San Quentin Death Row Escape Foiled After Hostage Takeover
Six death row inmates at San Quentin Prison surrendered after tear gas shells were fired to end a bold escape attempt. The men, led by Moya, overpowered guard Kardell and hostage Deatrick, took two weapons, and were inside cells before returning to their quarters as order was restored.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
San Quentin Prison
Moya
C. L. Deatrick
Deatrick
R.H. Kardell
Death Row
Dale Frady
Louis Nelson
Fred Dickson
Clyde Bates
Manuel Chavez
Augustine Baldonad
Willard Winhoven
David Bickley
James Neiswonger
Winhoven
Kardell
Neiswonger
Russians Seek Swift Laos Peace at Geneva Conference
At the Laos conference in Geneva the Soviet Union and Laos urged a peace settlement in the shortest possible time. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Pushkin and Laotian Foreign Minister Quinim Philsema stressed unity and noninterference as key to quick completion. The talks followed Kennedy's order pulling 1,000 Marines from Thailand and Hariman's meeting with Pushkin as Western delegates prepared for final strategy.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
Laos
Georgi Pushkin
Quinim Philsema
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Pushkin
Cars Collide at Washington and Second Street Intersection
Two cars collided at the Washington and Second Street intersection. Gary Miller of Washington and Mrs. Clayton Wood of Wellman were the drivers. No injuries or extensive damage occurred. Miller’s front fender and Wood’s car sustained notable damage.
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Washington
Second Street
Gary Miller
Clayton Wood
Wellman
Miller
Kennedy seeks to extend goodwill from Mexico visit
President Kennedy returns from a 48 hour Mexico City stay where no protests occurred and anti American sentiment was muted. Talks with Adolfo Lopez Mateos touched Cuba but yielded no shifts in policy while pledging cooperation on water salinization and El Paso land issues. Kennedy anticipated a warm reception in Brazil later in the month. His July schedule includes a governors conference address in Hershey and Philadelphia.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
America
Mexico
Mexico City
Brazil
Hershey
Philadelphia
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Lopez Mateos
Colorado
United States
el Paso
Tex
Evangelistic Services Open Here July 3 With De Grado
The Rev. Joseph De Grado of Dallas internationally known evangelist will open a two week series in Washington starting Tuesday July 3. He will be joined by his wife and daughter Camille as singers. Prayers for the sick and a July 4 color film will be featured at the tent on North 15th and Main Street with services at 7 30 p.m. nightly.
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Joseph de Grado
Dallas
Texas
Washington
Evangelist
North 15Th
Main Street
de Grado
Camille
Break-ins in Washington County Net $116 Cash Loss
Over the weekend two break ins in Washington County yielded 116 dollars. The Clover Farm Food Market in Kalona was robbed with 84 dollars taken after a window screen was cut. In Wellman the skating rink was entered by rear window glass breaking with a smaller cash theft reported. Local officials investigate a rash of early year break ins in the area.
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Washington County
Wellman
Kalona
Clover Farm
Rainfall Drench Feeds Local Crops Sunday
Washington recorded a measured 0.95 inches of rain Sunday as gentle showers hydrated fields and gardens. The official weather observer noted the total this morning, aiding the season’s crops locally.
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Washington
Death of C C Nicholson in Mount Union at 48
Charles Clayton Nicholson died suddenly this morning after a heart attack in Mt. Union. Born in Washington in 1914 he lived in the area before moving to Mt. Union. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Mt. Union Baptist Church. He married Hazel Johnson and they had nine children including Joyce Long James and Robert, with seven others at home Ju li et Eddie Jill Joan Jewell. He leaves three grandchildren and siblings in several states.
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Charles Clayton Nicholson
Mt. Union
Mr. Nicholson
Washington
Mt. Union Baptist Church
Charles Edwin
Grace Lauderman Nicholson
Hazel Johnson
Donald
Joyce) Long
Mt. Pleasant
James
Robert
Janet
Judy
Eddie
Jill
Joan
Jewell
Ruby Sward
Galveston
Texas
William Nicholson
Lockridge
Basil Derby
Tucson
Ariz
Stephen Nicholson
Bob
New London
John
Oakridge
Tenn
Ralph Bert
South Bend
Ind
Sam Lambert
Khrushchev Warns of Crushing Reply to China Attacks
Premier Khrushchev declared that any assault on the Chinese People’s Republic would be met with a crushing rebuff from the entire socialist camp including the Soviet Union. He accused Chiang Kai shek of planning an invasion with American support and warned the West of a new world war amid Formosa Strait tensions.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
China
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Chiang Kaishek
U.S
Sim
Ilar
Formosa Strait
Russia
Red China
Kremlin
China-Formosa
Chiang
Tax Revenues in Iowa Rise by Nearly Six Million
Iowa tax receipts for the year ending June 29 show total general and road use fund income at 305,313,052 up 5,915,686 from 1960-61. Individual income tax climbed to 41,015,909 while use tax, gasoline tax, and other levies varied, with road use tax totaling 109,717,629 and primary road funding rising to 47,954,819.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Commission
State General Fund
General Fund
Businesses to Close on Fourth of July Circus to Visit Washington
Washington firms plan to close for the Fourth of July. The Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. circus will perform at 3 and 8 p.m. with a parade at 1 p.m. featuring traveling wild animals. The Evening Journal will not publish a Fourth of July edition.
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Washington
Leon Beatty
American Legion Post
al G. Kelly
Miller Bros
Evening Journal
Accused Spy Soblen Slashes Self Aboard El Al Flight
Soviet spy Robert A. Soblen attempted suicide aboard an El Al Boeing 707 en route from Israel to the United States, slashing his wrist and stabbing his abdomen. He was hospitalized in serious but slightly improved condition with a punctured spleen and loss of blood. Soblen, 62, had fled to Israel to avoid a life sentence for wartime espionage and was expelled under top secret conditions.
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London
UPI
Robert A. Soblen
Israel
United States
Soblen
el al Israel
U.S
U. S
James Pettus
Hillingdom Hospital
Pettus
el al
Richard Cope
New York
Cope
James McShane
Heinrich Gottlieb
Sobin
Tel Aviv
David Ben-Gurion
Ministry of Interior
Circle of Safety Endorsed by Mayor in Washington
Mayor Cloud Willits endorsed the Circle of Safety auto check program to be held next Saturday July 7, with the Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsor. Drivers will drive through check lanes on South Iowa Avenue for a free ten feature safety check with no tickets issued.
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Cloud Willits
Washington
Circle of Safety
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Avenue
Willits
Strange Object Is Sighted in Sky Over Washington
A bright unidentified object moved rapidly across the sky Sunday over Washington, seen by Dennis Taylor and Charles Franzen near West Main Street. They likened it to a burning rocket or near atmospheric object, brighter than a star and briefly visible beyond the horizon.
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Washington
Dennis Taylor
Charles Franzen
West Main St
Franzen
Taylor
Mr. Frazen
Dale Johnston
Ainsworth
Johnston
Five Iowa Drownings and Fatal Crashes Reported
Five water fatalities includ e four Iowa residents and a Kenyan visitor during weekend. Three traffic deaths raise 1962 toll to 239. drownings at Mississippi River Spirit Lake Des Moines River and gravel pit near St Anthony. Also a drag race crash near Marble Rock and a Sidney curve accident killed two.
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Richard Schmitt
Marble Rock
Ronald Compton
Shenandoah
William Spriggs
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert Bissell
Corning
John G. Ellinger
Stout
Grundy Center
Buchanan
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Hester
James Ronald Hester
Burlington
Spirit Lake
Smith
Des Moines
Dennis Miller
Gerald Miller
Oskaloosa
Kimoni
New Providence
St. Anthony
John Baxter
Young Bissell
Schmitt
Compton
Donald Johnson
Sidney Spriggs
U. S. 69
Osceola
Weather Iowa Five Day Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy conditions in the southwest with mostly cloudy skies elsewhere. Occasional rain in the northeast and scattered showers and thunderstorms in the east and south. Tuesday reports partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers and storms. Temperatures near normal with highs around 83 to 90 and lows 61 to 67. Rain amounts about half to one inch.
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Iowa
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Voice of Healing Magazine
Latin America
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Germany
C. C. Nicholson
Mount Union
Nikita
United Press International
Kenya
Barbara Buchanan
Newton
James Donald Hester
Robert Smith
St. Charles
Leonard Kimoni
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