County FFA Boys Get State Honors
Eddie Crayne of Washington High School earns Iowa Farmer designation for exceptional FFA work. He raised purebred Poland China hogs, led the local chapter as president, and won top honors at the Washington County and Iowa State FFA fairs. Verne Knecht is the vo ag instructor.
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Washington County
Iowa Future Farmers of America
Waterloo
Iowa Farmer Grees
Sif
Eddie Crayne
Washington High School
Harold Farrier
Larry Statler
Brighton High School
Harold Bohr
Wellman
FFA
Bill Crayne
Washington
Edddie
Poland
China
Washington County Fair
Iowa
Eddie
Washington Ffa
Verne Knecht
Voce Ag
Neighbors Plow 75 Acres For Farms Near West Chester
Nine neighbors with tractors plowed 30 acres at the Marion Timmons farm on route 1 while he rebuilds a burned barn. Eight men plowed about 45 acres at the Edward Peiffer farm. Peiffer had just returned from eight days in hospital for blood poisoning.
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West Chester
Marion Timmons
Ronald Bowser
Keith Huber
Clark Bauer
Wayne Mangold
Fred Coakley
Joe Bauer
Homer Brinning
Frank Kleese
Harold Timmins
Timmons
Fred
Edward Peiffer
Peiffer
John Kiene
H. J. Brenneman
Robert Brinning
Richard Brinning
Roy Nelson
Leonard Brinning
Homer Brining
Mrs. Peiffer
Corn Allotments Remain Unchanged
E Ray Bell chair Washington county ASC committee says 1956 laws govern price support acreage allotment and cost sharing programs the same as 1955 no changes to national or county acreage allotments in Iowa for corn and wheat and the national average price support for 1956 corn is set at 1.50 per bushel.
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E. Ray Bell
Washington County
ASC
Bell
Iowa
Esenhower
Three Buildings Burn At Fredonia Thursday
A fire on the farm of Mrs. Madge O Neil near Columbus Junction destroyed a barn a large storage building and a corn crib with about 9000 dollars of sealed corn. Weath er driven fence row flames started the blaze. the farm house had burned years ago. George Black of Letts operates the farm. The loss from buildings was about 3500 dollars.
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Columbus Junction
Madge O'Neil
Fredonia
Letts
Washington County 4-H Names State Candidates and Camp Delegates
Washington County 4-H committees selected county candidates for state offices and delegates for state leadership and conservation camps. Janet Ross and Keith Hora were named as state office candidates, Judy Bell and Francis Gase chosen for conservation and leadership camps, with James McCreedy as conservation delegate. Committees planned next year’s programs stressing enrollment and parental participation.
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Washinton
Janet Ross
Milton Ross
Cinderellas Club
Judy Bell of
Wellman
Leslie Bell
Boone
Keith Hora
George Hora
Washington
Jackson Boys Club
James McCreedy
Highlanders Club
Francis Gase
Riverside Ramblers
Poland Reds Fire Three Top Officials
London dispatch reports Poland to purge three senior officials for Stalinism faults. Stanislaw Radkiewicz Stefan Kalinowski and Stanislaw Zarakowski are relieved from posts over serious deficiencies and distortions in the military prosecutor’s office and general supervision of investigative functions. The move aligns with Moscow efforts to correct personality cults in satellites. Western observers note civilian and military prosecutors face focus in Communist trials.
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London
Poland
Stanislaw Radkiewicz
Stefan Kalinowski
Stanislaw Zarakowski
Warsaw Radio
Kalinowski
Vulko Chervenkov
Countryman Charges GOP Group Bias Over Hickenlooper Speaking
Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman accused the Iowa Council of Republican Women of favoritism by allowing Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper unlimited speaking time on the Caravan of Candidates tour. He noted other speakers faced three minute limits while criticizing Hickenlooper's vote against a vetoed natural gas bill.
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West Liberty
Iowa
Dayton Countryman
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Bourke Hickenlooper
Countryman
Senate
Des Moines
Hickenlooper
Attend Final Rites For Alfred Miranda
Alfred A Miranda died Tuesday in Floris Iowa at age 78 after living in Davenport and Washington years ago. Funeral services were held Thursday in Eldon Iowa with Oscar Burham Grover Custer and family attending. Survivors include his wife three step children and his son Robert of Rock Island along with two daughters.
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Oscar Burham
Grover Custer
Alfred A. Miranda
Eldon
Iowa
Mr. Miranda
Morrow
Ohio
Washington
Jack McKune
Davenport
Floris
Robert
Rock Island
Violence Returns in Middle East as Tensions Rise
Reports from Jerusalem say Israel and Jordan accuse each other of border violations amid renewed clashes. An Israeli spokesman notes mounting tension on the border after incidents involving gunfire and alleged cease-fire breaches. An Egyptian spokesman accuses Israel of violating the recent cease-fire, while Israel denies the claims.
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Israel
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Jordan
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Nehemia Brosh
Hammarskjold
Gaza Strip
Democrats and Republicans seek credit for soil bank benefits
Democratic and Republican leaders vie to claim credit for soil bank payments to farmers in an election year. The House Appropriations Committee approved 1.2 billion dollars for the soil bank under an older 1935 law, with Democrats arguing the plan fits existing authority and could have eased distress earlier.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
House Appropriations Committee
Ezra T. Benson
Joe Jones to Lead Washington County Dairy Month Campaign
Joe Jones of Ainsworth will chair the Wash ington County June Dairy Month Committee this year. Al Hagen of Des Moines states Jones heads the local group planning activities to highlight dairy farming, with county committees to be formed for promoting supplies and promotional projects. Hagen stresses Iowa’s dairy industry as a key economic and health asset and urges outreach to boost re evaluation of food.
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Washington County
Joe Jones
Ainsworth
al Hagen
Des Moines
Jones
Iowa
Hagen
Revival meetings announced at Tabernacle by Rev Stevens
Rev Robert Stevens of South Gate California will continue regular meetings at the Christian Tabernacle through next Friday evening. Services run twice daily at 2 pm and 7 30 pm with three services Sunday at 11 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm. Public invited and Rev Stevens is son of Dr and Mrs W J Stevens of Washington.
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Robert Stevens
South Gate
Calif
Christan Tabernacle
The
Tabernacle
Rev. Stevens
W.J. Stevens
Washington
Methodist Men to Hear Gerald Howell Monday
Gerald Howell of Crawfordsville who spent months in India will speak at the Washington Methodist Men meeting Monday evening. An evening meal at 6 30 p m precedes officer elections and the program. Women may attend. special music by Sharon Center men's quartet. Dinner reservations are 1 and due by Sunday.
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Gerald Howell
Crawfordsville
India
Washington
Sharon Center
Increased Interest In Industry Fund Drive Reported
Workers report rising interest in the 100000 Washington Industrial Fund as solicitors continue to solicit from local residents. The Chamber of Commerce office will accept investments and tally results all day Saturday. L. J. Kehoe praises Farm Bureau cooperation and notes organized employee investments in local firms.
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Washington Industrial Fund
Washington Industrial Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
WIC
L. J. Kehoe
Farm Bureau
Kehoe
Miners Rescued After SUNNYSIDE Cave In
Three miners, believed dead after a cave in at Sunnyside Utah, were rescued alive after a day and a half. Joe Otterstrom remained missing as rescuers pursued a faint underground tapping signal amid rubble and rock.
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Sunnyside
Utah
Joe Otterstrom
Lovell M. Golding
Lloyd A. Heath
Joseph A. Archuletta
Golding
Heath
Archuletta
Otterstrom
County Residents Discuss Possible Keota Wellman West Chester School District
A Wellman meeting drew 75 residents from Keota West Chester and Wellman to consider forming a common school district. Superintendent John Fields presided with no action taken. A follow up meeting within a week will gauge interest for further planning and discussion. Kalona school board members and county officials attended to observe and answer questions about pupil numbers tax base and area.
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Keota
Wellman
West Chester
Wellman High School
John Fields
Kalona
Lester B. Krabill
Krabill
Neighbors Help Stephen Wolfer Farm Reach Plow Day
Friends and neighbors plowed 110 acres near Stephen Wolfer's farm five miles south of Washington before noon on Thursday. A 30 man, 27 tractor crew worked as a courtesy for Mr. Wolfer whose wife has been ill, with meals provided by local women and gasoline delivered by Forrest Brock to fuel the tractors.
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Stephen Wolfer
Washington
Wolfer
Kleping
Elmer Stalder
Don Holmes
Ted Givans
Forrest Walker
George Waldron
Ray Steel
Bud Horning
Don McArlin
Walter Horning
Charles Kuhn
Dr. Wagner
Ed Malmberg
Carl Jarrard
Ed Lukavsky
Ernest Green
Amos Steiger
George Goetz
Fred Kupka
Bill Potratz
Henry Rowland
Tom Lowry
Jim Walker
Urban Berg
Glen McCoy Jr
Bob Potratz
Ed Potratz
George Marie
Leo Marie
Jim Redlinger
P. L. Fenn
Walter Hornung
Arthur Snider
Forrest Brock
Washington High School orientation day draws 122 freshmen
One hundred twenty two prospective freshmen attended an orientation day at Washington High School. Students from nearby junior high and rural schools learned about high school life through a student council led program featuring pledges, songs, and talks on fire drills, study hall rules, grades, lunch, activities, and freshman initiation. Tour guides then showed visitors through the building.
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Washington High School
St. James School
Jim Gorham
Sarah Trotman
Gladys Knapp
Roberta Wiley
Charlotte Berry
Joyce Steele
Eric McConnell
Washington High
Eddie Crayne
Larry Cochran
Margaret Ahrens
Joan Marie
Mary Crossett
Edgar Jones
Soviet Leaders Press Peaceful Coexistence in London Visit
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin urged gradual steps toward East West peace during a mansion house lunch. Khrushchev earlier warned Moscow will not yield on communism. The talks at No 10 Downing Street and a city lunch followed a morning session with Prime Minister Eden as part of the 10 day Soviet visit.
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London
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Mansion House
Nikita Khrushchev
No. 10 Downing Street
Anthony Eden
Khrushchev
Moscow
Eden
Downing Street
Rural Women's Day Set for Tuesday in Washington County
Rural Women's Day will be held Tuesday April 24 at 1 30 p m at United Presbyterian Church Washington. Exhibits from the year's work will be displayed. The Farm Bureau Women's chorus will sing and a cotton dress parade will be featured. Dr January of the State University of Iowa will summarize the county rehabilitation program for heart patients. Mrs Buena Maris Mockmore Iowa State College extension specialist will speak on family relations. Refreshments will follow.
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Washington County
Farm Bureau
United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Farm Bureau Women's Chorus
January
State University of Iowa
Buena Maris Mockmore
Iowa State College
Mockmore
Oregon State
Fred Radda Dies At His Home Here Today
Fred Radda aged 88 was found dead at 514 North Marion just after noon today. The body was taken to Jones Funeral Home where funeral arrangements are pending.
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Fred Radda
North Marion
Jones Funeral Home
Rees Infant Dies At Iowa City Hospital
Sherely n Rae infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Rowland Rees of Columbus Junction died this morning at an Iowa City hospital Funeral arrangements were still indefinite today.
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Rees
Iowa City
Columbus Junction
Sherelyn Rae
Rowland Rees
Iowa City Hospital
Resident of Junction Is Taken This Morning
Catherine Robertson 85 a Columbus Junction resident since childhood died at 11 a m in Mt Pleasant Hospital. She taught in Louisa County schools before marrying James M Robertson March 6 1895. Survived by daughter Ruth Watterfield of Murray Kentucky two sons Leland Cambridge Ohio James Columbus Junction and brother Clark Huston Mt Pleasant.
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Columbus Junction
Catherine Robertson
Mt. Pleasant
Stacy Funeral Home
Catherine Huston
W.S
Ruth Clark Huston
Louisa County
James M. Robertson
Columbus City
Ruth Watterfield
Murray, Ky
Leland
Cambridge, O
James
Clark Huston
Zoning Board Elects Claude Woods Chairman
Claude Woods was named chair man of the city zoning board of adjustment at a morning meeting. He succeeds Ivan Norton who resigned as chairman after rotation rules required annual change. Norton remains on the board and thanked colleagues while continuing as a member under his council appointment.
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Claude Woods
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Woods
Ivan Norton
Norton
Council
Iowa Weather Summary Five Day Forecast
Fair and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness. Cooler Saturday in the north and central areas with a low in the 30s and a high in the upper 50s to 60s. Sunday partly cloudy and cooler. Temperatures through Wednesday average 5 to 8 degrees below normal with a cooling trend Sunday to Tuesday and a warming Wednesday. Showers or snow flurries Saturday and Sunday.
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Iowa
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Alfred Miranda
Mid-East
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Junction
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