Powers Pleads to Khrushchev for His Son
Oliver Powers father of U 2 pilot Francis Powers breaks down in tears in Moscow as he appeals to Premier Nikita Khrushchev for help in his son's spy trial. He writes the appeal on hotel stationery and asks for a Monday interview while noting he is a workingman from a plain American family.
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UPI
Oliver Powers
Francis G Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Powers
Virginia
Khrushchev
Hie
Collins Uses Echo To Send Message From Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids electronics firm Collins Radio used Echo satellite to send live voice tests to Alpha Corp in Dallas and claim two firsts in Echo 1 operations. The orbiting balloon linked Cedar Rapids and Dallas, with observers in Dubuque and Sioux City and Marion tracking stations.
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UPS
Cedar Rapids Electronics Company
New Echo Communications
Dallas
Tex
Collins Radio Cohere
Alpha Corp
Alpha
Collins
Cape Canaveral
Fisenhower
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Holmdel
N. J
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Calif
Marion
Here
Dallas Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dubuque
Sioux City
Will Issue Grid Equipment at WHS
Coach Harold Stevens of Washington High School reminds all boys to report for football equipment distribution next week. Juniors and seniors get gear Wednesday August 17, sophomores Thursday August 18, and freshmen Friday August 19 from 8 to 10 am. First practice Monday August 22.
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Harold Stevens
Washington
Army Reserve unit heads to Camp McCoy Wisconsin
Seventy six members of the 872nd Ordnance Company depart Sunday for two weeks of annual active duty training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Most travel by bus from Washington on Sunday morning with a return planned for August 27. An advance party of cooks and supply personnel leaves Thursday to prepare, with additional members traveling by army trucks jeeps and private autos.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
Edsall D. Brown
Washington
872Nd Ordance
Wisconsin Army Camp
Judd to Speak at Washington Republican Rally
Congressman Walter H. Judd will keynote a Republican Rally Day on September 24 at the county fair grounds in Washington Iowa. Washington County GOP chairman Robert M. Everetts reports Judd confirmed the date and that nearly all Iowa Republican candidates are expected to attend this Southeastern Iowa campaign event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Further details will follow as confirmed.
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Chicago
Washington
Robert M. Everetts
Washington County
GOP
Today
Judd
Iowa
Everetts
Iowans May See Echo Satellite Tonight
Iowa State University assistant professor Joseph Senne said Iowans could spot the Echo 1 balloon satellite up to four times tonight and into early Sunday. Astronomers outlined approximate paths across western and southern horizons with described elevations and directions.
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UPI
Joseph Senne
Iowa State University
Revolt in Laos Appears Ended with Rebel Leaders Leaving
In Vientiane Laos four day revolt seemed over as Prime Minister Tiao Somsanith and his cabinet prepared to arrive from Luang Prabang A crowd gathered outside the rebel command center of Captain Kong Le The terms of settlement were unclear but diplomats cited demands for a new neutralist government excluding Khampan Panya and for Les 2nd Paratroop Battalion to command strategic positions.
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Laos
UPI
Tiao Somsanith
Kong le
Samsanith
Luang Prabang
Bangkok
National Assembly
Souvanna Phouma
Khampan Panya
Les
le Today
New Korean President Rejects Force to Reunite Korea
Yoon Bo Sun was sworn in as South Korea president and rejected Syngman Rhee’s goal of reunification by force. He argued strength alone cannot unity and urged UN cooperation and multilateral action. Yoon also criticized Rhee’s one man diplomacy and pressed broad diplomatic reforms.
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UPS
Yoon Bo Sun
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Yoon
United Nations
Republic of Korea
National Assembly
Rhee
Farm Bureau Plans Legislative Action Meeting Tuesday
Washington County Farm Bureau leaders call an urgent meeting of farmers to discuss legislative measures during the current short session. The gathering is set for 8:30 p.m. Tuesday August 16 at the Farm Bureau building to plan appeals to district senators and representatives on federal farm policies.
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Washington County
Historic five way assault on space rockets and satellites
U S scientists staged the most extensive space and missile test day, sendingEcho I into orbit and planning a chimpanzee flight. Maj Robert White topped altitude records in the X-15 while Atlas and Polaris tests advanced, and Navy Polaris and Bomarc launches marked a record day for U S aerospace.
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Fila
America
Space
U.S
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Atlantic
Navy
Air Force
Robert White
Kennedy Works On His Wage Measure
Democratic nominee John F Kennedy pressed his plan to raise the federal minimum wage from 1.00 to 1.25 while Senate debate raged. Kennedy skipped campaign events to steer the bill, as Republicans and some southern Democrats resisted the measure and charged delays.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Massachusetts
Hyde Park
N.Y
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Hugh Scott
New York City
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Deadly head-on crash near Reading rocks Wilmont
A multi-vehicle collision near Reading Minnesota killed nine people and critically injured one. Seven occupants of one car from Wilmont died. three from the other car, including the Iowa driver, perished. A Wilmont resident and others spoke of the community’s shock as ambulances and authorities investigated the crash.
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Reading
Minn
UPI
Minnesota
Wilmont
Campbell Soup Company
Worthington
Here
Robert Joe Buchman
Sibley
Iowa
James Bickner
Harry Nackerud
Buchman
Slayton
Robert Giesen
Gary Bell
Iawa
Giesen
Bell
Lowa
Buchmans
D. N. Wagner
Seek Source Of Mysterious Gas In La Porte
In La Porte Texas the city faced panic as a mysterious poison gas blanketed the area for about 90 minutes. At least 44 people were unconscious and many more sickened as authorities searched for the gas source amid possible phosgene exposure from local chemical plants. Authorities closed roads while medical teams in gas masks investigated.
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LA Porte
Tex
UPI
Galveston Bay City
S&w Chemical Co
DuPont Chemical Plant
Quebedeaux
Nelson Lewis
S&w
Lewis
Civil Defense
Minimum Corn Support Set At 1.04 In County
Howard Lins, chairman of the county ASC committee, announced a minimum 1960-crop corn support of 1.04 per bushel for Washington County. The local rate aligns with a national average of 1.06 and may rise if October’s final price is higher. Support is via loans and purchase agreements available from harvest through May 31, 1961, maturing July 31, 1961, with eligibility for No. 3 or better corn, No. 4 by test weight, required moisture, and storage. Detailed info from the county ASC office.
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Washington County
Howard Lins
County Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Committee
Lins
ASC
Nixon Carries His Campaign to Maine
Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigned in Maine with Sen. Margaret Chase Smith inviting him to a civic celebration in Portland marking Cumberland County’s 200th anniversary. He planned to meet with Scholars for Nixon and then fly to Greensboro North Carolina for a rally.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Nixon
Portland
Cumberland County
GOP
Greensboro
N.C
Pat
North Carolina
Senate
Kennedy
Vermont
Alfred M. Landon
Edmund
Muskie
Mixed Handicap Golf Tourney Planned at Washington Club
A two ball mixed handicap event is planned at Washington Golf and Country Club Sunday at 1 30 p m. The organizing committee includes Mr and Mrs Gifford Morrison Mr and Mrs John Butler and Jim and John Lieyd.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
Gifford Morrison
John Butler
Jim
John Lieyd
Former Ainsworth Man Howard E White Dies in Elmyra NY
Howard E White 57 formerly of Ainsworth died in Elmyra New York on August 11 from a heart attack. He was a brother of Earl White of Ainsworth, born near Ainsworth, raised there, lived in New York about 30 years and married there. Surviving are his wife and brothers Donald White Englewood California and Earl White Ainsworth and sister Mrs Louise Graham Ottumwa. He was foreman at an electronic plant at his death.
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Ainsworth
Howard E. White
Elmyra
N. Y
Mr. White
Earl White
New York
Earl Whnte
Donald White
Englewood
Calif
Two Teenagers Die In Head On Collision Near Mason City
Two 17 year old boys died in a head on crash on U S Highway 65 three miles south of Mason City. Jerry Lee Campbell of Mason City and John Harry McNamara of rural Rockwell were killed or died later at a Mason City hospital.
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Mason City
UPL
Jerry Lee Campbell
Alvin Campbell
John Harry McNamara
Rockwell
Water Show Draws Big Crowd At City Pool
A large crowd attended Washington's Municipal swimming pool Friday for the annual water show. The program featured synchronized swimming and diving with comedy skits. It opened with a community boys and girls swimming competition led by Milo Steele Jr, while Leon Hifman served as emcee and James Richart organized the water show portion.
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Washington
Milo Steele Jr
Leon Hifman
James Richart
Five Day Forecast Charts Mild Temperatures and Scattered Showers
The forecast through Wednesday shows temperatures about 3 to 5 degrees below normal. Highs will range from the upper 70s to lower 80s with lows in the lower range. Cooler air arrives Monday or Tuesday with 4 to percentages inches of precipitation in occasional showers mainly later in the period.
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