Photo art and a broken highway across Iowa
The Washington Evening Journal highlights a library photography show of 1963 newspaper images and notes growing hobbyist arts exhibits across the county. It laments incomplete Interstate Highways in Illinois Iowa and Iowa City Des Moines gaps, urging better highway planning and a rumor denial about Elizabeth Taylor teaching at Iowa State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Art Guild
Bettendorf
Iowa City
Grinnell
Des Moines
Council Bluff
Madison
Adair
Cass
Elizabeth Taylor
Iowa State University
Ames
Whistling in the Dark and Stassen’s New Hampshire Win
The column notes Harold Stassen’s optimism after the New Hampshire primary where a large write-in for Henry Cabot Lodge is seen as a repudiation of rivals, boosting Stassen’s confidence in securing the Republican nomination. It adds a light jab about deserving a medal for such conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stassen
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ronnie Lucas breaks arm during high jump in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on a recent Wednesday Ronnie Lucas son of Mr and Mrs Allan Lucas fractured his left arm during physical education class He will wear a sling for about four weeks and will be missed by the Junior High track team The article also records a string of local social updates and travel notes spanning the area including families such as the Whitings Millers and Penningtons with mentions of a Republican district meeting and other community events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ronnie Lucas
Allan Lucas
Kenneth Rhea
Burlington
Benner
Benner Distribution
Arthur Whiting
Kathy
Karen
E Whiting
Stewart Mathers
West Branch
Mathers
Mildred Whiting
Harold Miller
Anna
Millers
Pella
Garrett Vis
Russell Miller
Howard Anderson
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
Herb Campbell
Brighton
The Pilot's Touch I Remembered from Ed White
In 1964 World Book recounts Ed White the astronaut's early life from a backseat T-6 flight with his father to West Point, then Air Force training. He recalls the cast on his arm, weightless zero gravity work, and the path to becoming an astronaut with Deke Slayton's guidance and the joy of flight control as space flight evolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed White
Texas
Houston
Ralph Morse
Life Magazin
Army
Dad
Air Force
West Point
Congress
Washington
Capitol Hill
Germany
University of Michigan
Michigan
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Space Chimps
Enos
Ham
John Glenn
Eott Carpenter
Earth
Pat
Deke Slayton
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Washininglonce Evening J Journal
Public Library
Iowa
Chicago
Ilinois
Mississippi River
Illinois
Rock Island
The
Hartford Courant
Monroe
Robert Pennington
Robert
Paul
Crawfordsville Methodist Church
Harold
Kirkwood
Miller
Luetta Wilson
Clarence Moorhead
Joe McCoy
Clarence
Mr. McCoy
Grinnell Community School
Joe Palooka
Joe
the Hospital
New York
Dixie Dugan
Ham Fisher
Blitz Brothers
By Sakren
By Mevoy and
Striebel
Nancy
Sie
Young Astronaut
Captain White
Bonnie T Edward
Blazer
Life Magazine
Edward H White II
Deke
Officers’ Club
World Book Encyclopedia
Science Service
L.A. Jones
Jones Fe Rd
Ernie Bush
Iller
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