Marian Jordan 63 dies of cancer in Encino household
UPI reports Moll yMcGee star Marian Jordan 63 died after cancer surgery. Her husband Jim, son Jim Jr, and daughter Kathryn Newcomer were present. The couple famed Fibber McGee and Molly moved to Encino in 1935 after 17 years as Chicago radio stars. Rosary will be recited Sunday at Our Lady of Grace, with burial at Holy Cross in Los Angeles.
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Terror Bombings Hit Saigon Ahead of Vietnamese Vote
Communist bombs wounded two Americans and nine Vietnamese in central Saigon as elections approach. Grenades exploded near a hotel housing U.S. advisers injuring Lt. Carl S. Cox of Salem Oregon and others, while another blast injured William C. Thomas from Fort Myers Florida. Thomas later had a fragment removed in the Philippines and was reported in good condition.
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TB Group Holds Meet At Crawfordsville
The Washington County Tuberculosis Association held its annual meeting in the Crawfordsville school lunch room with 20 members and two guests. Officers and several committees were elected for the coming year, and a report on the county tuberculin skin test was presented. No active TB cases were found in county schools.
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Robert McFarlane
Ray Glover
Eileen Jeffery
Oakdale
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Kelly Schlapkohl
Georgia Dittrich
Cal Wolfe
Dwight G. Bode
Irv Whitham
Ethel Palmer
Harold Johnson
Eileen Jeffrey
W. M. Tweeten
Margaret Hinderman
G. E. Montgomery Township
Charles Ralston
Carroll Steinbeck
Donald Davison
Don Darbyshire
Ted Kiesey
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Robert Foster
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Howard Spreacker
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Region Convention By Y's Men Here
The Y's Men's regional convention opens today with international secretary treasurer as main speaker. Henry D. Grimes of Lawrence Mass will address the dinner at the country club. About 60 to 80 Y's Men plus Washington area members attend over two days.
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Doctors Can't Decide So Jury Must Do It
Federal court jurors were ordered to read a 274 page book titled Krebiozen The Great Cancer Mystery as part of a $300000 libel case between University of Illinois doctor Dr Andrew C Ivy and former university president Dr George D Stoddard now NYU chancellor Judge Julius H Miner said the trial hinges on whether krebiozen is an effective cancer treatment Ivy contends the book damaged his professional reputation and the medical debate remains unresolved The jurors were told to read the book themselves before Monday while four attorneys read it aloud to the panel
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Kennedy Macmillan end White House talks with Laos cease fire in view
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan wrapped up a 10 hour session at the White House aiming to boost NATO unity and forge a Laos cease fire plan. They signaled a new 14 nation conference if a cease fire is in effect and discussed a NATO nuclear partnership and stronger Western defense. The leaders planned a late April meeting with Russia and Red China to pursue a neutral Laos government.
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Sidewinder Downed B52 Sparks Mesa Search in New Mexico
A USAF B52 from Biggs Air Force Base was shot down by an Air National Guard F100 using a Sidewinder over Mt. Taylor near Grants New Mexico. Three crew parachuted to safety from 34,000 feet, while several others were injured or missing. Ground teams pressed a major search amid snow and hail as a large wreckage was investigated.
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Teachers offered tuition for conservation camp at Spring Brook Park
Local county soil conservation district will pay tuition for two teachers to attend the summer camp at Spring Brook State Park near Guthrie Center. Courses for six weeks yield up to six semester hours credit and meet certification renewal requirements.
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Three One Act Plays by Jr High Monday
Lincoln School gym hosts an April 10 junior high comedy night with three one act plays It Time to Laugh features The Ghost Wore White Charity Ball and Sure As Youre Born Curtain time 7 30 pm The Ghost Wore White directed by Max Wessel stars Doug Booth Doris Blien Barbara Lee Debbie Nardy Ron Gregory Linda Cottrell Avis Widmer Jeanne Allison Charity Ball directed by Mrs Eilen Pronga includes Richie Ballard Pat Lewis Jim Mallory Nancy Knutson Lannie Leon Kim Boyer Sure As Youre Born directed by Mrs Julie Zager and Mrs Mary Lea Curley features Phil Embree Sally Owen Jan Heaton Carol Whitham Joe McConnell and Jim Koehler.
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Parking Ticket With Love Note on Silver Anniversary
Mrs Barbara Houston a meter maid in Fort Madison wrote a parking ticket on her husband Stan s car and slipped a 25 cent envelope with I love you on the outside The couple marked their 25th wedding anniversary on Friday and Stan had been shopping for a present Barbara s gesture followed the city s 25 cent payment envelope system for fines.
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Israelis Split Over Eichmann Trial In Jerusalem
About a third of Israelis question the decision to bring Adolf Eichmann to trial in Jerusalem as opponents warn of lynch law and damaged standing abroad. Spokesman Meir Grossman notes trepidation over long proceedings while supporters say the trial proceeds with firm alliance with West Germany and other western powers.
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Lenninger Elected President of Local FFA Chapter
Bob Lenninger was elected president of the local Future Farmers of America chapter at a Thursday special meeting in the high school vocational agriculture room. 1961-62 officers include vice president Joe Skubal secretary Kenneth Wagner reporter Duane Stout and sentinel Glen Schantz. The group plans a test plot with Farm Bureau planting corn and soybeans at Bernard McCarthy acreage and operates earn and save projects selling tractor cushions and rat bait. The high school program also limed fertilized and seeded a lawn at Stewart School as a community service project.
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MacMillan presses NATO nuclear partnership
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urged a NATO partnership to share nuclear deterrent power beyond the United States and Britain. He warned the alliance’s health depends on including Western European powers and called for a broader role in deterrence during his MIT address to 7,000 attendees. He did not single out West Germany but implied broader sharing alongside conventional power.
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Vacancy to Open at Local Post Office
Postmaster O. Jay Brown announced a substitute clerk carrier vacancy at the Cedar Rapids post office. Applications for the civil service exam are open now through May 8 to improved pay, 26 days yearly vacation, sick leave, group insurance, and retirement benefits.
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Former Local Woman Dies in Wisconsin
Beulah Eichelberger Demynck, a former Washington nurse in her early 70s, died at Portage Wisconsin hospital on April 6 after a heart attack four weeks earlier. She lived in Washington years ago, moved to Lodi after marriage, and her husband died two years ago. Funeral services and burial will be in Lodi. She had cared for her mother in a Lodi nursing home recently and was well known locally.
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Iowa Weather: Cloudy Cold With Snow Spread This Weekend
Weather report for Iowa notes cloudy cold conditions with snow and rain spreading into west and central areas this afternoon and tonight. Possible heavy snow in northwest and west central regions. Lows 28 to mid 30s. highs Sunday from the 30s to 40s in the far south. Outlook shows clearing and warmer temperatures Monday.
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