A and W Team to Play North Liberty Here
Washingtons A and W softball team hosts North Liberty at Green Field tonight with 8 p.m. first pitch. The Indians and Yankees scheduled an exhibition at 5 30 p m Monday on Green Field. Kim Steele and Terry Miller homered for the Tigers while Steele earned the win. Paul had both Yankee hits. hurler Mike Hennigan pitched for the Indians.
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Washington
North Liberty
Green Field
Paul
Kim Steele
Tigers
Mike Hennigan
Indians
Terry Miller
Yankees
Yankees Win American Little League Title
The Yankees defeated the Orioles 2 to 1 and the Tigers beat the Indians 9 to 7 in the final round of city league play. Tigers take top honors with 8 wins and 1 loss. Indians 5-4, Yankees 3-6, Orioles 2-7. Steve Davisson pitched for the Yankees. Rich Van Zile hurled a two hitter for the Orioles. Orioles led 1-0 until Bruce Paul’s fifth inning hit.
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Yankees
Orioles
Tigers
Indians
Steve Davisson
Rich van Zile
Bruce Paul
Leadership Camp Attendance and National Guard Training Trips
Crawfordsville reports Joe Jones attends State 4H Leadership Camp at Madrid as county delegate alongside Patti Gerdes of Ainsworth. Joe and Patti serve as County 4 H presidents. A second group heads to Camp Ripley Minnesota for two weeks of National Guard training including Richard Holmes Lee Eisele Harold Don Lyle Williams Frank Wenger Larry Milliman and Dave Henderson with Ron White of Fairfield. Mrs Holmes Sharon and Mike stay in Washington at the Ted Bailey home. Arvid Anderson family and Mrs Lillian Maxwell and kin travel to Ohio and Pennsylvania for a two week relatives visit including Mrs Kenneth Combs Mrs William Germond and Mrs Ralph Gilkey.
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Crawfordsville
Joe Jones
Madrid
Patti Gerdes
Ainsworth
Phil Gerdes
Joe
Patti
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Richard Holmes
Lee Eisele
Harold
Don
Lyle Williams
Frank Wenger
Larry Milliman
Dave Henderson
Ron White
Fairfield
Holmes
Sharon
Mike
Washington
Ted Bailey
Arvid Anderson
Kay
Eddie
Lillian Maxwell
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Combs
William Germond
Ralph Gilkey
Cheering Crowds For Eisenhowers in London
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Mamie rode through cheering crowds to Buckingham Palace for lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and planned a reunion with Sir Winston Churchill at Middlesex Hospital. An evening dinner with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and guests from World War II is planned as part of their 12 day Britain visit.
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London
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Buckingham Palace
Elizbeth II
Middlesex Hospital
Winston Churchill
Eisenhowers
Harold
Dorothy MacMillan
Eisenhower
Europe
White House
Palace
France
Britain
Lee brothers visit relatives ten years ago
Ten years ago today Larry and Lonnie Lee visited their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Earls at their home. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lee.
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Larry and
Lonnie Lee
Virgil Earls
Mrs
Cecil Lee
Chen Yi Reasserts Communists Aim of Capturing Formosa
In Geneva Marshal Chen Yi the Communist China's foreign minister spoke informally with Western reporters. He linked Sino American relations to Formosa and reiterated that Peiping intends to capture Formosa as Chiang Kai-shek's last bastion since 1949.
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Hong Kong
API
Chen Yi
China
Geneva
Formosa
Peiping
Formosa aims and a Washington squadron field exercise
The article discusses Peiping's goal of extending rule to Formosa and potential peaceful steps like local autonomy. It then shifts to a National Guard field exercise with Washington Troop A at Camp Ripley, detailing arrival, dining, and platoon patrols, including tank and jeep actions and radio commands. The return trip home ends with a bumpy flight and seasick mood.
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Camp Ripley Air Field
Mt. Pleasant
Keokuk
Burlington
Washington
Harold Stephens
Washington Troop
Charles City
Joe Murphy Leaves Lake Darling Post
Joe Murphy resigns as custodian at Lake Darling State Park and will move August 14 to become custodian at Lake of Three Fires in Bedford. Bill Wyatt will replace him at Lake Darling, moving from Bedford after seven years as custodian. Wyatt previously worked in Forestry Service and with the Iowa Park and Forest Commission.
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Brighton
Joe Murphy
Lake Darling State Park
Bedford
Murphys
Bill Wyatt
Murphy
Lake Darling
Wyatt
Forestry Service
Iowa Park and Forrest Commission
Clyde Little
Sandra Jo
Terry Knight
Ima Dawson
Paul Nebel
Winfield
Charlie Wilson
Loy
Fairfield
W. E. Schillinger
Omaha
Neb
Glenn Pringle
Eddie Kilpatrick Home for Visit
Eddie Kilpatrick arrived from White Sands New Mexico for a 20 day visit with his parents Kenneth and Kilpatrick and Roger Kilpatrick and others. He will return to White Sands for two months training before a new assignment. His brother Ernest also in the Navy called from Norfolk Virginia. Ernest departs for a North Atlantic cruise Friday. From Havre community Mr and Mrs Max Mitchell Jerry Mr and Mrs Jim Edgar and Mr and Mrs Evert Weston attended the wedding of Kenneth MacDonald Jr Chariton and Judy Bottorff Packwood at Ollie
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Crawfordsville
Eddie Kilpatrick
White Sands
N. Mex
Navy Base
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Roger
Ernest
U.S. Navy
Norfolk
North Atlantic
Max Mitchell
Jerry
Jim Edgar
Evert Weston
Havre
Kenneth MacDonald Jr
Chariton
Judy Bottorff
Packwood
Ollie
Methodist church note and local school moves
The article mentions Kenneth MacDonald, a former school superintendent, his wife a home economics teacher, and their moves from Ollie to Chariton where he was a high school principal. Kenny, nicknamed here, is a senior at Iowa Wesleyan College and his bride will become a dental technician in Burlington. They plan to live in Mt. Pleasant. It also notes Oren Harrell’s improved health and a new assistant superintendent position near Gowie, with the Harrells staying in Gowie. Denny White, Simpson College student, worked in Rippey after an appendectomy in Perry. The piece closes with a humorous note about Bishop Edward Henderson’s go kart ride near Wells, England.
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Methodist
Kenneth MacDonald
MacDonald
MacDonalds
Ollie
Chariton
Russell
Kenny
Iowa Wesleyan College
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Ore
Carlton White
Perry
Denny
Carlton
Mrs. White
Simpson College
Rippey
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Dick Stalder
P.F.C. Harold Bohr
Wellman
Harold S. Brunsell
Marian Waters
Tate
Ias
Cary
Doris Grant
Day
Maynls
Aay
Gig Young
Surey Meadows
Waco
Mickey Boy
Eveyonngs
Ducky
DE Luke
In - Wik - Jones
Taiwan
Chou En-lai
New York City
Frank Chuck
Mary Murphy
Avon
Arpian Bozian
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Bexel M
Marelson
McDaniel
Washington Cleaners
S. Side Square
Fairgrounds
Iowa
Dick Gent
P.F.C
Harold Bohr
Det
Washington, Lumber Co
Post Office
Dial OL
Bill Steele
Mgr
Howard Hess
McFarlane Insurance Agency
Chippenham
England
Edward Henderson
Bath and Wells
Wells
Winstop Duzzit
Gilmore’s
Nuff
Gilmere’s
Shell Service
S. Ave. B
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