Washington Chosen for First U S Telephone Fair
Washington hosts the Telephone Fair starting May 1 with a public trailer in the square. Demonstrations include hands free phones a dial a phone and an electronic secretary all aimed at testing new services in a typical American town. Local stores and the Chamber of Commerce back the event with displays and a pre fair dinner for business leaders on April 30 at the Washington YMCA.
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Washington
United States
Joe van Horn
General Telephone Co
Iowa
van Horn
Busness
Washington Ymca
Claude Woods
Chamber of Commerce
Father of Victim Bitter Over Jail Terms for Killers
In New York the father of 15 year old Michael Farmer denounced the verdicts against four teens linked to his son’s death. Two youths were convicted of second degree murder and two of second degree manslaughter after the Egyptian Dragon gang mass attack in High Bridge Park. Eleven younger teens remain in correctional facilities. The jury also acquitted three others, and the father urged that the sentence not be a lenient signal to juvenile street gangs.
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New York
Michael Farmer
Farmer
Almale
Saul B. Siegal
Raymond Farmer
Roger McShane
Highbridge Park
McShane
James McShane
Louis Alvarez
County Red Cross Board Meets Here
Norman Schoonover presided at the quarterly County Red Cross Chapter Board meeting held at the Chapter Office. Representatives from Wellman Crawfordsville Kalona rural Washington and from Iowa and Southeast Iowa Mid west Area headquarters attended. A total of 6994.44 was reported as raised in the 1958 Campaign with 10 Washington and 22 rural solicitors yet to report. A nominating committee was named to select eight board members whose terms expire June 30 1958.
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Norman Schoonover
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Washington
Betty Chapman
Home Service
Iowa
Ruth Mellor
Midwest
Harlan Neuhart
Red Cross
Schoonover
A. A. Jackson
Edward Hermann
Ralph Martin
Eisenhower Defers Defense Budget Control Change to Congress
President Eisenhower sent his defense reorganization bill to Congress but ruled out a broader move to give the defense secretary blanket control of all military funds. He will seek funding flexibility in the 1960 budget, leaving money matters to congressional decision in 1959. The plan aims to unify command and oversight by bypassing individual services in favor of unified field forces.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Secretary
Defense Department
Capitol Hill
4-H Older Youth Party Planned on April 22
The 4 H Older Youth County Party for high school age youth will be Tuesday April 22 at 7 30 p m. County officers led by Carol Lance and Larry Marek organize dancing games and entertainment at the showbarn on the Washington County Fairgrounds.
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4-H
Carol Lance
Larry Marek
Washington County Fairgrounds
Time Out For Ginger Presented By Washington High
Washington High School junior class rehearses for Time Out For Ginger a three act comedy to be shown Friday at 8 p m in the high school auditorium Harriet Kleese Garth Rustan Cathy Crone lead with a full cast and staff listed including director Jim Hervey and stage crew, make up and programs teams.
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Washington High School
Ginger
Harriet Kleese
Garth Rustan
Cathy Crone
Tornadoes Slam Florida Injure Dozens Across Peninsula
A series of tornadoes ripped across the Florida peninsula injuring more than 60 people and damaging or destroying about 75 homes and buildings. Officials warned the total damage could exceed one million dollars as hospital patients rose to over 60 with four in critical condition.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Air Force
Tampa Bay
Western Big Three Agree To Pre-Summit Talks
The Western powers and the Soviet Union moved toward pre-summit diplomacy with Moscow delivering notes to the Soviet Foreign Office. The Western reply rejects Moscow’s rigid timetable and seeks broader talks on East West issues ahead of any high level summit. Secretary Dulles discussed the plan with officials.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
John Foster Dulles
Infant saved as mother’s screams summon rescuers
In Freeport Ul the drowning baby Stanley Kasper Jr. was found in a cistern under a porch after his mother’s screaming alerted nearby workers. Rescued by two men using ladders, the infant was in good condition at St. Francis Hospital with oxygen support.
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Freeport, Ul
Stanley Kasper
Stanley Jr
St. Francis Hospital
Kaspers
Patty
Economists see 1957 as good year for Iowa farmers
Dean Huston opened a Washington extension meeting analyzing farm income for 1957 and 1958. Jim Fowler reported 1957 net farm income for 138 southeast Iowa farms at 10 756 with higher livestock sales and cash income, while expenses and feed purchases also rose.
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Jim Fowler
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Iowa
Fowler
Houston
Huston
Background Of Stompanato Unfolds In Beverly Hills Case
Hollywood report says police dig into Kane Turner’s dead lover Johnny Lanato to untangle dealings of a movieland figure in life. Beverly Hills Police Chief Clinton Anderson questions six or seven people, mostly women, about ties with ex mobster Mickey Cohen’s former bodyguard.
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Hollywood
Kane Turner
Johnny Lanato
Clinton Anderson
Beverly Hills
Lana
Cheryl
Stompanato
Mickey Cohen
Eisenhower Opposes Truman Tax Cut and Rate Proposals
Eisenhower rejects Truman’s five billion tax cut and lower interest rate plan while Knowland doubts a general tax cut this year. Eccles urges a six to seven billion tax cut to curb recession, and Eisenhower warns against uncoordinated public works spending. In other news, Stompanato’s finances and ties to Rosemary Turner surface as Cheryl Turner faces a juvenile court hearing over a slaying.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Senate
William F. Knowland
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Stompanato
Rosemary
John
Rosemary Trimble
Los Angeles
Miss Turner
Beverly Hills
Cheryl
Gaillard Resigns As French Cabinet Falls To Vote
Paris reports Premier Felix Gaillard's cabinet resigns after a 321-225 Assembly vote amid anti American sentiment over Tunisia policy. President Coty names a 38 year old caretaker prime minister with limited powers as France faces political upheaval and pressure over Algeria.
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Paris
Felix Gaillard
National Assembly
Gaillard
Rene Coty
NATO
United Nations
Gaillards
France
Popular Front
Escapee Shot While Searching for Woman Who Had Him Jailed
AKRON Ohio UP ex convict Virgil Akers 21 led four armed men from county jail to find Miss Marilyn Alexander 21 who had him jailed He shot at the Alexander home but was flushed out by Police Sgt Nick Van Dorps and killed by a single shot in the back yard He held the family at gunpoint for 45 minutes Miss Alexander was not home at the time
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Akron
Ohio
Virgil Akers
Marilyn Alexander
Alexander
Nick van Dorps
Akers
Weather outlook from United Press Iowa through Monday
Fair and warm through Thursday with low tonight around 44 to 52. Night Thursday expected 70 to 80 as partly cloudy skies and mild conditions continue into Friday. Temperatures average 8 to 12 degrees above normal for the period, with normals 58 to 65 highs and 35 to 40 lows. Generally mild and more seasonable by weekend, little precipitation expected, a chance of showers early in the week.
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United Press
Iowa
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