Washington High class hears Rev. Basil McBee on life choices
Washington High School seniors heard Rev Basil McBee urge a life of Christian values at the baccalaureate service in the new gym. He pressed four questions about spiritual relations possessions and future actions, emphasizing how they use what they have defines their lives. Commencement speaker Dr James H Hilton of Iowa State College will address the class on May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Basil McBee
Associate Presbyterian Church
Rev McBee
McBee
Washington
Rev. McBee
James H. Hilton
Iowa State College
Enid McConnell
Halsey Wakelin
Harley Gelhaus
Evert L. Haney
Robert Ferrell
Girls Glee Club
Eisenhower halts new leases on federal lands for surplus crops
President Eisenhower ordered a stop to leasing federally owned farmland for growing surplus and price supported crops. No existing leases will end, but new leases starting 60 days from now must prohibit cultivation of crops in surplus. The White House estimates 1.5 to 2 million acres will be affected.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Associate Minister To Join Methodist Staff
Rev Don D Frank of Indianola will become associate minister at Washington Methodist Church by July 1. The hire boosts church expansion with focus on young people work. Frank, Simpson College 1953 graduate, previously served as student minister and preached in Mount Pleasant circuit while studying at Garrett Biblical Institute.
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Don D. Frank
Indianola
Washington Methodist Church
W. M. Scheuermann
Frank
Washington
Schevermann
Walter Smith
Simpson College
Warren County
Mount Pleasant
Garrett Biblical Institute
Iowa Wesleyan College
Des Moines Council Upholds Change To Daylight Time
Des Moines shifts to daylight time after council vote. Three council members backed the change while two opposed. publication of the ordinance proceeds this Friday with daylight time taking effect that date. Business interests largely stay on standard time.
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Des Moines
Charles Iles
Iles
Ray Mills
Robert Conley
Frank Mc
Walter Brick
Conley-McGowan - Mills
General Motors Cuts Production Plans Amid Auto Unemployment
DETROIT UP General Motors cuts production schedules across divisions and a United Auto Workers local calls for federal aid for the industry unemployed. May output expected at 478324 cars, lowest since last September, with 12.7 percent fall from April. 11,000 more idle autos workers, 159000 total unemployed in auto industry.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Automotive News
General Motors
Fisher Body Division
Cadillac
Harlow H. Curtice
Pontiac
Fisher
Mich
General Motors Central Office
Pat Quinn
Local 3
U.S
Patrick McNamara
D-Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Albert E. Cobo
Dodge
William C. Newberg
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Quinn
Union
U.S. Labor Department
General Motors National Council
National Auto Dealers Assn
NADA
John J. Koehler to Serve as Missionary
John J. Koehler son of Mr and Mrs John P Koehler of Ainsworth is among four seniors who graduated cum laude from Pittsburgh Xenia seminary. He has served at Eighth United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh as student assistant. The Koehlers plan to depart for the Upper Nile mission in The Sudan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Koehler
John P. Koehler
Ainsworth
Pittsburgh-Xenia Seminary
Koehler
Eighth United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh
Mary Jewell Holbert
Washington
Upper Nile Mission
Five Die In Weekend Iowa Traffic Toll Rise
Three persons died in weekend traffic accidents and two others perished earlier, boosting Iowa's 1956 toll to 226. Notables: Nels E. Johnson 45 Moorland pinned under a tractor. John Brady 39 near Marcus killed in crash. Christina Handy 18 Hedrick killed on Iowa 78. Judith Ann Ault 3½ Randalia fatally run over on private property. Dennis C. Miller 19 Manawa died from injuries after a motorcycle crash near Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowa
Iowa
Nels E. Johnson
Moorland
Fort Dodge
John Brady
Marcus
Cherokee County
Carl Schleff
Brady
Christina Handy
Hedrick
Richland
Keokuk County
Fred Stanbrough
Fairfield
Frank Webber
Ollie
John Wallerich
Judith Ann Ault
Harold Ault
Randalia
Ault
Sumner
Dennis C. Miller
Lake Manawa
Manawa Road
Iowa 275
Council Bluffs
Three Local Students Win Stu dent Aid Scholarships
Principal Carl Paetz announces three Washington High School seniors Jane Taylor Daniel Kiesey and James Gorham received four year Student Aid scholarships from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Recipients were selected for academic ability teaching potential and financial need to pursue teaching careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Carl Paetz
ISTC
Jane Taylor
Daniel Kiesey
James Gorham
Hydrogen bomb drop proves B52 delivery in Bikini test
United States scientists report the first air drop of a hydrogen bomb from a B52 aircraft over Bikini Atoll. The dawn blast near Namu Island created a 500 suns brightness and a 100 mile radioactive cloud. A mid June test is planned for a new, more powerful weapon approach using a pilotless missile.
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Uss
Mt. Mckinley
Kwajalein
Namu Island
Bikini Atoll
United States
United Press
Eisenhower
B. Hall Hanlon
Russia
Civil Defense
Task Force
Ten Injured by Bomb Attacks in Nicosia Cyprus
Ten people were injured in three bombings in Nicosia as anti-British violence surged through Ledra Lefkononos and Phaneromeni streets. British troops and police faced rioting Greek Cypriot schoolgirls who shouted Enosis and praised EOKA while tear gas was used to disperse crowds. The violence contrasted with sunlit streets and a nickname murder mile for deadly clashes in the past year.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Ledra
Lefknonos
Phaneromeni
Greece
United Press
Douglas Grant
Enosis
Union With Greece
EOKA
Buddhist Fishermen of Ceylon Refuse to Kill
Buddhist fishermen in Ceylon decline to kill any living thing, including fish, arguing their craft involves merely removing beings from the water rather than killing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Octopuses Change Color via Pigment Cell Expansion
Octopi alter skin color by expanding and contracting chromatophores, pigment spots that produce vivid hues. The mechanism enables rapid camouflage and signaling across species.
Haney Receives Purdy Scholarship Award At Seminary
Lloyd J. Haney son of Dr and Mrs Evert L Haney of Washington is named one of six recipients of the Purdy scholarship award in his junior year at the seminary. Sudan following commencement they have received appoint ment as missionaries in that area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Lloyd J. Haney
Evert L. Haney
Washington
Purdy
Funeral for August F Bower in Keota at 4 p m
August F Bower 96 died Sunday at a Sigourney rest home. Funeral Tuesday at 4 p m at Powell Funeral Home with Rev Elmer Bostow officiating. Burial in Bethel Cemetery. Survived by four sons, 12 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, three sisters and one brother. One son Levi preceded him in death. He was a retired farmer and member of the Methodist Church. Born May 30 1860 in Keokuk County. Married Louise E Fixmer January 12 1885.
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Keota
August Frederick Bower
Sigourney
Powell Funeral
Elmer Bostow
Bethel Cemetery
Mr. Bower
Keokuk County
Charley
Sophie Klett Bower
Louise E. Fixmer
Methodist Church
Howard
Wellman
Floyd
Fairfield
Walter
Clarence
Des Moines
Emma Arey
California
Clara Hitchcock
Etta Sanderson
Canada
Charles
Levi
Mrs Katherine Vogel is Claimed at Keota
Mrs Katherine Vogel 90 of rural Keota died Saturday at 2 30 p m after a 21 month illness in St Peter and Paul s Church Keota Burial in the parish cemetery Powell Funeral Home in charge She was born September 4 1865 in Schndorf Germany came to the United States in 1873 married John A Vogel November 10 1891 He died September 24 1941 Survivors include three daughters Veronica Vogel Mrs Pete Becker and Mrs Richard Johnston 15 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren one son William preceded her in death
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Keota
Katherine Vogel
St. Peter & Paul's Church
William Wiebler
Powell Funeral Home
Vogel
Schndorf
Germany
John
Katherine Theobald Schlosser
Harper
John A. Vogel
St Peter & Paul's Catholic Church
Altar Society
Veronica Vogel
Pete Becker
Richard Johnston
West Point
Iowa
William
Plan Zillmer Services At Wellman on Tuesday
Mrs. Charley Zillmer 83 died at her Wellman area home after a short illness. Services set for Tuesday at Champion Hill Church with Rev. William Smith and Rev. Arthur Henry officiating. Burial in McArtor cemetery. Powell Funeral Home arranging. Survivors include her husband C R Zillmer Everette Mills Irene Zillmer and two grandchildren.
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Wellman
Charley Zillmer
Champion Hill
William Smith
Arthur Henry
McArtor
Powell
Linda Virginia McArtor
Iowa County
Rites Wednesday For Mrs Blackburn 65
Funeral services for Mrs Charles Blackburn 65 of Detroit Michigan will be at 2 p m Wednesday May 23 at Sherman's Funeral Home with Rev Wayne Davis officiating burial in Union Cemetery Louisa County She was born Jan 19 1891 near Columbus Junction daughter of Z L and Sarah F Edwards reared in Louisa County and lived in Detroit 25 years Survivors include husband one son Dale Luckey Detroit three brothers Charles N Marion Hal Blakesburg D E Edwards Rock Island Ill two sisters Mrs Clyde Breece Newton and Mrs Walter Nicholson Washington
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Charles Blackburn
Detroit
Mich
Sherman
Wayne Davis
Union Cemetery
Louisa County
Ellen Edwards
Columbus Junction
Z. L
Sarah F. (Rineley) Edwards
Dale Luckey
Charles N
Marion
Hal
Blakesburg
D.E. Edwards
Rock Island, Ill
Clyde Breece
Newton
Walter Nicholson
Washington
Mrs Gates Named to State Post for Women's Club
Mrs W L Gates of Washington named chairman of the division of religious emphasis for the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. She succeeds due to ill health of Mrs Joe Goodman Osceola and will oversee eight districts visiting 800 senior clubs and junior clubs with programs on character education family finance consumer education garden and religion. She returned from the General Federation convention in Kansas City and will report via The Echo column in the Evening Journal.
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W. L. Gates
Washington
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Elmer Taylor
Traer
Iowa Federation
General Federation of Women's Club
Kansas City
Gates
Joe Goodman
Osceola
The
Echo
Evening Journal
Rejected suitor shoots daughter then kills himself
In Detroit a 18 year old Diane Rider was shot to death by Henry H. Gales 28 a Wayne County marriage license bureau employee who then killed himself. Diane had spurned his advances after meeting him about a year earlier.
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Detroit
Dorothy Rider
Rider
Gales
Detroit Tigers
Diane
Donna Schmitt
Miss Schmitt
Miss Rider
Radio set growth accelerates 1950s rise over 1945–50
The number of radio sets rose at twice the pace in 1950 to 1955 compared with 1945 to 1950, indicating a sharper expansion in consumer radios during the early postwar era.
Reading Program Planned For Washington Public Library
The Washington Public Library plans a six week summer reading program for children from first to sixth grade starting June 18. Joy Fairchild will direct, with library staff assistance, offering story hour at 9 30 and 9 to 11 30 a m hours. Miss Fairchild will also assist in the afternoon for book withdrawals and reading planning with personal guidance for older youths. Awards will be given for completing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Public Library
Joy Fairchild
Miss Fairchild
Washington County Young Republicans to Meet May 23
Washington County Young Republicans will hold an organizational meeting on Wednesday May 23 at 8 15 p m in the home of Mr and Mrs Keith Norton 302 East Jefferson Street Washington Announcement by county chairman Robert Miller urges all interested youths to attend An informal discussion will cover what makes good government and the role individuals play in this election year Junior delegates from the state convention and their friends are specially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Keith Norton
East Jefferson Street
Washington
Robert Miller
Weather Update for Iowa Regions Tonight Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy northwest and east tonight with scattered thunder showers in the east. Tuesday brings partial cloudiness and cooler conditions in the north and west, with a low of 50 to 60 and highs 75 to 80 in the north and upper 80s in the south. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and slightly cooler.
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United Press
Iowa
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Smart
Golia Miller
Don Hazen
American Legion Auxiliary
Baccalaureate
Methodist
Daryl Pendergraft
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Jim Gorham
Dan Kiesey
August F. Bower
Plan Zillmer
Mrs. Blackburn
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