
Anderson
Reynolds
Ball State Memorial Hospital
John Fite Jr
Chesterfield
Miss Petry
Home Economics Department
Runaway Bride Case Brings Legal Tangled Months
A Des Moines couple faces legal wrangling after a 16 year old girl married a 26 year old man. Polk County authorities released the bride to choose between her parents or husband. The hearing on the suit to free her from the juvenile home continues next Friday as charges against the husband remain.
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Des Moines
Chester Brodzewski
Polk County
Brodzenski
Jess Bowman
Altoona
Bowman
Brodzenskis
Bordzenski
Russia’s disarmament move fails to break East West deadlock
Washington officials say Andrei Gromyko’s UN General Assembly speech offers a minor concession but avoids core issues stalling arms talks for 11 years. They note a five year ban on using nuclear weapons is not supported by the United States and that linking any halt to production of fissionable material remains unmet.
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Washington
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
West Chester Resident Dies In Muscatine
Grover C. Walton aged 73 of West Chester died Friday at 6 15 p m in Hershey Hospital Muscatine after a May 30 stroke He is survived by three sisters Luella Hollaway Fairfield Ada M Paul Muscatine Effie Clements Waterloo and three brothers John Fall Brook Calif James Oskaloosa and Arthur West Chester Funeral services are set for Tuesday Sept 24 at 2 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Arthur Peters officiating Burial will be in West Chester Cemetery
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Grover C. Walton
West Chester
Hershey
Muscatine
Walton
Jones
Arthur Peters
Mr. Walton
Johnathon B
Theodosia Clark Walton
The
Baptist Church
Luella Hollaway
Fairfield
Ada M. Paul
Effie Clements
Waterloo
John
Fall Brook
Calif
James
Oskaloosa
Arthur
Armstrong blasts traveling manager in public dispute
Louis Armstrong denounces manager Pierre Tallerie as a flunkie and a menace to the colored people saying only he can speak for Satchmo. Tallerie defends Armstrong on Eisenhower remarks while Armstrong vows to fight for his rights and independence from management.
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Fargo
N.D
Louis Armstrong
Satchmo
Pierre Tallerie
Armstrong
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Russia
Tallerie
NATO War Games Headed For Showdown At Sea
NATO's Strikeback armada sailed south from the Arctic Circle toward warmer seas aboard the U S S Sara Toga. The carrier task force and support ships crossed the Arctic Circle west of Bodo Norway to train in those waters and for the seamen to gain experience and sea stories.
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U.S.S
NATO
Arctic Circle
Bodo
Norway
King Haakon VII of Norway Dies at 85
King Haakon VII died in his sleep at age 85 plunging Norway into mourning. Crown Prince Olav automatically became king after the death. Haakon, Danish born, led Norway to independence in 1905 and resisted Hitler’s 1940 invasion with a defiant "No."
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon VII
Hitler
Quisling
Sweden
Olav
Haakon
Germany
Vidkun Quisling
Faubus Hands Off Integration Crisis to Authorities
Governor Faubus relinquished control of Little Rock's integration showdown by removing National Guardsmen from Central High and deferring to federal orders. Lt. Gov. Gordon to assume duties as Faubus heads to Sea Island for a governors conference, while dissenting lawyers boycott the Davies hearing and the injunction remains temporary.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Central High School
Sea Island
Nathan Gordon
Arkansas
Central High
Ronald N. Davies
Davies
National Guardsmen
Justice Department
Hold Field Meeting At Cuddyback Farm
A field meeting will be held Monday September 22 at 1 30 pm at the Ken Cuddyback Farm six miles west of Washington to observe 22 varieties and hybrids of grain sorghum. Director Thomas Robb of Washington County Eaton notes the event.
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Ken Cuddyback
Washington
Washinon County
Eaton
Thomas Robb
Eisenhower urges Little Rock to comply with court order
President Eisenhower called on Little Rock to carry out the federal court's school integration order without disorder. He praised Gov Faubus for withdrawing Arkansas National Guardsmen from Central High School as a necessary step toward enforcing court orders promptly and peacefully.
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Newport, R.I
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Central High School
Ronald N. Davies
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
United States
James C. Hagerty
White House
Narragansett Bay
Herbert Brownell Jr
Washington
Hagerty
Justice Department
Faubus
Brownell
1068 County Youths Screened For Hearing Defects This Week
In Washington County grade school tests this week 1,068 youths were screened for defective hearing. Of these, 600 failed the first screening and received follow up tests. 175 failed those, with a second test scheduled in 5 or 6 weeks. If still defective, they will be referred to their family doctor. Tests were conducted Monday through Wednesday by the State Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Public Health.
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Washington County
State Department of Public Instruction
Department of Public Health
Washington Sees Measured Rainfall Through Weekend
Over the past two days Washington collected 1.27 inches of rain with 0.15 inch falling last night. Friday morning brought an additional 1 inch of rain as showers and drizzle lingered.
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City of
Washington
Jaycees Finalize Parking Plan for Corn Picking Contest
The Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce announce ample free parking for 3,700 cars at the WMT sponsored Iowa State Corn Picking Contest on Oct 8 at the Washington Airport Farm. Parking will be south of the east west runway and east of the north south runway with no parking on runways or access roads. If fields are soft, Bill Crayn offers his clover field for overflow.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
WMT
Washington Airport
Jaycees
Bill Crayn
Iowa Junior Colleges Gain State Aid Boost Tieup
Iowa 16 junior colleges won partial approval for a per pupil aid increase to one dollar from 25 cents but will await an attorney general opinion on the new law before funds flow. The plan, authorized by the Legislature, hinges on qualifying under standards yet to be set. the Regents withheld final approval pending legal guidance. Norman Erbe, the attorney general, is expected to decide the Legislature’s intent.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Board of Public Instruction
Iowa Board of Regents
Board of Public Instruction
Norman Erbe
Daylight Savings Time Advocated in England in 1907
The record notes that daylight saving time was first advocated in England during 1907, marking an early push for seasonal time adjustment and its potential benefits.
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England
Highway Patrol To Help Transport Flu Vaccine
Iowa to mobilize Highway Patrol to move vaccine and personnel if an Asian flu epidemic hits the state. Acting Safety Commissioner Rusell Brown says patrolmen will receive flu shots and remain available to public service duties, with priority given to traffic safety and crime prevention staff.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
Russell Brown
Edmund Zimmerer
Brown
Iowa
Columbus Junction Woman Dies Here
Columbus Junction resident Mrs. George Sellers 61 died早 at Washington County Hospital. Funeral arrangements by Stacy Funeral Home. Born October 17 1895 to James S and Catherine Collins Marshall she married George Sellers December 20 1916. Survived by husband son Max of Columbus Junction two granddaughters and sister Mrs Weaver Briggs of Winfield.
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George Sellers
Columbus City
Washington County Hospital
Stacy Funeral Home
Sellers
James S
Catherine Collins Marshall
Cairo
Columbus Junction
Max
Weaver Briggs
Winfield
Weather Summary From Iowa Weather Service
Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with cooler readings southeast and northwest. Turning a bit warmer Sunday with highs ranging from 65 to 72 depending on location. Partly cloudy Monday with little temperature change.
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United Press
Iowa
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