Pine Tree Planting Expands In Washington County
In Washington County, about 10 000 young pine trees have been planted this spring on farms including Alvin Horak’s near Ainsworth. Bruce Plum of Fairfield supervises under the ACP program with financial aid. Planting covers fields on Horak Ted Pratt and Duwa farms and aims for future timber and pulp wood use.
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Washington County
Alvin Horak
Ainsworth
Bruce Plum District
Horak
Bruce Plum
Ted Pratt
Riverside
B.D. Duwa
Washington
Lloyd Duwa
Here
Santa Fe Seeks Injunction to Block Train Strike
The Santa Fe Railway asks a federal court for an injunction to replace a temporary restraining order blocking a strike by 3,000 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members across its Eastern and Western divisions. A walkout could halt major trains and affect the 13,000 mile system.
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Chicago
UPS
Santa Fe Railway
Brotherhood of Railroad
San Francisco
el Capitan
BRT
U.S. Dist
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Santa Fe
Two Bushel Mushroom Find Reported Here
Mushroom stories are told in Washington with tales of large finds. Tom and Jack Tanner and several others brought in two bushel baskets of mushrooms, mostly dark greys and yellow varieties, under one tree. A Washington man near Conesville killed a rattlesnake after it rattled, then returned home with a snake boasting ten rattles.
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Washington
Tom
Jack Tanner
Joe Marston
Raymond Miller
Johnnie
Terry
Charles Ragan
Conesville
Rickover Tests Reactor Safety On Thresher Sub Sail
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover testified at a naval inquiry into the sinking of the Thresher that its nuclear reactor core cannot explode like a bomb. He described the core as designed to withstand such failure and noted submerged flooding would act as a coolant. Debris from the Atlantic showed no radioactivity in recent tests.
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPS
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
Naval Court of
Thresher
Atlantic
Naval Court
Harriman Meets Macmillan on Laos Peace Efforts
UPI reports U.S. Undersecretary of State W. Averell Harriman conferred with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in London on Western efforts to preserve peace in Laos. Harriman, fresh from talks with Soviet leaders in Moscow, met at Admiralty House and dined there, joined later by Lord Heath and absent Foreign Secretary Lord Home who attended the Karachi council meeting.
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London
UPI
W. Averell Harriman
Harold Macmillan
Laos
Harriman
Moscow
Nikita S Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Macmillan
Admiralty House
Privy Seal
Edward Heath
Lord Home
Home
Central Treaty Organization
Karachi
Pakistan
Four Youths Escape East Berlin by Truck Wall Breach
Four youths aged 19 to 24 fled East Berlin early today by driving a five ton East German army truck through the concrete border wall into West Berlin. Border guards fired two shots but hit no one, and two other youths slipped over the wall at another spot shortly after. The truck left a hole in the wall as the cab remained in West Berlin and the rest stayed in Communist territory. The escapees celebrated amid cheers and claimed they had made it.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Eastern Iowa clocks start fast time amid daylight plan clashes
Daylight saving time began along Iowa's eastern border but Fort Madison stayed on standard time due to a temporary injunction in Lee County. Several cities plan to switch later while others like Lansing McGregor Cedar Rapids and Durant remain on standard time. Rail and bus routes vary with observance, and termination dates range from August to October across the region.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
Lee County
Illinois
Wisconsin
Lansing
McGregor
Mississippi River
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Durant
Muscatine
Wapello
Sabula
New London
de Witt
Morning Sun
Bellevue
West Point
De Gaulle Wins Public Backing After French Tour
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle returns from a week long northeastern tour confident of broad support for France first defense and Common Market policies. Crowds cheered as officials noted the president strengthened his standing amid labor unrest and friction with the United States and Britain over defense and economic matters.
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Paris
API
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Troyes
United States
Britain
District IOOF Meet Here Next Saturday
The Eastern Iowa District meeting of the IOOF and Rebekahs will be held in Washington on Saturday May 4. Registration at 11 a.m. with an afternoon session at 1 p.m. in the IOOF Hall. Entertainment includes Washington High School Top Twenty and Stage Band. Separate evening sessions follow with dancing music by the Nu-Tones.
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Iowa
YMCA
IOOF
Lodge
Diplomatic tangle over ambassador refuses to fly to Phong Saly
In Laos a Chinese ambassador Liu Chun refused to share a transport plane with an American pilot for the inauguration of a Chinese built road in Phongsaly Province. The delay occurred after mechanical trouble forced officials to seek an American pilot, prompting protests from Beijing.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Plain of Jars
Liu Chun
Hirch
Prince Souk Vongsak
Phongsaly
China
Pathet Lao
Phong Saly
Liu
Governor Hughes May Veto Three More Iowa Bills
Iowa Governor Harold E. Hughes warned at a news conference that he would definitely veto the interim appointment bill and likely veto two other measures unless amended. He cited a sales tax exemption for solvents and for governmental agencies as areas risking revenue losses of 840000 to 1250000 dollars annually. He suggested recalling the bills and noted a Senate amendment to add a 2 percent surtax on dividends to offset potential tax revenue losses.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
General Assembly
Hughes
Tax Commission
Norman A. Erbe
Lynn Potter
X.T. Prentis
Senate
Castro Receives Hero's Welcome in Moscow as Cuba Ties Deepen
Fidel Castro arrived in Moscow for a warmly staged visit with Khrushchev and Brezhnev. Tass reports a private two hour Kremlin talks and a courtesy call on the Soviet leader. The trip centers on Soviet aid and Caribbean security amid lingering tensions over Cuba.
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Moscow
UPI
Fidel Castro
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Tass
Khrushchev
Castro
Leonid Brezhnev
Cuba
Caribbean
General Telephone Pays 1962 County Tax Bill
General Telephone Company of Iowa reports 1962 tax costs rising. A $6,203 payment covers the first half of the year to Washington County, bringing total county taxes to $12,406 and company taxes in Iowa to $262,209, about 22,000 more than 1961. Including federal and local taxes, the overall bill reaches $942,049, averaging $2.72 per month per customer.
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General Telephone Company of
Iowa
K. J. Griffin
Griffin
Washington County
General
OAS Plans Special Mission to Ease Haiti Dominican Tensions
The Organization of American States prepared to send envoys to Port au Prince to avert armed conflict as Haiti and the Dominican Republic face ultimatums from the Duvalier regime. The mission, chaired by Gonzalo Facio, aims to defuse tensions after Dominican charges of harassment and the encirclement of embassies.
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Washington
UPI
Organization of American States
Port-Aug-Prince
Haiti
Dominican Republic
OAS Council
Gonzalo Facio
United States
el Salvador
Ecuador
Chile
Colombia
OAS
Francois Duvalier
U.S
Port-Au-Prince
Santo Domingo
Soviet Says West Is Not Interested in Test Ban Treaty
At Geneva the Soviet Union accused the West of refusing a nuclear test ban and called current talks a waste of time. Tsarapkin cited Khrushchev saying on-site inspections could be cut back and noted Khrushchev’s Il Giorno interview. Western delegates pressed Moscow to accept the sliding five year plan of inspections, about five per year, between US and Soviet positions.
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Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Havana
Castro
Cuba
New York
Geneva
UPI
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Tsarapkin
Il Giorno
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
United States
Britain
Invitational Day For Women at Country Club
The annual event at Washington Golf and Country Club begins with a 12 30 p.m. luncheon and continues with golf and bridge for invited local guests. This marks the yearly chance for women members to host guests at the club.
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Country Club
Washington Golf and Country Club
Weekend Iowa Fatalities Reach Five In Spate Of Accidents
Five people died in Iowa weekend incidents including four non traffic mishaps and two traffic crashes. Drowned 15 year old Charles Thomas of Davenport after slipping into the Wapsipinicon River near De Witt during a cabin-outing. The weekend also saw Henry Anthofer 53 of Carroll and Dale Westedt 22 of Lawler killed in traffic crashes. Clyde Gilman 79 of Stuart died crossing tracks in a Rock Island train incident. Percy Norton 65 of Ledora died in a tractor accident on his Marengo-area farm after a machine rolled over him.
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Charles C. Thomas
Davenport
Wapsipinicon
de Witt
Charles K. Thomas
Thomas
Iowa
Henry H. Anthofer
Carroll
Dale William Westedt
Lawler
Anthofer
U.S. 30
Scranton
Greene County
Mary
Kay Delgety
Manning
Westedt
Wetedt
Stuart
Rock Island
Clyde Gilman
Ledora
Marengo Hospital
Percy Norton
Weather Iown Five Day Forecast Summary
Five day outlook shows mostly cloudy tonight with windy cooler conditions and occasional rain. Tuesday cooler with partly cloudy skies and highs in the 50s, lows 40s north and 40s to 50s south. Wednesday mostly cloudy and slightly warmer, then cooler again Thursday with a warming trend Friday and Saturday. Normal highs in the 60s north east to upper 60s southwest. normals lows 40s to mid 40s. Precipitation averaged from about 0.25 inch west to 0.75 inch east, with two rain events early and again Thursday.
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United Press International
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Clinton
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Middletown
Mount Pleasant
Dubuque
Moon
Venus
Jupiter
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Murmansk
General Telephone
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Juan Bosch
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