Fire shower aids Howsare family after Crawfordsville blaze
Nearly 100 people attended a fire shower in Crawfordsville to support the Howsare family left homeless by a Monday night house fire southeast of Ainsworth. Gifts included clothing, furniture, toys, money, and household items, and the couple plans to move into a rented home as volunteers organize a community benefit basketball game to fund their relief.
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Hows
Galen
Kirk
Crawfordsville
Howsare
Raymond Howsare
Howsares
Ainsworth
Everette Sommer
Harry Suter
Cleo McCoy
Ainsworth Gym
Funeral for Mrs Minnie Swails in Gladwin Sunday
Funeral services for 84 year old Mrs Minnie Swails who died at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Gladwin Community Church with Rev Edwin D Emmet officiating Burial will be in Salem Cemetery with Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction in charge She was born November 17 1873 in Louisa County daughter of Thomas and Esther Dodder Orr A life long Louisa County resident she married Charles E Swails who died in 1941 Surviving are five sons Carl Glen Lyle Mellie all of Iowa City and William of Columbus Junction three daughters Mrs Walter Marling Mrs Carl Steele and Mrs Albert Cline all of Columbus Junction 22 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren
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Columbus Junction
Minnie Swails
Mercy Hosital
Iowa City
Gladwin Community Church
Edwin D. Emmet
Salem Cemetery
Stacy Funeral Home
Columbus Jupnelion
Louisa County
Gladwin
Charles E Swails
Swails
Carl
Glen
Lyle
Mellie
William
Walter Marling
Carl Steele
Albert Cline
Washington FFA Honors At Annual Parent Night Banquet
Francis Friese and Larry Marek led the event with top honors. Harold Bohr challenged the group to set farming goals while Nate Young was named an honorary FFA member. Awards covered safety, soil and water, electrification, public speaking, and various livestock and crop achievements.
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Francis Friese
Larry Marek
Washington
Future Farmers of America
Francis
Charles Friese
Larry
Ray Glover
DeKalb
FFA
Lorence Marek
Harold Bohr
Nate Young
Washington Ffa
Mr Young
Dennis Stout
James Miksch
Gaylen Jarrard
Peter Bell
Peter
Winffa
Washington Future Farmers of America
FCC Probe Advances to Crucial Phase in Mack Payoff Case
In Washington the House subcommittee readies to hear Thurman A. Whiteside, Coral Gables attorney and alleged fixer, about a $2,650 payment to FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack linked to a Miami channel award to National Airlines. Whiteside testifies voluntarily, calling former counsel Schwartz a liar, while Mack invites scrutiny of financial records.
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House
FCC
Richard A. Mack
Miami
National Airlines
House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
Coral Gables
Fla
Thurman A. Whiteside
Mack
Whiteside
Bernard Schwartz
Schwartz
Oren
Alvin Jones Wins Heavyweight Swine Carcass Championship
Alvin Jones entered the heavyweight Hampshire carcass at the Washington County market show in Cedar Rapids and won first in the carcass judging while his live hog ranked ninth in the live judging. Top entries from Leo Finke and Bob Greene also placed, with 81 carcasses viewed by 43 residents.
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Washington County
Alvin Jones
Wilson & Co
Cedar Rapids
Washington County Swine Producers Association
Hampshire
Mr. Jones
Berkshire
Leo Finke
Bob Greene
Jack Trotman
Alvin Wehr
John Knotek
Dick Stephens
Mel
Farm Home at Ogden Destroyed by Fire
Ogden Iowa Fire destroyed an eight room farm home five miles northwest of town late Friday night. The home of Mr and Mrs Lavern Wilson burned while the couple were visiting in Boone. Firemen saved a barn and garage from the blaze.
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Here
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Invite Public to Hear Dr Murray Speak at YMCA Friday
Final arrangements set for a Murray Dinner at the YMCA community room Friday March 7. Dr William G Murray known as Bill will be the guest speaker to a Washington County audience. A reception precedes the 6 30 p m dinner with tickets through the county Republican organization limited to 200. Seating will be expanded by removing tables after dinner for at least 100 more. Representative Richard Stephens of Ainsworth chairs arrangements Wayne Norman handles ticket distribution.
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YMCA
William G. Murray
Bill
Washington County
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
Wayne Norman
Leopold to Offer Money for Charity
CHICAGO. Nathan Leopold announced plans to donate most proceeds from his autobiography Life Plus 99 Years to charity aiding disturbed children and fighting juvenile delinquency. Leopold and Richard Loeb, aged 19 and 18, murdered 14 year old Bobby Franks in 1924 to prove a perfect crime.
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Nathan Leopold
Emmet Gertz
Leopold
Stateville
Joliet
Bobby Franks
Bobby
Benson Resign Demanded by Jensen in Farm Policy Row
Rep. Ben F. Jensen urged Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson to resign for the good of the farmer. Benson refused, saying he will stay to pursue flexible price supports and continue aiding farmers. Miller and Judd pressed for resignation, warning it could threaten GOP seats in November. They planned White House talks after a Midwest GOP meeting highlighted farmer distress over Benson’s policies.
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Ben F. Jensen
Iowa
Ezra Taft Benson
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Eisenhower
Judd
Alfred Quie
Minnesota
Quie
White House
Case Predicts Increase Me**ts Federal Road Budget
Senator Francis Case foresees the administration proposing methods to boost federal highway spending in coming years as current funding would fall about 600 million dollars yearly below the 1956 act levels. Possible options include direct treasury support, higher highway taxes, or bond financing.
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R.S.D
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D-Tenn
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Averell Harriman
New York
Dennis J. Roberts
Rhode Island
Harriman
Roberts
Truman
Bureau of Public Roads
Pueblo Indian to Speak at Izaak Walton Club Meeting
Chief Evergreen Tree a Pueblo Indian from Wisconsin Dells will be guest speaker at the Izaak Walton League Monday family night pot luck at St. James Hall. He will deliver a 30 minute talk on conservation history and perform bird and animal imitations. He will also offer archery tips following an archery match by local members.
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Chief Evergreen Tree
Wisconsin Dells
Izaak Walton League
St. James Hall
Winter Eases Grip as Eastern States Thaw and Rescue Efforts Grow
A broad warming trend ends much of the harsh winter in the East. Three tugboats cleared 43 miles of ice on the Mississippi near Cairo Illinois, signaling a breakthrough in a three day struggle. Helicopters ferried feed to Pennsylvania dairy farms and Army helicopters delivered food and fuel to Upstate New York. milk dumps earlier in the week prompted urgent relief. Snow plows and jeeps moved to clear roads, aiding Indiana farm families still cut off by drifts.
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US Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Cairo
New York
Indiana
Dick Curran Dies In St. Paul on Friday
Word has been received of the death of Dick Curran a founder of Curran Co in Washington He died Friday afternoon at his home in St Paul after a year long illness Funeral services will be held at 9 am Monday in St Paul He was about 70 years old and served as president and manager of the Northwestern Printeraft ers He was known to many in Washington.
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Dick Curran
Curran Co
Washington
Curran
St. Paul
Northwestern Printerafters
Three Iowans Win George Washington Honor Medal
In Valley Forge Pennsylvania the Freedoms Foundation awarded the George Washington Honor Medal to Frank Miller Des Moines Register Tribune cartoonist for Get Back on That Throne. The Farmers Trust & Savings Bank Buffalo Center and Des Moines Roosevelt High School also received medals for local advertising and related efforts.
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Iowa
George Washington
The
Freedoms Foundation
Frank Miller
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Farmers Trust & Savings Bank of Buffalo
Des Moines Roosevelt High School
Weather Outlook for Iowa This Weekend
Mostly fair weather continues through Sunday with warmer conditions across the state tonight and Sunday. Lows range from 22 to 27 northeast and 27 to 33 southwest, while Sunday highs reach the lower 40s to lower 50s from northeast to southwest. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and little temperature change.
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