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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
1
Maria Luisa Martinez reported seeing the ghost of a drowned cousin this morning in a Mexico City zoo area near a downtown hotel, prompting uncertainty and speculation among onlookers.
Fred Schwengel Republican candidate for U S congress from the first district spoke to the Washington County Young Republicans in Sunset Park. He urged decentralization, support for state and local government power, modest foreign aid cuts, UN strengthening, and a stronger social security program. A 50-person audience heard a panel discussion moderated by Bob Miller with local officials and guests from Davenport, Clarence, Scott County, and district leaders.
President Eisenhower said it would ruin the United States to ban all trade with the Communists or to abandon Southeast Asia defense. He argued extreme actions could let Japan fall to the Reds and turn the Pacific into a Communist lake. The remarks came in an informal talk to the National Editorial Association.
Premier Mendes-France and Premier Chou En Lai held talks in Bern on a quick Indochina halt and possible independent Southeast Asian policy. Chou may meet Nehru in New Delhi for further discussion. The talks aim to shape a Southeast Asian defense stance against Red aggression.
Dr Karl T Compton a key figure in atomic bomb development and MIT leader died of a heart attack in New York Hospital on a Tuesday aged 66 He headed the Naval Research and Development Board for over a year until 1949 and chaired MIT Corporation after serving as MIT president for 18 years.
A sweeping blaze swept through the central Seoul market area near the ancient south gate. The fire started likely in a small restaurant and tore through tinder dry shops and shacks. Police counted 209 homes destroyed with many stores lost. casualties unknown.
Fourteen year old Bennis Mitchell Pines practiced summersaults at the Columbus Boys Club when he misdirected into a TV camera and tumbled from a second story window. Utility wires and a bush cushioned the fall and he escaped with a slight back injury.
Two brothers once given life terms for the Hillsboro Savings Bank robbery had their sentences cut to 25 years of hard labor by District Judge Paul McCoid. The men confessed after a daylight robbery and were captured at a Burlington roadblock. Billie Joe Gilmore is imprisoned at Fort Madison Penitentiary and Richard Gilmore at Anamosa Men's Reformatory.
New York report shows tobacco industry and some medical figures dispute ACS findings linking smoking to cancer and heart disease. Dr. Charles Cameron of ACS notes possible relation to lung cancer but questions general cause and effect. AMA leader Dr. Edward J. McCormick plans to keep smoking. industry calls ACS conclusions premature.
Hollywood actress June Haver quit Catholicism to marry Fred MacMurray next month. The civil ceremony is planned after a likely Jackson Hole Wyoming film location trip, since the church barred the marriage.
Arnold Carr of Washington showed a 21 pound yellow catfish caught in the Cedar River Tuesday evening. He waded into four feet of water to land the big catch after his gear failed.
Eisenhower and top advisers gave congressional party leaders a 90 minute secret briefing on the Geneva Far East conference. Knowland said the Churchill talks figured in the briefing. Johnson said no new programs were presented and urged allies to close ranks to preserve freedom.
Gerald Bogan executive secretary of the Iowa Good Roads Association outlined the status of Iowa highways at the Washington Y's Men club meeting. He urged support for modernizing the state's highway system noting rapid road building growth in recent years without a rise in vehicle registrations or traffic loads. Special guests at last night's event.
Four Wisconsin Rapids businessmen were killed when their Beechcraft Bonanza crashed on takeoff from Atlanta Municipal Airport. Victims Delbert Jenson, Raymond Melville, Harry Walker, and Ernest Schroeder were aboard en route from Stevens Point to Jessup. The plane stopped for refueling at Southern Airways before failing to climb and burning.
In a brief business session Logan Heilman as club president presided over county supervisors Howard Venn Lloyd Walker and Dave Livingston. The U's Men voted to suspend meetings during July and August.
John Little proprietor of Little D X Service Station observes his first business anniversary this Saturday June 26. The station carries the D X emblem and began one year ago after John took over the lease from Mike Lee. The staff includes Clyde Little Harry Roberts and Art Lee.
In a Senate speech Senator George A. Smathers calls for help from the United States and other Western Hemisphere nations for anti Communist Guatemalans amid their revolt. He decries hands off policy as unreal and naive and says actions should be taken, warning against letting communists win in the hemisphere.
Roland B. Walker a 73 year old cashier at Jackson City Bank and Trust Co Michigan confessed to embezzling $88,000 over 15 years to meet expenses and live comfortably. He said he earned only $5,000 after 42 years on the job and was held on $50,000 bond awaiting return to Michigan.
Funds totaling 543 dollars have been used for the administration cabin at the Lake Darling youth center but more gifts are needed to cover remaining costs. The larger, better equipped office cabin houses camp operations and sleeping quarters and is already occupied. about 400 dollars more is required. Contributions may be sent to Robert Day or David Elder, with many local groups already giving in memory of Frank Miller and Preston Wolf.
Five thousand volunteers labored to shore Des Moines River levees as water rose to 27.7 feet at 10 am and was seen cresting at 29 to 30 feet by Thursday. Mayor Beardsley declared a state of emergency. President Eisenhower offered sympathy and possible aid.
Anti Communist rebels launch a furious air and land assault on Chiquimala the main railway hub 65 miles from Tegucigalpa they say they hold the rail centers of Bananera Morales and Gualaca captured Tuesday and threaten a 70 mile rail corridor cut between the capital and Puerto Barrios the main Caribbean seaport This offensive aims to topple President Arbens Guideman regime and sever communications along the line
YMCA square dance group will hold a potluck supper at Lake Danning Youth Center Friday at 6 30 p m followed by a square dancing session. Overnight stay is allowed with breakfast to bring.
The United Press Iowa forecast calls for mostly fair weather through Thursday with a rise in temperatures. Lows tonight between 62 and 68, highs Thursday between 92 and 98, with continued humidity into Thursday night and Friday.
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