Iowa Liquor Commissioners Say No Free Sample Records
Iowa Liquor Control Commission members admit no records exist for free liquor samples from distillers. They say no state ownership and no requirement to keep such records, though liquor seals were used on bottles. Senate committee probes governor’s corruption charges continues as officials meet and review related reports.
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UPI
Iowa
Veterans Hospital
Senate
Erbe
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D. C. Nolan
Aiowa City
Nolan
State Auditing Department
Senate Investigating Committee
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Iowa Supreme Court Voids Trading Stamps Tax Exemption
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that trading stamps are mainly advertising and promotion, not discounts on purchase. The decision reverses a lower court ruling favoring Bennet Tea Co of Burlington, upholding the state's 2 percent sales tax on the stamps and denying the exemption.
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UPS
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Bennet Tea Co
Burlington
S&h
State Tax Commission
Highs
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Tax Commission
Benner Tea Company
Teen-Age Roadeo Tests Slated For This Week
More than 40 Washington High School students completed the written portion of the annual Jaycee Teenage Roadeo this morning. Driving skills tests are set for Thursday afternoon in front of the high school, with Floyd Woods serving as Jaycees chairman this year.
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Washington High School
Jaycee
Roadeo
Floyd Woods
Jaycees
FBI Fugitive Tries Davenport Holdup
A man identified as John J. Hyland 44 Yuma Ariz is really George Martin Bradley Jr wanted for a Stuart Fla bank robbery. After threatening a homemade bomb he was captured by a police officer and charged with Federal Bank Robbery Law violation held on 25000 bond.
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UPI
Savings and Loan Association
FBI
John J. Hyland
Yuma
Ariz
George Martin Bradley Jr
Stuart
Fla
Atty
Robert K. Kennedy
Washington
John Hyland
U. S
William Evans
Paul Josinger
First Federal Savings and Loan
Josinger
M & R Drive In Opens Under New Ownership
The M and R Drive In on West Madison Street opened for the summer season under new owners Marge Sorrell and Ruth Dunbar who bought the business from Tim Dodd. A grand opening is planned soon.
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West Madison Street
Marge Sorrell
Ruth Dunbar
Tim Dodd
Death of Boyd Stephens 84 Pioneer Farmer of Washington County
Boyd Stephens aged 84 longtime Washington County farmer died of a heart attack Monday May 1 1961 in Lancaster Ohio where he wintered with a daughter. Funeral 1 30 p m Thursday at Jones Funeral Home Rev S Ray Blair in charge burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary Masson a daughter Mrs James Taylor son Harold four grandchildren and sister Mrs Malcom Montgomery. He was born Feb 11 1877 attended Washington Academy and belonged to the Associate Presbyterian Church.
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Robert Boyd Stephens
Washington County
Washington
Lancaster
Ohio
Mrs. Stephens
South
Second Avenue
Mr. Stephens
Jones Funeral Home
S. Ray Blair
Elm Grove Cemetery
Alexander and
Matilda Dawson Stephens
Washington Academy
Mary Mass
Associate Presbyterian Church
James Taylor
Harold
Malcom Montgomery
Ainsworth
Music Concert By Junior High Groups
A large crowd attended the junior high school spring concert held in the high school gym. Director Alan Bergstrom led the band and Mrs. Dean Stanley directed the vocal program with seventh and eighth grade girls sextets. Accompanists were Beverly Smith and Mollie Kneen.
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Alan Bergstrom
Dean Stanley
Beverly Smith
Mollie Kneen
Mrs. Stanley
Kathy Darbyshire
Chris McCleery
Pam Miller
Jean Morrison
Donna Rhodes
Carol Wilson
Shirley Goemaat
Jan Heaton
Pat Lewis
Daylene McAvoy
Janet Osineup
Sally Owen
More Land Annexed At City Council Meeting
The city council approved adding land just outside the southeast city limits at Washington city hall. The parcel owned by Charles Robison lies east and north of Case Field and is the second annexation this year after a 14 acre, 24 lot tract. Other items covered street and sewer program issues.
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Washington
Charles Robison
Case Field
Robison
Iowa Senate approves compromise redistricting plan
The Iowa Senate backed a conference committee report on a congressional remap by a 31-18 roll call after a standing vote. The plan reduces eight districts to seven, keeps the 5th District in central Iowa as a Democratic stronghold but packs counties to group Republicans, drawing protest from critics.
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UPI
Iowa Senate
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa
Clifford Nystrom
Boone
Joseph Coleman
Clare
Polk
Story
Webster
Court Day Mock Trial Attracts Area Seniors
About 250 Washington County high school seniors attended a court house event tied to National Law Day. District Judge L R Carson presided as mock trial jurors deliberated briefly and awarded the plaintiff $300. Harold Boyd Robert Day and Robert Bates organized the proceedings and Law Day observations.
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Washington County High School
Court House
Washington County Bar Association
L. R. Carson
Iowa
Harold Boyd
Robert Day
Cease fire efforts in Laos amid civil war tensions
On the ground in VIENTIANE the royal Laotian army and Pathet Lao rebels halted fighting on a Luang Prabang corridor and sought expansion of the truce to other fronts. Officials reported rebel advances toward Nam Tha while international pressure on Geneva talks persisted.
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Six Die in Iowa Fires and Machinery Accidents
United Press International reports six Iowans killed in a 24 hour span. Des Moines resident Florence Hoover died of severe burns after a rubbish fire. Deep River man William Morgan perished when his sweater caught fire during lighting his pipe. Cedar Rapids widow LW Stone died in a chair fire. Two boys and a farmer died in tractor and ditch digger accidents near Ida Grove Fort Madison and Des Moines.
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United Press International
Florence Hoover
Des Moines
Hoover
Broadlawns Hospital
Deep River
Wiliam Morgan
Cedar Rapids
LW Stone
Donald Miesner
Ida Grove
Leonard Miesner
Lee Westfall
Fort Madison
David Clark
Capital City
Robert Clark
No Action On Time By Richland Council
Richland town council met Monday night and discussed daylight saving time but took no definite action. The meeting also covered issues from the street widening project, including plans to widen one mile of paving north-south and the need to remove several trees in front of homes.
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Richland Council
Richland
Ronald Spaulding Dies at Fairfield Hospital
Ronald Spaulding 77 died Monday morning at Fairfield area hospital after years of ill health. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p.m. Gould Funeral Home Richland with Rev Ronald Crandal presiding. Burial Richland Friends Cemetery. A Richland Fairfield resident born September 2 1883 in Jefferson County he married Emma Headley January 15 1908 who survives. He was a Methodist and predeceased by brother Leon Beatty. American Legion post will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in city hall legion rooms.
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Ronald Spaulding
Fairfield
Gould
Ronald Crandal
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Richland Friends Cemetery
Spaulding
Jefferson County
Oberland
Rosella Gowey Spauld
Leon Beatty
American Legion Post
Legion Rooms
Neighbors Aid Do Ornduff Farm Work
Neighbors and friends helped Kenneth Ornduff on his farm after hospitalization. Volunteers plowed disced and moved hogs on the week, with additional meals provided by local women. Contributors include Leroy Van Auken Gene Stephens Russell Dunsmore Joe Wood Marlin Owen Dennis Stout Orville Tappan Bryce Lord Glen Lord Bob Bruegge Bill Stout Howard Ford Harold Gerdes and others. Additional helpers on Monday and today listed.
Weather Delays First US Manned Space Flight at Cape Canaveral
Bad weather postponed the Mercury launch of Alan B Shepard Jr. for at least 48 hours. Backup astronaut Virgil J. Grissom stands by as NASA officials reassess conditions downrange and prepare the Redstone rocket for a future lift off.
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UPI
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Alan B Shepard Jr
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Atlantic Missile Range
Redstone
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James E. Webb
Naut
Capt
Jean McKay
Illmo
Air Force Dietitian
Florida
Red Cross Plans Swim Course for Washington County
Mrs. Milo Steele Jr water safety chairman and Red Cross instructors prepare the 1961 learn to swim program at Washington City Pool from June 19 to July 28. Six new instructors train May 1–5 at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant. Residents 8 years by July end and Washington County residents only may enroll. Registration forms available elsewhere in this issue. sign and return to Red Cross office or take forms to the student’s school if using buses. in-school registrations begin after May 16.
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Milo Steele Jr
Don Taylor
Washington City
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Red Cross
Rites at Junction For Mrs. Mary Billings, 92
Mrs. Mary Jane Carter Billings died Monday in Rock Island at age 92. Funeral at Stacy Funeral Home Thursday 10 a.m. with Rev. Robert Parris. burial at 2 p.m. in Lucas. Survived by two sons Charles and Harold, one daughter Mrs Claude Sydebotham, five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Also two brothers and two sisters.
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Mary Jane Carter Billings
Rock Island
Charles Carter
Stacy Funeral Home
Robert Parris
Lucas, Sa
Washington Retarded Children Association Meeting
The Washington Retarded Children’s Association will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the nurses home. Election of officers will be held.
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Washington Retarded Children's Association
Becoming Partly Cloudy With Showers Across Iowa
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers mainly in the northwest and southwest. Warmer temperatures are expected west tonight and statewide Wednesday. Lows tonight range from the 30s east to near 40 in the west, with Wednesday highs around the mid 60s to 70. Thursday outlook shows partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers in the south.
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