Y Directors Elected and YMCA Progress Report
The Washington Community YMCA held its annual meeting with 113 attendees in the community room. Five directors were elected to three year terms while Ronald F. Kraft of Milwaukee spoke on YMCA significance and Paul V. Shearer urged continued support for local and rural YMCA activities.
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Washington Community Ymca
Perons
YMCA
Ronald F. Kraft
Milwaukee
Shearer
Paul V. Shearer
Washington Ymca
Washington
G. E. Montgomery
Robert Brewer
Robert Everetts
Verle Gallagher
Logan Heilman
Bill Boshart
R. E. Arthur
George C. Stewart
Stewart
Kraft
Smith says Eisenhower may retire after 1956
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith told 1500 Republican women she believes President Eisenhower prefers to retire after 1956 and warns against relying on his popularity. She hopes he runs again but doubts he will seek reelection and urges polls to find future GOP leaders for president and vice president.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Eisenhower
Maine
Dwight Eisenhower
Hartford man dies en route to hospital in Iowa City
87 year old Ervine Hartington of near Certisle dies of natural causes in an ambulance four miles west of Washington. Washington county coroner Dr. W. S. Kyle investigates the death after being summoned at 10 p.m. Tuesday by ambulance attendants.
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W. S. Kyle
Washington County
Hartford
Iowa
Iowa City
Drought Cuts Winter Wheat Crop In 1955 Outlook
The Agriculture Department reports the May 1 1955 winter wheat crop at 652,886,000 bushels, down 9,000,000 from earlier estimates due to drought and dust storms in the southern Great Plains. Overall all wheat production is about 830,000,000 bushels with spring wheat added, below needs but buffered by large carryover stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Schoonover Marks Second Anniversary
Norman Schoonover marks two years since purchasing Lemmon Pharmacy in Washington turning it into Schoonover Drug. Lemmon Pharmacy had served 54 years. Remodeling and re arranging completed during the anniversary weekend with Black Cat days organized by the Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Schoonover
Washington
Lemmon Pharmacy
J. E. Lemmon
Lemmon
Schoonover Drug
Norman
Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Committee
Kroll Arraigned On Old Murder Charges
Raymond T. Kroll 47 of Davenport Iowa pinsetter was arraigned in justice court on a murder charge from 1930 at Readstown Vernon County. He confessed saying his conscience bothered him and waived further hearings. He is married with four children and implicated two other men in the Readstown cottage slaying.
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Vernon County
Wayne Schlintz
Kroll
Clarence Southerland
Readstown
Representative Patrick Undergoes Major Surgery
Rep Russell Patrick of Hawarden underwent major surgery at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Officials would not disclose his condition or the ailment. Patrick had been named the outstanding member of the Iowa House by reporters at the last session.
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Iowa City
Russel Patrick
R-Hawarden
Patrick
Iowa House
Chester FHA Style Show and Tea in West Chester
West Chester FHA chapter sponsors a style show and silver tea on Tuesday May 17 at 2 p.m. in West Chester High School gymnasium. Public invited. Mrs. Margaret Small notes outfits were made by home economics classes. Installations of new officers precede the show and the tea follows.
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West Chester
FHA
West Chester High School
Margaret Small
Don Pyke Dies in St. Louis Former Washington Resident
Don O. Pyke 54 former Washington resident died after noon Monday in St. Louis. He was advertising and sales promotion manager for Graham Paper Company and former president of the Advertising Club of St. Louis. Survivors include his widow Kathryn Pyke, his mother Mrs. Margaret Pyke and sister Miss Martha Pyke.
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Don O. Pyke
Washington
Don
St. Louis
St. Louis Globe
Mr. Pyke
Advertising Club of
Cassell- Watkins-Paul, Inc
Olive St
Pyke
Graham Paper Company
Baxter Road
Chesterfield
Trains Resume on L and N Lines as Bell Strike Escalates
Louisville and Nashville resumes service after a 59 day stoppage with a 90 car freight to Cincinnati as engines move or wait in Louisville. Southern Bell Telephone strike sees fresh violence across nine states amid ongoing stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Southern
J. Gavin Whitsett
L&n
Louisville
Cincinnati
Southern Bell
Eisenhower cites public pressure in rushed polio vaccine release
President Eisenhower acknowledged strong public pressure may have accelerated the Salk polio vaccine release. He said scientists possibly cut a corner but remained confident the vaccine will ultimately eliminate infantile paralysis. A batch by batch safety check was ordered to resume inoculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Ile
Public Health Service
Parke-Davis Laboratories
Detroit
Edith's Tavern Robbed in Early Morning Burglary
Burglars forced the rear door of Edith's tavern between midnight and 7 a.m. and stole several cartons of cigarettes and cigars plus cash. The jukebox coins were also taken, according to a sheriff's office report.
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Edith
Rep Gross Calls For Benson Retirement Over Farm Policies
Rep H R Gross Republican Iowa urged Secretary Ezra Benson to retire criticizing administration farm policies. He attacked 90 percent price support plans and warned about grain dumping by Canada and other nations. He cited five year imports exceeding exports by about a billion dollars annually and questioned a diabolical Washington scheme.
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Washington
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Ezra T. Benson
Gross
Department of Agriculture
Utah
United States
Canada
Iowa Drops The Corn State Slogan From Plates
Gov. Leo A. Hoegh announced Iowa will drop the slogan The Corn State from license plates. He cited pride in other Iowa strengths and said larger numerals will aid law enforcement. New plates will be 6 by 12 inches on lighter steel, mailed for 8 cents. The bill funds 14.035 million dollars annually for state institutions, boosting staff and services.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Hoegh
Board of Control Institutions
Tama Man Shoots Self To Avoid Search Party
Russell Spear, 44, of Tama, shot himself as a search posse closed in on him in Tama Toledo County Club golf course area. He had been released from jail on condition to make time payments on a driving while intoxicated fine but did not keep up with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Iowa
Russell Spear
Tama
Spear
Leon
Tama-Toledo County Club
Holmes Funeral Service Set For Thursday
Funeral services for T. M. Holmes will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Federated Presbyterian church in Crawfordsville. Rev. Earnest Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in Crawfordsville Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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T. M. Holmes
Federated Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Earnest Smith
Jones Funeral Home
United States to Permit Russian Official Agricultural Delegation
The United States said it will allow Russia to send an official delegation of agricultural representatives to study American farming methods, likely this summer. Officials noted fingerprinting will not be required for official visitors, and the Russians may visit Iowa. an unofficial farmer delegation will tour the U S S R in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Lincoln White
Warming Trend Heads Across Iowa State
A warming trend began in Iowa with mild temperatures forecast through Friday. The Des Moines Weather Bureau warned of scattered showers and thunderstorms likely to start in western Iowa Thursday night and spread statewide Friday. Lows ranged from 39 at Spencer to 48 at Des Moines with 50s expected tonight and cooler readings by Saturday.
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Iowa
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Prospect
Spencer
Des Moines
Steelworkers Map Demands for Major Wage Increase
CIO United Steel Workers officials meeting in Pittsburgh framed demands for a very substantial wage increase. The contract proposals target the steel and ore mining sector, to be presented to the industry later this month, affecting about half of the union’s 1,200,000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
USW
Prize Winners Named In Black Cat Poster Contest
Stewart and Lincoln school students competed in a black cat cutout poster contest. Prizes ranged from 5 to 1 dollars with Evelyn Stout and Roma Simons among top winners. The annual Black Cat Days promotion runs through Friday and Saturday with 2 dollar bills used by participating merchants.
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Harold Johnson
Bruce Milne
Leon Hillman
Stewart and
Lincoln
Stewart
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Evelyn Stout
Lincoln School
Roma Simons
Susie White
Lincoln -Evelyn Stout
Nancy Osincup
Robin Rueghly
Mary Mee- Bee
Ruth Ann Wilson
Connie Nordyke
Mike Boshart
Richard Ballard
Recover Body From Collapsed Building
New York report details the recovery of Joseph Lombardi 55 the sole fatality in a floor collapse at the New York Coliseum. Workers chipped him from concrete two days after the accident as relatives watched a priest gave last rites and a doctor noted instant death.
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New York
Joseph Lombardi
New York Coliseum
Lombardi
Ainsworth Votes For 25 Year Telephone Franchise
Voters in Ainsworth approved a 25 year franchise for the Iowa Illinois Telephone Company in a special election held this week. Final tabulation shows 66 in favor and 3 opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Iowa-Illinois Telephone Company
Eisenhower open to Big Four summit on easing tensions
President Eisenhower said he is ready to attend a Chiefs of State meeting to test Soviet sincerity in reducing world tensions. Bulganin said Moscow will study the Western invitation and the talks could occur in a neutral country, possibly July in Switzerland.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Switzerland
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulgania
Warsaw
Western European Defense Organization
Europe
Far East
Chiefs of State
Iowa Legislative Bureau Chooses Leadership in Meeting
The Iowa Legislative Bureau elected Sen. W. C. Stuart chairman Rep. J. C. Colburn vice chairman and Rep. Scott Swisher secretary. The three member group will hire a director and staff to research background for legislation and has yet to fill a $7,500 annual director post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Legislative Bureau
W. C. Stuart
Chariton
J. C. Colburn
Harlan
Rep
Scott Swisher
Iowa City
North Dakota Patrol To Add Nine Men On July First
The North Dakota state highway patrol will expand from forty to forty nine officers starting July 1, increasing manpower as part of planned statewide enforcement enhancements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Weather Summary for Iowa Forecast
Partly cloudy with little temperature change from day to night. Low tonight in the mid 40s to 50. Thursday shows mid 170s with sea showers and thunderstorms at night. Friday expects no significant temperature change.
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United Press
Iowa
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Schoonover
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Don Pyke
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