Poland Farmers Win Concessions and New Minister
Warsaw reports sweeping farmer concessions by the Central Committee including partial return to free enterprise. Edward Ochab replaces Natoni Kuligowski as agriculture minister while party rules allow land transfer, reduced land taxes, lower grain purchases, higher grain prices, expanded social insurance, larger farms in western territories, and easier credit access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Edward Ochab
Communist Party
Natoni Kuligowski
Ochab
Wladyslaw Gomulka
State Land Fund
Chester John Stewart of Keota Dies at 74
Chester John Stewart 74 of Keota died at 1 30 a m today at Pines Rest Home Washington after three years as a patient. The body is at Powell Funeral Home Keota with arrangements pending. His wife Mrs Stewart has been staying with their daughter and is now at her Keota home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Chester John Stewart
Pines Rest Home
Washington
Powell
Stewart
Death Investigation After Man Found Dead at Morning Sun
Louisa County coroner Victor Stacy continues probe into the death of Claude Parr about 72 found in his trailer home at Morning Sun. Death believed due to heart attack. Time of death estimated between 8 and 10 am Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Victor Stacy
Louisa County
Claude Parr
Stacy
Parr
Red Cross Life Saving Classes Begin This Week
American Red Cross offers Senior Life Saving courses meeting at the Red Cross office Thursday evenings at 8 and finishing at the YMCA Pool, and at the YMCA Friday evenings from 8 15 to 9 45. The 17 hour course is open to any who have completed progressive Red Cross swimming levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Harlan Neuhart
Red Cross
YMCA
Max Owens
Waters Will Speak At Farm Bureau Meeting
Howard Waters vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will speak at a Washington dinner meeting of county Farm Bureau leaders in the Christian Church starting at 6 30 p m He will discuss American Farm Bureau Federation activities and legislative plans Attendees include 1956 and 1957 boards Farm Service Co board and all Farm Bureau employees and spouses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Waters
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Waters
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Service Co Board
Farm Bureau
Fifty-Two Chamber Members Signed In
Fifty two members have paid their pledges to the Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. New members include Jay Brewer Brown's Shoe Everetts Music Store FareWay Food Store Farmers Mutual Insurance Gamble Store Gem Loan Keating Welding Kneen Refrigeration Lemmon Jewelry Marshall Furniture Phillips Pharmacy Seiferts Zager Plumbing Swanson's Grocery Drs Peterson Flickinger Larson Washington Federal Livingston Day Osincup Drug Store Fred Bell Feeds W L Rukgaber Robert Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Claude Woods
Jay Brewer
Brown's Shoe
Brown's Shoe Fit
Everetts Music Store
FareWay Food Store
Farmers Mutual Insurance
Gamble Store
Gem Loan Co
W. H. Graber County Home Horse Feed & Grain
Keating Welding Kneen Refrigeration
Lemmon Jewelry
Marshall Furniture
Mrs. Payne Marshall
Nicola & Harmon Phillips Pharmacy
Seiferts Zager Plumbing & Heating
Montgomery Ward & Co. Swanson’s Grocery
Drs
Sen, Washington
Federal Savings & Loan
Livingston & Day
W. E. Howell
Osincup Drug Store
Fred Bell Feeds
W. L. Rukgaber
Robert Wiley
Calendar of Events Kept by Chamber For Benefit of Public
Washington organizations are urged to use the chamber of commerce calendar of events. The calendar aids public and business planning, avoids conflicts, and is available to report general meetings. Call ahead to check date clashes before scheduling large functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
New Year's Baby of 1957 Named in Washington County
Rickie Joseph Wehr born January 1 at 1 40 p m in Washington County Hospital was named New Year’s Baby of 1957 though he died January 2. He was first baby born in the county shortly before Daniel James Dempsey, with local merchants presenting gifts to the family. The Wehr child is son of Harold and Marjorie Louise Fritz Wehr. siblings Ronnie Joe Gary Dean and Randy Harold live at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickie Joseph Wehr
Harold Wehr
Washington
Washington County
Rickie Joseph
Daniel James Dempsey
James Dempsey
McDaniel Drugstore
Johnson's
J. C. Penney Co
Wolf Floral Co
Lemmon Jewelry
House of Flowers
Gather Studio
Osincup Drug Store
Martin’s Modern Cleaners
Children’s Wonderland
State
Waco
Ralph's
Nicola & Harmon
Fuhr & Cochran
Chatham
National Bank of Washington
Witting’s
Washington Dairy
Connelly Hardware
Schoonover
Harold
Marjorie Louise Fritz Wehr
Wehr
Ronnie Joe
Gary Dean
Randy Harold
Warns of New Racial Violence and Middle East Plan Seen
In Washington the House Democratic leaders prioritized a 34 word substitute to the Eisenhower Doctrine. The proposal states the US will defend the Middle East if needed but rejects troop deployment without Congress approval and omits the $400 million aid package. Speaker Rayburn withheld the author’s identity, citing a prominent former official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
United States
Middle East
Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East Nations
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Harry Klostergaard Speaks to Washington Y's Men Club
Washington resident Harry Klostergaard spoke to the Y's Men at their Tuesday meeting about his trip to Pasadena aboard the Iowa Booster Special. He was part of a large Washington group that attended the Rose Bowl in California. A brief business session invited bids on a valuable figurine donated by Mrs. Robert Curtis for Hungarian relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Klostergaard
Washington
Washington Y's Men's Club
Pasadena
Calif
Iowa
California
Y's
Robert Curtis
Thursday Morning Prayer Meetings Across Washington
Universal Week of Prayer schedules Thursday 9:30 to 10 a.m. gatherings in Washington and rural areas. Public invited to attend in listed homes including Dale Herdlicka 609 East Ninth Street and Clarence Logan 703 South Third Avenue, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dale Herdlicka
East Ninth St
Clarence Logan
South Third Ave
Harry Ramseyer
East
Washington St
E. H. Messer
West Madison St
E. E. Stutsman
West Main St
Lloyd Duensing
J. E. Letts
Eugene Martin
Don Maxwell
National Bank of Washington Holds Annual Meeting
The National Bank of Washington held its annual meeting with 784 of 800 shares represented. President Frank C. Crone reported year end 1956 deposits of 4 280 204 29 loans 1 055 669 45 and undivided profits 170 544 13. Total resources and liabilities stood at 4 664 748 42. The board elected Crone as president Weldin as vice president cashier Weeks Masson as assistant cashiers and Dempsey Schulty Smith as tellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Washington
Frank C. Crone
C. P. Weldin
Robert Wiley
Carlton C. Wilson
George J. Breitenbach
Dr. P. L. Etter
Crone
Richard L. Weeks
David J. Masson
Lucy F. Dempsey
Geraldine Schulty
Catherine Smith
Beatrice Kendrick
Charlotte Pencil
Seed Corn Processing Plant To Be Built Here in Spring
Northrup King announces a Kingscroft hybrid seed corn processing plant will rise in Washington in 1957 with January start and August completion. A new breeding location will operate there in summer under Dean Stanley. four acres purchased. John Walker to manage seed production. plant to run year round with drying and milling across Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingscroft
Washington
North 12Th Street
Rock Island Railroad
Maurice Keating
Northrup King
Dean Stanley
Minneapolis
Minn
Kingscroft Corn
C. A. Bush
Hampton
Iowa
Shakopee
Lake Crystal
Waterville
Howard Lake
Minnesota
Midwest
John Walker
Bush
Walker
Research Service Department
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Texas
Arizona
Florida
Boise
Idaho
Berkeley
California
Baby Clinic Friday At Crawfordsville School
A Child Health Conference will be held in the lunch room of Crawfordsville School on Friday January 11 from 1 to 3 30 p m. It is a well baby clinic offering free physical examinations to infants and children under school age by doctors from the Pediatrics Department State University Hospital Iowa City. No treatments are given. recommendations and referrals to family physicians are provided. Appointments are by calling Mrs Robert Miller, Phone 1 Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Pediatrics Department
State University Hospital
Iowa City
Robert Miller
Eden resigns as British prime minister after Suez setback
Prime Minister Anthony Eden announced his resignation today after the Suez crisis policy failed. He met the Queen at Buckingham Palace to notify her, signaling the end of his premiership and prompting speculation over his successor, possibly R A Butler or Harold Macmillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
London
No. 10
Downing Street
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Eden
R.A. Butler
Privy Seal
House of Commons
Harold MacMillan
Sir Winston Churchill
Sandringham
Norfolk
Mrs. Reed, 75, Dies After 18 Months Illness
Mrs. Harry Reed aged 75 died at 6 40 am today in a local hospital after an 18 month illness. She lived at 421 East Van Buren Street and was buried at Elm Grove Cemetery after funeral services at St James Catholic Church. Survivors include six children, 19 grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers. She was active in St James Altar and Rosary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Reed
East van Buren Street
St. James Catholic Church
James Grubb
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Rose Barbara Smith
Harper
Keokuk County
Hamas
Mary Feckley Smith
Ollie
Washington
Burlington Editorial Praises Rev. T. J. Lew
The Burlington Hawkeye prints an editorial lauding Rev. Thomas J. Lew upon his transfer from St. Patrick’s in Burlington to St. James in Washington Iowa. The piece highlights his long service, role as family counselor, AA work, and strong ties with Catholics and non Catholics alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
St. Patrick's
Father Lew
Paddy
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lew
St. James Church
Washington, Ia
May Reconsider Plan To Widen Highway 30 Adjoining Ames Campus
The Iowa Highway Commission was urged to reinstate a plan to widen U.S. 30 from four to six lanes beside the Iowa State College campus in Ames. The commission said action would not come before 1958 and noted a by-pass study must precede any decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 30
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
U.S. 30
Iowa State College
College
State Board of Regents
Ames Chamber of Commerce
Emory Loomis
Waterloo
Move to Integrate Knoxville Schools May Cause Bloodshed
Atlanta report notes segregationist John Kasper warns the suit to integrate Knoxville Tennessee schools could trigger race riots and bloodshed. Kasper links the case to White Citizens Council strategy sessions as Tennessee and South Carolina legislatures begin 1957 sessions. Governor Frank Clement promotes voluntary school integration with assignment based on nonracial grounds. Georgia Education Commission led by Gov. is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
John Kasper
Knoxville
Tenn
Kasper
Clinton, Tenn
White Citizens Council
Tennessee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
Frank Clement
Clement
Georgia Education Commission
Plan Patch Test For Students In County
Mrs. Mayme Squire announces rapid progress on a tuberculosis patch testing program for Washington County Schools. Mrs. Paul Horak chairs planning with committee heads including Mrs. Phieger Ross Stewart Miss Jeffrey and Miss Gregg. A January 29 meeting will include all committee chairmen and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Squire
Washington County Tuberculosis Association
Washington County
Paul Horak
Ethel Gregg
Plan Kolosiek Rites At Kalona on Friday
Kalona Iowa area resident Melack Kolosiek age 67 died at his Kalona area farm after an 11 month illness caused by a stroke. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Friday at the Kalona Methodist Church with the Petersime Funeral Home in charge. Burial will follow in Sharon Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Sylvia Kupka, two sons Donald and Marvin, two brothers Joe and Roscoe, and three sisters. Born January 17, 1889 near Kalona, he lived in the community his entire life and farmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Melack
Sylvia Kupka
Donald
Marvin
Joe Kolosiek
Washington
Roscoe Kolosiek
Frank Pribyl
Anna Kolosiek
Tena Pribyl
Snow and Cold With Heavier Snow Possible South
Snow and colder tonight with heavy snow possible in the extreme south. Northwest partly cloudy while southeast clears as the system moves. Lows near zero to ten below in the north and zero to ten above in the south. Five day forecast shows 10 to 15 degrees below normal with continued cold and minor changes then colder by week end. Precipitation 1/5 to 3/4 inch as snow tonight and again about Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Iowa
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Exchange
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Charlie
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Willard Stone
Gerald Edwards
Glen
Gerald
Kenneth Hesser
Russell Davison
Everette Davison
Edward Schantz
Arlis van Sant
Andy Shepfer
Tom Lowry
Gilbert Simpson
Ledru Kauffman
Howard
Robert Arbogast
Joe Ricks
Harold Ricks
Mrs. Ricks
Chester
John Stewart
Farm Bureau Meeting
Mideast
New
Y’s Men
National Bank
Rev. T. J. Lew
Plan Kolosiek
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