U S Troops Move Into Thailand Border Area
President Kennedy ordered about 4 000 U S troops into Thailand to deter Laotian Communist forces and protect Thailand's territorial integrity. A Marine battalion will land in Bangkok, as Washington coordinates with SEATO allies and Laos cease fire efforts.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
U.S
Thailand
Laos
Bangkok
United States
Marine
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Siam
9Th Marine Regiment
3Rd Marine Division
Harold W. Adams
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Defense Department
Lebanon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
United States Military Assistance Command
Paul D. Harkins
U.S. Military Assistance Command
South Viet Nam
Manila
National Union
State Department
Harriman
SEATO
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Congress
Pathet Lao
White House
House
GOP
Charles A
Annual Senior Party Planned on May 24 At The Country Club
Washington High School seniors and dates will attend a post graduation party at the Washington Country Club after commencement on May 24. The Women’s Golf Association committee leads planning with chaperones and parent guidance, while the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club Kiwanis and other local groups sponsor the event.
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Country Club
Washington
Washington Country Club
Washington High School
Women’s Golf Association Committee
Bob Robertson
John Phieger
Jim Harris
Ted Johnson
Billie Young
Chamber of Commerce
Women of the Moose
National Guard
Washington Community Schools
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Y's
Women's Golf Association
Wayland Farmer After Texan Who Thinks Big
A Wayland farmer and authorities seek Marshall Samuels after he delivered pulp wood to a Ft. Madison paper mill for Frank DeVore and vanished with DeVore’s truck and the payment check. A warrant charges motor vehicle theft and embezzlement. Samuels is 35, 5 ft 10, 175 pounds, brown hair and eyes, Texas accent.
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Marshall Samuels
Ft. Madison
Frank DeVore
Wayland
DeVore
Samuels
de- Vore
Texas
Medical Self-Help Training program builds local instructors
A special committee plans a first 25 person instructors course this month to prepare county residents for future medical self help classes. The program, supported by the American Medical Association, covers topics from shelter and hygiene to bleeding, emergency childbirth and disaster preparedness.
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G. J. Nemmers
County Medical Society
Nate Young
Local Nurses Association
John Gamon
Civil Defense
Harry Suter
Winnie Beiter
Dwight Bode
Edward J. Vosika
Red Cross
Washington
Suter
American Medical Association
Purely Personal Ralph Shannon Dies at Washington Journal
Ralph Shannon editor of the Washington Evening Journal and author of Purely Personal since 1950 died this morning. The Journal mourns a community leader and cherished colleague known for warm greetings, quiet leadership, kindness, humor, and deep interest in staff and readers.
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Ralph Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
Journal
Shannon
Mrs. Ella Merchant 89 Dies in Wayland
Mrs Ella Merchant aged 89 died this morning May 15 1962 at Parkview Rest Home Wayland following a hip fracture in 1960. She lived on East Washington Street Washington and was born March 21 1873 Pleasant Plain daughter of Henry A and Minerva Bidwell Weidner. Survived by daughter Mrs Clarence Benson Crawfordsville son John M Merchant Burlington six grandchildren. one daughter Mrs Edna Frey deceased. Funeral Thursday 4 pm Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev Lloyd Patton. Burial Schrock Cemetery.
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Ella Merchant
Parkview Rest Home
Wayland
Merchant
East Washington Street
Washington
Jones
Lloyd Patton
Schrock
Ella Jone Weidner
Pleasant Plain
Henry A
Minerva Bidwell Weidner
Charles W. Merchant
Washington and
Henry Counties
No Daylight Time For Fairfield This Year
Maquoketa city council approves daylight time for three months this summer while Fairfield and Jefferson County vote against it by about 3 to 1. Jefferson County totals show 2974 opposed and 1132 in favor in an officially private funded election.
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United Press International
Iowa
Maquoketa
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Maquoketa City
Marek Services Set For Wednesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Charley Marek 76 will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 at Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev Ezra Shenk in charge. Burial will follow in Wellman Cemetery. Marek died Monday morning at Washington County Hospital where he had been a patient since the prior Friday.
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Wellman
Charley Marek
Powell
Ezra Shenk
Marek
Washington County Hospital
District Junior High Pupils to Meet Here
Junior high student council members and advisors from the southeastern Iowa district will gather at the Washington Junior High School building on Wednesday. Represented schools include Keokuk Burlington Bettendorf Sigourney Cedar Falls North Scott and Washington. Guests include state advisor Mrs Arma English past state president John Gang IY and Keokuk's Scott Foglesong new state president. Superintendent John Phieger will welcome the group and Jesse Linch will introduce the guests.
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Southeastern Iowa
Washington
Keokuk
Burlington
Bettendorf
Sigourney
Cedar Falls
North Scott
Arma English
John Gang- IY
Scott Foglesong
Supt
John Phieger
Jesse Linch
Philippine Students Protest U S Action
About 200 students picketed the U S embassy in Manila over Congress rejection of the 75 million Philippine war damage bill. Police observed. no disorders. Sen. Lorenzo Sumulong warned the U S Philippines alliance faces strain. Macapagal postponed his U S trip due to the bill defeat.
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Manila
UPI
U.S
Congress
Philippines
United States
Sen
Lorenzo Sumulong
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Diosdado Macapagal
Macapagal
Report Max Mitchell Now Recuperating
Crawfordsville resident Max Mitchell, a Republican candidate for the board of supervisors, is recovering at Memorial Hospital in Mount Pleasant after a heart attack suffered while fighting a fire at the Bitting farm near Crawfordsville. He is reported to be in room 219 and expects to be home soon.
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Crawfordsville
Max Mitchell
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Mitchell
Bitting
Board of Supervisors
Editor Ralph E. Shannon of Washington Evening Journal dies
Ralph E. Shannon 74 longtime editor publisher of the Washington Evening Journal died at 4 40 a m May 15 1962 at Washington County Hospital after months of illness He led the paper since 1940 and wrote Purely Personal since 1950 He held top honors in Iowa and national press groups and was active in local organizations including the YMCA Rotary Club and the Washington Methodist Church He is survived by his wife a son a daughter four grandchildren and a late son. burial is at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Ralph E. Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
State of
Iowa
Washington County
Washington Methodist Church
Walter Smith
Fred Miller
Elm Grove Cemetery
Evening Journal
Journal
Jones Funeral Home
Mr Shannon
The
J. Orville Elder
Elder
Mr. Shannon
Inland Daily Press Association
Chicago
Shannon
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa Press Asso
Washington School Board
Rotary Club
Washington Rotary Club
Halcyon House
Washington
Home Association of Washington, Iowa, Inc
Wesley Acres of
Des Moines
General Telephone Co
A. F. and
A. M. Lodge No
Cyrus Chapter
Zeredetha Council
Bethlehem Commandery
William A
Phoebe Freeman Shannon
Washington Academy
University of Chicago
Fannie Harwood
George Paul Land Co
William J. Shannon
Robert
Virginia
West
Adella
Barbara Shannon
Ralph J. West
Mary Jo West
William Shannon West
Robert Harwood Shannon
Underclassmen Honored At Awards Day In High School
Awards Day at the high school recognized underclassmen with multiple honors across Thespians Vocal Music Instrumental Music Library Service and more. Senior Class Day will follow Wednesday in the new gym with additional awards and recognitions.
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Thespians
Sharon Lowry
Jane Peterson
Charlotte Wulf
Judy Roland
Leonard Schantz
Joe Kerr
Marcia Holmes
Vaughn Rinner
Rob McFarlane
Jana McConnell
Terry DeVries
Dennis Day
Connie Nordyke
Sandy Robinson
Judy Salladay
Jan Fane
Jim Wilson
Registrations Open for Red Cross Swim Program
Registration for the annual American Red Cross Learn to Swim program is urged at Washington municipal pool. Enrollment closes May 18. Forms are available at local schools and the Red Cross office or through listed coordinators at Ainsworth, Brighton, Crawfordsville, Kalona, Richmond, West Chester, Wellman, Riverside, and other sites.
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American Red Cross
Washington Municipal
Red Cross
Washington
Ainsworth
Harold Jones
Brighton
Lathel Guy
Crawfordsville
E. P. Herrmann
Kalona
Richmond
Faye Boone
West Chester
John Butler
Wellman
E. D. Miller
Riverside
Roger Schloss
Republicans Demand Freeman Resign Over Mental Hospital Claim
UPI reports Republicans push for Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman to resign over accusations that Mary K. Jones was escorted to a mental institution for 12 days because she knew files on Billie Sol Estes. Senator Williams alleges the department railroaded her. Freeman’s department denies the charges.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Mary K. Jones
N Battle Hales
Estes
John J. Williams
Del
Senate
Agriculture Department
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Miss Jones
Freeman
Texas
Drowns In Water-Filled Farm Ditch Near Maquoketa
Three year old Steven Radetzke drowned after slipping into a five foot ditch in a farm field near Maquoketa Iowa after playing with two other children. Police chief Alan Evans uncle of the boy recovered the body after 15 to 20 minutes. attempts at revival failed.
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Maquoketa
UPI
Here
Steven Radetzke
Arthur Radetzke
Nashville
Iowa
Steven
Alan Evans
Weather Outlook For Iowa Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy and warm and windy through Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the northwest. Lows tonight near 60 in the north to upper 60s in the south. Highs Wednesday in the 80s. No significant change Thursday.
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United Press International
Iowa
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