County Art Show At Library Best Yet
Washington County Art Show at the public library features about eighty works by local artists across oils watercolors collages and carvings. Highlights include Claire Griffin Edna Mae Crone Virginia Lemley and Bill Hazelett with landscapes portraits and vivid color studies, plus high school pieces and independent works.
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Washington County
Applied Arts Department
Carlton Bump
Claire Griffin
Griffin
Elmer Fisher
Washington
Edna Mae Crone
Allen Goff
John Martin
Leland Sprague
Bill Hazelett
Vivian Baumgartner
Jim Koehler
Seven shipwrecked Americans recount Cuban shore ordeal
A group of seven treasure seekers told reporters in Pompano Beach they will try treasure hunting again after being released by Cuban authorities. They described a swift shipwreck near the windward passage on the Pisces and a two day questioning process before return to the United States.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
UPI
Caribbean
George S. Patton
Fred Dickson Jr
Ocean City
N.J
United States
Havana
Dickson
Fort Lauderdale
Haiti
Buea
Researchers To Seek Opinions Here Saturday
Iowa City researchers from the University of Iowa will visit 150 Washington residents Saturday to gauge satisfaction with national politics. Project director William Erbe says interviews will not record names and aim to map broad opinions and issues of concern to Iowans. Continued on page.
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Iowa City — State University of Iowa
Washington
William Erbe
SUI Urban Community Research Center
Symphonic Band Prepares 2 Concert Tour Dates
Ninety five instrumental music students from the local high school symphonic band will tour Tuesday April 17 by bus. Band director Alan Bergstrom says concerts are planned at Wilton Junction and Oelwein high schools with 17 members performing as the Demon Swingsters. Soloists are Wendel McConnell on trumpet and Sharon Lowry on alto sax.
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Alan Bergstrom
Wilton Junction
Oelwein
Will Stet
Demon Swingsters
Tix
Wendel McConnell
Sharon Lowry
Selective Service Office Closed For Conference
The local Selective Service office remains closed today and will stay shut tomorrow as Mrs. L. D. Carris attends an annual conference in Des Moines. Gen Hershey, national director of the selective service system, will be the featured speaker at a banquet tonight.
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Selective Service
L. D. Carris
Des Moines
Carris
Des Moine
Gen Hershey
Selective Service System
Britain and U S Warn Russia on Nuclear Test Plans
A joint White House and United Kingdom statement says Russia must agree quickly to a test ban with verification or Western test resumption will proceed later this month. Kennedy and Macmillan urge reconsideration of inspection and warn of a resumed test series unless terms are agreed.
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Washington
UPI
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
White House
House of Commons
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Macmillan
United Kingdom
Kremlin
Rites Thursday For Mrs. Ralph Lytle
Funeral services for Mrs. Ralph Lytle will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. E D West officiating. Burial at Elms Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Lytle 84 died Monday at Parkview Rest Home Wayland after months of illness. Born Feb 17 1878 in Shenandoah, she married Ralph R. Lytle Oct 14 1903. he died in 1956. Survivors include son Paul of Burlington and siblings Carl Shunterman of Denver and Grace Dickey of Cheyenne. One son preceded her in death.
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Ralph Lytle
Jones
E.D. West
Elms Grove
Lytle
Parkview Rest Home
Wayland
West Jefferson Street
Washington
Mildred Ethel Shunterman
Shenandoah
Benjamin and
Mollie Steele Shunterman
Eldon
Ralph R. Lytle
Nazarene Church
Paul
Burlington
Carl Shunterman
Denver
Colo
Grace Dickey
Cheyenne
Wyo
Plans for annual Washington YMCA meeting announced
The Washington YMCA schedules its annual meeting for May 8 with Keith Vetter as program chairman. A Del mar Wedel from Japan is named as speaker and Robert Reed, president of the Y, will preside. Board member elections will be a highlight and reservations for dinner are requested by telephone or letter to the Washington YMCA.
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Washington Ymca
Keith Vetter
YMCA
A. Delmar Wedel
Japan
Robert Reed
The
Washington
Kennedy
Macmillan
Court of World Opinion
Who's Who Feature In Journal Soon
The Washington Evening Journal announces an arm chair detective game starting April 12 1962. Readers solve clues hidden in small ads to identify a mystery personality with editor and reader competing for prizes.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Mike Hammer
Who's Who In
Loren and Schell Win Oscars in 34th Ceremony
Sophia Loren named best actress for Two Women refusing to attend in person earlier, citing fear of losing. Maximilian Schell takes best actor for Judgment at Nuremberg. West Side Story sweeps as best picture with ten wins out of eleven nominations at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
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Hollywood
UPI
Sophia Loren
Maximilian Schell
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Miss Loren
Iowa Income Runs Below Estimates by Two Million
Iowa state receipts for the first nine months of fiscal 1961 totalled 123.37 million, about 2.13 million under Comptroller Selden’s estimate. Gov. Erbe cites the December blizzard as the main cause, with sales tax shortfalls and shortfalls across use taxes corporation income and other levies.
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Des Moines
UPI
Norman A. Erbe
Erbe
Marvin Selden
Selden
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
General Fund
Army doctors urge diet change to cut saturated fats
Two Army doctors at Walter Reed urge a lighter diet for soldiers, promoting polyunsaturated fats over saturated ones and substitutions such as chicken and fish for beef and pork. They warn heart disease affects all ranks, noting Korea era data and 1958 Army statistics on atherosclerosis admissions, discharges, deaths, and lost days.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Army
Col. Weldon J. Walker
Walter
Korea
Jaycee Varieties Set for April Show at High School
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce presents the Jaycee Varieties on April 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium under Vernon Fuerhelm. Featured acts include the Top 20 group and Jaycee members in three acts with titles Lullaby of Broadway, a women’s bridge club satire, and That Wonderful Year.
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Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Fuerhelm
Jaycee
Schoonover Drug
Campaign for Student Body President At Washington High
Washington High School stage is set for a student body election with four candidates John Beranek Rick Latta Leonard Schantz and Jerry Stalder. Campaigns begin Thursday with a nominating assembly and speeches followed by student demonstrations. Voting occurs all day Friday with results announced Monday. Don Lawless oversees the process as history teacher.
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Washington High School
John Beranek
Rick Latta
Leonard Schantz
Jerry Stalder
Don Lawless
Weather Delays Spring Field Work in Iowa Farms
Iowa farmers began spring field work but were slowed by wet soil and mud. Oat sowing trails behind normal, with southern districts just starting while the northern third waits. Harvesting of 1961 corn remains incomplete in parts of the south and east as about half of 1962 plowing is finished.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Local Students Attend Art Fair at State College of Iowa
Five Washington High School senior girls joined teacher Carleton Bump and Mrs. Bump at the seventh annual Art Fair at State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls. Students present included Garda McKune Charlene Johnson Mary Gilpin Robbie Porter Mari lyn Friese. Other exhibitors listed were Dale Samuelson Sandy Hayes Jim Wilson Lynn Messer Carol Ray Christy Schantz Kay Berkhoff. The fair welcomed tenth through twelfth grade high school students.
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Washington High School
Carleton Bump
Dancing Classes At Washington YMCA Start This Week
Persons interested should call the Washington YMCA. The next series begins Thursday and Friday evenings this week with openings in both beginner and advanced ballroom dancing classes.
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Washington Ymca
The
John Duvall Named Head of Washington County Swine Producers
John Duvall of West Chester was chosen as new chairman of the Washington County Swine Producers Association at a Monday night meeting. Elmer Schneider of Riverside became vice chairman as the group aligned with the Washington County Beef Producers Association to plan summer activities. New directors Dale Roberts, William Wittetoe, and Jim Barnes were elected at the annual banquet, replacing three former directors. remaining directors include Oren Birkey, Edwin Horn, Don Stout, and Cletus Reed.
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John Duvall
West Chester
Washington County Swine Producers Association
Elmer Schneider
Riverside
Washington County Beef Producers Association
The
Park Association
Dale Roberts
Crawfordsville
William Wittetoe
Washington
Jim Barnes
Brighton
Lewis Larson
Howard Cook
George Fulton
Oren Birkey
Wellman
Edwin Horn
Don Stout
Cletus Reed
Keota
Iowa Weather Outlook Turns Cloudy With Light Showers
United Press International reports Iowa will be mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered light showers, mainly west tonight and east and extreme south Wednesday. Lows in the 40s, highs 50s to 55 in the northeast to southwest. Thursday outlook shows partial cloud cover and little temperature change.
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Iowa
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Florida
Frank
Mike) Freeman
Kerby Hills
Freeman
Baracoa
Santiago
John Sterry Jr
Brewster
N.Y
Bernie Nistead
Brooklyn
John Johnson
Washington, D.C
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Symphonic Band
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Nuremberg
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