Katanga Premier Defies UN Troops
Katanga Prime Minister Moise Tshombe mobilizes the Katanga armed forces and warns UN troops to fight their way into the province, asserting Katanga will oppose any entry as an act of aggression. The move follows Hammarskjold's vow to send UN units, heightening regional tension over Katanga's secession.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Congo
Tshombe
Dag Hammarsk
U.N
Elisabethville
Jean-Baptist Kibwe
Paris
Kantanga
Dag Hammarskjold
South Africa
Tunis
Hammarskjold
Patrice Laumumba
United States
Brussels
High Winds Cause Damage in Midwest
A squall line across the Midwest produced 75 mph winds, wrecking trees and windows and sinking small craft. In Minnesota a falling tree cut power lines while Rochester police and fire crews safeguarded streets from downed lines.
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Midwest
Minnesota
Rochester
Minn
Austin
Wisconsin
Illinois
Elkhorn
Wis
Walworth County
Lake Geneva
Milwaukee
Kinnickinnic River
Janesville
Fort Atkinson
Beloit
Exhibits Named For State Fair In Washington County
Washington County Fair highlights 4 H club food exhibits for State Fair entry and announces the senior demonstration team to compete in Des Moines Carolyn Timmins Marilyn Timmins lead Cedar Clippers with New Twist for Rolls There are many entries across categories including Plain Cake Cloverleaf rolls Jelly jam cookies and vegetables among others with numerous club names and exhibitor lists noted throughout the judging results
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Washington County
Des Moines
Carolyn
Marilyn Timmins
Cedar Clippers Club
Ellen Knottner
Karen Yoder
Carol Donaldson
Kathy Kloppfer
Clover Cloverettes
Kathy Albright
Cedar Clippers
Linda Pence
Janet Canady
Lucki Liners
Angel Food
Carla Corpman
Karen Crawford
Rosanne Crayne
Linda Warner
Virginia Bontrager
Washington County Fair honors and livestock parade
Jean Rinner wins grand champion and second best Shorthorn in baby beef judging at the Washington County Fair. The afternoon featured parade of champions, with the Municipal Band concert and stores closing for fair attendance. The fair runs through Thursday with horse show and livestock sales, while judges named multiple champions across boars gilts and litter categories.
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Jean Rinner
Don Rinner
Washington
Washington County Fair
Townsley Park Fairgrounds
Republicans and Democrats pick supreme court nominees
At the Iowa State Judicial Convention in Des Moines Republicans nominate incumbents Robert L. Larson and Henry K. Peterson and Bruce M. Snell as three GOP choices. Democrats name Harry F. Garrett, Edward L. O Connor, and Maurice E. Rawlings. Open vs closed nomination debated. Snell wins on first ballot and is acclaimed. Party figures set the November ballot and future U.S. district judges.
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GOP
State Supreme Court
Robert L. Larson
Iowa City
Henry K. Peterson
Council Bluffs
Ida County
Bruce M. Snell
Ida Grove
Harry F. Garrett
Atty
Edward L. O'Connor
Woodbury County
Maurice E. Rawlings
Sioux City
Snell
Rules Committee
Polk County
C. Edwin Moore
Des Moines
Moore
Jack Miller
U.S
Iowa
Expect New Berlin Crisis as Khrushchev Threatens
Washington reports the United States is shaping foreign policy on Khrushchev’s threat to spark a Berlin crisis if West Germany’s Bundestag meets in Berlin next month. The US, Britain, and France vow to defend West Berlin, while Moscow warned a separate peace with East Germany could end Allied rights in West Berlin.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Khrushchev
Britain
France
West Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
State Department
Nazi Germany
Vienna
East Germany
West Germany
Bundestag
U.S
Tuition Rates Set For Local Schools
The Washington Community School district board set monthly tuition for the coming term at 29.38 for elementary pupils 30.72 for junior high and 60.77 for high school, well below the superintendent’s 1960 61 maximums of 41 61.50 and 71.75 respectively.
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Washington Community
Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
County Farmers To Attend NFO Gathering
About 50 Washington County farm residents are expected to attend the NFO Meeting for Action scheduled for Tuesday, August 9, at 12 30 p m in the Veterans Auditorium in Des Moines Lyle Gerot Elmer Schneider and Elliot McKinstry are on the committee in this area. Anyone interested in more details concerning the meeting is urged to contact these men. All NFO members as well as others interested in the farm problem are urged to attend this meeting.
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Washington County
NFO
Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
Lyle Gerot
Elmer Schneider
Elliot McKinstry
North Korean Pilot Defects to South Korea in MIG-15
2nd Lt. Chung Nak Hyun, 24, of the North Korean air force, defected from Wonsan to Taepok then landed at a South Korean air strip near Seoul. He cited longing for freedom and declined further comment, fearing for his family. Anti aircraft batteries did not fire as he crossed the DMZ.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPS
Enit
Demilitarized Zone
Nighter
Chung Nak Hyun
North Korean Air Force
North Korea
Wonsan
Taepok
38Th Parallel
Chung
Million Dollars For Cedar Rapids Airport
The Cedar Rapids airport commission was advised the Federal Aviation Administration allocated 1 034 995 for municipal airport improvements this fiscal year The funds come via Senator Rourke Hickenlooper and cover runway extension to 6 400 feet drainage work runway lighting taxiway widening and four warm up pads for aircraft The grant is about 32 000 less than requested and eliminates plans for improvements to the administration building
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
Cedar Rapids Airport
Don Hines
Commission
Rourke Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Hines
Nixon Heads Hawaii Campaign Swing For President
Vice President Richard M. Nixon flies to Hawaii to campaign on four islands amid a 21 hour day. He vows issues not personalities and rebuts Kennedy charges while stressing civil rights as a national moral issue. Nixon references a strong U.S. stance to deter war and pursues diplomatic firmness with global threats.
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Los Angeles
UPN
Richard M. Nixon
Hawaii
Nixon
Pat
Honolulu
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Virginia Matthews Named Pork Queen at Louisa County Fair
Miss Virginia Matthews of Wapello was chosen Miss Pork Queen of Louisa County at the Louisa County Fair in Columbus Junction. She will represent the county at the State Fair in Des Moines. The event was held with the Barrow Show and sponsored by the County Swine Producers Association. Winners in dairy heifer classes included Guernsey Tom Courtney division 1 and 4, plus Brown Swiss Farrel Wiley and Holstein Tom Newell among others. Ray Allen won the showmanship award. barrow open class winners were Stephens and Green of Ainsworth first and Gary Sheetz of Washington second.
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Eddie Jones
Crawfordsville
Young Ed
Hampshire
Gary Sheetz
Near Washington
Columbus Junction
Virginia Matthews
Wapello
Louisa County
Matthews
Ralph Matthews
Des Moines
Barrow
The
County Swine Produces Association
Guernsey
Tom Courtney
Ross Elkin
Maurice Slater
Ken Campbell
Farrel Wiley Holstein
Tom Newell
Ray Allen
Ayrshire
Karl Westfall
Morning Sun
Mabel Black Dies at Restopia Rest Home
Mabel Black, 78, of Brooklyn LA died Tuesday at Restopia Rest Home in Columbus Junction. The body was taken to Brame Mortuary in Brooklyn for services and burial. She had been at Restopia only a few weeks. Survived by two sisters Anna Jolly of Restopia Columbus Junction and Edna Luckey of Wyman.
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Columbus Junction
Mabel Black
Brooklyn
Restopia
Brame, Mortuary
Mid-Prairie School Site Hearing Set for August 15
The appeal of a local ruling on the Mid-Prairie District high school site is scheduled for August 15 at 9 30 a.m. The Kalona residents had sought to halt construction near Wellman, with the appeal filed to the State Department of Public Instruction after the county superintendent rejected their request.
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Mid-Prairie District
State Department of Public Instruction
Kalona
Wellman
Illinois Man Slightly Hurt in Highway 218 Crash
George H. Smith of Kirkwood Illinois suffered minor cuts and bruises in a two car crash on highway 218 Tuesday at 11 am. Francis William Schnoebelen of Riverside drove south and turned into a farm driveway missing the approach of the Illinois car. Damage to the vehicles was about $900.
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George H. Smith
Kirkwood
Ill
Ainsworth
Francis William Schnoebelen
Riverside
Schnoebelen
Gates of Dam Salvage Abandoned After Failure
KEOKUK, IOWA UP I The Union Electric Co abandoned efforts to salvage four 16 ton gates from the Mississippi River spillway at the dam. A spokesman said cable pulls failed and recovery may resume later. Three other gates remain missing after being washed out last April by ice and high water.
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Ray Buchan
Weather Iowa Five Day Outlook With Showers and Warm Spells
Partly cloudy to Thursday with scattered showers or thunderstorms east and south. Cooler tonight especially north and east. Lows 60 to 70, highs Thursday 80s. Scattered showers kept warm into Friday. Five day forecast shows temperatures 5 to 8 degrees below normal early in the period then warming by week end. Highs 80 to 85, lows 56 to 62 with about a quarter inch of precipitation from scattered showers and thunder showers.
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Iowa
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FFA
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Mt. Union
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Carol Thomas
Patti
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Hi-Ores
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Dutch Creek Flyerettes
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Jolly 4
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Connie Lance
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Beeliners
Linda Miller
Sandra Dawn
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Cloverleaf
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Nancy McConnell
Jean Miller
Good Luck
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Cathy Greiner
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Connie Messer
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Mary Temple
Bonnie Yoder
Jolly 4-Hers
White
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Ellen Jarrard
Jenata Chorpening
Angela Times
Janice Shebeck
Patty Sheetz
Erma Paisley
Barbara Dann
Dianna Hammen
Rosemary Reed
Jo Hotle
Jane Kleese
Cheryl Eckels
Gloria Leitsinger
4H Maidens
Curoes
Larry Williams
Sheila Chabal
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Poland
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Supreme Court
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