Beck's Mortgage Deals Linked to Widow Fund Profit
Senate Labor Rackets Committee said Beck and Seattle banker Donal Hedlund profited $11,585 from selling mortgages to the Raymond Leheney Memorial Fund widow, while Beck acted as trustee of both union funds. The arrangement involved National Mortgages Inc and The Investment Co with brokerage fees shared by Beck Hedlund and Wampold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Llp
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Beck
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Donal Hedlund
Seattle
Hedlund
Raymond Leheney
Memorial Fund
Leheney
National Mortgages Inc
Joseph McEvoy
the Investment Co
Beck, Hedlund
Teamsters
Simon Wampold
Wampold
Rosa Richards Funeral Set Near Wayland
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Richards will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Green Mound Church. She died at her home southwest of Wayland at 3 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Rosa Richards
Green Mound
Lost New York Truck Ditches Near Case Field
A semi owned by a New York manufacturer slid into a ditch near Case Field at 2:30 AM after the driver misrouted through town. Crews spent about six and a half hours freeing the vehicle before it was moved. The load consisted of cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Case Field
Legionnaires to Attend Rapp Rites Saturday
Members of Leon Beatty American Legion post will meet at the Legion rooms Saturday at 1 30 p m to attend the funeral services for Marion K Rapp. Mr Rapp died Thursday evening and was a post commander and executive committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Legion Rooms
Marion K. Rapp
Rapp
Leon Beatty Post
Widmer, Christian G., Dies at 77 in Mt. Pleasant
Christian G Widmer, 77, died at Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant after weeks of illness. Funeral services set for Monday at Crayne's Funeral Home Mt Pleasant and Eicher Mennonite Church near Wayland with burial in Eicher Cemetery. Born April 11 1880 in France he came to the United States at 16 and farmed near Swedesburg. Survived by wife Katie E Laws a son Lloyd two daughters Mrs Ralph Hildrant and Gilbert and Lloyd and one brother John and one sister Anna Widmer. Preceded in death by two sons and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian G. Widmer
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Crayne
Eicher Mennonite Church
Wayland
Eicher
Mr. Widmer
France
Christian
Barbara Graber Widmer
United States
Swedesburg
Katie E. Laws
Lloyd
Morning Sun
Ralph Hildrant
Gilbert
Kewanee
Ill
John
Washington
Anna Widmer
Washington State
Colombia Overthrows Government In Military Junta
In Bogota the government of President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla fell as Maj. Gen. Alfredo Duarte Blum Brig. Gen. Deogracias Fonseca and Maj. Gen. Gabriel Paris formed a civilian military junta. Violence and protests accompanied the collapse amid calls for civilian control.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Alfredo Duarte Blum
Deogracias Fonseca
Gabriel Paris
Rojas Pinilla
Ezio Pinza Dies at 64 in New York Service Planned
Funeral set for Ezio Pinza operatic star who died Thursday at 64. Canon Edward N. West to officiate at 11 a.m. service at Cathedral of St John the Divine. Eleanor Steber will sing Ave Maria from Otello. burial in Putnam Cemetery Greenwich Connecticut.
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New York
Ezio Pinza
Edward N. West
St. John the Divine
Eleanor Steber
Metropolitan Opera Co
Pinza
Episcopal Cathedral
Putnam Cemetery
Greenwich
Conn
Soviet seeks joint U S UK act to end nuclear tests
The Supreme Soviet asked America and Britain to form a joint committee to ban nuclear tests and weapons. Gromyko defended continued Soviet weapons production while accusing the West of blocking disarmament and called for immediate global cessation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Gromyko
Dmitri Shepilov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Spanish picnic cheers high school student culture
A Wednesday night Spanish picnic at Jim Morrison’s home, hosted by the second year class for first year students, featured American and Spanish dishes. About 50 Spanish students attended with Mrs Bruns and Mr Bruns as chaperones. Plans for a Lake Darling picnic May 29 were announced by Letter Club. Karen Swanson and Dick Horak, Hi-Life editors, say the 1957 annual will arrive on class day as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Morrison
Bruns
Lake Darling
Karen Swanson
Dick Horak
Mace Receives Rotary's Distinguished Service Award
Glen E. Mace, Washington businessman and civic leader, is honored with the Washington Rotary Club’s Community Service Award for lifetime service. He has served as mayor, city councilman, school board member, first City Planning Commission chair, and led war bond drives.
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Glen E. Mace
Washington
Washington Rotary Club
YMCA
Mace
First Chamber of Commerce
City Planning Commission
House committee trims soil bank funds in farm budget cut
The House Appropriations Committee slashed 272.6 million dollars from Eisenhower’s farm budget request, mainly by reducing soil bank payments to farmers. The move signals a potential overall farm program cut of about 500 million below the admin’s 5.3 billion estimate, with White House plans for TV radio speeches to defend peacetime spending. The floor debate is slated for next week on the 3.69 billion dollar military and agriculture bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
White House
First Farm
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Congress
Jamie L. Whitten
Samuel Cutkomp 62 Dies at Muscatine General Hospital
Samuel M. Cutkomp of Columbus City died this morning at Muscatine General Hospital. Funeral service set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev. George C. Pennington officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. He was born January 8 1895 near the area, married June 26 1920 to Dimple Pine, and was an interior decorator. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Daryl Bitting and Mrs. John C. Beck, five grandchildren, and two brothers Thomas of Davenport and Herman of Mississippi.
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Columbus Junction
Samuel M. Cutkomp
Columbus City
Muscatine General Hospital
Stacy
George C. Pennington
Mr. Cutkomp
Here
Benjamin
Sarah Leona Cutkomp
Dimple
Rev Merle Booth To Speak at Prairie Flower Service
Rev Merle Booth pastor of Bible Baptist Church Santa Maria California will be guest speaker Sunday morning at Prairie Flower Baptist Church. Booth is the son of Mrs W D Booth of Washington and formerly was pastor at Prairie Flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Booth
Prairie Flower
Bible Baptist Church of
Santa Maria
Calif
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Booth
W. D. Booth
Washington
Contour Layout Dominates SCS Work in Washington County
Contour layout remains the primary activity for soil conservation workers in Washington County. G W Rosenkild notes widespread contouring aided by crews from Ainsworth Wellman Riverside Kalona and other communities with additional tiling and terracing projects underway or completed on farms in multiple towns.
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Washington County Soil
Paul Beenblossom
Clyde Crile
Washington
Allan Zook
John Hershberger
Ivan Enfield
Esther Hamilton
Wellman
Robert Greiner
Dale Vincent
Keota
Paul Leichty
Obert Dennis
Fred Morgan
Ben Harrison
Louis Weber
Glenn Gerot
Lee Meeks
Warren Donaldson
Haskins
Walter Wilson
Carl Harbison
Otto Walton
Brighton
Fred Kucera
Riverside
Alvin Horak
Ainsworth
David Schantz
Moses Yoder
Willam B. Conrad
Wayland
Victor Stacy
C. F. Kessler
Mathias Trabert
Rubio
Ten Airmen Rescued From Ditching Off Oahu
In a Pacific rescue 10 Navy Neptune patrol crewmen were saved in good condition after ditching 170 miles southwest of Oahu. They boarded a life raft and were picked up by the submarine USS Bream four hours later. no injuries were reported.
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Honolulu
Navy
Neptune
Pacific Ocean
Oahu
Bream
Patrol Squadron 28
Barbers Point Naval Air Station
Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Burlington Dentist Fined for Tax Evasion
Des Moines bulletin reports Dr. Norman R. Samuelson a 45 year old Burlington dentist was fined 10000 dollars on three counts of federal income tax evasion. He was given 30 days to pay or face jail. He pleaded guilty to evading taxes for 1951 1952 and 1953 with a reported income of 51678 while declaring 24774 and alleged unreported fees from many patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Norman R. Samuelson
Burlington
Samuelson
John C. Stevens
U.S
Stevens
Death of Kalona area farmer Wilson H. Miller at 73
Wilson H. Miller, 73, died at his farm home six miles north of Kalona after a heart attack. Funeral services pending with Peterseim Funeral Home. A memorial fund for the heart fund has been started. He was born August 17, 1883, son of Abraham and Jane Miller, a retired farmer. Survived by wife Emma Cupp and three brothers Leonard, Theodore, Park plus one sister Mrs. George Leventry.
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Leonard
Sarasota, Fla
Theodore
Hooversville
Park Miller
Goodell
Iowa
George Leventry
Freshmen Betsy Grenawalt Creates School Picture on Blackboard
Betsy Grenawalt, a freshman, works on a new school picture on the library blackboard. Hazel Barr finishes a bulletin board in the study hall using book covers with a baseball theme. Remarks begin about Washington joining a new conference after next year.
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Betsy Grenawalt
Hazel Barr
Probe of Highway Bid Padding Opens New Iowa Group
Des Moines reporters note the Iowa legislature forms a new investigating committee to probe bid padding in the Iowa Highway Commission. Rep. Clark McNeal chairs with Sen. Duane Dewel and Rep. Scott Swisher as officers. The panel plans to start the highway probe at its next meeting and may use two state crime investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Highway Commission
Legislative
Clark McNeal
R-Belmond
McNeal
Duane Dewel
R-Algona
Scott Swisher
D Lown City
Norman Erbe
Highway Commission
Don G. Swanson
Erbe
Herschel C. Loveless
Commission
Robert Beck
Beck
Democratic Party
Iowa
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Schooley Funeral Held in Brighton for Mary Elizabeth Schooley
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Schooley were set for Saturday at 2 pm in the Brighton Methodist Church with Rev. Nancy J. Nichols. Burial followed in Brighton Cemetery. She died May 7 1957 in Des Moines. Survivors include seven sons eight daughters numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Brighton
Mary Elizabeth Schooley
Brighton Methodist Church
Nancy J. Nichols
Schooley
Des Moines
John and
Julietta Lowe Barnett
Marion Schooley
Laton
Nelson
Ottumwa
Dale
Ray
Lester
John
Roy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Arnold Smith
van Nuys
Calif
E. W. Duttweiler
Wellman
Grace Harris
Rites at Junction for Mrs William Teel
Graveside rites will be held in Columbus City cemetery Saturday morning May 11 for Mrs William S Teel 80 of Davenport. She died Tuesday in Davenport Osteopathic hospital after a long illness. The couple lived here from 1902 until 1930 when they moved to Davenport.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus City Cemetery
William S. Teel
Davenport
Harvey to Close Tonight at Washington High School
The Y's Men’s Club troupe presents Harvey in the Washington High School auditorium with tonight’s final show at 8 o’clock. Tickets are sold at the door until curtain time. The comedy follows Elwood P. Dowd and his invisible rabbit friend Harvey through three acts, drawing strong audience reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Washington High School
Y’s
Elwood P. Dowd
Pooka
Mr. Dowd
Fires Rage Across New England Forcing Evacuations
Massive wildfires sweep Massachusetts and nearby states with hundreds forced to flee. More than 5 fires burn out of control in Massachusetts near Plymouth and Montague as 7,000 firefighters plus volunteers battle the blazes and guard mobilization is discussed. Arson reports surface and major damage includes hundreds of homes and thousands of acres burned from Maine to New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont
Plymouth
Montague
University of Massachusetts
Lake Pleasant
Manchester
Amesbury
Milton
Dudley
Billerica
Boylston
Foster Furcolo
Massachusetts National Guard
Civil Defense
West Kennebunk
Lubec
United States
New Hampshire Forest
Pembroke
Mrs Earl J Birney Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Earl J Birney of 1608 Washington Street SE Cedar Rapids died suddenly Thursday night after a heart attack. Funeral arrangements were undetermined but burial will be here. She was sister in law of Homer C Birney and H C Finney of Washington.
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Earl J. Birney
Washington Street
Cedar Rapids
Korean Bonus Test Is Now in District Court
In Des Moines Judge Tom Murrow heard a test case on Iowa's Korean bonus bonds worth 26 million dollars. Albert F. Faber, editor of the Iowa Legionnaire, filed the case challenging the monies and credits tax used to pay the bonds. State officials expect multiple test cases before investment houses will buy the bonds and cite World War I precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Tom Murrow
Murrow
Albert F. Faber
The
Iowa Legionnaire
Iowa American Legion
Weather forecast for Iowa with mixed showers and cooler next week
United Press Iowa reports scattered showers mainly in the extreme east ending tonight. Elsewhere partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows around 40 to 48. Saturday brings fair to partly cloudy skies, warmer with highs 65 to 73. Sunday turns partly cloudy and cooler. Temperatures through Wednesday run 6 to 12 degrees below normal with normal highs 61 to 71 and normals lows 44 to 48. Cooler Sunday. warmer Monday or Tuesday. Precipitation probability from Tuesday into Wednesday.
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United Press
Iowa
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Parliament
Mrs. Rosa Richards
G. E. Mace
Rotary
Melvin Hill
Cloid Willits
Hill
Highland University
New Mexico
Mr. Mace
Highland Township
Washington County
J. E. Lemmon
Iowa City
Bill Boshart
SCS
Wilson H. Miller
Kalona
William Teel
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