Iowa farmers sign up 56 percent for 1961 feed grain program
In Des Moines UPI, state leader Fred R K McLain says 56.4 percent of Iowa feed grain farms signed up for the 1961 diversion program, pledging to remove 2,929,352 acres of corn and grain sorghum from production. Nearly 70 percent of the state's 1959-60 average corn acreage is on enrolled farms. National figures show Iowa leading in diversions totaling about 26.7 million acres. Washington County reports 697 of 1,916 leases signed diverting 20,773 acres.
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Des Moines
UPI
Fred RK. McLain
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Iowa
McLain
Illinois
Washington County
Parolee Killed After Car Theft Near Donnellson
James Reid Naplin 19, of Argyle, recently paroled from Eldora for breaking and entering, battered a Donnellson woman in her home, stole her car, and fled down US 218 at speeds up to 90 mph. He crashed the vehicle three miles south of Mount Pleasant, dying instantly. officers freed him after an hour. Naplin had earlier forced Miss Anna Ball and torn lines from her home, then was stopped by Mount Pleasant officers who spotted the unlicensed car.
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Mount Pleasant
Eldora
An Hou
Naplin
Anna Margaret Ball
Pennelison
Charleston
Miss Ball
Paroled Naplin in pursuit tied to Lee County incident
Officers Humphrey and Droz chased Naplin after blood spotted on Miss Ball’s shirt. The wrecked car with Ball’s license plates was found. Ball hid in her home as Naplin’s parole breach spurred a manhunt. Ball, hurt but stable, was hospitalized. Naplin, son of Mrs. Roger Naplin, had vanished for over a week.
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Humphrey
Richard Droz
Naplin
Lee County
Harold Delahoyde
Miss Ball
Delahoyde
Ralph Einspanier
Miss Balls
Delahorde
Roger Naplin
Arevle
Berlin Crisis May Bring Increase In U S Military
Washington reports Kennedy under pressure to boost U S military posture over Berlin crisis. Acheson leads crisis review advocating partial mobilization to deter Khrushchev while final decisions await further deliberation. Possible measures include higher draft calls and expanded reserve activation.
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Berlin
U. S
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Dean Acheson
Khrushchev
McClure Named Attorney General in State Election
Pat McClure, delegate to Hawkeye Girls State at Cedar Falls, elected attorney general at the state election. A Washington High School junior and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don McClure, she ran on the Nationalist ticket. Junean Goschke of Wellman was elected county supervisor.
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Pat McClure
Washington
Cedar Falls
Pat
Washington High School
Don McClure
Junean Goschke
Wellman
Diplomat Denies He Gave Reds Secrets
Former U.S. diplomat Irvin C. Searbeck told his lawyer at arraignment that he did not pass State Department secrets to Polish Communist agents. He claimed his motive was to protect his Polish sweetheart and move her to safety, while his attorney said only oral, political information was shared and no documents changed hands.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Irvin C. Searbeck
State Department
Searbeck
Warsaw
Poland
Scarbeck
John J. Sirica
Samuel C. Klein
Klein
West Germany
Organ Dedication at St Paul Church Here
A new organ will be dedicated at St Paul United Church of Christ Sunday at 8 o clock. Vernon Feuerhelm and Bonita Miller will perform two organ and piano duets during the service. The Rev. Ralph Wedeking will conduct the formal dedication and the public is invited.
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St. Paul United Church of Christ
Vernon Feuerhelm
Bonita Miller
Jesus
Bach
Feuerhelm
Saint- Saens
Miss Miller
Mozart
Ralph Wedeking
Defense Bill Advances Most Kennedy Defense Request
Washington The House Appropriations Committee backed most of President Kennedy’s defense request for 43.9 billion dollars for the coming year while warning of waste and bureaucratic delays. It cited possible overfunding for bombers and a rush push on the Dyna-Soar project, but praised Defense Secretary McNamara for tackling management problems in the large defense establishment.
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Washington
API
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Pentagon
Russia
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy Recovers From Virus Ailment
Washington Kennedy, after a strep throat and virus infection that kept him in bed over 24 hours, was pronounced practically recovered. An early morning exam found his temperature normal and condition improving as he ate breakfast and met with Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda. He also discarded crutches used for a sore back and appeared smiling and well.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Hayato Ikeda
Church Council Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Rev Ralph W Wedeking named president of the Washington Council of Churches for the coming year at a 57 member meeting in the Christian Church. John C Owen is vice president and Mrs S Ray Blair secretary plus Mrs Marsh Atkinson treasurer. Committees include Christian education, finance, program, relationship, evangelism, youth, nominations and social action chaired by listed church leaders.
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Ralph W. Wedeking
St. Paul
John C. Owen
William Hutchinson
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Christian Education
Harold DeVries
Ed Hutchcrott
Payne Marshall
John Owen
Walt Farrell Jr
Dwane Shalla
Ralph
Wedeking Finance
Carlyle J Smith
Walter Messer
Marsh Atkinson
Lloyd Latta
Vernon G. Elgin
Ray Blair
al Bubniak
Howard Hayes
Edward Zieglowsky
Frank Crone
Carl Zieglowsky
Robert Wilcox
Sam Weeks
Dale Connelly
S. Ray Blair
Eleanor Deal
Everette Weston
Joe Martin
M.L. McCreedy
Fred Bourgeois
Liloyd Latta
1300 Turkeys Lost In Fire at Wayland Farm
Fire destroyed a brooder house on the Raymond Wenger farm in Wayland Friday afternoon wiping out 1,300 ten week old turkeys. Firemen kept the flames from spreading to nearby buildings after a stove suspected as the origin sparked the blaze.
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Wayland
Raymond Wenger
Iowa Woman Killed In Car Truck Collision Near Cushing
Mrs. Carl ton Van Houten 46 of Cushing died when her car and a truck carrying four Methodist ministers collided three miles west of Cushing as the car turned left. Four Van Houten children were injured with one in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital Sioux City.
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Cushing
UPI
Carlton van Houten
van Houten
Here
Lila
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sioux City
St. Vincents
Jarvae
Lanelle
Daniel
Wayland Youth Hurt In One Car Crash
John E. Unternahrer a 17 year old resident near Wayland was injured when his 1950 car left the road four miles south of Washington and demolished a fence before landing in a ditch. He suffered a broken jaw nose severe head and facial lacerations and chest injuries and was taken to Wayland then Iowa City for treatment. Wilbur Roth and Bill Austin found the wreck and aided the injured youth.
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John E. Unternahrer
Near
Wayland
University Hospital
Iowa City
Washington
Wilbur Roth
Bill Austin
Unternahrer
Summer Fun Club Canceled by Washington YMCA
The Washington YMCA announced the Summer Fun Club is canceled this year due to insufficient registrations. The program had been planned for the coming weeks but will not take place.
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Washington Ymca
Atlas Falters In Try for Record
An 82 foot Atlas reached 95 seconds of flight before an internal malfunction ruptured its fuel tanks and sent flaming debris into the Atlantic. The failure halted Air Force plans to have the rocket combat-ready this year and follows multiple recent Atlas E test problems.
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Cape Canaveral
API
Atlantic Ocean
Cape
U.S
United States
Khrushchev Shaped Into Soviet Personality Cult
Moscow launches a propaganda push praising Nikita Khrushchev as the decisive leader behind Stalin era improvements. Western diplomats fear the campaign signals Khrushchev plans for a stronger free hand and a new Leninist program at the upcoming Moscow party congress.
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Geneva
UPI
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
Lenin
Adlai Declares Alliance for Progress Groundwork Laid
U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, back from a 19 day 10 nation Latin America trip, said the groundwork for Kennedy's alliance for progress is successful He estimated a $3 billion need for big hemisphere economies and noted rising resolve to implement social and economic reforms amid Communist concerns. Stevenson warned Congress support is vital and stressed Cuba communism is a regional concern.
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Washington
UPI
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
US Congress
Stevenson
Western Hemisphere
Cuba
United States
Eichmann Claims Drafting Wansee Speech In Nazi Plan
Adolf Eichmann testified he drafted Reinhard Heydrichs Wansee conference speech announcing the final solution. He said he merely carried out orders and remained a minor cog, earlier admitting contradictory statements about Jewish extermination and camp relocation.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Eichmann
Robert Servatius
West Germany
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich
Servatius
Wannsee
Riga
Minsk
Washington woman escapes injuries in Argyle accident
Mrs Albert Helfrich of Washington Iowa loses brakes and overturns on a country road between Argyle and Vincennes while attempting to avoid a turning truck. Her three daughters Mary Jo nine Sherry six and Diane four are not hurt in the crash Sheriff Harold Delahoyde described the wreck as miraculous with the car virtually demolished but the family uninjured.
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Argyle
API
Washington, Iowa
Harold Delahoyde
Albert Helfrich
Washington
Vincennes
Helfrich
Mary Jo
Sherry
Diane
First tuberculosis dispensary opens in Edinburgh 1887
Dr. Robert W. Philip established the world’s first tuberculosis dispensary in Edinburgh Scotland in 1887 marking a pioneering public health effort against the disease.
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Robert W. Philip
Edinburg
Scotland
Weather Outlook Iowa Fair Skies With Warmer Weekend
United Press International reports Iowa weather with fair conditions through Saturday and rising warmth to the west and north. Tonight lows in the 60s, Saturday highs near 80s, and a Sunday return to partly cloudy, warmer skies. The five day trend shows 5 to 8 degrees below normal through Wednesday, then warmer into Tuesday followed by cooler air. Normal highs mid 80s, lows around 60, with 15 to 25 percent precipitation as scattered showers and storms.
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Iowa
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