Jailbreaker on the Run Across Three States
Police in Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin hunted an armed jailbreaker after he and a cellmate escaped Winnebago county jail by slugging staff with a soap filled pillowcase. Barr fired at officers as Cascio was captured two blocks away. roadblocks were set as Sheriff Heideman ordered shoot to kill.
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Rockford
Ill
Vito Cascio
Barr
Cascio
Linois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Emil Heideman
Henry Reiehling
Commencement Visit and Family Travels Highlight Local News
Dade B Shearer attends De Pauw University commencement in Greencastle Indiana for two to three weeks. Former De Pauw faculty member travels with Mrs Marguerite Crail from Davenport to Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Homer Stephen return from a California car trip to visit daughter Mrs Clyde Boice Jr after about three weeks away.
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Dade B. Shearer
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Indiana
Miss Shearer
de Pauw
Davenport
Marguerite Crail
Cincinnati
Iowa
Homer Stephen
California
Clyde Boice, Jr
French Strikers Return to Work Amid Paris Gatherings
French civil service workers resumed duties ending a 24 hour strike that halted many national services. The interior ministry cancelled weekend leave and mobilized about 10 000 police and security guards for potential clashes as right and left groups prepared separate Saturday meetings in Paris.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
Networks Return to Normal After Overnight Delays
Normal telephone service resumed this morning as the long distance network stabilized. Airlines restored service with overnight meterology staff returning to duty and postal officials announcing mail deliveries would resume on schedule.
Disabled Man Drowns Off Coast Guard Cutter
Clarence Lee, 42, of Council Bluffs Iowa, fell from the Coast Guard Cutter Goldenrod into the Missouri River near Omaha while visiting the ship's cook Harry Armstrong. He reached for a life line with impaired hands, missed it, and disappeared beneath the water, authorities said.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri River
Coast Guard
Goldenrod
Clarence Lee
Council, Bluffs, In
Harry Armstrong
Lee
Cardiff Leads Britain in Coal Export Ports
Cardiff, in the populous industrialized southeast corner of Wales, is Britain’s leading coal export port. Ten miles inland from the harbor, the region’s coal mines produce more than 50 million tons annually.
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Cardiff
Wales
Great Britain
Babich on Stand in Own Defense in Milwaukee Case
Milton Babich, 19, testifies his revolver discharged as he grabbed it from Patricia Birmingham, 16, whose death last Feb and a claim of Patricia's silence about Kathleen Babich's pregnancy led to the shooting. Kathleen Babich, 18, wife of Milton, breaks down on the stand as prosecutors portray her husband as cold and unfeeling after Patricia's murder.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Kathleen Babich
Kathleen
Milton
William McCauley
Patricia Birmingham
Babich
Patricia
McCauley
Birmegham
Sixteen Candidates For Iowa 4-H Posts
Sixteen 4-H members will seek state offices at separate girls and boys conventions on the Iowa State College campus. About 1,200 girls arrive in blue green uniforms for the girls' June 21 to 25 event, with a four day meeting themed Developing Talents for Greater Usefulness. Boys' convention runs June 27 to 30. Named girls’ candidates include Donna Fichelberger Barbara Fleming Any Hamilton Ramon Jones Virginia Laymiller Carol Lee Margaret Mitchell and Doris Wade. Boys’ slate features Wilfield Becker Richard Classing David Diehl Jack Miller A Spies Dean Stall Don Teachout and Graydon Trible.
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Ames
AUP
Four-H Club
Four-H
Iowa State College
Donna Fichelberger
Muscatine
Barbara Fleming
Runnells
Any Hamilton
Elwood
Ramon; Jones
Chillicothe
Virginia Laymiller
Grinnell
Carol Lee
Hudson
Margaret Mitchell
Fairfax
Doris Wade
Linn Grove
Wilfield Becker
Watkins
Richard Clasing
Ruthven
David Diehl
Boone
Jack Miller
Osceola
A‘ Spies
Eldridge
Dean “Stall
Ankeny
Don ‘Teachout
Shenandoah
Graydon Trible
Waterloo
Advisers Recommend Spraying For Corn Borers In Iowa
The Iowa State College Extension Service reports a corn borer outbreak in the southern third of Iowa with fields showing tall corn and extensive leaf growth. Egg masses average 214 per plant, with 18 percent of eggs hatched. experts urge applying ODT when corn reaches 35 inches in height.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College Extension Service
Promise Rain Breaks Drought Across Atlantic States
The weather bureau forecast light to moderate showers sweeping northward across the dry Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Virginia. Most farm lands could receive a quarter to half inch of rain, aiding drought relief and easing fire danger, with New Jersey reporting the worst fire outbreaks.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Appalachian Mountains
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Farmers Urged to Tailor DDT Use to Local Fields
Extension officials note leaves extend and show an average of 50 egg masses per 100 plants. They advise farmers determine timing of DDT application by observing their own fields rather than relying on regional averages.
Just Us Club Opens Meeting With Poem
Mrs. E H Messer presided as 12 members and one guest Mrs W S Kyle met with Mrs Val Fuhr on Wednesday afternoon. Questions and answers answered roll call. Mrs L F Harding and Mrs John Lee led the entertainment. Wahoo was played and the afternoon ended with visiting. Refreshments were served by the hostess with Mrs Lee assisting. Next meeting to be announced later.
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E. H. Messer
Just Us Club
Bennet
W. S. Kyle
Val Fuhr
L. F. Harding
John Lee
Lee
Transition to paid fire departments in major cities
The article notes that Philadelphia moved from volunteer to a full-time fire department in 1870. It also states that New York City kept volunteers until 1865, while Washington DC adopted a paid department a year earlier.
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Philadelphia
New York
Washington, D. C
Wallpaper Design Tricks to Make Rooms Look Larger
To create an illusion of greater space, use small all over wallpaper patterns. Plain two toned or pin striped papers also expand a room visually.
Softball Injury Spurs Team Policy Debate
In a workplace incident Richard Swailes suffered a badly sprained ankle during a softball game. His teammates will be protected, and he addresses softball managers about the team accident policy.
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Richard Swailes
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