Eisenhower vetoes rivers and harbors bill amid highway ties
President Eisenhower vetoed the 1.704 billion rivers and harbors authorization, signaling possible vetoes on the 5.5 billion highway bill. He objects to water projects not meeting congressional standards and to a temporary boost for A B C road funding as part of broader anti recession stances. Senate Republican leaders refused to reveal his final decision while deadlines loom for both measures.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Congress
Funeral Services For Columbus Jct. Man
John H. Hanft 69, lifelong Columbus Junction resident, died Sunday night of a heart attack. Funeral services will be held at Stacy Funeral Home at 2 pm Wednesday April 16 with Rev. George Pennington of the Columbus Junction Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery after the service.
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Columbus Junction
John H. Hanft
Stacy Funeral Home
George ©. Pennington
Columbus Junction Methodist Church
Columbus City Cemetery
Hanft
Muscatine General Hospital
Workmen widen street by Methodist Church in city district
City workmen began a street widening project at the edge of Washington's business district. They excavate the terrace around the east and south sides of the Methodist Church to create a wider street on two sides. Curbing had stalled last fall and similar work is planned along several blocks in the business area.
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Washington
Three Minco Youths Held in Connection With Assault
Three Mingo youths aged 15 to 17 were apprehended Monday in connection with an alleged Sunday night assault on a 14-year-old girl. Investigators expect more teens may be involved. The girl was found Monday in the basement of an abandoned house near the Mingo school and not yet home.
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Mingo
Iowa
Jasper County
George Strawser
Strawser
Mingo School
Red Cross outlines 10 tornado safety rules for Iowa
Des Moines report quotes Robert Edson, national Red Cross disaster director, detailing ten safety measures for Iowans. He warns the Midwest faces peak danger in coming months, urging warnings from radio and TV, shelter in a storm cellar or reinforced structure, shutting utilities, and avoiding damaged areas.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Robert Edson
Red Cross Disaster Services
Midwest
Civil Defense Conelrad
Edson
Gulf States
Iowa
Death of Ira L. Miksch at 74 in Washington County
Ira L. Miksch 74 of 627 West Jefferson Street died suddenly at home from a heart attack at 9 15 p m Monday April 14 1958. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m in Jones Funeral Home with Dr Walter Scheuermann and Dr Arthur Peters in charge. Burial is in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials for Grace Hill Moravian Church are being collected. He was born November 16 1883 in Washington County and married Mary Jones in 1906 and Edna Quinn in 1958. Survivors include four sons two daughters two wives and 14 grandchildren plus a step son. He joined the Methodist Church recently.
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Ira L. Miksch
West
Jefferson Street
Jones Funeral Home
Walter Scheuermann
Arthur Peters
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Miksch
Grace Hill Moravian Church
Washington County
Edward
Martha Brinning Miksch
Washington Academy
Ainsworth
Mary Jones
Edna Quinn
Miksch
Missouri
Washington
Methodist Church
Robert
David
Lloyd
Lawrence Miksch
Paul K. Nichols
St. Paul
Beulah Miksch
Ottumwa
Wilbur Quinn
Des Moines
Carrie Hendrix
Woolson Resident Dies at Daughter's Home in Ohio
Lewis J. Liblin 89 of Woolson died Monday morning April 14 at his daughter Mrs. Orville Walch home in Gates Mill Ohio where he and his wife spent winter due to ill health. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday Woolson Friends Church with Rev Guy Hunting and Rev Thomas Good. Burial Richland Friends Cemetery. Survived by widow daughter two grandchildren six great grandchildren three brothers Frank Peoria Sr Joe Lockridge Don Salina and nieces nephews.
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Richland
Lewis J. Liblin
Woolson
Orville Walch
Gates Mill
Liblin
Woolson Friends Church
Guy Hunting
Muscatine
Thomas Good
Richland Friends
Gould Funeral Home
Mr. Liblin
Salina
Dorothy Worley
Frank
Peoria
Joe
Lockridge
Don
Electric Motors To Be Studied By 4 H Members
Washington County 4 H club members and fathers are invited to a Thursday session at 7 30 p m in the county courthouse court room. Iowa Southern Utilities personnel will discuss various kinds of electric motors and their use. The firm will also give away a motor to one 4 H member.
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Washington County 4H Club
Iowa Southern Utilities
Presbyterian Men Host Family Night Meeting
The Men’s Council of the Washington Presbyterian Church hosted a family night for their monthly gathering on Monday. Bernard Bartholow led devotions and reports from the national Presbyterian Men council meeting in Chicago were presented by S. E. Blattner, Charles Murdock, and John Martin.
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Washington Presbyterian Church
Bernard Bartholow
National Council of Presbyterian Men
Chicago
Eight Day GOP Caravan Begins Swing Across Iowa
The 1958 Republican Caravan of Candidates opens in Council Bluffs with a noon Hotel Chieftain stop and plans meal visits in Glenwood Harlan and multiple cities through the eight day tour. Lt. Gov. William H. Nicholas and Prof. William Murray lead gubernatorial candidates with wives aboard.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Glenwood
Harlan
William H. Nicholas
Iowa State College
William Murray
Denison
Sioux City
Storm Lake
Emmetsburg
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Hampton
Iowa Falls
Marshalltown
Ames
Perry
Bloomfield
Oskaloosa
Brooklyn
Iowa City
Davenport
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Dulles Presses for Peace While Attacking Soviet Diplomacy
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles condemned Soviet diplomacy as prostituting and debauching the diplomatic machinery for propaganda. He urged pre summit ambassadorial talks with Moscow and warned Russia could pay a heavy price if it destroys sincere diplomacy. He also voiced cautious speculation on a third Soviet satellite and tempered moon mission remarks.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Dulles
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Unitatera
Riots Roil Johannesburg Ahead of South Africa Vote
In Sophiatown only white citizens may vote in Wednesday elections. Riots erupted after the ANC called off a strike. one African was killed and 35 injured as stones were pelted at motorists and police. Police fired on crowds, injuring several. The protest targeted apartheid bylaw restrictions.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Sophiatown
African National Congress
The
National Congress
YWCA Guest Miss Lily Solidarios Visits U S
Miss Lily Solidarios from the Philippines, a national YWCA staff member and field secretary, tours the Iowa District on a year long U S visit. She studied social work at Boston University, worked in Lawrence, Mass., and now observes 4 H programs while staying with Mr and Mrs Robert Day.
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Lily Solidarios
YWCA
Philippines
Miss Solidarios
Robert Day
United States
Ywca of
Boston University
Lawrence
Mass
Iowa
National
The
Education Department
Washington State
Iowa Judges Tax Delinquency Report Amid Probe
Gov. Loveless disclosed that five of Iowa’s 98 judges failed to pay state income tax in recent years with two cases treated as oversights. He noted four judges filed promptly after notice. one judge Forsling resigned after five years of noncompliance and his wife was fined. The announcement follows a Tax Commission study and upcoming legislative review.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
L.B. Forsling
Anthon
Iowa Tax Commission
Clark McNeal
Rbelmond
Iowa Legislative Investigating Committee
Tax Commission
Ords
District and Municipal Court
Commission
Forsling
Sioux City
George Eischeid
Income Tax Division
Economic trend may turn up after bottoming out in March
UPI reports a shallow decline in industrial production in March, with a smaller drop than February. Housing starts rose to 79,000 units in March, aided by GI and FHA loan applications, but remain below March 1957 levels.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Labor Department
Tree Planting Demonstration Planned in Washington County
Washington County hosts a tree planting demonstration on Thursday at the Homer Eden farm six miles southeast of Riverside Iowa township section 36. State Forester Don Campbell will attend and demonstrate planting with a tree planting machine starting at 9 30 am. Observers are welcome to learn about the first step in a tree production program.
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Washington County
Don Campbell
Homer Eden Farm
Riverside
Iowa Township
Campbell
Mrs Raymond Buys Lackey Coffee Shop
Leonard Lackey sells the Lackey Coffee Shop on North Iowa Avenue to Mrs. Roy Raymond. The shop becomes Cora's Coffee Shop with Mrs. Raymond as cook and meal planner. Raymond has 22 years of cooking experience in local restaurants.
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Leonard Lackey
Iowa Avenue
Roy
Cora) Raymond
Rites Wednesday For Oscar Burham
Funeral services for John Oscar Burham of 714 North Iowa Avenue will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. S. Jay Curry in charge. Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery. Burham died Monday morning of a heart attack. He was born June 24, 1889 in Keokuk County and lived in Washington for 55 years. He was foreman of the grinding department at the American Pearl Button Co. Survivors include his wife Hazel, two sons Daryl and Alo, four grandchildren, a brother Everelle, and two sisters Lillian Jock and Mrs Rudy Schmidt.
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John Oscar Burham
North
Iowa Avenue
Jones Funeral Home
S. Jay Curry
Elm Grove Cemetery
Burham
Keokuk County
George H
Nancy J. Cox Burham
Keota
Hazel J Brown
Ruth Lemley
Washington
American Pearl Button Co
Barham
The
Baptist
Daryl
Alo
Kalispell
Montana
Everelle
Lillian Jock
Rudy Schmidt
Muscatine
Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Hulda Lambert
Funeral services for Hulda Lambert will be at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home. Burial follows in Elm Grove Cemetery. Mrs Lambert died April 14 1958 in Kansas City after visiting her son Wayne. She is survived by two sons, a sister, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was born in Sweden and lived in Guthrie County and Washington. She was a Presbyterian and member of the Eastern Star.
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Hulda Lambert
Jones Funeral
C. E. Chandler
Elm Grove
Guthrie County
Iowa
Jonas and
Anna Johnson Vickland
Irvin Franklin Lambert
Washington
Grand Junction
Colo
Cloud Willits
Presbyterian Church
The
Eastern Star
Weather summary from United Press Iowa
Fair and mild conditions prevail through the northwest tonight with a low around 35 to 42. Highs are expected in the 70s on Wednesday followed by continued fair and mild weather on Thursday.
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United Press Iowa
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Harold Durst
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Strothman
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Minco
Ohio
Presbyterian
S. E. Blattner
Charles Murdock
John Martin
GOP Caravan
Frank Gobble
J. K. Lat
Africa
Iowa Jurists
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Oscar Burham
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