Horse Show Tonight Ends County Fair Activities
The Washington County Fair closes livestock events with a market sale led by Harold Murphy of Wellman, selling the reserve champion baby beef at 32 dollars per hundred to the Washington County Farm Bureau. The afternoon and 7:30 p.m.horse show cap the fair, with awards presented Wednesday night at Townsley Park including Lyle Williams receiving the junior master swine producers trophy from John Knotek and news of three 4-H boys to receive free pure bred gilts from the Washington County swine producers association.
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Washington County
Harold Murphy
Wellman
Washington County Farm Bureau
Washington Saddle Club
Townsley Park
Lyle Williams
Crooked Creek Cyclones
Russell Williams
Crawfordsville
John Knotek
Duroe Association
Lyle
County Swine Producers Association
Washington
YMCA Camp And Repair Work Close Washington Y
Washington's YMCA will close for the Lake Darling camp from August 11 to 17 while staff attend. A general building cleaning and repair week follows August 19 to 24 including floor refinishing pool work and more. Rotary Kiwanis use the room. YWCA program continues but pool swimming is canceled during the second period.
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Washington
YMCA
Lake Darling
Jim Anderson
The
Lake Youth Center
Rotary
Kiwanis
YWCA
Judging Completed by Girls at Washington County Fair
The final day featured a three division Girls 4-H judging contest held in the Skateway Rink building. Cinderella Club topped the senior and junior divisions with Clover Leaf Club winning the intermediate. Individual top scorers were Carol Lance Cinderella Senior Karen Statler Cinderella intermediate and Becky Wyse Good Luck Club junior. Topics judged included yeast bread plain white cake place settings and canned beans. Other today events were junior demonstrations and demonstration awards.
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Washington County
Cinderella Club
Clover Leaf Club
Clover Club
Evelyn Linnenkamp
Judy Piper
Delores Scheaffer
Karen Statler
Linda Crile
Barbara McDowell
Cinderella
Judy Lance
Judy Slemmons
Linda Pence
Carol Lance
Becky Wyse
Mrs Ann B Terry Dies in Palo Alto California
Mrs Ann B Terry, sister of Mrs C M Keck, died Wednesday August 7 in Palo Alto California. She left Washington around 1899 and was a daughter of H A and Harriett Eberson Burrell. Her husband was the late Dr Claude Terry. Survivors include daughter Helen Wagner and two granddaughters.
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Ann B. Terry
C. M. Keck
Palo Alto
Calif
Washington
H. A
Harriett Eberson Burrell
Claude Terry
Helen Wagner
Sun Spots and Tower Change Blame Poor TV Reception
Washington television dealers report weather interference and a moved WMT-TV tower about 24 miles northwest as the main reasons for poor reception in the community. They say most sets are fine and the sun spots and weather changes cause interference.
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Washington
Wmt-Tv
WMT
Tokyo Earthquake of 1923 Killed 150000 People
The 1923 Tokyo quake caused about 150000 deaths and extensive property damage estimated around 4.5 billion dollars, reshaping the city and its infrastructure.
Parents offer reward for Centerville girl missing in Ohio
Centerville Iowa parents of 23 year old Zanna Strandberg offered a 250 dollar reward for information about her whereabouts. She disappeared July 8 in Cleveland while visiting with a friend and had been living in Chicago. A sighting in Iowa City July 9 with a man identified as John Colman was reported.
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Centerville
Iowa
Zanna Lee Strandberg
Cleveland
Ohio
Hubert Strandberg
James Gilfillan
Bloomfield
Gilfilan
New Hampshire
Miss Strandberg
Chicago
Iowa City
John Colman
Senators Impressed By Neil McElroy Nomination
Senators expressed favorable views on President Eisenhower's choice of Neil T. McElroy to be secretary of defense. McElroy, 52, is president of Procter & Gamble, succeeding Charles E. Wilson. Hearings will be held by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Humphrey offered a wary tone, calling it a tacit admission of needed cleanup.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
McElroy
Byrd
John W. Brieker
Ohio
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Department of Defense
Senate probes Dio racketeers shrink from testimony
Three Johnny Dio henchmen refused to reveal careers in Teamsters paper locals during Senate inquiry. Dio himself visited the hearing as a spectator and later forced photographers back with a shouted remark. The witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment, with Kennedy outlining their roles in Local 649 and other paper locals tied to Hoffa.
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Washington
New York
Johnny Dio
Senate
Teamsters Union
Dio Dio
Dio
United Press
Stanley Tretick
Sidney Hodes
Abraham Brier
Nathan Gordon
Robert F Kennedy
Gordon
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Kennedy
Hodes
Brier
AFL
United Auto Workers
649
John L. McClellan
Dark
Gangs Run Wild In New York Streets
United Press reports a surge in youth crime in New York City with three killed and four injured within days. Police add 600 rookies to patrols as officials urge parental responsibility amid rising arrests of youths under 16, peaking during wartime years and easing in the postwar era.
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New York
United Press
New York City
Walter Arm
Civil rights bill nears House Senate accord in politics roiled path
Democratic leaders push for early agreement with the House on a civil rights compromise after the Senate approved a landmark measure 72 to 8. The bill creates a voting rights commission, a new assistant attorney general, and allows injunctions with jury trials, while Dixie Democrats and some Republicans shape the outcome. Five Southern senators backed the bill, signaling possible action next week.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
Dixie Bloc
Wayne Morse
Ore
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Ralph W. Yarborough
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Albert Gore
George A. Smathers
Florida
Smathers
Khrushchev Warns U S Rockets Reach Europe in War Threat
In East Berlin Khrushchev tells a Red Parliament that present rocket progress makes any nation vulnerable to atomic blasts and urges reconsideration of disarmament talks. He rejects German reunification plans and condemns Adenauer while Grotewohl attacks Western troops and bases.
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Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
London
U.S
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Germany
Germany
Otto Grotewohl
East
Grotewohl
Adenauer
People’s Chamber
Grotewhol
Konrad Adenauer
Anastas Mikoyan
Bonn
Mount Pleasant Man Killed in Auto Crash
A Mount Pleasant man Darrell Lee Sammons 21 was killed and Ramona Moorehead 17 another Mount Pleasant resident was injured seriously when their car left U S 34 six miles west of Mount Pleasant Iowa, struck sign posts and rolled about five times on a curve.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
U.S. 34
Here
Darrell Lee Sammons
Ramona Moorehead
Entrance at Capri’s Blue Grotto Narrow at Low Tide
A three foot high opening at the Blue Grotto of Capri limits access during low tide. The cavern’s famed blue light is visible as visitors squeeze through the shallow entry, highlighting the grotto’s precarious approach and noted danger for swimmers.
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Capri
Refusal to End Political Patronage in Maintenance Hiring
Iowa Highway Commission members debated ending the political patronage system for highway maintenance workers. The 2-2 vote along party lines left the practice in place as Democrats urged reform and Republicans called for changes modeled after other state agencies.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Robert Beck
Centerville
Robert Brice
Dwaterloo
Russell Lundy
Des Moines
Loveless Plans Long Range College Building Program
Governor Herschel C. Loveless says he will meet regularly with a Regents committee to forge a 10 year plan for capital improvements at the University of Iowa Iowa State College and Iowa State Teachers College. A second meeting discussed 11 million dollars in vetoed capital improvements and using current buildings more efficiently, with no compromise sought.
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Des Moines
Herschel C. Loveless
Board of Regents
Loveless
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Regents
American Memorial Library in West Berlin Tops Visits
The American Memorial Library in West Berlin hosts more than 200000 visitors, making it the most frequented library in the area.
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West Berlin
Germany
Rites in Montana For Henry R. Green 84
Funeral services for Henry R Green of Lindsay Montana will be held in Glendive August 9 at 2 p.m. He died August 5 in Minneapolis at his son’s home. Born November 23 1872 in Washington County he served many terms in the Montana Legislature. Survivors include twin sons Merle and Earl a granddaughter a brother two sisters and his wife May Yockey predeceased him.
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Henry R Green
Lindsay
Mont
Glendive
Montana
Green
Minneapolis
Washington
Washington County
Isaac E
Nancy Green
May Yockey
Merle
Minn
Earl
Riddle
Ore
Allen
Prescott, Ariz
R. S&s. White
Crawfordsville
William Mickle
Nebraska
Harmonicas Offer Range and Chord Models
Harp makers advertise harmonicas in a spectrum from a single octave to 48 chords in a double chord model. The notes span small sizes to larger layouts, highlighting musical versatility and instrument family variety.
Legionnaires Parade Leads Davenport Convention Contingent
Washington Legionnaires return from the Davenport state convention praising the local post parade group as first district leaders Tuesday afternoon. The post was represented by many members in a contingent led by drum majorettes Pat Sorrell Eleanor Bailey and Beverly Eyestone flanked by drummers Jim Morrison and Larry Lee.
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Washington Legionnaires
Davenport
Post
Pat Sorrell
Eleanor Bailey
Beverly Eyestone
Jim Morrison
Larry Lee
Frank Figgins Rites At Kalona This Friday
Kalona graveside rites for Frank Figgins of Des Moines will be held Friday at 1 30 p m He formerly lived in Kalona He died in Des Moines Wednesday Survivors include brother Hal Figgins of Richland
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Kalona
Frank Figgins
Des Moines
Figgins
Hal Figgins
Richland
Mrs Kate Rahmiller Dies in Columbus City Home
Mrs. Kate Rahmiller 84 of Columbus City died Wednesday afternoon August 7 1957 at her home. Funeral set for 3 p m Saturday August 10 at Columbus City Methodist Church with Rev George Pennington officiating. Burial in Columbus City Cemetery Stacy Funeral Home in charge. Born Wales November 22 1872 she came to the U S at age 12. She married William Rahmiller October 3 1894 and they farmed near Columbus City before moving to town. Survivors include two sisters Mrs John Martin and Mrs Lee Hunt one son Fred Rahmiller eight grandchildren four great grandchildren three brothers David Carroll Griffiths and Ed Griffith.
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Columbus City
Kate Rahmiller
Columbus City Methodist Church
George C. Pennington
Stacy
Rahmiller
Wales
Great Britain
Evan
Mary Griffith
United States
William Rahmiller
John Martin
Columbus Junction
Lee Hunt
Ainsworth
Fred Rahmiller
David and
Carroll Griffith
Nebraska
Ed Griffith
Colorado
Minnesota farm boy, 15, confesses to masterminding father’s murder
Richard Aamodt 15 breaks down and reverses earlier claim by Ira Aamodt 10 that Ira killed their father Ole Aamodt 57. Richard says all three brothers planned the July meadow slaying after overhearing their mother’s remark. Ira shot the father with a rifle. Billy 13 and Richard deny earlier versions.
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Brainerd, Minn
Richard Aamodt
Ira Aamodt
Ole Aamodt
Ira
Richard
Billy
Girl 18 Killed In Auto Crash At Salix
An 18 year old girl Sandra Ann Hillar died in an auto crash near Salix Iowa when the car left U.S. 75, plunged into a ditch and rolled. Her male companion James Nemitz 20 Charter Oak was injured and taken to St Joseph's Hospital in Sioux City.
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Salix
Iowa
Sandra Ann Millar
Charter Oak
James R. Nemitz
Miss Hillar
Leonard Francis
U.S. 75
Nemitz
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
Weather outlook for Towa region mixes clouds and showers
United Press reports a partly cloudy to scattered shower pattern through Friday with cooler northwest tonight in the 60s. Friday highs reach near 80 in the north to lower 90s in the south, followed by Saturday with continued high clouds and little temperature change.
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United Press
TOWA
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