Swindle Suspect Julian Frank Under Death Crash Investigation
New York attorney Julian Andrew Frank 33 suspected of killing himself and 33 airliner passengers in a death by own action crash. Investigators probe a million-dollar swindle pattern linked to phantom firms and mortgage deals while bar associations and FBI review embezzlement and legal-fee disputes.
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New York
UPI
Julian Andrew Frank
Frank
St. Louis
Kansas City
New York Bar Assn
Supreme Court
Archibald Palmer
Las Vegas
Palmer
Regents Agree To Finance SUI Project
Iowa Board of Regents approves financing a 4.6 million dollar addition for the University of Iowa Student Union with 5 percent notes from a group of life insurance companies. An additional 1.6 million dollar educational testing center in Iowa City also will be funded at 5 percent. Des Moines based Central Assurance Co. vice president John Hawkinson led the agreement, calling the rate economical only as local cooperation. The board's decision follows his remarks about lowering the rate.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Regents
Iowa City
John Hawkinson
The
Central Assurance Co
Snow Drifts Close Iowa Schools and Halt Traffic
Winter storm sweeps across Iowa with 50 mph winds and three foot drifts snarling traffic. Sioux City reports nearly a foot of snow as power lines fail in Waterloo Cedar Falls and many areas close schools and halt travel. A Waterloo incident injures no one. $8,000 damage to a truck is recorded.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Nebraska
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Iowa Public Service
Waterloo Power
Illinois Central Railroad
Harold Henninger
Eight Chicago officers held in pre-dawn burglary raids
Flying squads of police in Chicago arrested eight officers on burglary charges after raids that seized four wagonloads of stolen goods. Authorities said more officers may be involved, with as many as forty suspected. The suspects were held for grand jury questioning and face court Saturday.
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Chicago
UPS
Frank Ferlic
Timothy J. O'Connor
Howard Pierson
Pierson
Cook County
Conrad Hilton
Criminal Court
David Canel
Alfred Cilella
Swank Union League Club
Ferric
Paul Newey
Loop Club
Assembly Point
Continued Preparation of Crawfordsville Ainsworth Merger Plan
Committees in Crawfordsville and Ainsworth advance a merger proposal for resident vote. A prior Crawfordsville meeting and printed WACO plan guide steps. An upcoming Ainsworth meeting is slated for February 29 to push print form progress.
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Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Waco
Rites at Richland For James Johnstone
James Elmer Johnstone 89 died Thursday at Mahaska County Hospital in Oskaloosa after several weeks illness. Body at Gould Funeral Home Richland. Services Saturday at 2 p m in Richland Friends Church with Rev. Almon White officiating. Born Richland April 24 1872 son of Joseph and Catherine Johnstone. Survived by one son Kenneth Fernley Nevada two grandsons and siblings Ralph Elva Givans of Oskaloosa Blanche Cook of Washington state.
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Richland
James Elmer Johnstone
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Gould
Richland Friends Church
Almon White
Mr. Johnstone
Joseph
Catherine Johnstone
Anna Allen
Kenneth
Fernely
Nevada
Ralph
Elva Givans
Blanche Cook
Washington State
Wild game dinner draws crowd in Chicauga chapter event
About 250 people attended the annual wild game dinner by the Chicauga Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. A film What Makes Alaska Alaska was shown. Darrell Thompson could not travel. Mrs. Thompson and daughter Jeanine attended from Graverly Ia. Twelve wild dishes were served including pheasant duck squirrel rabbit coon possum and wild boar. Phil Kneen led the meeting and Mrs. Lisle Hering received a gift for past chapter service.
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Chicagua Chapter
Izaak Walton League
Alaska
Darrell Thompson
Phil Kneen
Lisle Hering
Turkey workshop and agronomy school planned by extension service
Washington County Extension Service outlines events in the coming weeks. A one day turkey workshop will be held January 26 at 9 30 a m in the YMCA. A three day agronomy school is set for February 2 9 and 16 with specialists from Iowa State University presiding. Applications will be accepted from local farmers.
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Washington County Extension Service
YMCA
Iowa State University
Washington Community Adult Education Program Sets Classes
Plans for the ninth annual program were announced by director Russell Bannister. Ten sessions run Jan 25 to Mar 28 at 7 p m each Monday with courses in welding intermediate clothing intermediate creative writing Spanish practical general math typing beginning woodworking beginning. Minimum 10 enrollments per class. seven sessions earned for a completion card. Registration options available at the high school McDaniel's Drug Store or by mail. Registration fee is 7.50.
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Washington
Russell Bannister
Verne Knecht
Mary Soper
Don Woodruff
Floyd Cowles
William Brice
George Chambers
Clarence McConkey
McDaniel’s
Explorer Scouts Host Teen Hop at Legion Hall
Local Explorer Scout Troop sponsors a Teen Hop this Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Jesters perform with a KCRG TV DJ, door prizes and a dance contest add excitement. Admission is 1 dollar single or 1.75 dollars per couple to fund a canoe trip to Canada next summer.
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Explorer Scout
KCRG
Jesters
Legion Hall
Canada
Area Governor Guest At Toastmasters Meet
Ralph Cullen of Muscatine area governor of Toastmasters was a guest at the Washington group meeting Thursday evening. He was accompanied by Bill Steith of Muscatine. Tom Young, a local high school senior, spoke on distributive education. Tentative plans for an area speech contest in Washington were set for March. The Toastmasters Club meets Thursdays at 6 p.m. in the Captain's Table.
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Ralph Cullen
Muscatine
Washington
Bill Steith
Tom Young
Toastmasters Club
Slagle Rites Sunday In Wellman Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Slagle 76 will be held at 2 p m Sunday in the Wellman Mennonite Church. Alva Swartzendruber of Hydro Oklahoma will officiate with burial in the Wellman Mennonite Cemetery. The body will lie at the Yoder Funeral Home Kalona until services.
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Kalona
Fannie Slagle
Wellman Mennonite
Alva Swartzendruber
Hydro
Okla
Yoder
LSU Dean Held On Murder Charge In Slaying Of Protege
Dr. George H. Mickey executive dean of LSU Graduate School is jailed without bail on murder charges for the bludgeon death of Margaret Rosamond McMillan. The 38 year old biology professor was found dead near the Mississippi River road, her skull fractured by 13 blows. McMillan’s body was shipped to Evanston Idaho for burial.
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Louisiana
Margaret Rosamond McMillan
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
George Mickey
LSU Graduate School
UPI
George H. Mickey
Louisiana State University Graduate School
Mickey
Robert L. Kleinpeter
Rosie’’ McMillan
Evanston
East Baton Rouge
Parish
Earl Long
J. B. Klinge Jr
Dist. Atty. J
New Orleans
Mississippi
Des Moines Man Takes Coffee Break Literally
An unidentified Des Moines man drank coffee in an all night restaurant then hurled the cup through a window pane and departed after paying. The incident occurred early Thursday and left the pane damaged.
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DES Moines
UPI
Khrushchev Proposes 1.2 Million Man Soviet Armies Cut
Western powers remain skeptical as Khrushchev pushes a 1.2 million personnel cut in the Soviet armed forces. The Supreme Soviet approved the plan amid claims of rapid disarmament, while U.S. officials caution the move may be delayed or risk political retaliation.
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Moscow
UPS
Supreme Soviet
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
Suene Soviet
Russia
Washington
UPI
America
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Mrs. Elmer Swickard Dies This Morning
Mrs. Elmer Swickard 80 of 602 West Monroe Street died at 7 30 a m today January 15 1960 in Washington County Hospital after long illness. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 pm Jones Funeral Home with Rev B G Hall. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. She was born August 4 1879 in Dutch Creek Township married October 13 1897 to Elmer Swickard who died November 29 1951. She lived here since 1919. Surviving daughters Faye Swickard and Dorothy Aston, one grandchild, two great grandchildren, one brother James of Britt, two sisters Mrs Ira Rich OsKaloosa and Mrs William H Hotle Washington. One son, one brother and three sisters preceded her in death.
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Elmer Swickard
Monroe Street
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
B. G. Hall
Elm Grove Cemetery
Anna V. McNeese
Dutch Creek Township
Samuel and
Eliza Reed McNeese
West Chester
Faye Swickard
Dorothy Aston
Washington
James
Britt
Ira Rich
Oskaloosa
William H. Hotle
Nellie Bailey 69 Dies. Rites in Letts Methodist Church
Mrs. Nellie Bailey of Letts died at University Hospital Iowa City Thursday at age 69. Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Letts Methodist Church with Stacy Funeral Home handling arrangements. Born Oct. 17 1890 in Letts to Jess and Lucy Paullins she married William Bailey who died 1951. Survived by two sons Paul Columbus Junction and Donald Bettendorf three grandchildren one sister Mrs Clifford Houtz Waterloo and two brothers Lynn Burlington and Ross Muscatine.
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Columbus Junction
Nellie Bailey
University Hospital
Iowa City
Letts
Stacy Funeral Home
Bailey
Jess
Lucy Paullins
William Bailey
Paul
Donald
Bettendorf
Clifford Houtz
Waterloo
Lynn
Burlington
Ross
Muscatine
Decision Next Month On Mid-Prairie Site
Hearing held in Des Moines on an appeal of County Superintendent Lester B. Krabill ruling about the Mid-Prairie high school site. The State Board of Public Instruction heard the case and will issue a decision next month. Krabill had ruled the district should not build in the Summit area.
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Lester B. Krabill
Mid-Prairie High School
Des Moines
State Board of Public Instruction
Krabill
Mid-Prairie Board
Summit
County Red Cross Group at State Meet
Washington County Red Cross officers and workers attended a state conference in Cedar Rapids. County chair man Robert L. Everetts and panel participants included W. H. Boekelman Ralph Martin Clyde V Brown and Mrs Marsh Atkinson. Winnie Beiter executive secretary joined with other attendees including Mrs Lester Leeper and Mrs Delmar Yoder. The national vice chairman also attended the meeting.
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Washington County Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Robert L. Everetts
W. H. Boekelman
Ralph Martin
Clyde V. Brown
Marsh Atkinson
Lester Leeper
Delmar Yoder
Winnie Beiter
Tri County School Hearing Set for January 20
A hearing on the appeal of the Tri County school reorganization proposal will be held in the courthouse at 10 a m on January 20. The Brighton Pleasant Plain and Richland area plus surrounding rural districts are involved. The appeal challenges a ruling by J C Wright state superintendent of public instruction that the proposal be withdrawn without voting. The ruling followed an appeal from joint county boards of Washington Jefferson and Keokuk Counties.
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Tri - County
Court House
Brighton
Pleasant Plain
Richland
J. C. Wright
Department of Public Instruction
Cold Wave Warning and Five Day Iowa Forecast
Cold wave tonight with temperatures falling from five to fifteen below northwest to five above southeast. Winds diminish as skies clear. Saturday partly cloudy and cold with highs in the low to mid twenties. Sunday clouds dim but milder, with a chance of snow northwest and rain or snow southeast. Five day outlook shows average highs in the 20s north to lower 30s south and lows around 3 to 16 above. Precipitation generally one tenth inch or less as snow Sunday or Monday.
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Unitecess International Iowa
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FBI
South America
Asia
Margaret McMillan
SUI
United Press International
Moscow Institute
Radienhoto
James Johnstone
Agronomy
Turkey
Explorer Scouts
Toastmasters Meet
Wellman Church
LSU
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Gromyko
United Nations
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Red Cross
Tri-County
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