First Christian Church Considers Expansion to Meet Growth
The Washington church eyes building expansion for education and fellowship as Rev and Mrs Halsey Wakelin mark four years with the congregation. Over three years the church added 140 members 95 by baptism 45 by transfer while supporting the Disciples of Christ long range program.
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First Christian Church
Halsey
Wakelin
Iowa Society of Christian Churches
Disciples of Christ
Washington
The
John Tucker
Mae McFarland
Stevenson Vows to Step Up Democratic Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson, after Minnesota defeat, vows to intensify campaign tempo while sticking to his policies. He concedes Kefauver leads in Minnesota but insists on truth over moonshots and aims for Florida and California primaries to rebound. Harriman’s suspected stop Stevenson efforts add to campaign pressure.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Minnesota
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
North Woods
Kefauver
Ike
Hlinoisan
Florida
California
Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai
Denver
Harriman
Cab Driver Held After Fatal Fight
In Chicago Albert Joseph a 44 year old cab driver faces grand jury action on manslaughter charges after a passenger Earl B Carlsen 26 died from a fractured skull following a dispute over a 15 cent tip The coroner jury action came as Carlsen’s mother and widow gave testimony about the incident and the alleged refusal to accept a tip while Carlsen claimed he offered five dollars for the ride.
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Chicago
Albert Joseph
Earl B. Carlsen
Joseph
Carlsen
Charlotte Carlsen
Carlson
Disarmament Plan Unveiled by Stassen
U S disarmament secretary Harold E. Stassen proposes a joint test strip of 20 000 to 30 000 square miles in the United States and Russia for early disarmament controls. The plan, tied to Open Sky concepts, envisions ports airfields and rail terminals to study military build ups under observation. Russia’s response was not immediate as Moscow consults with officials.
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London
United States
Russia
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
British Defense Ministry
Geneva
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Chester Coach Suffers Another Heart Attack
West Chester football and boys basketball coach George Quire was hospitalized after a Wednesday night heart attack in Sigourney and listed in critical condition. Superintendent Joe Barker said Mrs. Quire reported eight days on the critical list. Quire, who had a prior attack last fall, had taught at West Chester since January after a recent medical exam showed recovery.
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Joe Barker
West Chester
George Quire
Sigourney
Barker
Quire
Two Iowa Scouts Start Philippines Good Will Tour
Two Iowa youths, Eagle Scouts Dave Stanard and Jack Stevens, depart from Iowa Falls to join a Boy Scout Air Force good will tour. They will visit Japan Philippines and Hawaii with color slide plans and return April 17.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Japan
Philippines
Hawaii
Dave Stanard
Cedar Falls
Jack Stevens
Stens
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
San Francisco
Air Force
Far East
Three Escapees Caught in Indiana After State Park Standoff
Three escaped prisoners two accused of murder surrendered after a tense overnight ring around Mounds State Park near Anderson Indiana Law officers including state police and deputies tracked the trio Bernard Harris Jerry Clouse and William Thomas after their jail break from Wapakoneta Ohio They were found in a Muncie bus route a Chesterfield filling station and by ring tactics with a scouting plane aiding the hunt.
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Chesterfield
Ind
Muncie
Mounds State Park
Anderson
Ohio
Hoegh Drops Plan for National Meat Promotion Checkoff
Gov. Lee A. Hoegh said he would take no further steps toward a national meat promotion checkoff funded by farmers. A 19 state Omaha meeting called by Hoegh and Nebraska’s Victor Anderson approved moving the idea to farmers, who would pay 10 cents per beef, 5 cents per hog, and 2 1/2 cents per sheep, for an advertising program. A Des Moines meeting with all 48 states was scheduled to continue the discussion, as the plan aims to bolster livestock prices.
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Des Moines
Lee A. Hoegh
Omaha
Hoegh
Congress
Iowa
Nebraska
Victor Anderson
Eisenhower Hints At Congress On Use Of Military Forces
President Eisenhower and the National Security Council weigh asking Congress for stand by authority to deploy U S forces in the Middle East to deter a major Arab Israeli war if UN peace efforts fail. France proposes a Big Three meeting and Dag Hammarskjold plans a Palestine visit after Easter as US and UN explore tension reduction.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Congress
Middle East
Usig U
State Department
France
Lincoln White
Christian Pineau
London
Paris
White
United Nations
New York
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Dulles
Far East
Model Home Open House on North Fourth Ave
The model home on North Fourth Avenue will host an open house Friday through Sunday. Cloyce C Zieglowsky, a Washington contractor, announced the event in a Wednesday notice. The site is in the 1100 block of North Fourth Avenue.
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Cloyce C. Zieglowsky
Washington
North Fourth Avenue
Today
Storms Bring Hail and Tornadoes to Texas and Midwest
Severe weather tore through east Texas with thunderstorms and at least three tornadoes. Hail golf ball sized damaged cantaloupes and 250 Rio Hondo school windows, while four and a half inches of rain drenched the Rio Grande Valley. A tornado near Temple leveled farm buildings. the Gossetts escaped by diving into a septic tank hole as their home was wrecked.
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East Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Illinois
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Maine
New York City
Boston
Manhattan
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Hondo
Temple
DC. Gossett
Midwest
Plains States
Cancer Fund Drive Kick-Off Meeting Planned on April 5
Dr S F Singer president of the Iowa Division American Cancer Society will speak at the Washington County cancer fund drive kickoff dinner on April 5 at Washington Methodist Church with a pot luck supper at 6 30 p m County chairman Virgil Hering urges all workers to attend Charles J Murphy of Dubuque and Cleo Robertson district field director expected to attend Singer a Vienna native who led x ray at International University Clinic taught radiology at Vienna University came to the U S in 1939 began practice in New Hampton Iowa later moved to Ottumwa and in 1949 elected to fellowship in the American College of Radiology
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S. F. Singer
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Washington County
Cancer Fund
Virgil Hering
Washington
Charles J. Murphy
Dubuque
Cleo Robertson
Singer
Vienna
Austria
International University Clinic
University of Vienna
United States
New Hampton
Ottumwa
American College of Radiology
Talk of Third Party in the South Gains Steam
Southern leaders discuss forming a third party as Kefauver wins Minnesota. South Carolina motions to allow delegates to back a third party if the nominee or platform displeases the South. Stevenson supporters question the Minnesota primary while Hodges predicts little impact on November. Sikes notes Kefauver’s vote-getting strength and calls for aggressive campaign in remaining primaries.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Estes Kefauvers
Minnesota
South Carolina
Columbia
Adlai Stevenson
South
Illinois
Stevenson
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Robert Sikes
Florida
Kefauver
Services Held For Mrs. Gerig In Wayland Friday
Mrs. Jacob Gerig 81 of Wayland died at home. Funeral at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Willard Leichty and Rev Vernon Roth. Body to Zehr Funeral Home then to the Gerig home and church. Burial in Sugar Creek Cemetery. Survivors include husband two sons Vernon Milburn a daughter Mrs Milton Roth two sisters one brother eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Preceded in death by son Victor in 1921 and four siblings.
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Wayland
Jacob Gerig
Sugar Creek
Anna Nebel
Henry County
Martin
Barbara Stuckey Nebel
Washington County
Vernon
Milburn
Milton Roth
Lena Kauffman
Martha Boshart
Sam Ne
Delay Ouster Hearing For Muscatine Chief
Muscatine Fire Chief Alex Bender’s ouster hearing was postponed to Monday as Mayor Walter Conway and two councilmen attend meetings in Washington. Firemen demanded his discharge for allegedly mishandling the department for over two years while officials seek a $300,000 flood control appropriation on the Mississippi River.
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Muscatine
Alex Bender
Walter Conway
Washington, D.C
Conway
Bender
Washington
House
Senate
Mississippi River
Methodist Choir Presents Easter Cantata The Crucifixion
Washington Methodist Church choir directed by Robert B. Ferrell performs John Stainer s The Crucifixion on Palm Sunday evening at 8 15 p m Sunday March 25. Soloists include Don Boyer Herbert Osincup Mrs William W Chmelar Mrs Warren Dare and others.
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Methodist Church
Washington
John Stainer
Robert B. Ferrell
Don Boyer
Herbert Osincup
William W. Chmelar
Azuba Park 87 Dies in Washington County Hospital
Miss Azuba Loretta Park 87 of 1016 Fast Main Street died at 7 50 a m today at Washington County Hospital after a week as a patient. Funeral set for 2 p m Saturday March 24 at Sherman s Funeral Home with Rev Walter A Smith officiating. Burial in Eureka Cemetery. Survivors include sister Mrs Dennis Brohm and several nieces. two brothers and four sisters are deceased. Born June 20 1868 in Marion township daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Nichols Park. educated in Eureka School and Washington Academy. lived in Eureka area before moving to Washington about 10 years ago. Methodist Church member both in Eureka and Washington.
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Azuba Loretta Park
Fast Main Street
Washington County Hospital
Sherman
Walter A. Smith
Eureka Cemetery
Miss Park
Marion Township
Elias and
Elizabeth (Nichols) Park
Eureka School
Washington Academy
Eureka
Washington
Methodist Church
Dennis Brohm
Seven year old Susan Hoke enjoys cast removal milestone
In Goshen Indiana Susan Hoke aged seven had a fractured leg cast removed and celebrated by going out to play. Earlier she had fallen and broken her arm, marking a setback before the recovery milestone.
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Goshen
Ind
Susan Hoke
200 Attend Area U. P. Meeting Here
About 200 attended the Keokuk presbyterial and presbytery gathering at the United Presbyterian church with delegates from Ainsworth Burlington Columbus City Crawfordsville Keokuk Keota Le Claire Morning Sun Stanwood West Chester and Winfield. Local greetings devotions and mission updates were given along with a pictorial visit to Palestine and Egypt by Mrs E L Haney. New officers and committee heads were elected and a budget chair appointed for benevolent mission work.
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Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Ainsworth
Burlington
Columbus City
Crawfordsville
Keota
le Claire
Morning Sun
Stanwood
West Chester
Winfield
Neill Trotman
Earl Monson
Carol McMillan
Aurora McIntyre
Ethel Weed
H. E. Phillips
VU. P. Home
William Stewart
Clifford Ramsdale
LeClaire
Donald Brush
Dale Brehmer
Palestine
Egypt
E. L. Haney
Haney
Missionary Societies
Canton
Ohio
Nellie Fry
J.B. Randolph
Miss McMillam
McIntyre
Weed
Philips
Bailey
R. E. Whisler
Porter Lee
Melvin Hill
Jay Brewer
Glenn McCall
Robert McFarlane
Robert Wiley
Clinton Hensel
Helen Fulton
Harriett Clendenning
E. F. Kimmel
Castor Oil History in Southern Illinois Industry
Castor oil production once centered in southern Illinois and served mainly lubrication uses rather than as a children's medicine.
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Illinois
George A Powers Taken by Death in Washington County
George A Powers 68 of 114 West Tyler Street died at 6 45 p m in Washington County Hospital after a two week stay from a heart condition. He was born March 4 1888 in Hamilton County Nebraska and moved to the Columbus Junction area as a child. He married Elizabeth Lathrop April 8 1918 in Montezuma and lived in several counties before settling in Washington 15 years ago. Survivors include his wife four daughters two sons seven grandchildren two brothers and one sister with eight siblings predeceased. Funeral services are set for Sunday March 25 at 3 p m at Shermans Funeral Home conducted by Rev Halsey E Wakelin. Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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George Almon Powers
West
Tyler Street
Washington County Hospital
Sherman
Halsey E. Wakelin
Elm Grove
Mr. Powers
Hamilton County
Nebraska
Chester Milton
Minnie Ida (Cross) Powers
Columbus Junction
Montezuma
Elizabeth Lathrop
Mahaska
Poweshiek
Louisa
Ainsworth
Washington
Wolf's Greenhouse
Lewis
Marian) Anderson
Evelyn E. Powers
Donald
Ruth) Gardner
Richard
Joyce) E. Wright
Des Moines
Darold Lloyd
Ronald Keith
David R. Powers
Forrest. Powers
Danville
Iowa
Ralph
Eva) Jones
Muscatine
Kiwanis President Calls Members To Stand At Meeting
Indianapolis report says Kiwanis Club president Cor win Geyer asked all attendees to stand if not wearing their lapel buttons. Among 13 who stood was Jack Raney, international Kiwanis president.
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Indianapolis
Corwin Geyer
Kiwanis Club
Jack Raney
International Kiwanis
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