Nurse Maatress case grips Montreal hunt for missing boy
In Montreal police pursue Greta Goede 46 a German immigrant and nursemaid as a prime suspect in the Joel Reitman kidnapping. The 2 year old heir to a clothing firm fortune was found safe after an anxious search spanning Montreal Ottawa and Vancouver with officials weighing a possible death by own action scenario.
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Ottawa
Joel Reitman
Cyril Reitman
Montreal
Reitman
UPI
Canada
Greta Goede
Reitmans
Miss Goede
Joel
Germany
Edward Royer
Vancouver
Little Joel
Host Farms Prepares For 1958 Field Day In Iowa
Host farms eight miles north of Washington Iowa gear up for the 1958 Conservation Districts Field Day and Plowing Matches set for September 12. On Harold Strum farm a 120 rod gully is being reshaped with 130 hours of bulldozing and 100 trees cleared including a five foot diameter cottonwood. temporary seedings and tile work along a 120 rod waterway accompany a concrete drop spillway dam. Hazel Spera and Preston Edmundion farms also show terracing new precend and other conservation work. Attendees will see similar projects with more gullies tilled tile laid dams diversions and re seeding plus contour and level land plowing matches featured.
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Iowa Conservation Districts
Washington
Harold Strum
Strum
Hazel Spera
Preston Edmundion
Negotiations Bog Over Release of Nine Americans
Berlin reports say U S Army officers failed to reach an agreement with East German officials on freeing nine American servicemen held since June 7 when their helicopter crossed the frontier. Talks lasted 53 minutes and were labeled unsuccessful as Washington rejected a Communist drafted plan tied to recognition and sovereignty issues.
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Berlin
UPI
Reds
Soviet Union
United States
U. Army
East Berlin
U.S
George Klett Rites Set at Keota
Funeral services for George Klett 87 will be at St Marys Catholic church Keota at 9:30 a m Thursday. Interment follows at St Elizabeths cemetery Harper. Survivors include wife Susan two grandsons in Minneapolis and Alamosa a brother in Harper and two great grandchildren.
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Keota
George Klett
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth's Cemetery
Harper
Mr. Klett
Godfrey Klett
Catherine Berwen Klett
Susan Peiffer
Clear Creek
Klett
St Mary's Catholic Church
Powell
George Bonnarens
Minneapolis
Alvin Bonnarens
Alamosa
Colo
Charles Klett
Edna
Cool Weekend Forecast Affects Iowa Temperatures
United Press International reports cooler weather ahead for Iowa as a cold front moves in from the north Thursday. Highs midweek near 70s to low 80s. nights in the upper 40s to upper 50s. temps about five degrees below normal through Monday with a warming trend to start next week.
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United Press International
Iowa
Lowa
Keokuk
Dubuque
Davenport
Spencer
Ottumwa
Farmers Urged to Monitor Corn Borer In Area
County Extension Director Tom Robb reports rising corn borer activity in Washington area fields with many egg masses and increased leaf feeding. Farmers should treat corn once 75 percent show feeding, using DDT spray or granules, Endrin or toxaphene granules, following ISU guidance.
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Washington Area
Tom Robb
Robb
Ankeny
Iowa State College
County Extension Office
Des Moines Sets Eight MPH Bicycle Sidewalk Speed Limit
Des Moines police will use radar to enforce a new eight mile per hour sidewalk speed limit for bicycles in business areas. City officials doubt many convictions because bicycles need speedometers. The ordinance, passed by the city council, took effect last Friday.
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DES Moines
UPI
Wear Douglas
Start New Addition On Ross Mfg Building
Workmen began construction on an addition to the Ross Manufacturing Co. building on West Madison Street in Washington. The project, owned by Jay Brewer, will double the factory’s space and enable the Ross firm to double its workforce and start a new assembly line once ready.
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Ross Manufacturing Co
West Madison Street
Washington
Jay Brewer
Ross Company
Ross Manufacturing
Bugler Peggy McGaffey Serves atLocal Funerals
Peggy McGaffey served as bugler for the Barnett and Page funerals held here Tuesday. Military rites were conducted at the graveside.
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Peggy McGaffey
Barnett and Page
Eslie Dunwoody Dies at Home in Burlington
Eslie Dunwoody aged about 63 died suddenly of a heart attack at his Burlington home on Tuesday. A former Washington resident, he was the father of Kenneth Dunwoody of Independence, formerly of Washington. Funeral services are tentatively set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Oskaloosa with Wilcox and Garland Funeral Home in charge. His wife survives him.
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Eslie Dunwoody
Burlington
Mr Dunwoody
Washington
Kenneth Dunwoody
Independence
Oskaloosa
Wilcox and Garland Funeral Home
Mr. Dunwoody
Street Work Advances Rapidly in Washington District
Street improvement projects proceed despite last week’s rain delays. Larsen Construction crews fill vaults under sidewalks, remove old walks, and compact sand and fill before laying new paths. Foundations for street lamps and stoplights are set, with new catch basins at most corners to handle storm debris.
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Washington
Larsen Construction Co
Ted Husing Seeks Comeback After Brain Tumor
Former radio star Ted Husing talks of his return dreams amid medical setbacks. He has taped interviews with Tom Harmon and Maxie Rosenbloom for a series titled Ted Husing Reminisces but doubts his readiness. He maintains faith and humor, rejects bitterness, and recalls religious devotion while acknowledging the failed NYC comeback offer with CBS.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Ted Husing
Tom Harmon
Maxie Rosenbloom
Husing
Tape Recording Allegations Haunt 1956 Hungary Crisis
Yugoslavia's Tito may possess proof that the Soviet Union broke promised support for Hungary in 1956. Nagy and two colleagues were executed after the rebellion, and tapes allegedly recorded with Mikoyan and Suslov are cited by experts. Eisenhower calls the executions a shock to the free world and a breach of good faith.
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Warsaw
Poland
Nagy
Budapest
Tito
Russia
Suslov
Mikoyan
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
Parliament
Moscow
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Imre Nagy
Free World
Soviet Union
Fairfield Man Killed, Another Injured in Rural Collision
Fairfield Iowa Raymond Watson 42 of rural Fairfield died in a two car crash on a county road south of town. Mile Messer also of rural Fairfield sustained minor injuries as his vehicle collided with Watsons. Authorities reported no other serious injuries in the rural incident.
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Fairfield
Iowa
UPI
Raymond Watson
Here
Watson
Mile Messer
Messer
Eisenhower Defends Adams Prudent Yet Impudent in Goldfine Case
President Eisenhower stated Sherman Adams was imprudent in his dealings with Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine while affirming Adams as a valued assistant. He read a prepared statement to 257 reporters, defending Adams’ integrity but noting the gifts could be seen as attempts to influence official actions. Adams testified he may have acted more prudently.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Adams
House
Goldfine
New York
Plymouth
Mass
Mexican Maritime Disaster Off Oaxaca Claims 200
Two hundred Mexican fishermen were feared drowned when a sudden Pacific storm sank 21 boats off Oaxaca state. Chiapas officials warned it could be Mexico’s worst maritime disaster if all aboard perished, after Captain Sabino Ortiz reported five crew lost and others washed overboard.
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Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mexico
UPI
Oaxaca
Chiapas
Sabino Ortiz
Ortiz
Y's Men Plan White Elephant Auction Saturday Night
Y's Men Club completes plans for a White Elephant auction at Goff's Warehouse 1100 North Iowa Ave. Bill Bruty will auction items starting 8 p.m. with public invited to donate items at the YMCA. Proceeds support Y's Men projects and local community efforts.
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Goff
North
Iowa Avenue
Bill Bruty
Iowa
Y's Men
Y's Men Club
YMCA
Barber Sentenced For Double Murder
Leonard Kemp, 50, a Sioux City barber, received two life terms plus two concurrent 30 year terms for assault to commit murder after pleading guilty to the murders of his divorced wife Helen and daughter-in-law Sandra in Perry. The sentencing followed a degree of guilt hearing before District Judge George Sackett. Kemp’s son and daughter were wounded in the March 16 rampage.
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Adel, Iowa
UPI
Leonard Kemp
Sioux City
Iowa State Penitentiary
Kemp
George Sackett
Sackett
Helen
Sandra
Perry
Darlene Turpin
Lloyd
Report Thursday On Establishment Of New Iowa College
Three presidents from Iowa state supported colleges will report on creating a two-year general education college at Ottumwa. The Iowa Board of Regents appointed them to study using Ottumwa Naval Air Base facilities as an annex for the University of Iowa Iowa State College and Iowa State Teachers College. Over 1100 post cards and many letters support the plan as a state funded alternative to junior colleges.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ottumwa
Iowa Board of Regents
Ottumwa Naval Air Base
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Board of Regents
Trujillo Orders Cadets Home After U.S. Diplomatic Row
Dominican Republic orders thirty Dom Inc officers and cadets home from U.S. military schools in retaliation for the U.S. Army staff college denial of a graduation diploma to Gen Rafael L. Trujillo Jr. Congress summoned to discuss military aid and national dignity amid U.S. scrutiny of spending.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
UPI
United Day
Secretary of State
Armed Forces
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Dominican Congress
U.S
Trujillo
Kim Novak
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Dominican Combined Chiefs of Staff
Weather outlook for Iowa with scattered storms
Partly cloudy with widely scattered storms and little temperature change tonight. Thursday includes a low near 47 and high 72 to 82. Temperatures average about five degrees below normal through Monday. Cooler Friday and Saturday then gradually warmer by Monday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the rest of the week, with about a light to moderate rainfall.
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Iowa
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