Peugeot child ransom case ends with safe return in Paris
Four year old Eric Peugeot was recovered in Paris after a $100000 gold ransom paid by his father Roland Peugeot. Officials denied reports of a police capture and said the operation involved no link to the Peugeot family case. The boy, found crying near his home in the Passy area, described his abductors as kind and harmless.
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Sign Petitions Circulating For Washington School Bond Vote
Petitions asking the Washington Community School District to call a special election on a 950000 bond proposal circulated today. Proponents aim to fund a junior high building, four room additions at Lincoln and Stewart elementary schools, high school renovations, and a bus garage with a 10000 bond. Signature requirement is 25 percent of last election voters.
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Army warns 19 enemy planes could devastate 30 percent of U.S. population
In closed testimony to the House subcommittee, Maj. Gen. Marshall Stubbs warned that a small bomber force could spray germ agents nationwide and cause up to 30 percent casualties. He cited Soviet emphasis on chemical and biological warfare and described a hypothetical 24 hour incapacitation agent.
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House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
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Special Education Head Resigns Here
Wallace N. Pierce, Washington County special education consultant and psychologist, resigns effective end of the school year after serving the county for a year. He will become director of special education for a newly formed Illinois cooperative district serving 23 schools. Sharon Cox, another speech therapist, signs on for the coming year, working with county students.
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Washington County
Lester B. Krabill
Krabill
County Board of Education
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Illnois
Glencoe
Winnetka
Wilmette
Highland Park
Sharon Cox
Cox
Iowa City
Riverside School Delays Easter Vacation Amid Road Conditions
Riverside public schools canceled classes today due to dangerous road conditions after buses struggled on county roads. The issue followed an embargo lift on heavy weight limits, which failed to ease the mud and impassable streets, prompting officials to grant an unexpected day off.
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Riverside
Des Moines Family Builds Atomic Fallout Shelter
The Amos Emery family plans a $1500 fallout shelter in their Des Moines home to prepare for a possible atomic attack. Selected from 20 volunteers, the unit will be publicly displayed and funded by the federal government, with completion expected in 30 days and a one year lease to the government.
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Pearl Harbor
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Ruth Emery
Emery
Annual Car Lift for Easter Sunday by Moose Lodge
The Washington Moose Lodge and Women of the Moose sponsor a free Easter Sunday car lift to church services. Washington residents needing transport should call Moose Hall at 34629 on Saturday to reserve rides, ensuring sufficient vehicles for Sunday morning.
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Washington
Moose Hall
Washington Moose Lodge
Charles Ayers Dies After Heart Attack in Illinois
Charles Ayers 69 of Wellman died Thursday morning April 14 1960 at the Ashland home of his niece Mrs Charles Forman after visiting there on return from Florida. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 in Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev Paul Dietterich. Burial in Wellman cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs Zona Hager an aunt and a niece and nephew. Preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
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Charles Forman
Ashland
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Powell Funeral Home
Paul Dietterich
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Washington County
William
Margaret Ann Barney Ayers
Zona Hager
Committee Advances Federal Gambling Communication Bill
The House Judiciary Committee drafts a bill to criminalize using wires to transmit gambling information across state lines and to bar communications for convicted operators. FBI and Justice Department assist. Rep. William Cramer cites hopes for quick introduction amid constitutional concerns. Florida and Ohio lawmakers back the measure.
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UPI
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FBI
Justice Department
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House
Florida
Ohio
Cramer
Republican Caravan Schedule Tours Iowa May 4
The annual Republican state candidates caravan will stop in Fairfield Washington Iowa City Muscatine and Betendorf on May 4 as part of a nine day, 39 city tour led by Arca dia Iowa council of Republican women president Margaret Hennings.
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Arcadia
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Iowa Council of Republican Women
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Whittemore
Spirit Lake
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Maquoketa
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Waterloo
Grundy Center
Turbulent Weather Across Nation With Tornadoes and Snow
Turbulent spring weather hit multiple regions with record heat in Washington, tornadoes in Arkansas, snow and hail in the Pacific Northwest, and ice on the St Lawrence Seaway. Flood aid requests were made in Missouri while fires scorched southern Indiana brushlands.
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Washington High students win at two Iowa science fairs
Four Washington High School students demonstrated telescopic lunar pictures, a self designed high vacuum system, a large solid propellant rocket, and a flytype platform at science fairs hosted by Drake University in Des Moines and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Grenawalt earned superior rating and top eight honors. Arthur and Cook received honorable mentions.
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John Davis
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Bill Arthur
Drake University
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Cook
Bill Grennwalt
Davis
Floyd Woods
Easter party for Moose members planned at Moose Hall
A special Easter party will be held at 7 30 this evening for children of members of the local Moose lodge and Women of the Moose. The event in Moose Hall is sponsored jointly by the two organizations.
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Toastmasters Change Meetings to Monday
The Washington Toastmasters will move their weekly gathering to Monday starting next week. Meetings occur at 6 30 P M at the Captain's Table with Lee Baird as toastmaster and Frank Patterson as table topic chairman. Five minute speakers include Bernard McCarthy and Lawrence Miksch.
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Washington
Lee Baird
Frank Patterson
Bernard McCarthy
Lawrence Miksch
Supt Phieger Addresses Local Jaycees on School Plan
Supt John V Phieger spoke at a Thursday Jaycee meeting outlining the Washington Community School District building program and introduced the district architect. Visiting Jaycees from Iowa City and Ottumwa presented a chapter member running for state vice president, as plans for the local chapter's upcoming officer elections were discussed.
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Iowa City
Ottumwa
Letter to Khrushchev Opens Path for Lithuanian Mother's Visit
Des Moines reports Charles Anolik's 64-year-old mother Mina may be allowed to leave Lithuania and visit him within two months after a letter to Nikita Khrushchev during his U.S. visit. Anolik and his brother endured Nazi camps. their father disappeared in 1941. Anolik sought help from U.S. officials, including Henry Cabot Lodge, with Vice President Nixon later noting the mother’s name on a special attention list.
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Richard M. Nixon
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State Department
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Iron Curtain
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Paulius Leonas
Chicago
Leonas
Weather Outlook Iowa Partly Cloudy Cooler West
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight in western Iowa with low 42 to 48 and 48 to 56 east. Saturday sees considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and occasional thunder storms, with highs around 58 to 66. Easter Sunday looks partly cloudy with temperatures in the 60s.
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