Junior High Science Fair Exhibits Impress
Larry Whitham, son of Mr and Mrs Irvin Whitham of 1103 W Washington, showcases a soil erosion conservation display at the annual fair. Richard Sojka, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Sojka, demonstrates a solar cooker that toasted eggs and bacon in about six minutes using three heat lamps. Journal photos by Dallas Kinney.
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Tov
Irvin Whitham
Washington
Larry
Michigan
Soil Conservation Commission
Richard Sojka
Bottom Pow
Richard
Elmer Sojka
Route Three
Dallas Kinney
Two youths save family from fire near Iowa City
Dan Cookes and Brian Owen were credited with saving a family of six from a morning blaze at Alvin Niswander’s rural home near Iowa City. They woke Niswander’s family and alerted firefighters, but Coralville units struggled due to limited water supply.
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Washington
Dan Cookes
Iowa City
Brian Owen
State University of Iown
Alvin Niswander
Cookes
Niswander
Owen
Coralville
Brian
John Owen
SUL
Dan
Nic McCleery
U.S. Navy
Deadline Near As Rail Unions And Government Seek Avert Strike
Washington UPI The government renewed efforts less than 14 hours before a threatened 12 01 a m local strike. Labor Secretary Wirtz met with five unions representing about 200 000 of 700 200 rail workers in a new round after talks lasting into 3 a m EST produced little progress. Wirtz planned to press for a procedure to halt the walkout as union leaders warned of an immediate strike if no agreement.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Scetary
W. Willard Wirtz
President Johnson
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Labor Department
Illinois Central
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Charles Luna
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Anamosa Reformatory Faces Riot Rumors and Security Calm
Acting warden Benjamin Baer met with local firemen to plan for uprisings at the Iowa Men's Reformatory in Anamosa. State corrections officials called 40 highway patrolmen and 10 sheriffs to the scene after credible inmate reports of a full scale riot. Two minor incidents occurred as 30 inmates in shop No 2 surrendered partially while others returned to cells. The unrest echoes a near riot last October that damaged equipment and caused heavy damage.
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Iowa
UPI
Benjamin Baer
Towa
Baer
Linn
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Jackson
Reformatory
Bear
Courthouse Square
Ray Purcell
State Board of Control
Purcesl
Willie
Carl Voorhees Dies at 69 in Iowa City Veterans Hospital
Carl Voorhees known as Brownie dies Wednesday at 69 in Veterans Hospital Iowa City after a stroke lasting 15 years and renewed illness since January. He was born December 13 1894 in Washington County Pennsylvania and married Margaret Bauer in 1919. Survived by wife three children Col Dale Voorhees in Hawaii Donald in Harrisburg and Mary Hanzlik of Novato. eleven grandchildren. two brothers Guy and Eugene. Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery after a 1:30 p.m. Saturday funeral at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev Theodore Schwartz. He served in World War I and was active in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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North Avenue C
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
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Jones Funeral
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Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Voorhees
Washington County
Charles
Adelle Huffman Voorhees
Pennsylvania
West Chester
Margaret Bauer
Washington
Pillsbury Mills
Methodist Church
American Legion
Col
Dale Voorhees
Wheeler Air Force Base
Hawai
Donald
Harrisburg
Mary Hanzlik
Novato
Calif
Guy
Eugene
Washington, Pa
Legislators adjourn after remap bill passage
Des Moines lawmakers completed a 45 day session with approval of a compromise permanent remapping plan 35 to 14 earlier and sent the sine die adjournment to history. The extraordinary session will impact town apportionment for years to come.
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Des Moines
UPI
Towans
Senate
Iowa
Oth House
Rites Saturday for Vivian Ayers Atkins
Funeral services for Vivian Ayers Atkins 41 who died Tuesday in Effingham Illinois Hospital will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Wellman burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery near Kalona Atkins born August 28 1922 in Katona daughter of Lake and Jesse Lemley Ayers attended school in Wellman and Katona She married December 26 1958 to Paul Atkins in Chicago She is survived by her husband six children Linda and Dale Jr Andrews Paulette Ronnie D Richard and Gerald Atkins her mother five brothers Fay Clifford Floyd Yale and Kenneth and four sisters Viva Peltz Mrs Frank Peltz Mrs Marion Raymond and Mrs William Graf She was preceded in death by her father and two brothers.
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Vivian Ayers Atkins
Effingham, Ilinois
Powell
Sharon Hill
Kalona
Katona
Lake
Jesse Lemley Ayers
Paul Atkins
Chicago
Linda
Dale Jr. Andrews
Paulette
Ronnie D
Richard
Gerald Atkins
Fay
Clifford
Floyd
Washington
Yale
Muscatine
Kenneth
Fort Madison
Frank Peltz
Viva Ayres
Marion Raymond
William Graf
Washingon
Guy Davis Funeral Services Planned in Fremont Iowa
Funeral services for Guy Davis of Backus Minnesota will be at the Fremont Iowa Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Friday. Davis 68, former Crawfordsville superintendent, died Tuesday after a long illness. Survived by wife Marie, daughter Mrs Roger Allaire Hazen of Cedar Falls, and son Jack of California.
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Guy Davis
Backus
Minn
Methodist Church
Fremont
Iowa
Davis
Crawfordsville
Marie
Roger Allaire Hazen
Cedar Fall
Jack
California
Weather Iowa Warmer Southwest Through Friday Cooler Northeast
The forecast calls for warmer conditions in the southwest and extreme south tonight and Friday, with cooler air pushing into the extreme northeast by Friday. Lows range from the 20s in the northeast to the mid 30s in the southwest, and highs Friday span from 45 to 9 in the extreme northeast to 67 to 70 in the southwest. Saturday looks partly cloudy and mild.
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Iowa
MacArthur Charges Britain Betrayed War Plan In Korea
General MacArthur spark sparks new controversy claiming Britain leaked Allied Korea plans to China with help from Washington officials. He said he could win Korea in 10 days with atomic bombs and Nationalist troops, proposing cobalt-belt resupply denial and a delayed future conflict. British officials dismissed the accusations as nonsense. The State Department declined to comment.
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George Marshall
Maxwell T ‘Or
Matthew Ridgway
Ilso
Dean Acheson
U. S. State Department
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Ridgway
Macaathur
Lucas
State Department
Iowa stream flows at record lows amid drought yellows
Iowa reports persistent drought conditions with March stream flows at Cedar Rapids Boone and Hamburg well below average. USGS data show Cedar Rapids 15 percent of 1931 60 level, Boone 10 percent, Hamburg 16 percent, indicating widespread surface water shortages and a falling shallow groundwater table across central and southeastern Iowa.
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Towa
Aenes
US Geological Survey
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Cedar River
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Des Moines
Hamburg
Nishnabotna River
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