Surplus Foods For Reliefers In Illinois Crisis
Illinois welfare officials move to distribute surplus food to relief recipients as monthly checks for food and clothing run short. IPAC delays and a partisan stalemate threaten aid. centers report shortages while agencies brace for a flood of demand. Dennis Doyle outlines an emergency plan to use school lunch stock and local warehouses for rapid distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Ilinois
Illinois Public Aid Commission
IPAC
Salvation Army
Springfield
Dennis Doyle
Agriculture Department
Doyle
Cook
List Final Leaders In Bridge Marathon
Bridge marathon officials publish this year’s Top Ten standings led by Lois Putnam and Alice Ryan with 20610 points. Second is Mrs. Leon Hillman and Mrs. Merle Allison at 20150, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Britain and Mr. and Mrs. Loren Robertson at 19970. Others include Marr Schell at 19830 and Bruce Campbell at 19000, with Phil Kneen 18310, Joe Falk and Leon Hillman 17740, Max Henness 16090, John Walker 15610, and Jim Quinn duo rounding the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Putnam
Alice Ryan
Leon Hillman
Merle Allison
Bert Britain
Loren Robertson
Marr Schell
Bruce Campbell
Phil Kneen
Joe Falk
Max Henness
John Walker
Jim Quinn
Washington County seals faster sale final report issued
Mrs Francis J Reed Washington County Chairman announced the final report on the annual fund appeal to support camping recreation and rehabilitation services for the physically handicapped. The campaign ran March 7 to Easter Sunday April 14 and raised less than the 1962 total. She thanked donors and volunteers and praised Catheryn Smith and Lucy Dempsey for stepping in as treasurer and assistant treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Reed
Washington County
Catheryn Smith
Lucy Dempsey
TTT
Current Affairs Test Awards Presented at Washington High
Washington High School honors were announced in an assembly with teacher Russell Bannister presenting awards. Bryce Woods achieved the top score on this year’s Current Affairs tests, while honorable mentions went to John Whitacre George Johnson Lila Mae Earnest Linda Chorpen ny and Linda Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Russell Bannister
Bryce Woods
John Whitacre
George Johnson
Lila Mae Earnest
Linda Chorpenny
Linda Campbell
Kennedy and Pearson Open Friendly Talks at Nantucket
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Pearson resume talks beside Nantucket Sound in a cordial mood. Leaders vow progress on Latin America, Cuba, Haiti, and regional unity with a planned communique signaling renewed harmony between the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyanais Furl
Mass
U.s-Canadian
Kennedy
Lester B. Pearson
Nantucket Sound
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
Kennedy-Pearson
Pearson
John Diefen
Baker
Herlet
United States
U.S
Canada
Organization of American States
Haiti
Latin America
Airlines War May Stop Transatlantic Flights
Britain and the United States declare war on airline fare policy over a 5 percent North Atlantic fare increase. Pan American and TWA face possible grounding as CAB rejects the rise while European nations threaten retaliation. IATA rules and anti trust concerns complicate the dispute amid talk of a postponed deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPS
Britain
United States
America
Pan American World Airways
Trans-World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Aviation Ministry
U.S
France
Belgium
Europe
North Atlantic
Chandler
Ariz
International Air Transport Association
IATA
Alan Boyd
Pam
TWA
Loyd
Mt Pleasant Man Injured In Morning Auto Crash
Dwain Erwin Gooding of Mt Pleasant was in Washington County Hospital with a broken right collar bone and minor abrasions after a wreck at 6 40 a m. He was north on highway 218 two and a half miles south of the 22 junction near Riverside when he lost control and went into a ditch. the car was demolished. Stan Musial, 42, prepares for another baseball season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwain Erwin Gooding
Mt Pleasant
Washington County Hospital
Lyle Hanson
Gooding
Riverside
Awards Honor Washington High Students For Typing Speed
A Friday assembly recognized Washington High School students for typing speed. Instructer T J Berdo presented awards naming Linda Campbell for 70 wpm and a group for 60 wpm including Pam Loefler Bonnie Miller Janet Richards Sheila Shelansoski and Laura Robinson. A larger list earned 50 wpm, 40 wpm and included Marcia Hed ers Laux Deborah Pach a Long Bob McBee Greys Vicki Thomas Connie Courtney Carol Lowe Kristine Wagner Connie White Steve Foss Dennis Novak Carolyn Pratt Mary Stout Sylvia Teets Carol Hornung Debbie Nardy Pam Robison Sue Wasson Charlotte Singerton Jareen Arnold Elaine Peiffer Roberta Robertson Cathy Arnold and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
T.J. Berdo
Linda Campbell
Pam Loeffler
Bonnie Miller
Janet Richards
Shelia Shelansoski
Laura Robinson
Marcia Hebders Laux
Deborah Pacha
Long
Bob McBee
Vicki Thomas
Connie Courtney
Carol Lowe
Kristine Wagner
Connie White
Steve Foss
Dennis Novak
Carolyn Pratt
Mary Stout
Sylvia’ Teets
Carol’ Hornung
Debbie Nardy
Pam Robison
Sue Wasson
Charlotte Singerton
Jareen Arnold
Elaine Peiffer
Roberta Robertson
Cathy Arnold
Linda Bower
Vicki Horak
Annie Jarrard
Maureen Merz
Steve Tindal
Reita Arduser
Rick Bordwell
Debbie Schantz
Jo Mora
Nancy Cuffel
Doug Clarahan
Rita Bruty
Dick Eyestone
Margaret Guy
Bob McClure
John Mulcahy
Pam Robertson
Dillon Stone Co Earns National Safety Council Award
Dillon Stone Company based in Columbus and with quarries in Louisa and Washington Counties Iowa earned an NSC safety award for ground mine fall prevention during the 1962 campaign. The Columbus Junction mine was cited though the Washington area Young America Quarry opened in 1962. Certificates of commendation went to John E. Warren and Ivan West Jr. for Supervisory safety leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Stone Company
Columbus
Janet
National Safety Council
Louisa
Washington Counties
Iowa
Missouri
Columbus Junction
Young Ameria
Washington
Ate
John E. Warren
Ivan “Jim” West, Jr
Coin Club Auction and Meeting In Washington
Washingtons Coin Club will hold its regular meeting and auction at Fairgrounds in Washington Monday May 13 at 7 30 p m All members are urged to attend Guests may attend free once then must join to be eligible The next meeting will be June 10 with Rev L J Bergthold as speaker.
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Washingtons Coin Club
Fairgrounds
Washington
L. J. Bergthold
Astronaut Cooper Prepares for Historic Mercury Flight
L Gordon Cooper Jr. will seclude at Cape Canaveral for final preflight days before a 34 hour, 22 orbit mission aboard an Atlas rocket. He will wear a 20 pound spacesuit and remain largely out of public view as weather and recovery plans are finalized for the mission and for future Gemini program planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Coopers
John Glenn
Cape Canaveral
Glenn
Cooper
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Air Force
Yooper
United States
Coop
Ben
Tefore
America
Bell
Canaveral
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Pacific
Midway Island
Earth
U.S
Castro Talks of Tangled Ties and Possible Cuba Talks
Premier Fidel Castro said in a Havana taped interview that he hopes relations with the United States could improve and that Cuba might discuss differences with Kennedy and Khrushchev. He defended Soviet technicians in Cuba and linked expropriation policies to U.S. hostility, while senators Humphrey and Keating commented on Cuba’s status and leadership role.
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New York
UPL
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Russia
Red China
Castro
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Peking
Havana
Lisa Howard
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Soviet Union
United States Act
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Kenneth Keating
Humphrey
Khmushchev
Keating
Birmingham Pact Ends Hostility in Segregation Fight
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr led praise for a six man biracial accord in Birmingham that desegregates downtown facilities, upgrades Negro employment, and paves a timetable for school integration. Mayor Hans decried capitulation while leaders like King and Shuttlesworth pressed for implementation amid court battles over city government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
UPL
Martin Luther King
South
Sing
Atlanta
Alabama
Integration Movement
King
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Ralph’ Abernathy
Shuttlesworth
Arthur Hans
Hanes
Sidney .W. Smyer
Alabama Supreme Court
Offer Swim Classes This Summer at YMCA
Semi private swim lessons at the Washington YMCA start in the week of June 3 in the pool. Open to boys and girls 6 to 8 years old with two weekly sessions for four weeks on either Monday Wednesday or Thursday Saturday. Classes run 1 to 2 pm or 2 15 to 3 15 pm with an advanced class option. Cost is 5 dollars for the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
YMCA
Home Economist Hired By Extension Council
Washington County Extension Council hired Sally Smith of Emerson Iowa as County Extension Home Economist with duties starting October 1 after her May graduation from Iowa State University. She will take a two month Europe trip first. Iris Salton of Lawtey will assist from June 1 to August 2 and will teach Home Economics in the fall at Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thornton
Lawe
Washington County
Miss Salton
Iowa State University
Oskaloosa
County Ext Council
Immins
Mary Bodwel
Ecoomies
Reerson
Iowa State Unity
Miss Smith
Jasper County
Miss Saltou
Apparnoose County
Soviet Spy Couple Sentenced for Western Secrets
The Soviet Supreme Court jailed British businessman Greg Wynne for eight years and sentenced Oleg Penkovsky to death for spying. The case, heard in a secret five day trial, saw final pleas as 300 spectators filled the courtroom. Diplomatic sources predicted Wynne could be exchanged in years to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Greg Wynne
Oleg Penkovsky
Wynne
Sheila
Penkovsky
Weather outlook by Unitea Press for town
Variable cloudiness and warmer tonight with Sunday ahead. Occasional rain showers and scattered storms mostly Sunday. Tonight lows in 40s northeast to mid 50s southwest. Sunday highs mainly in the 70s, some mid 60s in the northeast. Monday outlook shows considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and warmer southeast winds.
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Clarence Boebel
Chicago Federation of Settlements and
Mt. Pleasant
T. Louis
Stan
Dillon Stone Co
Coin Club
Bermuda
Khrushchev
Iro
Extension Council
Everal
England
Unitea Press
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