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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1956
Page
1
Detroit police report Henry A. Davis Jr., 64, began a 10 day sentence after an arrest on a drunkenness charge. He claimed he was waiting at a red light that did not exist, an inquisitive officer noted there is no red light at that corner.
Operation Haylift rolls out in Iowa with 500 National Guard trucks delivering baled hay to Camp Dodge for farmers in drouth-stricken regions. Farmers from other areas may pick up hay at their expense after paying baling costs, while grasshopper outbreaks prompt spray plans in 31 counties. The drought 12 months running is the driest on record, with Des Moines totaling 17.09 inches since last June.
President Eisenhower remains at Walter Reed for another full week as doctors report a very satisfactory recovery. A bulletin notes the President slept well, vital signs normal, weight unchanged at 162 pounds, and doctors expect no weight gain for several days. He is seven pounds lighter than his June 8 emergency operation weight.
Rain Tuesday evening measured 0.18 inch with notable wind but no damage reported. Temperatures dropped several degrees during the shower, offering relief from recent heat, followed by clear skies and rising temperatures today.
Dick Thompson announces a Thursday hike for all junior high boys meeting at the YMCA at 10 am. The trek goes south of town past Red Brick School to Big Rock on Crooked Creek. bring lunch and drink. A swim at the YMCA pool follows the return at 4 pm.
Mrs. Boyd Trier of Keota escaped injury when a large tree limb fell during a severe wind storm, striking her car and badly damaging its front. The storm felled many branches, damaged three other cars, and uprooted a tree at George McFadden's residence.
Mrs Eli Borntrager 43 died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after two weeks illness. Funeral 9 30 am Friday at family home north of Kalona with Gingerich Cemetery burial. Yoder Funeral Home Kalona in charge. Anna Miller born April 7 1913 daughter of Peter B and Asnath Miller lifelong Kalona resident, married Oct 12 1934 to Ed Borntrager who survives with six children Dorothy Vera Martha Ellis Mary Minerva two sisters and one brother all of Kalona.
Iowa farmers, already blessed with showers, were told two more days of rain by the weatherman. The U S Weather Bureau said a cool front would move into the northeast and north today bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms by tonight and again Thursday. Rain totals Tuesday ranged up to 4.9 inches in Maloy and 4.5 in Benton. Grinnell 2.81 inches. Williamsburg 2.53 inches. others reported one to two inches. Temperatures reached 102 in Lamont and 101 in Council Bluffs before the rain cooled the state.
Two of Minnesota's three largest cities Minneapolis and Duluth celebrate their centennials in 1956.
Final plans for an on the farm swine testing program will be made at a meeting Monday evening June 25 in the show barn at Towns ley Park fairgrounds west of Washington. Dr Ralph Durham extension animal husbandryman from Iowa State College will lead the discussion. The meeting will start at 8 p.m. All interested farmers are invited to attend.
A heat wave returned to the Midwest with strong winds and storms across Illinois Iowa South Dakota and Minnesota. Tornado funnels were reported near Fari baut Minnesota and Kimball South Dakota injuries occurred as a WBBA building was blown from its foundation near Pittsfield Illinois.
Premier Nasser led a grand parade in Cairo with Stalin tanks Mig-15 jets and Ilyushin bombers as troops from Syria Lebanon Jordan Saudi Arabia The Yemen The Sudan Libya and Palestine joined. The display marked the end of British occupation of the Suez Zone and signaled a shift toward neutralist arms policy with East and West aid.
A Venezuelan airliner operated by LAV crashed into the Atlantic near New York at 1:32 a.m. EDT killing 74 aboard including 20 Americans. The disappearances and flames were witnessed from an Eastern Airlines flight and Coast Guard units.
Howard Witting, manager of the Washington County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office, announces a county soil bank meeting at the YMCA at 9 a.m. Friday. Committeemen will explain the program to township members who will then appraise each farm’s yield and relay details to local farmers. Contracts must be signed by July 20 1956, with reserve acres rules and payment rates based on county yields.
Iowa highway commission chair Robert K. Beck warns that federal interstate modernization may not solve state road problems. He cites a $650 million immediate modernization cost and a $1.41 billion full upgrade, urging Iowa to rely on local funding and improved planning.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce annual June dinner requires reservations by Thursday evening. Mrs Mildred Westermark, the event’s general chairman, urged bookings via her phone number 102 or the Chamber office at 400. The dinner is at 6 30 p m Tuesday June 26 at the Country Club with Emmet Butler of Maytag as speaker and a local industrial products display to precede the program.
Funeral services for Clifford Rummelhart 35 Riverside will be held at St Marys Church Riverside Friday at 9 am. He died from a 75 foot fall while painting the Andrew municipal water tower. Burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery. He leaves his wife Bessie Emerson and son Larry both of Riverside, parents, three sisters and two brothers. He was a Riverside resident and member of the Riverside Volunteer Fire Department Moose lodge and St Marys Church.
Mrs Amos Stout of Washington died today in Iowa City. The body was taken to Jones Funeral Home and funeral arrangements were not available. Mrs Stout's home was one mile north of Washington.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Thursday. Cooler northeast tonight with lows in the 60s. Highs reach the 80s in the northeast and 90s in the southwest. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and a chance of scattered thundershowers, cooler in the northwest. Five day temps run 8-12 degrees above normal west and 3-8 degrees above normal east. Normal highs 82 north 85 south. lows 58 north 62 south. Cooler Thursday and Friday, warmer weekend. Scattered thundershowers may yield 0.25 inch or more today Thursday and again early next week.
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