Egyptian Forces Move to Border Across Sinai and Demarcation Line
Egyptian armed forces in great strength streamed across the Sinai toward the entire length of the Israel Egypt truce line. Syrian gunfire flared along the northeastern border as Ben Gurion warned of force if necessary after the recent clashes.
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Erusalem
Israel
UPI
Sinai Peninsula
Cairo
Syria
London
Foreign Office
United Nations
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Jordan
al Ahram
Middle East
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Knesset
Ben-Gurion
Three youths spray boy with liquid and set fire in Des Moines
Larry LaDent, 11, was sprayed with a flammable liquid by three teens at an Air Lanes Bowling Alley and trousers briefly burned after a match was thrown. He escaped unharmed. his mother reported no burns upon examination.
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DES Moines
UPI
Larry LaDent
Emma Ave
Air Lanes
Robert LaDent
Larry
LaDent
King of Clowns Felix Adler Dies
New York report notes Felix Adler known as King of the Clowns died Monday after two emergency operations at St. Clare's Hospital. For over 50 years he delighted audiences with Ringling Bros Circus from Madison Square Garden to Chicago and beyond. Adler recalled joining at age ten and becoming a star of clowning and acrobatics.
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Felix Adler
St. Clare's Hospital
Felix
Madison Square Garden
Chicago
Peoria
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Clinton
Iowa
Soviet May Have Ended Intercontinental Rocket Tests
The Pentagon suggested Russia faced technical trouble as its first intercontinental rocket tests near the Pacific were abruptly canceled after two launches. A senior official said the move could delay Soviet missile production and reflect inconsistent accuracy, with the first shot landing 2,100 yards from target.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Pacific
Moscow
Soviet Union
Washington County Saddle Club Guest Night Thursday
The Washington County Saddle Club, about 50 members, invites the public to guest night at 7:30 PM Thursday at the Farm Bureau building. Aimed at boosting membership, the event features a program and refreshments, with members sharing trail rides and club activities. Lloyd Augustine of Ainsworth, past winner at the American Royal, will be highlighted.
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Washington County Saddle Club
Lloyd Augustine
Ainsworth
Farm Bureau
Rites at Junction For Richard McBride
Richard Lee McBride age 15 of Washington died Monday February 1 Funeral services set for Thursday at 10 30 a m at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction Rev James Rila officiating Burial in Columbus City Cemetery He was born May 5 1944 near Columbus Junction to John Paul and Leona Jones McBride Survived by parents two brothers Ronald and John Paul Jr five sisters Ila Van Fyke of Columbus Junction Sarah Judy Roxie and Lucy at home
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Richard Lee McBride
John McBride
Washington
Stacy Funeral Home
Columbus Junction
James Rila
Columbus City Cemetery
Richard Lee
John Paul and
Leona Jones McBride
Ronald
John Paul Jr
Ila van Fyke
Sarah
Judy
Roxie
Lucy
Loveless to Debate Gov Stratton on Farm Policy
Iowa Governor Herschel C. Loveless and Illinois Governor William G. Stratton, both major party leaders, will debate farm policy on a Chicago radio program Dreiske's Column. Moderated by John Dreiske, the event aims to reveal party positions on national and local government issues.
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Chicago
UPI
Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
Finois
William G. Stratton
WNBQ
Dreiske
John Dreiske
Summes
Loveless
Stratton
Groundhog Day signals winter’s end amid mixed forecasts
Groundhogs faced rain and clouds across much of the nation as forecasts predicted a milder February in the north and southwest but colder than normal conditions along the southeast Gulf Coast. A Coast Guard cutter escorted 24 colonists from Coos Bay toward the Galapagos as high seas forced water shipments aboard the 100-foot vessel Alert.
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West Coast
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Rockies
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
New York
New England
Pacific Northwest
Salem
Ore
Coast Guard
Alert
Coos Bay
Galapagos Islands
US Weather Bureau
Washington
Gulf Coast
Parents say they cremated three of their children
Elkhorn Wisconsin police investigate a farm couple Helen Organ and Chester Organ both 41 and 53 charged with cremating three of their 18 children after they claim natural deaths. Sheriff Dorr ordered lie detector tests though officials found no foul play.
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Elkhorn
Wis
UPI
Joe Dorr
Helen Organ
Chester
Organ
Wilber S. Root 87 Dies in Washington County Hospital
Wilber S. Root 87 a resident of United Presbyterian Home died at 5 20 am today Feb 2 1960 in Washington County Hospital after a five year illness. Funeral services set for 1 30 pm Friday at Bough ton Funeral Home Princeville Ill with Rev H D Finley in charge. Burial in Chillicothe Ill. Survivors include daughter Mrs Arnott Keating Monmouth Ill son Dr Blake S Root Arlington Va nine grandchildren six great grandchildren two sisters preceded him in death.
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Wilber S. Root
United Presbyterian Home
Washington County
Boughton
Princeville
Ill
H. D. Finley
Chillicothe
Sherman - Eden
Mr. Root
Marshall County
Cyrus
Mary Stowell Root
Minnie Smith
United Presbyterian Church
Monmouth
Root
Arnott Keating
Blake S. Root
Arlington, Va
Frank Richey Dies in Calgary Canada
Former Washington resident Frank Richey died last week in a Calgary hospital Alberta Canada from a heart condition. He was once in the automobile business here, later moved to Des Moines, and then established residence in Canada last fall. Survived by wife Mrs. Richey a daughter Carol and a son Sterling.
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Washington
Frank Richey
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Richey
Des Moines
Carol
Sterling
Hoeven Seeks Re election to U S House of Representatives
Des Moines Iowa Rep Charles Hoeven Republican Alton Iowa filed for nomination papers to run for a 10th term in the U S House in the June primaries and November elections He was the fourth of five Iowa Republicans to announce a bid Leonard Belzer Wilton Junction Democrat also filed for the 1st District nomination to oppose Rep Fred Schwengel Schwengel had not yet committed to run again.
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DES Moines
UPI
Charles Hoeven
Iowa
U. S
House of Representatives
Hoeven
Alton
Congress
Melvin Synhorst
Leonard Belzer
Wilton Junction
Fred Schwengel
Schwengel
U. S. House
Power defends SAC warning on Russian striking power
Gen. Thomas S. Power, head of SAC, refused to retract his warning that Russia could knock out the U S striking force in 30 minutes with 300 missiles. He urged Congress to fund keeping the highest possible bomber presence airborne. Defense Secretary Gates called the warning unrealistic while Army Secretary Brucker urged focus on ground strength. The hearings opened to probe missile superiority and defense plans.
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UPI
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Congress
SAC
Russia
U.S
Defense
Thomas&. Gates Jr
Senate
Debre asks emergency powers to back de Gaulle in France
Premier Michel Debre urged France's National Assembly to grant the government emergency powers to safeguard liberty and democracy and pacify Algeria. He said the powers are needed to prevent civil war, strengthen state authority, and push the pacification effort while praise for de Gaulle echoed in the session.
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UPI
Michel Debre
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
France
Algeria
de Gaulle
Debre
Bellion
Mediterranean
Cub Scouts Observe Birthday Week in 50th Anniversary
Cub Scout Pack 243 plans a week long observance from February 6 to February 13 featuring a Gamble Store window display and a Sears Roebuck live demo on February 6 with seven of nine dens. Scouts will attend church in uniform on February 7 and wear uniforms at school all week. A Tuesday banquet at 6 pm in the Methodist Church will feature Ted Lloyd of Cedar Rapids as speaker, with Vern Naggatz presenting awards.
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Cub Scout Pack 243
Gamble
Sears Roebuck
Methodist Church
Ted Lloyd
Cedar Rapids
Vern Naggatz
Poor Man’s Kindness Yields 100000 Inheritance
Detroit laborer Carl W. Borge receives 100000 from 71 year old neighbor Lewis William Armstrong who left another 100000 to the University of Michigan medical research foundation and 1000 to his church. Armstrong called the Borges his only real friends and left no close relatives.
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Detroit
UPI
Carl W. Borge
Great Lakes Steel Co
Lewis William Armstrong
Borge
Borges
Armstrong
University of Michigan
White Lie Triggers Oelwein Presidential Visit Rumor
A grandmother’s small lie sparks a rumor that President Eisenhower would visit Oelwein to discuss the cost of living with a 12 year old girl. The tale spread via grapevine as Roxie Anne Turner recovered from flu and was told a train rumor.
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Oelwein
Iowa
UPI
Fisenhower
Roxie Anne Turner
Annua Stulfus
Roxie
California
Hartford City principal kills two teachers in elementary school
Leonard O Redden 40 shot and killed Miss Harriet Robson 52 in fourth grade then Mrs Russell McFerren 62 on the second floor at William Reed Elementary School in Hartford City Indiana. He left the scene calmly with a 12 gauge shotgun and fled in a gray and green Ford 1952 model.
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Hartford City
Ind
UPT
Leonard O. Redden
Harriet Robson
William Reed
Russell McFerren
Indianapolis
Silas McCaffrey
Redden
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Central Normal College
Danville
Ball State College
Muncie
Robson
McFerren
Ball State
Mississinewa
Gas City
Higher Dividends On GI Insurance For Veterans
The plan to raise cash dividends on GI life insurance for World War II and World War I veterans won approval after a House Veterans Committee hearing. About five million World War II veterans and 300,000 World War I veterans would receive the increased payout, starting next year, with a roughly four percent rise anticipated and possible increases in later years.
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Washington
UPI
House Veterans Committee
Treasury
Julian B. Baird
Veterans Administration
Iowa Weather Update Clouds Warmth and Rain Possible
A cloudy and slightly warmer night with rain or drizzle expected in the west. Wednesday brings rain in the southwest and drizzle in the northeast with little temperature change. lows in the 30s and highs 30 to 44. Rain may switch to snow and a colder spell arrives Thursday.
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