Ground Breaking Sets Stage for Mid-Prairie High School
Formal ceremonies mark the start of the Mid-Prairie high school project just east of Wellman with Supt Everett Van DeVoort presiding. Merle McDowell of West Chester retires from the school board. Charles Herbert of Des Moines serves as architect. Expected completion is next summer with classes slated for fall 1962 and project cost estimated at 700000 dollars.
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Mid-Prairie School Board
Mid-Prairie High School
Wellman
E. N. Foster
Merle McDoweill
West Chester
Charles Herbert
Des Moines
C. W. Beckman
Kalona
Mid Prairie High School
Mid-Prairie
Everett van DeVoort
Merle MccDowell
McDowell
Mid - Prairie
Herbert
Atherton, Deam and Herbert
Washington
Supt
van DeVoort
Mid Prairie
Check Now for Corn Borer Damage in Washington County
County Extension Director Jim Frier advises farmers planting early corn in Washington County to inspect whorl leaves for corn borer feeding. Iowa State entomologist Harold Gunderson predicts peak moth activity around June 24 and recommends sampling four groups of 25 plants every other day, recording infestations, and treating once 75 percent show damage using sprays or granules of DDT endrin or toxaphene with proper nozzle height and label guidance.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
Gunderson
Kennedy Farm Bill Suffers Defeat
Washington United States President Kennedy faced a major setback as the House Agriculture Committee rejected a central farm plan. The 10 to 15 vote killed a compromise version to create machinery for production controls aimed at supporting prices. The move leaves administration hopes pinned on Senate action and a conference committee.
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Washington
UPS
Kennedy
House Agriculture Committee
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
United Presbyterian Home to Receive $100000 Bequest
Myrtle Kerr Anderson of Washington left more than one hundred thousand dollars to the United Presbyterian Home. The estate totals over $169000 with $67400 to relatives and friends and the rest to the home. Plans are under way for a new building on the 17 acre grounds.
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United Presbyterian Home
Washington
Myrtle Kerr Anderson
W. E. Anderson
George P. Kerr
Joseph W Strabala Dies This Morning
Joseph W. Strabala 87 died at 1 a.m. in Meres Hospital Iowa City after a fall fractured hip. Funeral services set for Saturday at Trinity Catholic Church Kalona with rosary Friday night at Peterseim Funeral Home. He was born July 30, 1873 near Kalona and lived much of life in Tontitown Ark and Kalona with a niece. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Oscar Schnoebelen and Mrs Anna Grady and a brother Frank.
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Kalona
Joseph W. Strabala
Meres Hospital
Iowa City
Richmond
Floss Trinity Catholic Church
Peterseim
Strabala
John B
Jane Schmidt Strabala
Tontitown
Ark
Lloyd Strickler
Elizabeth Baehhler
Oscar Schnoebelen
Hills
Anna Grady
Frank
Salem
Ohio
East Germany and Soviet Union Plan Security for Berlin future
East German leader Walter Ulbricht said East Germany and the Soviet Union are preparing unspecified security measures for use after a peace treaty is signed. He urged special efforts to cope with potential problems and warned against waiting for Bonn to arm.
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East Germany
Reds
Berlin
UPI
Walter Ulbricht
Soviet Union
West Germany
Russia
Ulbricht
Bonn
Iowans Face 30-Day Licenses For Fourth of July Violations
Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch announced an emergency plan to suspend licenses for 30 days after convictions for speeding 20 mph over limit or no passing during the four day Fourth of July holiday. Hearings will be held via highway patrol to determine cause, with action based on a 1959 law.
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Des Moines
UPI
Carl Pesch
Pesch
Iowa Highway Patrol
State Safety Department
Highway Patrol
Safety Department
Injun Satellite from Iowa Probes Van Allen Belts
Iowa City scientists led by Prof. James A. Van Allen and Brina O'Brien designed a 40-pound satellite named Injun to study space radiation in the Van Allen belts. The 16 sided craft with 960 solar cells will orbit about 575 miles high and relay data to ground stations worldwide for rapid processing.
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Iowa City
UPL
University of Iowa
Cape Canaveral
U. S
North America
Frank
Johns Hopkins University
Iawa
Physicis
Lima
Peru
Santiago
Chile
Winkfield
England
Silver Spring
Sao Jose Dos Campos
Brazil
Ottawa
Canada
Nuclear powered satellite marks milestone in space effort
CAPE CANAVERAL UPI reports the first satellite powered by a nuclear battery was launched aboard a Thor Able Star to orbit a trio of objects including Transit IV A. Greb III and Injun collect radiation data as the mission tests a multiple-satellite launch and long lasting power for space networks.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
United States
Space
Greb Ill
Injun
Earth
U.S.A
Senate Hears Testimony on Deceptive Packaging Complaints
Consumers Union reports a 25 year high in complaints about fake packaging and labeling. Testimony cites detergents candy cake mixes bread meat and over 100 listed goods with misleading weights and front labels. Warne and Dichter stress shopper savvy and the market impact of reduced contents and small print net weights.
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Washington
CUPL
Consumers Union
Colston E. Warne
Senate Antitrust
Warne
Ernest Dichter
Croton-on-Hudson
Dichter
Mickey Mantle
Speed Consumers Union
Consumer Reports
Death of Reuben W. Hall 85 in Iowa City
Reuben W. Hall 85 father of Mrs. Delbert Zager of Washington died at 11 15 pm Tuesday at his home 810 South Riverside Drive Iowa City. Funeral at 2 pm Friday at McGovern Funeral Home with burial in North Liberty Survived by four sons including Roy of Riverside a daughter a brother and two sisters 27 grandchildren and 75 great grandchildren Born in Sharon township September 5 1875 to George and Ann Bailey Hall.
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Reuben W. Hall
Delbert Zager
Washington
South Riverside Drive
Iowa City
McGovern
North Liberty
Kistner Freed On Bond Till August 1
Harold E. Kistner Jr a former Wheeling business figure was released on 5000 dollar bond after an eight year prison sentence for aiding Mrs. Bur nice Geiger in a 2 million embezzlement and for fraudulent stock activities He received five years for aiding Geiger in piracy of her father's Sheldon National Bank and three years for fraudulent sale of securities through the mail Five year terms on 14 other counts run concurrently Bond set to surrender by August 1 to begin serving sentence
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Sioux City
UPI
Harold E. Kistner Jr
Burnice Geiger
Kistner
van Alstine
Charles Kennedy Reappointed to Grinnell Reinsurance Board
Grinnell Charles Kennedy, longtime secretary of Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Washington, was reelected to a three year term on the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company board during the 53rd annual Grinnell meeting on the Grinnell College campus. Kennedy has served on the board since 1941 and has been a county mutual worker since 1930.
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Grinnell
Charles Kennedy
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Washington
Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company of
Grinnell College
Kennedy
Farmers Mutual
The
Methodist Church
Rotary Club
American Legion
Union Service Set in Central Park This Summer
The Council of Churches prepares Sunday evening worship in Central Park starting July 2 at 7 30 pm. Rev. S. Jay Curry of the Baptist Church will preach with Rev. Harold DeVries of the Presbyterian Church presiding. Music features a mixed quartet including Mrs. Curry Mrs. Foster Bagge Bill Hazelett and Wayne Wagner.
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Churches In the Council of Churches
Central Park
Jay Curry
The
Baptist Church
Harold DeVries
Presbyterian Church Presiding
Curry
Foster Bagge
Bill Hazelett
Wayne Wagner
Nebraska man offers discount on Iowa claim
Kenneth Turner of Fremont proposes to cut $40 from a $513 damage claim against the state if paid within 30 days after his car struck a ditch on Iowa 33 June 10. The offer cannot be accepted now as the bill must wait for the 1963 Iowa Legislature session.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Kenneth Turner
Fremont
Weather summary for Iowa into Friday
Partly cloudy through Friday with scattered showers or thunderstorms mainly west and north. Most numerous tonight in the north. Hot and humid trend continues, slightly lower heat in the northwest Friday afternoon. Lows tonight 70 to 75. Friday highs around 95. Saturday outlook shows little change with partly cloudy skies and hot humid conditions across central and southwest Iowa. Widely scattered showers or thunderstorms mainly in late afternoon or night, lows in the lower 70s, Friday highs in the lower 90s.
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Iowa
Central
South West
Lower
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Ulpricht
State Council
Pesch Sounds
S.U.I
Outer Space
van Allen
O'Brien
William A. Whelplay
Cedar Rapids
Curtis Laughlin
John Freeman
Madison
Wis
Ramon Trachta
Louis Frank
Fort Madison
Donald Garnett
Don Stilwell
Freeman
Laughlin
Bust
Ernest Ray
U.S
Defense Department
Moon
Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company
Farm Mutual Insurance
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