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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1962

Page

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Algerian Leadership Fractures Amid Turmoil After Independence

Algerian tensions escalate as GPRA accuses Morocco over Sahara oil riches while dissident ministers and ALN guerrillas oppose Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda. Violent clashes during independence celebrations in Oran leave 95 dead and 163 injured.

Algiers API Ben Youssef Ben Khedda Algeria Ben Khedda Algerian National Liberation Army ALN GPRA Morocco Sahara Oran OAS Bourguiba Rabat Khider Habib Bourguiba Tunisia Oujda

Plan Another Try At Nuclear Blast High Over Pacific

The United States planned another attempt at detonating a megaton-range device high over Johnston Island in the Pacific. Weather delayed the Friday night shot for the third day, with detonation now scheduled for early Sunday morning EDT. past tests failed due to equipment faults and high winds.

Honolulu UPI United States Johnston Island Pacific Edta Joint Task Force 8 Thor Johnston JTF Christmas Islands

Soblen Lawyers To Battle Return To U S

Dr Robert A Soblen seeks asylum after a writ of habeas corpus allowed him to delay return to the United States where he faces a life term for wartime spying. He remains in Brixton Prison pending Home Office ruling and a July 17 habeas corpus hearing.

London UPI Robert A. Soblen United States Russia Home Office Soblen el al- Israel New York Hillingdon Hospital Brixton

Plan Secret Test Blasts in Nevada

The AEC and the Defense Department announced a two shot plan at the Nevada proving grounds following Friday’s 100 kiloton thermonuclear blast. The first atmospheric test would probe a weapon and the second analyze blast effects. Officials cautioned the details were sparse and noted radioactivity would largely stay near the firing site with monitoring extending to 200 miles.

Nevada Test Site Aps Continental United States Atomic Energy Commission AEC Nevada Proving Grounds Defense Department Desert Las Vegas

Churchill in Early Phlebitis After Leg Injury

London reports Sir Winston Churchill, 87, shows signs of early phlebitis in the left leg following a broken thigh bone from a fall at Monte Carlo nine days earlier. Doctors say the condition is being treated and he had a comparatively comfortable night.

London API Winston Churchill Middlesex Hospital Churchill Monte Carlo Lord Moran H. J. Seddon P.H. Newman D.E. Bedford Britain Riviera Royal Air Force

Mrs. Pearl Bolarjack Dies in Mountain View Missouri

Mrs Mina Brannen learned Friday of the death of her sister Mrs Pearl Bolarjack of Mountain View Missouri at 73. A former Washington resident she leaves four married children two sisters and one brother with two brothers preceding her in death. Mrs Bolarjack died Thursday night.

Mina Brannen Pearl Bolarjack Mountain View Bolarjack Washington

Alitalia DC8 Vanishes En Route to Bombay in Rain

An Alitalia DC8 carrying 94 aboard disappeared before an instrument approach to Santa Cruz airport Bombay amid monsoon rain. Unconfirmed reports say the plane may have crashed near Khapoli with no survivors. 9 crew members were Italian and 85 passengers' nationalities were unknown.

Bombay India API Australia Rome Khapoli Poona Alitalia Aurangabad Santa Cruz Sydney Darwin Singapore Bangkok Thailand Karachi Pakistan Tehran Iran Luigi Quttrin

Estes inquiry uncovers disputed ASC transfers in Texas

Senate investigators aired how Reeves and Pecos county ASC committees bypassed rules in moving cotton allotments to Estes croplands in 1961. Documents conflict over required papers with Marshall, a Texas ASC official, urging committees not to seek sale contracts. Marshall’s death in June 1961 was ruled a suicide amid the probes.

Washington UPI Senate Billie Sol Estes Henry H. Marshall Agriculture Department Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation ASC Texas Marshall Estes Senate ‘Investigations Subcommittee Reeves and Pecos Counties Tex Department Howard Rooney Rooney Subcommittee

Deny Recall Rumors Of British Doctor In Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Commission denied reports that Dr Ida Fisher was recalled from Biggar for incompetence. Fisher, one of six temporary British doctors amid a strike by 900 Saskatchewan physicians, faced unaccredited claims by the provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons, while the Dental Surgeons defended ongoing service.

Regina Sask UPI Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Commission J. G Clarkson Commission Ida Fisher Biggar Here Fisher Britain College of Physicians and Surgeons Saskatoon Provincial College of Dental Surgeons H. L. Clark Saskatchewan College of Dental Surgeons

Jersey City Cash Cache Ties To Moriarty In $168K Find

Police recover $168 675.52 in a garage near the earlier $2.4 million cache linked to jailed gambler Thomas Moriarty. Hudson County prosecutor Lawrence A Whipple seeks grand jury indictments amid IRS liens totaling $3.4 million, with films bearing Moriarty’s name found among the money and records.

FBI R. W. Bachman Jersey City N. J Joseph Newsboy Moriarty UPI Thomas Newsboy) Moriarty Hudson County Lawrence A. Whippe New Jersey Whipple Internal Revenue Service Trenton

Rites for Mrs Durst Held Sunday Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs Hazel Durst aged 63 will be held at 2 pm Sunday at the Jones Funeral Home with the Rev Lloyd Latta officiating. Mrs Durst died Friday morning in the local area.

Hazel Durst Jones Funeral Home Lloyd Latta Durst

Faulkner Remembered As Great Creator In Mississippi

William Faulkner, 64, who died of a heart attack, will be buried in Oxford Mississippi. The Nobel laureate valued art over glory or profit and was praised for his uncompromising devotion to human truth, despite being seen as both mysterious and shy by his hometown. John Hersey lauded his integrity, saying Faulkner never compromised for money or popularity.

Oxford Miss UPI William Faulkner Kennedy Mississippi Faulkner New Albany Stockholm Sweden John Hersey

Girls Invited to YWCA Cookie Bake

The Washington YWCA summer fun program invites girls ages 6 to 12 to a cookie bake on Wednesday July 11 at 2 p.m with Mrs Daryl Dodder in charge. Attendees bring 10 cents and meet at the YWCA 15 minutes before the event. Participants cover own costs for pop swimming and roller skating. Other summer events include swimming July 25 a hike August 8 and swimming August 22 under committee led by Mrs Richard Schiebel with others.

Washington Ywca Daryl Dodder YWCA Richard Schiebel Don Jackson Willis Horton

Richland Woman Found Dead in Farm Home

Mrs. George Stehl 51 was found dead at 7 a.m. in her farm home 42 miles southwest of Richland. Coroner ruled death by strangulation and hanging, with suicide suspected. Survivors include husband, daughter Mrs. Dale Garrels, son Ronald D., three grandchildren, mother, four brothers, three sisters. She taught at Winfield High School for four years.

Richland George Stehl Stehl Stehls Mt. Pleasant Burlington Dale Garrels Ronald D Pekin High School Farm Bureau Packwood Methodist Church Winfield High School

Services Held For Lee Werner Thursday

Funeral services were held at Grandview Congregational Church for Lee Werner 78 a Louisa County farmer living west of Grandview on highway 92 found hanged at his home Tuesday by his son Lee Eugene. Burial was in Grandview Cemetery Survivors include two sons a sister and a brother in Letts and Muscatine.

Columbus Junction Grandview Congregational Lee Werner Grandview Werner Louisa County Highway 92 Lee Eugene Lloyd Letts Pearl Baker Muscatine Bertha Brickinson

Working to Ease Brazilian Crisis

President Joao Goulart and opposition leaders in congress neared a settlement to end the nine month old parliamentary system. The accord aims to resolve who holds final governmental power and defuse riots over prices and shortages.

Rio DE Janeiro UPI Joao Goulart Congress Goulart Brazil

Patchy Showers Sweep Iowa with Uncertain Outlook

Partly cloudy conditions persist in parts of Iowa through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the southwest and widely scattered thundershowers in the east and north. Little change in temperature. Low tonight near 70. High Sunday near 90. Monday brings variable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms and a cooler trend.

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