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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1949
Page
8
Westchester report details Ronnie Fisher2394 involved in a July 4 wash day mishap. Sparks flew when electric wires were struck by a spout pipe carried upright from the garage. Witnesses say he could not let go and bystanders acted quickly to ensure safety.
A mosaic of West Chester life shows residents repairing homes, visiting relatives in Morning Sun and Chicago, and attending fireworks displays. Families like the Rosses and Parduns visit kin, while couples acquire property and plan weddings amid gatherings at lakes, banks, and church events.
Friday and Saturday July 25-16 featured a coloring contest with Mrs Wayne Testroet in Muscatine and couples Gayle Reif Porter at Iowa City, Jim Stancer and Merle Thrapps at Columbus Junction. Visits extended to Hedrick and Chariton with harness races and a horse show drawing many neighbors.
Howard Duff and Yvonne De Carlo star in Universal-International’s technicolor Western Calamity Jane and Sam Bass as a sheriff’s posse closes in. The Premier shows action packed gunplay and frontier justice with vivid color.
In oil drilling a man reaches his deepest penetration without leaving the surface. A Texas borehole went three and one-seventh miles deep before abandonment with no yield. Elsewhere in Louisiana Bayou country oil flows from two and two third miles down in a productive well.
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