Human Torch Kierdorf Dies After Flint Arson Case
Frank Kierdorf 56, a Flint Teamsters agent, died at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital after burns covering 85 percent of his body. A witness testified to a dry cleaning arson in Flint. Kierdorf’s missing uncle Herman Kierdorf was named a definite suspect. Police continue piecing together Kierdorf’s claim of being set ablaze.
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Pontiac, Mich
UPI
Frank Kierdorf
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Flint
Kierdorf
Norman Gehringer
Flint Teamsters Union
Paul Adams
Herman Kierdorf
Jessie
Frank Jr
George F. Taylor
Missing Doors Plague Walton League Clubhouse Move
Walton County Izaak Walton League members report their new clubhouse near South Washington lacks doors after moving a depot to the site. The doors vanished when the depot was hauled away, and officials urge anyone with information to contact chapter officers or the sheriff.
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Washington County
Izaak Walton League
South Washington
Club House
Washington
Walton Chapter
Murphy Says Nasser Friendly at Meeting
UPI reports in Cairo Deputy Under secretary of State Robert Murphy called his talk with President Gamal Abdel Nasser very friendly and satisfactory. Nasser reportedly pressed withdrawal of U.S. troops from Lebanon. Murphy’s Lebanon policy aims framed his Middle East jaunt. Egypt offered a cool welcome. two officials later saw Murphy off en route to Addis Ababa as Lebanon’s calm persisted amid regional tension.
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Beirut
UPI
Robert Murphy
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nasser
Murphy
Foreign Ministry
Addis Ababa
Lebanon
Middle East
Fuad Chehab
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Adel Osseyran
Sami Solh
Osseyran
Solh
U.S
Syria
Amman
Cyprus
Jordan
Israel
Russia
Britain
Aqaba
Tafi
Arabia
Fire at South Amana Lumber Yard Causes Major Loss
A blaze at the South Amana Lumber and Feed Co shed caused about 30000 in damage early today. The shed and lumber valued over 25000 were destroyed along with two trucks and equipment. one truck was saved. Fire crews from three towns battled the fire, cause under investigation with possible arson.
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South Amana
Iowa
UPI
South Amana Lumber and Feed Co
Harb Zuber
The
Amana Society
Amana
Homestead
Explorer IV detects intense invisible radiation belt
Data from Explorer IV reveal a radiation belt 600 miles above Earth described as an invisible rain of charged particles likely from the sun. The band appears to double in intensity every 60 miles and reaches 10 roentgens an hour 1200 miles above South America.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
America
Earth
Carl E. Meliwain
James van Allen
MelIlwain
South America
Theft Reported At Riverside Lumber Co
Sheriff's officers investigated a Riverside Lumber Yard break in discovered this morning. intruders took 13.63 in silver Wednesday night through a broken window entry was reported.
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Riverside
Morley Palmer 83 Kalona Dies After Illness
Morley F. Palmer 83 of Kalona died August 6 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a two week illness. Born July 1 1875 northwest of Kalona he farmed his life and taught school. Survived by S J Palmer Kalona with several nieces and nephews. funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Joetown. Rev Everette Vande Boort officiating. Burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Powell funeral home Wellman in charge.
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Morley F. Palmer
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Swithen C
Lea Shawn Palmer
Palmer
Johnson County
Everette Vande Boort
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Wellman
Air Force Bomarc Test Demonstrates New SAGE System
The Air Force remotely launched a 47 foot Bomarc interceptor from Cape Canaveral toward a drone over the Atlantic in a test of weapon and the Semi Automatic Ground Environment system. Kingston New York computer data aided the flight as radar identified the target.
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API
Air Force
Kingston
N.Y
Atlantic
IBM
Cape
Cambridge, Mass
Air Force Base
Kay Rhodes Dies in Iowa Auto Crash Near Garwin
Kay Rhodes, 18, of Toledo Iowa, was killed when the car she rode in missed a curve and crashed into a ditch a quarter mile east of Garwin. Driver Billy Prusha 25 of Tama and another youth were hospitalized after the vehicle traveled about 60 feet in the air prior to the crash.
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Garwin
Iowa
UPI
Kay Rhodes
Toledo
Here
Billy Prusha
Tama
U S Proposes Open Debate on Mideast at UN Summit
The United States seeks an emergency General Assembly session to debate the Middle East. The proposal broadens the focus to Lebanon and Jordan, with the Security Council meeting to discuss the U S resolution and a Soviet push for a wider convocation amid troop withdrawal talks.
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Mideast
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UPS
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U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Assembly
Lebanon
Jordan
Security Council
Russia
U.N
Pikup
Mrs Darbyshire Found Dead at Farm Home Death by suicide
Mrs Don Darbyshire 56 was found dead about midnight August 6 1958 at her farm 2 miles southeast of West Chester Washington County coroner Dr W S Kyle said she killed herself by jumping into a cistern No inquest will be held Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p m in Jones Funeral Home Rev Carlyle Smith officiating Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery Survivor list includes husband son and daughter plus sister These facts drawn from a Washington County obituary with dates and family details.
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Don Darbyshire
West Chester
Washington County
W. S. Kyle
William and
Sarah Ganon Saville
Pleasant Hill School
Washington High School
Christian Church
Pythian Sisters
Robert
Washington
Wayne
Marie) Knapp
Lee Hesselt
Mary Kay's Store Plans Grand Opening This Weekend
Bernard Greiner owns the new dry goods and shoes firm located off the square in the former Earl May Seed Company site. Mary Kay will manage with assistance from Adeline Weston and Mary Kay's sister. Stanley McKeown heads the adjacent feed store and aids the dry goods operation as needed.
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Mary Kay
Earl May Seed Company
Bernard Greiner
Adeline Weston
The
Evening Journal
Top Price Raised at Washington County 4-H Fair Livestock Sale
A 945 pound Hereford owned by Jean Kiefer Riverside brought the top price of 32. per hundred weight in the baby beef sale while swine topped at 27.50 per hundred paid by John Knotek for the reserve champion. Over 200 swine and 160 baby beeves were sold as Bill Bruty Washington and Monroe Yoder Kalona handled the gavel.
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Jean Kiefer
Riverside
Washington County
Bill Bruty
Washington
Monroe Yoder
Kalona
Harold Bohr
Scheeler Bros
Brighton
Dick Soukup
Ainsworth
Bill Frame
Indian Village Unearthed At Iowa Archaeological Dig
University of Iowa archaeologists uncover a prehistoric Indian village near Tooelesboro Iowa along the Iowa River in Louisa County. Artifacts include arrowheads bones vessels and flint chips dated to the Woodland period about 1000 BC to 500 BC.
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Toolesboro
Iowa
UPI
University of Iowa
R.J. Ruppe
Ruppe
Iowa River
Louisa County
Confiscation of Lottery Tickets in Iowa Mail Fraud Case
Postal officials in Des Moines report confiscating books of lottery tickets from Jamaica being mailed to Iowa and other states. Federal ban on transporting lottery materials via U.S. Mail prompts seizures as inspector J F Green notes an accelerated influx over six weeks.
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Des Moines
UPI
Jamaica
J.F. Green
Green
Iowa
U.S
Tankers Meet in Dense Fog Killing Fifteen
Two tankers collided in a fog near Newport Rhode Island killing at least 15 crewmen and injuring 36. The Gulfoil and the Graham burned for hours as nine bodies were recovered below deck and 31 were hospitalized.
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Newport
R.I
UPI
Ft Adams
Crawfordsville Pony Show Slated Saturday
The fourth annual Pony Show sponsored by the Crawfordsville Lions Club will be held Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Crawfordsville High School ballpark if weather permits. Entries from across the region compete in 13 classes for over 400 dollars in prizes. Lyle Lowe chairs the event with Lions Club president Clarence Hering assisting.
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Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville High School
Illinois
Iowa
Lyle Lowe
Clarence Hering
Lions Club
Winners in Girls Exhibits At County Fair
Awards for senior and intermediate girls exhibits in home furnishings were announced at the county 4-H fair. Final judging and awards for furniture groups in blue red and white divisions list winners including Margaret Stout Nancy Wilson Marietta Keller Linda Kallous Judi Piper Patti Gerdes Sandy Weber Ellen Spenner Joyce Davison Linda Hertig Janet White and others.
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Margaret Stout
Nancy Wilson
Marietta Keller
Nancy Statler
Linda Kallous
Judi Piper
Patti Gerdes
Sandy Weber
Ellen Spenner
Joyce Davison
Linda Hertig
Janet White
Karen Crawford
Sara Knupp
Sharon Sheetz
Sandra Bouquet
Carla Corpman
Kathleen Meyer
Carol’ Martin
Delores Schaeffer
Linda Warner
Carol Lance
Joyce Smith
Jane Chalupa
Sue Patterson
Donna Friese
Janice Davison
Glenda Stoutner
Jean Ann Ramsey
Nadine Guy
Linda Timmins
Judy Lance
Susan Schwartz
Suzanne Russell
Ruth Stauffer
Elizabeth Birkey
Iowa Weather Forecast Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the eastern third tonight and extreme northeast Friday. Low tonight 64 to 72. High Friday 86 to 94. Partly cloudy and continued warm and humid.
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