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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
8
Janet Evans and Mary Twinam graduated at the ISC commencement in Crawfordsville. Their relatives traveled to Ames and Omaha for the event. Janet and a friend then flew to Seattle and joined a 10 member group heading to Sitka Alaska for a Presbyterian work project.
The June 19 1956 Evening Journal reports on church activities and late summer travel plans. Janet discusses fall plans as indefinite while Bob Evans begins summer session at the University of Iowa. Betty Howell returns from Ames after completing junior year at ISC and will rejoin the summer program soon.
Albany dispatch reports that New York's safety division finds farming the most hazardous occupation with the highest work accident rate. The analysis credits most farm incidents to ignorance or carelessness, underscoring safety education needs.
In Moscow the Soviet Presidium and Yugoslav guests loosened protocol at a reception for Marshal Tito. Premier Bulganin led toasts to women fishermen peace humanity and other topics as Mikoyan joked about elk and a late hour threatened to end the gathering.
In a cordial gathering Khrushchev urged openness with Western reporters inviting them to socialize while Bulganin urged Western correspondents to befriend Soviets. Khrushchev and Zhukov toasted peace and joked about defense ministers’ duties as a converted Navy ship shuttle began operations between Florida and Puerto Rico.
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