Girl Forgiven For Christmas Spree In Iowa Store Theft
In Davenport Iowa the 116 year old girl known as Lynn who hid in a department store over Christmas and took a 600 dollar wardrobe is forgiven. Her father a 43 year old baker from Moline promises to support her as officials opt not to prosecute and she may not be committed.
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Davenport
Iowa
Moline, In
Scott
M.L. Parker Department Store
Hazel Lamp
Lynn
Dist
Glenn Kelly
Moline High School
Bobby Soxer
Kiwanis Club to Install Officers Next Wednesday
Kiwanis Club officers will be installed at the regular Washington YMCA meeting next Wednesday. Bill Hammer is president, Halsey Wakelin vice president, Ted Johnson secretary treasurer, John Owen immediate past president. 1956 board members include Rev. Harley Gelhaus, Gene Grecian, Howard Hess, Leon Hillman, Sam MecCleery, Keith Norton, E. S. Tompkins.
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Kiwanis Club
Washington
Bill Hammer
Halsey Wakelin
Ted Johnson
John Owen
Harley Gelhaus
Gene Grecian
Howard Hess
Leon Hillman
Sam MecCleery
Keith Norton
E. S. Tompkins
Davenport Men Jailed On Charges of Theft
Forest G. Warren Jr. and Richard Hart, both of Davenport, were sentenced in Scott County District Court on breaking and entering charges. Warren received 10 years at Anamosa Men’s Reformatory for the Elliot Camera Shop burglary, where a safe with $98 was taken. Hart drew one year in the county jail for a Cleanez Cleaners break-in with no theft reported.
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Davenport
Forest G. Warren Jr
Richard Hart
Scott County
Warren
Anamosa Men's Reformatory
Elliot
Hart
Cleanez Cleaners
Malaya Peace Talks End With Failure
Two days of peace talks in Baling Malaya failed to end the eight year communist rebellion. Chin Peng led about 3000 Red guerrillas into talks but refused to surrender and demanded Britain turn over internal security. Rahman Marshall and Tan kept the line that Chin was not in a position to bargain. The meeting ended in deadlock with no peace.
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Baling
Malaya
Chin Peng
Upper
Britain
Gengku Abdel Rahman
Chin
China
Korea
Viet Nam
Rahman
David Marshall
Singapore
Cheng Lock Tan
Asia
Federation of Malaya
London
North California Levees Rebuilt After Flood Inundation
Construction crews moved into ravaged northern California to rebuild levees and clear debris after the Christmas week flood. Federal and state agencies and private groups assessed damage from floods that killed 53 in the state and caused about 100 million dollars in losses, with 13 deaths in Oregon.
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San Francisco
California
Oregon
Sacramento
San Joaquin
San Francisco Bay
Verona
Yuba City
Feather River
Sacramento River
Alioso
Guadalupe River
Yuba
Baby Beef Projects Weighed in Washington County
The 4-H weighing program for baby beeves in Washington County is underway under Tom Robb. West Chester area members weighed cattle this morning and a final session is set for Friday 8 to 10 a.m. at the Washington fairgrounds. Previous weighings include 35 at Wellman 22 at Kalona and 20 at Ainsworth.
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Washington County
Tom Robb
West Chester
Fairgrounds
Washington
Robb
Wellman
Kalona
Ainsworth
Mrs Giles C Jones of Wellman Dies After Illness
Lavina Adeline Desing born February 27 1885 in Wellman died after a week long illness at Mercy hospital Iowa City She married Giles C Jones on April 11 1905 in Washington Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday December 31 at Jones Funeral Home Rev Mark Sullivan to officiate Burial in Keota cemetery Survivors include husband daughter Marion Pence Wellman granddaughter Linda Jo Pence and brother Ralph Desing La Junta Colorado
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Giles C. Jones
Wellman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jones
Mark Sullivan
Keota
Lavina Adeline Desing
John Desing
Mary Walters Desing
Washington
Washington County
Marion Pence
Linda Jo Pence
Ralph Desing
la Junta
Colo
Iowa considers new teachers college in southwest region
Des Moines Iowa Rep Henry Stevens proposes establishing another teachers college in the Atlantic area to balance bachelor's programs nationwide. Maucker of Iowa State Teachers College questions enrollment growth while committee critics warn of high costs and duplicative facilities. Stevens notes northeast Iowa interest but faces opposition from peers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Regents
Atlantic Area
Henry Stevens
R-Jefferson
Stevens
J. W. Maucker
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Glen Heckroth
Board of Regents
Atlantic
Casey Loss
D-Algona
Republican Committee
W. C. Hendrix
R-Letts
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Northeast Iowa
Teachers College
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower Over Interference in East Europe
Khrushchev denounces President Eisenhower for crude interference in Eastern Europe as Bulganin hints at intercontinental rocket power. He mocks Dulles Goa remarks and open skies, praising Soviet strength and criticizing Western aims while praising Britain and India.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
East Europe
Nikolai Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Khrushchev
Europe
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Goa
United States
Dulles
Portugal
America
Charles E. Bohlen
Mother of Victim In Mystery Death Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Jerime Abbott 45 of Ames dies in a hospital with doctors saying no link to the mysterious deaths at the Erickson greenhouse. Ronald Abbott 25 died after emergency leave from Rapid City Air Base. Lester Erickson 51 operator of the greenhouse was found dying as officials investigated. Autopsy results pending as pathologists examine tissue and blood findings.
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Ames
Jerime Abbott
Erickson
Ronald Abbott
Rapid City
S.D
Abbott
Lester Erickson
R. F. Birge
Des Moines
Girl 12 Explains Vandalism In School Incident
A 12 year old girl told why she helped three others vandalize Longfellow school during Christmas break. Two boys and another girl aged 11 to 14 admitted to authorities they took part, joining in writing obscenities on boards, breaking a skylight glass, and damaging desks and books across several classrooms.
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Council Bluffs
Longfellow School
Iowa hunter rides deer but gets no venison this year
Gar Harker, fisheries manager, recounts a two-hunter Emmetsburg incident during deer season. Two men with one bow hunted by turns, the unarmed man clubbed the doe and rode her bareback until the deer threw him, leaving both hunters bruised and empty handed.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Gar Harker
The
Conservation Commission
Emmetsburg
Harker
Phil Tower earnings help fund Philmont Scout Ranch gifts
Earnings of the Philtower Building in Tulsa Oklahoma help maintain the 127000 acre Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron New Mexico, used for high adventure camping. Both were gifts of Waite Phillips.
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Philtower
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Philmont
Cimarron
New Mexico
Waite Phillips
State Officials Back Swift Safe Highway Drive
State officials agreed with an unprecedented appeal from the National Safety Council for a nationwide traffic crackdown over New Year’s. Governors were urged to act as patrols step up enforcement and plans include possible National Guard duty, heavy policing, and public safety campaigns to curb drunken driving through the holiday period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Safety Council
Texas
Public Safety Department
National Guard
Illinois
Wisconsin
Walter Kohler
Denver
Colo
City Safety Council
Richard J. Daley
New Hampshire
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Michigan
New York
Princeton
N.J
Lewis B. Gerber
Gerber
Scientist Shortage in U S Prompts AAAS Debate
In Atlanta AAAS leaders address a US science education crisis that trails Russia in training technical specialists. NSF director Waterman says federal aid reaches 395 million yearly but accountability rests with local schools and parents. Weaver notes dangerous public misconceptions about scientists.
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Atlanta
United States
Russia
Alan T. Waterman
National Science Foundation
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Warren Weaver
AAAS
Weaver
Rockefeller Foundation
Most Local Stores To Close Early Saturday
Washington stores will close at 5 or 5 30 p m on Saturday December 31 for New Year's Eve observance. Most will stay closed all day Monday January 2 for the holiday, with only those normally open on holidays remaining open.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce Office
Jaycees Name Three For Key Men Awards
Rodney Davisson Bob Anderson and Gordon Cooper were honored at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Key Man dance and buffet supper at the VFW Hall. They received the awards for notable service and contributions to Jaycees projects. Phil Kneen was presented a past president’s pin. The event featured a buffet luncheon and music by the Jimmy Dennis orchestra.
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Rodney Davisson
Bob Anderson
Gordon Cooper
Junior Chamber of Commerce
VFW Hall
Jaycees
Phil Kneen
Jimmy Dennis
Presbyterian Church Officers Are Named
Officers of the Presbyterian Church congregation were elected at the annual meeting after a congregational dinner. Elders for three years: Harold Cumming Kenneth Kron M I Whitham and Logan Heilman. Deacons for three years: Mrs John Martin and Mrs Tom Gerdes. Corporation officers: Harry Ramseyer president Everett Meeker vice president Willa Young clerk Logan Heilman treasurer Mrs Don Hazen financial secretary and benevolence treasurer Myrl Leavitt superintendent of the church school John Martin vice superintendent. Ushers named: Don Hazen morning service Sam Munson evening service. Trustees for three years: Frank Crone William Steele and Dr T M Mast.
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Presbyterian Church
Harold Cumming
Kenneth Kron
M. I. Whitham
Logan Heilman
John Martin
Tom Gerdes
Calvin Wolf
Harry Ramseyer
Everett Meeker
Willa Young
Don Hazen
Myrl Leavitt
Sam Munson
Frank Crone
William Steele
T. M. Mast
Driver of Death Car Pays Fine in Crosswalk Crash
Leah Snyder, 54, who drove the car that killed 6 year old Sandra McElderry at a Centerville school crosswalk on December 9, paid a $100 fine on a reckless driving charge. Justice of the Peace H. H. Henderson announced the verdict Wednesday.
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Centerville
Iowa
Leah Snyder
Sandra McElderry
Justice of the Peace
H. H. Henderson
Knowland Johnson Disagree on Tax Cut And Farm Policy
Senate leaders Johnson and Knowland clash over next year tax cuts with Johnson urging relief for lower income brackets while Knowland prioritizes reducing the national debt. They also diverge on farm policy with Johnson predicting 90 percent price supports and Knowland advocating flexible supports plus soil bank funds and research.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
William F. Knowland
California
Johnson
Congress
Knowland
Eisenhower Paints Indoors on Colorado Scene During Florida Vacation
President Eisenhower began the first full day of his south Florida retreat working indoors on a painting of a Colorado Rocky Mountain scene. Skies were partly cloudy with morning showers and 70s temperatures as he followed his doctors’ relaxation plan, hoping to be outdoors later if the weather clears.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
South Florida
Colorado Rocky Mountain
Christmas Program Shines At Wyman School
A quiet audience enjoyed the annual Christmas program with Mr. Kokesh on electric organ. Rosa Morgan narrated, and pupils viewed a variety film before a gift exchange. Mrs. Rhea and Mr. Schantz read chosen Christmas pieces. Teachers were thanked as cooks served a festive dinner with ham, sweet potatoes, jello, pie, and ice cream.
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Wyman
Scout Units Among Institutions for Delinquent Boys
There are over 250 Scout units organized in institutions for delinquent and socially retarded boys. The program aims to offer guidance, discipline, and constructive activities within these settings.
Weather Iowa Forecast: Clear to Partly Cloudy and Colder
Iowa forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies with a cold wave in the southeast. Friday will be partly cloudy and colder, with lows zero to ten below north and zero to five above south, and highs around ten to twenty in various zones. Saturday remains partly cloudy and not as cold.
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Iowa
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Geneva
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