McCarthy Plans Fight as Censure Debate Looms
Senate debate over censure of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy intensifies, with supporters drafting possible retaliatory resolutions against critics as the November session approaches. The six member panel urged censure for McCarthy over conduct in hearings and comments, while views among senators remain divided ahead of the vote.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Subcommittee
Robert C. Hendrickson
Ralph W. Zwicker
Meirthy
Ralph E. Flanders
FBI
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Gor
Edward Bennett Williams
The
Chicago Tribune
Washington Dispatch
Williams
Infant Craig Wheeler Die In Brief Life After Birth
Graveside services were held in Queen City Missouri for Craig Stevens Wheeler infant son of Paul and Jane Mullen Wheeler born Sept 26 at 3 a m and lived only a few hours. Surviving parents a sister Beatrice Jean grandparents Mr and Mrs Clair Mullen of Wyman and Mr and Mrs Boyd Wheeler of Queen City great grandparents Mr and Mrs Aura Morse Columbus Junction Mrs Saide Mullen Muscatine and Mrs Minnie Deierling Queen City. Rev Hollis Bowen conducted services. Former Washington residents moved to Queen City a year ago.
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Wyman
Queen City
Craig Stevens Wheeler
Paul
Jane Mullen Wheeler
Craig
Beatrice Jean
Clair Mullen
Boyd Wheeler
Aura Morse
Columbus Junction
Saide Mullen
Muscatine
Minnie Deierling
Hollis Bowen
Paul Wheeler
Washington
Polish Polish official defecting to the West seeks asylum
Atty General Herbert Brownell Jr announces Josef Swiatlo a 39 year old former deputy chief of Poland’s Ministry of Public Security has defected from the Polish Communist regime and received a temporary entry permit to the United States Swiatlo who fled to West Berlin last December is in Washington preparing to tell his freedom story at a news conference He is said to have provided U S intelligence with information about the 1949 disappearance of Herman and Noel Field and Herta Noel Fields wife Swiatlo his wife and two children were reported living in Warsaw He speaks Polish Russian and German
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Warsaw
Communist Party
Poland
Brownell
Swiatlo
Washington
U.S
Herman
Noel Field
Noel
Herta
Swiato
Yuri Rastvorov
Russia
Tokyo
Reds
Red Radio
East Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
U. S
Red
Swiadlo
Olds Church to Mark Centennial Thursday
The Olds Congregational Christian church will celebrate its centennial on Thursday October 7 with all day services led by Rev. Joseph Carswell. A history by Mrs. Nellie Miller and memorial addresses by Rev. Arthur Upton and Rev. Eugene Shipley will occur, with music from the Olds school band and a basket dinner at noon.
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Olds Congregational-Christian Church
Joseph Carswell
Judson Fiebiger
Nellie Miller
Arthur Upton
Eugene Shipley
Olds School
IPF
James Waery
John Huston
Basil Huston
Cecil Korf
Vera Rodgers
Carswell
Charles Cannon
Glen Brostrom
Wayne Peterson
Everett Boal
Carl Molander
Forrest Mullen
Ray Brainerd
Dallas Miller
Sam J. Miller
Roy Black
Ruth Korf
R. C. Madden
Teen biker faces serious charge after 20 mile ride
Proper Attitude West Haven reports Robert E. Lee, 18, stopped during a 20 mile high speed motorcycle ride. He told state policeman George Cirishiola to be tough on him, acknowledging the seriousness of the charge.
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West Haven
Conn
Robert E. Lee
George Cirishiola
Thief Stole Base Sacks Then Home Plate at Memorial Field
A week after a thief stole first second and third base sacks from Memorial Field a new $12 home plate was swiped completing the round trip. Police investigate the sport field thefts and urge witnesses to come forward.
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East Haven
Conn
Memorial Field
Republican Women To Meet Here On Friday
Members of the Washington County Republican Women's club will meet at the Legion hall in Washington Friday Oct. 1 at 2 30 pm. Features include announcements about the fall luncheon and the annual election of officers.
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Washington County Republican Women's Club
The
Legion Hall
Washington
Chiang planes strike Reds around Quemoy and coast
Nationalist warplanes attacked Communist shipping and coastal targets around Quemoy Island and Fukien coast. Amoy naval flotillas and coastal defenses were hit as intelligence warned of possible large scale amphibious assaults. Rents in Taipei fell sharply while Macao life jacket orders were noted.
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Chiang
Quemoy
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Chang Yi-Ting
Macao
Amoy
Ai Force
Fukien
Alaska Land Sale Promoters Market 410 Santa Claus Lane
Bill Porter and C. B. Thomas offer buyers a square inch of Alaska real estate for one dollar at 410 Santa Claus Lane. Each deed includes a map of Alaska and images of a husky head, a sourdough, an Eskimo girl, and an Alaskan bear. Proceeds fund a planned community park.
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Bill Porter
C. B. Thomas
Santa Claus Lane
Alaska
Lemon and Maglie Named As World Series Starters
New York Indians manager Al Lopez tabbed Bob Lemon to start for Cleveland and Leo Durocher chose Sal Maglie for the Giants in the World Series opener at the Polo Grounds. Lemon won 23 games, Maglie 146 innings with 21 wins, both trusted aces for their clubs.
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New York
Bob Lemon
al Lopez
Cleveland Indians
Sal Maglie
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Lemon
Maglie
Giants
Brooklyn
Wynn
Antonelli
Durocher
Johnny Antonelli
Lopez
Early Wynn
Detroit
Karston Appeals To Iowa Supreme Court
William G. Karston 29 of Hamilton Illinois today appealed his sentence to the Iowa Supreme Court. He was to be hanged in August 1955 for the Pulaski slaying of Wendell Jones. Almer Anderson 22 of South St. Paul Minnesota received a life term for the July 25 holdup murder. District Judge Heinrich Taylor denied a new trial and Karston’s request to withdraw his guilty plea. He argued the gun fired accidentally during a struggle.
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Des Moines
Llp
William G. Karston
Hamilton
Ill
Pulaski
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Karston
Almer Anderson
South St. Paul
Minn
Wendell Jones
Heinrich Taylor
Bloomfield
Jones
Clinton Boy Dies After Car Collision Injury
Freddie McClain six died in St Luke's Hospital Davenport from a brain injury after running into the side of a car in Fulton Iowa Sunday. He was visiting relatives and playing with other children when the accident occurred. An autopsy was planned and the driver was Richard Vander Schaaf Fulton police said.
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Clinton
Iowa
Freddie McClain
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Fulton
Earl McClain
Richard Vander Schaaf
Apple Trees Surprise Grow Back After Cold Spring
Manchester Connecticut AP reports Harry Weinstein, 41, believed hail that knocked blossoms from his apple trees had killed them. Two months later the trees burst into new growth, renewing hope for the orchard.
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Manchester
Conn
Harry Weinstein
Refugees Flee Western Germany Over East Mine Disasters
State Department reports uranium mine disasters in Soviet controlled East Germany drive a flood of refugees to the Western sector. Officials note continued mine collapses and safety fears as workers defect to the West. Dr. James Conant says about 20,000 East Germans cross to the West each month.
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Washington
State Department
Red-controlled
East Germany
Jesse C. Johnson
Atomic Energy Commission
Free World
James B. Conant
U.S
Germany
Iowa corn crop ahead of average as frost hits
About 95 percent of Iowa corn has ripened to the well-dented stage, matching 1953 development and ahead of average. The Sept. 22 frost brought sub-freezing temps in northwest Iowa with a low of 28 at Mapleton, damaging late corn and soybeans in scattered areas. Soybean harvest is under 10 percent, well below last year, while winter wheat seeding and fall plowing proceed near average.
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Des Moines
Lowa
Iowa
The
Bulletin
Mapleton
Hugh Morris Show Highlights British Trip Pictures
Hugh Morris of Cotter presented at the Washington Rotary noon meeting. He shared color photos from his England Wales and Scotland tour focusing on cattle farms fairs and livestock practices. The set includes images of Americans and Britons sharing tea. Morris and his brother Colonel Morris of the U S Army appear in some photos.
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Hugh Morris
Cotter
Washington
Britain
Mr. Morris
Colonel Morris
United States Army
Residents Aid Search for Missing Sioux City Boy
In Sioux City 8 year old Jimmie Bremmer remains missing after a four week absence. Residents and business owners conducted ground searches for clues while National Guard help stood by at the Armory. Guardsmen and police scoured three rivers and a creek and investigators pursued more than 100 leads without success. A 50 year old salesman who saw the boy the night he vanished is undergoing psychiatric treatment after denying involvement.
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Sioux City
Jimmie Bremmer
National Guard
Bremmer
Cherokee State Mental Hospital
Final Dance Planned At Washington Golf Club
The final dance of the season will be held Saturday night at the Washington Golf and Country Club. Tickets are available at Sitlers Phillips Drug or at the pro shop in the country club.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
Sitlers
Phillips Drug
Typhoon Toll in Japan Reaches 1,743 Dead and Missing
Authorities report 1,743 dead and missing from the Japanese typhoon that struck northern Honshu and southern Hokkaido. The Toya Maru ferry disaster accounts for 265 dead, 899 missing, and 171 rescued. U.S. casualties include 57 Americans among the dead and missing with revised details from Tokyo.
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Japan
Honshu
Hokkaido
Tsugaru Strait
U.S. Army
Tokyo
Charles Champagne
Pfc
Frank Goodken
Dubuque
Iowa
Boy Scout Leaders To Meet Monday Evening
Washington district Scout Executive Dave Price announced an extra training class for leaders. The course opens Monday October 4 at 7 30 p m in the United Presbyterian church in Washington and covers Cubbers Scouters and Explorer leaders similar to the Iowa City course. Unit leaders den mothers and committeemen in nearby communities are invited to attend in Washington.
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Boy Scout
Washington
Dave Price
United Presbyterian Church
Johnson County
Iowa City
Price
Boy Confesses Soap in Goldfish Bowl Bath Time
Windsor Locks Connecticut Bruce McLeod age 3 was caught putting soap in a goldfish bowl he explained the fish gotta have a bath stating the reason for the act to UP reporters.
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Windsor Locks
Conn
Bruce McLeod
Iowa State University Seeks One Million More Annually
Des Moines report the Towa Board of Education requests the Legislature grant the University of Iowa an additional 8.214 million dollars for the two year biennium starting July 1 1955. The rise funds merit based salary raises graduate research staff and new mortuary science program with 15 to 25 students expected this fall.
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DES Moines
Towa Board of Education
University of Iowa
Ridgway Warns Against Relying Solely on Atomic Weapons
Gen. Matthew Ridgway and Army Secretary Stevens told President Eisenhower that future wars using atomic arms would likely need much larger armies. He said defense must be flexible, mobile, and capable of replacing entire units with dispersed supply depots over wide areas.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Denver
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
America
Ridgway
No More Night Calls Moriarty Vows After Nightlock
Maurice J. Moriarty was trapped for an hour and a half in a West Hartford drug store when lights went out at closing during a telephone argument with a girlfriend. He vowed to avoid night calls.
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West Hartford
Conn
Maurice J. Moriarty
Hart Man Found Guilty Of Drunk Driving Even While Not Behind Wheel
Justice Gayle Joslin ruled the car owner guilty of driving while intoxicated for allowing another intoxicated man to drive the vehicle. Each man was fined $100.
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Hart, Mich
Gayle Joslin
Joslin
France Presents Linkage Plan at Nine Nation Conference
French Premier Mendes France opened the talks by tying a Saar settlement to German sovereignty and disarmament. The plan would place strict rearmament controls under the Brussels pact, while Adenauer pledged voluntary limits after occupation ends. Delegates called the session a strong start.
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Wilbur G. Landrey
United Press
London
France
Pierre Mendes- France
Saar
Germany
United States
Britain
NATO
Alfred M. Gruenther
Mendes-France
Konrad Adenauer
Plan McCracken Rites At Woolson Thursday
Mrs Luther McCracken 75 died suddenly on a train near Chariton Iowa while returning from Holyoke Colorado to visit daughter Mrs Victorine Spindler. Services planned Thursday at Woolson Friends Church Richland burial in Richland Friends Cemetery Gould funeral in charge. Survivors include husband two daughters two grandchildren two brothers one sister and a late son Vance.
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Luther McCracken
Chariton
Victorine Spindler
Holyoake
Colo
Woolson Friends Church
Richland Friends Cemetery
Gould Funeral
Marie Grace Allen
Wesley Allen
Friends Church
Spindler
Vesta Voss
Aplington
W. O. Allen
Weather Summary for Iowa Five Day Outlook
Cloudy with showers and a thunderstorm tonight, cooler in the northwest. Wednesday will be cool and cloudy with scattered showers. Lows tonight 45 to 50 in the northwest to 60s in the southeast. Highs Wednesday 50s in the northwest to upper 60s in the southeast. Partly cloudy and cool Wednesday night with showers possible Thursday. Temperatures through Sunday will run 5 to 8 degrees below normal with rainfall around 0.25 inch southeast tonight and Wednesday, again late Thursday or Friday.
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Iowa
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