Electrical Firms Named in Suits
The Justice Department filed a second round of damage suits against electrical manufacturers tied to an antitrust case. Eleven of the 29 firms are named in six cases covering equipment sold to the Tennessee Valley Authority and other government agencies. Actions seek damages under antitrust and false claims laws with potential losses in the millions. GE Westinghouse and others are named defendants. cases cover purchases from 1956 to 1960.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Tennessee Valley Authority
Defense Department
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Ilt-E Circuit Breaker Co
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
J. Cullen Ganey
Westinghouse
Allis Chalmers
Federal Pacific Electric Co
Newark
McGraw- Edison Co
Elgin, NL
Wagner Electric Corp
Moloney Electric Co
St. Louis
NFC Enacts Holding Action Amid Market Strain
The National Farmers Organization declares a holding action across 12 midwestern states to push for higher prices as USDA reports show mixed livestock receipts. Hog prices opened steady to 50 cents lower, while cattle and lamb receipts vary across major markets.
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National Farmers Organization
Agriculture Department
USDA
Chicago
NFC
Oren Lee “Staley
Rea
Corning
Iowa
Ohio
Nebraska
Staley
Pennsylvania
Madison
Wis
Oscar Mayer Packing Plant
Omaha
Neb
Fred W. Gilmore
Laotian Rebels Push Back as Royal Forces Advance
Rebel guerilla forces yielded ground slowly as a royal Lao infantry column moved to reinforce a parachute battalion north of Muong Kassi. Paratroopers remained a threat to rebels near Highways 13 and Sala Phou Khoun junction, while an American chartered transport plane crash landed after air drops near battle areas in Laos.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Guerraila
Muong Kass
Foreign Ministry
Sala Phou Khoun Junction
Vang Vieng
Thailand
American Programs Evaluation Office
Soybean Price Support Rule Aims At Conserved Acres
The USDA requires producers to maintain their 1959 and 1960 average acreage of conserving and idle land in 1961 to be eligible for 1961 price support on soybeans. The rule targets preventing increased soybean acreage on land in conservation or idle use and shifts planting to crops already abundant. The 1961 price support is raised to 2.30 per bushel, up 45 cents from 1960.
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Washington County
ASC
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Rites at Kalona for Mrs Joe C Miller
Mrs Joe C Miller 88 died Monday in Jamesport Missouri where she had lived with two daughters Mrs Sam Schwartz and Sarah Miller Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 30 pm at the Linus Gingerich home Kalona Burial in Miller Cemetery She was born in Indiana August 12 1872 and lived near Kalona most of her life Survived by three sons Willis Washington Isaiah Kalona and Amon Constantine Mich and two daughters plus a daughter in Goshen Ind.
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Kalona
Joe C. Miller
Jamesport
Sam Schwartz
Sarah Miller
Linus Gingerich
Miller Cemetery
Miller
Indiana
Harvey Helmuth
Goshen
Ind
Willis
Washington
Isaiah
Amon
Constantine
Rites at Keota For Herman Seydel 90
Graveside rites for Herman Seydel aged 90 were conducted in Keota Cemetery with the Odd Fellows lodge in charge. He was a 50 year member of the lodge and died Friday evening at Friendship Haven Fort Dodge where he and his wife had resided since 1953. He owned a Keota store for 37 years until 1934 and later worked as a clerk in Keota until retirement 11 years ago. Survivors include his wife one son Paul of Fort Dodge and one daughter Mrs G W Giddings of New York state. Funeral services were held in Fort Dodge Monday morning.
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Keota
Herman Seydel
Odd Fellows Lodge
Seydel
Friendship Haven
Fort Dodge
Paul
G. W. Giddings
New York State
Funeral Rites for Rex Crandall Thursday Morning
Funeral services for Rex Crandall will be held at 9 am Thursday at Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. Milan Thompson officiating. Graveside rites follow at 2 pm Thursday in Dalmanatha Cemetery north of Casey, Iowa.
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Rex Crandall
Jones Funeral
Milan Thompson
Dalmanatha
Casey, la
Regional Executive To Visit Scouters
Judson G. Jusell regional executive for six Boy Scout regions will visit Hawkeye Area Scout Council April 11 13 meeting with council officers and district chairmen April 13 at 6 30 p m at the University Athletic Club Iowa City Iowa City council president Ariyn Marks said Jusell received the regional post last December Warhawk district chairman Fred Moore leads Johnson and Washington counties and part of Iowa counties Iowa City Iowa is the site for the meeting and Jusell will meet with leadership authorities.
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Judson G. Jusell
Kansas City
Boy Scouts
Hawkeye
Eichmann on Trial for Murder Mrs Greenfield Dies at 82
Mrs Ida May Greenfield aged 82 of 615 East Washington Street died at 7 40 am in Washington County Hospital after a week of illness Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Jones Funeral Home Rev H F De Vries to officiate with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery She was born August 24 1878 in Wellman daughter of Jacob and Margaret Bughman and married Fred Lawe in 1900 who died in 1918 She later married Ora Greenfield Survived by sister Ada Coppock Shenandoah a half sister Mabel Barham Washington five half brothers Sam Clyde Homer Lambert Earl of Des Moines and Glen of Davenport
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Ida May Greenfield
Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
H. F. de Vries
Elm Grove Cemetery
Greenfield
Wellman
Jacob
Margaret Bughman
Fred Lawe
Space Capsule Enters Earth Orbit From Discovery XXIII
The instrument laden capsule from Discovery XXIII circled Earth in its own orbit after separating from the satellite. Unauthorized recovery attempts were foiled as the capsule did not return to Earth near Hawaii where ships and planes waited to retrieve it.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Upi
Earth
Hawaii
Senate votes for 12 percent city share in Road Use Tax Fund
Rural and some urban lawmakers backed an amendment to allot cities and towns 12 percent of the 116.5 million Road Use Tax Fund while keeping different shares for primary and secondary roads. The action came as final action on the bill was delayed amid competing county allocation proposals and debate over population versus need based distribution.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
X. T. Prentis
R-Mount Ayr
High Way Committee
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Waterloo
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Highway Committee
D. C. Nolan
Andrew G. Frommell
D-Dubuque
Edwin Gilmour
D. Grinnell
Gilmour
Iowa
Eichmann Goes On Trial In Jerusalem Court Fight
Adolf Eichmann faces a fifteen-count indictment at a fortress courthouse in Jerusalem as his defense lawyer Robert Servatius challenges the court’s jurisdiction and legality. Security surrounds the proceedings while Hausner defends the trial’s authority citing UN and Nuremberg precedents.
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Robert Servatius
Cologne
Eichmann
Adolf Hitler
Servatius
Israel
Gideon Hausner
United Nations Security Council
Hausner
Siven
Nuernberg
Hitler
Security Council
Robert H. Diller 39 dies in Iowa City veteran new funeral Thursday
Robert H. Diller 39 died at 8 40 p m in Veterans Hospital Iowa City He was born January 22 1911 in Columbus Junction and was a World War II Navy veteran He married Maxine Bliven June 26 1948 Rites Thursday at 2 pm in the Methodist Church Columbus Junction with Revs Robert Parris and Lloyd Bauer officiating Burial at Indian Creek Cemetery Stacy Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his wife one brother Harlan of Fredonia four sisters Mrs Howard Van Auken Mrs Orville Conklin of Columbus Junction Mrs Lloyd Moran of Fredonia and Mrs Zelma Humple by of Muscatine
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Columbus Junction
Robert H. Diller
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Fredonia
Methodist Church
Robert Parris
Lloyd Bauer
Indian Creek Cemetery
Stacy Funeral Home
Mr. Diller
Mark and
Mattie Wall Diller
Maxine Bliven
Harlan
Howard van Auken
Orville Conklin
Lloyd Moran
Zelma Humpleby
Muscatine
Area students win scholarships at State University of Iowa
Area students are among 149 Iowa high school seniors awarded merit scholarships for freshmen at the State University of Iowa. Scholarships total 100 or 240 dollars. thirty-one alternates were named. Local qualifiers include Mary Newell of Columbus Junction, Sandra Barnum of Keota, Joe Pollock, Merwin Swanson of Washington, and Shirley Bush of Wellman.
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Iowa
State University of Iowa
Mary Newell
Columbus Junction
Sandra Barnum
Keota
Joe Pollock
Merwin Swanson
Washington
Shirley Bush
Wellman
Remodeling Plan Approved for Third Floor at County Hospital
Norman Jensen announces a complete remodel of Washing ton County Hospital's third floor hospitalizing maternity and surgical areas. Bids open April 20 for a general contractor to implement a new delivery suite nursery expansion central service and staff facilities all funded from a one mill maintenance fund.
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Washington County Hospital
Norman Jensen
Jensen
State Health Department
Dane D. Morgan & Associates
Burlington
County 4-H Skating Party At Washington Rink
A county wide 4 H Club skating party is set for Thursday evening at the Washington Skateway on old Highway 92. Intermission features dance skating by Jane Sinn of Wayland and Lou Fabian of Keota. Event is sponsored by the Farmerettes and Jackson Jills 4 H Clubs. All county 4 H Club members are invited.
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Jane Sinn
Wayland
Lou Fabian
Keota
Farmerettes
Jackson Jills
Washington Skateway
Washington
Old Highway 92
Weather Update Iowa Rain Thunder Storms and Snow
Rain and thunder storms move across Iowa with heavy local rains in the east this evening. Cold northwest tonight with light snow in extreme northwest and light snow north central and northeast. Highs reach 30s to 40s, with colder northwest tonight and a warmer Thursday outlook.
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Iowa
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