113 Dead in Air France 707 Crash at Guadeloupe
An Air France 707 en route from Paris to Santiago, Chile crashed on a Guadeloupe mountainside during a pre-dawn storm, killing all 113 aboard. The jet struck Donkey's Back hill near Le Raizet airport, with survivors none among 103 passengers and 10 crew.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
UPI
Air France
Paris
Santiago
Chile
Caribbean
le Raizet
French Ministry of Overseas Territories
Deshayes
Basse-Terre
U.S. Coast Guard
Andre Lesieur
Grande-Terre
Coast Guard
Lesieur
Charles de Gaulle
Civil Aeronautics Board
Leeward Islands
Santa Maria
Azores
Caracas
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
County Legion Meet Scheduled at Kalona
Washington County American Legion and Auxiliary units will hold their county meeting in Kalona The meeting is set for 8 p m CST June 28 in the Farmers Savings Bank community room Harold Jarvis county commander announced It will be a joint affair with all county Legion and Auxiliary groups urged to attend Ferd Skola will host the Kalona unit organizer
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Washington County American Legion
Farmers Savings Bank
Kalona
Major Welcher Named Commander of 5th Engineer Battalion
Major James W. Welcher son of Mr and Mrs Lester Welcher of rural route two Washington has been named commander of the 5th Engineer Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri He succeeds Lt Col Richard F McAdoo who will join the Corps of Engineers Ballistic Missile Construction Organization and go to Cheyenne Welcher began his career with the Marines in 1942 and served in the South Pacific He transferred to the Army in 1947 and graduated from officers school in 1949 He was raised in Washington County and attended Wellman High School and St Ambrose College in Davenport
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James W. Welcher
Lester Welcher
Washington
Fort Leonard Wood
Richard F. McAdoo
Corps of Engineers
Ballistic Missile Construction Organization
Cheyenne
Welcher
McAdoo
United States Marine Corps
South Pacific
Army
Washington County
Wellman High School
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Joseph C Malichky Dies at 73 in Iowa City
Joseph C Malichky died at 9 30 p m Thursday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City aged 73 Funeral services set for Monday 2 p m at Kalona Methodist Church with Rev Edward Philgreen and Masonic graveside rites He was born April 7 1889 near Riverside to Anthony and Anna Malichky Survivors include his wife Bertha Chez and two brothers Victor and William of Richmond A memorial fund has been started in his memory
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Kalona
Joseph C. Malichky
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Kalona Methodist Church
Edward Philgreen
Richland Cemetery
Mr. Malichky
Riverside
Anthony
Anna Malichky
Methodist Church
Richmond
Quality Lamb Sale At Kalona June 26
Plans for the first annual Washington Johnson county quality lamb sale are set for Tuesday June 26 at the Kalona Sale Barn. The event is sponsored by the extension service ISU and local sheep associations to provide a good market for quality lambs from small stock owners. Lambs will be received 6 30 to 9 am and the sale begins 10 30 am. Lambs must weigh 75 pounds or more and be docked castrated and not shown or blocked grade prime choice or good. Wet muddy or excessively filled lambs will be penned separately.
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Washington-Johnson County
Kalona
Sale Barn
Iowa State University
Beef Swine Tour Planned for Thursday in Washington County
The Washington County summer beef and swine tour is scheduled for Thursday June 28 guided by 4 H extension director Jim Frier. Stops include Maurice Crawford farm Cedar Township Kno Tek Brothers Farm Jackson Township Kos English River and G W McCracken near Ainsworth with additional stops possible. Visitors will view cattle prospects feed handling facilities and a swine confinement system with manure lagoon while Charles Mogget district economist provides tour outlook.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Maurice Crawford
Cedar Township
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Knotek Brothers
Jackson Township
Kenneth and Dale Kos
English River
G. W. McCracken
Ainsworth School
Frier
Local Farmers Mutual Meet Draws Grinnell Delegation
Representatives from Farmers Mutual Insurance Association at Washington travel to Grinnell College for the 54th annual Farmers Mutual Insurance Company meeting. Attendees include Wilbur Wright president Charles Kennedy secretary and other directors agents with open house, educational sessions, a barbecue, and a Wednesday morning business meeting. Delegates will elect four directors and hear officer reports.
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Grinnell
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Washington
Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company
Grinnell College
Charles Kennedy
Gerald Hahn
Robert A. Kennedy
Wm. P. Dusenbery
Wilbur Wright
Geo. M. Lord
Francis Wright
J. Young
Melvin Soukup
Bryce Lord
Wm. E. TeBockhorst
Lester Schnoebelen
Robert Kennedy
TeBockhorst
Lord
Soukup
Schnoebelen
Young
Dusenbery
Senator Francis Case Dies in Bethesda Naval Hospital
Senator Francis Case of South Dakota died at 8 19 am CDT in Bethesda Naval Hospital after a day on the Senate floor and a heart flareup. He was 65, a former representative elected to the Senate in 1950 and re elected in 1956, with roots in Custer and the Black Hills.
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Washington
UPI
Francis Case
R-S.d
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Case
Capitol
Senate
George W. Calver
House
Black Hills
Custer
Rites at Brighton For Samuel H. Sistern
Samuel H. Sistern longtime Brighton resident died Tuesday in a Marshalltown hospital. Funeral services are set for 1 pm Saturday at the First Church of God in Brighton. Born July 13 1930 he is survived by his mother Sylvia Sistern of Brighton five brothers and three sisters. Funeral details follow the obituary bio.
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Samuel H. Sistern
Brighton
Marshalltown
Church of God At
Sistern
Sylvia Sistern
Merle
Marion Sistern
Frank
James
Cicero
Raymond
Aiiville
Velma Cherry
Anamosa
Ethel Housh
Galesleg, IL
Elsie Sistern
Wash Ungton
James Sistern
Honor Hardy Berdo Honored At 4-H Summer Camp
About 100 county 4-H youngsters ages 10 to 13 returned home after nearly four days at the Lake Darling Youth Center camp. A candlelight ceremony on Wednesday named Bill Hardy and Sue Berdo as the Spirit of Camp award recipients chosen by fellow campers.
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Lake Darling
Youth Center
Bill Hardy
Keith Hardy
Washington
Sue Berdo
T. J. Berdo
County Extension Service
James Birney
Dirksen Attacks Gestapo Tactics in Estes Probes
Senate GOP leader Dirksen accuses Agriculture Department of gestapo like pressure while Mundt Curtis demand full correspondence in Estes investigation. Freeman denies intimidation as Mundt Curtis say department seeks to publish excerpts to skew the inquiry.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Everett M Dirksen
Ill
Agriculture Department Today
GOP
Billie Sol Estes
Dirksen
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Karl Mundt
Carl Curtis
Gestapo
Mundt
Curtis
Freeman
Senate Investigations
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Kennedy
Estes
Two County Men Set for NFO Training in Ames Event
Paul Ryan and Duane Redlinger of Washington will attend a one day NFO training school in Ames on Saturday June 30. Redlinger is the Washington County NFO president and Ryan is county publicity chairman. The Iowa State University campus hosts a slate of speakers on publicity and public relations.
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Paul Ryan
Duane Redlinger
Washington
Iowa National Farmers Organization
NFO
Ames
Redlinger
Washington County
Ryan
Iowa State University
L. E. Sorden Found Dead at Keota
L. E. Sorden, a retired Keota businessman, was found dead at his Keota home shortly after 9 a.m. The county medical examiner ruled the death resulted from self-inflicted shotgun wounds. Powell Funeral Home handles arrangements. Sorden had been in ill health for some time.
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Keota
L. E. Sorden
E. S. Josbaker
Sigourney
Keokuk
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. Sorden
Railroads Break Off Talks On Feather Bedding Issue
CHICAGO UP I reports the nation's railroads pulled out of National Mediation Board sessions with five on train brotherhoods over feather bedding. The break follows a stalemate on work rules amid progress on pay, with possible White House action. The mediation board will decide next steps including arbitration or notifying the President of an emergency.
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Chicago
UPI
White House
J.E. Wolfe
National Mediation Board
Wolfe
Arthur Goldberg
Leverett Edwards
Mediation Board
NMB
Peggy McKinstry Competes In Miss Burlington Pageant
Miss Peggy McKinstry will compete in the Miss Burlington Pageant presented by the Burlington Junior Chamber of Commerce on June 28 at 8 p.m. in the Burlington Memorial Auditorium. The winner receives 150 dollars for college, with 160 dollars for first runner up, and Miss Congeniality gets a portable radio. The local winner advances to Miss Iowa at Clear Lake, then Miss America in Atlantic City. Miss McKinstry studies at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant.
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Peggy McKinstry
Burlington
Clear Lake
Atlantic City
Miss McKinstry
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Kennedy to back one year extension of voluntary grain controls
Kennedy administration forces retreat on strict grain controls decide to back a one year extension of the current voluntary surplus curb program. Harold D. Cooley announced after a Freeman meeting that the House Agriculture Committee will review a new bill Monday with expected quick approval. The move follows the House surprising defeat of Kennedy's farm measure.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Harold D. Cooley
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
House Agriculture Committee
House
Halleck
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Congress
White House
Pierre Salinger
Phil Weaver
GOP
American Farm Bureau
Weinona Dillinger Dies Here at 62
Miss Weinona O Dillinger 62 of 309 North Avenue B died Thursday June 21 at Washington County Hospital after two years of poor health and two weeks of serious illness. Rosary June 23 at 7 30 p m in Sherman Eden Funeral Home. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Born February 4 1900 she was daughter of Samuel M and Frances Escher Dillinger. Survived by sister Mrs Rollie Miller Robins and niece Mrs Gene Sullivan Albernet. Preceded in death by sister and brother.
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Weinona O. Dillinger
North Avenue B
Washington County Hospital
St. James Catholic Church
Sherman-Eden
Elm Grove Cemetery
Miss Dillinger
Samuel M
Frances Escher Dillinger
Washington
Rollie Miller
Robins
Gene Sullivan
Albernet
Whirlee Day Weekend Promises Free Helicopter Rides
Registrations for Whirlee Flight Sales Day are under way with ongoing free helicopter rides in local stores. Winners receive free helicopter rides announced at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed by snowball drops at 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Snowballs may be exchanged for prizes. a 6:30 p.m. trapeze act from a hovering helicopter caps the day.
Teen suspects questioned in double slaying in Morris Plains
Police questioned dozens of teenagers after two high school cheerleaders were found dead in an isolated lovers lane. An 18 year old ex Marine was detained for six hours and gave blood evidence and statements. no charges were filed. He said he was attacked after seeing the girls at a Morristown teen gathering spot.
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Morris Plains
UPI
Morristown
Morris County
Frank Seerbo
Lane Scerbo
Colonial Sweet Shop
Iowa Weather Brief: Partly Cloudy With Scattered Storms
Partly cloudy weather continues through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs near 80, lows 60s, then Sunday looks wetter with more storms. Temperatures stay near normal through next Wednesday with rainfall averaging 40 to 60 mm and local amounts up to an inch.
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Iowa
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Lima
Centerville
New York
Brussels
County Legion
Charles Mogget
Farmers Mutual
Senator Case
Naval Hospital
Lake Darling Youth Center
Donna Reighart
Cheryl van Sickle
Journal
Bob Elliott
Honor Hardy
Berdo
Estes Probers
Victor Wickersham
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Wickersham
Weinona Dillinger
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