Three-Quarter Century Club Set Dinner Date
The Washington based Three-Quarter Century club will hold its annual dinner on Saturday August 14 at the Washington Country club. Membership is open to residents and former residents aged 75 plus with no fee or duties. Reservation cards will be mailed to rostered members. blanks available at the Journal office. Lunch served at noon with a brief program to follow.
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Angry Senators Eye Cuts in Foreign Aid Amid Indochina Criticism
Washington reports show mounting Senate anger at British and French Indochina policy and possible pushes to trim the 3.34 billion dollar foreign aid bill. Senators from both parties condemn Red China entry and British French actions while Dulles warns against cuts. The committee plans to finish by next week.
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Senate
China
United Nations
Indochina
Red River
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Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
France
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Moore Reports 350000 Iowans Out of Work
Des Moines based unemployment report shows grim job losses with George E. Moore, state employment director, estimating 35000 Iowans out of work, up from 26000 six months earlier. The figure represents about 3 ½ percent of Iowa’s 1 025 million person workforce. Moore had hoped unemployment would not exceed 2 percent earlier this year and declined to offer a midyear forecast.
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Des Moines
George E. Moore
Moore
Barbara Stephens Named Attendant at Iowa Music Camp Queen
Carole Pfaltzgraff of Dumont High School was elected queen of the all state instrumental music camp at the University of Iowa by 260 participants. Attendants are Elizabeth Field Decorah Jann Fraser Oroville Calif Joanne Moon Charles City and Barbara Stephens West Chester.
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Barbara Stephens
Iowa City
Carole Pfaltzgraff
Dumont
University of Iowa
Miss Pfaltzgraff
Elizabeth Field
Decorah
Jann Fraser
Oroville
Calif
Joanne Moon
Charles City
West Chester
Wellman Boy Injured In Motorcycle Mishap
Mrs. Orva Scott of Washing ton reports her grandson Eugene Scott 18 son of Mr and Mrs Richard Scott of Wellman suffered a badly broken leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident south of Wellman Friday afternoon The rider was on a first ride when the accelerator stuck and the bike ran away A group of boys on motorcycles helped him to Wellman and he was taken to Mercy hospital in Iowa City He is in room 325 and would appreciate hearing from friends
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Orva Scott
Washington
Eugene Scott
Richard Scott
Wellman
Eugene
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Fireworks Tonight End Legion Fourth of July Program
Fireworks at 9 p m tonight will climax the American Legion sponsored celebration at Townsley park. Afternoon events include a beauty contest at 2 30 p m, Red Brick school rhythm band, Grand American shows ending in Washington this evening, and the horseshoe pitching finals.
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American Legion
Townsley Park
Red Brick School
Washington
Farm Bloc Foresees Senate Backing Flexible Price Bill
Farm bloc leaders warn the administration plan will likely be enacted as Democrats push the issue in the fall elections. They doubt the Senate can overturn Eisenhower’s House victory and preserve the rigid price supports of World War II. The House voted 238 to 170 for the flexible plan raising supports to 82 percent to parity on wheat corn cotton peanuts and rice next year.
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Senate
Eisenhower
House
White House
Benson Attacks Rigid Farm Supports at Causeway Dedication
PORT ISABEL Texas Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson condemned high farm price supports as harmful and said they create lop sided agriculture. He urged flexible price supports, arguing wartime programs linger and hurt soil, markets, and cattle feed prices.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
United States
Queen Isabella
Texas Mainland
Padre Island
French Resentment Flares Over Adenauer Demands
Paris reports growing Franco German tension after Chancellor Adenauer urged France to ratify the European army pact or risk a new German national army. Prime Minister Mendes France faces pressure over EDC, North Africa turmoil, and a potential delay of Bonn talks. Francis Lacoste arrives for urgent North Africa terrorism discussions with Mendes France.
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Konrad Adenauer
France
Mendes-France
Adenauer
Bonn
Jean Guerin de Beaumont
EDC
North Africa
Morocco
Tunisia
Indochina
Francis Lacoste
Pierre Voizard
Severe Midwest Storm Strikes Illinois and Chicago Area
A severe 160 mile thunderstorm line moved from eastern Iowa across Illinois into southern Wisconsin. Chicago faced darkness as 60 mph winds battered the metro area. A 20 foot smokestack collapsed onto a one story Lake Shore Drive building, damaging roofs and injuring vehicles. Lightning struck a Coast Guard station at Northbrook. Chillicothe Illinois also endured heavy rain and hail.
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Iowa
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
Coast Guard
Northbrook
Chillicothe
Ill
Peoria
Tax Bill Moves to Conference Over Corporate Dividend Break
Congress nears final tax reform talks as House and Senate differ over a provision to ease dividend income taxes for stockholders. The Senate approved the bill 63 to 0 after five days of debate. the House had passed it March 18. Conference committee to adjust hundreds of differences.
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House- Senate
Senate
House
House-Senate
French Repulse Reds Attacking New Defenses
Communist divisions attacked Phu Ly on the Red River delta forcing a brief French counterattack with tanks artillery and B 26 bombers from Hanoi. About 200 rebels were killed and 200 wounded as the assault stalled and the town remained under French control near the Davy River.
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Phu Ly
France
Red River
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Hanoi
Day
Phy Lu
Dien Bien Phu
Roiman
Davy River
Rbbel
James Greiner Fatally Injured In Farm Mishap
James Howard Greiner seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Howard J Greiner of 50 miles west of Washington was killed about 1015 am when he fell from a tractor. He was riding on the right rear fender when a fender broke and he was struck under the wheel and a spreader. He died at Washington county hospital from a skull fracture and crushed chest. Funeral arrangements pending likely Monday or Tuesday at St James Catholic church with Rev R J Kinnavey. He was born October 21 1946 and survived by parents four sisters and one brother and two sets of grandparents.
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Howard J. Greiner
Washington
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Charles Junior Greiner
Washington County
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Jones Funeral Home
St. James Catholic Church
R. J. Kinnavey
Marcella M. Kaska Greiner
St. James School
3St. James Catholic Church
Thunderstorms Sweep 160 Mile Line Across Chicago
The U S Weather Bureau reports a 160 mile long line of thunderstorms with high winds damaging trees and utility lines. Heavy clouds rain and fog create a greenish yellow haze that makes darkness seem eerie over Chicago.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Jaycees to Elect Officers Tuesday in Sunset Park
Members of the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual election Tuesday July 6 at 7 p m in Sunset Park. The election was interrupted by storm and tornado warnings. All members are urged to attend.
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Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sunset Park
Bombay Tightens Hours as Austerity Bites
The Bombay city government orders all hotels and restaurants to close by 11 p.m. as part of austerity measures. In a separate incident, three fighters launched a fiery attack with gasoline jelly along a river base, visible as flames blotting the scene.
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Bombay
All-Time July Fourth Weekend Traffic Toll Seen
Traffic fatalities rose on the first full day of the July 4 weekend with 11 deaths and one drowning reported. The National Safety Council projected 430 deaths by Monday midnight, far above past three day records, as 40 million cars expected on hot roads. A Mahwah NJ crash killed four from one family when their car hit an empty bus. Fireworks injuries followed a bootleg cherry bomb incident in New York injuring 9-year-old Stephen Tierney after an 18-year-old pair set it off, court action pending.
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Mahwah
N. J
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Mississippi River
Alabama
Southwest
Rockies
Appalachians
Illinois
New York
Stephen Tierney
Represent County At State RYP Camp
Shirley Petratt of Washington and Gerald Howell of Crawfordsville will attend the State Rural Young Peoples Leadership camp at the state 4 H camping center in Boone county August 1 6. The six day camp will be attended by more than 100 delegates of rural young peoples the state. Scholarships covering most camp expenses have been awarded to each delegate for the first time this year. The grants come from the Sears Foundation to promote a state leadership camp. The camp will train rural young people to take on leadership roles in their home communities.
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Shirley Petratt
Washington
Gerald Howell
Crawfordsville
Boone County
Sears Foundation
Life To Art: Florence McIntyre Teaches 10,000 In Memphis
Florence McIntyre, 75, has conducted free art classes in Memphis for 31 years, teaching more than 10,000 people to appreciate and create art. She welcomes both serious artists and Sunday painters in her ongoing program.
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Memphis, Tenn
Florence McIntyre
Farm Prices Decline Nine Percent in June
Iowa producers saw a nine percent drop in prices for all farm products in the second half of June per the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. The livestock index fell 27 points, poultry and eggs declined, dairy remained steady, hogs down 3.50 per 100 pounds, beef cattle off 20 cents, calves down 1.30, lambs up 50 cents, corn up 2 cents, wheat down 12, oats 2, soybeans 9.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa Weather Brief Partly Cloudy and Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy to night with scattered thunder showers east and central. Cooler in the northwest and extreme west. Low temperatures 62 to 68 in the extreme northwest to 75 in the extreme southeast. Sunday partly cloudy with local thundershowers east and a cooler central area. Highs 75 to 90, higher in the extreme northwest and lower in the extreme southeast. Monday partly cloudy with moderate temperatures and lower humidity.
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