Miss Iowa to Visit Washington Saturday
Miss Iowa 1954 Carol LaVerne Morris of Ottumwa arrives in Washington with an escort of local officials and Jaycees. She will be greeted at Central Park with a city key presentation by Mayor Bill Smart, tour the coffee club, and use Seifert's store as headquarters. Morris is a Drake University student and a violinist who won the title at Clear Lake in August.
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Carol Laverne Morris
Ottumwa
Washington
Iowa
Ottumwas
Atlantic City
Seifert
Miss Iowa
Washington Jaycees
Clear Lake
Miss Morris
Armory
Central Park
Bill Smart
Washington Coffee Club
Seifert’s
Winga’s
LaVerne Morris
Morris
Drake University
Des Moines
Winga
Israeli Premier Moshe Sharett Resigns Amid Coalition Rift
In Jerusalem Moshe Sharett and his Cabinet resigned today after the General Zionists refused to back Mapai to avert a no confidence vote over the Kastner case. President Ben-Zvi called coalition leaders to discuss forming a new government as Sharett signaled readiness to try ruling again without the General Zionists.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Moshe Sharett
Isaac Ben-Zvi
Israeli Labor
Mapai
General Zionists
Sharett
Knesset
Steel Walkout May Be Averted
Pittsburgh AP report says David J McDonald warns there is time to avert a nationwide steel strike if six major firms join Wake negotiations. USW members face a midnight Thursday deadline with production cutbacks and picket preparations nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
David J McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
McDonald
Clifford H. Wood
U.S. Steel
Hood
Steelworkers
Roger Blough
U.S. Steel Board
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Charles White
Republic Steel
Adm
Ben Moreell
Jones & Laughlin
JL. Ma
Juvenile Suspect Nabbed After Six Car Break-ins
Kentucky State Police arrested a 15 year old in Owensboro on Sunday after two police chases. He faced charges of breaking into six cars stealing three and wrecking two. The boy, on weekend leave from the Kentucky Village detention home for juveniles, reportedly received the beav as a reward for good conduct.
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Owensboro
Kentucky
Kentucky Village
Commission Denies Zoning Change Petition on West Madison
Washington zoning commission refused a petition to change West Madison street from residential to business, with three members voting against. The Gilchrist family owns the site opposite St Pauls Church, eyed for an oil service station. The denial moves to the city council. if upheld, applicants may appeal to the appeal board.
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Washington
West Madison Street
Gilchrist
St. Paul's Church
Appeal Board
City Council
Ecouncil
Gas Burner To Be Installed Soon At YMCA
The YMCA will convert one boiler from coal to gas heat within days as funds allow. Artemas Brown says the board approved a partial conversion now with plans to gasify the second boiler later. The Y's Men’s club donated 1700 dollars for the first unit and an Iowa Southern crew finished a larger gas line into the building.
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YMCA
Artemas Brown
Brown
Y's Men's Club
Iowa Southern
Milton N White 71 Crawfordsville dies after heart attack
Milton Newton White 71 of Crawfordsville died suddenly at 7 a m in his home northwest of the city following a heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 p m Friday July 1 at Federated Presbyterian Church Crawfordsville with burial in Crawfordsville cemetery. Jones Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Maude Moreland six children nine grandchildren three sisters and one daughter preceded him in death.
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Milton Newton White
Crawfordsville
Federated Presbyterian Church
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. White
Washington County
Samuel White
Mary Frederick White
Old Washington Academy
Maude Moreland
Gilbert Boucha
Oakland
Calif
John Irvin White
David Frederick White
Winfield
Donald Ross White
Davenport
Jane White Nau
Mt. Pleasant
Janice Ruth Schebler
Answers Bible Quiz To Win $16,000
Mrs Katharine E Kreitzer of Camp Hill Pennsylvania won $16,000 on CBS $64,000 Question by naming seven brothers of Joseph. She previously earned $8,000 and now selects cash or a chance to answer a tougher question for $32,000 next week. If she wins the $32,000 and then $64,000 she can return for a further challenge.
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New York
Katherine E. Kreitzer
Camp Hill
Joseph
Columbia Broadcasting System
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulon
Camp Meetin program by United Presbyterian youth group
The United Presbyterian church youth group plans an 8 p m program in the church dining room featuring music choral reading and drama to raise funds for Youth Conferences at Oskaloosa and Pella July 11 16 The bill includes secular and sacred numbers a Negro sermon in verse The Man Who Died at 12 o clock a one act play and a social hour with homemade ice cream and cookies afterward may be served
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United Presbyterian Church
Oskaloosa
Pella
Dixie Land
Camptown
Lil Liza Jane
Lonesome Valley
Roger Kleese
Burl Ives
Weldon Johnson
Sandra
Frances
Linda McConnell
Bill Blick
Andrea Zeck
Paul Green
Roberta Wiley
Sally
Gerry Zeck
Charlie
Steve George
Uncle January
Lord
Eisenhower upbeat on Big Four summit easing tensions
President Eisenhower said the chances to ease world fears look better than two months ago partly due to the UN anniversary in San Francisco. He cautioned against high expectations for the Geneva summit while noting a more conciliatory Soviet attitude and a possible role for Bulganin in speaking for the USSR.
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United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
San Francisco
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
Alaska
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Fort Dodge Names New Football Coaching Duo
Robert R. Bostwick, ex Washington high and State University of Iowa football player, is appointed assistant football coach at Fort Dodge. Robert Hoff, former University High School Iowa City coach, becomes Fort Dodge head coach. The pair were teammates at the university. Bostwick also will coach the junior college baseball team.
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Robert R. Bostwick
Washington High School
State University of Iowa
Fort Dodge
Robert Hoff
University High School
Iowa City
University
Bostwick
Peoria
Remodeling and Painting Improve Washington Business District
Renovations sweep Washington with scaffolding on Brody's Candy Kitchen and Skelgas, new steel sidewalk beams, front remodeling at Watson Cleaners and Ken-Reno studio, an added apartment above, and slate roof removal at the courthouse. Stone front at State cafe. painting on Lemmon, Willits, Morrison, and Klein Klothing Co. buildings with sidewalk work completed.
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Washington
Brody’s
Candy Kitchen
Washington Skelgas
Watson Cleaners
West Washington Street
Ken-Reno
Court House
Washington Business District
State Cafe
Lemmon
Willits
Morrison
Klein Klothing Co
Pian Holiday Events At Country Club Here
A pot luck dinner will be served at the Washington Golf and Country Club at 12 30 p.m. Monday July 4. Club members and their families are urged to bring fried chicken a dish to pass and their own table service. Mixed golf will be played following the noon dinner. The committee in charge is Mr and Mrs Bill Shannon Mr and Mrs Max Henness and Mr and Mrs Frank Kos.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
Bill Shannon
Max Henness
Frank Kos
Cedar Rapids Man Consents To Return For Leaving Scene
Owen Henry Allen 54 of Cedar Rapids agrees to return to Washington to face charges of leaving the scene of an accident after a side swipe with Bernie F. Lee of Albia Monday night. Jim Smith of Ainsworth alerted police near Iowa City. Allen was arrested in Cedar Rapids and charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Owen Henry Allen
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Allen
Bernie F. Lee
Albia
Jim Smith
Ainsworth
Iowa City
Washington man missing after station theft
Police search continues for Jack O Grigg sought in Washington for larceny after he disappeared Sunday from White s Cities Service station where he was left in charge. He took merchandise checks and cash totaling over 550 including an ice machine takings and a pistol with Utah plates among his belongings.
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Washington
Utah
Jack O. Grigg
Grigg
Cities
Mr. White
Ernest White
White
Camp Fire Office To Close for Summer
The Camp Fire Girls office will be closed in July and August announced by secretary Mrs Harold E Johnson. Registrations for the July 24 29 camping week at Lake Darling are still being accepted. Blue Bird and Camp Fire girls seeking to attend or with questions should contact Mrs Don Kinner Mrs Maynard L Brown or Mrs Billie Young by phone.
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Camp Fire Girls
Harold E. Johnson
Lake Darling
Blue Bird
Camp Fire
Don Kinner
Maynard L Brown
Billie Young
Six Chicago youths admit raid on Doolittle Elementary
Six scared boys will appear in Family Court on charges of taking part in a wrecking raid at Chicago's Doolittle Elementary School. They admitted involvement in two Sunday and Monday raids, damaging windows, blackboards, records, and setting two fires amid fear of older gang members.
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Chicago
Doolittle
Herring Signals 1956 Run if Party Strengthens
Clyde Herring, 1954 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, hinted he might lead the party again in 1956 if a stronger, better organized structure develops. He faulted the GOP for high taxes and broke promises, urging a more highly perfected Democratic organization to mobilize Iowa voters.
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Onawa
Iowa
Clyde FE. Herring
Polk County
Leo A. Hoegh
GOP
Dagmar
Herrings
Violent June Storms Relent Across Midwest and Plains
Severe weather eased in the midsection with showers and thunder showers reaching the Mississippi Valley and southern Plains. A small tornado hit two farm buildings near Aberdeen South Carolina Tuesday night and a reported tornado near Shattuck Oklahoma. Two deaths from lightning in west Texas and a deadly tornado near Scotts Bluff Nebraska left two dead and 85 injured. Temperature drops of up to 20 degrees were noted along the north Pacific Coast and surrounding plateau regions. Fraser Colorado also mentioned.
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United Press
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Aberdeen
S.C
Shattuck
Oklo
Texas
San Angelo
Childress
Nebraska
Scotts Bluff
Pacific Coast
Fraser, Colo
Melegari Ties Local Record on Golf Course
Frank Melegari of the Washington Golf and Country Club tied the local course record with a four under par 2 Tuesday. In a foursome with Jag Moothart Russell Bannister and Frank Kos he shot 31 with five birdies one bogey and three pars. An 18 inch putt on seven cost him the record by a stroke. The feat has been equalled only a few times in club history.
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Frank Melegari
Washington Golf and Country Club
Frank
Jag Moothart
Russell Bannister
Frank Kos
Iowa Tax Forms Kept On Full Pages For 1955 Returns
Iowa's Tax Commission rejected postcard size forms and ordered three million single sheet 9.5 by 11 inch forms for 1955 income tax returns. Officials said postal size would omit needed information, despite Rep. Jack Miller urging smaller formats.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Tax Commission
State Printing Board
Jack Miller
Sioux City
Norway King Breaks Ankle at Farm Home
King Haakon VII, 83, slipped at his Bygdoy farm residence and broke his thigh bone. He was rushed to Oslo hospital where doctors said his condition was satisfactory given age. Crown Prince Olav assumed regent duties as the monarch faces a weeks long hospital stay.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon VII
Bygdoe Kings Farm
Olav
Crow bounty approved in Slagle Township
Voters in Slagle Township approved a 25 cent bounty on crows. The story notes the area’s extreme temperatures with a cold start and heat later, while mentioning high temps in Texas towns Laredo Cotulla and Salt Flat.
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Cadillac
Mich
Slagle Township
Mrs Willard Bell Dies in Iowa City Hospital
Dorothy Mae Pardun Bell 45 died at 7 30 p m Tuesday in University hospital Iowa City after six months illness. Funeral 2 p m Thursday June 30 at Jones funeral home with Dr Walter Scheuermann in charge. Burial in Keota cemetery. Survived by husband Willard Bell son Robert W Bell and mother Mrs W E Pardun all of Washington. She was born August 29 1909 in Missouri and lived in Keota Washington and attended Methodist church.
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Willard Bell
North Avenue
University Hospital
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
Walter Scheuermann
Keota
Dorothy Mae Pardun
Missouri
V. E. Pardun
Maude Gray Pardun
Prairie Flower
Washington
Y's Men End Meetings For Summer Months
Washington Y's Men held their final summer meeting in the YMCA community room. Meetings resume the first Tuesday in September with two special sessions in July and August. They voted to co sponsor the Harvard Glee Club appearance next spring with local groups. President Bill Boshart and Bob Choate will represent the Washington club at the International convention in Philadelphia this summer.
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Washington Y's
YMCA
Y's
Harsvard Glee Club
Washington
Bill Boshart
Bob Choate
Washington Club
Philadelphia
Weather Update for Iowa West and Central Areas
Mostly cloudy conditions persist in western and central Iowa this evening with lows from 58 to 68. Temperatures rise into the 80s tomorrow as partial cloudiness and scattered showers develop Friday.
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Iowa
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Milton N. White
United Presbyterian
Bob Bostwick
Will
Herring
Midwest
Melegari
Laredo
Cotulla
Salt Flat
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