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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1958

Page

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Goldfine Will Be Asked to Reveal Deals With Adams

House investigators said Bernard Goldfine would testify July 1 about his East Boston Co. SEC violations and his financial ties to Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams. The inquiry centers on gifts and hotel bills Goldfine paid for Adams while Adams faced White House scrutiny.

Goldfine Adams Harris Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Boston Subcommittee East Boston Co Commission White House

Don’t Drink With Dog in Your Pocket Lesson in Court

In Chicago Frank de Rosaire, 70, faced Felony Court Judge Cecil C. Smith after a night out ended with his chihuahua Silver Sir Echo missing. Schwartz claimed the dog, bought for 75 dollars, had been swapped, while a seller said the dog belonged to De Rosaire. The judge ordered the dog returned to De Rosaire and awarded Schwartz 75 dollars for expenses, urging caution with strangers in taverns.

Chicago UPI Frank de Rosaire de Rosaire Felony Cecil C. Smith Sir Echo Lou Schwartz Schwartz John Claywell Smith Echo

Auto Plants Soon To Start Shutdown For Model Changes

Detroit report notes early summer plant shutdowns for 1959 model changeovers at Buick Flint and Chrysler Detroit plants. Transfers of stamping work to Twinsburg Ohio and other Detroit sites begin this period, affecting 2300 Detroit workers. UAW seeks protection including transfer costs or severance pay. Talks with GM Ford and Chrysler proceed, with meetings set after the weekend.

Detroit API Ward Automotive Reports Industry Buick Flint Chrysler Corp Ford Motor Co United Auto Workers UAW Walter P. Reuther Reuther General Motors Chrysler Ford

Rites at Junction for George N Duncan 82

Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Stacy funeral home in Columbus Junction for George N Duncan 82 a retired real estate and insurance man who died Friday night. Rev Melvin Meineke will officiate burial is at Columbus City cemetery He was born January 13 1876 near here to Samuel H and Mary Tedford Duncan He married Jessie Johnston who died in 1924 and later Lillie Townsend on April 10 1939 Survivors include his wife two sons Lysle Duncan Iowa City Dean Duncan Tucson Ariz one daughter Carma Norton Columbus Junction five grandchildren and four great grandchildren

Columbus Junction Stacy Funeral George N. Duncan Duncan Melvin Meineke Columbus City Cemetery Mr. Duncan Here Samuel H Mary Tedford Duncan Jessie Johnston Lillie Townsend Aberdeen S. D United Presbyterian Church Masonic Lodge Lysle Duncan Iowa City Dean Duncan Tuscon, Ariz Carma Norton

Urge Soviet Farmers To Hike Production

Premier Nikita Khrushchev urges Soviet farmers to redouble efforts to surpass capitalist nations in agriculture. In a three hour Central Committee address he says imperialists fear Soviet economic gains and note socialist bloc progress spurs workers to struggle against imperialism.

Moscow UPI Nikita Khrushchev Communist Central Committee Soviet Union Chinese People’s Republic

Keith Norton Injured in Cargill Ditch Cave-In

Keith Norton was injured Friday afternoon when a ditch at the Cargill plant in Washington caved in. He lies in Mercy hospital Iowa City in serious condition with a broken pelvis. his father Ivan Norton plans to take charge of the plumbing shop in the area.

Ivan Norton Keith Norton Carrill Plant Washington Mercy Hospital Iowa City Keith Cargill Norton

Mrs Kolosick 81 Dies Here After Illness

Mrs Elmer F Kolosick 81 of 603 North Iowa Avenue died at 1 30 p m Friday June 20 1958 after six weeks of serious illness Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home Rev Walter Smith presiding Burial Elm Grove Cemetery Frances J Soukup born Sept 1 1876 in Washington County daughter of Joseph and Nettie Soukup married Oct 5 1904 to Elmer F Kolosick He died March 31 1954 Survivors include two sons Jesse of Washington and Herb of Phoenix Arizona one granddaughter Carol of Phoenix one brother John Soukup Riverside and four sisters Mrs Anna Krotz Riverside Mrs Rose Karel Solon Mrs Tillie Vondrasek Washington and Mrs Bessie Forbes Lone Tree

Elmer F. Kolosick North Iowa Avenue Jones Funeral Home Walter Smith Elm Grove Cemetery Frances J. Soukup Washington County Joseph and Nettie Korous Soukup Elmer F Kolosick Washington Jesse Herb Phoenix Ariz Carol John Soukup Riverside Anna Krotz Rose Karel Solon Tillie Vondrasek Bessie Forbes Lone Tree

Doubt Senate Tax Cut Measure Will Ever Become Law

Washington reports congressional tax writers see no path for full Senate plan to repeal transportation taxes by Aug 1. Senate backed extending current corporate and sales rates. rejected 5 point cut on new autos. House conference will decide and close doors next week.

Senate Washington Upi Congress Charles Potter R-Mich Senate House Conference Committee

Starved Four Year Old Found Supposedly Imprisoned in Oklahoma Home

In Nowata Oklahoma Laura Jane Irons a four year old girl weighing 14 pounds was found in a sealed bare room amid human waste. Sheriff deputies and County Attorney Lloyd Colter described the child as blind and mute and treated for malnutrition at Nowata hospital. Laura reportedly lived with her mother Mrs Jack Irons and Raymond Murphy who may be her guardian. The case raises questions about custody and the mother’s previous divorce in 1955.

Nowata, Okla UPI Laura Jane Irons Lloyd Colter Jack Irons United Press International Raymond Murphy Laura Murphy Irons Nowata Lynn Barnes

College study proposed for Iowa prisoners

Iowa state colleges would send instructors to prisons for liberal arts and correspondence courses under a Board of Control plan. University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher supported limited access but warned against a full program due to costs. A Board of Control member cited evidence that prisoners in such programs adjust better after release.

Des Moines UPI Iowa Iowa Board of Control University of Iowa Virgil Hancher Hancher Board of Control Board of Regents Regents John Hansen

Federal Judge Halts Central High Integration Through 1960-61

Federal Judge Harry J. Lemley ordered suspension of Central High School integration until mid semester of the 1960-61 term. The ruling cites ongoing tension and violence including fires in lockers and bomb threats. The Little Rock case follows the 1957 integration under U S Army protection and ongoing student expulsions and suspensions amid protests.

Little Rock, Ark UPI Harry J. Lemley Central High School Lemley Little Rock Minnijean Grady Miller Texarkana Virgil Blossom Central

Indiana Towns Hold The Flood Crisis As Wabash Recedes

Flood regions in Illinois and Indiana eased after days of rising waters. In Vincennes the Wabash stood at 26 percent feet, while Russellville mobilized 100 volunteers to avert a breakthrough. Authorities warned renewed showers could raise river levels again.

Russellville Ill Vincennes Indiana Palestine Mount Carmel

County Boys to Attend 4-H Club Short Course

Washington County 4-H will send 10 club members and two adults to the state boys 4-H short course at Ames next week. The theme is My Fitness for the Space Age with attendees Charles Robison Paul Henderson Edwin Augustine Dennis Havel Don Spenner Dale Longwell Bob Miller Jack Crone Ronnie Anderson Robert Bonar led by John Durst and Merritt Canady assistant county extension director.

Washington County Ames Charles Robison Paul Henderson Edwin Augustine Dennis Havel Don Spenner Dale Longwell Bob Miller Jack Crone Ronnie Anderson Robert Bonar John

Students Riot Shocks Europe Over Hungary Executions

Bonn and Paris saw student protests while diplomats clashed over the killings of Nagy and other Hungarian revolt leaders. French authorities condemned the executions as UN protests were planned. Dulles and Eisenhower faced charges of meddling in Hungary's affairs.

London UPI Bonn Paris Freedom Imre Naby Hungary China Russia United Nations National Assembly Nagy Pal Maleter Romania Tito Kremlin Budapest Maleter Champs Elysees Assembly United Nation Eisenhower John Foster Dulles James W Pratt

Jobless Benefits Fall for Eighth Straight Week

The Labor Department reported a continued decline in the number of people drawing unemployment benefits for the week ending June 7, lowering nationwide rolls to 2,817,600. Initial claims rose in the week ending June 14 after a prior 1958 low.

Washington UPI Labor Department

Polk County Approves Funding for KDPS TV Station

Polk County Board of Education tentatively approves a 100000 dollar appropriation to cover operating expenses for KDPS TV. The Des Moines school board will supply facilities and the Des Moines system will run the educational channel Channel 1f. Programs to classrooms are expected by late fall.

Des Moines UPS Polk County Iowa Kdps-Tv Polk County Board of Education

Girl Crushed by Cultivator Near Moville Iowa

Four year old Vicki Corbin died when a cultivator toppled from blocks and crushed her. The accident occurred on her parents farm four miles southwest of Moville in Woodbury County as William Corbin prepared the implement for tractor attachment.

Moville, Iowa UPI Vicki Corbin William Corbin Woodbury County

Journalist Swope Dies in New York

Herbert Bayard Swope, 76, famed reporter and editor, died of pneumonia in Doctors Hospital New York after June admission and recent surgery. He won the first Pulitzer for Europe war dispatches and led the New York World to multiple public service prizes. He is survived by his wife and two children, Herbert Jr and Mrs Robert Lee Brandt.

New York UPI Herbert Bayard Swope Doctors Hospital Swope Europe Old New York World Swope Was St. Louis Isaac Swope the World Post-Dispatch York Herald Bernard Baruch U.S. War Industries Board Herbert Jr Robert Lee Brandt

Weather Outlook Iowa Tonight Through Sunday

United Press International reports clear skies tonight with partly cloudy conditions Sunday. Warmer trend in extreme northwest areas tonight. most of state Sunday. Lows tonight 45 to 55. Highs Sunday in the 70s.

United Press International Iowa

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