Ridiculous Day Parade Entries Rise in Washington
Washington prepares for Ridiculous Day on Thursday May 21 with a growing list of parade entrants including Thomassen Super Valu Gambles Spurgeons Phillips Drug Fern Bakery Coast to Coast and others. A Red Brick Rhythm band concert is planned in Central Park from 6 to 7 p m with further entertainment that evening. The Mystery Man contest offers cash prizes of 20 10 and 5 with official entry blanks appearing in the Evening Journal.
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Washington
Red Brick Rhythm Band
Central Park
Evening Journal
Thomassen Super Valu
Gambles
Spurgeons
Phillips Drug
Fern Bakery
Coast To Coast
Joe Falk
J. C. Penney
State Bank
Modern
Hattie's Coffee Car
Farrells Office Supply
Mike's
D-X
Gilmore Shell
Tucker Chevrolet
Cox Motor
Watson's Cleaners
Washington Fruit Market
Osincup Drug
Ken Renee Studio
Schoonover Drug
Stone Furniture
Freshwaters Feed
Connerly Hardware
Rothschilds
Montgomery Ward
Rapp's Shoe Store
Western Auto
Bridges
Ross Motor
McLellans
Duncans
Sorden Music
Thes
Brown's Shoe
Horak Shoes
Speedway Market
Washington Cleaners
Clearing Storm Rubble In Waco After Tornado Death Toll Rises
Rescue work in Waco Texas continues amid a leveling storm aftermath with at least 87 dead and up to 50 missing. Officials shift from bulldozers to hand digging, focusing on the Dennis Furniture Store basement where faint sounds were reportedly heard before machines were halted.
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Waco
Tex
San Angelo
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Dennis Furniture
International Soundphoto
British Troops Dig Trenches Around Suez
In the Suez Canal Zone British forces dug trenches as Anglo Egyptian treaty talks stalled. A military spokesman said defense measures are in place and troop leaves are cut back. Armed escorts were assigned for vehicles and security precautions tightened across Canal Zone areas.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Small Cut In Post Office Funds
The House appropriations committee approved a 3.445 million dollar bill for the Treasury and Post Office for the year starting July 1, 1954, about 3.5 percent under Truman’s request. The measure fared better than previous cuts and amid GOP worries over elections and a balanced budget next year, Senator Dirksen urged tougher cuts.
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United Press
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Treasury
Post Office
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Appropriations
Soldier’s Gift Of Explosives Fatal To Eight Year Old
Chicago police seek military help in locating a soldier who supplied deadly explosives that killed eight year old Edward J. Voitas as he walked with his father near a school. The blast injured the boy’s father and shocked him at St Bernard hospital. Bud Scott named as the soldier who supplied the material.
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Chicago
UIA
St. Bernard's Hospital
Edward J. Voitas
Joseph
Bud
Moose) Scott
Britain Reinforces Suez Defenses Amid Egyptian Standoff
In Cairo British forces tighten Suez defenses with Marines and destroyers as Premier Naguib pushes to oust foreign troops. U S authorities and British leaders meet amid rising tensions while Dulles tours the Middle East and Egypt accuses Britain of a conspiracy against its sovereignty.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Mohammed Naguib
America
Mid-East
London
U. S
Winthrop Aldrich
Winston Churchill
Dulles
Tion
John Foster Dulles
Middle East
Naguib
Swine Producers Elect Buck President At Meeting
Robert Buck of Ainsworth was named president of the Washington County Swine Producers at a Tuesday meeting in the Farm Bureau building. Other officers include Bill Ganon as vice president and Sam Bowser as secretary treasurer. Plans noted for a September pork production discussion and a Des Moines meeting on June 9 sponsored by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.
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Robert Buck
Ainsworth
Washington County
Farm Bureau
Bill Ganon
Wellman
Sam Bowser
West Chester
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
George Horn
Tom Robb
Don Sheetz
Washington
Bill Day
Bill Walker
Keota
Keith Barnes
Brighton
Tonyn Davis
Crawfordsville
George Hora
Dissolve Noble Consolidated School District
A petition to dissolve Noble Consolidated School District has been filed with county superintendent Lester B. Krabill. Objections must be filed by May 23, 1955, as the district would be divided into three new independent districts Sommers in Marion, Stringtown in Crawford, and Eicher in Marion and Jefferson townships. The merger approval earlier failed when a bond issue was defeated.
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Noble
Lester B. Krabill
Evening Journal
Noble Consolidated
Sommers
Marion Township
Washington County
Stringtown
Crawford Township
Eicher
Jefferson Township
Henry
UN Proposes New Truce Plan to End Korean Deadlock
UN negotiator Lt Gen William K. Harrison presents a 10 article plan to North Korea while Communists consider it. plan envisions prisoner repatriation within two months after armistice and a five nation neutral commission to handle prisoners refusing repatriation.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
William K. Harrison
U. N
Nam Ll
Clark
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Harrison
Munson
Commmunists
India
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Neural Commission
Coal Powers More Electricity Than Hydroelectric Plants
A report states coal generates twice as much electric power as all the nation's hydroelectric plants combined, highlighting coal's dominant role in energy production.
Harold Wehr Named To New Farm Bureau Post
Harold Wehr formerly of Washington is appointed by the Henry county Farm Bureau board as county director and general insurance agent for affiliated Henry county companies. The role starts June 1 and Wehr replaces Kenneth Denzin with Ina Barber remaining as office assistant. The Wehr family will stay in Olds for the time being.
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Harold Wehr
Washington
Henry County Farm Bureau Board
Henry County
Wehr
Kenneth Denzin
Ina Barber
Olds
Fort Dodge shooting leads to assault with intent to murder
Bernard Jergens, 30, charged with assault with intent to murder for shooting Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation Agent Francis MacDuffee during a arrest attempt related to a Livermore liquor store robbery. MacDuffee in good condition. Jergens seeks hearing and lawyer. Wayne Hammer 40 was with him. Hammer jailed.
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Fort Dodge
Bernard Jergens
Jergens
Francis MacDuffee
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
MacDuffee
Elmo McCormick
Iowa
Wayne Hammer
Hammer
J. H. Bradley
Humboldt
Open Roadways Into Hayes Timber Area
Announcement states two roadways have been cleared to provide public access to the Hayes timber tract at the west edge of Washington. Access comes from the northeast corner via West Third street under the Milwaukee railroad bridge. each road ends in a turning circle to facilitate parking and future picnic table installations for a summer use area. The tract was left to the public by the late Caroline Hayes.
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Hayes
Washington
West Third Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Caroline Hayes
Light Takes Eight Minutes to Reach Earth
The sun’s light travels about 93 million miles to reach Earth, a journey that takes roughly eight minutes. This delay explains why solar events are observed after they occur.
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Earth
Knowland Urges YMCA Happiness Plan at Washington Meeting
Joe Connell, secretary of the Kitchener Ontario YMCA, urges Washington YMCA listeners to pursue nine steps to happiness. He lists health, recreation, education, ambition, work ethic, faith, family, service, and humor as core necessities for a satisfied life.
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Joe Connell
Kitchener
Ontario
Canada
YMCA
Washington “Y
Mr. Connell
YMCA _ leade
Cennell
Connell
Washington
President's Report At Annual Washington YMCA Meeting
Five members were elected to the board at the Washington YMCA annual meeting Tuesday evening in the Community room. Dave Elder, YMCA president, summarized the year’s activities and lauded staff and members for program efforts and improvements including an acoustic ceiling and refinished floor.
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Washington Ymca
YMCA
Hi-Y
Hi- Y
Don Benblossom
L. A. Dunlap
Porter Lee
K. Montgomery
Paul V. Shearer
George C. Stewart
Montgomery
Y's Men's Club
Dave Elder
Mr. Elder
Elder
Mr. Dunlap
Robert Wiley
Merritt McDaniel
Charles Morris
Robert McFarlane
Fred Bourgeois
W. J. Nemmers
Roger Sherman
Roy Fields
R. E. Arthur Robert Brewer
Robert Everetts
Verle Gallagher
Logan Heilman
Luckenbill Receives Harvard Freshman Scholarship
Charles Luckenbill, senior at Washington High School, wins a Harvard College freshman scholarship. Judson T. Shaplin of Harvard announces among 1800 plus top seniors and grads selected for strong academics and extracurriculars. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Luckenbill of route four, Washington.
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Charles Luckenbill
Washington High School
Harvard College
Judson T. Shaplin
Harvard
Washington
Charles
Lester Luckenbill
Route Four, Washington
Bad Check Spree Nets Couple Over $4 000 Arrested at Muscatine
Police arrested Norman Dickerson and his wife Leslie Dickerson in Muscatine on complaint from a merchant. They allegedly passed bad checks totaling four to five thousand dollars across eight western and midwestern states since last March. Mrs Dickerson admitted signing false checks for twenty dollars each at three Des Moines area stores. They admitted passing bad checks for twenty to twenty five dollars in eight states including California Oregon Washington Idaho Utah Colorado Nebraska and Iowa. Charges against the husband were expected to be filed.
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Muscatine
West
Midwest
Norman Dickerson
Clairmont
Calif
Leslie
Ontario
Dickerson
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa City
Newton
Grinnell
Sparrow hawk diet centers on grasshoppers
The sparrow hawk relies mainly on grasshoppers for food, with grasshoppers constituting its primary diet. This feeding pattern emphasizes the bird’s role in controlling grasshopper populations in its habitat.
Knowland Assails Attlee Remarks in Commons Debate
Sen. William F. Knowland of California denounced Britain's anti communist policy speeches by Churchill and Attlee as paving a Far Eastern Munich and predicts the United States will be left to fight Communists in Asia alone. He urged a binding pledge from Russia and Communist China for free elections in North Korea before any Korean cease fire.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Senate
China
United Nations
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Britain
United States
Russia
North Korea
Korea
Churchill
U. N. Pieag
Reds
Iowa Faced Double Digit Freeze In Record Cold Spell
Statewide cold snap drives subfreezing lows across cities including Waukon 37, Des Moines 33, Mason City 28, Decorah 29, Waterloo 30. Forecasters warn further frost tonight with temperatures 26 to 34. Warmth returns later with highs in the 60s and scattered showers Friday.
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Iowa
Waukon
Moines
Mason City
Decorah
Waterloo
Spencer
City
Explosion at Joliet Arsenal Damages Site Injures One
An explosion at the Joliet arsenal in Illinois damaged the facility with an estimated cost of 1. The blast occurred when equipment overheated in a TNT bin triggering a chemical reaction. Army authorities and Rubber Co officials ordered an immediate investigation. Three people were in a two story area at the time but all escaped injury.
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Joliet
Ill
Kankakee
Army
Vv. Rubber Co
Des Moines Weather Forecast Passes Through Cold Front
Des Moines reports clearing with cold and freezing night temperatures. Thursday will be warmer with highs in the 50s and lows around mid to upper 20s. Expect cloudy skies with scattered showers later in the day.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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