Young Beauty Operator Killed. 15-Year-Old Confesses
In Rockwell City Iowa a 15-year-old boy, a Manson high school freshman, admits fatally stabbing Maxine Henningsen, 19, a popular Graettinger basketball star and beauty shop worker. He led authorities to the crime scene and says he followed her from a laundromat for a ride. autopsy pending to determine assault.
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Rockwell City
Towa
UPI
Calhoun County
Ted Jerke
Michael Tim Rinehart
Manson
Maxine Henningse
Rinehart
Clifford E. Rinehart
Henningsen
Gradttinger
All Road
Uthorities
Young Rinehart
Miss Henningsen
Zierke
State Bureau
Iowa School of Beauty Culture
Des Moines
Roger
Odebolt
Three Day Easter Break Delay for Washington Pupils
Washington Community School district students will have an Easter recess with three days off. Superintendent John V. Phleger says classes dismiss Friday April 11 and resume Wednesday morning April 14, with no reports on the intervening days.
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Washington Community
John V. Phleger
Delbert R Bailey Dies This Afternoon
Delbert R Bailey aged 61 of West Washington died this afternoon at Washington County Hospital after illness since November 1961. Funeral arrangements to be handled by Jones Funeral Home. Born March 21 1902 near Crawfordsville he was a Mor tuary Science School graduate and longtime Jones Funeral Home employee. He married Marian Stewart November 26 1930 at the Little Brown Church Nashua. Survived by brother Frank of Crawfordsville and sister Mrs Wilfred Smith of Washington.
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Debbert R. Bailey
West Washington
Washington County Hospital
Jones’ Funeral
Mr. Bailey
Crawfordsville
William M
Sarah M. Hough Bailey
Mortuary Science School
Des Moines
Jones Funeral Home
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Marian Stewart Vers
Frank
Crawfords
Wilfred Smith
Washington
Wheeling Officials Announce Steel Price Increase
Wheeling Steel Corp raises prices by about 36 per ton on the first anniversary of a similar hike. William A. Steele cites rising costs without equivalent price gains as the motive. Bethlehem and Jones and Laughlin delayed comment while industry observers note growing demand and a possible statement later today.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel Corp
White House
Willam A. Steele
United Steelworkers Union
Steele
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Mectalworking Weekly
I Corp
Bethlehem
Jones and Laughlin
First Test For Tax Increases DES MOINES
Des Moines reports the House on its second day of committee of the whole debated an omnibus tax bill to raise sales and income taxes with a 1 percent AGI tax, funds for school aid, and a property tax relief scheme. It notes Petersen’s plan and opposition, plus pending questions about school accreditation and penalties to curb local tax levies.
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Des Moines
UPI
T Town House
House
Foundation
Leroy Petersen
Grimes
Harold E. Hughes
Hillman H. Sersland
Decorah
Paul Johnston
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Petersen
Johnston
Ways and Means Committee
Appropriations Committee
Jaycee Egg Hunt At Park Here Saturday
Several hundred youngsters under 10 are expected at Sunset Park for the annual Jaycee Easter Egg Hunt. The event begins at 9 AM with three age divisions, as Jaycee volunteers plant candy eggs at 6:30 AM. Ten prize eggs will be hidden in each division with numbers for winners.
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Sunset Park
Skip Renoux
West Washington St
State Officials Salary Increases Trimmed By Iowa Subcommittee
A legislative subcommittee in Des Moines is set to pare down Governor Hughes proposed raises for state officials. Expect rises for the executive council members to 12,000, governor to 18,000 base plus expenses, and modest bumps for attorney general comptroller superintendent of public instruction health commissioner and safety posts. Outcomes mirror subcommittee recommendations with final decisions pending.
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Des Moines
USDPA
Executive Council
Agriculure
Hughes
Board of Public Instruction
State Board of Health
Mrs Fenn Seeks Book Deal With Woman's Day Editor
Mrs Fenn of Washington was invited to submit a complete collectors cookbook to Woman's Day. The manuscript would cover the apple history and uses. Rights for US and Canada were discussed with no release date set. Mrs Fenn, also known as Sarth Ellen Peterson, has a long writing history across religious, trade, and farm publications and leads as a poet and columnist in various groups.
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Woman's Day Magazine
P. I Fenn
Washington
All US
Wisconsin
Y's Men's Play Tickets Go On Sale Soon
Tickets for the annual Y's Men's talent play will go on sale next Tuesday at the club meeting. Rehearsals for the show, to be presented May 1 2 and 3 at the high school, have been underway. Members will sell tickets. A group of high school students presented the program, with Linda Campbell as accompanist. Entries won high ratings in recent speech and music contests, including a humorous declamation by Mike Worley and dramatic recitation by Jane Peterson. Eddie Day and Dennis Day contributed solos.
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Linda Campbell
Mike Worley
Jane Peterson
Dennis Day
Eddie Day
Danny Coon
Services Today For Neils P Hendrickson
Neils Peter Hendrickson 70 died suddenly Saturday evening at his Cairo area farm. Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at Dudgeon McCulley Funeral Home Wapello with burial in Oakland Cemetery southeast of Columbus Junction. He lived with his sister Miss Hannah Hendrickson and was born March 20 1893 in Council Bluffs, son of Hans and Ellen Jensen Hendrickson.
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Columbus Junction
Neils
Peter Hendrickson
Dudgeon-McCulley
Wapello
Oakland Cemetery
Hendrickson
Cairo
Hannah Hendrickson
Mr. Hendrickson
Council Bluffs
Hans and
Ellen Jensen Hendrick
Cuban Refugee Council defies resignation of leader
The Cuban Refugee Revolutionary Council rejected Jose Miro Cardona's resignation and pledged to continue opposition to Fidel Castro's regime. It backed his criticisms of U.S. Cuban policies, sought support from New World nations, and criticized U.S. efforts to halt refugee raids and Soviet shipping in Cuban waters.
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Miami
UPL
Revolutionary Council
Jose Miro Cardona
Fidel Castro
U.S
Miro
Washington
Miro Cardona
Cuba
Robert F. Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger
Kennedy
United States
Local VFW officers elected at Washington meeting
Kenneth Davidson named commander of Washington VFW at a Tuesday evening meeting. Ralph Erlenbush senior vice commander, Charles Lucas junior vice, Merle Allison quartermaster, Dave McGaffey chaplain. Dwight Hayes retiring commander. Appointive officers listed, planning bicycle safety campaign later this month.
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Kenneth Davidson
Washington Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ralph Erlenbush
Charles Lucas
Merle Allison
Dave McGaffey
Dwight Hayes
Bud Borman
Truman Hysell
Walter Carr
Les Worley
Marion McAvoy
Meryle Steele
Bernard Payne
Milo Steele Jr
Glenn Widmer
Gifford Morrison
Faye Warner
Walt Carr
Harold Haifley
Letter to Senator Leads to Alaska Husky Pup Gift
A Brooklyn family asks Senator Bartlett for help obtaining a Husky puppy for Grampa Grady who lost his 14 year old Alaska Husky April. The letter, from James Michael Grady, moves Bartlett, who shares the appeal with Alaska grandparents the Sevecks in Kotzebue, who promise to send a puppy from their 104 grandchildren.
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Eskimos
Grady
Washington
April
Grampa” Grady
Brooklyn
Grampa
James Michael Grady
James
Sisttet
Dennis
Alaska
8Th Ave
Bartlett
Chester Seveck
Kotzebue
Sevecks
Weather Iowa Forecast Calls For Clouds And Rain
Weather report indicates mostly cloudy conditions in Iowa through Thursday with rain across the state tonight and Thursday. Locally heavy rain expected in south central portions tonight. Warmer tonight with lows around the 40s. Thursday highs mainly in the 50s. Friday looks mostly cloudy with showers and little temperature change. The two day forecast through Monday projects near normal temperatures from midweek to Monday, with normal highs in the 50s to 60s and lows near the 49 to 60 range. Rain and thundershowers are possible Wednesday night and Friday or Saturday and possibly Monday, totaling about 0.75 to 1 inch, locally up to 2 inches.
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Iowa
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