Fred J. Skubal Dies This Morning at 62
Fred J. Skubal, 62, farmer northeast of Haskins, died at 8:50 a.m. today, June 18, 1962, at a brother’s home. Heart attack caused death. Funeral arrangements are pending. Born October 8, 1899 in Washington County, he was son of Frank J. and Frances Hoshek Skubal. Survived by four brothers Frank, Vincent, John, Percy and one sister Marie Whetstone, all listed with ties to Lone Tree, Ainsworth, and Haskins.
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Fred J. Skubal
Haskins
John Skubal
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. Skubal
Washington County
Frank J
Frances Hoshek Skubal
Highland Township
Frank
Lone Tree
Vincent
John
Percy
Ainsworth
Edgar
Marie) Whetstine
Violent Thunderstorms Roar Across Midwest and South
United Press International reports a line of violent storms with a tornado in Minnesota and widespread damage across Iowa Wisconsin Illinois and nearby states. Cars houses barns planes and power infrastructure were damaged or destroyed with injuries and several fatalities reported.
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Clayton
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Minnesota
Massive turnout at local airport for Mercury capsule display
About 6 000 visitors viewed a full scale Mercury capsule model at the municipal airport over the weekend. The exhibition also featured lights and displays about the U S space program, plus a fly in breakfast by the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce. A National Guard helicopter and planes were on site and several attendees took airplane rides. many expressed interest in flying lessons and joining the airport club.
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Jim Ross
Dick Ross
Washington
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Journal
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Jim Dunbar
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National Guard
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Air Field
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Washington County Fair season tickets on sale now
Season tickets for the four day Washington County Fair cost two dollars and allow entry for all four days July 30 to August 2. Mil o Orris notes tickets are sold at multiple county businesses and events include an amateur show, sheep herding demo, Miss Washington County contest, tractor pulling, 4 H show, parade of champions, and a horse show.
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Milo Orris
Washington
Fair Board
Dewey Jontz
Des Moines
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Offer Free Helicopter Rides on Whirlybird Day
Washington merchants announce next Saturday as Whirlybird Day offering free helicopter rides to patrons. Participating stores will display cards in windows and customers may register during the week. Further details to follow.
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Washington
Mrs. Mary E Derby Dies in Washington at 83
Mrs. Mary E Derby 83 of Washington died Sunday evening after years of illness. Funeral service 1:30 Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Walter Smith officiating. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Born Mary Elizabeth Reaney January 18 1878 in Letts she married Laertis J Derby February 16 1898. he died in 1915. Survived by children Mrs. Charles Barrows Fresno Calif Mrs. Frank Batchelor Muscatine Iowa Charles W Derby Fresno Calif three grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Preceded by parents husband two sisters and a brother.
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Washington
Jones
Walter Smith
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mary Elizabeth Reaney
Letts
Samuel and
Sarah Turkington Reaney
Laertis J Derby
Eastern Star
White Shrine
Muscatine
Methodist Church
Charles Barrows
Wofford Heights
Calif
Frank Batchelor
Charles W Derby
Fresno
Rites at Keota For Mrs. Mabel Singleton
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Singleton will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Marys Catholic Church Keota with Rev. C S Kempker in charge Burial will be in the Keota Cemetery Rosary will be at 8 p m tonight at the Powell Funeral Home Keota
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Mabel Singleton
St. Mary's Catholic Church
C. S Kempker
Powell
Viet Nam Troops Engage Viet Cong in Mekong Delta Battles
South Vietnamese troops killed 63 Viet Cong and captured 97 in two Mekong Delta battles. U S Marines airlifted 21st Division troops into Ba Xuven Province to reinforce civil guard elements. In a separate day long clash near An Giang and Vinh Long provinces, government forces killed 49 guerrillas and captured 80 with two Vietnamese dead and three wounded. An ambush near Trang Bom left 26 Vietnamese dead and five rebels killed.
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Twelve killed on Iowa roads during weekend
A weekend of Iowa traffic accidents left twelve dead including three infants. Among the victims were Merle Hoyt Kron and Alfred Henry Harth in Iowa, with others in Estherville Sutherland Marshalltown and Muscatine. Several families faced injuries in crashes that stretched across multiple states.
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Emmetsburg
Denese Roudabush
Brooklyn
Roy Raymond Hartwell
Marshalltown
Mark Levin
Chicago
Severe storms sweep Iowa injuring residents and damaging property
Violent thunderstorms Sunday and Monday injured more than twenty people and caused extensive damage across north-central and northeastern Iowa. Winds up to 85 mph felled trees and damaged buildings while two train boxcars were blown from tracks near Waverly. Hospitalized victims include 60 year old Vernon Gigl in Waterloo with rib and head injuries.
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USS. Weather Bureau
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Ames
Roland
Sioux City
Big Sioux
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Illinois Central Railroad
Waverly
Richard Schott
Cedar River Park
Vernon Gigl
County conducts tuberculosis case finding drive
Officials promote a contact X ray program to locate hidden TB cases in the county. Mrs. Morrison notes TB is a silent disease and urges tuberculin skin testing followed by chest X rays for those testing positive. Public health nurse Mrs. Suter interviews contacts and arranges testing and radiography as needed.
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E.D. Miller
Washington County Medical Society
E.D. Morrison, Jr
Washington County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Loraine Suter R.N
Morrison
Two Are Killed In Crash On Highway 92
Two persons died and three others were injured in a head on collision on Iowa 92 seven miles west of Oskaloosa. Victims' names were being withheld. The Ohio plate car carried two dead and two injured. other occupants included a young man and a woman.
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Dubuque
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Burlington
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U. S
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Ohio
Longer Hours For Senators
Washington officials announce longer Senate sessions to break a legislative logjam. Leader Mansfield says daily hours will extend from about 9 a.m. to eight or nine hours, plus Saturdays, to act on Kennedy administration proposals and urgent economic bills. Senate debates on contracts oversight and a proposed nationwide fallout shelter system are also noted.
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Senate
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House Appropriations
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D-La
Communications Satellite Corporation
Erbe Names Appointments to Six State Boards
Gov Norman A Erbe announced appointments to six Iowa state boards effective July 1. Des Moines based Dr F C Coleman was reappointed to the Medical Examiners Board for five years. Others named include Charles Hughes Emmetsburg on Pharmacy Examiners three years Dwight Purcell Jr Hampton on Printing Board two years Paul W Thielking Des Moines on Optometry Examiners three years Carl Ostrom Des Moines on Dental Examiners five years Lloyd Bock Des Moines on Accounting Board.
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F.C. Coleman
State Board of Medical Examiners
State Board of Pharmacy Examiners
Charles Hughes
Emmetsburg
Dwight Purcell, Jr
Hampton
State Printing Board
Paul W. Thielking
Iowa Board of Optometry Examiners
Carl Ostrom
State Board of Dental Examiners
Weather Iowa Outlook Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy Iowa forecast with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight. Cooler east tonight with lows 50s northwest to 60s southeast. Tuesday highs mainly in the 80s. Wednesday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change. Five day temps average near normal with minor daily changes and rainfall near 0.25 to 0.50 inch.
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