Hero of Outing Trucker Brings Aid to Friends
Henry Van Bouchaute a 40 year old truck driver from Buena Park swam and drifted over 20 miles to reach his stranded fishing crew off Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California. After motor failure the four men endured sun heat and dehydration until a Mexican coast guard cutter and a fisherman located them. Van Bouchaute survived by floating and swimming until rescue, describing fierce currents, sea water thirst, and fear of sharks during the ordeal.
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Calif
UPI
Van
Gulf of California
Henry van Bouchaute
Buena Park
Tiburo
van Bouchaute
King
Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Kino Bay
Washington Municipal Band Concert Sunday P M in Central Park
Washington's Municipal Band led by Dick Ballard winds up the city 125th anniversary celebration with a Sunday afternoon concert at Central Park at 3 p m. Featured pieces include God Bless America Queen City March and Stars and Stripes Forever with Ralph Marshall solo and a Good Old Summertime encore.
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Municpal
Central Park
Dick Ballard
God Bless
America
Berlin
Queen City
Aurora
Yoder
Oregon Trail
Ralph Marshall
Gershwin
Sousa
Youmans
Ward
Leonard
Schmidhauser Attacks Schwengel During Iowa Campaign Visit
Democratic candidate John R. Schmidhauser blasted Republican rival Fred R. Schwengel as a vacillator during a visit to Des Moines for the 125th Anniversary Celebration. He cited Schwengel’s 1960 pay bill opposition and 1962 stance shifts, accusing him of vacillating principles and voter confusion.
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John R. Schmidhauser
Iowa
Washington
Schmidhauser
Fred R. Schwengel
Schwengel
Erbe
Extension Director Jim Frier Attends Summer School
Washington County Extension Director Jim Frier leaves on Friday morning June 12 with his wife and three children to attend the Extension Regional Summer School at Fort Collins Colorado. He will study agricultural policy formulation and extension communications and plans a July camping trip to Yellowstone, returning to Washington County on July 13.
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Jim Frier
Washington County
Extension
Ft. Collins
Colorado
Yellowstone
Scranton Campaign Pursues GOP Support in Key States
Scranton flies from Scranton to Connecticut to win 16 Connecticut delegates and bolster his bid against Goldwater. He plans a Hartford address and meetings with Lodge aides, while Eisenhower’s stance supports broad, open convention battles as delegates shift among contenders.
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John H. Chafee
San Francisco
Scranton
Goldwater
Connecticut
Madison
Hotchkiss
Lakeville
Yale University
Yale Law School
New Haven
Begin
Seaven
Style Show in Central Park Celebrates Washington Anniversary
A fashion display titled Belles Day featured authentic clothing for women men and children dating up to 125 years old. Held at the band stand in Central Park now Mammas Ice Cream Parlor, the event drew a large crowd on a sunny summer afternoon. Mrs Fred Andersen and Mrs Merritt Canady organized the showcase narrated by Mrs James Birney with script by Mrs Ongita Fisher. About 50 people modeled wedding dresses and old fashion suits in this anniversary program segment.
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Washington
Central Park
Fred Andersen
Merritt Canady
James Birney
Ongita Fisher
Finalists named in beard contest at county fair
Final judging of Brothers of the Brush beards will be held at 8 PM this evening just before the pageant final on the fair grounds. Preliminary judging at the band stand named full beards Bob Nardy Don Radda Keith Young Dale Doggett trimmed beards Earnest Lampe Bob Clark Dick Anderson Don Rich mustaches sideburns or goatees Jim Batterson Paul Gebhardt Bernard Crock Cal Wolf. Also named as the man with the most hair on his face and the least on his head was Bill Dawson. If rain, final pageant show and beard finals move to Monday at 8:30 PM on the fairgrounds.
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Bob Nardy
Don Radda
Keith Young
Dale Doggett
Earnest Lampe
Bob Clark
Dick Anderson
Don Rich
Jim Batterson
Paul Gebhardt
Bernard Crock
Cal Wolf
Bill Dawson
Wendel Baker Dies at 89 in Keota
Wendel Baker, 89, died Friday at 4 30 p.m. in Twilight Rest Home Keota. Funeral set for Tuesday at 9 30 a.m. at St Mary’s Catholic Church Keota. Rosary Monday at 8 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Keota.
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Wendel Baker
Twilight
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Powell Funeral
Prairie Flower Bible School Program to Highlight Youth
Prairie Flower Baptist daily vacation Bible school will present a Sunday evening program at 7 30 p m featuring scripture recitations and songs by the pupils. One hundred twelve students enrolled with a peak attendance of 114. The group contributed about 75 to missionary Ron Genheimer of South Africa. Sunday school starts at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m with the sermon Remembrance and choir singing Room for Jesus. Rev Charles Hawkins and wife will be away for two weeks attending the General Association of Regular Baptist churches fellowship at Winona Lake Indiana.
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Prairie Flower Baptist Daily Vacation Bible School
Bible School
Ron Genheimer
South Africa
Prairie Flower
Jesus
Charles Hawkins
National Fellowship of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Winona Lake
Ind
Local youth group to attend southeast conference at Mt Pleasant
Eight high school youths from the Christian Church will join about ninety peers for a week long conference June 14 to 20 at Mt Pleasant on the Iowa Wesleyan Campus. Attendees include Jean Beend l esom Robert Cheyney Allen Dunbar Larry Green Loretta Green Meredith Smith Avis Widmer and John Widmer. Reverend Carlyle Smith, pastor of the Christian Church, serves as director of the conference.
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the Christian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Jean Beendlessom
Robert Cheyney
Allen Dunbar
Larry Green
Loretta Green
Meredith Smith
Avis Widmer
John Widmer
The
Christian Church
Carlyle Smith
Iowa Wesleyan
Harold Jarvis Leads Kangaroo Court At Central Park
Washington figure Harold Jarvis, chairman of the Brothers of the Brush, presided over a playful kangaroo court at the ba shell in Central Park on Friday night. Rev. J. E. Grubb was accused of fishing on Sunday and sentenced to a pie in the face by Wayne Marston. The pie struck Grubb full in the face, splashing into the horse tank as a staged act of mock justice.
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Harold Jarvis
Washington “Brothers
The
Brush
Brothers
Bashell
Central Park
J. E. Grubb
Jarvis
Wayne Marston
Father Grubb
Marston
U S resumes aerial reconnaissance over Laos targets
U S resumes flights over Red Pathet Lao strongholds in Laos with a spokesman citing renewed missions. The plan includes training welfare workers from Iowa counties in Des Moines on June 15 and six more one day sessions nationwide. U S denies strafing Pathet Lao HQ at Khang Khay and refutes Chinese reports of an American bombing.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPL
United States
U.S
Red Pathet Lao
Iowa
Sharon Lee Ford
Washington
State Department of Social Welfare
Des Moines
Gerald D. Evans
Bureau of Staff Development
Pathet Lao
Khang Khay
Des Jarres
Peking
Weather outlook for Jowa shows clouds and showers
United Press International reports a cloudy period through Sunday with scattered showers or thunderstorms. The state will see showers across most areas Saturday and in the east and central portions Sunday. Lows Saturday night ranged from the extreme northwest to the 60s in the southeast.
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