Three Escapees Flee Iowa Camp as Search Persists
Four convicts escaped from the Yellow River forestry camp near McGregor Iowa. One was recaptured in Charles City after visiting his brother. three remain at large driving a green Ford pickup with license 463. The escapees include Raymond Decker Merlin Foote and Eldon Manser with sentences ranging from five to ten years for larceny embezzlement and breaking and entering.
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Mcgregor
Iowa
UPI
Yellow River
Here
Anamosa Reformatory
Charles City
Eugene Osier
Greene
Ronald
Osier
Raymond Decker
Des Moines
Merlin Foote
Newton
Eldon Manser
Algona
Manser
Anamosa
Humboldt County
Fish and Game and Conservation Department
14 Year Old Robs Bank in North Mississippi Town
A 14 year old farm boy, Larry Hawkins, robbed the town bank of 8245 with a pistol. He fled in a stolen car, was captured seven hours later by a sheriff's posse near his home. He planned to go to Memphis then California. He admitted the robbery and was jailed pending juvenile court action.
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Senatoria, Miss
UPI
Larry Hawkins
Hankins
Mississippi
California
Carolyn Crawford
Larry
Memphis
Tenn
Here
Bill Williams
Hawkins
Tate County
Infant Mark Steven Bair Dies Shortly After Birth
Mark Steven Bair infant son of Mr and Mrs Paul Bair Jr of Oskaloosa died June 13 1962 a few hours after birth at Washington County Hospital Graveside services set for 2 p m Sunday at Keota Cemetery with Rev Walter Smith in charge Jones Funeral Home handling arrangements Survivors include his parents twin brother maternal grandmother Mrs Unn Strawberg paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Paul Bair Sr of Oskaloosa
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Paul Bair Jr
Oskaloosa
Washington County Hospital
Keota
Walter Smith
Jones Funeral Home
Mark Steven
Paul T
Nellie Joan Lindsey Bair Jr
Unn Strawberg
Washington
Paul Bair Sr
Judicial Amendment Wins by 40000 Votes in Iowa Primary
Iowa's judicial reform amendment won about 40000 votes in the June 4 primaries with 158279 yes to 118215 no, 57 percent of 276494 total. County results show southern Iowa mainly opposed. Scott County led with 4944 yes to 945 no. The measure removes judge selection from politics, creating nominating commissions and governor picks, with retirement provisions and a pay raise funding gap to be found.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Secretary of State
Executive Council
Adair
Adams
Appanoose
Audubon
Clarke
Davis
Decatur
Delaware
Fremont
Guthrie
Howard
Jackson
Keokuk
Lucas
Mahaska
Marshall
Monroe
Montgomery
Page
Pocahontas
Ringgold
Taylor
Union
van Buren
Wayne
Scott County
Supreme Court
Rev. Donald Manwarren Takes Keota Pastoral Post
The Rev. Donald Manwarren will begin pastoral work at Keota Christian Church on Sunday June 17. He earned a Master of Sacred Theology from Yale Divinity School and holds degrees from Drake University. Manwarren and his wife Elaine plan to move to Keota June 19 with their two children Julia and Susan.
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Keota
Donald Manwarren
Manwarren
Yale Divinity School
New Haven
Elaine
Galesburg
Julia
Susan
Baptist Bible School Opens Monday in Washington
Vacation Bible school at the Baptist church in Washington will start Monday June 18 and run for two weeks. Children from age four through eighth grade may attend sessions each morning Monday through Friday from 9 to 11:15 a. m. The topic is God and His Word. Mrs Stanley Wallace serves as superintendent.
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Washington
Bible School
God
His
Stanley Wallace
Demo Chairman Predicts Hickenlooper Defeat in Iowa
UPI reports Democratic National Chairman John Bailey warned Iowa Senator Bourke Hickenlooper will lose to Democrat E. B. Smith in the fall. Bailey called the race a possible great upset and criticized Hickenlooper as the GOP Chief Hatchetman while touring the Midwest with Operation Know How. He also predicted Harold Hughes’s upset win in the gubernatorial race over Gov. Norman Erbe.
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Des Moines
UPI
John M. Bailey
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republican Policy Committee
Bailey
Hickenlooper
E. B. Smith
Iowa State University
United States Senate
GOP
National Committee
Omaha
Wichita
Kan
Hughes
Harold Hughes
State Commerce Commission
Norman A. Erbe
Erbe
William H. Nicholas
Market Hits Low For Current Year
New York stocks tumbled to a 1962 low as the Dow Jones average fell to 563.00, down 11.04, with the S and P 500 at 54.33 a new 1962 low. Trading volume reached 6.24 million on the NYSE as losses spread across blue chips and electronics issues.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poor
Water Cutoff Affects Northeast Washington Residents
City officials announce a temporary water shutdown in the northeast section starting 4:30 a.m. Saturday. The area north of First Street and east of Fifth Street will lose water while crews finish repairs to the water system, urging residents to secure drinking water beforehand.
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Washington
Space Capsule Exhibit At Local Airport Weekend Display
The Washington Airport Club sponsors a Project Mercury display at the municipal airport this weekend. The exhibit includes a full scale Mercury capsule model and related aviation items. A flight breakfast for area pilots is planned Sunday morning with support from the local Junior Chamber of Commerce and Iowa Air National Guard.
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Jim Dunbar
Bill Perdock
Washington Municipal
Washington Area
Dunbar
Airport Club
Perdock
CAVU
Journal
Bob Elliott
Washington Airport Club
Gerald Howell
Crawfordsville
Washington
National Aeronautics Space Administration
Washington D.C
Howell
Daryl Burham
Evacuation After Sudden Attack Hits Algiers Mustapha Hospital
In Algiers the Mustapha Hospital's Muslim sections were hit by a sudden incident carried out by OAS commandos causing mass evacuation of patients and staff. Equipment was seized for possible relocation as police moved in with Geiger counters to check radioactivity. Four areas including the children's operating pavilion were targeted. damage was reported but no injuries.
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Algiers
UPI
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Mustapha Hospital
Algeria
Gormly Threatens Hunger Strike Over Tax Bill
Des Moines pacifist Walter Gormly, age 47 from Mount Vernon, renews protest outside the IRS office by threatening a hunger strike over a claimed $6,706.15 tax bill for 1954 58. He cites a 50 percent fraud penalty and vows to continue until authorities intervene. He has a long history of tax resistance and antiwar activity, including past hunger strikes and peace leafleting.
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Des Moines
UPI
Walter Gormly
Internal Revenue Service
Mount Vernon
Gormly
Aince Sam
Internal Revenue
U.S
Olin
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Wheeler Denies Allegations About Estes Farm Loan Charges
Maynard C. Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp. rebuked claims of collusion with the Agriculture Department over Estes farm loan arrangements. He argued the charge is reckless and unfounded while detailing the timing of the grain storage income assignment to his firm. Estes testified he has assets in U.S. banks totaling about 20.8 million and owes 38.4 million, while denying hidden Swiss assets.
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Washington
UPL
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
New York
House Intergovernmental
Estes
West Texas
Wheeler
Ross Bass
Dtenn
Martin Sorkin
Sorkin
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Subcommittee
James Naughton
EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Switzerland
U.S
R.E. Thomason
Allen Poage
United States
Ten Year Old Heir Inherits 35 Million, Lives On Farm
In Brunson South Carolina Skipper Inman a 10 year old heir receives about 35 million from his grandmother Nanaline Duke. He lives with guardian Lightsey on a 2000 acre cotton farm and previously received an 11 dollar weekly allowance. He enjoys chores a pony and a tree house and his guardian aims to keep life normal despite the windfall.
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Skipper
Nanaline H. Duke
The
American Tobacco Co
Lightsey
Billy Graham declares age of anxiety in modern America
Chicago audience of 35,000 hears Billy Graham call this the age of anxiety and madness. He says Americans fear living more than dying and cites material utopia as false. Since crusade began, 14,552 decisions for Christ recorded as 903 come forward at McCormick Place.
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Chicago
UPI
Billy Graham
Lake Front
McCormick Place Convention Hall
Graham
Christ
Weather Iowa Outlook With Scattered Showers and Warm Weekend
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered showers or thunderstorms spreading north and central late night. Saturday highs reach the 80s in most areas with a warming trend. cooler Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Five day forecast shows temperatures 3-5 degrees above normal through Wednesday, with normal highs mostly in the low to mid 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. rainfall expected Saturday through Monday averaging three quarters to an inch, heavier locally.
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