Marines land in Beirut amid Middle East pressure
A force of 1000 Marines from the U S 6th Fleet landed in Beirut on shore leave as Washington warned it could move troops into Jordan within days if needed The operation underscored U S willingness to show force in the region and support the Eisenhower administration 60s era stance.
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Walter Logan
United Press
U.S
6Th Fleet
Beirut
Lebanon
United States
Jordan
Larry Collins
Middle East
Adm
Charles R. Brown
Mediterranean
Army
Wilbur M. Brucker
Syria
Israel
Brucker
Eisenhower
Hussein
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Tryig
Iran
Flood Death Toll In Texas Rises Amid Wide Flooding
Texas faces widespread flooding with 17 deaths over 1 day as rivers overflow. President Eisenhower declared a major disaster, enabling federal aid, while towns like Wharton Bay City and San Antonio face evacuation and levee concerns along the Colorado Pecos and Red rivers.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Wharton
Bay City
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Colorado River
Colorado
Price Daniel
Daniel
Trinity
Brazos
U.S. Corps of Engineers
San Antonio
The
Red Cross
Rio Grande
Glenn Drahn Accepts Coe Coaching Job
Glenn Drahn former State University of Iowa star and Washington high school coach will join Coe College as head baseball coach and freshmen basketball and football backfield coach. He replaces Robert Bennett who resigned to pursue other coaching posts and graduate study. Drahn, a 1951 SUI graduate, will report in June after finishing at Washington.
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Glenn Drahn
State University of Iowa
Washington High School
Coe College
Harry M. Gage
Coe
Drahn
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Wally Schwank
Schwank
Bob Liddy
Bob Schultz
Washington
Belle Plaine High School
SUI
Hawkeye
Iowa
Marengo
Belle Plaine
Williamsburg
Urbana
Monona
Elkader High School
The
Methodist Church
YMCA
YWCA
Washington Industry Slogan Contest Entry
A note describes a $50 prize for a five word or shorter slogan to promote Washington as a prime location for new industries in a Washington Industrial Corporation contest.
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Washington Industrial Corporation
Washington
Thermopane Insulating Glass Offered in 90 Plus Sizes
Insulating Glass manufactures more than 90 standard sizes of Thermopane insulating glass to fit the most popular window sash types.
Lee Holland and Mrs Putnam Win 1956 57 Bridge Marathon
The brother and sister team Lee Holland and Mrs Harold Putnam won the Marathon closing party at the YMCA with a net plus 21 590 points. They edged Mr and Mrs Robert Reed by 10 points to take first place.
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Washington
Y's
Lee Holland
Sam McCleery
Harold Putnam
Porter Lee
Robert Reed
E. E. Stutsman
Howard McCleery
YMCA
Holland
Elsie Glassburner
Lucy
Bertha Dempsey
George C. Ste
T. A. Flenner
Kermit Jones
Mel Mill
Joe Falk
Ruth Simpson
John Owen
Marion Hall
Harris Jones
Jim Seifert
Richard Weeks
Don Miller
M. L. Smith
G. E. Montgomery
Everett Meeker
John Griffith
Fort Ticonderoga museum opens 49th season this summer
The Fort Ticonderoga restoration and military museum in Ticonderoga New York opens its 49th season this summer. The fort on Lake Champlain overlooks the channel to Lake George and features a collection of Colonial and Revolutionary War military memorabilia.
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Ticonderoga
N.Y
Fort Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Fort Madison voters approve $950,000 school bond
Fort Madison Iowa voters approved a 950000 bond 2409 to 330 to finance a new senior high school and remodel the existing building for use as a three year junior high school
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Washington slogan contest deadline set for May 1
Washington County residents face a midnight May 1 deadline to enter the slogan contest promoting Washington as an industrial site. Entries must be postmarked by that time, with a $50 prize for the best line. many slogans already received by the contest committee.
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Washington County
Washington
Washington Industrial Corporation
Evening Journal
House Approves Key Club Control Bill in Iowa
The Iowa House approved a bill 68 to 27 giving cities counties and towns power to regulate hours of key clubs while exempting fraternal, service and golf clubs. The measure returns to the Senate for its vote on House amendments amid sharp criticism including claims it is unenforceable and could allow invasions of private homes over card games with liquor.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
House
John Duffy
D-Dubuque
Howard Reppert
Charles O Gambell Dies in Iowa City VA Hospital
Charles O. Gambell 82 of Columbus City died at 3 10 a m in the Iowa City VA hospital after a period of illness. He was born January 1 1875 to Charles W and Kate Haight Gambell and married May 18 1929 to Tula McLane. Surviving is his widow and a daughter Mrs Carl Bolen of Salem Missouri. He served in the Spanish American War and was a member of the VFW and United Presbyterian Church. The body resides at Stacy Funeral Home with rites undecided.
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Columbus Junction
Charles O. Gambell
Columbus City
Iowa City
Stacy Funeral Home
Mr. Gambell
Charles W
Kate Haight Gambell
Tula McLane
Ore
Carl Bolen
Salem, Mo
VFW
United Presbyterian Church
Gambell
Miss Hester Davis Begins Farm Life Study in Washington County
Anthropologist Miss Hester Davis of the Institute of Agricultural Medicine starts a pilot social history project in Washington County. She will live with the Palmer family to study farm life and gather data on rural eye and skin ailments, funded by the Kellogg Foundation and directed by Dr. Thomas McCorkle with support from local organizations.
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Hester Davis
Institute of Agricultural Medicine
State University of Iowa
Washington County
The
Farm Bureau
Agricultural Extension Service
Washington County Board of Education
Haverford College
University of North Carolina
Shirley
Mass
Miss Davis
New Mexico
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Smithsonian Institute
Jamestown
North Dakota
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Population Reference Bureau, Inc
Washington, D. C
Cherokee, N.C
Knowland predicts three billion cut from federal budget
Senate GOP Leader William F Knowland said Congress will trim three billion dollars from President Eisenhowers budget to enable tax cuts next year. He did not specify where cuts will occur but opposed the 325 million dollar year school construction program and urged spending restraint across agencies. He urged further cuts to allow tax relief and said union pension fund protections may pass this session. He also doubted a national right to work law and noted a 50 50 chance for higher postal rates to align the Post Office with pay as you go.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Congress
Eisenhower
California
Knowland
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Senate Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Army Jupiter Missile Veers Off Course During Test
The Army Jupiter missile, in its second test, veered off course over the Atlantic and was destroyed. Launched at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida with Secretary Wilson watching, it rose to about 16 miles and tilted from vertical to horizontal before impact.
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Washington
Army
Jupiter
Air Force
Thor
Annual YMCA Meeting Set for May 7 in Washington
The 35th annual meeting of the Washington YMCA will be held Tuesday evening May 7 in the community room of the Y. All members and friends are urged to attend with reservations requested at the Y building. Reports on past year activities and election of new board members will be featured.
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The
Washington Ymca
YMCA
Y Building
Wildlife Exhibit Schedules For Washington County Schools
The State Conservation Commission traveling wildlife exhibit will visit six county towns next week. Rural schools may close for a half day to allow students to view the educational display. Schedule includes West Chester Wellman Kalona Riverside Ainsworth Crawfordsville from May 7 to May 9 with morning and afternoon sessions.
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State Conservation Commission
Washington County
Lester B. Krabill
West Chester
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Dodder Named New Hy-Vee Meat Manager
Daryl Dodder is appointed meat manager at the Hy-Vee store succeeding Bob Dobson who recently resigned. He brings experience from Washington Fruit Market and previously served as Dobson’s assistant since the store opened. Gordon Erickson of Knoxville will assist Dodder in the department.
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Daryl Dodder
Bob Dobson
Daryl
Washington
Gordon Erickson
Knoxville
Mrs. Alex McCreedy Dies This Morning in Washington County
Mrs. Alex McCreedy 76 of Ainsworth died at 10 a.m. today at Washington County Hospital after a year of declining health. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. C. E. McPherson. burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Survivors include two children, eight grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and a brother Floyd Steele.
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Alex McCreedy
Ainsworth
Washington County
Jones Funeral Home
Rev. C. E. McPherson
Ainsworth Cemetery
Grace Ethel Steele
Horace and
Elmira Greene Steele
Highland Township
Washington
Alexander Mercedy
McCreedy
Methodist Church
WSCS
Orie O'Connor
Burke McCreedy
Floyd Steele
Iowa City
Booby Trap Blast Kills Glass Worker
Everett Jenkins 35 died when a dynamite booby trap exploded under the car ignition as he and Virgil Price prepared to leave for work at Blue Ridge Glass Corp in Sulphur Springs Tennessee. Price injured with a chin laceration and temporary deafness. the firm has 16 months of labor trouble.
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Sulphur Springs
Tenn
Troubled Glass Company
Everett Jenkins
Virgil Price
Jenkins
Blue Ridge Glass Corp
Price
Washington County
Bill Taylor
State Music Contest At Kalona Saturday
Kalona hosts the state music contest for large Class D groups on Saturday May 4 with boys and girls glee clubs mixed chorus and concert bands from participating schools. Fifty six events are set from 8 a.m. to 5 20 p.m. at the high school gymnasium and the Christian Baptist church with 1048 contestants registered and over 1200 expected. A single day admission covers all centers and outdoor concessions may be set up by the PTA and Kalona classes if weather allows. This marks Kalona High School first hosting such a contest.
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Kalona
Christian- Baptist Church
PTA
Kalona High School
Iowa House Senate panel proposes extending 2 percent sales tax
Six Republicans on a conference committee urged extending the 2% sales tax past June 30 to assure a 24 million dollar treasury balance. They would keep 10% of tax collections in the road fund and trim a Senate bill increasing agricultural land tax credits. Democratic members refused to sign the report.
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Des Moines
House-Senate
Herschel C. Loveless
Gene Hoffman
West Grove
Howard Reppert
Legislative
State Comptroller
X. T. Prentis
Mount Ayr
House Senate
Verne Lisle
R-Clarinda
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Lisle
Prentis
Conference Committee
General Treasury
New Aerobee-Hi Rocket Sets Altitude Record At 180 Miles
At White Sands Proving Grounds New Mexico the Aerobee-Hi single stage rocket launched at 10 10 am radar contact was lost at 196 miles and officials said it may have reached as high as 200 miles the flight surpasses the previous 164 mile record.
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White Sands Proving Grounds
N.M
Aerobee
Navy
C.D.T
Weather Outlook Towa Area Cloudiness and Showers
United Press reports increasing cloudiness in the west tonight with a chance of a few showers in the extreme west on Wednesday. Warm trend continues with lows around 48 to 58 and highs near 75 to 85. Partly cloudy and warm Thursday.
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United Press
TOWA
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Sabine River
Lakeland
Red River
Pecos
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North Texas Regional Weather Bureau
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