Annual Meeting at Washington YMCA Highlights World Service
Washington YMCA holds its 38th annual meeting with Del Wedel outlining World Service impact. Five directors named including Don Kiesey re elected. new three year terms for Robert Van derlinden Richard Higgins Walter Westen and Dr. M R Flickinger. Treasurer Nels Westermark reports. Robert Gillesby discusses membership and volunteer support.
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Washington Ymca
Heard del Wedel
YMCA
Mr. Wedel
Japan
Don Kiesey
Robert Vanderlinden
Richard Higgins
Walter Westen
M. R. Flickinger
Nels Westermark
Robert Gillesby
Centaur Rocket Explodes on Maiden Flight Over Atlantic
Cape Canaveral scientists investigate a spectacular blast 55 seconds after liftoff of the Atlas Centaur rocket. The $4 million Centaur failed in its first test, breaking up 20 000 to 30 000 feet above the Atlantic and scattering debris and fuel. Astronaut Scott Carpenter’s planned flight remains uncertain pending cause analysis. Experts review film and telemetry to determine whether the Atlas or Centaur caused the failure.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
America
Atlantic Ocean
Scott Carpenter
Water Safety Instructors Certified by Local Red Cross
Tom Brown and Yale Jarvis earned Water Safety Instructor titles after training with Allie Montagne at the Iowa Wesleyan pool in Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Schiebel notes other local Red Cross lifeguard certs and junior and senior lifeguard awards issued by Milo Steele Jr. and instructors.
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Tom Brown
Yale Jarvis
Richard Schiebel
Red Cross
Allie Montagne
Iowa Wesleyan
Mt. Pleasant
Milo Steele Jr
Schiebel
Tom McSpadden
James Richart
Cheryl Anderson
Joe McCarthy
Sandy Hayes
Eddie Weeks
Milo Steele
Mike Steele
Mike Johnson
Congress Rejects Kennedy Tax Power
Washington sources report Congress rejected President Kennedy's standby authority to cut income taxes and did not plan hearings. Kennedy urged a temporary tax cut up to 10 billion and a $2 billion anti recession public works program, but lawmakers indicated limited support and moved to study the public works measure instead.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Kennedy
Sen
John J. Williams
Rdel
House
Senate
Senate Public Works Committee
Banking Committee
Mushrooms Brought In By Weekend Mushroomers
Don and Donna Gulling delivered a cake pan full of prime mushrooms to the Journal office. The couple, new to Washington, report harvesting over 400 mushrooms this week. They found the patch south of highway 30.
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Journal
Don Gulling
Donna
Washington
Don
Highway 30
Fourteen Complete Red Cross First Aid Course Cerified
Fourteen persons completed the Red Cross standard first aid course and were certified by instructor Mrs. Dale Booth per Dr. E. J. Vosika Red Cross aid chairman. They include Larry Chalupa Mrs W J Marie Jr William J Marie Jr Alex Ge oek Charles Van Winkle Mrs Charles Van Winkle Howard Lunning Vale Jarvis Mr and Mrs Alvin Shebeck Gerald W Kephart John A Cherry Kenneth Bauer and Max Donaldson.
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Red Cross
Dale Booth
E. J. Vosika
Larry Chalupa
W. J. Marie Jr
William J. Marie Jr
Alex Ge Oek
Charles van Winkle
Arles van Winkle
Howard Lunning Vale Jarvis
Alvin Shebeck
Gerald W. Kephart
John A. Cherry
Kenneth Bauer
Max Donaldson
Senate Rejects Curbs on Rights Debating Vote
The Senate defeated a bipartisan bid to curb debate on the voting rights bill and then blocked the measure itself. Leaders filed a second cloture petition to end the southern talkathon, with a Monday vote expected after a Thursday recess. Mansfield and Dirksen opposed their own tabling motion to force a clear vote on the bill.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Today
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Plane Crash Kills Six Airmen at Loring AFB Maine
A KC135 Stratotanker crashed during a refueling sortie at Loring Air Force Base in Maine. All six crew members died when the aircraft ditched into swampy woods shortly after takeoff. An Air Force board of inquiry investigates the cause while kin identities await notification.
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Limestone
Maine
UPI
Loring Air Force Base
Air Force
Air Force Board of
42Nd
42Nd Bombardment Wing
Death of Brighton Resident W D Wellington at 69
W D Wellington 69 died in his sleep at his Brighton home Tuesday night from a heart attack. He had been a resident of Brighton 11 years, a World War I veteran and retired farmer. Survived by widow Hattie Van Winkle a daughter June Miller and four sons Merritt Paul Lynn and William. Funeral arrangements indefinite with body at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton. Born August 10 1892 near New London.
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Willis David Wellington
Wellington
Gould Funeral Home
New London
Miner
Adeline Tucker Wellington
Hattie van Winkle
June Miller
Keota
Merritt
Washington
Paul
Cedar Rapids
Lynn
Columbus Junction
William
Iowa City
Kalona
Barbara E. Miller
Pleasantview
F. J. Bontrager
Enos Swartzendruber
Jonas J. Beachy
East Union Cemetery
Yoder Funeral
Bontrager
Miller
Iowa County
Jacob D
Susanna Swartzendruber Yoder
John J. Miller
Leroy
Thomas
Ainsworth Awards Night Planned In School Gym
Ainsworth The A i group will hold its annual awards night Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Ainsworth school gym. Parents and friends of the church are invited to attend.
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Southern Four
Logan Heilman
Lorene Holden
Karen Pohren
Wendell McConnell
Journal
Bob Elliott
Ainsworth
Ainsworth A i
Hughes Backs Liquor by the Drink in Iowa Local Option
Democratic governor candidate Harold Hughes urged a local option plan to legalize liquor by the drink while preserving a state monopoly. He expects $10 million annual profit increase and proposes a 10 percent tax plus $1000 minimum license, with per capita controls and dry-option referenda for counties. He also backs a rehabilitation program for alcoholics and notes most Democrats polled favor liquor by the drink.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Lewis Lint
Winterset
Ida Grove
Norman A. Erbe
Franklin Merger With Mid-Prairie Approved
Franklin Independent School District voters approved merging with Mid-Prairie Community School District by 19 to 2. The merger takes effect July 1, 1962, adding about four square miles in southern Iowa County. exact student counts in the area were not known.
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Mid-Prairie
Franklin
Iowa County
Texans linked to Estes probes face two deaths
Congressional investigators examine the deaths of Henry Marshall and George Krutilek tied to Billie Sol Estes operations. Marshall was found with rifle wounds near Franklin Texas. Krutilek died of heart disease in a Pecos area car near Clint Texas. Officials probe possible government ties and Estes commissions with Commercial Solvents.
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Washington
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Henry Marshall
George A. Krutilek
Marshall
Agriculture Department
Franklin
Tex
Texas Agriculture Stabilization Service
Estes
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Fl Paso
Krutilek
Pecos
Clint
Fred Bornstein
Krullek
Bornstein
Estes Enterprises
James A. McConnell
Mansfield
Walter C. Berger
Baltimore
McConnell
Eisenhower
Ezra T. Benson
Berger
Department
Commodity Stabilization Service
Kennedy
Commercial Solvents, Inc
New York
Rebels claim new victories in Laos amid U S policy criticism
UPI reports Laotian rebels claim gains in the northwest as critics question U S backing of a coalition with pro Communist factions. Peiping radio mentions clashes near Sam Neua Muong Boun May 3 and 4. Laos government says Nam Tha fallen and pursues retreating garrison as U S suspends economic aid to pressure coalition talks.
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Laos
UPI
U.S
Peiping
Tokyo
Sam Neua
Muong Boun
Nam _ Tha
Nam Tha
United States
Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
YMCA Camp Arrowhead Session For Boys Near Ottumwa
Washington Y offers 10 boys a July session at Camp Arrowhead near Ottumwa with boating canoeing swimming horseback riding riflery archery camp craft handicraft and nature lore supervised by Leo Bartlett. Cost is $20 and for information contact OL 3 2141 or stop by.
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YMCA
Washington Ymca
Arrowhead
Ottumwa
Leo Bartlett
Coffee Day in County Raises 217 Dollars for Charity
The annual Coffee Day in Washington County and Lone Tree raised 217.45 dollars on May 2. Chairman John Winga Sr. confirms the total, with funds sent to Des Moines for Iowa Restaurant Association tabulation. Proceeds aid mentally retarded children in Iowa.
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Washington County
John Winga Sr
Washington
Lone Tree
Des Moines
Iowa Restaurant Association
Lowa
YMCA Hamburgers Beans and Movie Feed
Boys may attend a hamburger bean feed at the YMCA Saturday at noon with registration due by 10 a.m. The cost is 60 cents. A movie titled Around the World With the Globe trotters will be shown at 12 30 p m. Boys may attend the movie only at 12 30 p m for 15 cents.
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YMCA
Globetrotters
Weather Outlook With Showers and Heat Ahead
The United Press International briefing notes considerable cloud cover with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Thursday. Locally heavy storms likely over the southwest this afternoon or evening, warmer in the far south tonight, cooler in the southwest and extreme west Thursday. Five day temps run 3 to 6 degrees below normal in the northeast and 2 to 4 below in the southwest. normal highs 66 northeast to 70 southwest, lows in the 40s north to 50s south. Precipitation 0.50 to 0.80 inches generally, with higher totals in storms Thursday and again Saturday night or Sunday ending Monday.
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United Press International
Iowa
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