Oil prospecting pushes to Crawfordsville area
Interest in commercial oil deposits in Washington County shifts to Crawfordsville as Roy and Dale Ballard of Plymouth Illinois drill the Ed Rees farm well northwest of town for the Smith Brothers of Kansas. Earlier tests near Mt Pleasant and in Keota show limited, noncommercial yields. The Mt Pleasant site was abandoned around 1100 feet. depth depends on underground strata.
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Roy and
Dale Ballard
Illinois
Ed Rees
Crawfordsville
Washington
Washington County
Roy Ballard
Plymouth
Ballards
Smith Brothers
Kansas
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Smiths
Keota
Ships Collide in fog. at least 30 feared dead near Quebec
In the St Lawrence River the British freighter Boonagh Head collided with the ore carrier Tritonica in fog at about 3 am. EDT. Ten bodies were recovered seven hours after the accident with around 20 crewmen missing. Six injured seamen were aboard a rescue boat en route to Quebec City as authorities launched an official investigation that could take weeks.
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Quebec City
UPS
Tritonica
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Dublin
Petit Riviere St. Francois
Havre St. Pierre
Sorel
Que
Britain
Federal Transport Department
Transport Department
Practice Bomb Falls on Frisco
A U S Navy air crew dropped a two foot practice bomb on Market Street San Francisco at high noon. It gouged a deep asphalt hole and ricocheted across to the Phoenix Building. It toppled from a fourth floor cornice and hit a Pacific Gas and Electric truck where three workers were lunching. No one was injured. Officials sought the cause of the accidental drop.
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San Francisco
UPI
U.S. Navy
Market Street
Phoenix
Pine Street
Pacific Gas & Electric
Russian Correspondent To Visit Area Farms
Gennadi Vassiliev of Tass will spend the weekend visiting in Washington and area farms. The visit is part of the sixth annual program for foreign correspondents, financed by the Ford Foundation and managed by the Governmental Affairs Institute. He will be headquartered at the Robert Day home in Washington.
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Gennadi Vassiliev
Tass
Washington
Ford Foundation
Governmental Affairs Institute
Mr. Vassiliev
United States
Robert Day
Revival Services At Brighton Church of God
Revival services begin Sunday evening July 21 at Brighton First Church of God and run through July 28 each night at 7 30. Evangelist Rev Richard Godsey of North Liberty brings ten years of Churches of God service. He pastors North Band Church of God near North Liberty and Salem Church of God near Haskins. Special music is planned each evening. public invited.
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Brighton
Middleburg School To Hold Reunion August 2
A centennial reunion will be held Friday August 2 at the Middleburg School 242 miles east of Kalona. The school, among the oldest in Washington County, began in 1860. Former pupils patrons and teachers are invited to attend a noon basket dinner. Families should bring their own table service and contact other attendees.
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Middleburg School
Kalona
Washington County
Sino-Soviet talks end in failure at Moscow conference
The Sino-Soviet ideological talks collapsed after 15 days of tense discussions with Moscow rejecting Peeking’s push for war and revolution. Khrushchev hosted a farewell dinner as Chinese delegates prepared to return home, amid continued diplomatic rift and calls to back Yugoslavia.
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Moscow
UPI
Peking
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Tito
Kremlin
China
Hayes Returns Home After Twilite Golfillness
Becomes II Tim Hayes, a local businessman, was playing in the Twilite Golf League at the Country Club Friday evening when he suddenly became ill. A golf cart borrowed from Bob Arthur carried him to the club house and then to the hospital where he spent the night. Initial fear of appendicitis proved unfounded and he was released this morning as a precaution.
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Cloyee M
Tim) Hayes
Bob Arthur
Hayes
Optimism Grows Over Partial Nuclear Test Ban Pact
Khrushchev said agreement is in sight on a partial ban with the United States and Britain as U.S. and British negotiators report progress in Moscow. Talks in the Kremlin surface optimism, with a draft treaty possible for initialing next week and a summit eyed if a final accord follows.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Kremlin
Khrushchev
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Hailsham
Spiridonovka Palace
China
Russia
Europe
Lee Craig 84 Dies Friday Night in Wellman
Lee Craig 84, former West Chester resident, died Friday night at Shenk Nursing Home Wellman after years of illness. Born April 9, 1879 in Marion County Illinois he moved to the county as a young man and married Ella V. Augustine in West Chester December 18 1907. Survivors include daughter Mrs Ernest Simpson Oakland California two granddaughters and brother Beckley Craig California.
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Lee Craig
West Chester
Shenk
Wellman
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Mr. Craig
Marion County
Illinois
Lewis B
Eva E. Brown Craig
Ella V. Augustine
Ernest Simpson
Oakland
Calif
Beckley Craig
California
Kalona Horse Show Barbecue Day Set For Monday
Kalona hosts the annual Horse Show and Barbecue Days on July 22 and 23, chaired by Joe Chody. The horse show starts Monday at 7 30 pm and Tuesday at 6 30 pm. prizes total 1000 dollars with trophies and ribbons. A Tuesday parade at 10 am precedes a 11 am speech by Iowa attorney general Evan Hultman and a free barbecue lunch at 11 45 am.
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Kalona
Joe Chody
Cedar Rapids
Evan Hultman
Iowa
Sweet Adelines Vocal Group
Wick’s Acrobatic Dancers
Washington
Earl Schnoor
Davenport
Carroll Chipman
Iowa City
Enabait Sisters
Solon
Sweet Adelines Barber Shop Chorus
Mt. Pleasant
Pleasantaires Ladies Quartet
Washington Municipal Band
Kalona Sales
New Veterinarian Dr Dan V Allen Joins Local Practice
Dr Dan V Allen and his wife have moved to Washington and he will partner with Dr D W Gregory in veterinary medicine. A Iowa State University graduate, he completed two years in the U S Army Veterinary Corps stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco. He hails from Oakland and Mrs Allen from near New Sharon Iowa.
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Dan V. Allen
Washington
D. W. Gregory
Allen
Iowa State University
U. S. Army Veterinary Corps
Presidio
San Francisco
California
Iowa
Oakland
New Sharon
Hy-Vee robbery in Washington yields about $500
Joe McDonald recounts a Friday night armed theft at the Hy-Vee on West Madison Street Washington. The bandit stole an estimated $400 to $500, tied the manager, and fled as officers set roadblocks across Henry Jefferson and Keokuk Counties.
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Joe McDonald
West Madison Street
Washington
Henry
Jefferson
Keokuk
Jim Harris
McDonald
Hal Huston 82 Dies in Crawfordsville Memorial Hospital
Hal Huston 82 former state representative and farmer died Friday at Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant after transfer a day earlier Funeral set for 2 p.m. Monday at Crawfordsville Methodist Church burial in Crawfordsville Cemetery Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction in charge Rev Tom Hotle to preside Survivors include son H Lee Huston Columbus Junction two grandchildren six great grandchildren and three brothers J C Huston Burlington Fare Huston Burlington and J H Huston Cedar Rapids He was born Feb 21 1880 east of Crawfordsville and was a Mason member who served two terms in the Washington County state legislature
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Crawfordsville
Thomas Hallie
Hal) Huston
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Crawfordsville Methodist Church
Stacy Funeral Home
Columbus Junction
Tom Hotle
Mr. Huston
Joseph
Rebecca Holmes Huston
Margaret Ellen Griffith
H. Lee Huston
J. C. Huston
Fare Huston
Burlington
J.H. Huston
Cedar Rapids
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
Washington County
Airman Dies In Saigon Accident
In Saigon at Vinh Long Air Base two groups of American airmen exchanged fire during an alert. One airman was killed and another wounded. casualties unnamed at release. The death raises U S fatalities in South Vietnam since January 1960 to 101. A U S helicopter was shot down in An Xuyen Province with no confirmed casualties.
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Saigon
API
U.S
Vinh Long
South Viet Nam
An Xuyen
Nellie Meeker Dies in Muscatine at 75
Mrs. Nellie Meeker, 75, died Friday afternoon in Muscatine General Hospital. Funeral is Sunday at 2:30 a.m. at Stacy Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Burial at Fredonia Cemetery. She was born in Fredonia April 20, 1888, married Harley C. Meeker in 1923, and survived by a son Robert H. Meeker of Columbus Junction, a step-daughter Pearl Housell of Davenport, two step-sons Vern and Arthur of Davenport, and several grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
Nellie Meeker
Muscatine General Hospital
Stacy Funeral Home
Robert Paris
Fredonia
Meeker
Methodist Church
The
Eastern Star
Royal Neighbors of America
Jospeh T
Mary A. Gambell
Harley C. Meeker
Robert H. Meeker
Columbus Auction
Pearl Houseal
Davenport
Vern
Arthur
Weather outlook fair with warm weekend temperatures
United Press International reports a generally fair spell with little temperature change through Sunday. Lows tonight in the 60s and highs Sunday in the 90s. Monday outlook is partly cloudy with small temperature change and a chance of scattered thundershowers mainly to the north.
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United Press International
Tr ucks Car Crash near Tipton Leaves Four Dead
A fiery I 80 crash near Tipton killed air force Sgt Robert L Stultz his wife Evelyn and their two children Debra 7 and Paris 6 along with injuries. The rear collision involved a furniture van driven by Howard Everson 30 of Lincoln Neb and two semis. ICC inspected possible federal driving violations.
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Tipton
UPI
Interstate 80
Here
Air Force
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Robert L. Stultz
Evelyn L
Debra
Paris
Stoltz
Alton
Rhode Island
Stultz
Bangor
California
Howard W. Everson
Lincoln
Neb
Renault
Richard Dawkins
Davenport
Cedar County
Everson
Philadelphia
Dawkins
Hawkeye
Charles Lee Drollinger
Iowa City
Iowa Highway Commission
Drollinger
Dudley Transfer Co
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Journal
Bob Elliott
Frisco
Bandit
Kennedy
NATO
Hailsham
Harriman
Hal Huston
Muscatine
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