1 056-Pound Fat Man Dies In Indiana
Robert Hughes a 32 year old from Emden Missouri died at Bremen Community Hospital after long illness and uremia. He weighed over 1 000 pounds and per hospital officials was as much as 1 041 pounds when ill last week with a heart condition and measles. Relatives from Missouri were at his bedside. His embalmed body would be returned to Missouri for burial.
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Robert E. Hughes
Emden
Bremen
Ind
UPI
Robert Hughes
Mary Harris
Bremen Community Hospital
Hughes
Missouri
Gooding Brothers Amusement Co
North Vernon
Rainfall Totals Reported Across Washington
Officials recorded .23 inches of rain last night with additional showers this morning. Washington may have about a half inch overall and forecasts call for more showers through Friday.
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Washington
Mr Swartzendruver Dies in Bloomfield
Mrs Edward C Eicher reports the death of John Swartzendruver at a Bloomfield rest home. He was about 85, longtime Pulaski resident, husband of Celina Eicher sister of the late Justice, and father to Victor who runs the family farm. Services are set for Friday in Bloomfield with Mrs Eicher traveling to attend.
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Edward C. Eicher
John Swartzendruver
Bloomfield
Swartzendruver
Celina Eicher
Justice
Pulaski
Victor
Eicher
Kiwanis Hears Report on Chicago Convention
William Smart and Gene Grecian presented reports on the Kiwanis international convention in Chicago attended last week. Visiting members included Ray Wilson J C Green and Stuart McCready from Beaver Falls Pa and Sigourney and Ainsworth.
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William Smart
Gene Grecian
Chicago
Washington
Probers Press Goldfine Records Over Uncashed Checks
House subcommittee plans to subpoena Bernard Goldfine records after he refuses to explain why his firms held uncashed checks totaling 776 879 dollars as of May 7. Goldfine cites advised refusal and questions his cooperation, while Harris condemns the attitude as unreasonable.
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Goldfine
Harris
Sherman Adams
New England
Adams
Subcommittee
John B. Bennett
R- Mich
4 H ers Visit North Carolina Delegation in Haywood County
Washington County 4 H club members and counselors arrived in Haywood County North Carolina after a weather delayed trip. They toured farms fish hatchery an orchard NC State College mountain research station and a tobacco education project. Activities included a Cherokee Indian program an overnight Smoky Mountains camp and an Iowa versus North Carolina baseball game with a watermelon feed and vesper service.
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Washington County
4H Club
Haywood County
North Carolina
South
Smoky Mountains
Iowa
Blue Ridge Skyway
Armenians Relent After Identifying U S Airmen in Armenia
Nine U S airmen shot down by Soviet jets in Armenia were nearly lynched by local peasants who tied them and beat them. Maj Bennie A Shupe said he saved his life by shouting American city names to reveal his nationality. Col Dale D Brannon said the five airmen who parachuted were roughed up, but later treated more humanely by authorities after Soviet police took charge.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
UPI
U.S
Soviet Armenia
Bennie A. Shupe
Shupe
Dale D. Brannon
Brannon
New York
Chicago
Aid options outlined for flood victims in Atlantic meeting
Gov. Loveless chairing a southwest Iowa flood aid briefing in Atlantic drew about 300 officials and residents. Red Cross official Enso Bighinnatti outlined mass to rehabilitation aid and eligibility for individuals and small businesses when no other aid is available. SBA regional chief Lyle McKenzie announced 20 year loans at 3 percent and new offices to aid applicants. Federal aid would be temporary and must be used after state and local efforts.
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Atlantic, Iowa
UPI
Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Enso Bighinnatti
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Bighinnatti
Lyle McKenzie
Omaha
Neb
The
Small Business Administration
Audubon
Extra
Red Oak
Atlantic
McKenzie
Ed George
Office of Civil Defense
George
Garland Hershey
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Nishnabotna River
Ralph Heeren
Iowa Department of Health
Exira
Louis DiMarco
FHA
Keota Man Injured Working on Auto
Cyril Osweiler of Keota was admitted to Washington county hospital at 11 45 a m with a shoulder injury from an automobile he was working on at the Greater Chevrolet garage in Keota.
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Keota
Cyril Osweiler
Washington County Hospital
Chevrolet
Iowa Student Finds Everything Wonderful Living With Japanese
An Iowa high school student Allen Edward Burn 16 of Cedar Rapids says life in Japan is wonderful while staying with the Yonekawa family in Tokyo for the summer. He is among 24 American students in the American Field Service program and notes Japanese students study hard and enjoys tatami Yukata and Japanese food including rice tempura and sushi. He helps little with chores but keeps busy meeting students sightseeing and writing home.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Allen Edward Burn
Iowa
25Th Street
S.E
Cedar Rapids
Allen
Field Service
H. Yonekawa
Yonekawa
Bill Murray Interview Highlights From Evening Journal
GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Murray discusses background education and family. He outlines property tax relief, school aid, campaign organization, and 1 percent sales tax questions. He notes extensive travel planning and high involvement with Young Republicans events across Iowa.
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Bill Murray
Keith Norton
Washington
Bob Wallace
The
Evening Journal
Teitelbaum Refuses Senate Rackets Questioning
Abraham Teitelbaum former Capone attorney defies four constitutional objections and invokes the Fifth Amendment as the Senate Rackets Committee probes gangster labor and management links in Chicago restaurants. Chairman McClellan overrules most refusals, details on union fund and Taft Hartley issues discussed.
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Teitelbaum
Chicago
Assn
McClellan
Robert F. Kennedy
Stranded Man Ties Himself to Tree to Survive
John Sanders 35 of Albuquerque spent five days on a cliff ledge in Alamosa Colorado after a rock slide with companion William Garver. Garver died and Sanders saved by mountain troops lowering to his ledge. Sanders used shoelaces to secure himself to a tree to avoid a fall.
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Alamosa
Colo
UPI
John Sanders
Albuquerque
N.M
Sanders
William E. Garver
Garver
Police search houses for hit-and-run car in Des Moines death
Des Moines police continue a house to house search begun July 1 to locate the car that struck and killed Mrs. Everett E. Hoge 43 mother of seven children as she walked along Army Post road at about 4 55 a m Occupants of more than 150 homes cooperated fully with the investigation Captain Wear Douglas head of the traffic bureau said residents want the driver caught and punished
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Des Moines
UPI
Everett E. Hoge
Wear Douglas
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Partly cloudy north to tonight with considerable cloudiness and scattered showers and thunderstorms in the south. No major temperature change. Lows 55 to 65, highs 75 to 85. Partly cloudy Saturday with scattered thundershowers and mild conditions.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Mr. Swartzendruver
Kiwanis
Goldfine Records
H'ers
No. Carolina
Tom Robb
Robb
North Carolina State
South Clyde
Champion Paper Fiber Company
Paducah
Raymond Mineart
Charles Davison
Carolyn Lenz
Waynesville
Russia
GOP
Murray
Dr. Murray
Coe College
Harvard
University of Minnesota
Mildred Furniss
West Liberty
David
Jean
John
Iowa State College
Department of Agricultural Economics
Minnesota
Capone
House
Ralph J. Gutgsell
Association
Gutgsell
Anthony J
Tough Guy
Accardo
Kennedy
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