Eisenhower warns on Soviet missiles but doubts atomic plane claim
President Eisenhower said he saw no reliable evidence that the Soviet Union has flown an atomic powered plane while rejecting as unverifiable reports of 8,700 mile ballistic missiles. He criticized Alabama records delays on Negro voting registration and urged Berlin unity, Civil Rights Commission tenure, and tax-revenue debate with Democrats.
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Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Alabama
Civil Rights Commission
Berlin
United States
West Berlin
Truman
Eisenner
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
Ige C. Marshall
Democratic Advisory Council
Congress
County Legion Meeting At Crawfordsville
Washington County American Legion members will meet at Crawfordsville Thursday at 8 p m Paul Snyder county commander reports plans will be made for a joint county meeting in January Washington Legionnaires planning to attend are asked to meet at the office of S W East transportation starting at 7 p m
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Washington County American Legion
Crawfordsville
Paul Snyder
Washington Legionnaires
S. W. East Transportation
Toastmasters Program for Y's Men at YMCA Meeting
The Washington Toastmasters presented its club program at the Y's Men Club meeting held Tuesday evening in the YMCA. Charles Twinam served as master of ceremonies with Richard Weeks Bud Wilder and others taking part. Speakers included Bill Boshart Leon Hillman Robert McFarlane and Dave Eller with talks on Christmas Everywhere The Looking Glass and the duties of the evaluator in the Toastmasters club.
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Y's Men's Club
YMCA
Charles Twinam
Richard Weeks
Bud Wilder
Tterson
Ralph Mar
Toastmaster Club
Bill Boshart
Leon ‘Hillman
Robert” McFarlane
Dave Eller
Y's Men
Mr. Wilder
Frank Patterson
Toastmasters Club
Ralph Martin
Court Halts Closing Of Railway Stations
Iowa court blocked the Rock Island Railway plan to close 12 stations and run 26 others part time. The Order of Railroad Telegraphers seeks a temporary injunction. hearing set for December 6. Union calls the move discriminatory. stations listed include Bradford Corydon Fernald Goldfield Hazelton Ladora Letts Menlo Nichols Osgood Redman West Chester.
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UPI
Iowa Commerce Commission
Rock Island Railway
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Corydon
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Goldfield
Hazelton
Ladora
Letts
Menlo
Nichols
Osgood
Redman
West Chester
Sign Entertainers For County Fair Hero Sign
Washington County fair board committees return from the State Fair Managers convention with top entertainment booked for the Washington County Fair August 3 to 7, 1959. Attendees included Frank Kleese president Cloud Willits vice president Milo Orris secretary and Charles Hotle entertainment chairman. The Rock City Carnival is contracted again and purchased by George Eisenhower who has managed the carnival for three years. Also booked is Georges DeTillot a former French army paratrooper performing a sky diving thrill act.
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Washington County Fair Board
Frank Kleese
Cloud Willits
Milo Orris
Charles Hotle
George Eisenhower
Georges DeTillot
Three Iowa Escapees Caught in Missouri
Three prisoners who escaped from Council Bluffs Iowa jail were captured near Liberal Missouri. A fourth fugitive John Barrett was arrested near Sheldon after the getaway car crashed. Sheriffs deputies captured the trio around 9 30 a m. their names are Donald Stahl Alfred Tague and Orville Gis Omaha Neb.
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UPI
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Missouri Highway Patrol
John Barrett
Sheldon
Donald Stahl
Alfred Tague
Wyoming man killed when car collides with truck
A Wyoming man died Tuesday afternoon after his car skidded on U S 30 and was hit broadside by a transport truck about 30 miles west of Cheyenne. The driver William Newberry of Milford Michigan was uninjured. The county coroner said the car appeared to skid into the truck’s east bound lane around 2:30 p.m. near the Laramie Albany county line.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
U.S. 30
Here
William Newberry
Milford
Mich
Larame County
Marvin Schrader
Sparks
Laramie
Albany
Family Homeless After Fire in One Room Wood Home
In Muscatine an overheated coal stove started a blaze at the William Fugate home. The family of six, including three young sons aged 13 and under, escaped uninjured as they fled in subzero temperatures. Mrs. Fugate saved a newborn three-month-old son. They lost all clothing and possessions.
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Upl
William Fugate
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Fugates
Baptist Choir to Present Cantata All Folk on Earth Do Sing
The Baptist church choir will perform Wendell Rider s Christmas cantata All Folk on Earth Do Sing on Sunday December 21 at 7 30 p m The work written by Rider when he taught in Washington schools is brief and based on familiar carols Mrs Foster Bagge directs and Mrs Chas McConnell plays the organ.
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Wendell Rider
Mr Rider
Washington
McCleery Opens New Store and Expands Local Reach
Sam McCleery announces the December 11 opening of a new office equipment and paper supply store in the former Western Auto location on the square’s south side. Nicola & Harmon, Valley Washington firm since 1898, will run two stores with Dick Bales handling business machines service and Ralph Gibson and Mrs. Alice Hagie joining the south side operation. The new unit becomes the McCleery Supply Division offering wholesale and retail supplies, Remington Rand agency for local counties, with baler and twine stocked. Nicola & Harmon remodeling adds a balcony office, second floor display and a contract department led by Donald Palmer Ben Blossom for interior design and home office furnishings.
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Washington
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Alice Hagie
Sout
South Side
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Louisa Counties
McCleery Supply
Donald Palmer Benblossom
Frigid air eases from Iowa as warmup begins
The article notes temperatures fell to 21 below zero at Spencer and 18 below at Waterloo but the frigid air mass began to ease. Low readings ranged from 10 below Davenport to 3 below Dubuque, with warmer conditions expected later and highs in the 20s to 30s.
Loveless Couple Tour Paris in Rain During Offical Visit
Gov Herschell Loveless and his wife of Iowa shopped and toured Paris amid rain. They visited the opera district, Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, the Bastille, and Place des Vosges. He reported his wife catching a head cold and hoped for better weather for photos.
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UPI
Herschell. Loveless
Iowa
Notre Dame Cathedral
Sainte Chapelle
Bastille Place Des Vosges
Montmartre
Bomber Crashes Near Altus Killing Eight Crew Members
A giant B52 jet bomber crashed six miles north of Altus Oklahoma during a night navigation mission. Eight crew members died while the pilot parachuted to safety and Maj Byard Tex was found unconscious. The crash left a six foot crater and wreckage strewn across open ground as search teams scoured the area.
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Altus
Okla
UPD
Here
Maj
Byard
Tex
Baker
Inquest Opens Over Our Lady of the Angels Fire
Chicago reporters describe an inquest starting with 16 specialists to hear families of the 2 dead as investigators tour the building ruins. The story notes 89 children and three nuns died and mentions 18 schools closed for fire hazard inspections.
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Chicago
UPL
Our Lady of the Angels Parochial
Our Lady Help of Christans School
Robert Quinn
Sacred Heart Parochial
Edward F Cavanagh Jr
Wick Dance Recital Planned on Dec 20 at High School
Students from Wick School of ice plan a recital at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium Saturday December 20. Children from 12 towns and a large Washington group will perform dancing singing acrobatics and baton twirling. The Rhythmettes will appear with precision numbers.
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Wick School of Ice
Washington
Desnes
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ottumwa
February Draft Call Sets 9,000 Draftees for Army
The Defense Department called for 9,000 Army draftees for February, matching prior months. Inductions since Korea War start total 2,414,430, with February expected output maintaining the ongoing monthly pace.
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UPL
Defense Department
Army
Snow Storm Paralyzes Oswego Amid Record Wooly Blizzard
Oswego New York endures another 12 inches of snow as a five foot drift paralyzes the city. Police and Red Cross use skis to deliver food while a state of emergency keeps pedestrians off the streets.
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United Press International
Oswego
N.Y
Weather Bureau
Syracuse
Red Cross
Vincent Corsall
Lake Erie
Erie
Indi
Ames
Iowa
Towa State College
Berlin crisis prompts East West Berlin flight fears
East Germany vows to seal escape routes as West Berlin remains a free city. Khrushchev calls to cut lifelines, shift Allied route control to the Soviet bloc, threatening closure of anti Communist media and increasing security around West Berlin. Brandt plans a Paris visit amid Western concern.
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East Germany
West Berlin
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Loveless Commutes Life Terms for Two Prisoners
Gov Loveless commuted the life terms of two Fort Madison inmates Ferris 49 Clarion and Branch 31 Burlington to 75 and 90 years respectively. Ferris burglary with aggravation carried life by law. Branch linked to the shotgun killing of his girlfriend. Parole board cited Ferris 18 years served and good record for commutation. both had strong prison records.
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UPL
Herschel C. Loveless
Fort Madison
J. Ferris
Clarion
Vine
James Branch
Burlington
Iowa Parole Board
Ferris
Sears
Faresman
Gorand
Bessie Exell
Nobel Prize Winning Novel Now Available At Washington Library
The Russian author Boris Pasternak’s novel Dr Zhivago, winner of the Nobel Prize, is now accessible to readers at the Washington Public Library. Despite initial bans in Russia and Pasternak’s refusal of the prize money, the work has achieved international acclaim and widespread demand, though copies are limited due to print runs.
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Washington Public Library
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Europe
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Nobel Committee
Soviet Union
America
Red Chinese quell revolt on island near Macao
Reports from Macao say Red Chinese troops crushed a Tuesday uprising on Lappa Island in the South China Sea after a two hour battle. Heavy casualties were reported and Macao observers saw executions from a distance though no official confirmation was available. Lappa is a key port off the Canton River delta near Macao.
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UPI
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Leader of Cult Killed As California Building Blows Up
A bomb ripped through the Fountain of the World monastery near Box Canyon California killing cult leader Krishna Venta and eight others while injuring several more. The blast destroyed the main building and sparked a brush fire as investigators, including FBI agents, probe the blast’s suspected use of explosives. Among the dead and missing were Priest Bishop Marlin Baker and Cardinal Jam Shanafelt, with several children reported among the victims.
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Calif
UPI
Krishna Venta
Howard Bowman
Ventura Sheriffs Department
Venta
Box Canyon
Los Angeles
Santa Susana Mountains
Marelin Baker
Jam Shanafelt
Eli James Shanafelt
Montter Keela Baker
Jean Kanafelt
Anna
Ethel Reey
Erma Winfrey
Sheila Vizina
Ventura County Hospital
Linda Lee Baker
Los Angel County Hospital
Ruth Lewis
Linda
Schwengel Visits Voters Ahead of 86th Congress Opening
Congressman Fred Schwengel traveled from Washington to meeting with area voters about plans for the 86th Congress. He spent the morning at the courthouse and attended a luncheon with county Farm Bureau officials before returning to the capital to prepare for January 7 opening.
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Fred Schwengel
Washington
Schwengel
Court House
Farm Bureau
Iowa Five Day Forecast With Warming Trend
Partly cloudy conditions with a warming trend through Thursday. Low temperatures from zero to below northeast to 15 to 20 south with highs 20s to 30s east. By Thursday highs reach 20s north to 30s south, Friday little temperature change. Temperatures average about 6.12 degrees below normal. A warming trend early, colder Saturday, then warmer again next week. Normal highs 36, lows 12. Notation of consequence.
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