25 Jun 1954
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1954
Page
1
John Flannigan vice president of Anheuser-Busch Breweries forgot the plant opening was in Los Angeles not St. Louis. While hosting he introduced Mayor Norris Poulson as the mayor of our great city St. Louis at the new twenty million dollar plant ceremony.
Two sisters Janice Larson five and Eunice Larson drowned Thursday while wading in a creek junction of Pine and Wolf near Volga Iowa. They stepped into a nine foot hole washed by floods and efforts to revive them failed.
Colorado Springs welcomes a new Air Force Academy to train 600 officers yearly on 15100 acres, 11 miles north of the city. Officials expect total costs including installation and air field between 700 and 800 million dollars with temporary Denver facilities for initial classes. Governor Thornton praised Talbott for choosing the site and aiding the purchase effort.
Former President Herbert Hoover warned in Chicago at the Merchandise Mart that peace through collective action has faded into age old balances of power. He cited waning unity among free nations and growing military alliances while urging no abolition of the United Nations.
Members of the Washington Inter-Church Council will meet Sunday at the United Presbyterian Church. All member churches are urged to inform their representatives. Rev. Allen Lewis Protestant chaplain at University hospital will speak in the afternoon.
Eleven Washington women golfers took part in an invitational at the Iowa City Elks Country Club. Mrs Bus Westermark had the low Washington score, while Mrs Bill Shannon made the fewest putts. Readers from seven towns were represented, with fifty-eight players total.
Dorothy Adams 16 or 17, of Topeka Kansas died in a Marengo hospital from injuries after her car skidded down a 12 foot embankment on U.S. 6 about three miles east of Victor. She was en route to visit her parents in Tipton Iowa when the vehicle left the road.
Iowa Agriculture Department prepared to post large placards warning of flood contaminated water and food. Inspectors began checks in flood areas at Fort Dodge Boone Woodward Sioux City and Webster City with about 54 placards per area advising residents to safeguard drinking water protect against typhoid fever protect food cleanliness basements and disinfection.
James Mitchell of Council Bluffs Iowa was killed when his car overturned on U S 4 about 60 miles northeast of here. His wife was injured with a broken leg and shoulder and hospitalized. Their four year old daughter Vivia and Mary Founta survived with injuries.
Coastal residents were warned to evacuate as the season's first hurricane moved toward the Gulf. The Navy issued hurricane warnings and hundreds of planes were removed from Gulf Coast airfields. The Weather Bureau urged evacuation from South Padre Island, a long sandbar extending over 100 miles.
Frank Kopach 71 a former Wellman resident died Wednesday June 25 while in transit from a hospital in Trenton Missouri Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 30 am at Powell funeral home with Dr E M Buehler in charge Burial will be in Wellman cemetery He was born June 24 1882 and married Lydia Fuller of Wellman March 27 1906 He lived in Wellman for years while working on the railroad later worked in Survivors include his wife and one son Earl of St Joseph Missouri He was preceded in death by his parents
Churchill and President confer as volunteers and National Guardsmen battle sun and water to finish a three day Des Moines River flood effort. City manager Howell says dikes should hold with the river falling below crest by Sunday while only a small portion of the city remains underwater.
In a land fraud suit deposition, Gov. Allan Shivers disclosed a $425 900 profit in six months from a $25 000 land deal in 1946. The Rio Grande Valley option was sold for 450 000 to Texan Realty Co. The disclosure is tied to the Landergott case involving land sold to Lloyd Bentsen Sr. and others.
J C Penney 78 year old board chairman of the J C Penney Co is resting comfortably at George Washington University Hospital after being struck by pneumonia. An aide said oxygen was administered and Penney's condition described as anxious rather than serious. He has a brother Tony and a sister Lizzie.
Chinese Nationalists announced the seizure of the Russian tanker Tuapse off southern Formosa and its internment at Kaohsiung. They accuse a US warship of involvement, which Washington denies, as part of blocking oil shipments to Communist ports.
Chicago police search for a petite mystery girl seen near Montgomery Ward Thorne’s apartment the morning the 20 year old mail order heir died. He died in his tiny apartment with no cause established. investigators note a strange will change and fear for his life.
Dr William J Crossheim will speak at the Sunday evening union worship in Central Park at 7 20 p m Rev Walter Smith presides and the Presbyterian choir provides special music If it rains the service moves to the Methodist church
In Dusseldorf Billy Graham was hospitalized briefly with an extremely painful kidney ailment. Three German doctors said he was responding to treatment. He planned to fly to West Berlin for a preaching mission but remained in his hotel room as doctors evaluated his condition. He vowed to preach in Berlin even if carried on a stretcher.
The Federal Housing Administration suspended two officials as it probes serious irregularities. James E. Hicks of Washington, director of the southeast region, and Andrew Frost of Albuquerque, assistant state director, were placed on annual leave pending disposition.
An older woman was observed using a telephone at 7 45 a m and a younger woman stood nearby. The report notes the two individuals in the scene without further context.
Washington Toastmasters vote to give 25 dollars to the fund for completing the administration cabin at Lake Darling youth center. The project honors club members Frank Miller and Preston Wolf, whose memorials helped fund part of the building.
French high command reports Communist commandos attacked Dawson airbase near Haiphong but were repelled. Reds seized three French positions in the delta including a rail link east of Hanoi, near Quang Yen, and at Dan Le. A train with American supplies exploded where the posts were taken.
The Senate approved 69 to 1 a resolution urging the Organization of American States to block International Communist movement interference in the Western Hemisphere. The measure, proposed by Lyndon B. Johnson, cites Guatemala and reaffirms support for the Caracas declaration, sending the proposal to the House for concurrence.
Lester Cropp of Council Bluffs was chosen grand commander of Iowa Knights of Templar in Spirit Lake on Thursday, succeeding John Biassi of Duquene.
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill opened high level talks on the Anglo American alliance and Southeast Asia’s fate against communism. Eden and Dulles joined a business lunch after preliminary discussions, with disagreement over policy between an Allied pact and an Asiatic nonaggression treaty.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai met in New Delhi for almost three hours with only a Chinese interpreter present. Chou arrived from Geneva for a three day visit and praised Sino Indian friendship.
Partly cloudy hot humid tonight then Saturday with scattered thundershowers and cooler near the Minnesota border. Lows tonight 72 77 northwest corner. Saturday night showers and thunderstorms then Sunday partly cloudy cooler. Temperatures through Wednesday 4 8 degrees above normal with .25 to .75 inch precipitation in showers Saturday Saturday night Monday or Tuesday.
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