Crazed Man Captured After Terror Reign
In Philadelphia a demented man held a priest and two police officers hostage for five hours, threatening to shoot. Joseph Madera, 28, refused to die by his own hand and demanded police kill him, firing shots over reporters’ heads before being overpowered on his home lawn.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Madera
Philadelphia Daily News
George Thompson
Revburn Plaza
John J. Lynch
St. John's Church
Ed Witherspoon
John Brady
Thompson
Madera
Witherspoon
Presbyterians Attend Mission Institute Here
Representatives from 15 Presbyterian churches gathered at the Washington Presbyterian Church for a foreign missions institute. Dr. H. C. Snider of Des Moines led the event with assistance from Mrs. Irvine Graham of Brazil, Rev. Aulden D. Coble of Colombia, and Nadim Saikaly of Syria. Lebanon Dinner was served by circle three under Mrs. Kenneth Crone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute On Foreign Missions
Washington Presbyterian Church
H. C. Snider
Synod
Des Moines
S Irvine Graham
Brazil
Aulden D. Coble
Columbia
South America
Nadim Saikaly
Syria
Lebanon
Circle Three
Kenneth Crone
Indianola Youth Shot While Forcing Farm Home Visit
Indianola Iowa police report four youths investigating a haunted house near Vernon Maple and Marian Maple attempted to force entry into a farm home. One youth was shot in the shoulder after a door was forced open. he was hospitalized. Two companions were jailed and a fourth released to parents as investigators review the case. Names of the boys were withheld.
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Indianola
Iowa
C. H. Richards
Vernon
Marian Maple
Maple
Richards
Miss Maple
Robert Haldeman
Judge Yoder Declares March District Court Assignments
Judge R. G Yoder sets non jury and jury dockets for March term in Washington County. Non jury cases include Miller and Dea and Wood and Berg. Jury docket lists Davenport v Norenberg Mconnell v Gilson and Hirt v Town of Riverside.
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R. G Yoder
Washington County
Miller Et al
Dea
Wood
Berg
Davenport
Norenberg
Mconnell
Gilson and Hirt
Riverside
Military Chiefs In Puerto Rico For Secret Parley
In Puerto Rico at Ramey Air Force Base the Joint Chiefs of Staff conduct a private session to review future force size and composition for the next three years. Defense Secretary Wilson presses for a detailed assessment amid Soviet missile and air power advances and a Senate inquiry led by Sen. Symington.
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Washington
America
Defense
Charles E Wilson
High Command
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ramey Air Force Base
JCS
Wilson
Congressional
Senate
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Armed Services Subcommittee
Fowler Hamilton
New York
Symington
United States
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs
Puerto Rico
Truck Weigh Stations Show Profit in State
Iowa reports a profit from its truck weigh station program for the past 12 months. The operation cost $221,700 but fines and other receipts totaled $699,346.65, yielding a net add to the Iowa road fund of $439,629.28.
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Iowa
Iowa State Highway Commission
Lowa Road Fund
Mrs Latimer Davis of Crawfordsville Taken by Death
Mrs. Latimer Davis 5 a Crawfordsville resident died at 1 25 am after years of poor health Funeral services take place 2 pm Friday March 9 at Federated Church Crawfordsville Rev E C Williams to direct Burial will be in Crawfordsville Cemetery The family includes husband Evan Latimer Davis one son Henry two daughters Mary Hunt Martha Walker father Boyd Twinam sister Nina Hughes eight grandchildren
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Washington
Evan Latimer Davis
Davis
Federated Church
Crawfordsville
Eastern Star
White Shrine
American Legion Auxiliary
Henry
Ralph
Mary) Hunt
Pavillion
Wyo
John
Martha) Walker
Lebanon
Boyd Twinam
Columbus Junction
Nina Hughes
Prairie City
Iowa
Gra-Y Day Planned At Washington YMCA
Dick Thompson designs a Gra-Y Day at the Washington YMCA for Saturday with a hamburger feed at noon open to grade school junior high and high school boys Tickets cost 30 cents. Two Muscatine Gray teams visit to play Jets Blue Devils. the latter receive a plaque for winning the city grade school YMCA title. A Gra-Y swim session is scheduled at 3 30 p m in the YMCA pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
YMCA
Dick Thompson
Boys Work
Muscatine
Jets
Blue Devils
Anna Piper of Kalona Dies Suddenly Monday
Kalona Miss Anna Cecilia Piper 78 died suddenly at her home near Kalona Monday evening. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Friday in Holy Trinity Catholic Church Richmond with Rev. W W Snell in charge. Burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery. Rosary at 8 p.m. Thursday at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona where body will remain. Survivors include brothers Henry John and Charles, all of Kalona. Miss Piper born Jan 29 1878 near Kalona to Frank and Augusta Menthius Piper. She lived south of Kalona all her life and belonged to Holy Trinity Church.
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Kalona
Anna Cecilia Piper
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Richmond
W. W. Snell
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Peterseim
Miss Piper
Frank
Augusta Menthius Piper
Henry
John
Charles
Carl Emde
Louis
Joe
Will
Israel Demands Emergency Armistice Commission Meeting
Israel accused Egypt of three acts of aggression including patrol incursions near Hatzerim and Kissufim and the death of a soldier by a land mine. The Foreign Ministry urged a Mixed Armistice Commission session as Egypt Saudi Arabia and Syria meet in Cairo to discuss Middle East peace and potential war.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Mixed Armistice Commission
Israeli Foreign Ministry
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Cairo
Middle East
Hatzerim
Beersheba
Saud
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Shukry el Kuwaily
Jordan
Britain
Arab Legion of
Congress to OK flexible farm bill says Knowland
Republican leaders told President Eisenhower they expect the Senate to finish action on the farm bill this week with the administration backed flexible price supports. They anticipate a close vote for the plan, while the soil bank provision is seen advancing by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Senate Gop
George D. Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Knowland
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
John Bricker
Ohio
Edward J. Thye
Minn
Minnesota
Aiken
Voluntary Soil Bank
Agriculture Department
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Potter
Washington industrial meeting urged for all residents
Keith Vetter chairman of the Chamber committee urges all residents to join a Thursday 7:30 p.m. meeting where Ronald P. Hallock of Des Moines will discuss local industrial development. L. J. Kehoe and Gordon Cooper of the Washington Industrial Corporation will summarize recent progress since last April.
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Keith Vetter
Chamber of Commerce Committee On
Washington
Vetter
Ronald P. Hallock
Moines
Fairfield Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Development Commission
Two Families Greeted By City Hostess Here
Two families welcomed to Washington by the official city hostess of the Chamber of Commerce Mrs R E Taylor. Maurice L Meyer and wife and children 727 East Second Street left farming northeast of Washington. Richard 13 attends junior high Martha 9 and Max 7 study at Stewart School. They belong to the Presbyterian church. Agnes Rustan and son Garth live 311 East Main Street Garth is a first year high school student. In Spencer for six years they were Methodists. Mrs Rustan is an Eastern Star member and a medical technologist at Washington County Hospital.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
R.E. Taylor
Maurice L. Meyer
East Second Street
Richard
Martha
Max
Stewart School
Presbyterian Church
Agnes Rustan
Garth
East Main Street
Spencer
Methodist Church
Rustan
Order of Eastern Star
Washington County Hospital
Atlantic Farmer Seeks Senate Nomination in Iowa
Duane Orton a 46 year old Atlantic farmer announces his bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Rourke B. Hickenlooper. He resigns as treasurer of the National Farmers Organization, plans a statewide campaign, and criticizes flexible price supports while backing parity guarantees.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Duane Orton
Atlantic Farmer
U.S. Senate
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Orton
National Farmers Organization
Corning
United Press
H. R. Gross
GOP
Gross
Waterloo
Hickenlooper
NFC
Adams County
May Charge Parents Of Davenport Juveniles In Trouble With Law
Davenport officials including Mayor Walter Beuse and Police Chief Harvey Smith met to discuss filing charges against parents of juveniles involved in vandalism and gang fights. The plan aims to curb growing teen delinquency in the area.
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Davenport
Llp
Walter Beuse
Harvey Smith
Beuse
Money Lender Turns $3600 Into $970000 Fortune
Sam Bronstein, a St Louis money lender, turned $3600 invested in Missouri Pacific stock in 1938 into a $970000 fortune as the railroad emerged from receivership. He plans to use the trust fund principal for his family and to support the Missouri School of Journalism, estimating about $30000 annually in income.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Sam Bronstein
Bronstein
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Mopac
Missouri School of Journalism
Washington High School Basketball Banquet Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Chamber of Commerce Basketball Banquet on March 19 at 6 30 p m go on sale in Washington. Adults pay 2 50 which covers their dinner and a player's dinner. Paul Moon, famed Iowa coach, will speak. Harold Kerr, L J Adkins aid. Art Service Club to prepare favors. Dinner served by Mrs Kerr and staff at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ferrell
Rev. Spence
Bob Choate
Judy Edmondson
Mrs. Spence
Marlene Benn
Fathers of Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Paul Moon
Iowa
Newcomers Party At Washington YMCA Attracts 100
More than 100 newcomers are expected at the second Newcomers Party in the Washington YMCA on Friday at 8 pm. The event is sponsored by the YMCA YWCA and the Chamber of Commerce to help families who moved to Washington since October 1955.
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Washington Ymca
YMCA
YWCA
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Nels Westermark
Porter Lee
Dick Thompson
Walter Messer
Messer
Mildred Davis
Shirley Petratz
Geraldine Day
R. E. Taylor
Robert Ross
Floyd Blankenhorn
Lee
Carl Paetz
Lloyd Marek
William Perdock
British in Trouble On Isle of Cyprus
In Nicosia Cyprus Britain tightens security amid island violence and retaliation from Greece. Britain jams Athens Radio broadcasts and orders 15000 troops to quell unrest, while Greece halts Cuban or Athens relays as Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis denounces the move.
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Isle of Cyprus
Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle East
Athens
Constantine Karamanlis
Greece
Lord Haw Haw
Start Planning 1957 Conservation Program With Meeting Monday
Washington County leaders of soil and water conservation will meet Monday March 12 at 9 am in the Washington YMCA to review the 1956 cost sharing program and make recommendations for the 1957 ACP plan. The meeting aims to canvas local problems and farm level views for basic work. Other invited groups include soil district commissioners and representatives from SCS Extension Service Farmers Home Administration and Forest Service.
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Washington County
Washington Ymca
ASC
E. Ray Bell
Soil District Commissioners
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Service
Farmers Home Administration
Forest Service
Bell
Iowa Asc
Washington
Iowa
Beets and Potatoes Yield Boost in Packed Soil
Sugar beets and potatoes planted in packed soil yield up to 15 percent more than those planted in loose soil, according to agronomy notes. The finding highlights the impact of soil density on crop production and may influence planting practices for farmers.
Thieves Loot Custer Home Steal Siding and Sink
Thieves who looted the B. M. Dilley residence at Custer took about 800 dollars in aluminum siding and exterior wiring and emptied the kitchen sink. Police investigate the burglary and categorized the loss as substantial for the small town.
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Custer, S.D
B. M. Dilley
Custer
Weather Outlook From United Press Iowa
Cloudy and colder with light snow in the northwest tonight Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms possible. Low temps 10 to 15 northwest, 20s southeast. High 25 to 35 Wednesday. Thursday partly cloudy and cold. Five day forecast shows average temperatures 6 to 8 degrees below normal north and 3 to 6 below south. Normal highs 37 north 45 south. normals lows 18 north 34 south. Cold Wednesday then another drop near Saturday. Precipitation 4 inches north and about ½ inch south as snow and rain Wednesday and again Friday into Friday night.
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United Press
Iowa
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Mission Institute
Yoder
Anna Piper
Keck
Barry Wold Ve
Geri Hagy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Ruth Geri Hagy
Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil Company
Gordon Muse
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Marlin McDaniel
Purdue
George Washington
Nancy Poling
Bennington College
Vermont
al Rimmermann
Georgetown University
Francis Case
South Dakota
Goldwater
International Soundphoto
Louis Fortune
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