UN Admits Bombing Error in Kaesong Area Amid Armistice Talks
The United Nations confirms an allied aircraft likely struck a hillside near Kaesong and a supply truck convoy, as talks to end the stalemate in Korea proceed. Maj. Gen William Harrison Jr. replaces Maj. Gen Ferenbaugh as lead negotiator to push forward an armistice framework including air base construction terms.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
Kaesong
U.N
U.N. Commmand
Bb. Ferenbaug
William K. Harrison, Jr
Sth Army
Ferenbaugh
Leist
Fort Rucker
Ala
Bailey rape trial delayed by judge to January 25
Judge ER O Newell postponed the Roy Bailey rape trial from January 21 to January 25. Bailey, 27, is married and the case rests on testimony from a 13 year old Morning Sun girl. Earlier trials in September ended in a hung jury after 23 hours deliberation and a later October session found a juror not a qualified elector.
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Columbus Junction
ER. O. Newell
Roy Bailey
Bailey
Morning Sun
Funeral services for Mrs Amelia Baer at St Vauls church
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St Vauls Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev Milo Pnitlipt in charge. Pallbearers included Howard Lunning Raymond Gerdes Harold Lunning Harold Gerdes William Dial Don Woods. A duet by Mr and Mrs Robert Everetts. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Amelia Baer
St. Vauls Evangelical and Reformed Church
Milo Pnitlipt
Howard
Harold Lunning
Raymond
Harold Gerdes
William Dial
Don Woods
Robert Everetts
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mother Dies Suddenly While Visiting Son
Mrs. Nancy Melvina Leeper died last night of a heart attack while visiting at her son Harvey Leeper’s home in Dutch Creek township east of Keola. Funeral arrangements await word from a California-based daughter. Survivors include Lewis Leeper Nevada Mary Dunshee Reading Calif eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Keola
Nancy Melvina Leeper
Nevada
Harvey Leeper
Dutch Creek
Leeper
California
Lewis Leeper
Roy Dunshee
Reading
Calif
Mills Market Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary
Albert Mills and his wife opened Mills Market two years ago across from the State Theater. They remodeled the rear of the store to enlarge floor space for shoppers. The couple praises the grocery business for meeting and serving the public as they mark their anniversary with a special sale.
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Albert Mills
Mills Market
State Theater
Mills
Albert
Bill
Ten Inductees In Group From Washington County
Ten Washington county youths left by bus for Des Moines on Tuesday for induction into the armed forces. Included are Cletus Ambrose Kasper Riverside Lee Howard Mangold Washington Victor Wayne Thompson Washington Ray Allen Harland Katona Paul Eugene Swartzendruber Katona Glenn Lewie Ladehoff West Chester Billie Eugene Petwetter Wellman Richard Duane Young Crawfordsville Ronald Eugene Bowser West Frank Otis Wood Washington.
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Weshington County
Des Moines
Armed Forcees
Ington
Victor Wayne Thompson
Washington
Ray Allen Harland
Katona
Paul Eugene Swartzendruber
Glenn Lewie Ladehoff
West Chester
Billie Eugene Petwetter
Wellman
Richard Duane Young
Crawfordsville
Ronald Eugene Bowser
West
Washington County
County Recorder
Brown
Brody's Sports
Gambles Store
T. H. Peters Hardware
Western Auto
Robert Fillmore
Brighton
J. J Mleig
Rubio
Keifer Hardware
Riverside
Peoples Savings Tank Oof
Snair Hardware
Kualona
Milburn Spessard
Sands Stor
Ainsworth
Swartzendruber and
Notfsinger Hardware
Kefauver Plans Announcement On Presidential Bid
Sen Estes Kefauver intents to announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination today in Washington. He faces a tough path as Illinois backing for Len Brien McMahon challenges him for delegates ahead of Truman’s 1952 decision. Kefauver rose to national fame as head of the Senate crime investigation.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Len Brien McMahon
Mrs. Allar Dies in Sigourney Area After Tuesday Death
Mrs. Mary Allar, mother of Mrs. Albert Greiner of Keota, died Tuesday near Sigourney. Funeral services will be Saturday at the Harper Catholic church with Rev. M. J. Diamond. Burial in Harper cemetery. Rosary tonight at her son Godfrey Allar’s home. Born November 30, 1870, in Weokuk County, she was married to Conrad Allar in 1891. he died in 1954. Survived by four daughters Pauline Conrad Casey, Iowa. Evantretild and Archie Harrass Sigourney. and son Will Allar Harper.
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Mary Aller
Sigourney
Keola
Mary Allar
Albert Greiner
A. Om. Pihursdary
Harper
M. J. Diamond
Mrs. Allar
WeokuUk
Godfrey and
Katheryn Bevin Wilett
Conrad Allar
Greiner
Keota
Pauline Conrad
Casey
Iowa
Eivantretild
Archie Harrass
Will Allar
Funeral services for W. F. Stoutner in Keota
Funeral services for W. F. Stoutner are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Marsh funeral home in Keota. Rev. Clayton P. Shepherd of the Christian church will preside. Burial will follow in the Keota Cemetery.
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Keota
W. F. Stoutner
Marsh
Clayton P. Shephard
The
Christian Church
Scout Builds Five Room House for Widow Mother
Whitehall Michigan report notes Jerry Krause a 16 year old Eagle Scout is constructing a five room house for his widowed mother. He is a high school senior who saves during spare time to buy materials and complete the project.
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Whitehall
Mich
Jerry Krause
Jerry
One Day For All Celebrates Snyder Birthday Trio
Elberfield Indiana reports 66 year-old John Snyder marks his birthday on October 10. The occasion also celebrates the birthdays of three grandchildren born within a year of each other.
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Elberfield, Ind
John Snyder
Horseshoe varieties shown at Willits garage display
Visitors, especially children with their fathers, view 25 hand made ribhle plated horseshoes in a Willits garage display. Ted Eggers, a former local blacksmith, created the collection now housed in the business owned by George Pratt.
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Willits
Ted Eggers
George Pratt
Curious Di Law Note On Horse Shoeing From Then and Now
A long ago di law loaned to Cloud Willits lists horse shoe types and uses. It details front and rear shoes with weights for balance and traction, including racing shoes and an ice shoe with clawed rim, noting how each design affects gait and foot protection.
Former Cabinet Member Killed in Plane Crash
Robert P Patterson former Secretary of War and Federal judge died in yesterday crash of a commercial airliner at Elizabeth New Jersey Condolences poured in from President Truman who called Patterson a great American and a great public servant and said he was a tremendous loss to the nation Patterson was an army major and war department head noted for his legal public service career
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New York
Robert P. Patterson
Elizabeth
N. J
Washington
Truman
Patterson
Army
War Department
White House
Three Groups Complete Courses In First Aid
In the Washington County Red Cross safety program instructors report multiple completions. Mrs. Herbert Osineup Mrs. Rob ert Ferrell and Suzanne Heel earned first aid certificates at the YMCA pool under Willis Jones. Crawfordsville drivers Max Mitchell Richard Lease Clarence Hering and Keith Pitser earned certificates at Crawfordsville with Virgil Hering and Frank Hawkins at Ainsworth. Boy Scouts Jimmy Sheetz Gary Zeek Larry Woods Larry Shalla Stephen George Bill Blick Bobby Long Darwin Brock Larry Lambert Diek Shalla completed the course at the United Presbyterian church under Albert Lay.
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Washington County
American Red Cross
Warl Frederick
Herbert Osineup
Robert Ferrell
Suzanne Heel
YMCA
Willis Jones
Max Mitchell
Richard Lease
Clarence Hering
Keith Pisher
Crawfordsville
Virgil Hering
Frank Hawkins
Ainsworth
Albert Lay
The
United Presbyterian Church
Jimmy Sheetz
Gary Zeek
Larry Woods
Larry Shalla
Stephen George
Bill Blick
Bobby Long Darwin Brock
Larry Lambert
Diek Shalla
Rioting in Moknine Kills Police as Arab Nationalists Attack
In Moknine Tunisia a mob of about 5100 Arab Nationalists attacked police headquarters. Three policemen were killed with two missing. militia defenses repelled further assaults. Security curbs were imposed as rioting since January 16 reaches thirty one dead and over a hundred wounded.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Moknine
Sousse
Deputy Sheriff Takes Lavora Toward One Year Jail Term
Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Robertson escorted Elmer Thomas Lavora to Mt. Madison today to begin a one year sentence for jail breaking.
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Lloyd Robertson
Elmer Thomas Lavora
Mt. Madison
Airliner Crash Near Airport Claims 28 Victims
Don Paul and Mike See, DN service station operators, led a transmission fluid service training clinic at Mike See station. A new DN department with manufacturer approved equipment and PPX gate automatic transmission will be installed next week at these stations. The Washington clinic was one of many sponsored by Mid-Continent Petroleum and conducted by company lubrication engineers with Alemite representatives.
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Don Paul
Mike See
D-N
Washington
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Middle West
Company
Lubrication Engineers
Alemite Corporation
Airliner crashes into houses killing 28 in New Jersey
A C 44 airliner attempting to land near Newark crashed into a row of houses in Elizabeth killing 23 aboard and five residents. Residents burned. 31 bodies reported, later 28 laid out. Pilot error and weather suspected amid chaos and city fury over air traffic.
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Honee
Elizabeth
William J.murke
Haines
Mulke
Newark
Homer Strikler
American Airlines
Florida
Elizabeth River
James Kirk
Buffalo
N. Y
Elizabeth Girls
Elizabeth Girls’ School
Hunting and fishing permits total 3391 for 1951 in county
Lena Stewart reports 1951 activity yields 3391 hunting and fishing licenses with 6030.50 dollars in revenue. 72 trapping licenses and 5 supplemental traps issued. 1169 combination licenses and 1280 hunting licenses bought. Nonresident and out of state licenses noted. local merchants aided permit sales.
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Lena Stewart
Washington County Recorder
Court House
Y's Men Club Play Set for February at High School
Play committee chairman Robert Buck reports the Y's Men’s Club business session. The rehearsal play John Loves Mary is scheduled for February 20 21 and 22 at the high school auditorium.
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Robert Buck
YMCA
John
Mary
Mercury in Iowa Plunges to 35 Below Zero
A brutal cold wave grips Iowa with temperatures dropping to 35 below in parts of the state. Des Moines workers spread sand on icy roads as another blast of cold air is forecast tonight. Estherville recorded a record 25 below earlier, while Washington D C reported 2 below at 7 am.
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Mercury
Iowa
United States
Des Moines
Estherville
Towa
Washington
Severe Midwest Winter Blast Strands Towns and Traps Residents
A 60 mile per hour blizzard and a deep cold front drove temperatures to 26 below zero across the midwest. Dozens of towns isolated, hundreds of schools closed, and several people reported missing as a snowstorm battered the region from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico. A rural school near Edgeley North Dakota sheltered nine, while a snowmobile rescue freed nine others from drifts. Midwest cities reported record lows with Grand Forks at 25 below and Fargo 23 below.
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Midwest
Ontario
Canada
Gulf of Moxico
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Grand Forks
N. D
Fargo
Alexandria
Minn
Mount Vernon
S. D
Edgeley
Columbus
Two men sentenced to death for Utah service station slaying
Verne A. Braaseh of Waterloo Iowa and Melvin LeRoy Sullivan of Kansas City Missouri were sentenced by District Judge Will Hoyt to die February 26 for slaying Howard Manzione Beaver Utah. Earlier death sentences were delayed by appeals to multiple courts and boards. Another pardon board appeal may seek commutation. Indonesia gained formal independence in 1949 after colonial rule by the Netherlands.
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Parowan PA Hub
Will Hoyt
Verne A. Braaseh
Waterloo
Melvin LeRoy Sullivan
Kansas City
Howard Manzione Beaver
Utah
District Court
Pardon Board
Utah Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
Pardons Board
Howard Sitler Dies Here Today
Howard R. Sitler aged 6 of 22 North Iowa avenue died at 6:45 am today after a six month illness. Washington business man founder of Sitler Auto Parts, longtime resident, hunter and conservationist. Funeral at 2 pm Friday January 25 at Jones funeral home with Rev. Earl Langfellow. burial Elm Grove cemetery. Survivors: wife Ethel May Jacobs Sitler, son William C. Sitler, granddaughter Patricia Sitler.
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Howard R. Sitler
Iowa Avenue
Mr. Sitler
Washington
Sitler Auto Parts Company
Jones Funeral Home
Rev. Earl ©. Langfellow
Elm Grove Cemetery
Lewis Clark
Mary Glover Sitler
Ethel May Jacobs
Keokuk
Reserve Tickets for Golden Gloves on Sale
Members of the Marine Corps League announced tickets for reserved seats to the noninal Golden Gloves tournament at the YMCA on Thursday evening January 31 are on sale. Tickets available at Cooperative Locker Atchisons Shoe Store Brody's and the American Petroleum station. At least 30 boys will compete in three round bouts of two minutes each.
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Marine Corps League
YMCA
Cooperative Locker
Atchisons Shoe Store
Brody's
American Petroleum Station
Oiliccis
Greenland Is World’s Largest Island Continent
Greenland is described as the world’s largest island with a surface area of 837 620 square miles, highlighting its immense size relative to other landmasses.
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Greenland
Island
M L Snider Dies At Richland Home
M L Snider of Richland dies today as relayed to relatives in Washington He is father of Ron Sider and grandfather of Mrs Duane Griggs of Washington Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Friday at Gould funeral home in Richland Further details unavailable this afternoon
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M. L. Snider
Richland
Washington
Snider
Byron Sider
Duane Griggs
Washing
Gould
Municipal Band Practice Canceled for Legion Meeting
The municipal band will not meet Thursday night due to the county Legion meeting at City Hall. The notice urges musicians to attend the Legion event instead.
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County Legion
Weather Dip Indicates Cold, North Winds Persist
Partly cloudy and cold this afternoon with diminishing east winds. Highs range from zero to 10 above in the south to 10-15 below in the north. Tonight remains very cold with lows 10-15 below north and 0 to 10 below south. Thursday features continued cold, slightly warming near the northeast and a mostly cloudy outlook.
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Iowa
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Reer
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Port Angeles, Wash
Tyler Peak
MATS
Queen Charlotte Island
B. C
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Port Angeles
International
Fogbound Field
New Jersey
Robert Patterson
Prillman
Ihe
Joseph O. Fluet
Civil Aeronautics Board
Albert Rangxone
United Press
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Lowan
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