Seek Investments In Porch Light Campaign Tonight
Washington Industrial Corporation reports optimism yet notes work remains to raise a 100000 dollar industrial promotion fund for Washington. About 30 to 60 volunteers plan tonight’s porch light drive to sell ten dollar shares with one vote each to back local industry and attract new firms.
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Washington Industrial Corporation
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Corporation
McCleery-Cumming Company
McCleery- Cumming Company
Parker admits signature on murder confession in trial
Darrel Parker 24 identified his handwriting on a confession used in his first degree murder trial for the strangling of his wife Nancy 22 on December 14. Parker said he remembered corrections and testified tears as eight park department workers testified he was a good boss and well-liked.
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Lincoln, Neb
Darrel Parker
Parker
Nancy
Henderson
Iowa
Park Department
Lincoln City Forester
Quads Born to Mother of Twins in New York Hospital
In Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital New York Carmen Medina 25 gave birth to quadruplets two boys and two girls weighing between 2 pounds 7 ounces and 3 pounds 3 ounces. The mother’s twins are one year old and all four newborns were placed in incubators with three of the quads reported doing fine and the smallest in fair condition. Father Ciprian Medina 27 expressed disbelief and doctors noted the birth initially suggested twins and then quintuplets before the surprise of a fourth child was revealed.
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New York
New York Hospital
Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital
Carmen Medina
Ciprian Medina
Leonard Hirsch
Medina
Medinas
Puerto Rico
United States
Funeral for Elmer Marner 72 in Kalona Methodist
Funeral services for Elmer Marner 72 will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at Kalona Methodist Church with Rev. Dendy Garrett officiating. Burial follows in Joe Town Cemetery. Marner died Sunday in Charleston HL after a decade long illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born March 11 1884 in Johnson County to Gideon and his wife. Survived by daughter Mrs. Francis Palmer and two grandsons of Charleston Ill, brothers Isaac and Gideon of Wellman, sister Alice Marner of Kalona. Preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
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Kalona
Elmer Marner
Kalona Methodist
Dendy Garrett
Joetown
Gideon Marner
Mattie Hofer
Marner
Francis Palmer
Charleston
Ill
Isaac
Gideon
Wellman
Alice Marner
Israeli Engineers Killed in Ambush Near Jordan Frontier
Four Israeli water engineers were killed in an ambush on a road near the Jordan frontier. Two bodies were cremated in a burning car. UN investigators tracked attackers into Jordan. Moshe Sharett attributed the attack to Arab Fedayeen, as Israel sought UN action and pressed on with Jordan River irrigation plans.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Damascus
Holy Land
Negev
Beer Menna
Ein Yaham
Filat
Elath
Gulf of Aqaba
Moshe Sharett
Three Persons Dead In State Accidents
Three people die in separate traffic crashes Monday raising the 1956 highway toll to 189. Davenport resident Edward Dibbern, 64, died when Fire Chief Lester Schick’s car struck a pole Dibbern was leaning on while waiting for a bus. Taunton resident Charles Nevins, 84, was killed after pulling into a truck at an intersection near Indianola. Osceola resident Ruth Brown, 55, died when her husband’s car collided with a truck on U.S. 34 near Chariton and she was thrown beneath the wheels.
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Davenport
Edward Dibbern
Lester Schick
Dibbern
Schick
Charles Nevins
Taunton
Minn
Indianola
Ruth Brown
Osceola
U.S. 34
Chariton
Eight Injured in Headon Collision Near Mount Ayr Iowa
Eight people were injured in a head on crash 10 miles northeast of Mount Ayr. Four Beaconsfield girls basketball players were in the car with Duane Brown. In the other vehicle were Forrest Morgan, his wife Cleo and their son Jimmy. One Brown sister had died in a prior accident.
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Mount Ayr
Iowa
Beaconsfield
Here
Duane Brown
Des Moines
Brown
Barbara Long
Hellen Waddell
Laverna Waddell
Sherron Brown
Forrest Morgan
Kellerton
Cleo
Jimmy
Jackie
Browns
Eliston
Benesh Speaks At Walton League Meeting In Walton Chapter
Les Benesh state president of the Izaak Walton league spoke at a ladies night program in the Washington YMCA. He warned of a future conservation crisis, urged stronger water rights legislation, and cited farmers sinking wells as a threat to city supplies.
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Les Benesh
Bettendorf
Izaak Walton League
Chicagua
Walton League
Washington
YMCA
Benesh
Dwight Bramont
Ben Bruns
Walter Messer
Boyd Crandall
Lake Odessa
District Library Meet Scheduled At Washington Friday
Washington Public Library hosts the annual Southeast District convention of the Iowa Library Association with about 100 librarians staff members and trustees expected from area cities. Sessions begin 9 30 a m with lunch at the Presbyterian Church and continue until 3 30 p m. The library will close to the public from morning until 4 p m.
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Washington Public Library
Iowa Library Association
Presbyterian Church
Britain Refuses Unilateral Export Ban Lift on Soviet Trade
Britain declines to lift the strategic export embargo on the Soviet Union without approval from the United States and NATO allies. Prime Minister Eden confirms a potential expansion of Anglo-Soviet trade if tensions ease, while disarmament discussions and cultural relations remain unsettled.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
NATO
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Anthony Eden
Eden
Khrushchev
Downing Street
Dropped Cigarette Believed Cause Of Hotel Fire
In Villisca Iowa three elderly men died when a fire swept the Elms hotel likely started by a cigarette left in a lobby Davenport Ed Herron state fire marshal investigated arson but found accidental ignition Martin 41 Corning admitted drinking hotel guest sleep in locked rooms identified victims include Tom Darnold 890 and others among 17 inside the two story frame hotel shortly before 2 45 a m a motorist alerted occupants and Burton Gidley hotel managers son Allen 16 helped rouse guests and battle the flames.
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Villisca
Iowa
Elms
Ed Herron
Des Moines
Davenport
Thomas Martin
Corning
Frank Patterson Elected Methodist Men Leader
Frank Patterson was elected president of the Methodist Men of the Washington church Monday evening. Other officers for the coming year are Doyle Jarrard vice president Virgil Wittmer secretary treasurer Gerald Howell of Crawfordsville spoke about his trip to India and showed colored slides. The Sha ron Center EUB church men’s quartet sang several selections with wives present.
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Frank Patterson
Washington
Doyle Jarrard
Virgil Wittmer
Gerald Howell
Crawfordsville
India
Sharon Center
Eub
Veterans Benefits Debate Hits Congressional Hurdle
A presidential commission proposal to cut non service connected pensions while expanding payments to the badly disabled faced its first congressional hurdle as the House Veterans Committee met in closed session after a public hearing. Chairman Teague signaled opposition to liberalized pension bills backed by the American Legion and VFW, while the Bradley commission warned a general pension for all aging veterans could cost 390 billion dollars and blur lines with social security.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Omar N. Bradley
Legion
VFW
Commission
United States
Muscatine Fire Chief Appeals His Demotion
Former Muscatine Fire Chief Alex Bender appealed his demotion to fireman first class to the Muscatine Civil Service Commission. Mayor Walter Conway ordered the demotion April 3 after a protest by most city firemen who said they would quit unless Bender was fired. Conway has five days to file specifications on his side of the case. Bender had served about two years as chief and 16 years overall with the department.
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Muscatine
Alex Bender
Muscatine Civil Service Commission
Bender
Walter Conway
Bender Conway
Fire Department
Dulles Sees Soviet Hold Ebbing Among Satellites
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said Russia's grip on its satellites is weakening due to shifts in Soviet policy and Titoist tendencies. He outlined NATO’s long range role beyond defense and noted debates at the Paris NATO meeting. He cited cautious optimism on cold war progress and referenced a Justice Department review of Sobolev’s role in returning five Soviet sailors.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Dulles
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Stalin
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
NATO
New York
United States
Soviet Union
Asia
Red China
Moscow
Justice Department
United Nations
Arkady Sobolev
Justice
Keota Senior Play Set For Tuesday Presentation
Keota High School seniors will present the annual class play Take Your Medicine a comedy Tuesday April 24 at 8 p m in the school gymnasium.
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Keota
Keota High School
Ellender predicts soil bank approval and policy clash
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Allen J. Ellender forecast approval of a farm bill authorizing a $1.2 billion soil bank but said no advance payments to farmers. The bill may raise corn and cotton allotments and price supports, with changes to rice policy, while Ezra Benson set new corn price supports and planting flexibility for farmers.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ezra T. Benson
To Form Archery Club Here Thursday Evening
All Washington area residents interested in archery are invited to a meeting on Thursday April 26 at 7 30 p m in the Horak Insurance Co office. The gathering aims to form an archery club and discuss establishing an archery range.
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Washington Area
Horak Insurance Co
Washington High Chorus Leads Galesburg Festival
Washington Muscatine and Galesburg high school choruses travel by chartered bus to Galesburg Illinois for an annual festival. Directors Robert B Ferrell and chaperones Mrs Wayne Knapp and Mrs Robert Wiley accompany the students for rehearsals and a combined concert.
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Washington
Tax Cut Hopes Dim After White House Budget Talk
Republican leaders said after a White House meeting that current administration surplus estimates make a tax cut unlikely this year. Senate leaders cited Treasury figures due May 20 and warned even a 2 billion dollar surplus would not clear the debt issue. Eisenhower and party leaders held their weekly conference after voting in the Pennsylvania primary.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Senate House Economic Committee
Eisenhower
Treasury
Senate
Liam F. Knowland
Calif
Reers
George M. Humphrey
Knowland
Humphrey
House
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Bomber Engine Falls In Red Oak Field
An engine from a B47 jet bomber fell near Red Oak Municipal Airport in Iowa Monday night. Maj. Robert Murphy Jr. piloted the aircraft from Lincoln Nebraska and landed on five engines. The burning engine created a crater by the airfield edge. SAC guards stood by as investigators reviewed the incident.
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Red Oak
Iowa
Red Oak Municipal
U.S. 34
Maj
Robert Murphy Jr
Knoxville
Tenn
Lincoln
Neb
Grant
Strategic Air Command
Bus Company Abolishes Segregation On Montgomery Transit
The Montgomery City Bus Co. halted race seating limits after Supreme Court rulings and a financial squeeze from a boycott. Beginning 6 a.m. EST, passengers may sit anywhere on buses, defying Alabama law that required Negroes to sit in back and whites in front.
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Montgomery
Ala
ULP
Montgomery City Bus Co
Alabama
Wisie Long Dies at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City
Wisie Long 69 a longtime Washington businessman and dry cleaner operator died at 9 50 am at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after two years of poor health and illness since February 23. Funeral arrangements with Sherman s Funeral Home pending. He was born August 25 1886 in Noble Iowa and married Lulu Wilson July 11 1907. Survived by his wife three brothers Ned C Long Ben Long Bob Long and sister Mrs William Sims. He was active in civic life and held Masonic and other fraternal memberships.
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Wisie Long
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Sherman
Mr. Long
Noble
Iowa
William and
Mary (Doran) Long
Lulu Wilson
Long
Washington Masonic Lodge
Cyrus Chapter
Zeradetha Council
Kaaba Temple
Presbyterian Church
Record Low Temps Hit Iowa From Cold to Warm Fronts
Iowa saw record low temperatures at six stations including Sioux City Spencer Lamont Dubuque Waterloo and Council Bluffs with ties at Des Moines Mason City Burlington Davenport and Ottumwa. A warm moist Gulf air mass will lift temps to the upper 50s to upper 60s Wednesday with scattered showers.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Spencer
Waterloo
Sioux City
Lamont
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Burlington
Davenport
Ottumwa
Neighbors Help Latimer Davis Plow 34 Acres Near Crawfordsville
Nineteen neighbors with tractors plowed 34 acres of corn for Latimer Davis and his son Henry near Crawfordsville. The ground was split between two farms with about 20 and 14 acres respectively. Participants included Clarence Fulton George Fulton George Dare Richard Dare Richard Holmes Merle Howsare Charles Twinam Cleo McCoy Bill Martin Wilbur Schantz John Hubbs Myral Smith Lloyd Courtney Bob Shaffer George T Koehler Bill Koehler Harry Suter Ben Keller Tony Davies. Dinner followed at 10 a.m. hosted by Cleo McCoy Myral Smith Mrs Henry Davis and Mrs Bill Martin.
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Crawfordsville
Latimer Davis
Henry
Davis
Lebanon
Clarence Fulton
George Fulton
George Dare
Richard Dare
Richard Holmes
Merle How
Weather Iowa Five Day Forecast
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a chance of showers in the west Wednesday afternoon. Warmer tonight in the south and east Wednesday. Low tonight near 20s northeast and around 30s southwest. High Wednesday in the 50s north and 60s south. Scattered light showers Wednesday night, then cloudy and colder Thursday. Temperatures 4-6 degrees below normal with normal highs 62 north 65 south and lows 38 north 44 south. Minor day to day changes with light to moderate rain or snow mainly in the first half of the period.
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United Press
Iowa
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District Library
Ellender
Galesburg, Ill
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U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Iowa City Hospital
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