Bank Robbery In Sherrard Nets About $10000
SHERRARD Ill A gate man wearing sunglasses robbed the Farmers State Bank of Sherrard of about $10000 today while an accomplice waited outside in a car. Bank president C B Johnson said the robber appeared cool and professional as he ordered everyone to lie on the floor and forced him to walk to the money room. The gunman stuffed the bills into a sack and fled to a waiting car. Sherrard is in Mercer County.
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Sherrard
Ill
Farmers State Bank
C. B. Johnson
Johnson
Mercer County
Woman, 29, Shot, Mate In Custody
A Dana, Illinois report states Air Force sergeant T. Sgt. Lee Merle Deal, 30, on leave from Offutt AFB, admitted arguing with his estranged wife Edna Deal, 29, who was shot to death outside Bana elementary school. Edna’s body was found the day after a baby shower. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 4.
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Dana
Greene Conny
Air Force
Bana
Lee Merle Deal
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Mutter
Justice of the Peace
William Schoppe
Jefferson
Edna Deal
Grand Tunction
Roland Riley
Deal
Fahy to Enter United States Air Force Academy
Terry W. Fahy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Fahy, 607 West 8th Street, has been appointed to the U S Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. Major General Robert H. Warren congratulates Fahy in a letter, noting his selection after strong competition. Fahy’s class enters June 29 for four years of training, followed by at least five years as an Air Force officer. He is an academic honor student at Muscatine High School with nine athletic letters in football, wrestling, and track, and has participated in dramatics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry W. Fahy
William L. Fahy
West
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fahy
Robert H. Warren
United States Air Force’ Academy
Warren
Death of 4 Brings Big Damage Suit
An $8 million damage suit names a Lincoln Nebraska trucking firm owners and the driver of one truck after an Air Force family from West Virginia died in a rear end collision near Tipton in July. The suit, filed by the administrator of the estate of T Sp. Robert L. Stulle, 92, Chapmanville, WV, lists Evelyn Stulle and children Deborah 8 and Paris 6 as plaintiffs. Defendant drivers include Howard Everson, 30, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and other defendants Edward Rolland and Marvin Dudley of Dudley Transfer Co Lincoln.
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Cedar Rapids
Lincoln, Neb
Air Force
West Virginia
T. Spt
Robert L. Stulle
Chapmanville
W. Va
Evelyn
Deborah
Paris
Tipton
Howard Everson
Lincoln
Neb
Edward Rolland
Marvin Dudley
Dudley. Transfer Co
U S Concern Over Asia Warns Of Communist Takeover
Bundy warned of real danger of a Communist takeover in Southeast Asia while in London for talks on the Asian crisis. Britain rejected a Soviet note accusing U S reconnaissance flights over Laos of violating neutrality as ministers dismissed it as propaganda. A high level U S review meet in Honolulu, presided by Secretary Rusk, will examine Laos Cambodia Viet Nam.
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London
Asst
Willian ‘P. Bundy
Southeast Asia
Bundy
Washington
U. S
Laos
Britain
U.S
Tobagon
Honolulu
White House
Dean Rusk
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Hawaii
Par Icf
Richard Butler
Cambodia
Viet Nam
United States
Pathet Lao
International Control Commission
Snuvanna Phouna
Tass
Mekong River
Vientiane
Muong Byons
Memorial Day Roster Read in Greenwood Cemetery
Memorial Day services begin at 9 45 a m at Greenwood cemetery where 40 veterans who died since May 30 1963 will be read by the Muscatine county soldier s relief commission The list includes Frank Mercer Archie Brown Kenneth Ross George Creamer Arthur Canfield Warren Davis Sherman Gerels William Doering Anton Bell Prancis Angerer Lawrence Thiuman Ury Odell Albert Diereks Leo Masterson H C Phelps Edward Schell William Winder William Strain Fred Sommerdorf Donald Young Everette Rostenbach Virgil Foster Louie Marclf Reuben Millard Fred Holliday William Gardner Matt Leuck Perry Bodie Roy Morrison George Mark Franklin Wakefield Clara Behrens Carroll Martin Clarence Hanson Irving Green Lyle Holmes Everet Duncan Carl Phillips Ferdinand Neubauer Charles Blake
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Greenwood Cemetery
Muscatine
Carl Phillips
Ferdinand Neubauer
Charles Blake
Memorial Services With Memorial Plac Procession and Ceremonies
Memorial services set for May 30 1964 include a 9 50 AM chapel formation and parade to the Memorial Place. George B Grosjean Jr Troop No 115 Muscatine College Mixed Quartet under Edwin Waggoner performs. Lincoln Gettysburg reading by a speaker. Billie Mae Shoppa from Troop 88 leads readings. West Junior High School Band plays. Invocation by Rev E B Meyer. Benediction by Rev Carl F Clem. American Legion and VFW firing squads honor Taps by David Warner and Thomas Ahlf.
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Memorial Plac
George B. Grosjean Jr
Muscatine College
Edwin Waggoner
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Billie Mae Shoppa
Memorial
Joseph Maher
Louise Butler
Stephen Petersen
Charles Piotrowski
E. B. Meyer
Logan
American Legion
V.F.W
David Warner
Thomas Ahlf
Memorial Day Concert and Parade Schedule Details
A Muscatine program notes a 11:00 A.M. D.S.T. Mothers in Charge concert at Park with Davenport band and a float launch by Albert Weeks. American Legion and VFW firing squads, taps by named members, and ceremonies at Greenwood St. Mary’s Riverfront. Multiple patriotic groups sponsor events with ceremonies at Muscatine High School Auditorium at 9:45 A.M. D.S.T.
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D.S.T
Vy Mothers In Charge
Central Junior High Band
Jacque Stevenberg
Petty J
Ed Mehan
Davenport
Rev
C. W. Dene
Albert Weeks
American Legion
Siemans
Thomas Anlf
David Warmer
Greenwood
St! Mary's
Riverfront
American “Legion
V.F.W
American ‘Legion
Muscatine High School
D.S
Thousands Attend Final Nehru Rites at New Delhi
Thousands of mourners packed New Delhi for the cremation of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The funeral, watched by foreign dignitaries, sparked a stampede that killed two and injured six as crowds overwhelmed officers and blocked the gun carriage bearing the body wrapped in the tricolor.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jumna
Nehru
Aya
Gandhi
Red Fort
Nebra
U. S
Deai
Rusk
Palam
G. Ta Nanda
Bddy
Youth 18 dies in auto mishap near Charles City
Larry Springer, 18, of Charles City, was killed when his car left Highway 218 south of town, caught fire, and he was thrown from the vehicle. A Benton County deputy sheriff extinguished the blaze in a field about 200 feet off the highway. Partly cloudy and warmer through Friday with scattered showers. lows tonight 55 to 60, highs Friday 77 to 84. River stage 9.6 feet.
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LA Porte City
Larry Springer
Charles’ City
Here
Benton County
Springer
Cafe Operator Injured In One Car Crash Near Durant
Jerald D. Rushton a 44 year old cafe operator and proprietor of the restaurant at Hatfield Somers sustained two broken right leg and wrist and heavy facial injuries in a one car crash at 1130 p m Wednesday two miles south of Durant on county road P and a travel road. His 1965 Volkswagen veered into the ditch struck an embankment and knocked down 300 feet of woven wire fence on the Ed Bockwoldt farm where eleven two year old registered Angus bulls roamed. A second motorist Roward Sorgenfrey aided Rushton and transported him to the Bockwoldt home then his wife took him to Moline Public hospital where he was reported in fair condition. Deput Sheriff Bob Miller investigated the crash.
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Jerald D. Rushton
Hatfield's
Somers
Durant
Trushton
County
Road P
Ed. Bockwoldt
Rushton
Roward’ Sorgenfrey
Bockwoldt
Moline Public
Moonship Model Reaches Orbit From Cape Kennedy
NASA reports an unmanned model of the Apollo moonship launched by a Saturn I booster entered orbit from Cape Kennedy. The 37,900 pound satellite should circle Earth about 87 times for roughly 55 hours before reentry, marking a bold early stage in the Apollo program.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hillsdale Strikes Spur State of Emergency in Michigan City
Gov. Romiay declared a public emergency as National Guard troops moved in to Hillsdale after a night of strike violence at Essex Wire Corp. About 60 state police and sheriff deputies aided local officers as a crowd of 400 gathered at the county jail. Two guards were wounded, one shot and one clubbed, as tensions rose and dispersed by midnight. The Essex Wire strike, three months old, involves 180 plant workers in a dispute over the first contract terms.
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Hillsdale
Mich
George Romiay
National Guard
Michigan
Seyersman
Essex Wire Corp
Aubrey Paul
Harvey W. Moes
Couucil
Essex
International Union of Electrical Workers
Laos appeals to Soviet for ammunition and planes
Lao premier Souvanna Phouma urged the Soviet Union in a letter to supply ammunition for neutralist forces and repair Russian gift transport planes. He cited shortages after recent clashes with Communist Pathet Lao forces and asked for sufficient ammo to face the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
Souvenas Phouma
Soviet Union
Souvanna
Sergei Affanassiev
Pathet Lao
Burglary at Fairport Solved by Youth Trio
Sheriff Pete Wildman announced that three youths, including 18 year old Mickey Junior Estabrook of Buffalo, have been linked to multiple break ins in Fairport Linwood and Davenport. The group faces charges for breaking into a weight station, stealing cash and beverages, looting a junkyard, and taking items from a Davenport laundromat and a Davenport company.
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Scott Saunty
Pete Wildman
Hrank Waltoneague
Fairport
Mickey Junior Estabrook
Buffalo
Davenport
Muscatine Walton
Wildman
Estabrook
Linwood Stone Products Co
Linwood
McCarthy Improvement Co
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Sherrard Bank Bandit
Moline
Ilinois
Tawa
Terry Fahy
Sedaeceasarnee Ass Sports
We WB
Asia
Aol
Russia
Kenneth Wiley
Kenneth. Watters
Bockwoldtst
Michigan City
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