Indictment Ties Cuban Plane Run to Havana Plot
Federal grand jury in Miami indicts William J. Shergalis and Hector Garcia Soto for acting as foreign agents in a staged Havana plan to fly Cubans to the United States. Howard Rundquist is named as a conspirator. Shergalis and Rundquist remain jailed in Cuba.
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School Plans Highlight Kiwanis Meeting in Washington
Supt John Phleger and assistant Edward U Hutchcroft outlined the proposed Washington school building program at the Kiwanis Club meeting. Kiwanians sharing fishing trip memories included Norman Schoonover Gib Mills Bill Mills Leon Hillman Herb Osincup John Meyers. T M Nelson joined as a new member bringing a 14 year perfect attendance record.
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Edward U Hutchcroft
Washington
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Norman Schoonover
Gib Mills
Bill Mills
Leon Hillman
Herb Osincup
John Meyers
T M. Nelson
Penney
Washington Group
Nelson
Combined Concert At School Tonight
The local high school band and chorus present a joint concert in the school gym at 8 p.m. under Alan Bergstrom and Vernon Feuerheim. The program features a band mix of classics and show tunes, vocal numbers by the glee clubs and mixed chorus, a tympani solo by Bill Yordy, a flute trio, and selections from My Fair Lady with guest vocalist Bill Wessler. A National Capital March opens the instrumental portion, with Pictures At An Exhibition and The Stars and Stripes Forever among others.
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Girls Glee Club
Boy's Glee Club
Vernon Feuerheilm
Bill Yordy
Bill Wessler
Vernon Feuerhelm
Chamber Opposes Deficit and Federal Spending
The US Chamber of Commerce reaffirmed for three years its opposition to deficit federal spending and federal aid for education, public power projects, and price regulation of natural gas and petroleum. It backed a balanced budget and reciprocal trade and urged scholarships and ethical advertising at its 48th annual meeting.
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National Business Organizations
Junction to Take Poll On Time Question
Columbus Junction voters decide on daylight saving time or standard time in a May 7 poll run by the Columbus Community Club. The noon to 8 p m vote is open to locals and farmers and will be held at the former Thatcher insurance office. Election committee members include Dr Forrest Edkin H M Duncan Victory Stacy William Fulton and James B Helmick.
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William Fulton
Columbus Gazette
Jack ‘Thatcher
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H. M. Duncan
Victory Stacy
James B. Helmick
Bomb Joke Delays Braniff Flight From St Louis
A Braniff plane from St Louis to Minneapolis landed near Ottumwa after a passenger Julian Jackson Kirkwood Missouri joked about a bomb. He was questioned by detectives and FBI agents and released after the remark was found inadvertent. The flight resumed to Minneapolis with 26 aboard including Iowa Adj Gen Fred C Tandy. Time for Toastmasters meeting moved to 8 PM CDT on May 9.
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Minneapolis
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Kirkwood
FBI
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Jean Holder
Ottumwa
Iowa
Iowa Adj
Fred C. Tandy
The
National Guard
Eisenhower orders probe into downed U2 claim
President Eisenhower ordered a full inquiry and prompt report on the alleged shooting down of a U2 over Russia as Khrushchev warned of little hope for the Paris summit. White House and State Department officials said NASA reported the missing aircraft and no Soviet protest had been received.
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Moscow
Compromise On Aid to Jobless Probed by Congress
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged an easy compromise between a House approved 251 million dollar aid bill and a Senate 389 million dollar version for areas with chronic unemployment. He argued the measure would help people help themselves, not be charity. The defense bill for 1961 totals 39.3 billion dollars to fund global forces and space-age weapons, with House action planned and Mahon predicting passage with minimal changes.
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Georgetown University Hospital
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George H. Mahon
D . Tex
Appropriations
Khrushchev: Soviet shot down American plane in Soviet territory
Premier Khrushchev told the Supreme Soviet the USSR shot down an American plane inside Soviet soil. He warned Washington against provocation ahead of the Paris Big Four summit and accused the United States of cold war actions and threats. He noted a prior overflight on April 9 and commented on NATO and CENTO bases around the Soviet Union.
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UPI
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Washington
U.S
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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U.S. State Department
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
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CENTO
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Communist Party
Washington High School lists 105 seniors for graduation
Principal Robert Ferrell announces 105 candidates for diplomas at Washington High School commencement on May 31 in the gym. The class includes 49 boys and 56 girls with baccalaureate services Sunday preceding the ceremony. The list names both male and female seniors in detail.
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Washington High School
Robert B. Ferrell
Ferrell
Doubt Congress Will Okay Medical Plan
Democratic Congress appeared likely today to reject the big budget boosting program of medical care for the elderly proposed by the Eisenhower administration. Governors and lawmakers weighed a self financing plan with higher taxes to cover some benefits while questions remained on state funding shares.
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UPI
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Arthur
Crowds Flock to Princess Margaret Wedding Route
Britain shows wedding fever as 500000 prepare to flood the procession route to Westminster Abbey for Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong Jones. Huge crowds press Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, while Armstrong Jones attends a pre wedding ball. Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother join celebrations.
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Urge Registrations For Annual Red Cross Learn To Swim
The Red Cross summer learn to swim program at the Washington Municipal Pool invites boys and girls to register now. Call or visit the Red Cross office on the north side of the square in Washington. Residents within the city and rural residents not riding buses from nearby towns should register here. W. H. Boekelman, water safety chairman, stressed that registrations must be completed soon.
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Loveless weighs Ike health plan as Iowa study starts
Des Moines Iowa Governor Herschel C Loveless said he would study elderly welfare needs in Iowa against the proposed health program and likely decide on support or opposition by next week He criticized the plan to deny benefits to those 65 or older with income tax returns or higher incomes and questioned the states share of payments and sliding scale.
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UPI
Herschel C. Loveless
Eisenhower
State Social Welfare Department
Iowa
Loveless
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Showers and thunderstorms tonight and again Friday across the state with heavy storms possible in the west this afternoon. Friday brings rain in central and western areas with cooler temperatures. Lows range from the mid 40s northwest to near 60 southeast. highs Friday from about 50 northwest to 60 southeast. Saturday looks clear and warmer in the west with continued cool and rain ending in the east.
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