Eddie Scherrer 10 Bags Bear in Canada Adventure
Eddie Scherrer, ten, trip with grandparents to Kenora Canada in early June 1962 yields two firsts. He reels a 7% lb walleye after a 15 minute fight and shoots a 200 pound black bear with a 30-30 rifle on his first hunt. The bear and fishing exploits headline a six grader tale to come.
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Eddie Scherrer
Bags Bear
Canada
Marge Luckey
Kenora
Wes Prehoda
Route 1
Riverside
Eddie
Paul Scherrer
Colorado Springs
Colo
Janice
Hanson Camp
Nestor Falls
Prehoda
Canadian Forestry Service
Convicted mother gets 20 year term for infant death
Mrs. Sarah Shepard, 24, was sentenced to 20 years in Rockwell City women's reformatory after second degree murder conviction in the suffocation of her newborn. The judge denied acquittal or a new trial. She wept as she was led from court, with police and her mother supporting her.
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Sioux City, Iowa
UPI
Sarah Shepard
Rockwell City
Shepard
Lawrence McCormick
Trinity Bible School Closing Program at Trinity Lutheran
The closing program for the vacation Bible school at Trinity Lutheran Church is Friday at 7 30 p m. Parents and friends are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served after the program by the children.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Mrs. Christianson Dies at Iowa City
Mrs. Dennis Christianson 57 of Conesville died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Funeral in St. Joseph's Church Columbus Junction Saturday at 10 a.m. Burial in Memorial Cemetery Muscatine. Survivors include husband two brothers and a sister.
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Columbus Junction
Dennis Christianson
Conesville
Mercy
Iowa City
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Memorial Cemetery
Muscatine
Stacy Funeral Home
Christianson
Council Bluffs
Charles
Catherine Kent Schott
Omaha
Neb
Francis
Thomas
Salem, Ore
Roy Anderson
Services Sunday For Former Junction Man
Funeral services for Glen Ayers 72 of Portland Oregon will be Sunday at 1 30 p m at the Columbus Junction Methodist Church Burial will follow in Columbus City Cemetery Ayers died Sunday in Portland where he had been living and was a former resident of Columbus Junction Community.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction Methodist
Glen Ayers
Portland
Ore
Columbus City
Stacy Funeral Home
Ayers
Kenny Fenn Escapes Serious Injury After Engine Accident
Kenny Fenn of the Fenn Implement Company suffered minor facial burns when an engine exploded during repair about 10 o'clock this morning. Brother Terry Fenn said he was treated by a doctor for first aid and will return to work Friday.
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Kenny Fenn
Fenn Implement Company
Terry Fenn
Kenny
Funeral Friday for Mrs Ernest Green
Mrs. Ernest Green 45 died Wednesday June 13 1962 at University Hospital Iowa City after illness since March. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday Jones Funeral Home with Rev Lloyd Latta and burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters parents two grandchildren four sisters and several extended relatives. Her daughter Irene Havel born September 6 1916 in Washington County and she married Ernest Edward Green October 28 1935.
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Wellman
Bertha Lucille Wade
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Paul Deitterich
Wellman Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Wade
Lime Creek Township
Washington County
George L
Mary Lantry Tracy
William J. Wade
Marengo
Washington
Johnson Counties
Wellman Methodist Church
Pythian Sisters
American Legion Auxiliary
Ladies Embroidery Club
Wilna) Schlabaugh
Lynn Tracy
San Gabriel
Calif
William Lyle
Olen C
Redwood, Calif
Elwin P
Davenport
Duane Louis
Temple City
Ernest Green
Ernest Edward Green
Methodist Church
Rex
Marie) Lee
Mary Ann Green
William Havel
Grace Coulter
Red Oak
Helen Reed
Taylor Ridge
Martha Hammen
Ainsworth Buses To Carry Kids To Red Cross Swim Program
Supt H E Ross announced one of Ainsworths regular buses will transport local youngsters to the Red Cross learn to swim program at the Washington municipal pool. The bus meets students at the school house and departs at 9 15 each Monday with Earl White driving, continuing weekly while the program runs.
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Ainsworth
H. E. Ross
Red Cross
Washington
Supt. Ross
Earl White
May Eliminate Tax on Travel Mrs Moore Wins $25 Prize
Crawfordsville resident Mrs. Reed Moore won $25 in this week’s Who’s Who contest by correctly identifying the mystery personality C. R. Wilson and listing all twenty one clues. A consolation prize of $5 went to Mary Engel of Brighton for eighteen correct clues. A new contest begins in the Evening Journal today with clues referencing traits and history related to the mystery figure.
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Arrow
Lemmon
Wilson
The
Rolfe Arrow
Evening Journal
Kidder
Washington
Mathilda
Registrations Open For Campfire YWCA Camp
Camp at Lake Darling Youth Center runs July 29 to August 4 for girls ages 8 to 15. Activities include archery swimming boating crafts and nature study with campfire sessions each evening. Registration due by June 30 at the YWCA or by mail to Mrs. Paul Fern and Mrs. Carlton Bump.
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Lake Darling
YWCA
Paul Fern
Carlton Bump
Rex Ray
Robert McFarlane
James Richart
Paul Mayer
Dale Booth
Phil Kneen
Toastmasters Change Time for Meetings
The Washington Toastmasters Club has moved meeting time to 7 p.m. for the summer months. Meetings occur at Captain's Table each Wednesday. Ralph Martin presided as toastmaster last night with Paul Widmer as table topics chairman. Speakers included Preston Harvey Roy Hodges and Charles Twinam presenting brief talks on airport issues sports patronage.
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Washington Toastmasters Club
Ralph Martin
Paul Widmer
Preston Harvey
Roy Hodges
Charles Twinam
West Liberty Boy Completes 52 Mile Bike Trip
Jim Hale 15 of West Liberty rode 52 miles in about 4 hours 52 minutes finishing at the Bob Clark home south of Washington then plans a return trip with Russell Clark Friday. He averaged 13 mph and stopped briefly for drinks at Iowa City Kalona.
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Riders Unlimited
Jim Hale
Cold West Liberty
Russell Clark
Washington
Journal
Bob Elliott
West Liberty
Bob Clark
Hale
Iowa City
Iowa Avenue
Clark
Jim
Russell
E. E. Hale
Katona
Kalona
Children’s Program At Christian Church Opens Friday
The Christian Church hosts an open house and children’s program Friday at 7 30 p m following a two week vacation church school. Light refreshments will be served in the fellowship hall and the public is invited.
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The
Christian Church
Senate Finance Committee Backs Early Elimination of Train Bus Tax
The Senate Finance Committee voted to end the 10 percent federal excise tax on train and bus travel effective July 1, six months earlier than House plans. The move would offset an estimated 58 million dollars in revenues and follows House approval to extend other excise taxes.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate
Street Crews to Wash Streets and Repaint Parking Areas
Washington residents near the square are told to keep cars off the streets on Friday nights and through the weekend while city crews flush and clean streets around the square and the eight surrounding blocks. Beginning Monday, parking on the square and adjacent streets during repainting will be banned for four to five days to allow line repainting. good weather may shorten the timeline.
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Washington
Orville Long
Long
Iowa to suspend about 9000 licenses under point system
The State Safety Department introduced a point system in 1958 and will suspend roughly 9,000 drivers this year for traffic violations. The system starts at three points within one year, with credits possible for prior safe driving, and includes hearings, road and written tests, and potential suspensions or probation as outcomes.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Des Moines Slayer Believed Not White
Des Moines public safety director James Dalton said FBI lab analysis found hairs from Ramona Cox’s apartment with racial characteristics of Negro hair or mixed Negro and Caucasian blood. He called this the first positive evidence that the killer was not white, contradicting earlier witness beliefs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Ramona Cox
Des Moines Public Safety
James Dalton
FBI
Miss Cox
Dalton
Lasek Case Appealed To State High Court
The Raymond Lasek damage suit, won by Lasek and J. Frederic Alleback for 25000, was appealed to the state supreme court after vendors Floyd Holtzman and Jerry Miller trucking firm sought a new trial and then appealed the decision. The accident occurred when Holtzman’s truck rear-ended Lasek’s tractor on Highway 1 near Brighton.
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Raymond L. Lasek
State Supreme Court
Court House
J. Frederic Alleback
Highway 1
Brighton
Lasek
Defendents
Floyd Holtzman
Jerry Miller
Holtzman
Greiners Lose Race With Stork Near Kalona
Mr and Mrs Greiner of near Keota were en route to Iowa City for a birth when the baby arrived in their car south of Kalona. A boy weighing about eight pounds was born and both mother and child are reported doing fine after they reach the hospital.
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Howard Greiners
Keota
Stork
Greiner
Iowa City
Kalona
Greiner Auto
Rev Lloyd Latta Highlights Europe trip at Kiwanis
The Kiwanis luncheon featured Rev Lloyd Latta who spoke about his Europe trip and displayed slides. He discussed English and European churches and contrasted Berlin’s reconstruction with East Berlin’s slower redevelopment. Guests included Gene Booth of Washington and Francis Palmer of Charleston Illinois.
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Kiwanis Club
Lloyd Latta
Europe
England
Berlin
East Berlin
Gene Booth
Washington
Francis Palmer
Charleston
Illinois
Weather Outlook for Iowa From UPI
United Press International reports fair weather with partly cloudy skies across Iowa tonight and Friday. Temperatures will rise, with lows in the 50s and highs near 86 in the north and northwest areas. Saturday looks partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thunderstorms likely in the west.
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Iowa
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United Press International
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