Heavy Rains and Wind Leave Iowa Damaged Across State
Gusty winds and heavy rains hit Iowa causing fires power failures crop damage and power outages in Des Moines Sac City Le Mars Woodbury County and Bedford areas. The John Woodyard farm home near Bedford was destroyed by lightning fire as gravity firefighters saved nearby structures.
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Iowa
Lenox
Bedford
John Woodyard
Des Moines
Sac City
le Mars
Woodbury County
Young 4-H Entrant Wins Big at Washington County Fair
Ten year old Karen Hirschy of Coppock enters eight food exhibits at the fair winning seven blue ribbons and one red while helping her 4-H demonstration partner Betty Van Sant earn a red ribbon. She says she plans to return next year.
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Karen Hirschy
Elwyn Hirschy
Coppock
Karen
Journal
Bob Elliott
Keren Hirschy
Near Coppock
Betty van Sant
Marion Maids
CS. Davisson
Near
Young Karen
U S Citizen Returns After 13 Years In Armenia
Detroit report details Thomas Mooradian, once 19, who left the United States for Soviet Armenia thirteen years ago and has now regained American citizenship. He visited his old school and wants to see a baseball game. He studied and taught in Armenia and traveled through all sixteen republics before expressing disillusionment and a desire to move forward. The return was aided by U S diplomatic efforts and Detroit's Armenian community.
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Detroit
API
Thomas Mooradian
United States
Soviet Armenia
Mooradian
Soviet Union
Armenia
Soviet Republics
Elderly Cedar Rapids man fined for bootlegging whiskey
An 82 year old Frank Matthews of Cedar Rapids was fined 500 dollars with 200 suspended in district court for bootlegging whiskey to teenagers. Police traced the activity after seven youths were arrested last weekend and 38 pints of whiskey were seized from his home.
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
Frank Matthews
Matthews
$35.50 Top Price At Louisa 4-H Beef Sale
At the Louisa County Fair livestock sale in Columbus Junction the grand champion Angus baby beef owned by John Collett of Letts sold for 35 per cwt on a 925 pound animal. The reserve champion was not sold and the champion Herford owned by Mike Bell of Columbus Junction brought 30 per cwt. In total 70 animals were sold for an average of 26.43 per cwt.
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Columbus Junction
John Collett
Letts
Louisa County Fair
Herford
Mike Bell
West Chester Entries Win in Tractor Pull at Louisa County Fair
West Chester entries dominated the Louisa County Fair tractor pull with top finishes across three divisions. Lightweight winner Roland Bowser placed first, Jerry Forinash won lightweight and heavyweight, while Kenneth Brent and Alvin Meyer took second in medium, and Dick Stewart second in heavyweight. Julia Miksch reports finding a large stone resembling petrified wood in a creek bed near Grace Hill.
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Columbus Junction
West Chester
Roland Bowser
Jerry Forinash
Donald Feldman
West Liberty
Kenneth Brent
Davenport
Alvin Meyer
Lone Tree
Dick Stewart
Loren Bush
Ainsworth
Julia Miksch
Lawrence Miksch
Grace Hill
Veteran barber Rodney Arnold retires after 45 years in Missouri
Rodney Arnold of Washington announces retirement after a 45 year career starting in Glensted Missouri. He recalls humble beginnings with a second hand chair, wood stove water heating, two lamp lighting, 10 cent shaves and 25 cent haircuts. He notes changing equipment, services and long hours shaping a life in barbering.
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Rodney Arnold
Washington
Mr. Arnold
Glensted
Arnold
Congo Leaders Prepare for UN Security Council Debate
Dag Hammarskjold flies to New York for a Security Council session deciding on sending UN troops to Katanga. Congo Premier Lumumba may join the debate. key leaders like Kasa Vubu Gizenga and Bomboko expected to attend. Tass demands Belgian troop withdrawal and warns of force if UN troops fail. Katanga closes airfields and blocks runways with oil drums to thwart entry.
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Leopoldville, Congo
UPI
Dag Hammarskijold
New York
Security Council
U.N
Katanga
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Africa
Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasa Vubu
Antoine Gizenga
Justin Bombeko
Morocco
Lumumba
United Nations
Moscow
Tass
Russia
Nixon Encouraged After First Campaign Swing
Vice President Richard M. Nixon returned from a four day campaign tour amid favorable reactions in three western states and Hawaii. He spoke to 7 500 in Seattle and planned no official activity until Congress reconvenes, urging responsible Republican conduct and caution on summits with Khrushchev to ease tensions.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Hawaii
Seattle
Wash
Nixon
Pat
Senate
Nevada
California
Washington State
Congress
Donnybrook
Polio Danger Season Warning Issued
Washington officials urge Americans to take anti polio vaccines as the peak period nears in late August or September. Surgeon General Leroy Burney warns the most dangerous phase is still ahead despite lower case totals in 1960. California leads with 171 cases, followed by Texas Rhode Island New York and South Carolina. A Bermuda Hop at the YMCA hosted by Junior Hi Y is scheduled tonight from 7 15 to 9 30 with 10 cent admission and Dean Garrett handling records.
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Washington
UPI
Public Health Service
Leroy E. Burney
Burney
Amercans
California
Texas
Rhode Island
New York
South Carolina
YMCA
Dean Garrett
Two National Security Agency mathematicians vanish behind curtain
Pentagon says Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin, both junior mathematicians with NSA clearance, may have defected behind the Iron Curtain. The men aged 31 and 29 disappeared June 24 after stating plans to visit family. traced to Mexico City and Cuba, with no access to classified weapons or defense plans. Mitchell was reportedly in psychiatric treatment prior to vanishing.
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Washington
UPI
Mexico City
Cuba
Defense Department
United States
Department
Mitchell
Security Agency
Pentagon
Two County Youths To Attend State 4-H Leadership Camp
Carl Kiefer of Riverside and Gary Letts of Ainsworth, both 18, will represent Washington County at the 1960 State 4-H Leadership Camp opening tomorrow at the State 4-H camping center near Madrid. The camp runs through August 13 with delegates from every county in the state. Representatives must be at least 16 and have completed their junior year.
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Carl Kiefer
Riverside
Gary Letts
Ainsworth
Washington County
Madrid
Farm Bureau
Cooperatives
Cooperative Extension Service
Sears- Roebuck Foundation
Esther Whetstone
Harlen Geiger
State
4-H
Robert Kiefer
Grove Letts
Eisenhower to Send Domestic Foreign Policy Plan to Congress
President Eisenhower will transmit a comprehensive domestic and foreign policy message to Congress when it reconvenes at noon Monday. White House officials said details are unavailable, and Hagerty hinted a public address to the nation may follow next week. The message will be read in the Senate as the House resumes August 15, with the president remaining in Newport before returning to Washington.
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Newport
R.I
UPI
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Democratic Congress
Washington
Hagerty
Senate
House
Newport Country Club
Chicago
Denver
Katanga Seals Itself as Independence Crisis Deepens
Elisabethville moves to isolate Katanga from the world suspending air traffic and blocking runways while planning to confirm and defend independence. A government plan to issue a new currency and suspend foreign exchanges signals a fait accompli stance amid U.N. scrutiny.
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Elisabethville
Robert Rothschild
New York
Security Council
Katanga
Congo
U.N
Belgium
Fidel Castro to Speak Tonight at Youth Congress
Raul Castro announced Fidel will appear tonight at the Latin American Youth Congress to answer critics about his health. He described Soviet aid as welcome and revealed Khrushchev’s Cuba visit date will be announced later. State Department called two embassy attaches FBI agents and Nazi trophies were taken from their belongings after expulsion.
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Havana
Cuba
UPI
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Latin American Youth Congress
Castro
Khrushchev
Fidel
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
William G. Friedemann
Edwin L. Sweet
Washington
State Department
Lincoln White
FBI
Justice Department
United States
Invitations Mailed For Three Quarter Century Dinner
Invitations were mailed to members of the Three-Quarter-Century club for the 26th annual dinner at Washington Country Club on Saturday August 20. Rev. Lloyd Latta will speak and about 150 attendees are expected. The club accepts anyone who has lived in Washington County and turns 75. Peter G. Roth of Wayland recently joined the club.
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Washington Country Club
Lloyd Latta
Methodist Church
Washington County
Journal Office
Peter G. Roth
Wayland Area
Judging Of Hog Carcass Contest At Davenport Results In Champion
About 60 people from Washington area attended the Friday night judging at the Oscar Mayer plant in Davenport. James Ossman of near Washington owned the champion hog carcass weighing 220 pounds with a back fat of 1.63 inches and carcass weight 149 pounds. Other top entries included Vern Luers of Keota, John Young Jr of Ainsworth, John McNeil of Crawfordsville, Bob Wilcox of Washington, and others. The State Cafe of Washington bought a baby beef at the county fair sale. the purchaser’s name was omitted in yesterday’s notice.
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Washington
Oscar Mayer
Davenport
James Ossman
Near
Vern Luers
Keota
John Young Jr
Ainsworth
State Cafe
Washington County
Evening Journal
Five day forecast steady temperatures with scattered storms
Temperatures through Wednesday stay near seasonal norms with small daily changes. Highs range from 84 to 88 degrees, and lows from 60 to 64. Precipitation totals around a tenth of an inch with scattered thunder showers.
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